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Members of the House of Assembly all voted to amend the Physical Planning Ordinance on Monday (February 5), so that tickets can be issued for those in contravention of the ordinance and TCI’s building codes.

ARTISTS SHOWCASE WORK AT YOUTH CHARITY FUNDRAISER

TWO DAY HOME INVASION SPREE ROCKS BLUE HILLS – BANDITS STILL AT LARGE

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Two day home invasion spree rocks Blue Hills – Bandits still at large A SLEW of consecutive home invasions has left Blue Hills residents in fear as the community remains without any police presence.

On Monday (February 5), the police press office reported on the weekend robberies, in which no suspect has been arrested for questioning up to press time.

The press officer said that officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force are in the early stages of investigating the following reports over the last few days: On Sunday (February 4) at 11.45pm, a man in the Snake Hill area on Millennium Highway contacted 911 after he and his

wife were awakened by two men with handguns, one dressed in blue pants and a blue t-shirt and the other in a green shirt and blue pants.

The culprits made way with money and two cell phones.

Just minutes after that robbery, at 11.50pm a man, also of Millennium Highway, requested police assistance after he was awakened by two men with handguns.

According to the complainant, one of the men was wearing a blue shirt and pants and the other, a green shirt and blue pants.

The culprits got away with two Samsung galaxy phones and $25 cash.

The following day, Monday (February 5), the bandits struck in

the same area again.

At 12.47am, 911 central received a report that a man was at home in Snake Hill, Millennium Highway, when a man dressed in black entered his house with a firearm and took his cell phone and money and fled the scene.

Yet again just minutes after, at 12.59am another resident of Snake Hill, reported to 911 that two masked men entered his apartment, both with firearms and demanded money.

A watch, cell phone and money were taken. The culprits fled by foot.

Police said they received another report on that same day, at about 12.48am, when a man contacted 911 and reported that he was held at gunpoint at his home by a masked man in Blue Hills. The culprit left with $65.

On that same day, at an undisclosed time by police, the 911

centre received a report of a robbery in the Blue Hills area.

The complainant stated that he and a friend were approached by two armed males, one wearing all black, the other all white.

They were stripped of their two cell phones, a watch and identification cards.

Also on Monday at 3.13am, a man contacted the 911 centre to report a burglary in Blue Hills.

Among items missing were one black wallet, one Samsung Galaxy phone valued at $350, a black handbag and a cream colour handbag.

Police are also investigating another report made that same day by a man of Boddle Way, Blue Hills, who stated that between 1.30am and 2.30am he was forced to leave his home with gunmen to drive to the ATM machine.

He was then forced to withdraw $1,000 from the ATM machine, after the bandits had already stolen $300 the complainant’s home.

The complainant described the culprits as two masked men, one dark in complexion, about five feet seven inches, slim build, wearing dark clothing, with both hands covered with socks.

The second man was dark complexion about six feet tall, slim build, wearing dark clothing, and both hands covered with socks.

Police are calling on residents who may have knowledge of these crimes or the perpetrators to contact them.

Police can be reached at Chalk Sound Police Station on 3385901 or Crimestoppers on 1-8008477. (Delana Isles)

Premier Sharlene Carwright Robinson

Grand Turk representative George Lightbourne

speak for the people of Salt Cay. “The fact that the people of Salt Cay is without representation, I don’t mind filling the gap and being the voice of the people of Salt Cay, because somebody has to speak for them, they don’t have the platform to address this issue and I can tell you that they are taking it serious.”

The member said that he was called on by the people of the island to make representation on their behalf and as such he called on the governor who has oversight over the security of the terrtitory to address this problem before something terrible happens.

Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson stood up to respond to Lightbourne stating that the member is publicising the lack of police presence in Salt Cay and as such could potentially be inviting criminal elements to victimise the residents there.

She also stated that the member is wrong in his estimation that because funds are being cut, Salt Cay does not have a police officer.

“To the member for Grand Turk North, I look forward to you signing a letter with the Government who has been behind the Commissioner of Police to get Salt Cay a police officer.

“That is the best way to approach that other than continuing to expose that community publicly by letting criminal elements know that they should go in there,” she said.

“You continue to give a platform for an issue that people did not know existed as widely as you publicised it and now I am calling on you, mister representative, since you have been receiving calls long after I have, since I have and the representative of Salt Cay has to force the commissioner of police to send police to Salt Cay,” the premier stated.

As a result of the issue raised in the assembly on Monday, the Weekly News reached out to Police Commissioner James Smith for his reasons for not protecting the sister island with law enforcement.

He responded: “The Royal Turks

HOA members fight over lack of police presence on Salt Cay

BY DELANA ISLES THE HOUSE of Assembly once again descended into a shouting match with accusations being made

as to whose feet the responsibility for the lack of police presence on the island of Salt Cay should be laid.

Not unexpectedly elected member for Grand Turk North, George

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Lightbourne started the heated discussion by stating that he has been called on by the people of Salt Cay to raise the issue with the relevant authorities.

“I want to bring attention to the situation in Salt Cay where there is no police presence. If you look at the supplementary bill it is being cut by $2 million for crime fighting tools.

“How are you going to fight crime when you are cutting funding,” Lightbourne intoned.

“I take the situation in Salt Cay very serious because any rational and sensible human being would know that running a country or an island without police presence is a serious human rights violation.

“I am going to write to the Human Rights Commission and I am going to call on the governor to address this matter with the commissioner of police because the commissioner of police owes the people of the Turks and Caicos, and particularly the people of Salt Cay an explanation as to why there is no police presence in Salt Cay because this is a serious matter.

“Who don’t they take it seriously?

Something has to be wrong with them. You cannot have an island open to any Tom, Dick and Harry who can just waltz in do as they like and nobody knows nothing.

“In fact, the telephone service in Salt Cay is crap. Someone has to

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Planning Department to issue tickets for fines on illegal structures

BY DELANA ISLES MEMBERS of the House of Assembly all voted to amend the Physical Planning Ordinance on Monday (February 5), so that tickets can be issued for those in contravention of the ordinance and TCI’s building codes.

Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning, Goldray Ewing, presented the Physical Planning Amendment Bill 2018 and received bipartisan support for the amendment put forth.

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and Caicos Islands Police Force continues to regularly review the deployment of officers around the country based on needs and risks.

“Following the devastating impact of hurricane Irma, when the officer there was displaced back to Grand Turk, we took the opportunity to review that further deployment.

“We have commissioned a report on the required police response on Salt Cay and that was received on February 5.

“We have spoken with local residents at a town hall meeting and have kept Government updated on the progress.

“I expect that we will be able to make an informed decision in the very near future and all parties will be notified of the outcome.

“We remain committed to providing the most effective service possible within the constraints of our budget and ensure the safety of our citizens.”

He recalled: “In July 2017 Cabinet approved the inclusion of the 2017-2018 legislative agenda of enforcement to the Physical Planning Ordinance.

“Cabinet further instructed the ministry, the Department of Planning and the Attorney General’s Chambers to proceed with the drafting to the legislation for the approval of Cabinet and subsequently submission to the HOA.” He noted that in order for the Department of Planning to be more effective in carrying out its mandate, the ordinance must be updated giving it more teeth to enable the department to swiftly carry enforcement when there are breaches of the law.

“While the changes proposed in the new enforcement notice is a ticketing system which would authorise the Department of Planning to issue tickets, requiring payment of

the fine is a part of the enforcement of the planning regulations,” he observed.

This enforcement ticket system would essentially involve the issuing of tickets similar to a traffic ticket for the contravention of the Physical Planning Ordinance, the development manual and the TCI building codes.

The issuing of a ticket would not in itself institute court proceedings, he explained.

The matter would only proceed to court if the offender elects to defend the matter rather than pay the fine.

If the perpetrator elects to take the issue to court, and is found guilty, the court may impose a considerably higher fine than the ticket initially prescribed.

Ewing said: “This new system is especially useful for enforcement issues arising from illegal erections

Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning, Goldray Ewing

of advertisements, failure to remove advertisements after the event date, use of containers for purposes other than construction, erection of wooden buildings, failure to comply with amenity orders, unauthorised side clearance, construction prior to application of development permission and building permit, occupying a building without a certificate of occupancy, unpermitted use of pass for cars displayed in sales, and failure to cease construction after being issued a stop notice.”

PNP elected member for Leeward and Long Bay, Akierra Missick in her support of the bill suggested that the Planning Unit and the Attorney

General’s Chamber may want to consider having separate civil litigators assigned to the Planning Department as this new amendment will possibly see an already over extended department being put to a lot of use.

Opposition appointed member, Royal Robinson, who also supported the amendment, stated that the change to the ordinance is very important for the development of the territory.

However, he also pointed out that the department cannot enforce legislation unless there is the manpower and other integral mechanisms available to them.

CDB predicts Caribbean economic bounce back post hurricanes – TCI projected to have strong 2018 growth A TWO percent positive economic growth is expected for the Caribbean region in 2018, with the Turks and Caicos Islands predicted to experience very strong economic progress this year.

This is according to Dr Justin Ram, director of economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), who was speaking during livestream of the bank’s annual news conference with regional media operatives on Wednesday (February 7) in Barbados.

However, Dr Ram contends that governments need to implement resilience-building measures to ensure this projected growth becomes reality.

The projection follows a return

Dr Justin Ram, director of economics at the Caribbean Development Bank

to positive figures last year, during which Turks and Caicos Islands along with many other Caribbean countries experienced overall growth of 0.6 percent despite the devastation caused by the Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Dr Ram stated that all of CDB’s borrowing member countries (BMCs), of which the Turks and Caicos Islands is one, are expected to contribute to the positive movement.

“This is mainly driven by the return to growth in Trinidad and Tobago and a 2.3 percent uptick in Jamaica, which accounts for about a fifth of regional gross domestic product (GDP).

“The highest growth rates are anticipated for Anguilla and Dominica as they rebuild from the damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes.

“Antigua and Barbuda and the Turks and Caicos Islands are also expected to have strong growth.”

He noted, however, that although a return to growth is encouraging, the Caribbean still lags behind other small developing states.

In the region, growth has averaged

0.8 percent since 2009, compared to an average of 4.8 percent in other country groups.

The director of economics said that in order for Caribbean countries to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth and development, measures to improve resilience are needed.

During his presentation to media, Dr Ram recommended a framework that could help countries build resilience.

He said this is built on four pillars: macroeconomic resilience; productivity and competitiveness; human development; and environmental resilience.

“Any blueprint for building resilience in the Caribbean must take into account all of the key elements identified in the four pillars.

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Supplementary budget allocates money for school repairs and repatriation THE HOUSE of Assembly on Tuesday (February 6) passed a Supplementary Appropriations Bill to ensure that government spending on critical areas can continue until the end of the 2017-2018 financial year.

On Monday, Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson presented the bill to the House for scrutiny and debate before it was passed on Tuesday.

Among the items in the bill for which funds were allocated for were infrastructural projects and the repatriation of illegal migrants.

The premier said the infrastructure projects for which the monies were allocated have been phased over financial years 2017-2018 and 20182019.

One of the most important aspect of the bill dealt with the school infrastructure recovery project for which about $8 million has been allocated to conduct works over the two financial years.

Schools that will be treated as priorities and as such will see repairs being carried out before the end of the current financial year are - Oseta Jolly Primary School, Ira Stubbs Primary School, Marjorie Basden High School, HJ Robinson High School, Turks Caicos Islands Community College and the Raymond Gardiner High School.

The premier reminded that a few of these schools had also doubled as shelters for the hurricane season, and as such needed to be given priority.

She also noted that it was initially forecasted that the recurrent revenue would reach a maximum of $237

million for this fiscal year, while the $249 million that was allocated last year in the national budget for recurrent expenditure would pull on some of the previous years’ cash reserves.

However, she added that there was a continued slower than expected performance in expenditure which was at $171 million at the end of January and an encouraging performance within the tourism and real estate industries, particularly in the month of January, added to the earlier strong performance of the economy.

As a result, the Government will not need to draw down from the cash reserves as the TCI may end financial year 2017-2018 with a slight surplus, she said.

In her wrap-up to the bill, to which opposition members put forward several recommendations for better financial management by the Government, the premier said that she while she welcomes the feedback she also cautions members not to use ignorance to facts and to the laws to make reckless and unlearned statements.

Deputy Premier, and Minister of Border Control and Employment, Sean Astwood, said the supplementary bill, which includes a $600,000 allocation for the repatriation of illegal migrants, is a response to the needs of the territory.

He said it is also evidence that the People’s Democratic Movement Government is paying attention and rightly responding to hurricane reconstruction and border protection.

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we consider regional integration and gender equality - crosscutting themes that support and reinforce the four elements.

“It is important that we build resilience in all four areas, which are interconnected,” the director said.

With respect to specific policy actions, Dr Ram noted that at the macroeconomic level, fiscal rules that encourage governments to save should be implemented, and debtto-GDP limits should be introduced.

The director also recommended that countries adopt reforms that make it easier to do business, thus setting the environment for private-sector-led growth.

Resilience at the environmental level will mean stricter compliance with stricter building

codes, and the development of indemnity insurance markets, he said.

“We believe that all of this can be strengthened if there is greater gender equality particularly within the labour market.

“Regional cooperation will also reinforce this for example, free movement of labour and capital which could assist with overcoming diseconomies of scale associated with small size,” Dr Ram added.

The Caribbean Development Bank is a regional financial institution established in 1970 for the purpose of contributing to the harmonious economic growth and development of its borrowing member countries. (Delana Isles)

HIGH COST OVERSEAS HEALTHCARE UNDER the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP), the Government paid out $7.1 million in overseas medical treatment for 418 patients between July 1 and October 31, 2017.

What are your thoughts?

Sweetheart deal

Rufuscare will be the millstone of the country for generations. This hospital scheme (or scam?) was supposed to save money in the long term versus our previous situation.

Despite the workers (employees) and private sector (employers) matching the Government’s share, it still costs the TCIG more than it ever has despite the new hospitals.

We have the most expensive hospital in the world (on a per-bed basis), a construction company that declared bankruptcy (virtually the day after the final payment from TCIG to build the hospital was cashed), a ‘secret’ contract that people can only view (and not receive a digital copy of), years of required audits (both clinical, and financial) that were not done (and then kept secret once completed).

Seems like a sweetheart deal for someone here. Follow the money.

Skewed priorities

That farce of a health policy is bleeding the country dry, but yet the Government is concerned with Sargassum seaweed. Go figure!

Very reasonable

I think that is very reasonable and should be covered by contributions to the plan.

It is a drop in the bucket compared to what it would have been were the plan not in place, due to excessive medical, transport and accommodation costs incurred in the USA, being paid for directly by the poor TCI taxpayer.

With further investment in services that could (and indeed should) be provided by the local hospitals, these costs can be reduced further.

Deficient healthcare

It is a shame, but undoubtedly a reflection at least in large part, of woefully deficient healthcare in the

TCI Hospitals.

Sustainable?

That seems excessive and I wonder if those kinds of pay-outs are sustainable.

Milked dry

This writer cannot address healthcare in the Dominican Republic and Nassau, however, most patients referred to Jamaica do not seem to get any better after multiple trips to the doctor.

For example, a patient was referred to Jamaica for an eye operation two years ago and the eye issue was not resolved after multiple operations. The patient is still going to Jamaica for the same eye issue!

The same eye condition in the same patient’s other eye was resolved in two weeks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Looks like we are being milked dry by doctors in Jamaica!

A scam

Every honest person in the TCI knows that the NHIP is a scam from start to finish.

Check who got the contract to

build the hospitals and look at Dr Hall’s brilliant analysis to support the fact of what was just stated.

The world is a corrupt place with some corrupt people in it.

Explain it

When we consider the fact that we are paying $120 million per year for the small hospitals and sending $30 million out of our budget every year to Canada for the last seven years it is no surprise we have to pay over $7 million to send people overseas for four months.

Send them away from what we are paying for and not getting.

Dr Ewing needs to explain his NHIP. Former health minister Karen Delancy told her tale under oath to the SIPT; now it’s Dr Ewing’s turn.

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A TCI marine vessel intercepts a Haitian sloop in West Bluff on Tuesday

Government reveals 1,400 illegal migrants repatriated

BY OLIVIA ROSE A STAGGERING 1,400 illegal migrants have been sent back to their birth countries since the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) administration took office over a year ago.

In an exclusive interview with the Weekly News, Minister of Border Control and Employment Sean Astwood said this massive deportation signals the Government’s unwavering commitment to sustain the country’s zero tolerance approach to illegal immigration.

Repatriation statistics revealed to the Weekly News from a credible source within the ministry indicated that of the 1,400 illegal migrants 1,042 were Haitians, 109 were Dominicans, 64 were Jamaicans, and 17 were Americans.

A handful of people from other countries made up the remainder of

the repatriations.

The majority of Haitians who were repatriated arrived in the territory on sloops, according to the statistics.

They were intercepted through collaboration between United States Coast Guard, TCI’s Coastal Radar Station, the Marine Branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police as well as private citizens.

The Government has since spent more than $770,000 on repatriation and associated expenses within the final quarter of the 2017-2018 financial year.

Coupled with this, the need for an addition half a million dollars for repatriation costs for illegal migrants was highlighted and discussed in the House of Assembly this week, even as a sloop carrying 98 Haitians was intercepted by authorities on Tuesday afternoon (February 6).

According to police reports a group of 83 males and 15 females

were spotted in the West Bluff area off Providenciales.

They were subsequently apprehended by the Royal Turks and Caicos Marine Branch and handed over to immigration authorities to be processed, detained and repatriated.

Minister of Border Control, Sean Astwood told the House of Assembly this week that his ministry requires an additional $600,000 to offset repatriation expenses.

He pointed out that the high cost of repatriation has resulted in weighty cutbacks to the public sector and his ministry.

RADAR STATION FUNCTIONAL In light of the recent events where several sloops went undetected by the radar resulting in illegal migrants escaping and making their way into the territory, residents have voiced their dissatisfaction with operations.

Former premier Rufus Ewing recently claimed the radar system on South Dock was non-operational.

Minister Astwood said that the former premier’s claims were mere exaggerations.

He said the needed component has long been replaced and the radar station continues to detect illegal vessels on TCI waters at an astonishingly high rate.

Astwood said contrary to the public’s misconception, the radar station is indeed functional and very effective.

“The radar station continues to enjoy above 90 percent detection rate and I need to repeat that because it’s important for people to understand we detect above 90 percent.

“By any measurement, anywhere around the world, that is a success story.”

In crediting the rigorous work of the Immigration and Police

Task Force for the success of the immigration crackdown, Astwood said that while the operations of the task force have grown less conspicuous over the past months, it is not a true reflection of the work being carried out.

Covert community operations are yielding far greater results than the main road blocks people have grown accustomed to, said the minister.

The Government’s rigid immigration crackdown was announced by Astwood in August last year during a sitting of the House of Assembly as a measure to “cleanup the nation”.

He said that while the Government welcomes people from other countries living in the TCI, they need people to work along with them and on their terms.

“You voted for change, you demanded things change and change is here,” he said.

Water availability and sustainability policy drafted

BY OLIVIA ROSE A POLICY to ensure sustainable management of water resources and better oversight of water and sewerage operators across the Turks and Caicos Islands has been drafted.

This is according to Minister of Infrastructure and Planning Goldray Ewing who said that the policy will see significant emphasis being placed on strengthening the legislative authority of the Grand Turk water operation to improve and maximise revenue collection and cost recovery.

The main objective of the National Water and Sewerage Policy is to ensure the long-term accessibility and preservation of water supply

and the provision of safe water and sewerage services.

The policy will also aim to improve the quality of life and the protection of public health and the environment through effective management.

Back in 2016 the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Planning commenced consultations for the drafting of a National Water and Sewerage Policy for the Turks and Caicos Islands.

As part of the consultative process, the Energy and Utilities Department invited the management of water and sewerage services and other stakeholders across Providenciales to a consultation meeting at the Department of Environment and

Maritime Affairs.

The meeting saw discussions on policy and regulatory issues and provided the opportunity for stakeholders to give their input and feedback.

During the meeting attendees raised concerns about the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in the policy for both water and sewerage services.

Some pointed to the quality of water and access for all citizens living in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Commissioner of the Energy and Utilities Department Malike Cummings told the Weekly News that when the policy was to be completed regulations stipulating standards

compliance with water safety measures would be implemented.

Cummings said: “We recognise also sewage is a serious issue in Providenciales and Grand Turk.

How do we address that?”

One stakeholder noted that there is need for a solid framework and suggested a draft feasibility study to assess the scope of works to be carried out; he noted that attracting investors is also key.

Acknowledging the point made by the stakeholder Cummings said: “We recognise the need for a regulatory regime that minimises risk and once we could minimise risk and create certainty we will see interest from potential investors. It is part of the wider framework.”

Another stakeholder questioned if there would be one set standard for all the islands as it relates to water supply.

That question was answered by consultant of the draft policy Claudia Vargas who said: “The idea is to uniform standards, for instance in the water and quality of standards we will have to work towards the compliance of international regulations.”

Ethlyn Gibbs Williams, executive director of the Turks and Caicos National Trust, asked about plans to preserve the original water sources across the Islands.

Consultation meetings were also held in Grand Turk, South Caicos and North Caicos.

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Developmental gains reported in 2017 despite catastrophic hurricane season DESPITE major setbacks caused by a destructive 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is reporting a year of several developmental gains for the region.

The bank last year approved $364 million in loans and grants, an increase of $58 million on the previous year.

This has paved the way for the implementation of projects that focus on strengthening resilience, building back better and placing the Caribbean further along a path toward sustainable development.

“This path will not be without challenges but CDB remains committed to partnering with our BMCs (borrowing member countries) to make extreme poverty

in our region a thing of the past,” said Daniel Best, director of projects at CDB during the bank’s annual news conference on Wednesday (February 7).

Pointing to the bank’s flagship poverty reduction programme, the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF), in his presentation to media, Best said that the allocation of $40.8 million in resources from the Bank’s Special Development Fund last year is helping CDB to continue addressing the needs of the region’s most vulnerable through the programme.

In 2017, BNTF also expanded its support to include entrepreneurial development, particularly among the region’s youth.

The director also confirmed that

in 2017, the fund completed 152 sub-projects across its participating countries.

Best highlighted that, through partnerships with international donors, CDB last year mobilised additional concessional resources for infrastructural development across the Caribbean.

The bank, in collaboration with development partners such as Agence Française de Développement, European Investment Bank, European Union, and the Governments of Canada and the United Kingdom, mobilised and operationalised concessional resources for infrastructure projects spanning the agriculture, education, energy, water and sanitation sectors.

In addition, CDB addressed the impact of the devastating hurricanes of 2017, approving $104 million in rehabilitation and reconstruction loans, immediate response loans and emergency relief grants that will benefit about 134,000 people in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, and the British Virgin Islands who were affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria.

“Such cataclysmic events are the new normal for our region. This is why our interventions in economic and social infrastructure are rooted in climate resilience.

“For the first time, the bank has incorporated community resilience and psychological support services in its recovery programming,” Best

PEI donates $10,000 to help with hurricane recovery TWO members of the legislative assembly of Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI) paid a courtesy call on the local legislative assembly this past week to solidify their mutual relationship and respect.

The visit was also conducted to make presentations to the local arm of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The PEI legislative assembly speaker, Buck Francis was joined by clerk of his assembly Charles MacKay, who is also one of the longest serving clerks in the Commonwealth, and their respective spouses.

Speaker of the TCI Assembly, Dwayne Taylor and other members of the House welcomed the members at the NJ Francis Building in Grand Turk.

Taylor was presented with a plaque on behalf of the PEI CPA branch.

Speaker Francis also presented a cheque of $10,000 to aid the Turks and Caicos Islands in its hurricane recovery efforts.

An MOU Twinning Arrangement between the Prince Edward Island

and the Turks and Caicos Islands parliaments was signed in St John, Newfoundland, Canada in 2015.

Greetings were delivered by the Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson on behalf of the Government and HOA member Akierra Missick gave brief remarks on behalf of the opposition.

“It is a great pleasure for my clerk and I to visit your beautiful island,” the PEI Speaker said in his remarks, “and this being our first official visit to Turks and Caicos since the signing of our parliamentary agreement, it is a pleasure to follow up and we can improve the way we operate our parliaments and conduct business within our parliaments.

He added: “There are ways we can learn from each other and this is certainly one of the major reasons why we are here and this is what the partnership agreement is all about.

“We are certainly proud to have you as a twin and it is great being here.”

The PEI members sat through the morning session of the debate of the Supplementary Appropriations Bill, after which they were treated to a brief reception by the local CPA members. (Delana Isles)

TCI House Speaker Dwayne Taylor accepts a cheque from visiting speaker Buck Francis of Prince Edward Islands

House of Assembly members pose with the visiting duo

told the media.

Speaking to the bank’s plans for 2018, the director said CDB was actively working to fast-track the implementation of rehabilitation and reconstruction projects.

He confirmed that key areas of focus for projects in 2018 include the continued advancement of energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in the bank’s borrowing member countries, addressing the issue of youth unemployment, investing in climatesmart agriculture interventions, and continuing support for the creative industries sector through the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund approved in 2017. (Delana Isles)

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Man jailed for five years for robbing another of $5 BEFORE Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale in the Supreme Court in Grand Turk on Friday, February 2, Derrick Missick was sentence to serve five years in Her Majesty’s Prison.

The Kew Town, Providenciales, man pleaded guilty to two imitation firearm

offences dating back to early 2016.

He admitted to the court that he held up a resident at a local bar in Kew Town, threatening him with the fake gun and then robbing the victim of $5.

Missick was represented by attorney Oliver Smith.

Jury frees man allegedly caught discarding illegal gun In Grand Turk Supreme Court last week, Deveraux Williams was freed by a jury after they found him not guilty on a charge of firearm possession.

The alleged incident occurred at around 4.30am at a Grand Turk night club on October 22, 2016.

Court information is that police on patrol stopped and attempted to search the 22-yearold Williams.

However, when the man realised he was going to the lockup a scuffle broke out between him and the officers.

The court heard that the police officers were only able to put one handcuff on the young man before he ran away.

But as he was struggling to

escape from the officers, it is alleged that a firearm dropped out of Williams’ clothing. The gun was retrieved as Williams successfully escaped.

Williams turned himself into the Grand Turk Police Station the following day in the company of his attorney and family members.

He was granted bail and subsequently bonded over for trial before Judge Robert Shuster.

During the trial, non-police witnesses testified that Williams, who was represented by attorney Benson Harvey, was seen struggling with law enforcement officers during which time a gun fell from him and then him escaping.

Wanted man gets bail as Crown’s case falls apart In the Supreme Court on Friday, January 26, 20-year-old Prince Brutus was granted self-signed bail after having served five months in prison on remand.

Information reaching the Weekly News is that there are serious flaws in the Crown’s case against Brutus, and as such he was released on bail pending his trial.

A few months ago, police

issued a wanted poster for Brutus stating that the young man is wanted in connection with several firearm related offences, aggravated burglaries, and a number of other violent crimes.

He was remanded in prison for about five months before being granted bail.

His counsel is attorney Finbar Grant.

Jamaican man gets two years for marijuana possession Sanjay Campbell, a Jamaican man who was arrested by police in Providenciales a few month ago after being found to be in possession of drugs, was last week sentenced for the offence.

Chief Magistrate Tanya Lobban-Jackson sentenced

Campbell to 25 months in prison when he appeared before her in the Providenciales Magistrate’s Court last month.

The man had pleaded guilty to possession of almost three and a half pounds of marijuana.

Campbell was represented by attorney Oliver Smith.

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Gardeners up in arms over unresolved payment issues

BY OLIVIA ROSE ALMOST two years after a group of landscape gardeners picketed the Labour Tribunal over alleged unfair treatment by their employer, they are raising the issue again.

Twenty-five disgruntled foreign workers, who claimed that their boss took money out of their wages for the payment of work permits, are now seeking legal guidance from the Human Rights Commission.

In December 2015, the workers from landscaping company Environmental Arts staged their first protest outside the company’s office in the Regent Village, Providenciales.

Then in April 2016 they staged a second protest in front of the Labour Tribunal in hopes of garnering Government assistance.

The matter was taken to the Labour Tribunal and attempts were made to resolve the issue.

However, the Weekly News was informed that the tribunal was not able to help both parties settle the matter quickly and amicably.

PEEVED WORKERS The gardeners, originally from Haiti, allege that their employer and owner of the business Natalie Zaidan coerced them into paying half of their work permit fees.

They also told the Weekly News that biweekly deductions disguised as a loan were being made from their

wages to pay for their work permits every year.

At the time spokesman Daniel Charles called on the then premier Rufus Ewing to help bring their employer to justice.

He said: “We want our money and we ask for justice.

“In December 2015 we protested against the bad treatment we suffered in this company, but after that she give us a lot of pressure, saying that if we do not return to the media to withdraw our complaints against her, last year we will not get paid that very day.

“Since then she started persecuting us and cut out everything in our benefits.

“She cut holiday pay, she used to give us bonus in December she cut it, and she cut the hours we used to work.”

Charles explained that prior to the protest in December they worked about 108 hours per eight days.

“She calls us to tell us to stay home and she hires new guys who do not have legal status to work and we stay home because she is victimising us.”

He told the Weekly News that a former colleague suffered an eye injury and travelled to Haiti to seek medical attention.

The man left the Turks and Caicos Islands with only a receipt of his work permit, while Zaidan was in possession of the original permit, he

said.

For weeks on end they pleaded with her to send the original work permit which would allow the employee to travel back to the TCI, he claimed.

“The doctors sent letters to her stating that he’s better now and could work. She gave us her word every day and never sent the permit until it expired in her hands.

“She never sent the work permit for the man to come back and get his insurance money.”

He alleged that many unfair changes had been made since their protest noting that they were also required to pay half of their health insurance money.

Documents showed to the Weekly News outlined the 11 points of contention.

“She did not want to sit down with us and right now she’s worse. We could see no change from her.

“We said okay we don’t want a sit-down with the 11 point no more, right now all we want is our work permit money.

“They make us work more than 108, she’s never paid for overtime.

Right now, we cry for our work permit money and our overtime money.”

Most of the employees have worked for the company for over a decade and some over two decades.

Efforts to contact Zaidan for comment have proved fruitless.

Several government departments remain displaced

BY OLIVIA ROSE A NUMBER of key government departments in Grand Turk are still not fully operational nearly five months after the passage of hurricane Irma.

A Government press release issued on Thursday (February 8) stated that it is important for the general public to be aware of the issues currently being experienced.

It said that while most public services have resumed, several challenges in a number of key areas are still being addressed.

“As of today there remain a significant number of displaced departments which are currently being housed within other departments whilst they await repairs to government infrastructure,” it read.

“This includes critical departments such as the Information Technology, Customs, Planning, Land Registry, Public Works, Land Survey, Internal Audit and other departments on the island of Grand Turk.”

It stressed that a noticeable improvement in communication services on the island of Grand Turk is expected to result in the full functionality of department phones.

The department’s telephone lines operate on a voice over internet protocol system which relies on the stability of the network itself.

“Revenue and expenditure systems have suffered a number of challenges during recent months due to internet and communication instability, but with recent improvements by telecommunication providers this should shortly be resolved.”

Updated listing of the affected departments new operating locations: -Customs Department - Treasury Department, Front Street -Central Information Technology Unit - Treasury Department, Front Street -Public Works Department Former Chief Minister’s Office, Government Compound, Pond Street -Planning Department - Former

Chief Minister’s Office, Government Compound, Pond Street -Water Undertaking Department - Former Chief Minister’s Office, Government Compound, Pond Street -Land Registry Department Attorney General’s Chambers, Waterloo Plaza, Airport Road -Valuation Department - Attorney General’s Chambers, Waterloo Plaza, Airport Road -Survey and Mapping Department - Attorney General’s Chambers, Waterloo Plaza, Airport Road -Crown Land Unit - Attorney General’s Chambers, Waterloo Plaza, Airport Road -Elections Department - Strategic Policy and Planning Unit, South Base -Internal Audit Department Audit Department, Tony Clarke Office Complex -Road Safety Department Printing Department, Ruthann Lightbourne Plaza -Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports - Franklyn Misick Building, Church Folly

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Seaweed a priority while major crises not – PART TWO Dear Editor, During the annual memorial for TCI former chief minister JAGS McCartney, many come to memorialise this selfless man and claim connection to him.

In fact, the Government currently in office is that of the party he was instrumental in forming, the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM).

But in October of last year, on arrival at the airport in Grand Turk named in his memory, the first sight before my eyes and those of any visitor was that of the airport with the roof peeled off in places.

A testament to the two category five hurricanes mentioned earlier that extensively devastated Salt Cay, South Caicos and Grand Turk, in that order of destruction.

The building was so damaged that entry was not allowed in the usual ‘Arrivals’ section. Entry was through a side gate on the western side of the building.

And on departure two days later entry was not allowed through the big ‘Departures’ sliding door.

Departures had to come in through a small door next to the ‘Security’

walk-through, where a temporary counter was set up On entering the building it became clear why this situation existed. There were a group of men pushing sponge mops trying to push out gallons upon gallons of water from the main lobby.

There had been serious rain for days that had poured down into that damaged roof. The water removal looked like an attempt to part the Red Sea. But why was this the case when the British Royal Marines, who came and assisted during the hurricane crisis, used this facility as their headquarters but left the roof in this woeful condition that greets the incoming travellers’ eyes.

Why did the governor allow this, and why did the governing PDM not take him to task on this?

After all, the building is a memory of the man crucial to their cause.

Which begs this question again: Who is representing the people of the TCI and the pressing interests of our country?

This next matter is two-fold and involves two of our TCI island communities - Grand Turk and South Caicos.

Since the two hurricanes, Grand Turk has had sporadic to, at times, no internet.

As of now South Caicos has no banking services. First Caribbean International Bank, which has been in the TCI for decades as Barclays, has decided to promptly terminate its one-day-a-week service to this island.

Both states of affairs are absolutely shameful! In this day and age internet capability is crucial to daily life.

In talking to two business people, one a long-time businessman, here is what was revealed: Doing business and even shopping for food is in dire straits in Grand Turk because of lack of internet.

You have to go to the offices of merchants and government agencies to get things done, because of such poor phone and internet.

Food merchants cannot place orders online for the same reason, so most stores are empty and there is a shortage of food.

Four months after the hurricanes and this is the state of affairs in this island.

Imagine how this is destroying business and crippling government

functioning.

The governor, UK representative for the ‘so-called’ administering authority, and local government need to be investigated for allowing this disaster to continue in the island that is supposedly the ‘seat of government’. Failing grade!

And South Caicos! This island was terribly devastated by the two hurricanes. The community is getting itself together, purchasing materials to rebuild and move themselves ahead. So, a lot of money transactions are going on there.

Just as they are moving ahead the bank promptly suspends service.

Is this a joke? This should not be

allowed, and the Government should require banks to give at least sixmonths’ notice when such action is undertaken, so our people can make plans and not be caught high and dry.

The Office of the Premier did put out a press release on this but it seems ‘after the fact’ and suggests that there is little they can do. Not good at all.

And with all this we hear about ‘seaweed’? Which begs this question again: Who is representing the people of the TCI and the pressing interests of our country?

Ben Roberts, Turks and Caicos Forum

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Your turn to talk EVER since the election there has been much talk. Talk from the opposition and those friendly to the former governments.

To begin with, Sharlene Cartwright Robinson was opposed because she was a woman.

To be fair Sharlene did celebrate her gender more than what modern times call for.

Having a woman at the helm is nothing new.

Prime minister Margaret Thatcher comes to mind as does premier Dame Mary Eugenia Charles of Dominica.

Ms Charles phoned president Ronald Reagan to intercede in the attempted takeover of Grenada by Communist Cubans.

The Grenada story is history as is what happened under Thatcher in the Falkland Islands.

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 27 years and has lived in Conch Bar, Middle Caicos, since 2002. David formerly served as branch chairman of the PDM from 2008 to 2011

Last week the TCI heard former premier Michael Misick, talking on radio about our need for a stronger constitution.

Shame on Premier Sharlene for allowing the 2011 document to remain, said Mike.

Remember a very few years ago?

Misick manipulated the British Labour government into giving him the near independent power of the 2006 Constitution.

Two years later, that document and nearly everything to do with native power was suspended.

Evidence and more embarrassment for the TCI came out of yet another Commission of Inquiry.

The TCI lost all internal government due to PNP doings!

Premier Sharlene was chided for trying to pass our statutory bodies to the governor giving additional authority to the British.

Unconstitutional, said the opposition.

Now the reverse has happened.

The governor has clearly passed the authority for the statutory bodies and financial matters to Premier Sharlene.

Does the opposition know what they are talking about?

What gives Misick the moral right to talk? When his administration was questioned, Mike secretly ran away to hide in Brazil.

After he was tracked down and arrested Mike fought for years with tooth and nail to stay in Brazil.

He divorced the TCI, its people and showed his true agenda. Save his own hide and the dickens with little TCI! Mike lost his fight to stay in Brazil and home he came, guarded on a USA government plane!

Mike remains bailed out of Grand Turk jail for $10 million. Where will Mike go if he wins in court? Back to

Brazil?

Can he go to Miami? At least three USA women have issues with Mike. Will the TCI let a stranded Mike run on a passport or ballot again?

Brother Washy says he will retire to attend to business interests.

His Alexandra Resort is lost to receivership and Prestigious Properties is downsized to low prestige.

The TCI Bank, financed by the statutory body National Insurance Board (NIB) and run into the ground in less than five years, is long gone.

Millions more taken from the NIB were withdrawn, just before the bank closed, by unknowns.

Once again, to be fair, the folks are asking when will Sharlene’s government begin the repairs on the schools and other infrastructure damaged by the nasty hurricane.

Have the millions promised and needed in the TCI arrived yet?

Honourable premier - it is your turn to talk!

February 10-16, 2018

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Fly-in-something in the Caribbean

BY CDR BUD SLABBAERT HOW about fly-in banking, like a drive-in fast food operation?

No, it’s no joke. In the Caribbean?

Probably not, but that is not the point.

One has to look at the principles of the concept and explore if one could do a ‘fly-in’ something that might fit a particular destination in a region.

Bottom line, it’s all about economic development of a region. Follow me!

Developing airport business requires some creative thinking especially when it comes to private and business aviation.

No one is flying to an airport because of the airport. Passengers are coming for the destination and in the Caribbean for instance, especially for the tourism product.

How do you get aircraft passengers to come and do business, ‘tourism d’affaires’ as the French say?

Just visiting conferences for creating awareness and networking is not enough of a marketing effort. At least it was not enough for me.

I was in charge of business aviation development. My line of thinking was more about a sustainable development.

I observed that a well-known foreign business man would frequently arrive at ‘my’ airport on his private jet and met with a financial expert for a good hour in the airport’s restaurant and then boarded his jet and left again.

Hmm? Could one turn that in some kind of concept?

The airport was located in a country well-known for international banking and finance. The idea was born: fly-in finance services. Why not?

CDR BUD SLABBAERT Commander Bud Slabbaert from Sint Maarten is the initiator and chairman of the Caribbean Aviation Meetup conferences.

Throughout his professional activities, he was involved in international aviation promotion, development and management matters in the region and in Europe.

A service-concept enabling foreign persons and companies to have quick access to financial services by flying to an airport and using the services of the financial institutions on the airport premises or in nearby branches.

Fly-in banking would be a marketing innovation in airport business development and promotion, but also in the private and investment banking industry.

I did some research. In the 60s, in Rio Vista, Texas, there was the ‘Cow Pasture Bank’. The banker owned a grass airstrip behind the bank building.

He created a unique financial institution by offering a fly-in feature.

Clients would fly their planes in from their farms to do their banking.

Mind that in Texas distances are far, the farms are so big that the farmers would also have a grass strip and their own small private airplane.

The banker commented that in addition: “We financed a lot of airplanes. It was an easy way to let people fly in and we would look at the airplane and that sort of thing and decide if we wanted to finance it.”

Of course, ‘my’ airport didn’t have

Bud has written numerous articles and columns for international and regional magazines.

As a specialist in strategic communication, he aims to ensure that the essential information is noticed by the senses, sticks in the mind, and affects thinking, behaviour, or activities of an audience.

a bank. The closest branches of major international brand banks were 15 minutes away.

Yet, we had a building where we could rent out space and make meeting rooms available to advisors from the financial institutions, who could come to meet their clients on our premises.

My vision was that, if we were successful, we could even initiate a cluster development with additional facilities and offices of service providers from financial industry segments. Good for airport expansion and good for the local community.

So instead of chasing aircraft owners and operators, as one might have expected me to do, I went after bankers.

On a local level, the concept was well received. Why wasn’t it realised?

The headquarters of the banks that were located in the two cities with a major international airport, didn’t want to lose any business to their branches.

Does the word ‘commission’ ring a bell?

They believed that the branches could attract the cross-border road traffic, but the HQs wanted to keep

Onwards and onwards – Salt Cay’s ongoing post-hurricane challenges

BY TITUS DE BOER No, I did not want to write again. Or rather I couldn’t. Until now.

Tempting as it was, as one of the persons who remained on Salt Cay during hurricanes Irma and Maria (one UK publication referred to us as “The Salt Cay 16”), the memories and emotions in the aftermath of these natural disasters were too fresh and (some of them) too exasperating as to enable me (or any writer) to remain objective.

There was a lot to digest and anyone who claims otherwise is either emotionally dead or a liar.

Five months on there’s enough distance from and reflection on the events of September 2017. And so, it’s time to resume writing.

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation,” the American basketball player Michael Jordan used to say, and yes, we saw a lot of that on Salt Cay after the storms.

In fact, I’d go as far as saying that we saw the very best of humanity

during those days in September.

From the many NGOs (nongovernmental organisations) and private citizens who rushed to our help, to a handful of native men who worked around the clock to clear the roads from debris, the local ladies who set up a soup kitchen that served everyone with at least one hot meal per day, the Royal Marines (later on), to the Grand Turk dive operator (Smitty) who stepped up to the plate making at times numerous trips a day between the capital and Salt Cay. The list goes on. All of these individuals are heroes to me and should be recognised as such! I shall certainly be forever grateful to them.

Mark Twain once wrote: “Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows anybody.”

This too was true on Salt Cay during the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes, as the dark side of some was briefly visible.

From the fairly inconsequential tale of an absentee, non-resident

home owner who accused some of us of not having “fulfilled your moral, neighbourly duty” (who, to his credit, apologised profusely after returning and seeing all the work that had been done), to a grandiloquent ‘property manager’ who put ego and self-interest before other people’s well-being and has remained bumptious ever since, to finally the serious matter of those who helped themselves to other people’s property - not to survive, but for self-gain.

On the last issue, it is important to stress that yes, some people’s essential items (generators, etc) were responsibly distributed by some very upstanding citizens, who - facing a genuine humanitarian crisis - made the right call.

One had to have been on Salt Cay during those first three weeks following the hurricanes to fully appreciate the atmosphere which was in one word - desperate.

And I for one will gladly speak out on behalf of those who helped the residents of Salt Cay in this manner!

the flying jet set for themselves.

By accident, it went in international aviation magazine as “fly-in banking to attract more well-heeled travellers” and “just trying to make things as easy and comfortable as possible for them,” and “facilitating meetings with representatives from major banks in the airport’s new business centre and arranging limousine transportation to nearby branch offices”.

The journalist who published the information may have been just a bit too excited about the new service, by publishing it prematurely before the programme was actually realised.

Bad PR? No. Because in the same article he also mentioned that: “Business aviation movements at the airport during the first half of this year are up by 94 percent over the same period last year, because more executive travellers have discovered…, etc.”

Why write this column about something that failed?

It didn’t fail, it just didn’t work due to an unforeseen circumstance.

Now, one could come up with a series of quotations of some of the most famous successful people saying that progress is based on trial

and failure.

The essence of such quotes is that one has to come up with new ideas and eventually one of them will succeed.

If one doesn’t try anything new or different, then nothing happens.

Question is, where should it all start?

My concept started as an initiative of an airport business developer.

Should the idea have come up in a bank? A government economic development authority, maybe? What about a Chamber of Commerce or a Tourism Office?

I’m in favour of brain storming meetings with competent participants from various organisations and including some independent openminded intellectual individuals.

When does that happen here in the region and where? And if it was done, where are the tangible results?

No results? Maybe change the participants or just make them try harder.

What may help is gathering the persons in a room, give them food and water, lock the door and don’t open it anymore until there is a result.

Cruel thought? No way, you just couldn’t see the amused grin on my face.

This is about progress for a territory and helping its community.

When it comes to tourism product or business development, or even the economic development of a whole region, fresh and especially unique concepts are needed. Concepts that outdo the competition.

Think about ‘fly-in-something’ and where that may be applicable, or about something else that is original.

BY TITUS DE BOER Titus de Boer, who originally moved to the TCI from Germany in 1989, is a journalist by training and currently works as an art promoter and consultant in Grand Turk and internationally.

That said, individuals (some of whom arrived by boat from elsewhere), who helped themselves to other people’s property for self-gain, should be ashamed of themselves.

So much - or little - on the events of September 2017.

Life goes on. And while things in Salt Cay are definitely better five months on, urgent matters still loom over the island like those recent grey, wintery clouds.

A twitter poll conducted by the operators of the Salt Cay Ferry (@ salt_cay) only last week, highlighted these urgent matters rather well.

The question posed was as follows: “Salt Cay residents, if you had to prioritise our most urgent immediate needs, which would it be?

“1) Restoration of phone services, 2) Return of a (permanent) police officer, 3) Repair of critical infrastructure, such as the sea wall.”

I think this exercise illustrates rather well, especially to fellow

citizens in Providenciales who may be unaware, how challenging life remains on Salt Cay. Just to be clear, I am truly delighted that Providenciales, the economic engine of this country, has recovered as rapidly as it has and that tourism numbers (our largest industry) appear to be healthy.

Much credit must go the robust Providenciales private sector - some to officialdom.

Now it’s time to redouble efforts on Salt Cay (and Grand Turk for that matter), for as one Salt Cay native recently put it: “We are not the island time forgot, we’re the island government forgot.”

I never have been nor shall ever be in the business of bashing the government of the day, and while no doubt further government efforts are under way, perception goes a long way and at the moment this is the prevailing perception on Salt Cay. So, let’s not forget Salt Cay and move onwards and upwards. Now!

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Much ado about nothing Dear Editor, This past week we watched and listened to what could easily be dubbed an exercise in futility towards no meaningful end and purpose.

The Supplementary Appropriations Bill was debated in the House of Assembly for two days.

This bill was designed to approve the Government’s new priorities post hurricanes Irma and Maria.

What was absolutely clear, and no amount of spin by the premier and minister of finance could change, is that the opportunity to spend approved money on projects that were left in train by the Dr Rufus Ewing’s Government had been lost.

There is a process and procedure in place by which all projects must run.

In listening to a number of senior civil servants, it is quite obvious that they lacked strategic oversight by ministers who are responsible for that aspect.

The public servants move to a drumbeat, but the ministers must set

the tune and tone. In this, I am only the messenger.

After the two recent hurricanes, the premier panicked at the daunting task ahead, looked into the abyss and was absolutely flabbergasted.

Her knee-jerk reaction was to instruct all departments to cut their budget allocation, in some instances, up to a massive 40 percent.

This was a totally unprecedented move, given the strength of our economy prior to the storms.

This clearly indicated that the premier had no confidence in the Turks and Caicos Islands people and their resilience to rebound.

By the time the premier caught herself, the private sector had kicked into high gear and trying to endure that their streams of revenue were secured and functioning.

What was required from the Government’s stand point was to spend in measures up to its capacity to ensure a greater multiplier effect on our economy.

There is a school of thought that says that you have to spend yourself out of a recession.

Once the premier predicted that she was going to realise a deficit budget by end of financial year 2017-2018, she should have utilised the funds available to go on a targeted spending exercise that would bring government buildings and other infrastructure back on line.

That was not done. The premier has now wasted five months doing absolutely nothing, so much so that we will now end the fiscal year with a surplus due to lack of spending.

Particularly in not convening a recovery board that is the first step in directing spending to the priority areas. Being selfish and self-centred is not recipe for progress!

That the recovery board is made up of members of the opposition is a creature of statute.

There is no need to look the gift horse in the mouth. There is nothing

wrong in seeking help from those on the ground that have both the experience and expertise to get things done.

That government schools and still not performing at optimum levels while those in the private sector are zinging along is a direct indication of the incapacity of those at the top and responsible for policy directions.

In the Appropriations Committee meeting, the various permanent secretaries were clear in their assertions that a number of issues could not be resolved unless and until a policy decision had been made.

So, the axe is laid at their feet of ministers, directed and micromanaged by the premier. That is a sign of both incompetence and insecurity.

What is very clear is that “the best man for the job” is not getting the job done. We have to realise and come to grips with the fact that the empress has on no clothes.

We saw this past week what the leader of the opposition called a

recasting of the budget and not a true supplementary appropriation.

The truth is that with the constraints imposed by the procurement process, very little of the money now directed will be spent.

No school repairs, no government office repairs, no radar repairs.

Nothing!

It is more than high time that we get it right. The premier is not cutting it and that is the pronouncement of a number of persons who had gravitated to her camp.

It is typical of her mind-set that she labelled the contributions of the opposition during the recent debate as “slop”.

What it confirms that can be found in the expression, ‘as a man thinks, so is he’!

Royal S Robinson, Providenciales

You are Africans and not descendants of slaves – PART TWO You are not descendants of slaves.

You are Africans in the diaspora.

Your ancestry is in Africa-your motherland.

That umbilical connection can never be broken by the story of the colonisers.

You have a story and you must tell your children your story. You must create your bonfires and tell the African story.

Tell your children where you came from. Tell your children that you are Africans. Tell your children that you are survivors.

Tell your children that your spirit was never crushed. Tell your children that your African hue on your skin was never bleached - it is still painted in the African soil.

They stole your language but not your humanity. They stole you from Africa but not Africa from you.

Your dignity is connected to your Africanness.

However, you have to tell the story. You have to write your own story. Your story does not start with slavery. Your story starts from Africa.

It begins in west Africa. A land rich in tradition, oil, gold cocoa and wildlife. West Africa is not only where you belong. The whole of Africa belongs to you.

You have a stake in Africa. Your shareholding in Africa was never

BY HAMANDAWANA ZHOU

Hamandawana Zhou is a Zimbabwean freelance journalist, journalism lecturer and academic residing in South Africa.

She holds an MSc in Development Studies (Distinction), MBA, BA in English and Communication Studies. He is currently working on a PhD in Leadership.

arrogated. We are constantly told by our fathers and mothers that we hold in trust your portion of your belongingness.

The burden of reconnecting to Africa is never yours alone. It is an African burden.

Africans on the mainland are duty bound to tell the African story. Africans on the mainland are duty bound to massage the African umbilical cord that connects Africa and African diaspora.

We need to engage in student exchange programmes. We need to share our African literature. We must teach African literature to schools and universities.

We must teach Yoruba, Kiswahili, Zulu and Shona amongst other great African languages. Africa must offer scholarships to Africans in the diaspora.

Schools of African studies must be nurtured in universities to advance cutting edge research in African

thought leadership.

We owe it to you our brothers and sisters. We must share our African instruments and songs.

Mainland Africa needs your experiences too. We need to learn how you managed to survive the treacherous seas and subjugation.

We need to learn your music and literature that tell us your stubborn survival skills. We need to learn how you manage to survive the hurricanes that pound your lands.

We need to adopt skills that made you manage your economies well.

We need your expertise to develop Africa.

Your life journeys must be incorporated into our African bonfires stories. We need art that tells your story.

Our grandmothers’ wombs quiver in pain when they think of you my brothers and sisters in the diaspora.

There is a voice that always longs to see and hear the voice of our own in

the diaspora.

Media is an important story telling tool. We need a powerful media that connects Africa to the Africa in the diaspora.

We demand an African media that tells the African story. The stories about Africa that we hear and see are not authentic African stories.

Yes, there is poverty, plunder, war and disease scattered on the mainland. However, this is not the only story.

Africa has a lot of positive stories of triumph, science, education, wealth, health, beauty, wildlife, sport, art, science, medicine and culture that is muted in the western media. We need to tell our own story about the true Africa.

However, to tell that story we need to own that media that we consume.

We need a media that will tell our stories of triumph and emboss our connectedness.

We need a third estate that is ferociously independent and critical of corrupt leaders. We need a media that is patriotic to the African cause.

Our media must tell us about your beautiful lands. It must invite us to visit and invest in your lands Finally, to tell the African story we need authentic leadership. It is not true that we do not have able leaders. Africa and Africa in the

diaspora has able men and women who are not corrupt.

We have men and women who are selfless and eager to work for their communities.

However, these leaders need to rise and drown the appallingly rotten dictators that attract the negative lens of the western media.

We need leaders that walk the walk of Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Nkwame Nkrumah, Samora Machel, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Grantley Herbert Adams, Mbuya Nehanda, Samuel Daniel ‘Shafiishuna’ Nujoma, Seretse Khama, amongst others.

We must cultivate leaders that we can hold accountable. Leaders who are Afrocentric and subservient to our people.

The African story must develop leaders who inspire our youth to grow Africa and Africa in the diaspora.

Our solutions to development is not in Western or Confucian philosophy. Our solutions are in Ubuntu-our Africanness. We do not look east or west for our development needs but in ourselves.

You are not and have never been descendants of slaves. You have always been Africans and you will always be Africans in the diaspora.

This is your story. You must tell yourself and your children that story.

You are Africans.

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Team Infiniti from the Grace Bay Club won the silver award in the sweet category

Double winners team Stelle from the Gansevoort TCI won a silver in the savoury category and a bronze in the sweet

Chocolate lovers delight at annual fundraiser CHOCOHOLICS gathered for an evening of indulgence at a popular annual fundraising event in Providenciales this February.

The Salvation Army held its eighth annual Chocolate Lovers Showcase at the Palms Turks and Caicos on February 3.

Held every year on the first Saturday of February, the evening raises money for the charity’s Hot Lunch Programme, which offers 100 students per day in three government schools a hot meal.

The successful initiative began eight years ago to allow students the opportunity to focus on their studies and not worry about when their next meal might come.

Since the inception of the event, it has raised over a quarter of a million dollars and has provided more than 60,000 hot lunches to students.

Leslie Foss has organised the event since the beginning and said that this year it was the most successful ever.

“We had a great evening with amazing chefs and a sold-out crowd that came together at the beautiful Palms Turks and Caicos to make sure students will have a better chance at success in school and in life.

“A lot of young people are going to benefit from the generosity shown by those in attendance and the hard-working chefs that come out each year to ensure the success of the event.”

The Chocolate Lovers Showcase is a friendly, yet highly competitive competition for the coveted honour of being recognised as creating the best sweet or savoury dish of the night.

The only rule for the chefs

is that their entrees must include chocolate as an ingredient.

Winners receive recognition in a multi-page spread in the summer issue of Turks and Caicos Magazine.

This year’s co-chairperson, Christa Reckhorn, was impressed by the quality of the chefs’ entrees.

“Each year the chefs of the Turks and Caicos Island continue to amaze and inspire us with their creativity, presentation, and quality of their offerings.

“Those in attendance could not stop talking about how great the chefs did and how much they enjoyed the evening.

“We cannot thank this year’s teams from Pavilion, Stelle, Parallel 23, Amanyara, Infiniti, Somewhere, SUI-REN, and Seven enough for their hard work and commitment to the young people of the island.”

Funds raised during the evening were a result of a number of regular sponsors that offered unique and valuable prizes to be auctioned off.

The rest of the funds came from the over 300 tickets sold for the evening.

The chairperson of the Salvation Army Turks and Caicos advisory board, Todd Foss, said that this year broke a record for funds raised.

“We are delighted to report to our supporters, teams, and those who purchased tickets that we raised a record $52,700 for the Hot Lunch Programme.

“Captains Derick and Abena Miller’s, the Salvation Army officers in Turks and Caicos, will be especially excited to know that, not only will the Hot Lunch Programme continue, but it will likely be able to be expanded in 2018.”

At the end of the evening, once all of the votes had been counted, it was the Pavilion at the Somerset

Team Parallel 23 from The Palms resort won the bronze in the savoury category for their lamb lollipop

claiming the gold medal in the savoury category.

Their championship entry was a lobster stuffed agnolotti in a champagne white chocolate cream sauce.

In the same category, Stelle at Gansevoort won the silver medal and Parallel 23 of the Palms the bronze.

The sweet gold medal winner for 2018 was team Amanyara with their white chocolate Thai curry praline with coconut, kaffir lime and lemongrass ganache and toasted coconut.

Infiniti at Grace Bay Club won the silver medal in the sweet category and Stelle, a double winner during the evening, the bronze.

The Salvation Army also reported that they continue providing transportation and resources to the seniors of Middle Caicos, and are also assisting with the hurricane recovery effort on several islands.

The Salvation Army Turks and Caicos has distributed over $200,000 worth of supplies across multiple islands and has witnessed its volunteers donate hundreds of hours of work rebuilding classrooms, fixing homes, and distributing food aid.

Their next big fundraiser is for a new purpose build hurricane shelter and multi-purpose building that will be home to early childhood education classrooms, a music programme,

community kitchen, alcohol and drug abuse counselling centre, house of worship, and eventually women’s and children’s shelter.

The non-profit organisation has received funding from the international branch of the Salvation Army for 40 percent of the project’s cost, which is estimated to be about one and a half million dollars.

They have already purchased land located on Leeward Highway and are looking for a major sponsor for which the centre will be named.

More information about the Salvation Army can be obtained from Todd Foss on 432-8500.

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The Turkana tribe people of Loiyangalani. This village is also home to the largest desert lake in the world

“What is an explorer? To me it’s someone who seeks to challenge the unknown the forbidden by exploring not only unforgiving places but also exploring your own mind, exploring other people’s minds and their cultures,” Mario Rigby

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Mario Rigby at Mount Kenya

Mario shares a moment with these African beauties at Archer’s Post, Samburu County, Kenya

Mario describes it as one of his favourite moments on his adventure - staying in the homes of the Hamer tribe people at the beginning of his journey into Ethiopia

Mario Rigby - Crossing Africa. DONE!

BY DELANA ISLES A JOURNEY that started from the day he was born, was on January 24 completed - a long and sometimes arduous walk across the continent of Africa.

You may have seen his Facebook posts on his official page ‘Crossing Africa’ where you would have smiled along with him as he happily recounted meeting amazing people from all walks of life and from across the entire globe during his African journey.

You may have also felt the same fear and dread he did when he told of the trials and tribulations he had to overcome to get safely to his next destination across the continent.

And like him, many of you may have breathed a sigh of relief as he celebrated the end of a lifelong journey as he concluded his Cape Town to Cairo walk 17 days ago.

“I actually never thought about giving up,” Mario Rigby recounted in one of his countless interviews since his journey commenced on his birthday, November 24, 2015.

“I decided to go on this journey where I would walk from Cape Town to Cairo and I wanted to see how

things would unravel and how things would turn out, so I took the risk.

“It was basically the ultimate risk to see what happens if you do this….”

The feat - 740 days on the road, 60 days on the water, 11,500 km, $20,000, malaria infections, seven arrests by police in three countries, twice bitten by a snake, shot at by rebel forces, but, also hosted by hundreds of friendly people in several African villages and communities.

The countries crossed were South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.

“Anything in life is possible if you incorporate vision, you dream your dreams and aspirations and also your preparations.

“Taking the first step and really going out there and doing it and that’s usually the hardest part… this is the part that most people usually don’t get to,” a reflective Mario said on his Facebook page.

In celebration of the end of his journey, Mario had this to say to the world and his countless supporters: “I have completed my walk from Cape Town to Cairo entirely by foot/ kayak.

“This rigorous two year and 11,500 km expedition proved to be the most challenging and yet rewarding things I have ever experienced.

“I have met tribes that date back thousands of years, I was welcomed into villages, nearly drowned twice along the South African coast, got shot at by rebel forces in Mozambique and decided to kayak across the fourth largest lake in Africa, never having kayaked prior to it.

“These experiences have brought in me exponential growth.

“I am now a speaker, a leader and a man I envisioned a man to be when I was a child.

“I love more, hate none and see all things from opposing views.

“Our world is ours because we are a part of it, as an infant cannot discern between itself and its environment. I feel as this infant, reconnected to our universe.

“Please stay tuned to as I plan to undertake projects that directly impact the very impact destroying our relationship between earth and humanity, renewable and sustainable energy is something I’m working on.

“Thank you and much love for all the people who have stood by my

side, supported me, believed in me and the people who don’t even know that they have impacted my life in this direction.”

Below are excerpts pulled from Mario’s interview with Capital Radio 91.6fm in Sudan at the end of his walk across Africa: PREPARATIONS “This journey as my mom says basically started from the day I was born, and all the way up until today.

“My mother was the first person I had a conversation with and I said to her you know what, I am going to do this walk, I am going to walk across Africa.

“There was silence for ten seconds, which basically felt like an eternity, and she said promise me one thing, if you break your legs promise me you will be the first person to go across Africa on a wheelchair.

“At that moment I felt that I am going to have it, and she is definitely there to support as well as my brother and the rest of my family back in Turks and Caicos.

“And that’s kind of what got me going. That was nine months before the trip began, so that was a really

typical moment in the preparations for my trip.”

Before the trip Mario said he also had to prepare himself psychologically, mentally and physically.

“It was mainly just learning how to survive in certain conditions, just doing a lot of research on terrain, how to climb and cross deserts, how to cross rivers, and also it was doing research on what’s the best route… and the route that I decided to choose is the route that is known by archaeologists and people studying human migration and old trails…

“Along South Africa and it goes along the eastern coast of the African continent and all the way to Egypt…

“I wanted to follow this specific trail through eastern Africa. My first option was to go west Africa but I believed that there were too many complications and so the whole process was all about picking what is the best route to take.”

SOUTH AFRICA “It took me roughly six and a half months [to cross South Africa].

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Let us enjoy our sunsets Dear Editor, It’s with great sadness we recently learnt our daylight will end earlier next year.

We are just exiting the time of the year where sunset is the earliest.

It starts being dark just after 6pm.

Official PLS Airport earliest sunset is 6.05pm from November 21 to December 3.

Next year we will see this same sunset at 5pm. We will lose one hour of precious daytime of life.

I use ‘life’ on purpose as this one hour is a great loss for our core business: tourism.

A longer day simply means longer time spent enjoying our island and, to make it very simple, spending tourist dollars in our tourism industry.

Should tourists be at home at 5pm because it is dark or spend their 5pm to 6pm happy hour enjoying a sunset then doing some shopping on Grace Bay before choosing their restaurant?

A 5pm sunset is very different to a 6pm sunset.

Are we willing to promote tourists in their condo, cooking their own meal or tourists in our streets using our tourism infrastructure?

The TCI Hotel and Tourism Association has naturally answered this question and is clearly opposed to the change.

One can be surprised the body representing the main industry on the island has not been heard.

They are not governing the country but they speak for a large group of citizens so they should be heard.

The so called public consultation on daylight saving time (DST) did not end up with a proper report for a reason.

One will argue the goal is to please residents and not tourism.

Firstly, it won’t please all residents. Secondly, we are ready to erect a 12 storey building to promote

tourism so apparently we are ready to do anything for tourists!

The consultation claims darkness in the morning. Crime by statistics doesn’t happen in the morning and our tourists will enjoy a later wake up.

Vacation is made for grasse matinee!

A 6.30am sunrise will be no difference to our life compared to a 7.30am.

Many studies show even the opposite - morning crime due to darkness is very low, evening crime increases with early sunset.

Consultation papers also claim the change is to stay year round the same time as Florida, USA, and Canada east coast.

From the Cayman Islands to Antigua and down to Aruba, three Caribbean countries on 28 observe DST: Cuba, the Bahamas due to proximity to Florida (Miami coast is 52 miles to Bimini) and Haiti known for political instability (each government change is showing new

DST policy).

We are a Caribbean country, none of the Caricom countries observe DST, we should not copy a model that does not look like us.

Observing DST is having two different time zones a year (UTC-4 in summer and UTC-3 in winter), not doing DST is one single time zone all year round (UTC-4).

We were observing DST until March 2015 when the Government announced: “One of the Caribbean’s top tourist destinations is set to give its residents and visitors an extra hour of sunshine each and every day of the year,” and “Now everyone will be able to enjoy the TCI’s warm sunshine until well after 6pm during the winter.”

A member of the Government stated: “This move will provide our visitors and residents with an extra hour of sunshine during our winter months, our peak tourist season.

“This will be good news for our

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resorts, bars and restaurants, as well as allowing our residents to enjoy a little more sunshine at the end of their day.”

What was good news in 2015 would still be a good news in 2018.

This change of time policy in 2015 came with painful and costly travel schedule discrepancies for all the stakeholder (airlines, travel agents, passengers) as it took very long time to adjust; we can’t afford to be going through this again this year.

But it is not too late, we can still reverse the issue.

We heard a group of concerned citizen whose project is to create, on the Club Med model, a community that won’t observe DST (to explain, Club Med has never observed DST even before 2015, they were keeping their own time for a reason: to keep their guests later in front of a beautiful sunset and make sure they enjoy a longer day).

We can still save our precious hour of life. Let’s raise our voices together, be creative and come up with bright ideas to reverse an unhealthy project.

Alex Cheminade, Airlines schedule analyst

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Father Michael Gittens dies aged 55 FATHER Michael DaCosta Gittens died suddenly on February 1 at his home in Seahorse Village, Lucaya, Grand Bahama, aged 55.

His death was a “devastating blow” to the Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands.

A press release from the diocese said: “Michael Gittens was a beloved individual to whom many turned and upon whom many depended for guidance or simply to be a landmark on their horizon, from whom they could take reference and receive comfort and encouragement, both clergy and laypersons.”

In his early life Gittens was a graduate and head boy of the Freeport High School.

He attended the College of The Bahamas and MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois.

He later went on to attend Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, where he graduated as an educator of the hearing impaired.

Eventually he tested his vocation to the sacred priesthood at Codrington College, Barbados, obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

He was ordained as deacon in 1995 and priest in 1996.

Since ordination he served as chaplain at the Bishop Michael Eldon School, rector of St Paul’s Parish, South Long Island, priest vicar at Christ Church Cathedral, and rector of the Church of the Ascension, Lucaya, Grand Bahama.

“Michael Gittens was a diligent and caring pastor, given to walking toward his sheep to meet them where they were and then walking with them on life’s journey for as long as he had to,” the statement read.

The late Father Michael DaCosta Gittens

“He was a patient listener, counsellor and friend to many.

He had an amazing insight with people and situations to be able to cut right to the heart of a matter.

“He was a fiercely committed family person who gave a lot of himself to family: his late parents, his siblings and their children.”

A memorial service will be held at Ascension Anglican Church, Lucaya, Grand Bahama, on Friday (February 9) at 6.30pm Father Gittens’ body will be received at Holy Trinity, Stapledon Gardens, on Thursday, February 15, at 9.30am. At 10am until 7pm the public will be able to view the body. From 7pm there will be hourly celebrations of the Eucharist.

On Friday, February 16, at 7am there will be a final celebration of the Eucharist.

At 10am the funeral cortege will depart the Holy Trinity Church for Christ Church Cathedral.

At 11am the Pontifical Concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving for the life of Father Michael DaCosta Gittens will take place, with the cremation to follow.

College graduates become civil servants

TCI Community College graduates Marron Sturrup and Jermaine Lowe have been recently appointed as development control officers in the Planning Department.

Sailrock Resort and the South Caicos Heritage Foundation deliver construction materials to damaged homes

Sailrock Resort supports recovery in South Caicos THE SAILROCK Resort team kicked off 2018 by assisting with the delivery of construction materials to South Caicos properties in need.

It supplied heavy equipment and vehicles to transport roofing materials to the medical clinic, church and 15 homes as part of a drive to boost hurricane recovery.

The joint effort with the South Caicos Heritage Foundation saw construction materials provided to 86 homes following the destructive passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The foundation - created soon after the storms - aimed to provide immediate aid to the residents of South Caicos with the long-term goal of preserving and supporting

the island’s rich history and culture.

With the support of Sailrock Resort, it delivered over 200,000 pounds of construction materials to South Caicos residents.

The materials included 21,500 feet of framing lumber that was used to repair homes that experienced structural damage, 32,000 square feet of plywood which was used to repair the roofs and walls of homes, and 125,000 square feet of roofing materials that was used to repair the roofing membrane of homes.

South Caicos was among the many islands in the Caribbean that suffered substantial damage from hurricane’s Irma and Maria.

According to a press release from

Sailrock: “The majority of homes and businesses in Cockburn Harbour experienced structural damage that presented a significant financial burden that many residents couldn’t face on their own.

“With little to no help from major charitable organisations, the relief efforts in South Caicos have been led by the South Caicos Heritage Foundation.”

The foundation’s fundraising efforts are ongoing and members will continue to work with local leaders and the community to identify and prioritise areas of need.

To support the South Caicos Heritage Foundation, visit the website at www. southcaicosheritagefoundation.com

International doctors attend medical education conference

BY OLIVIA ROSE SEVERAL international doctors and nurses are attending a high level three-day gynaecology and urology conference at Beaches TCI in Providenciales.

The certified medical education conference was compiled to provide health professionals with a functional understanding of the latest innovations in evaluation and treatment.

Meeting Achievement organised the 23rd annual Rodney Appell Memorial Gynaecologic Urology conference, taking place from

Thursday to Saturday (February 8 to 10).

According to information posted the company’s website, the educational sessions will provide participants with knowledge of how to evaluate and treat women with lower urogenital tract abnormalities, pelvic prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain and surgical complications.

Participants will also gain knowledge on advanced techniques for the evaluation and treatment of women with incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction will be discussed by a faculty of internationally recognised experts.

The conference has been planned

and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint partnership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and North Shore University Health System.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Healthcare professionals will receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the conference.

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Q&A on cancer

BY GEMMA WILLIAMS-WATSON, Oncology specialist nurse at Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital

What is cancer?

Cancer is when cells in the body divide and grow in an uncontrolled manner. These cells then form lumps or tumours.

Cancer can spread to other areas of the body and therefore early detection and treatment is essential to cure.

What causes cancer?

We can’t say what causes cancer but we do know many risk factors or lifestyle choices that can increase your risk of getting cancer.

By minimising or eliminating these factors you can then decrease your risk.

For instance, we know smoking, lack of exercise and obesity, and a poor diet are all risk factors for cancer.

We also know that if you have a strong family history of cancer it can increase your own risk.

This is a risk that is uncontrollable so it is even more important to make a conscious effort to decrease your risks and attend regular screening.

How is cancer diagnosed?

Different cancers are diagnosed in different ways, and therefore a range of screening techniques are recommended.

Screening is designed to detect cancer at its earliest stage, and then further testing is done to understand the individual’s cancer in more detail.

Screening methods include mammograms, colonoscopies, pap smears and certain blood tests.

If a tumour is identified following a screening, then further tests must be performed such as a tissue biopsy and scan to give the doctor additional information.

How is cancer treated?

Treatment is specific to the type of cancer and the individual patient.

Modes of treatment include surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and radiotherapy, but not all patients will require all of these treatments.

The treatment plan is based on the individual patient and their clinical picture. For example, how well the patient is and if he/she has any other health problems.

This information is reviewed along with lab reports and scans etc.

Treatment is tailored to an individual. This is why not all breast cancer patients will receive exactly the same treatment.

There are many different types of breast cancer and each requires a specific treatment plan.

Doctors around the world in the field of oncology follow international treatment guidelines.

These guidelines direct the treatment

plan; identify a particular type of surgery or specific drug regimen.

The treatment is not solely chosen by the doctor; the decision is directed by these international treatment guidelines.

Cancer treatment is now becoming more personalised due to gene and hormone profile testing, whereas before it was almost ‘one size fits all’.

In some cancers, these tests can help to identify exactly which drugs will help a particular patient’s type of cancer.

When a treatment decision is being made, many pieces of information must be assessed to build a clinical picture of the patient.

For instance, the scan report, lab report, blood tests and hormone receptors plus the patient’s medical history, current health status and personal preferences are all taken into account.

This clinical picture is then compared to the guidelines and a particular treatment plan is decided specific to the patient.

Some of these examples include: every breast cancer patient does not require a mastectomy, every breast cancer patient do not require radiotherapy, some breast cancer patients will require hormone therapy after they have completed chemotherapy, and some patients will not require any hormone therapy.

It is very specific to the individual, which is why patients should not compare themselves to other patients, even if they appear to have the same diagnosis.

What are the different types of cancer?

There are more than 100 types of cancer, but some are more common than others.

The most common cancers seen in the Turks and Caicos are breast, prostate and colorectal.

Which type of cancer is most severe?

The majority of cancers, if detected in the early stages, can be treated effectively and are potentially curative.

Cancer that is diagnosed in an advanced stage, meaning when it has spread to other organs or parts of the body, makes cure less likely and sometimes not possible at all.

In these cases, the focus of treatment then shifts from cure to controlling the spread of cancer and increasing a patient’s quality of life.

To say one cancer is worse than another is not really possible. All cancers are serious conditions and must be treated quickly to get the best results.

Can injuries cause cancer?

No, there is no evidence to show that previous injuries can be a direct cause of cancer.

Can stress cause cancer?

What we do know is that chronic

stress or high levels of stress maintained for long periods of time can have an impact on your immune system.

For example, you may feel more exhausted and be more susceptible to coughs and colds.

We also know that high levels of stress can cause an imbalance in the body’s naturally produced hormones and that some cancers are hormone driven, so this means there is a possible link between the two, but we can’t state that stress directly causes cancer.

What are the risk factors for cancer?

Some risk factors include smoking, high alcohol intake, lack of exercise and obesity, and poor diet. These risks can be managed and decreased by sensible life choices.

Making the right choice and making a concerted effort to ‘live well’ is incredibly important for your own wellbeing.

Also, if you have a strong family history of cancer this can increase your own risk so regular screening and self-checks are extremely important.

Is cancer contagious?

No, cancer is not contagious. Cancer is formed due to a malfunction in cell growth; it is not passed on via bodily fluids or touch.

Can cancer be prevented?

We’ve spoken about the risks and how to minimise your own cancer risk but unfortunately we are unable to completely prevent it which is why screening and early detection is so important.

What are the side effects of cancer treatment?

There are different modes of treatment and each of these have their own possible side effects.

Chemotherapy alone has many different potential side effects but not all chemotherapies have the same ones. For instance, not all chemo drugs result in hair loss.

Radiotherapy, depending on where the patient’s cancer is located, will result in different side effects because the rays are being aimed at different parts of the body.

Before a patient begins any form of treatment, the side effects are discussed so they are able to make an informed decision about commencing treatment.

Are the symptoms of cancer treatment severe?

All types of treatment have side effects so it is important that the advantages are weighed against the disadvantages before commencing any sort of treatment.

It is also important to say that not all patients respond in the same way.

For instance, 100 patients with breast cancer could be given the same drug, but each patient will report a different

side effect profile.

This is because we are all individuals and therefore patients are all different in how they cope with different situations.

Some patients do find the side effects difficult to deal with and when that happens we discuss all possible options available.

personal and close to home.

Cancer is certainly in the forefront of everyone’s mind which is good.

Cancer is an extremely important disease to be actively aware of as it is increasing globally and we should be making a conscious effort to live healthy and get screening when recommended.

What happens when cancer goes into remission?

Complete remission means there is no sign of the cancer on physical examination, on a scan or in any other test.

Some doctors may use the phrase ‘no evidence of disease’. It is also important to say that remission and cure is not the same thing.

If the cancer is in remission it does not mean the cancer is cured.

If the cancer does come back it is usually within five years of the original diagnosis.

After that five year period, if there is still no sign that the cancer has returned, some doctors may say that the patient is then cured.

Has there been a large number of deaths in the TCI due to cancer?

As we know, a number of patients passed away in 2017 that had been diagnosed with cancer and as a result of this, it was important to review the data about these patients.

Upon reviewing the data, some really important related factors were highlighted.

Some of the patients that passed away succumbed to other health issues rather than the cancer. So, although the patients did have cancer, that is not why they passed away.

Some patients even at diagnosis have advanced cancer so cure becomes almost impossible. In this group of patients, our aim is to ensure they feel as well as possible for as long as possible.

We aim to minimise symptoms such as pain or nausea and continue to care for them based on their personal preferences and individual needs.

Another key point to make is that cancer cells are very clever and often stop responding to cancer treatment especially if the patient has an aggressive cancer or they have had a lot of previous cancer treatment.

Medical science is providing us with new treatment possibilities every day through research and drug trials, but unfortunately even medical science cannot always offer the cure or answer we would hope for.

We are very lucky in the Turks and Caicos because we have virtually unlimited access to medications whether it’s chemotherapy or supportive treatments.

This allows us to offer multiple treatments if these are what the patient require.

Some patients do decline treatment due to personal beliefs or concerns; some make a decision between the family that acute medical treatment is not what suits them or their wishes.

In these cases, we continue support the patient and offer other forms of assistance and care wherever we can.

Can cancer be cured?

Yes, many cancers can be cured if they are diagnosed early. This is why regular screening is so important.

When cancer spreads to other areas of the body it makes it very difficult and often impossible to cure.

If people attend screening regularly, tumours can be identified early - this gives the patient the best chance for a positive outcome.

Is there a concern for cancer diagnosis in the TCI? The hospital cancer registry collates data on all patients diagnosed by or referred to the hospital. The trends formed by the data can then help plan care for the future.

From this data, we found that in 2015 there was a large increase in the number of cancer diagnoses, but since then the annual number of cases diagnosed at the hospital have decreased.

In 2016, there was a drop in annual numbers compared to 2015, and again in 2017, there was a decline in the annual number of cases diagnosed compared to 2016.

The number of patients diagnosed with cancer feels high because it is such a small community and for many people these patients may be friends or even relatives so it is understandable that it feels very

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The streets of Luxor are rife with tradition, with a long history dating back 3,000 years

Mario’s home away from home on his African journey

Mario is pictured here surrounded by the hundreds Gelada baboons

Mario Rigby at the Blue Nile Falls

Mario Rigby in Omo Valley, Ethiopia, with the Hamer tribe

Mario Rigby - Crossing Africa... a training ground, it was actually one of the most difficult places to cross because I decided not to do the walk on most roads.

“I decided to walk the coast and that means that there are no roads so it would just be beaches or mountain terrain, valleys, forests, jungles you name it, sand dunes, and you learn exponentially how to survive and when it’s thrown in your face then I think you’re kind of forced to learn and to adapt.

“When you want to encourage some people, you have to place a mountain in front of them and that’s what gives them passion to climb the mountain, but other people you know, they may be likely to live in the background and do a step by step process, “But for me you place a mountain in front of me and you tell me okay you need to climb that mountain and I’ll figure out how to climb that mountain as I am going up, that’s how I like to operate.”

During his walk across Malawi, Mario encountered some gun fire in a conflict zone.

“As for the shooting, basically I was traumatised for one week and I needed a place to get away.

“Actually, right after what happened I ended up staying in a truck, there were no hotels around the area and this was in the conflict zone.

“It was really, really crazy. It was a lot of tension in that area. Gunfire could have happened anywhere

at any time and that was a really stressful moment.

“I ended up pacing my journey, I wanted to quickly get out of there.”

MALAWI “There was a village, it was kind of a remote village, you would have to create your path…

“I was really tired that day and I remember kayaking and I think I must have covered 12 hours of kayaking so I was really exhausted and I needed a place to crash and this looked like the safest place.

“There was a fishing port area where the villagers would go and dock their boats.

“I wanted to speak to the Chief to ask him if I could stay and that was a bit of a challenge.

“Before that it had been routine, I would go to a village and the chief would accept me or not, but I’ve always been accepted by the village.

“This one was particularly very strange because I had a translator there and this guy was completely drunk out of his mind.

“He began translating everything that I said, but I believe it was in the most inaccurate form you could possibly imagine.

“So, I would say things like I’m here to kayak across Lake Malawi and the sentence would take him about 30 minutes to basically translate that to the Chief and to the people and then there was back and forth bickering and speaking on my

behalf.

“So, I mean things might be lost in translation, and so I thought I could stay for the night and the guy said yeah it’s okay stay.

“So, I pitch my tent by a restaurant that was owned by a businessman and he allowed me to stay there as well, about a few hours later into my sleep in the tent I was approached by two police officers with AK-47s pointing into my tent saying that you are under arrest.

“That was pretty challenging right there because I thought everything had worked out, and I was really tired as I’d just done a really massive kayaking trip, it was probably one of my toughest days.

“They [the police] took me in.

They had the handcuffs on me the entire time; I thought that as soon as I arrived in jail that they would take the handcuffs off but they didn’t.

“They kept the handcuffs on while I was in jail overnight with other inmates as well, and their hands were not cuffed up, so it was just myself and I wasn’t exactly sure what that was all about.

“It could be bribery, it could be whatever, but the excuses were always I don’t have a permit to ride my kayak across Lake Malawi which you don’t actually need a permit.

“It was completely bogus.”

TANZANIA “So, I finally arrived to Tanzania,

Tanzania was a very special moment because I was able to relax and it was my halfway point.

“And because I was going through a lot of trouble, first the shooting and then Lake Malawi, the struggle with the kayaks and getting arrested, so I thought to myself, I just need to rest.

“So, I ended up going to Zanzibar as a detour for the first three months and then rented an apartment there and just lived in Zanzibar for some time.

“I would go back and forth to Dar es Salaam as well just to enjoy what it would be like just to be stationary for a while for one moment.

“So, I did that and then I continued on with the journey, however I was accompanied

by German and Austrian girls Charlotte and Charlie.

“I met Charlie in Zanzibar and Charlotte I met in Malawi and basically we met again in Tanzania and they both said, hey can we join you on this journey. I agreed and we all walked together across Tanzania.”

KENYA TO ETHIOPIA “It was absolutely different. It was a very different vibe, it was almost as soon as you step into Ethiopia it’s kind of separate from the rest of subSaharan Africa,” a visibly happier Mario recalled.

“I spent one month detouring going to places like Oma Valley, checking out the Hamar tribe, that was really exciting.

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“The Hamar tribe is a particular tribe in Ethiopia in the southsoutheast and they are quite remote so if you were to drive there it would take you about three days to get there.

“From there I continued walking from Marsabit County in Kenya and Moyale which is the border with Ethiopia, that took me about four months just to get from the border to the border of Sudan and Ethiopia.

“Crossing the border between Ethiopia to Sudan was a pretty messed up situation I encountered a few wild dogs on the street and they attacked me; it was the first time I was ever attacked by an animal.”

RETURNING TO THE TCI Mario is currently partaking in a slew of motivational talks and conferences now that his journey is completed.

For the next six months he will be speaking with various groups, organisations and institutions explaining his journey across the African continent.

The conferences spread from all the way in Germany and throughout Europe, to Canada and the Caribbean region.

The Weekly News will be bringing a more personal and in depth interview with Mario when he arrives in the Turks and Caicos Islands after his tours are complete.

Stay tuned for more on Mario’s amazing journey.

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Speaker suspends Bahamas opposition from parliament IN an unprecedented series of events, the entire bench of the Bahamian opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) was suspended by the Speaker of the House after they walked out in protest of one suspended member, Glenys Hanna-Martin last week.

Hanna-Martin was suspended last week after the speaker, Halson Moultrie, reviewed tapes of the previous week’s sitting, in which the speaker said she made unsubstantiated claims about the governing Free National Movement (FNM) unfairly targeting and firing persons for political reasons.

The speaker had the comments expunged from the record under the protest of Hanna-Martin over the tone and exact language she used.

In the following week, Moultrie confronted the member of Parliament, in which a heated exchange occurred after which she walked out and then was subsequently suspended from the House.

During the following days, leading up to Wednesday’s sitting, a series of articles, street-meetings and press conferences held by the PLP with their party supporters, laid the case for what they called an “unfair suspension of a member”, in which Hanna-Martin vowed to return to the House at the next sitting, disobeying the orders of the speaker on her suspension.

A vote in parliament was then called for on whether or not HannaMartin should be suspended, in which the House voted on party lines in favour of her suspension.

The situation on St Eustatius has been a concern to the Netherlands government for some time.

Hanna-Martin was suspended last week after the speaker, Halson Moultrie, said she made unsubstantiated claims about the governing Free National Movement (FNM) unfairly targeting and firing persons for political reasons.

The entire opposition bench was then disqualified from participating in the day’s House proceedings when they all walked out together during a speech by the speaker, following which they were therefore suspended.

Hanna-Martin was also previously named and suspended by the former Speaker of the House, Alvin Smith, in 2009 when she attempted to raise a matter of the suspect that died in police custody outside of the House’s agenda.

The current prime minister, Dr Hubert Minnis, then leader of the opposition, was the other most recent member suspended from the House back in 2013 for refusal to retract statements that were expunged by then Speaker, Kendal Major, on issues related to the then sitting prime minister, Perry Christie, and the alleged relationship he had with

Lyford Cay resident, Peter Nygard.

The House is now considering and examining what they claim to be three separate rule books of the House of Parliament, which is said to empower the speaker to make determinations on whom to suspend, his powers and the powers of the other members.

The former chief clerk of the House, Maurice Tynes, in a recent interview with the Nassau Guardian, stated that there are not three rule books, but rather a change in the numbering of the rule book over the course of the last several years that has been corrected as of May 2017.

The opposition will be suspended for two sittings of the House.

There are four members of the opposition PLP to the FNM’s 35.

(Caribbeannewsnow)

Dutch government assumes direct rule over St Eustatius after allegations of gross neglect THE Netherlands is assuming direct control of the government of St Eustatius, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, state secretary for the interior and kingdom relations Raymond Knops announced on Monday. The decision was reportedly made based on a report from a committee that investigated the state of the island and concluded that there is a “gross neglect of duties” on St Eustatius.

The local governing body, the island council, will be dissolved and other officials will be relieved of their duties. A government commissioner will be appointed to administer the island’s affairs. Knops was due to travel to the island this week to explain the Dutch government’s decision to the local population.

The situation on St Eustatius has been a concern to the Netherlands government for some time, and the

previous minister of home affairs Ronald Plasterk established a committee to identify the problems and make recommendations on how to correct the situation.

The committee concluded that the local government was characterized by lawlessness and financial mismanagement. There are also signs of discrimination, intimidation, threats and insults, and the pursuit of personal power at the expense of the inhabitants, the committee said.

“Citizens and entrepreneurs experience legal inequality. No administration is in order and the island is neglected in a physical sense,” according to the committee.

Knops said in a statement that since other measures have not brought the island council to heel, there is only one thing left to do: government intervention.

Move to have Bahamas ministers jailed over ‘egregious abuse of executive power’ CITING an “egregious abuse of executive power”, attorneys for Bahamas-born Jean Rony JeanCharles are seeking to have Attorney General Carl Bethel, Immigration Minister Brent Symonette, former Director of Immigration William Pratt, Officer in Charge of the Carmichael Road Detention Centre Peter Joseph and Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Tellis Bethel found in contempt of court and imprisoned.

However, Bethel said on Tuesday that the government will not be “rolled over” by “some hastily filed and served action” and pledged to defend the position that the government took in the controversial matter.

The motion comes at the height of the ongoing case involving JeanCharles, 35, who was deported to Haiti in September, without ever being charged.

In the notice of motion for constitutional relief filed on

The motion comes at the height of the ongoing case involving Jean Rony Jean-Charles, 35, who was deported to Haiti in September, without ever being charged.

Monday, Jean-Charles is listed as the applicant, while Bethel, Symonette, Pratt, Joseph and Commodore Bethel are listed as respondents.

Last week, Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hilton ordered the

government to immediately issue a travel document to Jean-Charles to allow him to travel from Haiti back to The Bahamas; and that he be paid the cost of the travel and compensation for breaches to his

fundamental rights and liberties.

Additionally, the judge ordered that Jean-Charles be issued status to permit him to remain in The Bahamas within 60 days of him applying.

The government appealed the matter last Friday and applied for an emergency stay of Hilton’s ruling.

Jean-Charles, who landed back in The Bahamas on Saturday afternoon, after spending more than two months in Haiti, was immediately taken back into custody by immigration authorities.

On Monday, he was released from the detention centre pending a hearing of the government’s application for a stay of the Supreme Court ruling.

The notice for motion alleges that the respondents breached JeanCharles’ rights.

“The entire process by which he (Jean-Charles) has once again been arrested, detained and maybe expelled, constitute an unlawful and egregious abuse of executive power

and contempt,” the motion reads.

It further states, “That such actions taken by the respondents since the applicant’s return to The Bahamas on February 3, 2018, constitute contempt of this court’s judgment and that the relevant respondents be committed to prison for their contempt.

“The court cannot now be seen to be impotent by virtue of the respondents acting unlawfully and in breach of the court’s judgement and the applicant’s constitutional rights.”

The motion also asks that the emergency stay order be set aside “on the grounds that the respondents failed to provide full and frank disclosure to the court”, failed to provide Jean-Charles with details and evidence in support of the emergency stay request and did not apply under the correct jurisdiction of the court.

The constitutional motion was filed the same day Jean-Charles was released from the detention centre.

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UK Parliament report lifts lid on culture of sexual harassment in Westminster Rodridgo Duterte came to power in 2016 promising a crackdown on drug dealers.

Philippines drugs war: ICC announces initial inquiry into killings THE International Criminal Court (ICC) is to open a preliminary inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the Philippines government’s war on drugs, its chief prosecutor says.

Fatou Bensouda said it would look at reports of extrajudicial killings.

President Rodridgo Duterte’s policy of endorsing such killings in the drugs war has drawn widespread condemnation.

Ms Bensouda said an initial examination would also be opened into the use of excessive force in

Venezuela.

The government of President Nicolas Maduro has faced accusations of human rights violations following protests last year in which more than 120 people were killed.

Ms Bensouda said she had “closely followed” the situations in the Philippines and Venezuela and after “a careful, independent and impartial review... I have decided to open a preliminary examination into each situation”.

ONE in five people working at Britain’s Parliament say they have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior over the past year, according to a new report published Thursday.

According to the cross-party group report, which drew 1,377 responses, 19% of workers reported experiencing or witnessing sexual harassment, while 39% had experienced non-sexual harassment or bullying over the past 12 months.

Figures showed that of those suffering bullying or harassment, 45% were women and 35% were men.

Recommendations put forward in the report include sanctions for MPs and staff that could include written apologies, mandatory training, future behaviour agreements, suspension, or the recall of an MP, which could trigger an election.

The report also recommended that all complaints be handled by a specialist, trained Independent Sexual Violence Adviser (ISVA) that will “aim to be a single point of ongoing contact and advocacy for

Michael Fallon resigned after saying his conduct fell short of the high standards expected.

complainants.”

The report also says complainants will be able to remain anonymous.

Lawmaker Andrea Leadsom, who chaired the cross-party report, is now hoping the adoption of a new behavioural code for MPs, peers and staff, will help eradicate the problem.

“This is a big day for Parliament and our politics,” Leadsom said in a

statement.

“The new independent procedure will demonstrate that we want to be the best parliament in the world when it comes to treating everyone who works here with dignity and respect.

This is a major step in bringing about the culture change that Parliament needs.”

The report will be debated by both the House of Commons and House of Lords later this month.

British Prime Minister Theresa May ordered a review into the culture at Westminster in November after a spate of sexual abuse allegations.

She had urged for a new “culture of respect” within Westminster as her government wrestled with the sexual harassment scandal.

Michael Fallon, the former Defence Secretary, resigned in November over allegations of misconduct.

His exit was followed by that of de-facto deputy Prime Minister Damian Green after he admitted lying over the presence of pornography on a computer in his parliamentary office. (CNN)

Bank of England hints at earlier and larger rate rises

At least nine people were killed and 270 injured when the magnitude 6.4 quake struck late Tuesday 22 kilometres (13 miles) north of the city of Hualien, authorities said

Search for missing in Taiwan after earthquake topples buildings AFTERSHOCKS rocked Taiwan’s eastern coast on Thursday as rescue workers searched a teetering multistory building for missing residents feared trapped inside more than 36 hours after a deadly earthquake.

At least nine people were killed and 270 injured when the magnitude 6.4 quake struck late Tuesday 22 kilometres (13 miles) north of the city of Hualien, authorities said. It also damaged bridges and buckled roads in and around Hualien, a city on the island’s northeastern shores.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook the already devastated tourist town in the early hours of Thursday, Taiwan’s official news agency CNA said, the largest in a series of aftershocks.

Eight people were still unaccounted for in Hualien on Thursday afternoon, all of whom were believed to have been living or temporarily staying at the now badly damaged and tilting Yun Men Tsui Ti building, officials said.

Emergency workers used enormous beams, raised with a crane, to prop up the building -- a large residential and commercial complex -- which leaned ominously over the street below.

Rescuers were digging “nonstop on the backside of the building” to try to find people feared trapped on the lower floors, Hualien County fire commander Zhu Zhe-min said. No one is any longer believed trapped above the second floor, he said.

THE Bank of England has indicated that the pace of interest rate increases could accelerate if the economy remains on its current track.

Bank policymakers voted unanimously to keep interest rates on hold at 0.5% at their latest meeting.

However, they said rates would need to rise “earlier” and by a “somewhat greater extent” than they thought at their last review in November.

Economists think the next rate rise could come as soon as May. The value of the pound jumped by about 1% against both the dollar and the euro in reaction to the Bank’s comments.

Higher interest rates have an important effect on households and the economy.

Around 8.1 million UK households have a mortgage, and of those almost half are on either a standard variable rate or a tracker rate.

Interest rates on those types of mortgages would be likely to match any increase in official rates made by the Bank of England.

But for savers a move higher by the Bank of England could be a bonus, as High Street banks generally have to raise their rates of interest.

In November, the Bank raised the cost of borrowing for the first time

in more than 10 years - from 0.25% to 0.5%.

Its forecasts at the time indicated there could be two more increases of 0.25% over three years.

But it now appears there could be a third increase and those rises could be sooner than expected.

“The Committee judges that… monetary policy would need to be tightened somewhat earlier and by a somewhat greater extent over the forecast period than anticipated at the time of the November report,” minutes from the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) meeting said.

The Bank noted that the global economy was expanding at the fastest pace in seven years and that the UK was benefiting from that growth.

It also thinks that UK wage growth will start to pick up, giving the economy a further boost.

As a result, the Bank has raised its growth forecast for the UK economy to 1.7% this year, from its previous forecast of 1.5% made in November.

But it says its forecasts are based on a “smooth” adjustment to Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Economists think it is likely that the next rate rise will come in May, but are not certain.

“All told the MPC has signalled to markets that a May rate hike is under active consideration, but

is far from guaranteed... we still think that the MPC will hold back until August,” said Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

Paul Hollingsworth, senior UK economist at Capital Economics said: “Today’s releases pave the way for an interest rate hike in May, and we think that the MPC will hike a further two times this year, taking Bank Rate to 1.25%.”

Official figures last month showed that the economy grew 0.5% in the last three months of 2017, which was faster than economists had been expecting.

Unemployment remains low at 4.3% and inflation edged lower in December to 3%.

The Bank also released the letter sent by governor Mark Carney to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, to explain why inflation had breached the target rate of 3% in November.

In the letter, Mr Carney said that higher inflation was “almost entirely” due to the effects of a rise in the prices of imports, caused by the fall in the pound’s value after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

The chancellor replied by stressing the importance of boosting UK productivity and the government’s efforts to make that happen. (BBC)

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VACANCY HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE JOB:

Manage the day to day Human Resources operations functions needed (e.g. correspondence generation, record keeping, file maintenance, HRIS entry, grievance and disciplinary matters) in the TCI Market to ensure that the people element of the company is aligned with the strategic and operational goals of the business. Collaborate with the HRBP/Regional HRD to identify and implement programs and initiatives to support the HR direction of respective market.

GARDENERS/ LABOURERS NEEDED Applicants must be able to work outdoors performing manual and physical labor. They must be able to operate a jackhammer, lawn mower and chainsaw. They will be asked to dig holes, mix and spread topsoil/cow manure and plant. They must be able to speak and communicate in English. Starting salary $6.50 per hour and may be required on weekends and holidays if needed.

Interested applicants including Islanders/ Belongers can bring all applications to Services by EA located at #65 Beechwood Road, grace Bay, Providenciales or email to Mary@environmentalarts.tc.

Successful applicants will be notified by phone for interview. This position is currently held by work permit holders 10975

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with the Director/HR Business Partner to ensure delivery of a professional and efficient HR services • Support the recruitment and selection of staff including conducting of interviews and administering of tests and drafting of contracts.

• Support the performance management programme including scheduling of performance management training, providing advice to management and staff, compiling of information from personal development forms and tracking of execution of same.

• Facilitate workshop, training, meetings, coaching sessions as needed to fill the department learning needs; Administer training programmes, as required, and as rolled out by Group/Hub HR • Ensure that finance is provided with relevant information pertaining to payroll in a timely manner so as to ensure that payroll is processed on time with accurate information.

• Ensure that all administrative tasks relating to medical and pension schemes are completed including enrollments, changes and terminations, payments, renewal of contracts and record keeping. Arrange for distribution of plan summary materials and required notices, assist with communicating changes to employees and arrange for onsite representation by providers.

• Review monthly billings from insurance/pension providers for accuracy, codes and advances for payment. Resolve discrepancies with carriers, payroll and the company. Complete reports for management as requested.

• Partner with key Managers across the business to identify performance gaps and the training needs to close those gaps • Assist with the tracking and compilation of monthly and ad hoc HR reports • Process vacation accruals, tracking of all absences ensuring company policy is being followed and appropriate correspondence is sent to employees as appropriate.

• Assist with the processing and dissemination of HR correspondence regarding contractual changes, employee letters, and immigration documentation, among others.

• Conduct monthly/quarterly audits where applicable on all employee files to ensure the relevant documentation is in place, particularly as it relates to the new hire and termination checklists.

• Monthly reporting of Key HRIS metrics.

• Compile date for all HR KPIs to generate monthly HR board reports.

• Provide monthly reconciliation reports for management review for monthly submission to payroll.

• Strive to ensure employee understanding of benefits programs by regularly generating communication and counseling employees/dependents as situations arise. Resolve employee complaints related to health and welfare plans, refer difficult or very complex complaints to HR Director/Business Partner as needed.

• Maintain strong employee relations through the addressing of concerns/issues raised by both management and staff, providing advice and guidance within the context of the grievance and disciplinary procedures, labour legislation and best practice • Facilitate a culture of recognition and celebration through the administration of the company’s reward and recognition system • Ensure the appropriate filing, cataloging and tracking of all HR records, managing the HR documentation requirements and ensuring that all required documentation is received, filed and meets both audit and statutory requirements.

• Assist the wider HR team on special projects and other HR initiatives as required

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR JOB:

• BSc in Human Resource Management, Management Studies or Social Sciences; and 2 – 3 years’ experience in a similar capacity, Or, Diploma/Associate Degree in Human Resources or Social Sciences from a recognized institution; and 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar capacity • Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite • Must have a thorough understanding of HR best practices • Experience coaching and employee development Functional Skills: • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Excellent interpersonal skills • Excellent customer orientation skills • Ability to be flexible and respond to a variety of issues in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills • Ability to exercise considerable judgment and discretion in the consistent administration of policies and procedures to ensure a positive working environment is maintained.

• Display a high level of confidentiality.

• Strong Microsoft Office skills

DEADLINE:

Interested applicants must forward a cover letter and resume for the attention of the Director Human Resources to hrtci@digicelgroup.com. The closing date for applications is February 16, 2018

ROCHELLE SHIRLEY GRAY GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

LABOURER SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 341-7279 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

10980

P&D EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

MIT

seeks to employ a

Is acting on behalf of our clients who are seeking the following positions

A&AC CONTRACTORS

MAINTENANCE man $7.00 per hour PROVO TECH

ELECTRICIAN

STRUCTURE CABLE HELPER $6.50 per hour.

$7.00 per hour

CONTACT: 232-2001

10986

DEEP CREEK WATER SUPPLY NORTH CAICOS REQUIRES

EXPERIENCED CARPENTER

Experienced carpenter/labourer required for full time work at, North Caicos. Must be willing to work six days a week. A demonstrated ability to work unsupervised with excellent communication skills is essential for the position. Salary is $8.00 per hour.

Please apply no later than 20Th January, 2018 at royann_30@hotmail.com or contact on telephone No. 231 3967/946 7761.

Belongers only need apply.

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CONTACT 232-1994.

10943

LATOYA BOXANNE WILLIAMS

GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

LABOURER SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 442-0116

10982

FLORIST

Applicants must possess a minimum of five years experience as an acting Florist, with relevant certification. Must have extensive knowledge of tropical flowers, foliage and potted plants, including their names, seasonal availability and lifespan. Candidates must have experience using current styles in floral design while at the same time understanding the traditional use of certain flowers for weddings, funerals etc. must be available to work outdoors and irregular hours. Possess five years experience in floral retail using POS Systems. Engaging and outgoing personality who enjoys working with the public. Starting salary commensurate with experience.

Interested applicants including Islanders/Belongers can bring all applications to EA Services Ltd. Located at #65 Beechwood Road, Grace Bay, Providenciales or email to mary@environmentalarts.tc.

Successful applicants will be notified by phone for interview. This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES SECURITY OFFICER-PROVIDENCIALES

• This Position Reports to the Security Supervisor/Security Manager • To ensure the overall day-to-day safe, orderly and efficient operation of all airport security activities. Ensure Officers compliance with standard operating procedures/ regulations for security and the requirements of Airports Authority. A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in an aviation related field.

• Salary: $27, 199.80 per annum

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This Position Reports to the Fire Service Manager The Crew Manager is to carry out rescue duties in emergency situation. Must hold a CAA/ICAO Crew Commander Certificate. Acquisition of the necessary Operational Expertise. Acquired Information Technology skills. A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience.

Salary: $27, 199.80 per annum

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER • •

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This Position Reports to the Senior ATC/ATS Manager This is a specialized technical position. It reports to the Senior Air Traffic Controller has unit-level authority for the control and coordination of aircraft and vehicular traffic operation in Turks and Caicos Islands aerodromes and their airspace. The incumbent is required to produce flight plans, plan, and control and coordinate air traffic flow. Additionally, the incumbent is required to produce and disseminate weather updates, provide aircraft with navigational assistance, record statistics carryout equipment checks and produce reports.

Salary: $37, 260.00 per annum

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This Position Reports to the Terminal Manager/Cleaning Supervisor The cleaner performs janitorial duties to include terminal and landside surroundings.

Cleans building floors by sweeping, moping, scrubbing, waxing and polishing them Using electrically powered scrubbing and polishing machines to burnish, scrub, polish and spray clean floors (after receiving proper instruction and training).

Salary: $7.00 per hour

TERMINAL CLEANING SUPERVISOR • • •

This Position Reports to the Terminal Manager To supervise and investigate the quality and standard of caretaking and cleaning services of the TCI Airports. The cleaner performs janitorial duties to include terminal and landside surroundings.

Salary: $21, 735.00 per annum

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This Position Reports to the Engineering & Maintenance Manager The individual must be able to install, maintain, repair, modify and ensure the safe operation of ATC communication and navigation systems.

This Position Reports to the Financial Controller The Senior Accountant responsibilities include reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures. A successful Senior Accountant combines excellent analytical skills with thorough knowledge of accounting principles to analyze financial reports and forecasts. The ideal candidate has also experience collaborating and/or managing a team of Accountants and Accountant Officers. Proven experience as a Finance Manager, Accounting Supervisor or Senior Accountant. Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures. In-depth understanding of International Accounting Standard (IAS). Hands-on experience with SAGE (Peachtree) accounting software packages. Advanced MS Excel skills including VLOOPUP’s and pivot tables. BS degree in Accounting, Finance or Relevant.

Salary: $57, 960.00 per annum

SAFETY MANAGER-SMS • •

•

This Position Reports to the CEO Among other duties, the Safety Manager will be familiar with and undertake the following SMS duties. Monitor and evaluate results of corrective actions with respect to the original CAP requirement and consequential hazard, incidents.

Proving knowledge of aviation legislation and ICAO. Salary: $50, 100.00 per annum

HUMAN RESOURCE CLERK • •

COMMUNICATION & NAVIGATION TECHNICIAN • •

This Position Reports to the Security Manager The Night Watchman patrols the Airport facilities. A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in an aviation related field. Effective communication skills. Ability to work with minimal or no supervision and under pressure. Excellent interpersonal and basic conflict management skills. Willingness to embrace change and be flexible to meet deadlines.

Salary: $10.00 per hour

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

TERMINAL CLEANER • •

This position provides maintenance of equipment service to the Air Traffic Services (ATS) Department through scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and responding to ad hoc situations as they arise. All work must meet current legislation and regulations. Repairs & maintenance on Navigation Aids preferably Racal MK2 A VVO and Fernau DME 2020. Repairs & Maintenance on Communications (VCCS, Radio Systems, Antenna Systems, Cabling Systems).

Salary: $36, 894.50 per annum

NIGHT WATCHMAN-SECURITY

CREW MANAGER • •

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This Position Reports to the Human Resource Manager Perform a wide variety of clerical, technical, administrative and office support duties in support of the TCIAA Human Resource Department. Maintain a sound knowledge of all HR policies/guidelines including Policies and Procedures Manual and TCI Labor Laws. Assist with work permit application processing as required.

Assist with reconciliation of vacations and sick leaves. Prepare and circulate quarterly newsletters. A minimum of 1- 3 years business experience (HR experience is a plus). Certificate/diploma in Human Resource or Business Administration.

Salary: $21, 735- 24, 495.00 commensurate with qualifications and experience

Interest persons must submit their applications before February 16, 2018 to: Human Resources Manager Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority Providenciales International Airport Telephone# 649-941-8692, Fax# 9415996.

Email: hrrecruitment@tciairports.com

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MECHANIC MECHANIC

• Must be a minimum certified level 2 Jaguar & Land Rover Auto Mechanic with minimum 5 years of experience, with expertise to work on our other Brands.

• Must be able to perform vehicle diagnostics and updates using SDD, IDS, Chrysler wiTECH, Starscan, DRB III, Tech 2, NGS, and Fiat Examiner Diagnostic equipment • Maintains vehicle functional condition by listening to customers / operator complaints; conduct inspections; repair engine failures; repair mechanical and electrical systems malfunctions; and replace parts and components according to manufacturer

standards • Keeps shop equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.

• Must hold a valid driver license with a clean, insurable, driving record; must be able to drive manual and automatic transmissions This Ad is for work permit renewal. However, this position is open to all qualified Turks & Caicos Islanders.

Remuneration: Basic Wage (Retainer) - $6.25 per hour plus commission.

Contact Mac Motors Ltd on 649-339-3841

10971

HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY (CARIBBEAN) LTD IS LOOKING FOR A

GENERAL MANAGER Join the Heritage Team! We are looking for an experienced Senior General Manager to hire and train new staff, to assist with our Providenciales branch office. Heritage offers a variety of opportunities for growth and success and is an equal opportunity employer. The successful candidate should have: • 20+ years’ experience required in the P&C insurance; • Litigation management experience; • Reinsurance experience; • Risk Management experience; • Multiple branch operations experience; • Staff evaluating experience; • Accounts reconciliation experience; • Knowledge of insurance coverage for all types of risks; • Ability to travel and work in the US Virgin Islands;

Silver Palms Cottages requires an experienced mechanic with proven ability to work with a range of vehicles according to stringent best-practice standards. The right candidate will be responsible for maintaining the vehicles used by the company and its’ guests at an exceptional standard and manage guests’ relations in relation to use of vehicles.

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL HAVE: • At least five years experience as an auto mechanic • Proven ability in vehicle electrical systems, fault diagnostics, pneumatic and hydraulic systems diagnostics and repair • Familiarity with excellent standards of quality control, experience of keeping accurate records • Knowledge of tools and equipment required to conduct all repairs • Ability to operate diagnostic tools required • Excellent customer service skills.

DUTIES INCLUDE: • Maintain detailed history of vehicle performance or mechanical failures • Diagnose vehicles based on observational and mechanical testing as well as information provided by the customer • Repair vehicles based on the diagnosed issues and repair estimate • Test drive vehicles after repairs are complete to ensure mechanical soundness and to determine whether any other problems exist • Liaise with customers regarding vehicle use and file appropriate documentation on each repair Successful candidate will work weekends and holidays and must have a valid drivers license. Salary $7/hr.

• Must be a licensed P&C Adjuster; • Must be a licensed agent; • Insurance specialist designation required; • Knowledge of Police Processing Systems (PSS); • Knowledgeable in legal claims handling.

Applicants should apply by email to silverpalmstci@gmail.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders can submit copies of their application to the TCI Work Permit Board.

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VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

YOU WILL • Interview, hire, and train new staff members; • Oversee underwriting and policy sales and service; • Be required to work approximately one week a month or less in TCI; • Be required to travel overseas.

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

Preferred applications: Belongers only Salary range: related to time spent and not more than US$2,000.00 per month for TCI work.

Submit cover letter and resume to:

Paula Querrard of Heritage at pquerrard@hiccl.com as well as the Labour Department Deadline for applications is 15th February 2018 This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

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We are looking for a young, go-getter with strong writing skills, who Is interested in becoming a News Reporter. Successful applicant will be responsible for reporting on local events – church, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, social events, courts etc. Individual must be able to drive and own a car.

BOHIO RESORT, GRAND TURK. Is looking to fill the following positions:

BARTENDER

• Must have a minimum 3 years experience in a full service bar • Fluent in English – verbal and written – Spanish is an asset • Pleasant personality a must • Excellent mathematical skills • Ability to mix Bohio specialty cocktails • Ability to open and serve bottle of wine • Cleaning and organization of all areas of bar • Restocking of fridges and inventory bar daily • Must be able to open bottles of wine • Ensure proper cash handling – o0pen and closing duties • Working hours Monday – Sunday including holidays, based on scheduled shift • Must be available to start at 6am hours based on weekly scheduled • Wage: $6.25 per hour

HOUSEKEEPER/ CHAMBERMAID

• Duties include cleaning public areas, guest rooms, laundry and kitchen • Washing floors, walls, windows, washrooms and toilets • Daily cleaning of guest’s rooms including washing floors, walls, windows • Washrooms, dishes, toilets and showers • Laundry service for all items including bedding, towels, uniforms and guest laundry • Must have pleasant personality and be able to adjust to guests needs • Must be able to lift 30lb. laundry bags • English- verbal and written • must be able to start at 6 am, hours based on weekly scheduled • Wage: $6.25 per hour These positions are for renewal

Please email: info@bohioresort.com

COMMUNITY REPORTER

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Send resume to the Editor – tcweeklynews@gmail.com

ADVERTISE

IN THIS SPACE!

PAUL HIGGS

North Caicos Is seeking to employ a

G.M MECHANIC SHOP

MECHANIC $10 per hour

ONLY

$33 PER WEEK

CALL 946-4664

ROBERTS AGENCY

Is acting on behalf of our clients

L.P.S STORE

RETAIL HELPER $6.50 per hour

HELPER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 946-8876

10988

UNIVERSAL SUPER STYLE BARBER SHOP

PROFESSIONAL BARBER $7.00 per hour

PLEASE CONTACT 241-2043 for further information

10987

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BOHIO DIVE INSTRUCTOR GRAND TURK

BOHIO DIVE INSTRUCTOR GRAND TURK

PADI DIVE INSTRUCTOR REQUIRED

• The successful candidate will have: • MSDT PADI Master Dive Instructor Certification • Mature and flexible attitude • Experience in a resort type environment, ideally in the Caribbean • Excellent written and spoken English • Excellent references • Salary $400.00 per week Candidate should apply in writing, including a cover letter and references to info@bohioresort.com 10952

BOHIO DIVE INSTRUCTOR GRAND TURK Is looking for a

Is looking for a

FOOD SERVICE MANAGER • Minimum 10 years experience • International recognized culinary qualifications • Ability to supervise, train, motivate and mentor team members • Strong communication and interpersonal skills • Previous international work experience ideally in the Caribbean • Salary $400.00 per week Candidates should apply to info@bohioresort.com or P.O. Box 170, Grand Turk Please include a covering letter, resume and references with all application This position is held by a work permit holder 10954

LABOURER to work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour contact: info@bohioresort.com This position is for work permit renewal

GIBSON DESIGN BUILD

JEAN CLAUDE AUGUSTE

2 LABOURERS

HELPER HELPER SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 243-0137

CONTACT: 342-0275

CONTACT: 332-8339 THIS POSITION IS

COOPER JACK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY

BLUE HILLS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

LUCIENNE ADAMS BLUE HILLS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

10956

SUNSHINE RESTAURANT in Grand Turk seeks to employ a

BOHIO DIVE INSTRUCTOR GRAND TURK Is recruiting for the following positions:

WATER SPORTS COORDINATOR THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST HAVE: • Certification in SAGE 50 Accounting Software in order to complete bookkeeping entries in the evenings • Ability to plan and schedule scuba diving, boating excursions and water activities for both guests and cruise ship visitors • English and French required, Spanish an asset • Must be PADI Certified Open Water Diver and Boat Captain • Minimum 2 years living in a Caribbean setting • Work schedule will include weekends, public holidays and most evenings • Monthly wage: $1,250 per month Candidates should apply in writing including a cover letter

Resume and references to: info@bohioresort.com This is for work permit renewal

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

10953

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

10960

10959

CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

10961

at a Salary of $300.00 per week 6 days per week please contact Joydie at

TELEPHONE NO. 241 2402

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CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LTD

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LTD

P.O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI. Tel: (649) 941 4437 Fax: (649) 946 4670 E-mail: cse@tciway.tc

P.O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI. Tel: (649) 941 4437 Fax: (649) 946 4670 E-mail: cse@tciway.tc

CSE LIMITED Seeks

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LTD. Seeks

A STRUCTURAL TECHNICIAN

A CIVIL ENGINEER The successful applicant must possess: • HND in Civil/Structural Engineering or higher • 2 years post qualification work experience • Computer literate with experience in Word, Excel, Autocad

The successful applicant must possess: • BSc in Civil/Structural Engineering • 5 years post qualification work experience • Computer literate with experience in Word, Excel, Autocad

Duties will include and candidates should have experience in: • Structural & Civil design calculations and drawing work • Structural surveys • Concrete Testing

Duties will include and candidates should have experience in: • Structural design calculations and drawing work • Structural surveys • Site Inspection & Report

Salary will be $45,000.00 per annum.

Salary will be $36,000.00 per annum.

The suitable candidate will be able to work under their own initiative, and be able to see through Design Projects from conceptional design to final drawing works.

The suitable candidate will be able to work under their own initative, and be able to see through Design Projects from conceptional design to final drawing works.

This position is available immediately and closing date for application is 16th February 2018.

This position is available immediately and closing date for application is 31st January 2018. Qualified Turks & Caicos Islander Preferred.

Qualified Turks & Caicos Islander Preferred.

Apply in writing to Civil & Structural Engineering Limited, P. O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Contact: Chris Conway on cconway@csecaribbean.com Or fax to Labour Office, Providenciales on 946-7184

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

KITCHEN HELPER

Apply in writing to Civil & Structural Engineering Ltd. Limited, P. O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Contact: Chris Conway on cconway@csecaribbean.com Or fax to Labour Office, Providenciales on 946-7184.

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Entertainment

An exclusive evening of art’ is held each year to raise money for the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre.

This year’s event was “a huge success. (Photos by Spotlight Communications)

Artists showcase work at youth charity fundraiser A DIVERSE collection of colourful creations from local and international artists delighted guests during an annual Providenciales charity fundraiser earlier this month.

From acrylic and oil paintings to photography, portraits, ceramics, digital art, jewellery and pen art, there was something for all tastes.

‘An exclusive evening of art’ is held each year to raise money

for the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre.

This year the all-inclusive evening was held at The Shore Club ballroom and included a welcome drink cocktail, canapes, open bar and live entertainment.

According to a press release from the youth centre, the February 2 event was “a huge success”.

Director Roxann Wake-Forbes said: “We were so grateful to see

the amazing support from the community and the art that was displayed was so diverse that we really felt that we had something there for everyone’s taste.

“An exquisite venue, great food, beautiful art and wonderful people, the event was definitely one to remember.”

Artist Bradley Theodore, who has gained international recognition with his timeless iconic paintings, was the

featured international artist at the event.

He was welcomed back for a second year to showcase his work and help raise funds for the youth centre.

Theodore was also able to showcase the works of three other named artists, Kira Lee, Lucas Moran and Sean Sullivan.

During the evening a live auction was hosted by David Bowen and

Rachel Taylor and there was also the opportunity to take part in a silent auction.

Guests were then taken into the courtyard where DJ Dayoh kept the party going into the night.

The event was hosted in collaboration with The Shore Club, Gilley’s Enterprises, Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty and Finishing Touch.

Karen Whitt, Hartling Group vice-

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There was something for all tastes at the annual fundraising event

president sales, marketing, brand development, said: “We were so happy to host and to provide the ballroom for this wonderful event.

“The turnout was amazing, as was the event itself and the after party”.

Galmo Williams, founding member of the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre, said the event was the “best one yet”.

“Roxann does a great job guiding our ship and she and

her team, along with the many volunteers and sponsors, did another amazing job in this our fourth annual event.”

Joe Zahm, president of Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International, said it was inspiring to see so many people give so much to the event. “…which is further evidence of the giving nature of the Turks & Caicos community.”

The Edward C Gartland

Youth Centre is a nongovernment, non-profit facility that aspires to empower the spirit of youth.

It opened its doors in November 2008 and caters to young people aged between 11 and 18 and offers a wide range of free extra-curricular activities.

The centre’s focus is on empowering young people with skills, information and confidence in a safe and inspiring environment.

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Travel agents shine bright at Beaches annual Star Awards THE 16th annual Sandals travel agency recognition Star Awards was an elegant affair honouring top agents around the world for their hard work and dedication to the Sandals brand.

The event was held at Beaches Turks and Caicos on January 28, with a total of 300 travel agents and companions

from North America, Canada and Latin America in attendance.

Many notable figures from the TCI community attended the awards ceremony, including Governor John Freeman, Deputy Governor Anya Williams, Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson and Minister of Tourism Ralph

Higgs.

Many travel agents displayed their stellar work with top award wins, including the Chairman’s Award for Eileen Nason of Discenerning Journeys, the CEO Award of Excellence for Tracy Mcgaughey of A-Aarons All Inclusive Travel and Flemming

Friisdahl of Travel Agent Next Door, and Wedding Vibe as the top USA Sandals travel agency.

In 2002 Sandals Resorts created the Star Awards as a way to recognise top travel agents and their agencies as well as showcase the latest resort products and on-island attractions.

In addition to top product, regional and national categories, the awards announced the Worldwide Top Ten Travel Agencies, Chairman and CEO Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Awards.

This year’s distinguished group of winners included the following:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Kim Cook of Love To Travel, Wanda Keefer of All-Seasons Vacations, Mary Fowler of Riverside Tours And Travel, Marcia Perkins of Destination Wedding.Com, Georgiann Jowarskji of Custom Travel Services, Bonnie Rygg-Haley of Bon Voyage Travel, Lisa Hoppe of Lisa Hoppe Consulting, Robert Rizzo of Travel Only, Barbara Scrocco of Travel Only and Lisa Tetzlaff of Valente Travel.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA: Katie May of Classic Travel Connections.

CEO’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: Tracy Mcgaughey of A-Aarons All Inclusive Travel and Flemming Friisdahl of Travel Agent Next Door.

CHAIRMAN’S AWARD: Eileen Nason of Discerning Journeys.

OUTSTANDING SALES ACHIEVEMENT WEDDINGS: Marcia Perkins of Destination Weddings.Com, Lynn Thomas of Alpha World Travel, Wanda Keefer of All-Seasons Vacations, Denise Kerkhoff of Wedding Vibe and Terri Flood of Escapes Unlimited, Az. WORLDWIDE TOP SANDALS TRAVEL AGENCY: For USA - Wedding Vibe and for Canada - Tripcentral.Ca, Bedford.

WORLDWIDE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SANDALS FOUNDATION: Wanda Keefer owner Allseasonsvacations.com

of

WORLDWIDE TOP TEN TRAVEL AGENCIES: Wedding Vibe, Bristol, Enchanted Honeymoons, Omaha, Twinsburg Travel Cruise Inc, Royal Travel, Maryville, Island Getaways, Brookfield, Discerning Journeys, VIP Vacations Inc, Loyalty One Travel Services, Canada, Escapes Unlimited, Az, Llc, and Classic Travel Connections.

TOP RETAIL TRAVEL AGENCY CHAIN WORLDWIDE: Liberty Travel.

TOP PRODUCING AGENCY IN LATIN AMERICA: Honeymoons SAC/Travel shop, Peru.

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Jarrett Forbes promises to take sports to the next level

BY OLIVIA ROSE NEWLY appointed Director of Sports Jarrett Forbes has vowed to take a holistic approach to the overall development of youths and adults through sports and wellness.

The Office of the Deputy Governor announced the appointment of the certified sports coach to the role on February 5.

Forbes, who has spent over 14 years of developing and managing sports programmes overseas, has pledged to cultivate a national love for sports in the TCI. He said that under his leadership, the sector will engage individuals and communities through the collective development of qualified coaches and officials, premier athletes, competitive teams and world class facilities.

Commenting on his appointment he said: “I am very excited to join the public service as the director of sports.

“Sports has always been my passion and as a youth I was motivated to do well in school, make positive choices, learn leadership skills and develop strong character.

“I believe that through sports we can empower both the youth and adults in the Turks and Caicos Islands by developing within them a spirit of excellence, competitiveness, unity, leadership, national pride and healthy living.”

Deputy Governor Anya Williams also congratulated Forbes on his appointment and urged him to seek more innovative ways to attract youths to the sector.

“We welcome him to the Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Service,” she said, “and look forward to the positive contribution and vision that he will bring to the Sports Department.

“As sports has the potential to change lives in so many ways, I encourage Mr Forbes to work with the various schools and NGOs to develop new and innovative

programmes for the youth throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands and to bring more positive awareness to this most important sector.

“Having coached over 300 official games, facilitated extensive player development and recruitment as well as conducting sports camps across both South Florida and the Caribbean, Mr Forbes is well prepared to excel in this new role.”

Forbes achieved a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Florida International University and a Master of Science in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

He returned to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2016 and subsequently joined the non-profit organisation TCI Rising Stars as vice president which made him responsible for coordinating several youth basketball programmes throughout Grand Turk and Providenciales, highlighted by coaching a team of TCI athletes to a silver medal in an international contest in Puerto Rico.

Jarrett Forbes is appointed new director of sports

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JOB LISTINGS SERVICES AUTO SALES REAL ESTATE

Classifieds TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

February 10-16, 2018

946-4664 Fax: 946-4661

Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

Website: tcweeklynews.com

FLOWER GIRL

WANTED URGENTLY

FLORAL DESIGNER

Must have thorough knowledge in the floral business with 3-5 years experience.

Call: 231-3788

SPACE AVAILABLE ON BUSY HIGHWAY FOR IMMEDIATE RENT. THIS SPACE IS NEWLY RENOVATED.

GOOD FOR LAW OFFIES, REAL ESTATE, SPA, BEAUTY SALON ETC...

CALL 649 231-3788

FOR SALE House in Richmond Hill residential area on a half acre land.

CONTACT: 231-3788

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FOR QUICK SALE ONE BRAND NEW WASHER CALL 231-3788

GET LEGAL HELP ON YOUR INSURANCE CLAIM CALL OR EMAIL US AT

duncansonlaw@gmail.com duncansonlaw.office@gmail.com 649-941-4444/ 649-245-1314/649-348-5744 DUNCANSON & CO BARRISTERS & ATTORNEYS 16121

ASSISTANT MANAGER (PARTS)

WE ARE OPEN WITH FRESH FLOWERS AT REASONABLE PRICES

• Prepare, submit and track orders • Prepare estimates • Evaluate re-order reports and prepare stock orders • Assist with procurement of parts and supplies • Compare prices, specifications and

PREFERED: ELECTRONIC PARTS CATALOG EXPERIENCE – JAGUAR LAND ROVER, MICROCAT & MOPAR Salary Range: $2000 - $3500 per month plus commission

Full time, part time & casual vacancies are currently available in the following area: • Porters • Kitchen Porters • Laundry Assistants • Team Leaders for Portering & Housekeeping Department • Mechanical & Electrical Engineers • Food Service Assistants • Grounds Man • Domestic Assistants (Uniform, training, 3 weeks minimum paid annual leave, and subsidised meals, are available with all posts).

Successful candidates will meet the following criteria:

The Facilities Team look forward to meeting with you.

For further information and queries, please contact Donique Pinnock on Tel: 941-2800 EXT 71802

10972

ASSISTANT PRACTICE MANAGER 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. This position is currently occupied by a Work Permit holder.

Qualified Turks Islander applicants are invited to apply. Salary is $30,000 annually.

• Have relevent experience in the field they have applied for, preferably within the Healthcare field • Be able to work 40 hours per work • Shift patterns and weekend working apply • Have excellent English, both spoken and written • Have a clean Police Record • Must be a Turks Islander or have Permanent Residency Status • Work permit holders need not apply *Salary dependant on qualifications and experience Please bring with you: • List of 3 references • Resume • NHIP Card/NIB Card • TCI Status Card • Police Check (no more that 6 months old)

Please contact Mac Motors Ltd on 339-3841 or service@macmotorstci.com

Bark & Bliss Ltd. is seeking a qualified individual for the position of

Interhealth Canada TCI Cheshire Hall Medical Centre Saturday 10th & 17th February 2018 10a.m. – 2p.m.

Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital, Providenciales, are currently looking for customer focused, driven, dedicated persons to join the Facilities Management Team.

availability Receive and sign for goods when delivered Process orders received Properly record & store special order parts Issue parts to service department Execute inventory counts on perpetual and annual basis

• Must have knowledge of automotive systems in general • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Microsoft Excel and Word in particular) • Attention to detail and problem solving skills

CONTACT: 649-946-4894

JOB FAIR

• • • • •

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• • • • • • •

Manage day-to-day operations of the veterinary practice Control client flow and provide frontline customer service Scheduling of wellness exams as well as surgical and emergency cases Cultivate relationships with clients and the community Help design and implement educational materials and outreach opportunities Collection of medical records, information verification and records organization Provide staff with progress reports on scheduling, administrative protocols, patient communications • Assist in inventory management • Assist in gathering and analyzing financial reports • Ensure the professional look and feel of the physical premises

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• • • • • • •

Must have a high school diploma 10+ years of customer service experience 6+ years of experience in a high volume veterinary clinic environment 6+ years of reception experience within a clinic environment Experience booking and scheduling veterinary appointments Experience with rescue and shelter medicine and prescription refilling required Must be fluent (Written & Oral) in English Applications can be submitted directly to careers@barkandbliss.com

10990

34 CLASSIFIEDS SONIQUE AUGUSTIN Is seeking to employ a

NICODERME AUGUSTIN SEEKS TO EMPLOY THE FOLLOWING

1 LABOURER IN GRAND TURK AT A SALARY OF $250.00 FOR A 5 DAY WEEK

PLEASE CONTACT PASTOR NICO AT TEL NO. 2441451

LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

1 CARPENTER

CONTACT: 342-0432

PLEASE CONTACT PASTOR NICO AT TEL NO. 2441451

SASS CLEANING SERVICES

KERAN WILLIAMS TOUSSAINT

10920

located in North Creek, Grand Turk is looking for a

LABOURER to carry out yard cleaning services. The salary is $350.00 Interested persons can contact owner on

649 231-1976

10936

SAMUEL WILSON KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

CONSTRUCTION LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

AT A SALARY OF $400.00 PER 5 DAYS WEEK

10865

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

CARETAKER FOR KIDS Salary: $6.50 per hour CONTACT: 232-6453

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10942

MANVILLA PRATT KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $400 per week

CONTACT: 346-2027

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

SNAPPER ON THE BEACH

STANLEY WILLIAMS

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

MARCUS LIGHTBOURNE GLASS SHACK Is seeking to employ a

SECURITY OFFICER Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 232-2267

MARITA STOP SHOP THE BIGHT Is seeking to employ

1 CASHIER Applicant must be Honest, Reliable and hardworking Salary: $7.50 per hour

Preference for Belongers

CONTACT: 345-1036

MR. GROUPER

NATHAN SMITH

10928

THE BIGHT Is seeking to employ a

COOK Salary: $7.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days per week

CONTACT: 231-5699

10907

10915

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 231-4856

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

ROBIN COX FOSTER

PROVOTECH BLUE HILLS Is looking for a

KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

to work 5 days per week salary $7.00 per hour

CONTACT: 348-7578 This position is for renewal purpose

10895

10905

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $200 per week

CONTACT: 242-8477

10914

RICHMOND HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL Is looking for a

TRAINED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER with a minimum of ten years’ teaching experience and a teacher's certificate from an accredited institution. Teachers should be able to teach all subjects to any grade level, complete unit and lesson plans, serve on various committees, and complete annual reports. Salary is $2,200 per month.

PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING TO RICHHILLPREP@YAHOO.COM

10926

10941

MYSTIQUE CAR RENTAL & TOURS LTD. Is seeking to employ a

ROCK DB COOLING SERVICES Is seeking to employ a

CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR

CONTACT: 342-2511

10921

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• Must be fluent in English • Must be customer service oriented • Must be willing to work on weekends, holidays and at nights as required • Must be able to type at a speed of 60-80 words per minute with accuracy • Diploma/ Certificate in Secretarial skills or similar • At least five years’ experience in car rental • Knowledge of TSD rental software • Must have a valid driver’s license and a clean police record

Please forward resume to Mystique Car Rental & Tours Ltd. 72 Old Airport Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Deadline: February 9th, 2018

TCI PROFESIONAL BUSINESS Acting on behalf of our clients who are seeking the following;

K&T DISPOSABLE

MECHANIC $10 per hour

V.R SUPERMARKET

LABOURER

AC TECHNICIAN

$6.50 per hour

SAMANTHA CHARLES

Salary: $6.25 per hour

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 242-4235

CONTACT: 241-7878

10917

$6.25 per hour

11093

10898

PORT ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

PROVO SEAFOOD Five Cays is looking for a

S AND C CREATIVE UPHOLSTERY

MARINE MECHANIC to work 6 days per week

Someone with the skill and certification on upholstery of boat, car and household items. Should be able to work unsupervised. Must have at least 20 years’ experience in the field Salary: $6.25 per hour

KEW TOWN Is seeking an

SABRINA LIGHTBOURNE Is seeking to employ a

UPHOLSTER

LABOURER MASON CHEF CONTACT: Salary: $6.50 per hour

Salary: $10 per hour

CONTACT: 344-0689

11091

Salary: $6.25 per hour

946-2475

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10940

CONTACT: 346-6622 Preference for Belongers

10930

salary $10.00 per hour

CONTACT: 649-231-0293

this position is for work permit renewal 10885

CONTACT: 243-0371

10945

NANNY Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 333-2330

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10902

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Ocean Club Management

ROYAL TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS POLICE FORCE JOB VACANCY

is looking for qualified applicants for the following position:

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

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

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

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE JOB:

• The position requires excellent communication skills • The position requires the incumbent to display excellent delivery in call handling and emergency response • Must have the ability to hear and understand sound sources coming through a communications headset and or radio or standard telephone receiver • Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media, including color coded computer screen • Must have the ability to write English legibly and record names and numbers accurately (i.e., not transpose numbers and letters) • Must have the ability to coordinate the movements of two or more limbs together for purposes of operating the radio or telephone equipment simultaneously; the ability to remain seated at the same work station for extended periods of time

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have at least three (3) CXC passes two of which should include English and Mathematics. A foreign language is desirable.

REQUIREMENT:

The post holder will receive training leading up to Certification in the following:1. Public Safety Telecommunications 1 (APCO) 2. Emergency Medical Dispatch (APCO) 3. Fire Services Communications (APCO) 4. Adult and Infant First Aid and CPR

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Normal work schedule may be 8 or 12 hour shifts which can be on weekends and holidays and is subject to change at short notice. Unscheduled hours may be required in the case of excessive workloads, unforeseen personnel shortfalls, or emergency situations.

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

SALARY & ALLOWANCES PER ANNUM: $

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter and two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer) as well as copies of educational certificates and a copy of the Passport photo page. Shortlisted candidates must submit a Police Certificate. Applications should be addressed to the Office of Human Resources, Old Airport Road, Grand Turk and Sent by email to: Rex.Swann@tcipolice.tc with the subject line being: 911 Call Center Level 2 Telecommunicator, Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Police Force Ordinance.

HOUSKEEPING SUPERVISOR

JOB PURPOSE:

Responsible for managing Housekeeping operations and performing highly diversified duties in support of the organization’s business goals and objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Plans, organizes, and manages Housekeeping operations, which includes, but is not limited to: ensuring standards dictating the quality of cleaning in all guest suites, fitness center, and other assigned areas are in place and maintained; inventory control of amenities and linen; liaises with resort management to rectify guest complaints; prepares payroll documentation weekly.

2. Works closely with the resort’s leadership to plan, develop and execute the organization’s short and long-term strategies 3. Provides leadership and vision to the housekeeping department; coaches and supports the team; liaises with other department heads to ensure needs are met 4. Resolves customer complaints and ensures customer satisfaction 5. Identifies, assigns, leads, directs, and performs tasks essential to housekeeping’s operation including, but not limited to: arrival cleans, owner arrivals, spring cleans 6. Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules and expedites workflow 7. Manage inventory process – coordinate ordering, record and monitor items, receive and issue goods, manage and participate in physical inventory of amenities and linen 8. Regularly reviews processes and procedures and amends as necessary to increase productivity and improve efficiencies 9. Hires, manages, mentors and trains staff; establishes performance guidelines; evaluates departmental/staff performance; executes disciplinary actions as necessary in consultation and collaboration with the Operations Manager/ Human Resources Manager 10. Ensures housekeeping policies and procedures are kept current and applicable, and are updated in the Housekeeping Standards of Performance manual 11. Responds to inquiries relative to housekeeping issues, concerns, requests, procedures and projects in a timely manner 12. Ensures housekeeping team and other departments have cohesive working relationships 13. Ensures departmental compliance with the policies, procedures and guidelines of Ocean Club Resorts and TCIG health and safety regulations; maintains logs for incident reports 14. Keep housekeeping areas neat, tidy, organized and in compliance with TCIG health and safety regulations 15. Report any facility or equipment needs to the Operations Manager 16. Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor or any other person authorized to give instructions or assignments

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

1. To perform this job successfully, individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily 2. High School Diploma, plus relevant education and 3-5 years’ supervisory experience, preferably in a resort environment 3. Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate others 4. Thorough knowledge of housekeeping procedures, operations and equipment 5. Self-motivated and dependable with a strong work ethic and good problem solving skills 6. Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to speak, read and write fluently in English language 7. Professional appearance and demeanor 8. Computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook All applications are welcome, but preference will be given to qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders and those persons who have the right to work in the TCI without a work permit.

Please drop off resumes at Ocean Club to the attention of the

Applications without all supporting documents will not be processed.

Human Resource Manager, or via email to diane@oceanclubresorts.com Only those receiving an interview will be contacted.

Deadline for submitting application: 9th February 2018 10901

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIPIN THE TURKS & CAICOS

10951

36 CLASSIFIEDS A TASTE OF ITALY Is seeking to employ an

ASSISTANT MANAGER • Must be a Certified Public Accountant.

• Well Verse in preparation of Financial Statements, variance analysis cash and Ban Rec. PC Literacy (MS office, QB, Coast guard and POC) is a MUST. • At least 6 years’ experience in restaurant or flour industry in a supervisory capacity, willing to be called during grave yard time.

• Salary negotiable • Send CV to P.O. Box 1053

Contact: 941-7334

This position is held by a work permit holder11045

February 10-16, 2018

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

A&J WALK IN VARIETY STORE

A&W CONSTRUCTION

ANDERSON DESSAPES

LABOURER

FINISH CARPENTER

DOMESTIC WORKER

KEW TOWN

FIVE CAYS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 331-3887 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11040

SALARY: $7.00 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 242-8801 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11021

LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a

Salary: $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 341-3094

Position held by a work permit holder 11039

ANTHONY FORBES KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

LIVE-IN HOUSEKEEPER Looking for a hard working, energetic and honest individual to be a live-in house keeper. Must have a strong command of the English language both spoken and written. The individual must have past experience and would be an asset if attended training courses in the field of Housekeeping duties.

The successful candidate is required to work 6 days a week @$10.00 per hour. Duties will involve daily household cleaning, laundry, general garden maintenance, must be confident in handling 3 large dogs in respect of bathing, grooming, feeding and administering medication.

Deadline for All Applications February 26th 2018

All Interested Candidates Should Send Applications via Email at accounts@bsd.tc

Salary: $6.25 per hour

MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK. SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 345-8613

CONTACT: 241-8730

11048

11025

CLIMATECH LTD

FIVE CAYS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

AC TECHNICIAN Starting Salary $15.00

Resumes can be faxed to 941-3425 and the Labor Department, Providenciales as soon as possible

DOMESTIC WORKER SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS PER WEEK

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

BLUE HILLS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

DOMESTIC BABYSITTER WORKER

CHRISTINA CHARLES

A SMALL FAMILY IS CURRENTLY SEEKING A

ARTHUR DEAN

11019

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

D&D CONTRACTING

SHOREWAY CONSTRUCTION

SOUTH DOCK ROAD Is seeking to employ a

is looking to fill the following positions,

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

2- CARPENTER 2- WOOD CARVER CARPENTER 2- TERMINATION WOOD CARPENTER

11026

2- PLUMBER 2- MASON 2- STEEL ERECTOR WORKERS 2- TILES LAYER MAN

To work 6 days a week, hourly rate starting at 6.50 per hour, belonger may only apply.

For information call, 649 346 3917.

BCQS LIMITED Seeks a

RICARDO CONSTRUCTION

SENIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR

1- FINISHING WOOD CARPENTER 1- PLUMBER

Salary: $6.25 per hour

To work 6 days a week, hourly rate starting at 6.50 per hour, belonger may only apply.

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT MUST POSSESS

- Diploma in Quantity Surveying or RICS-recognised qualification.

- Fifteen years post qualification work experience.

- Computer literate with experience in Word, Excel, MS Project & BQ system software

For information call, 649 346 3917.

1108

EXCLUSIVE ACCESSORIES

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE AND CANDIDATES SHOULD HAVE EXPERIENCE IN: - Pre and post contract Quantity Surveying duties - Market appraisals - Feasibility studies

FIVE CAYS ROAD Is seeking to employ a

EKD CONSULTANCY

The suitable candidate should be able to work under his own initiative and be able to see through projects from concept to completion.

This position is available immediately and closing date for application is 16th February 2018.

Qualified Turks & Caicos Islanders preferred.

JEWELRY REPAIRMAN Salary: $6.25 per hour

11016

CONTACT: 247-5610

11013

CONTACT: 245-4567

11028

EKD CONSULTANCY

ACTING ON BEHLAF OF OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

ACTING ON BEHLAF OF OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

DENIS ROPER Grand Turk

ANDRE MILLS Grand Turk

LABOURER

An annual salary of $42,000.00 plus performance Related commission is offered for this position.

Apply in writing to BCQS Limited, P. O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands or fax to 946-4670.

Contact Simon Taylor on email: staylor@bcqs.com

HELPER

is looking to fill the following positions,

$6.50 per hour Six days per week CONTACT: 242-1307 Work permit holder SALOMON ALTIDOR Grand Turk

DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 per hour Six days per week CONTACT: 231-6432 Work permit holder

11047

DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 per hour Six days per week CONTACT: 232-1205 Work permit holder

NENA BEAUTY SALON - Grand Turk

HAIRDRESSER

$7.00 per hour Six days per week CONTACT: 242-1910

11014

February 10-16, 2018 EXCLUSIVE VACATION RENTALS is currently looking to employ a

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

FELIX ONEAL DELANCY LONG BAY IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

GEORGE SOLON BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

PAINTER

BUTLER Hourly rate @ $10.00 Please forward resume to

WENDYHANDFIELD@ YAHOO.COM 11018

HORIANNA RUDINA WIGNAL LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 332-4968

SALARY: $7.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 431-1928

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11024

HOT SPOT BAR

GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

BARMAID SALARY: $8.25 PER HOUR

Salary: $250 per week

CONTACT: 344-9209

GODS INSTRUMENT MINISTRY BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

LEEWARD IS SEEKIGN TO EMPLOY 2

MANAGER

TEACHER

PUMP ATTENDANTS

CLEANER

$6.50 per hour Must speak and write English, Creole, Spanish and French

CONTACT: 946-4069

THESE POSITIONS ARE HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS 11049

J&JF CONSTRUCTION

J&W CONSTRUCTION

DEFINITIVE DESIGN GROUP LTD

ISLAND DREAM WORKS

11006

THE BIGHT IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

LABOURER SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR

11020

Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER Salary: $13.00 per hour

CONTACT: 231-4519

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

JOHN ROBERT FORBES

JUDITH ROBINSON

KAS CLEANING

LAV MANAGEMENT

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

CONTACT: 343-4671

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

CONTACT: 241-1716

FIVE CAYS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

CONTACT: 231-9209

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

These positions are held by work permit holders

CONTACT: 232-6429

11036

Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per hour

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11005

GRANTS

GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Is looking to fill the following positions:

$10 per hour

LABOURER

CLASSIFIEDS 37

11046

is looking to employ a

11011

TURTLE COVE IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

10908

SEEKS TO EMPLOY 4

CARPENTERS

IN GRAND TURK AT A SALARY OF $9.00 PER HR, 6 DAYS PER WEEK PLEASE CONTACT BUILDING MATERIAL AT

TEL NO. 6493344007 0R FAX 6499413513 EMAIL BMMATERIALS@TCIWAY.TC

11032

LION CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL SQUARE Is seeking to employ a

SEEKS TO EMPLOY 1

CARPENTER IN GRAND TURK AT A SALARY OF $2000.00 PER MONTH PLEASE

CONTACT TEL. NO. 6492322750

11034

MARIE C P LOUIS WILLIAMS FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

LIVE-IN CAREGIVER

DOMESTIC WORKER SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 341-3323

Must have experience in taking care of elderly persons. Must work long hours. Responsible to ensure home is kept clean. Able to prepare healthy meals daily and administer medication to the elderly. Salary: $8.00 per hour

CONTACT: 231-2950

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10996

LABOURER

CLEANER

Hourly rate @ $8.00 Please forward resume to wendyhandfield@hotmail. com 11017

COFFEE SPECIALIST REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 4 years experience • Excellent English verbal and written skills • Command and broad knowledge of bar managing a coffee shop • Comprehensive Quickbooks knowledge

CONTACT: 946-8522

HANDYMAN Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 347-7023

CONTACT: 348-9526

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

MELINDA SEYMOUR

NANCY HAIRSTYLIST

NATASHA CONSULTANCY

BARBER

STANCH CONSTRUCTION Labourer $6.25 per hour CONTACT: 341-3945

11028

LABOURER SALARY: $7.00 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 231-2732 11004

Must be willing to work 5 days per week

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

SOUTH CAICOS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

• Good computer literacy • Must have valid driving license • Engaging and outgoing personality who enjoys working with the public • Salary $550.00 per week depending on experience

Prospective applicants including islanders can bring all applications with two letters of recommendation citing relevant experience in the same industry Lemon 2 Go, W102 West Venture House, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales or email to admin@environmentalarts.tc.

Successful applicants will be notified by phone for interview. This position is currently held by work permit holder

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR

CARPENTER Salary: $7.50 per hour

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11027

11003

AIRPORT ROAD IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR PLUS COMMISSION MUST BE WILLING TO WORK MONDAYSATURDAY 9:00 A.M TO 8:00 P.M

CONTACT: 241-1472 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11033

11000

Acting on behalf of our clients who are seeking the following

CLUB ZODIAC Barmaid $6.25 per hour CONTACT: 348-1702 SIMON BIRCH Domestic Worker $6.25 per hour CONTACT: 242-2177 D&B TILE Tile Layer $10 per hour CONTACT: 232-1280

38 CLASSIFIEDS

We welcome you to join the unparalleled award-winning Hotel Group in the Turks and Caicos

THE HARTLING GROUP OUR UPDATED VACANCIES OPEN TO TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDERS ARE AS FOLLOWS;

MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY Assistant Human Resources Manager Restaurant Manager (Sui Ren) Sushi Chef Maintenance Manager Duty Manager Night Manager/Supervisor Restaurant Supervisor Room Service Supervisor Events Coordinator/Banquet Manager Bar Supervisor Security Supervisor Housekeeping Supervisors Engineering Supervisor Accountant LINE POSITIONS Personal Concierges Concierge Front Office Agents Bellman

MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY Executive Housekeeper Night Manager Night Supervisor /Concierge Night Auditor Housekeeping Supervisor

MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY Engineering Supervisor Pool and Beach Manager Landscaping Manager Spa Manager LINE POSITIONS Steward Laundry Driver Landscaping/Grounds

February 10-16, 2018

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Butlers Cost Controller Spa Therapists Spa Receptionist Servers Beach Runner In-Room-Dining Attendant Bar Back Food Runner Bartender Hostess Commis Chef Stewards Room Attendant Housemen Laundry Attendant Laundry Shift Leader Maintenance Technician Security Officers Security Officers (Part-Time) Pool and Beach Attendants Landscaping/Groundskeeper

NATASHA CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of our client National Colony who is seeking the following:

VILLA HOST HOUSEKEEPING AND MAINTENANCE

To work 44 hours a week Male Candidate are preferred as heavy lifting of furniture and maintenance materials is required. Candidates must have a strong command of the English Language.

Previous experience in hospitality and a second language of Spanish or French is required

CONTACT: 243-6016

11044

PARADISE ARTS

PARADISE DESIGNS

JEWELRY ARTIST

EXPERIENCED CERAMIC ARTIST

is looking for qualified applicants for the following position:

Must have 2+ years’ experience in making jewelry. Knowledge of how to manage clients with custom orders. Knowledge of how to arrange jewelry displays. Computer skills and Photoshop required. Must work 6 days a week Salary: $9 per hour.

Interested applicants can email applications to paradiseartsgallery@ hotmail.com 11043

Industrial Park, Provo, is looking for qualified applicants for the following positions:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in throwing, slabbing, molding, glazing, firing kilns and mixing chemicals. You must know how to apply solvents and inks with a screen printer and you will need to wear a mask/ ventilator for safety. You will need to work 6 days a week.

Salary: $10 per hour

Interested applicants can email applications to clayvoyage@hotmail.com

11041

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

TRAINING OFFICER / SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FUNCTION:

LINE POSITIONS Pool and Beach Attendants Room Attendants Reservations Agent Reservations Administrator Maintenance Technicians Security Officer

Airport Greeter Spa Attendant Turn down Attendant Food & Beverage Server Commis Chef Demi Chef de Partie Outlet Maintenance Technician Kitchen Technician Butler

If you are interested in applying for any of the listed positions, please visit the Human Resources Offices of any property or send in resumes to careers@ thepalmstc.com, careers@theshoreclubtc.com or humanresource@thesandstc.com

Build annual training program and prepare teaching plans; To ensure that employees have the skills and knowledge to compete effectively and meet the organization's business objectives; Identify training needs by evaluating strengths and weakness; Translate requirements into training that will groom employees for the next step of their career; Develop /Oversee the production of classroom handouts, instructional materials, aids and manuals; Direct structured learning experiences and monitor their quality results; Acclimate new hires to the business and conduct orientation sessions; Direct training courses; Assess training effectiveness to ensure incorporation of taught skills and techniques into employees work behaviour; Periodically evaluate ongoing programs to ensure that they reflect any changes; Stay abreast with new trends and tools in employee development; Maintain training materials to the highest standard for internal and external courses.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST HAVE:

• Proven experience in designing multiple training events in a corporate or classroom setting – minimum 5 years; Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration, Training, Accounting experience and Quick Books encoder; Qualification in Information Technology; • Extensive knowledge of instructional design theory and learning principles; Proven ability to master the full training cycle; Adequate knowledge of learning management software • Familiarity with traditional and modern training methods, tools and techniques; Familiarity with talent management and succession planning; Ability to conduct cost-benefit analysis and calculate training ROI • Ability to present complex information to variety of audiences; Possess very strong writing, problem solving, analytical skills, management and decision-making skills to assess training needs and recommend appropriate solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to organize and teach complex products, services and procedures; Be conversant with computer application – ability to handle up to eight (8) different applications / systems. Advance excel skill • 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 • Training Anti-Money Laundering Wage: $1,400 - $1,800 / per month – commensurate with qualification and experience.

Please submit application letter and resume to The Managing Director, NCS eMoney Services, Providenciales, TCI. email: tcihrstaff@gmail.com. The application deadline is February 19, 2018 Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

11051

February 10-16, 2018

PARADISE DESIGNS

Industrial Park, Provo, is looking for qualified applicants for the following position

CERAMIC ARTIST ASSISTANT

You must know how to paint and will train in other areas of ceramics.

You will need to wear a mask/ventilator for safety.

You will need to work 6 days a week. Salary: $6.50 per hour INTERESTED APPLICANTS CAN EMAIL APPLICATIONS TO CLAYVOYAGE@HOTMAIL.COM

11042

VANS TIRE SHOP FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER Salary: $250 per week

CONTACT: 232-2177

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

PAULAMAE HANDFIELD PROVO TCI Is seeking to employ

EDERLEY LIVE IN CARETAKER Salary $6.50 per hour Must have good knowledge of taking care of an elderly person, dispense medication from doctors in a timely manner, speak English.

Preferably a Belonger

CONTACT 232-6546

11002

BLUE HILLS Is looking for a

Best Price Seller TCI Variety Store

HELPER

CASHIER

NORTH CAICOS Is seeking to employ

Salary $6.25 per hour Must be able to help around the house and yard working with an elderly person, work 6 days week.

CONTACT 242-9122

for further info. Must be a Belonger this position is for work permit renewal

LABOURER

11050

to work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 649-345-1341

this position is for work permit renewal 11067

CARIBBEAN NURSERY DISCOVERY BAY Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 344-4529

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11065

Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 4424898 OR 24-4898 This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11083

11003

B.S.L CONSTRUCTION FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

SAMUEL HARVEY SOUTH DOCK Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

BARBER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 231-7047

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11009

LEEWARD HIGHWAY IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

HELPER SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

Ricardo Fulford Immigration and Labour Consultant President of Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services ricardofulford@gmail.com (649) 346-1125

The Bight Is seeking to employ a

PLEASE CALL 241-6340 AND/OR MR. EDWIN TAYLOR, LABOUR COMMISSIONER, LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

LABOURER

Interested candidate may contact the employer at 3443970 regarding employment

SNIP & CLIPJAMESLY PROSPER

HYMEANAUS MISICK of North Caicos looking for a domestic worker. Must be willing to work long hours and weekends when required.

DOWN TOWN Is seeking to employ a

Seeking employment for the following:

11001

DOMESTIC WORKER

ARNOLD SIMMONS

RONALD ESTIME

PAULINE WILLIAMS

11051

ALBERT SMITH

CLASSIFIEDS 39

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

who can assist Mason in rendering and block laying

2 BOAT DECK WORKERS

CONTACT: 341-3279 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11038

SAMENTA PARKER GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

NURSE

Capable of working on the sea. Salary: NEGOTIABLE

AT HOME SALARY: $10 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 231-0098

CONTACT: 245-5725

10999

11037

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 242-1402

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11065

VACANCIES SHARINTON FORBES - Labourer $6.25 per hour- 243-3204 BETTY RESTAURANT - Labourer $6.25 per hour- 346-0230 LAZARUS GOLD CLEANING - Labourer $6.25 per hour- 243-1257 LEGRAND ROSELINE BEAUTY - Domestic Worker $6.25 per hour 333-5032 ILINA TIMA CHARITE - Labourer $6.25 per hour 346-2311 FLAMINGO CAFÉ & TAKE OUT - Bartender & Cleaner $6.25 per hour- 348-7535 PAUL DICKENSON - Handyman $6.25 per hour 241-9551 LAVARDO GARLAND - Labourer $6.25 per hour- 243-4905 Belongers will be given first preference

PUBLIC NOTICE This is a public service announcement from Provo Water Company: Bills for the 31st January 2018 are now available. Please pay this bill by Friday 16th February 2018 to avoid disruption to your service.

PAYING YOUR BILL • Bills can be paid directly at Provo Water Company Office in Grace Bay 8:30am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday.

• Bills paid by online banking must be paid not later than 3 days before the due date.

• Bills paid at Grace-way Supermarkets must be paid not later than 24 hours before the due date.

IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT YOU ARE DISCONNECTED FOR DELINQUENCY: • The full amount plus the required reconnection fee must be settled before the service resumes.

• Service will resume the same day for accounts paid up before 12 Noon • Service will resume the following morning for accounts paid up after 12 Noon.

Reconnections will not take place after hours.

Contact Customer Service Department on 946-5202.

11085

11030

40 CLASSIFIEDS CLAYKEA’S ON CALL Is seeking to employ a

DERONETA T. FORBES PROVIDENCIALES Is seeking to employ a

EDVARD JEAN BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

H.C.J. CONNECTION BARBER GRACE PLAZA MILLENNIUM HIGHWAY Is looking for a

MAINTENANCE WORKER

Salary: $8.00 per hour; 6 days per week

CLEANERS

Salary: $6.50 per hour; 6 days per week

CONTACT: 231-1479

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11058

February 10-16, 2018

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

LABOURER

CLEANER

CONTACT: 331-5174

CONTACT: 241-0452

Salary: $6.25 per hour

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11074

Salary: $6.25 per hour

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11060

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

BARBER

to work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour

Paul Gardiner Plaza Is seeking to employ a

BAGGAGE HANDLER Salary: $8.00 per hour

CONTACT: 241-5286

DEADLINE: Interested applicants must forward a cover letter and resume for the attention of the Director Human Resources to hrtci@digicelgroup.com. The closing date for applications is February 23, 2018 11052

IN PROVIDENCIALES. MUST BE SKILLED IN CREATING SIMPLE PROGRAMS USING MACHINE PARAMETERS AND PROGRAM CODES. MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL AND WORK ON WEEKENDS. SALARY $3000.00 PER MONTH.

PROVO STEVEDORING LTD.

PAULINE SAUNDERS

HELPER

LABOURER

LABOURER

CONTACT: 332-5032

CONTACT: 649-941-8891

CONTACT: 231-4035

FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

11077

SOUTH DOCK ROAD Is looking for a

to work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

11063

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR JOB: • BS Diploma • NEBOSH / IOSH or any other industry safety accreditations • 5+ years within the safety industry • Civil and Cabling experience preferred

CNC OPERATOR

ROSE MARIE CHOCHA MISSICK

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Must be compliant with the company Safety Policy, and assist in implementing the contents of the policy to all Staff and Employees, both directly employed and Subcontractors.

• Carries out Risk Assessment, identifying hazards and takes a lead role in producing Method statements and Risk Assessments.

• Takes delivery of all Sub-contractor Safety Policies, Method Statements and Risk Assessments, and thoroughly checks them before allowing any works to start on site.

Continual checks should be made, and changes made should any part of the operations vary from the original documentation.

• Organises and chairs monthly Quality and Safety Committee meetings.

• Leads In-House Training with Managers and employees to encourage the elimination of risks (Tool Box talks etc) • Reports all accidents immediately to management and SMT • Carries out all CoSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) assessments for all materials being use in the work place, and ensures where necessary, that Safety talks on the usage of materials take place, and that all operatives are fully aware of the appropriate PPE which has to be used.

• Assists the operators in carrying out the statutory equipment inspections, and records those inspections as required to comply with current legislation.

• Ensures that all the operatives fully understand what is being conveyed to them in the Safety Talk, and that they are carried out in their native language.

SEEKS TO EMPLOY A

CONTACT KEVIN ARIZA AT TELEPHONE NO. 4322750 1503

Salary: $6.25 per hour

As the SHEQ specialist you will be directly responsible for the SHEQ implemententation, maintainence and enhancement of SHEQ Systems and Practices on the site and to work in partnership with the site Project Management team and Sub-contractors to sustain a zero-tolerance for safety violations and fostering an accident free workplace along with maintaining Group Policies and Standards.

ISLAND DREAM WORKS

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

CONTACT: 649-241-190811064

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TEMPORARY SAFETY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY ADVISOR

ISLAND BROKERAGE AND CONSULTANCY

This position is for work permit renewal

11066

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

Salary: $6.50 per hour

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11059

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BUILDING MATERIALS & CONSTRUCTION COORDINATOR Provide customer liaison, purchasing support, order tracking and general duties for busy window and door company in our Caribbean office in the Turks & Caicos Islands.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Seeking an individual with Turks & Caicos legal work status.

• Self reliant motivated business minded person with positive attitude and good people skills.

• Must be well organized and be detail oriented and possess ability to multi task .

• Minimum of 5 years experience in building materials and/or building and construction related field.

• Some knowledge of purchasing, procurement , shipping, logistics an asset.

• Computer literate including Microsoft Excel / Outlook.

• Fluent in spoken and written English.

• Impeccable Police Record as well as Job References are required.

Salary based on qualifications.

Please contact: darlene@caribbeanwindows.com 11054

February 10-16, 2018

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SACKIRB LTD

TROPICAL BAR

THE HELP DESK

GRACE BAY Is seeking to employ a

BLUE HILLS Is looking for a

act on behalf of its clients:

B&M CONSTRUCTION

BUILDING MATERIALS

FINISH CARPENTER Salary: $8.00 per hour

DRIVER/ LABORER/ SALES ASSOCIATE/ SALES PERSON/ SUPERVISOR

Is seeking to employ a

S & G CONTRACTING (333-1199)

LEEWARD HIGHWAY Is looking to fill the following positions

LABOURER

Salary Starts at $6.25 per hr E.R. CONSTRUCTION (333-1199)

CARPENTER Salary: $ 10 per hour CONTACT: 231-5012

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

COMPRESSOR PAINTER Starts at$8.00 per hr

to work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

RIGBY BUILDERS-MICHEAL RIGBY (241-9541)

MASONS, PAINTERS, LABOURERS CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION HELPER SALARY STARTS AT $6.25 - $10.00 PER HR

11076

CLEANER

11055

CONTACT: 649-333-5034

6 days per week

CONTACT: 232-6281

COREY’S FUNERAL CHAPEL

COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION

CHURCH OF GOD ABUNDANT

MASON

CLEANER DOMESTIC WORKER LABOURER

L.P.S. RETAIL & WHOLESALES

HARGARETTE VARIETY STORE

D & D CONSTRUCTION

BAKER CASHIER

LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CARPENTER to work 5 days per week

LABOURER

CONTACT: 344-5583

salary $8.00 per hour

to work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

to work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour

CONTACT: 649-333-5034

CONTACT: 649-333-1915

CONTACT: 649-231-0337

PROVIDENCIALES Is looking to fill the following positions:

Salary $7.00 per hour This position is for work permit renewal

THE BIGHT Is seeking to employ a

CONTACT: 649-333-5034

This position is currently held by a work permit hoder

MARIE C.P LOUIS WILLIAMS

MARIE PAUL BRAS

11069

FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

11081

Millennium Highway Is seeking to employ a

LEEWARD HIGHWAY Is looking for a

LEEWARD HIGHWAY Is looking for a

This position is for work permit renewal 11073

NORWANI SERVICES

Acting on behalf of our clients who are seeking the following

HOPE FOUNDATION Is seeking to employ a

TEACHER

Salary: $1500 per month

CARETAKER/ CLEANER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 345-1963

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11078

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 347-5848

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11080

PAYLESS WAREHOUSE

STOREROOM KEEPER SHELF STOCKER HANDYMAN LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

EVENS PIERRE DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.25 per hour CONTACT: 243-3993

16585

Salary start $7.00$10.00 per hour

This position is for work permit renewal 11062

This position is for work permit renewal 11072

BLUE MOUNTAIN Is looking for a

This position is for work permit renewal 11082

P.O. Box 954

11068

KEW TOWN Is looking to fill the following positions:

Salary $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 649-241-0452 These position is for work permit renewal

11070

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TDMG CONCORDIA LTD Is seeking for a

CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Invites suitably qualified persons for the position of

TEACHER REQUIREMENTS: • Must be a practicing Born Again Christian • Must have at least 5 years teaching experience • Bachelor Degree in Education or equivalent from an accredited institution • Teacher Certificate / Diploma from a recognized Educational Institution.

• Must have a working knowledge of the A-Beka Curriculum

• Must be familiar with Primary Education within the Caribbean.

COMPENSATION: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience Suitable APPLICANTS can forward Resumes along with copies of Qualifications, two (2) Character References.

The Board of Directors, Community Christian Academy At Community Fellowship Centre, A.O.G. Leeward Highway, P.O. Box 939, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. E-Mail: comassem@tciway.tc

• Prepare conceptual estimates using limited preliminary design • Prepare detailed cost estimates using full set of plans and specifications.

• Prepare customized reports • Prepares construction budget • Prepare detailed critical path job schedules • Resoles cost discrepancies

REQUIREMENTS:

• Capable of reading/ coordinating plans, details and technical documents • Knowledgeable of Planswift and AutoCAD • Proficient with Gextim and Excel (VBA) • 5+ years of experience as construction cost estimator • Ability to work long hours and weekends • Effectively communicate in English in both written and oral forms • Knowledge of French is preferred • Driver’s license is mandatory Salary commensurate with experience. Qualified Belonger candidates should send their application to: info@tdmgltd.com Deadline: February 18th, 2018

10946

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS SAVE BY GRACE STORE

SIMEON CAMPBELL

DOMESTIC WORKER

LABOURER

LEEWARD HIGHWAY Is looking for a

GOVERNMENT VACANCIES (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 23rd FEBRUARY 2018)

Environmental Health Officers - KHB10-01

DEPARTMENT: Culture Department LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 5: $26,650.00 per annum

JOB SUMMARY

JOB SUMMARY: The incumbent in this post will be responsible for preparing appropriate documentation for approval, ensures all transactions are properly recorded. The incumbent will also manage databases, systems for filing and secure all documents that is sensitive and/or confidential.

DEPARTMENT: Environmental Health Department LOCATION: South and Providenciales Salary: Grade 6 - $33,415.00 plus allowances To provide professional position in the nursing service focused on promoting and restoring patients’ health through the utilization of the nursing process; collaborating with multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends and families; supervising assigned team members.

Forensic Audit Specialist – LWB10-03

DEPARTMENT: National Audit Office LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 10.1 - $73,185.00 per annum plus allowances JOB SUMMARY: The Forensic Audit Specialist has responsibility for leading forensic audits and investigations in all areas (financial, operational and information systems) to assess deficiencies/anomalies/irregularities/fraudulent transactions, evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of management controls to ensure operating objectives are achieved, financial statements are reliable and the entity is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The position also advises on fraud risk management strategies and dealing with regulatory and similar assignments. The position will report to the Auditor General, with the need to continuously adapt and evolve to keep ahead of fraud trends/risks and emerging schemes.

Superintendent of Prisons – CFB10-04

DEPARTMENT: Her Majesty’s Prison LOCATION: Grand Turk SALARY: Grade 10 - $73185.00 per annum and Allowances - $24,560.00 per annum JOB SUMMARY: The Superintendent of Prisons has national responsibility for the effective management of Her Majesty’s Prison Service in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Job holder will ensure compliance with Prison Ordinance and regulations, protection of the public and the welfare of Prisoners, international standards on the detention of persons and will be an effective partner within the wider criminal justice network. The Job holder will oversee and direct Prison policy and reform to ensure compliance with the Government's Mission and Vision Statements as it relates to the Prison Service and the wider requirements of international law.

Administrative Officer – CFB10-05

Director of Maritime – CFB10-06

DEPARTMENT: Maritime Department LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 9 - $59,552.50 per annum JOB SUMMARY: The post is a senior management position mandated to oversee the efficient enforcement of applicable maritime laws and proper implementation of the duties and responsibilities of the Department; to conduct policy review and analyses, and to propose appropriate legislative action; to perform SWOT analyses and strategic planning to address both short and long-term issues and challenges of the Department.

Develop Control Officer – CBB10-07

DEPARTMENT: Planning Department LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 5 -$26,650.00 per annum JOB SUMMARY This is a junior position with responsibility for the enforcement of the Physical Planning Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder throughout TCI. The job holder will assist in ensuring the enforcement of the Code, educate the public and liaise as required regarding amendments to the Planning and Building Regulations.

to work 5 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

JOB SUMMARY Customer’s services is an integral part of the Department of an organization, especially one like the Ministry of Border Control Customer Service Department known as the One Stop Shop. It means communicating with the customers and answering their queries both locally and internationally. Hence, the customer services team is dedicated towards making sure that the customer queries are resolved on time and that they are satisfied with the organization, thereby leaving a good impression.

For more details regarding this position, kindly refer to the attached documents or visit www.gov.tc.

Please ensure that all applications submitted by email clearly states the Job Title in the subject line of the email and all applications received via hard copy is clearly marked with the Job Title.

Salary: $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 241-9626

CONTACT: 649-241-3896

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

WARD’S CONSULTANCY

WENDY INNOCENT

11071

Acting on behalf of our clients who are seeking the following:

10998

Millennium Highway Is seeking to employ a

KAIZER WOOD

Labourer $14.70 per hour Domestic Worker $300 weekly

SOUTHWIND MILLWORK

Finish Carpenter $9.00 per hour COYABA RESTAURANT Waitress $6.50 per hour CAICOS AUTO WORLD C+D Auto Body Man $300 weekly

CONTACT: 345-7515 Positions are held by work permit holders

11061

LABOURER Salary: $6.525 per hour

CONTACT: 331-8812

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11079

COLMELITA HANDFIELD Seeks the following:

ONE GARDENER Must live in North Caicos. Basic Salary

CONTACT: 946-7705

Customer Service Clerk – JCB10-08

DEPARTMENT: Customer Service Center LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 4 - $21,935.00 per annum

LEEWARD PALMS Is seeking to employ a

JANET WILLIAMS seeks one

HOME CARE HELPER

10825

CLOVERLEAF AGENCY

NORTH CAICOS Acting on behalf of our clients who is seeking to employ

AGNES SWANN

LABOURER $6.50

to assist with caregiving for elderly gentlemen in Grand Turk 7 days per week. Salary is $6.25 per hour.

EQUIPMENT CLEANER

CONTACT 244-9175

These positions are held by work permit holders 10995

10853

DERRADO DEAN $6.50 per hour

246-7382

February 10-16, 2018

TDMG

SOUTH DOCK Is seeking to employ a

CLASSIFIEDS 43

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AIRPORT ROAD IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

EXPERTISE CLEANER GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

Is looking for a

LABOURER Salary: $7-10 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 941-3445

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10948

DELIVERY AGENT

SALON HELPER SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 346-8003

11004

ACCOUNTANT

SALARY: $10 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

11089

who is reliable, trustworthy and want to make some extra cash Delivery times are 11 A.M and 3 P.M Call 231-3788 or 246-7856 for further information

MANGOS BAR RESTAURANT

Eunike Property Management & Concierge Services

PROJECT MANAGER

Mature individual required with solid management skills, sales promotion background and strong operational experience having the capability to work without supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO: • Client Development • Recruitment, selection and training employees • Motivation and morale of personnel • Established departmental goals • Generate efficiency and financial stability Successful candidate should possess a degree in Business and/or Project Management and must be willing to work on call after hours, weekends and Holidays when necessary. Salary range between $40,000 and $45,000 per annum.

All interested persons should send qualifications to The Manager, P.O. Box 521, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands or email: eunike@ tciway.tc.

Only qualified applicants would be contacted.

LABOURER

MARKET PLACE Is seeking to employ an

ASSISTANT CHEF Salary: $7.00 per hour

to work 7 days a week including some weekends.

Applicant should be able to work without supervision and have good time management skills.

All interested applications should be sent to P.O. Box 521, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands or email: eunike@tciway.tc salary $8.00 per hour.

CONTACT: 246-6237

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

11087

BREEZE CONSTRUCTION GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

CARPENTER Salary: $10.00 per hour

CATCH THE WAVE BLUE HAVEN IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

FIRST MATE SALARY: $7.00 PER

CONTACT: 345-4646

HOUR

CONTACT: 941-3047

11092

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

11095

11086

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HERZOG CARIBBEAN LTD. is seeking to employ a

ASPHALT HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

HILLTOP LTD. is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified person to the role of

PROPERTY MANAGER Fundamental to this role is an acute understanding and knowledge of operating high end properties. The well being of the guests is of vital importance to this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: • Management of three high end properties • Ensuring and provide flawless upscale professional high class guest service • Ability to work weekends and holidays • Outstanding communication skills REQUIREMENTS: • A minimum of 5 years proven work experience in the hospitality industry with significant luxury and international experience • Qualified as an emergency first response Instructor • Qualified as boat captain • Qualified as a diving instructor and • Security training to ensure guests safety, preferably military training.

Salary for this position is based on experience.

Interested persons should send their CV/Resume no later than January 19, 2018 to: MARSHA BLANCHE EMAIL: MARSHA@MISICKSTANBROOK.TC FAX: (649) 946-4734. TEL. (649) 946-4732

RESPONSIBILITIES • Control and guide machines to lay asphalt.

• Fill tanks or hoppers with paving materials.

• Spread stone, concrete, or asphalt on roadbeds.

• Smooth out stone or concrete using special attachments.

• Ensure all machines are well-oiled, serviced, and inspected.

• Coordinate materials at job site.

• Shovel and remove blacktop.

• Operate tamping machines or manually roll surfaces to compact earth fills, foundation forms, and finished road materials, according to grade specifications.

• Operate other machines such as loaders, dump trucks, and distributor trucks.

• Push dump trucks to maintain flow of asphalt into hoppers.

• Drive or attach machines onto tractor trailers.

• Install dies or cutters to screeds.

• Break up pavement with machines using

hammers.

• Light burners on machines and regulate screed temperatures.

• Ensure uniform thickness of mat in accordance with job specs • Operate other construction equipment • Assist Foreman in various construction activities QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum 3 years asphalt crew experience • Must have own vehicle to travel to work SKILLS • Able to recognize drainage issues • Good physical strength • Good physical stamina • Good manual dexterity • Great attention to detail • Works well as part of a team COMPENSATION • $40K - $52K POSITION TYPE • Full-Time

Please submit applications to main office at C 5-6 Caribbean Place, Leeward Highway, Providenciales TCI. 10944

11094

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WN CRAFT CENTER

TCI PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY THE FOLLOWING:

ELIE’S LANDSCAPING Painter $10 per hour DSLG VARIETY STORE Store Attendant $9 per hour JESUS CHRIST INTERNATIONAL Musician $10 per hour ALCES SINGU Truck Driver $6.50 per hour MARANATHA RETAIL Labourer $6.50 per hour

BLAZE CONTRACTING Carpenter $10 per hour Painter $10 per hour PAPS AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATOR Technician $10 per hour

10968

LABOURER

DOMESTIC WORKER

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

10947

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 231-0188

10949

NATURES VISIONS LTD.

Invite applications for the following positions:

REQUIREMENTS

GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

CONTACT: 245-3017 THIS POSITION IS

FRANK CARLOS DUVERGE Mason $10 per hour

PROVO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

• Must be a committed Christian preferable of Baptist faith • A minimum qualification of a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized college or university • Valid teacher’s certification or diploma in education

ARTHUR LIGHTBOURNE

THE BIGHT IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

CABINETS BY BERNARDO

WANTED Looking for a

HELPER

DOMESTIC WORKER

KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

BLUE HILLS GLASS Labourer $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 241-7878

TEACHERS

February 10-16, 2018

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8 Ketch Court, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

GARDENER

COMPENSATION:

Base on Qualifications and experience $1,350.00 - $1,500.00

JANITOR / CLEANER:

Salary: $7.00 per hour Must work weekends Driving License a must Mon-Saturday

To provide janitorial services at the school 5 days per week at $6.75 per hr

CONTACT INFORMATION: Applications must be made in writing along with full Curriculum Vita and names of at least three (3) references to: Provo Christian School, P.O. Box 305 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Email: info@provochristianschool.com

10967

Contact: 232-2272

Barbara Underwood bunderwood@tciway.tc this position is currently held by a work permit holder 10965

Salary: $350 per week Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 242-3803

10977

to work 5-6 days a week, salary is $6.25 per hour

CONTACT TELEPHONE #649241 2228 10976

NATURES VISIONS LTD. 8 Ketch Court, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $1430.00 per month Must work weekends Driving License a must Mon-Saturday

CONTACT: 232-2272 Barbara Underwood bunderwood@tciway.tc this position is currently held by a work permit holder 10964

COME BE A SPA TROPIQUE GIRL!

Spa Tropique is on the hunt to find the best massage therapists on island! If you have at least three years of experience with a four star spa and have an upbeat and positive personality, we hope you will come and meet with us! If you are experienced in facials and nails-even better!

Applicants must be able to speak and write English fluently, have a clean driver’s license and their own vehicle in excellent working condition. Position is commission based. Please see further requirements for applicants below.

We look forward to meeting you! Deadline for applications is: February 16th, 2018.

REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants for the position are required to have: • Obtained a diploma in Massage Therapy from an internationally accredited school from Canada, Great Britain,

United States, Australia, Jamaica, Thailand or Philippines • Completed a massage course of at least 1800 hours plus and 6 months of practical training.

• Certified in Reflexology, Hot Stone, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Lymphatic Drainage, Myofacial Release, Prenatal Massage, Shiatsu • Other Modalities Required: Esthetician Licensing, Waxing, Manicure and Pedicures • At least 3 years experience with a spa rated 4 stars or above • Their own vehicle in excellent working order and a clean license • Fluent spoken and written English (A written exam will be provided.)

• Basic computer skills for use of company software • Be available to work 9am-7pm every day. Weekends and holiday are a must. (Schedules are subject to change)

Please email your resume to: relax@spatropique.com or drop off at 202 W. Venture House, Grace Bay Road. Applicants may also forward resumes to the government employee services offices.

February 10-16, 2018

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

ELSA WILLIAMS

DIVE PROVO

IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED

GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

SCUBA INSTRUCTORS

EXPERTISE CLEANER GRAND TURK IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

DOMESTIC WORKER

NEEDED FOR BUSY DIVE SHOP. 6 DAY WEEK INCLUDING WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. SALARY: $2400 PER MONTH. POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 346-4638 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CALL 946-5029 TO ARRANGE INTERVIEW

10979

10986

CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS require a

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE / TICKET AGENT THE SUCCESSFUL INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE: • Fluent in English and a second language both verbally and in writing • Friendly and customer service oriented • Be able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines • Computer Literate, Clean police record • Can work with little supervision • Dependable and trustworthy • Familiarity with SVAMS System a plus but not mandatory and will train the right individual Salary $1,300.00 monthly This is a new position.

Interested Turks & Caicos Islanders are invited to submit a resume to the Human Resources Department, Fax 941-3864, Email – info@caicosexpressairways.com. Deadline for applications is Friday, 16th February 2018.

ACCOUNTANT SALARY: $10 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

10985

CLASSIFIEDS 45 HABITAT CONSTRUCTION

KERAN WILLIAMS TOUSSAINT Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

Is seeking to employ a

CARETAKER For kids

LABOURER

Salary: $6.50 per hour

Salary: $7.00 per hour

CONTACT: 232-6453

CONTACT: 244-5638

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

This position is held by a work permit holder 10984

10942

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PUBLIC NOTICE BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION (Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

Take Notice that I, John Freeman, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to VENICIA JACQUES HIGGS by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

JOHN FREEMAN

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

Take Notice that I, John Freeman, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to ERIKA LUZIA FALLERBUTTERFIELD by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

Take Notice that I, John Freeman, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to IAN BRANDON CHANG by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

JOHN FREEMAN

JOHN FREEMAN

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

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ADELYN JOHNSON GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER/ LIVE-IN MAID

BREEZE CONSTRUCTION GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES acting on behalf of our client: Roynold Robinson is looking to fill the position of

Must be willing to work 6 days per week Salary: $6.25 per hour

CARPENTER 2 COOKS

CONTACT: 243-6248

CONTACT: 345-4646

10900

C&S MASON PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

MASON Salary: $8.50 per hour

CONTACT: 341-6627

10909

February 10-16, 2018

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

CONTACT: 649-241-5922

CONTACT: 649-2421517 OR 241-5922

10892

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES acting on behalf of our client: MARLIE FLEURMOND is looking to fill the position of

10896

to work 5 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-5922

10891

CASABLANCA CASINO

All position requires standing on your feet. Must speak and write fluent English. Hotel / restaurant experience is a preference at least four years. Flexible working hours on weekend and Holidays. Applicant must know how to prepare Asian, French cuisine Renewal Purpose

LABOURER COOK BUSINESS COORDINATOR

SEND RESUME TO MANGOREEF@HOTMAIL.COM. NO PHONE CALLS

IS LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION

DICE DEALER Salary: $15/hour All candidates should have at least 5-7 years’ experience in the same field, full knowledge of all casino table games and excellent knowledge of Dice table game.

Must be willing to work on weekends, night shifts and holidays.

Please drop off CV’s at Casablanca Casino, address to HR. Positions held by work permit holder 10933

10886

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COCO PALMS BAR FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ

Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days per week

CONTACT: 432-8509

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

10935

CEI, A TRUSTED DUTY FREE JEWELLERY BRAND IS NOW SEEKING TO RECRUIT

SALES PROFESSIONALS to provide a complete shopping experience for our customers.

Enjoy a range of benefits which includes thorough training with an industry leader, competitive sales commission and bonus opportunities!

WE’LL VALUE YOUR: • Energy and passion for jewellery • Effective selling skills and product knowledge • Excellent sales record in the attainment of monthly sales targets • Ability to work a flexible schedule and on weekends • Past experience 2 years selling jewellery and/or luxury merchandise –Salary commensurate with qualification and experience If you are eager to join our team of professionals, please email your Letter of Application and Curriculum Vitae to: nordica.dell@dfch.com A current police certificate of character is required as a condition of employment Only suitable applicants will be acknowledged CEI is an equal opportunity employer 10898

acting on behalf of our client: Martin Charles is looking to fill the position of

CH VARIETY

must be willing to work 5 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-241-5922

10890

C.C. THIS & THAT TIRES & VARIETY STORE FIVE CAYS Is looking for a

MAINTENANCE MAN Must be honest, hardworking and reliable Salary $7.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-244-8339

10904

COLASCO

DA CONCH SHACK

MECHANIC

KITCHEN HELPER

SOUTH DOCK Is seeking to employ a

3 BARMAIDS

Exquisite Quality – Exceptional Value Is what we are about!

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

DOMESTIC DOMESTIC WORKER SALES LADY WORKER

salary $10.00 per hour

SUNNY REEF LTD.

PASTRY CHEF BUSSER DISHWASHER KITCHEN HELPER SERVER

Acting on behalf of our client: Dorothy Jeanty Blue Hills is looking for a

to work 6 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

Salary: $10.00 per hour

10916

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

BLUE HILLS is looking for a

Salary: $10 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 231-1489

10923

to work 6 days per week salary $7.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-3328501 OR 331-3887 this position is for work permit renewal

10889

CLUB PILLOWS SEEKS

South Dock Road Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 342-1919

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

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1 LABOURER Must have at least 3 years experience and able to work with little or no supervision. Salary start at $6.50 per hour and is based on experience.

Deadline for application is February 9th 2018

Interested persons should send application via fax to 649-9414034 c/o Alliance Realty Ltd.

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DAVIS CONSTRUCTION BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

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WANTED

CLASSIFIEDS 47 DEVON FULFORD

DOLMEN CONSTRUCTION LTD.

DOMESTIC WORKER

LABOURERS CONSTRUCTION HELPER ELECTRICIAN CARPENTERS MASONS DOMESTIC WORKER Salary ranges: $6.25-8.00 per hour. May be required to work weekends and holidays. Only Belongers need to apply

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

LOOKING FOR A

LABOURER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 232-5420

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DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 348-6532

LABOURER TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK SALARY $6.25 PER HOUR. PLEASE FAX ALL RESUMES TO 649 946 4564 OR EMAIL TO INFO@ DEMPSEYANDCOMPANY.COM

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LIVE IN HOUSEKEEPER REQUIREMENTS: • Must have 5 years experience as a housekeeper and be able to work with minimum supervision doing household chores cleaning, cooking, washing, ironing • Must have patience in caring for elderly person • Must be able to drive a car • Must be able to communicate in English • Must be willing to travel with employer and work late hours and holidays • Starting salary $1,000.00 per month with free food and accommodation Please bring all applications to Flowers by Environmental Arts located at U102 Venture House, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales or email to admin@environmentalarts.tc. Successful applicants will be notified by phone for interview. Please provide relevant reference from previous employer

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FRANTZCY’S CONSTRUCTION BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

HARD DRIVE CONSTRUCTION/ PAINTER Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 342-5154 Preference for Belongers

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JEREMIAH MISSICK KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

SAMUEL BEEN Providenciales

KENNETH & SON GARBAGE Providenciales

E.R. CLEANING SERVICES LTD. Is looking for a

Salary $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 346-1654

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

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FLAMINGO CAFÉ

Grace Bay seeks to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER WAITRESS to work 5 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-333-1246

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to work 6 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 649-946-4343

Grace Bay Is seeking to employ the following

CONTACT: 649-946-8876

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FR CONSTRUCTION

IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

LABOURER SALARY: $7.00 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLIGN TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 242-2548

this position is for renewal

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THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

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DOMESTIC WORKER LABOURER $6.25 per hour

$6.25 per hour

TEL: 348-2029

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GISLAINE PHILLIPS SOUTH CAICOS Is seeking to employ a

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GEORGE DAMAS BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

DESARROLLOS HOTELCO JWM LTD. Desarrollos Hotelco, is a leader in building Luxury Hotels Is seeking an experienced and proven leader

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Candidates for the following positions:

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Duties of this position include: Calculating cost estimates, budgets and schedules; selecting appropriate construction methods for the job and budget; explaining contracts and technical information to employees; supervising construction personnel and activities onsite: developing workarounds for delays and other problems, and hiring and subcontractors, as well as making sure the project meets all building and safety codes.

GEOLOGICAL SUPERVISOR Duties of the position include: Studio jobs preliminary geotechnical investigation, operating machinery for implementing water processing plants, gas and electricity.

MASON Salary: $10 per hour

CONTACT: 243-0948

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

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CARETAKER $120 per week

LABOURER

$150 per week Must be willing to work 5 days per week

CONTACT: 331-1809

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LABOURER Salary: $300 per week

CONTACT: 344-2567 This position is currently held by a work permit holder

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Requirements include: at least 5 years relevant experience, a clean police record and driver’s license with a successful drug screen: at least a high school diploma: possess a good employment track record with demonstrated Salary: $2500 to $6000. May be required to work on weekends and holidays.

Applications comprising a letter, resume, references, Police Record etc. should be sent no later than Friday, February 16th2018 to the Manager. Desarrollos Hotelco JWM Ltd. Grace Bay, Salt Mills Plaza Unit 22A, Tel: 347-5378. Email: llopez@hotelcointernational.com 10938

48 CLASSIFIEDS MIA ALAYAH BEAUTY SALON

AIRPORT ROAD IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

COSMETOLOGIST SALARY: 46.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS PER WEEK

MICHELE’S CONSTRUCTION

FIVE CAYS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

NOTICE

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DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 345-6999

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Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990

SALARY: $250 PER WEEK. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS PER WEEK

CARPENTER Salary: $10.00 per hour

CONTACT: 431-1991

CONTACT: 342-2511

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An application, REGISTERED PR 13296, by Avant Garde Partners Ltd. For the development of Outdoor Bar with Elevated Terrance, has been submitted to the department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on 60906/164 Leeward Going Through on Providenciales. The application as submitted seeks planning consideration for an outdoor Bar with Elevated Terrance.

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 Center Mall, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice Date Posted: 23rd January 2018 11096

Windsong Resort is seeking a suitable qualified applicant to fill the following position:

SHAPAN HINSON

Floor Specialist

FIVE CAYS IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

GRACE BAY IS SEEKING TO EMPLOY A

PAINTER WAITRESS

In-depth knowledge of floor care equipment and stone floor care and sealing is required.

GENERAL JOB DUTIES BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• Full site inspection: to ascertain any damage and general condition of the travertine floors and determine which restoration technique is most suitable • Restoration of floors using specialist cleaning processes and diamond abrasive pads.

• Sealing: sealing floors to protect stain and dirt penetration • Regular Cleaning: Maintain the restored finish to all travertine floors by ensuring that the proper and correct chemical is being used at all times.

SALARY: $400 PER WEEK. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR. MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK

CONTACT: 245-1811

CONTACT: 946-5376

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Work with housekeeping to conduct floor care, cleaning and maintenance training.

• Responsible for the general care and up keep of all furniture upholstery including suite sofas and chairs, outside lounge furniture, drapery etc.

• Assist with general stain treatment • Assist housekeeping and maintenance with specialized- skill projects as needed.

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

10993

MEOSHI SMITH SEEKS TO EMPLOY A

DOMESTIC WORKER IN GRND TURK AT A SALARY OF $250.00 PER WEEK PLEASE

CONTACT MEOSHI AT TELEPHONE NO. 3470951

10991

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REQUIREMENTS:

• • • • • • •

BAY BISTRO

Thorough knowledge of floor restoration and technical certification.

Knowledge of chemicals and tools requirement Excellent written and communication skills Possess a working knowledge of resort operation Ability to lift heavy weight and work late shifts as needed.

Salary range - $400-700 per week.

This position is currently being held by a Work Permit Holder

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OTHER JOB POSITIONS:

• Room Attendant/ Housekeeper • Houseman • Cooks • Pool and Beach Attendant

DELIVERY BOY

We are in need of a young man to deliver bills, pick up checks and distribute newspapers. Must be honest and have a clean driver’s license.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 4 years in the specialized field • Excellent written and communication skills Some positions are currently being held by Work Permit Holders.

Only qualified Belongers should apply. Salary commensurate with experience starting at $6.50 per hour. Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Email resume and cover letter to admin@windsongresort.com 11035

Contact the Publisher at tcweeklynews@gmail.com

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Science & Technology

DNA shows early Briton had dark skin A CUTTING-EDGE scientific analysis shows that a Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark brown skin and blue eyes.

Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum extracted DNA from Cheddar Man, Britain’s oldest complete skeleton, which was discovered in 1903.

University College London researchers then used the subsequent genome analysis for a facial reconstruction.

It underlines the fact that the lighter skin characteristic of modern Europeans is a relatively recent phenomenon.

No prehistoric Briton of this age had previously had their genome analysed.

As such, the analysis provides valuable new insights into the first people to resettle Britain after the last Ice Age. The analysis of Cheddar Man’s genome the “blueprint” for a human, contained in the nuclei of our cells - will be published in a journal, and will also feature in the upcoming Channel 4 documentary The First Brit, Secrets Of The 10,000-yearold Man. Cheddar Man’s remains had been unearthed 115 years ago in Gough’s Cave, located in Somerset’s Cheddar Gorge.

Subsequent examination has shown that the man was short by today’s standards - about 5ft 5in - and probably died in his early 20s.

Prof Chris Stringer, the museum’s research leader in human origins, said: “I’ve been studying the skeleton of Cheddar Man for about 40 years “So to come face-to-face with what this guy could have

Cheddar Man’s remains had been unearthed 115 years ago in Gough’s Cave, located in Somerset’s Cheddar Gorge.

looked like - and that striking combination of the hair, the face, the eye colour and that dark skin: something a few years ago we couldn’t have imagined and yet that’s what the scientific data show.”

Fractures on the surface of the skull suggest he may even have met his demise in a violent manner. It’s not known how he came to lie in the cave, but it’s possible he was placed there by others in his tribe.

The Natural History Museum researchers extracted the DNA from part of the skull near the ear known as the petrous. At first, project scientists Prof Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace weren’t sure if they’d get any DNA at all from the remains.

But they were in luck: not only was DNA preserved, but Cheddar Man has since yielded the highest coverage (a measure of the sequencing

accuracy) for a genome from this period of European prehistory - known as the Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age. They teamed up with researchers at University College London (UCL) to analyse the results, including gene variants associated with hair, eye and skin colour.

They found the Stone Age Briton had dark hair - with a small probability that it was curlier than average - blue eyes and skin that was probably dark brown or black in tone.

This combination might appear striking to us today, but it was a common appearance in western Europe during this period.

Steven Clarke, director of the Channel Four documentary, said: “I think we all know we live in times where we are unusually preoccupied with skin pigmentation.”

Prof Mark Thomas, a geneticist from UCL, said: “It becomes a part of our understanding, I think that would be a much, much better thing. I think it would be good if people lodge it in their heads, and it becomes a little part of their knowledge.”

Unsurprisingly, the findings have generated lots of interest on social media.

Cheddar Man’s genome reveals he was closely related to other Mesolithic individuals - so-called Western HunterGatherers - who have been analysed from Spain, Luxembourg and Hungary.

Dutch artists Alfons and

Adrie Kennis, specialists in palaeontological modelmaking, took the genetic findings and combined them with physical measurements from scans of the skull. The result was a strikingly lifelike reconstruction of a face from our distant past.

Pale skin probably arrived in Britain with a migration of people from the Middle East around 6,000 years ago.

This population had pale skin and brown eyes and absorbed populations like the ones Cheddar Man belonged to.

No-one’s entirely sure why pale skin evolved in these farmers, but their cereal-based diet was probably deficient in Vitamin D. This would have required agriculturalists to absorb this essential nutrient from sunlight through their skin.

“There may be other factors that are causing lower skin pigmentation over time in the last 10,000 years. But that’s the big explanation that most scientists turn to,” said Prof Thomas.

The genomic results also suggest Cheddar Man could not drink milk as an adult.

This ability only spread much later, after the onset of the Bronze Age. Present-day Europeans owe on average 10% of their ancestry to Mesolithic hunters like Cheddar Man. Britain has been something

of a boom-and-bust story for humans. Modern humans were here as early as 40,000 years ago, but a period of extreme cold known as the Last Glacial Maximum drove them out some 10,000 years later.

There’s evidence from Gough’s Cave that huntergatherers ventured back around 15,000 years ago, establishing a temporary presence when the climate briefly improved. However, they were soon sent packing by another cold snap. Cut marks on the bones suggest these people cannibalised their dead - perhaps as part of ritual practices.

Britain was once again settled 11,000 years ago; and has been inhabited ever since.

Cheddar Man was part of this wave of migrants, who walked across a landmass called Doggerland that, in those days, connected Britain to mainland Europe. This makes him the oldest known Briton with a direct connection to people living here today.

This is not the first attempt to analyse DNA from the Cheddar Man. In the late 1990s, Oxford University geneticist Brian Sykes sequenced mitochondrial DNA from one of Cheddar Man’s molars.

Mitochondrial DNA comes from the biological “batteries” within our cells and is passed down exclusively from a mother to her children.

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NBA: All 30 franchises all worth at least $1bn for the first time, according to Forbes ALL 30 NBA teams are worth at least $1bn (£719m) for the first time in history, according to Forbes.

International growth and lucrative US television deals are underpin 0ning basketball’s growth according to the business magazine, with franchises now worth an average of $1.65bn.

That is a 22% rise on 12 months ago.

New York Knicks are the most valuable at $3.6bn, ahead of LA Lakers ($3.3bn) and Golden State Warriors ($3.1bn), who overtake Chicago Bulls ($2.6bn).

The Warriors - NBA Finals winners in 2017 - have been able to increase ticket prices off the back of their success in recent seasons and their value is 19% higher year-onyear.

The Knicks have been able to grow revenues after upgrades to their venue - Madison Square Garden. They are now the sixth most valuable sports team in the world, behind football clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United, baseball’s New York Yankees and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.

Cleveland Cavaliers - NBA champions in 2016 - are 15th in the list of valuations at $1.3bn but lost

Alexis Sanchez earns a reported £14m a year after taxes.

New York Knicks are the most valuable team. It’s worth approximately $3.6bn.

money during the last year, thanks in part to a $134m wage bill servicing the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

According to Forbes, the lowest valued team is the New Orleans Pelicans at $1bn.

Continuous growth in China where an estimated 300 million people play the sport - has been integral in boosting the value of franchises.

A new nine-year television contract in the US has also delivered $24bn for the NBA - three times the value of the previous deal.

In addition, NBA teams played five fixtures overseas in 2017 in order to boost the sport’s appeal and a fixture between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics has already been played in London in 2018.

Such figures helped some franchises to rapid year-on-year growth, with Forbes estimating the Philadelphia 76ers are worth 48% more than a year ago.

The success of the league has prompted a number of takeovers, with restaurateur Tilman Fertitta paying $2.2bn for the Houston Rockets in October. (BBC)

Sanchez accepts deal for tax fraud MANCHESTER United striker Alexis Sanchez has accepted a 16-month suspended jail sentence for tax fraud in return for avoiding a trial.

The ex-Barcelona player faced going to trial in Spain over unpaid taxes amounting to around 1m euro (£886,000).

The unpaid taxes derive from image rights deals in 2012 and 2013.

When Sanchez, 29, was first accused in 2016, his agent said the Chile forward had “fully obeyed” laws and his image rights income

“has been declared”.

Sanchez, who joined United from Arsenal last month, is rumoured to be the highest paid player in the Premier League following the transfer, earning £14m a year after tax.

He is one of a number of highprofile players to have fallen foul of the tax laws in Spain.

Last month, Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric paid Spanish fiscal authorities close to 1m euro to settle his own image rights tax case.

Philadelphia celebrates Eagles’ win with first-ever Super Bowl parade TENS of thousands of Eagles fans poured into Philadelphia Thursday morning, some before dawn, to take part in the city’s first-ever Super Bowl parade, celebrating a championship they’ve dreamed about and agonised over for decades.

Some camped out in cars and office buildings and even in tents to make sure they could witness the champs heading up Broad Street, the main thoroughfare between the team’s stadium and city hall that was already clogged with fans about four hours before the parade was scheduled to start.

As the sun rose, fans braved frigid wind chills in the low 20s to secure a prime viewing spot along the 5-mile (8-kilometres) parade route starting near the team’s stadium and ending at the art museum steps that Sylvester Stallone climbed in the “Rocky” movies.

Trains coming in from the suburbs were jammed and riders had to wait for multiple trains just to cram inside. Parking lots at suburban New Jersey rail stations were filled and closed hours before the 11 a.m. start of the parade.

For buddies John Thompson, Don

Isaiah Thomas was traded to the LA Lakers.

Cavs trade IT, Wade and Rose

Led by backup quarterback Nick Foles and secondyear coach Doug Pederson, the Eagles beat the New England Patriots 41-33 on Sunday night.

Smith and Craig Moyer, coming to the parade was a “bucket list event.”

“We were wondering if we would ever see the Eagles win a Super Bowl in our lifetimes, and we may not ever see another one,” said Thompson, 56, of suburban Downingtown, as the trio exited a deli called “Pastrami and Things” in downtown Philadelphia.

“That’s why we’re here today.”

Smith said he came in from

Harrisburg, hitting the road at 3 a.m. and meeting his pals at 5 a.m.

Moyer, also of Downingtown, said he came to the parade to honor his late mother, a life-long Eagles fan.

“My mother was from the coal regions, she passed at 91 years old,” the 66-year-old said. “She was an Eagles fan who used to tell me about the old championship games. So this is for her. We’re down here for her.”

THE Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired Rodney Hood and George Hill in a three-way deal with the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings, league sources told ESPN on Thursday.

The Cavaliers will send Iman Shumpert and a 2020 second-round pick via the Miami Heat to the Kings in the deal.

Sacramento acquires Joe Johnson from Utah, who gets Jae Crowder and Derrick Rose from Cleveland, sources said. it was part of a flurry of deals prior to Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline by the Cavaliers, who also traded Isaiah Thomas and Channing Frye to the Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. Cleveland also shipped Dwyane Wade to the Miami Heat, sources

told ESPN. Hill, whose ability to guard both positions in the backcourt could help the struggling Cavaliers’ defense, had been unhappy with his role with the Kings, whom he signed with last summer after turning down a more lucrative extension offer with the Jazz.

Hill’s contract calls for $19 million guaranteed in the 2018-19 season, league sources said. Only $1 million of the $18 million on his 2019-20 contract is guaranteed.

The 31-year-old point guard is averaging 10.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists this season.

The oft-injured Hill, 25, was averaging a career-high 16.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in his fourth season with the Jazz.

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Red Wings register wins on opening day of PHL JAKE Haggie dominated the scoring for the Scotiabank Red Wings to propel them ahead of their opponents on the opening day of the 2018 Provo Hockey League (PHL), at the Graceway Sports Centre.

The Red Wings, previously known as the Sailfish, had won the division in the 2016-2017 season. In their opening clash, last Saturday, Haggie scored two of his three goals in the second period to lead the side to a 3-2 win against the Grace Bay Car Rentals Islanders.

The Islanders had opened the scoring in the sixth minute of play off a strike from Jordan Gedeon, before Haggie tied the game three minutes later. In the second period, another Gedeon’s strike carried the Islanders ahead, but Haggie answered.

In their second clash, Haggie scored both of the Red Wings’ goals in their victory against the Grace Bay Resorts Conchorers. The two teams were tied 1-1 after the opening three minutes, but Haggie broke the deadlock in the second period. Isaac Turner scored for the Conchorers.

In the Bantam Division, the WB Financial Penguins got past the Projetech Predators 7-5 in their opener.

Jack Blain had let the Penguins to a 1-0 lead, before Maddox Zaidan Jones scored twice in under two minutes to push the Predators ahead.

By the end of the first period, the Penguins had re-taken the lead, thanks to two goals from Henri Heino (assists from Aaron Ellis and Kate Blain).

A Junior Campbell goal four minutes into the second period tied the game, but Jack Blain scored three more times, while Harry Whent (assisted by Heino) added the other.

Jones finished with four goals for the Predators.

Three goals and two assists from Max Scholar and two goals each from Olivia Park and Clayton Thomas (also an assist) propelled the defending champions of the Bantam Division, the Coco Bistro Bruins to a 7-4 win against the Turkberry Hurricanes.

The Bruins dominated the opening period 4-1 with Park scoring both of her goals and Thomas and Scholar netting one each. Tom Phillips led the Hurricanes with two goals, while Samuel French (also an assist) and Wyatt Pollon added the others.

In the Midget Division, the

defending champions, the Villa del Mar Flyers, suffered an opening lost to the Saunders Greyhounds (10-12).

The clash proved exciting with regular lead changes. The battle was between the Flyers’ Carson Greatrex, who netted seven goals and the Greyhounds’ Bradley Ayer, who scored six.

After a 7-7 first period, Greatrex answered Ayer’s second period opener with three successful strikes within three minutes to give the Flyers a 10-8 lead, but the Greyhounds scored four consecutive goals via Sebastian Turbyfield (two of his three goals) and Ayer and Jahson Forbes.

Joshua Saunders was also instrumental for the winners with two goals and an assist in the first period.

The Greyhounds could not get past the Gansevoort Gators in the second clash. In a low scoring game, the Gators won 4-3.

Zachary Scholar (also an assist), Harry Schofield, Colin Forbes and Ronin Maclaren scored for the winners, while Ayer netted a pair and Turbyfield finished with a goal and an assist for the Greyhounds.

Max Scholar scored three goals and made two assists for the Coco Bistro Bruins in their opener.

Cricket, golf and football under threat from climate change OPEN Championship venues such as St Andrews and Royal Troon could be under water by the end of the century if sea levels rise even slightly as a result of climate change, according to a new report.

The Climate Coalition says golf, football and cricket face an “unexpected threat”, with cricket to be the “hardest hit”.

The report predicts “cancelled football matches, flooded cricket grounds and golf courses crumbling into the sea”.

It adds that rising winter temperatures mean the Scottish skiing industry could collapse within 50 years.

The report says six of the UK’s seven wettest years on record have occurred since 2000, with cricket’s County Championship already losing thousands of overs every season.

“Climate change is already impacting our ability to play and watch the sports we love,” said the report, adding that extreme weather is a factor in declining participation and lost revenue.

The report says “only a small increase in sea-level rise would

imperil all of the world’s links courses before the end of the century”.

The Open is the only one of golf’s majors played in the UK and is hosted on links courses, including - as well at St Andrews and Royal Troon - Royal Birkdale, Hoylake, Royal Lytham & St Annes, Muirfield, Sandwich, Turnberry, Portrush and 2018 venue Carnoustie.

It adds that “more than 450 years of golfing history” at Montrose, one of the five oldest courses in the world, is at risk of being washed away by rising seas and coastal erosion linked to climate change.

Research published by Dundee University in 2016 showed the North Sea has crept 70 metres towards Montrose within the past 30 years.

Chris Curnin, director at Montrose Golf Links, said: “As the sea rises and the coast falls away, we’re left with nowhere to go. Climate change is often seen as tomorrow’s problem - but it’s already eating away at our course.

“In a perfect storm we could lose 5-10 metres over just a couple of days and that could happen at pretty

Flooded cricket grounds are expected to be more common, according to a new climate change report.

much any point.”

There was as much as 20% less playing time for courses across the greater Glasgow area in 2016-17 compared to 10 years earlier, the report suggests.

“It is a fact that increased rainfall and extreme events are causing more disruption in recreational golf,” says Richard Windows of the Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI).

A spokesman for The R&A, golf’s

governing body outside the United States and Mexico, said the sport had been “actively dealing” with the issue for some time.

“Climate change, particularly the impact of sea levels, is a wider issue and ultimately it is not something that golf or any other individual sport can tackle by itself,” the spokesman added.

“We have to continue to raise awareness of the effects of climate

change and encourage policymakers to consider the impact it is having on our coastline.”

However, Stephen Anthony, the club secretary at Royal Troon, told BBC World Service that, while they took the matter seriously, they are “not overly concerned”.

“We’ve been proactive over the last 30 years,” he said. “We’ve put lots of things in place to protect our course into the future.”

The report states “increased rainfall and more extreme weather events associated with climate change may be a defining factor in the viability of grassroots football”.

It adds that: Grassroots clubs lose five weeks per season to bad weather; More than a third lose two to three months; 84% of those highlight facilities as the most pressing issue facing grassroots game; Sport England reported a 180,000 drop over 10 years in people playing weekly; 25 Football League fixtures postponed during 2015-16 season.

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Four of the five athletes who represented the TCI at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas last year, are in the 2018 Commonwealth Games team.

Haye-Smith ecstatic with Commonwealth Games selection Ifeanyi Otuonye had no competition at the meet

Otuonye records victory in season opener NATIONAL long jump record holder Ifeanyi Otuonye started the year with his best season opener at last month’s Texas Tech Red and Black Open.

The 23-year-old eased to victory in the long jump event. Despite not having his coach at the meet, the

former K-State University athlete leaped 7.64M to take the gold. The second best jumper marked 6.94M. The 23-year-old told the Weekly News that his previous best season opener was 7.43M some three years ago.

YANIQUE Haye-Smith is extremely excited to have been selected for the Commonwealth Games by Team TCI. The 27-year-old is a quality 400M sprinter and hurdler.

The former Jamaica under-23 sprinter, who is married to President of the TCI Commonwealth Games Association, Alvirto ‘Ali’ Smith, will join eight other athletes for the April 4-15 Games slated for the Gold Coast in Australia.

‘Ali’ Smith told the Weekly News that there is a possibility that the side would add a weightlifter to the team to make it 10 participants.

Latoya Rigby and Dovar Moultrie will look to shot their way to medals at the event, while Haye-Smith will

officially make her TCI debut. The ace sprinter, who clocked three personal best performances so far for the season, will join six other athletes at the meet.

Akia Guerrier, Ifeanyi Otuonye, Angelo Garland, Kivarno Handfield, Frantzley Benjamin and Devante Gardiner are also in the squad. Although the events are yet to be released, the males should compete in the 4X400M relay. Otuonye and Garland are relay veterans and will have the support of Benjamin and Gardiner.

Otuonye should also compete in the long jump, while Handfield should contest the high jump.

MEDALLING

Sports now under Ministry of Health IN an effort to promote a healthy lifestyle throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Department of Sports was this week officially placed under the Ministry of Health, Agriculture and Human Services.

In a government release, Minister Edwin Astwood said: “…We see this addition as a great opportunity to enhance the Ministry’s efforts towards achieving its mandate of a healthier and empowered nation”.

The released added that the strategic move, which aims to fight physical inactivity (the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, causing an estimated 3.2M deaths globally), will enhance the Ministry’s efforts toward reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases

like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, and depression.

“The Ministry of Health extends a welcome to the staff members of the Sports Department and the new Director of Sports, Mr. Jarrett Forbes. The blending of the Sports Department’s objectives of promoting the holistic development of citizens through the practice of sports and physical development; the Ministry’s strategic goals 2, 3 and 6 (primary health care focus, response to priority diseases, and intersectoral coordination; as well as the Government’s commitment to the focus on and strengthening of primary health care, is a recipe for progress toward a healthier and empowered nation.”

Yanique Haye-Smith is an outstanding sprinter and hurdler.

Haye-Smith told the Weekly News that her aim is to medal at the meet.

With a string of victories, including one last Saturday at Boston University in the 400M, the sprinter feels she is in peak form.

If she had officially changed allegiance (IAAF might clear it at the end of the month), she would have gotten the national record. Her time 53.88s is much faster than her previous best of 57.05s, which she made last year.

The team will be led by Chef de Mission Mr. Levard Misick, who 20 years ago participated in the Commonwealth Games after TCI status was re-established in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Marauders win Winter Tag Rugby League THE MERIDIAN Marauders claimed victory in the Graham Thompson Winter Tag Rugby League which concluded last Thursday at the Meridian Field.

The Marauders got past an undermanned Le Bouchon Nuff Said team 21-5 for the coveted Cup trophy.

Tries from Hendricks, Gareth Butler, Tyrese and Keith Burant for the eventual winners were answered by points from Nuff Said’s Mark de Fraine, Cara Buddle and Hayden Bell, but with only five players allowed on the field for Nuff Said, due to the unavailability of their over-40 player, winning was always a difficult task.

The Alexandra Resort Tipsy Turtles finished third after a 16-7 win against the BCB Wahoos.

Red Mist got past the Unicorn Bookstore Unicorns of Doom after a solid start from their strong female players. Megan Harper and Ella O’Connell both scored tries in the 18-10 win.

In the other clash, BCQS Jolly Ranchers edged past Pampered Paws Reef Rovers.

Meridian Marauders won the Winter Tag League

Nationals will not be cancelled says new Sports Director – Event set for next month

New Director of Sports Jarrett Forbes has hit the ground running

NEW Director of Sports in the Turks and Caicos Islands Jarrett Forbes has announced March 11-12 as the dates for the Inter-High School Track and Field Championships (Nationals).

Forbes, who began working in the new position last month, told the Weekly News that his objective is to hit the ground running.

While there may have been some “whispers” about the probability of cancelling Nationals for this year, we announce “loudly” that Nationals will be happening on March 11th-12th as the 12th is a public holiday.”

The 36-year-old, who developed several sports programmes in the US from the grassroots level to high school varsity, said that rather than cancelling the event, the department

decided to hold it for the youths.

“The financial and infrastructural effects of the storms, gave much concern as to whether we should host Nationals this year. We understand the current challenges that communities and schools are currently facing, however we believe these extenuating circumstances present a unique opportunity to show our commitment, unity, resilience and passion for youth development through sports. Rather than cancel, we aim to display the resilient core of the TCI and say to our youth “we will make this happen for you!” We call on the community and all stakeholders to encourage and support our athletes and to make this year’s Inter High School

Track and Field Nationals a great success.”

The experienced basketball coach, who led the TCI Rising Stars U18 team to a silver medal in their first visit to the Puerto Rico International Basketball Tournament on that island last year, said that he is very passionate about all sports.

“I am very excited to have begun this new role as the Director of Sports for the TCIG. I am very passionate about Sports not just because it’s fun, and entertaining but because it changes lives. Sports done correctly can shape and mold the youth of the TCI to develop a character of excellence, resilience, competitiveness, commitment and national pride.”

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