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DISCIPLINED PNP TAKES DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST MISICK, HANCHELL AND BOYCE

In the wake of their massive loss at the polls on December PAGE 5 15, 2016, the Progressive National Party (PNP) has taken disciplinary action against three registered members of the party DESARROLLOS HOTEL GROUP TIGHT-LIPPED ON 12-STOREY HOTEL GOING FORWARD PAGE 4

STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM FUNDS RAISED DURING A CHARITY PARTY PAGE  10

GOVERNOR SCOUTING FOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO REPLACE CFO PAGE 4

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Governor scouting for Financial Advisor to replace CFO

BY DELANA ISLES

That Ritz Carlton hotel, resort, casino and spa is expected to consist of 124 luxury hotel guest rooms, penthouses and resort residences

Desarrollos Hotel Group tightlipped on Ritz Carlton hotel going forward

BY DELANA ISLES THE DEVELOPERS for the proposed Ritz Carlton resort in Gracebay has refused to say what progress they have made, if any, with the current government regarding the new development going forward.

When this publication contacted the TCI point person for the group, real estate agent Walter Gardiner, he would only say that they have “nothing to say at this time” and that the matter is still engaging the attention of the courts.

However, Gardiner’s statement is not quite accurate as the most recent court matter in which Dessarollos was named as an interested party has since been resolved, paving the

way for the planning process for the resort to be restarted.

That process had been halted since the court became involved.

Strata Corporation, under which the Venetian and Tuscany hotels fall, had started the court matter in 2015, and earlier this month the Appellate Court had pounded the proverbial nail in their coffin with a dismissal of the hotel’s last appeal.

But there is one last ditch effort the hotels can pursue, that of an appeal to Her Majesty’s Privy Council.

When contacted on Thursday, legal eagle for Strata, Conrad Griffiths indicated that his client is still awaiting the court’s written judgement, which will contain their reasons for denying the appeal.

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Griffiths had previously told the media that his client will make a decision on whether they will move to the Privy Council after they have reviewed the appellate court’s reasons.

But while Dessarollos remains quiet on their progress, Premier Sharlene Cartwright told the press two weeks ago, that her government has already met with the Group’s officials to find out what direction they would like to go.

She had indicated that the developers are eager to go forward, but she had also stated that while her government is willing to go forward with any development, they are only prepared to go ahead with ones that benefit the people of the TCI. She had also denied allegations by the Opposition that the PDM Government is not in favour of the project.

The Premier’s cautious attitude to the Ritz Carlton project has stirred speculation that the government does not intend to follow through on the project.

Her position is the polar opposite of the former government’s, which was eager to bring in the Dessarollos Group over the past four years they were in office.

The group had first proposed to construct the JW Marriot Hotel in the TCI, but shortly after announced that they would instead be switching to the Ritz-Calton brand.

The Marriot was to have been a nine-story hotel, scheduled to open in early 2016, to be built on an11acre site along the Grace Bay beach in Providenciales.

After Dessarollos switched the brand, in April 2015, the Rufus Ewing government signed a development agreement with them to build a $224 million Ritz Carlton hotel, resort, casino and spa in the Grace Bay area.

That development is expected to consist of 124 luxury hotel guest rooms, penthouses, resort residences and associated facilities.

THE GOVERNOR’s office has confirmed that they are in the process of recruiting a financial advisor to replace the controversial position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) when the post comes to an end on March 31.

On Tuesday (March 14) David Moore, Head of the Governor’s Office, confirmed the news, which was initially reported by a sister publication in the TCI over the weekend.

Moore said that the advisor has not been recruited as yet as they are still in the process of looking for someone.

Asked which country they are looking to hire that individual from, Moore would only say it is an ongoing process and that, that person could be from anywhere.

However, he was keen to point out that the new post and its responsibilities will be very different from that of the CFO’s.

“Initially the CFO had a wide range of powers, but the financial advisor will not have the same powers. It is just to advise the Governor on what is going on with the finances in the Turks and Caicos Islands,” Moore said.

The position of CFO has been held by Stephen Turnbull, who has held the controversial post since March 18, 2013. The position was enacted by way of a Chief Financial Officer Ordinance 2012 following a Constitution Order.

It was first assigned to help the TCI Government to continue on its path towards sustainable public finances.

The local media house that broke the story alluded to a document alleged to be a “Turks and Caicos Islands (Finance) Order 2017” that will come into force on April 1, 2017, when the role of CFO will be abolished and section 7 of the TCI Constitution Order 2011 is revoked and the CFO Ordinance repealed.

This new Ordinance reportedly confers on the Governor powers to ensure that “reasonable funding” is provided for specified matters, including those for which the Governor has a special responsibility under the Constitution, upholding the rule of law and judicial independence, and ensuring compliance with international obligations to which the TCI is subject.

The media report stated that the official document from the United Kingdom states that the Turks and Caicos Island Government was “fully consulted in the preparation of the instrument and is content”.

Efforts by this publication to

Governor John Freeman

reach the Premier who is also the Minister of Finance to confirm this statement, all proved futile.

The newspaper report further states that under the new law, the Minister of Finance - Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson - “must ensure that appropriate facilities are made available” to the financial adviser in order to enable the financial adviser to work within the ministry of finance, investment and trade.”

The article states: “According to the document in recognition of the progress that the Turks and Caicos Islands has made to restore TCI’s public finances “from a point of near bankruptcy to a healthy surplus and delivery of strong economic growth”, the United Kingdom does not consider that there is a continuing need for the office of the Chief Financial Officer.”

In 2012 when the CFO Bill was passed the Premier, who was at the time the leader of the opposition, had slammed it calling the high level of “meddling” in the TCI’s affairs allowed under it “unacceptable”.

She stated at the time: “I cannot accept this level of meddling to the extent that he is empowered to under this bill during an elected government’s regime...it makes a nonsense of the functions and powers of a Minister of Finance, as he who holds the purse controls the priorities and policies by extension.

“This in effect waters down not just the role of the elected Minister of Finance but also an elected government.”

According to her, the role of the CFO was one of establishing strong fiscal management systems through policies and laws.

She said: “I did recognise his continuing role in the 2011 Constitution and expected that his role will become somewhat of an Advisor to the Governor and the government generally to ensure the systems are maintained.”

Last November, at the Joint Ministerial Conference meeting in London it was reported that the minister of the foreign commonwealth office, Baroness Joyce Anelay had committed to removing the position of Chief Financial Officer by the end of March 2017.

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Former Premier Michael Misick

Lillian Boyce

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McAllister Hanchell

PNP takes disciplinary actions against Misick, Hanchell and Boyce

BY DELANA ISLES IN THE wake of their massive loss at the polls on December 15, 2016, the Progressive National Party (PNP) has taken disciplinary action against three registered members of the party.

Those three persons are Michael Misick and McAllister Hanchell – both of whom contested the elections as independent candidates – as well as Lillian Boyce, who campaigned for the People’s Democratic Party (PDM) in the run-up to elections day.

Misick who was denied the opportunity to contest the general elections under the PNP umbrella when he expressed an interest in doing so, had taken action and contested as an independent all islands member, as did Hanchell.

Misick pulled in 1,629 votes, while Hanchell received 97 votes as an independent candidate, contesting in South Caicos.

Both candidates, along with Boyce, have been staunch PNP members, and have all served as

ministers of government several years ago.

The popular former Premier has on many occasions affirmed that he has and will always be a faithful supporter of the party.

The disciplinary action was confirmed by PNP Chairman, Royal Robinson on Thursday (March 16) when Weekly News contacted him.

Robinson said that the matter is being dealt with internally and has only just started.

“It is a process in our constitution that deals with any member that is found wanting by another member and even though Mr Misick has posted something out there, it is an internal matter between the party and the individuals,” he stated.

Robinson reiterated that it is an internal investigation, and while it may manifest itself in the public domain at some point, until the process has been concluded, he can comment no further.

However, documents obtained by this publication outlined the exact grievances the party has taken up

with at least one of the members.

In a letter addressed to Misick on March 8, Robinson as chairman of the disciplinary committee informed him to respond in writing within 14 days to complaints arising from his participation in the 2016 general elections.

The disciplinary committee is made up of Robert Hall, Madlin Potter, Emily Saunders, Donhue Gardiner, Carlos Simons, Arabella Smith and by invitation Sonia Williams.

The complaint against Misick was made by unnamed members of the party’s national executive committee, the document revealed.

As stated in the document: “The complaint is that during the 2016 general elections you campaigned as an independent candidate in the all island electoral district (AIED) and had yourself nominated as such in breach of Article 4A and 4.5 of the party’s constitution and also in breach of a specific pledge signed by you on 17 June, 2016 by which pledge you promised to

abide the results of the party AIED selection process and not to contest the elections otherwise than as a candidate of the party.”

This publication also received a copy of Misick’s response to the PNP missive.

He first enquired as to who exactly had made the complaint against him.

He then went on to accuse Robinson of deliberately sabotaging him in the last elections by “intentionally not putting my name on the original list of persons contesting to be a candidate”.

Reaffirming his commitment to the PNP, the former Premier pointed out that he has seen many people breach the party rules and many others run as independent candidates with no action being taken against them.

He further stated: “I find it shocking that after a devastating loss at the elections, the leadership that the people rejected should be wasting their time trying to penalize one of their own rather than making moves to heal the wounds and bring

the party together.”

He suggested to the party chairman that instead of blaming him for the loss, that they look within themselves to see why the public rejected them and make the necessary changes in order to be a viable contender in the 2020 general elections.

He added: “Quite frankly I see this is an old vendetta between the present acting leader and myself.

“He still has not come to grips with me winning the leadership against him in 2002.”

He further suggested that the party’s time would be best used to reclaim the party’s lost support base.

Misick stated that he does not have the time, will or wish to engage in a fight with the party he loves and helped to build, while he is already in a legal fight for his “rights and freedom”.

He further suggested to Robinson to let sleeping dogs lie, and concentrate on getting all hands on deck – including his – to rebuild the party.

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A Weekly News column that puts you on the spot for your opinions on the issues of the day

PRIVATE BEACHES IN THE TCI?

Does the law allow for private beaches in the TCI? Well, residents and tourists have complained to this newspaper of being denied access to Taylor Bay, because the developer has installed gates at the two access points to keep beach goers out.

What are your thoughts?

No tents or structures Beaches should not be private, but the government may consider properly regulating certain water sport operators in how they set up their shops, buildings and signs on our public beaches. Maybe the developer at Taylor Bay does not want tents, structures and various advertisement signs erected all over the public beach with all manner of businesses being operated out these temporary structures on a daily basis, hence the gates to try to preserve the peace and tranquility of this beautiful peaceful private beach.

Same law

Under British law, as transferred into the Commonwealth countries, it remains that up to the high water mark there is public access.

What is otherwise termed as the high water mark ( the “Queen’s bottom”). So there unless someone recently changed the law.

Beaches are public

The law is quite clear : beaches are open for public. Can anyone break the law and block access ?

Let these people know

Government needs to let these people know better.

No private beaches here

There are no private beaches here, and gates are not supposed to prevent locals from going to the beaches in any way. I have traveled and seen this game before. It’s used to keep locals away from what is publicly theirs and usually go unreported. It is abusive to islanders and crosses the line. It works in places with weak government. This is a government issue to immediately correct. If not corrected it will

cause division and anger and unfortunately like I have seen before, protest.

Beaches are for everyone

The beach belongs to everyone…that is the beauty of the islands…..and no one has the right to block the beach or any portion of it without going through a permit process…. including any resort or entity.

This should be made clear to them in the planning stages of their proposed plan whether it is new construction, any renovation or even special attractions that are of a temporary or limited nature.

All of the world knows of the uninterrupted stretch of ‘white sand beach’ and to limit or impede that perception of the islands is to take away what attracts tourists to the islands and prevents many worldwide tourism publications from saying that the beautiful beach stretches for 12 miles.

You don’t want a story to come out when someone is booking a stay. Yes, it is one beautiful beach that is the best in the world….. except for a blockage in two or three places.

Developer has the right

Those never were public accesses. The developer has the full right to close them.

Tomfoolery

We have a cocktail here and it’s been around a long time. It’s called a TCI Tomfoolery. It is lethal; with prime ingredients of greed, stupidity and pig ignorance.

Government has the patent on this concoction.In short and legally, any owner of property fronting the beach owns a boundary to midway between the high and low tide, which of course is variable. Government insists it is merely to the edge of vegetation.

If accretion occurs, as often happens, the

owner finds he has separate land, not his, between himself and the beach. In other words he no longer has beach front property.

You can guess the serious consequences of this and governments have made mileage out of the issue, by selling the accredited land to the owners, with the prospect of the whole rip-off being repeated if further accretion occurs.

It ‘s political, as they have a dread of the public being prohibited from accessing the beach. Although whether there is a public right on account of historic use is another matter Either way you look at the issue it represents the usual mess and shortsighted approach to issues here, along with access to property and easements.

The stock phrase to the gullible is “that’s the way things are done here”. Meanwhile, the litigation lawyers are rubbing their hands with invisible soap!

Private beaches?

PRIVATE BEACHES???? NEVER KNEW THERE IS/ WAS SUCH A THING AS A PRIVATE BEACH IN THE TCI

Remove it

What thoughts? If the fencing is legal, we have to live with it. If not, have the Government IMMEDIATELY remove any offending fences or gates, regardless of whether it is Michael Ashcroft’s property!

Dollars speak

When it comes to beach access, we are second to no class citizens. There is hardly a beach that is truly accessible in Providenciales.

These developers have long dollars, so they just pay their way through. Such a shame.

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Former Premier says CFO and Financial Advisor positions the same

BY OLIVIA ROSE FORMER Premier Michael Misick says replacing the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) post with Financial Advisor to the Governor is merely a change of title, the powers remain the same.

Misick in his comments on Monday March 13, alluded to public`s perception that the person who holds this position, intrinsically pulls the country`s purse strings.

Following the recent announcement by the United Kingdom (UK) government to abolish the contentious post of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from TCI`s Constitution, and appoint a Financial Advisor to provide assistance to the Governor in the exercise of his powers relating to Government finances, Misick took to Twitter to voice his opinion on the matter.

The Former Premier in his Twitter rant said: “We need real change”.

Misick further is adamant that the Turks and Caicos Islands should follow in the footsteps of Scotland and seek an Independence referendum.

Emphasizing that the will of the people is paramount in this decision he said: “Let the people decide.”

In retrospect, former Premier Rufus Ewing at the UK Overseas Territories Attorneys General fourday symposium last September, called the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) a flagrant violation of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ democracy.

Ewing lashed out at the British for imposing a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) upon the country under the new 2011 constitution.

He said it was sold to the people that the position would remain until such time that the Loan Guarantee was lifted after repayment of the UK guaranteed bond.

Ewing at that time revealed his plan to introduce a CFO Repeal bill to the House of Assembly to forcefully demonstrate his Government`s will to remove the CFO. He said: “This Government upon assuming office took the stance as communicated in my letter to the UK Secretary of State in February 2013 that the position of CFO was a violation of the principles of democracy.

“The responses received made it blatantly clear that we would be fighting an uphill battle against the UK’s position and this administration made the decision to focus efforts on governing this country and aggressively embarked upon one of the most successful economic recovery strategies seen in modern times.”

“We deemed it essential to fortify ourselves to fight another day and relied on the guarantee of the UK Government that the position of

Former Premier Michael Misick

CFO would be extinguished upon retirement of the UK Guarantee.”

Ewing reminded that his government has toiled arduously and the people have made tremendous sacrifice to achieve the economic recovery of the country.

“We have retired our debt in February of this year and discussions had commenced with the Overseas Territories Minister and FCO from December last year as we demanded that the U.K. Government uphold its end of the agreement with the people of these islands.”

It was agreed in the Government`s discussion with the UK Government that there would be a six- month transitional period following the repayment of the bond, he added” Several residents on the popular facebook page “Speak your Mind TCI” also weighed in on the announcement, one person wrote: “The UK government attempted to water down the post, but it is still the same CFO in some respects.

“If the Governor needs a financial advisor to assist with his special responsibilities in relation to institutions of good governance, the judiciary and the police, and to advise him on those related financial matters, than that is fine.

“However, for that person to be working within the finance ministry gives the impression that the minister is not in charge of the country’s finances.

“If it is ever the case that person attempts to interfere directly in the affairs and or operations of the ministry of finance that would be highly irregular and undemocratic.

“So I see the potential for conflict if the post holder is a power hungry person, who does not know the limits of their authority.

“The Governor should clearly outline to that person what they can and cannot do, or they are asking for trouble. And there should be clear stipulations as to what that person can and cannot do.”

Another contributor pointed out

that the actions of unscrupulous politicians placed the country in the predicament it currently faces.

He said: “Do we need a CFO or Financial Officer? (Not necessarily) however “ Let’s remember why we are in this position.

“We had politicians who were so happy living the big life and emptied the treasury when Hurricane IKE hit, lo and behold nothing was left and now we are fighting to get out of the situation that the former politicians put us in.”

Under the tree

Misick`s twitter post

By Benneth Williams

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Stacy Cox elected as new president of CSHAE

BY OLIVIA ROSE SEASONED hotel industry professional Stacy Cox is the new president of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE).

Cox was recently appointed to the leadership position during board meetings that preceded the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) annual Caribbean Travel Marketplace event in The Bahamas.

CSHAE is an independent organization aimed at advancing professional development and strengthening networking among Caribbean hotel and tourism association executives.

Cox, who has served as the Executive Director of The Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) since September 2011, is a native of The Bahamas and a citizen of the Turks and Caicos Islands. She has amassed more than 20 years of hospitality experience in both destinations.

As Executive Director, she represents the membership of TCHTA on matters affecting the tourism and hospitality industry, both locally and internationally,

New CSHAE President Stacy Cox

including advocacy issues and marketing initiatives, which help build a sustainable tourism product through awareness, outreach and educational programs.

“To be elected by my counterparts

throughout the Caribbean for such a role speaks volumes and I am truly honoured,,” said Cox, who promised she will not take the role lightly. She looks forward to continuing her advocacy efforts

for local members, while “taking our collective voice to CHTA, with the hope of having our issues addressed at the top of the regional association’s agenda.”

“It is a blessing to have Stacy in this leadership role,” said Director General and CEO of CHTA Frank Comito. “She has been a model member of this group for several years and we always look forward to her wise counsel and enthusiastic, solutions-driven approach to addressing challenges for our members. She leads by example and has done outstanding work in her role with the TCHTA,” he added.

Cox began her hospitality career as an activity coordinator in 1991 at what is now the world-famous Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas, and quickly moved her way up the ranks, receiving the coveted “Cacique” award prior to leaving her island home.

In 1997, she moved to the Turks and Caicos Islands, where she held general manager positions at Windsong Resort and Royal West Indies Resort.

The hospitality professional is committed to the advancement of the tourism industry and believes

that education and awareness of opportunities within the sector are critical in the region. “One of my first tasks as President of CSHAE is to meet with the team to determine how we can better raise the profile of the Society and to identify networking and developmental opportunities for all Associations,” she said.

Cox volunteers her time to organizations and events such as Youth Explosion, Maskanoo, TCI Shines Clean-up Campaign and TCI Little Chefs. She has also served on various executive boards, including TCHTA, Turks and Caicos Tourist Board, Turks and Caicos Animal Welfare Committee, CHTA, CSHAE, Junior Achievement Turks & Caicos Islands, and The Salvation Army.

An advocate of continuing education, she has furthered her own professional development through online courses at Cornell University and the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

Cox’s favourite motto is “Living with purpose, because of the promise”.

She regularly mentors young women, especially those in the hospitality industry.

“Obesity identified as potent risk factor for development of kidney disease”

BY OLIVIA ROSE OBESITY has been identified as a potent risk factor for the development of kidney disease.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) obesity increases the risk of developing major risk factors of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), like diabetes and hypertension, and it has a direct impact on the development of CKD and end stage renal disease (ESRD).

The WHO also noted that in individuals affected by obesity the kidneys have to work harder, filtering more blood than normal (hyper filtration) to meet the metabolic demands of the increased body weight.

The increase in function can damage the kidney and raise the risk of developing CKD in the long-term.

The good news is that obesity, as well as CKD, is largely preventable.

Education and awareness of the risks of obesity and a healthy lifestyle, including proper nutrition and exercise, can dramatically help in preventing obesity and kidney disease.

The role of the kidneys is often underrated, but the kidneys play a vital role in the daily workings of your body.

The kidneys play a major role in maintaining your general health and wellbeing. They sort, non-recyclable waste from recyclable waste, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while also cleaning the blood.

World Kidney Day was observed across on Thursday March 9, this year the day sought to promote

InterHealth Canada Nephrologist Dr. Vancelee Forbes and Nutritionist from the Ministry of Health Lakeisha Wilson

awareness and education about the harmful consequences of obesity and its association with kidney disease, advocating healthy lifestyle and health policy measures that make preventive behaviors an affordable options.

Locally, the Ministry of Health and InterHealth Canada partnered to spread awareness across the Turks and Caicos Islands on the disease, prevention and treatment.

During a television program on PTV8 news InterHealth Canada Nephrologist and Nutritionist from the Ministry of Health shed light on the disease and what the populace can do to lower risks associated with the disease.

InterHealth Canada Nephrologist, Dr. Vancelee Forbes during the interview noted that chronic kidney

disease is basically any condition that causes kidney damage.

She said: “It’s a condition whereby there`s a varying degree of kidney impairment or kidney damage and its present for more than three months, so the word ‘chronic’ denotes duration of the condition rather than severity of the condition.

“There are different stages of kidney disease, from stage one which is the mildest stage to stage five which is also towards the end and stage renal disease.”

She explained that renal disease or renal failure occurs when the kidney is completely damaged or nonfunctional.

Dr. Forbes pointed that kidney disease often goes undetected because it lacks physical symptoms until the very late stages.

By then the organs have already failed.

But early detection, healthy lifestyle changes and proper treatment can slow the progress of kidney disease.

Those at risk should have simple blood and urine tests to check if their kidneys are working properly.

She said: “symptoms usually occur at stage four stage five and these are non-specific so they may include nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and swelling in the ankles or feet or shortness of breath, so there not specific because you can think of other conditions that may have similar symptoms but the concern is that once symptoms develop they are a sign of very severe kidney disease.”

Meantime Lakeisha Wilson, Nutritionist at the Ministry of

Health emphasized the importance of dieting and exercise to prevent kidney disease.

She said: “Diet is very important, if we really take stock of the way we eat locally, we definitely have to say that our diets have played a significant role in the number of persons that are now on dialysis, and particularly those persons that are diabetics and hypertensive patients they really have to consider what they`re eating.

“So when it comes to diet, you have to really think about the protein, the sodium, the phosphorus, the potassium and all of the nutrients or minerals really have to be seriously considered.”

She pointed out that in the Turks and Caicos Islands, many local cuisines are loaded with salt, and the sodium intake per household is alarming.

“Watch your salt or sodium intake, its particularly important and I cannot emphasize this enough, but we do live in a society where we consume large amount of sodium in the form of package and processed foods we eat these on a regular basis, we don`t give it any thought, it’s convenient its readily available, its affordable and so we gravitate towards those foods.”

She urged locals to monitor their salt intake and strive for healthier choices.

World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide.

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Two local charities are recipients of cheque donations

BY DAISY HANDFIELD THE TURKS and Caicos Islands Diabetic Foundation and the Rotary Club of Providenciales were both recipients of cheque donations made by the chain of IGA supermarkets in Providenciales on March 10, 2017.

A cheque presentation was held at the Graceway IGA on the Leeward Highway to present these funds raised from cash boxes which the supermarket places at the cash registers stationed at all of their supermarkets.

Shade Wilson, front-end manager of the Graceway IGA supermarket who was present at the handover, said that said that the chain of supermarkets is always willing to assist the community.

Treasurer for the Rotary Club in Providenciales, Ralph Patrick, who was handed the cheque for US $3,000 said that the funds will go a long way in giving back to the TCI. Mr Patrick said that some of the main initiatives that the Rotary Club is involved in includes an eyeglass testing that is carried out throughout all the elementary

schools in Providenciales.

He said that for the last five years an optometrist has visited the schools to test the eyes of the students, to make sure that they have good eyesight and if they do not, the Rotary Club ensure that the students receive glasses.

Another initiative includes the donation of dictionaries to grade three students in the TCI. Elaine Clare, founder of the TCI Diabetic Association, received the cheque for US $3,220 on behalf of the Association.

She said that this sum was the largest donation they have ever received and that it will be used to purchase more blood testing meters and strips to give way to those suffering from diabetes.

“Just about every day I have diabetics who are calling asking for blood testing meters and for strips. We give away those things so that people can know their numbers so when they go back to their doctors they can tell their doctors that they have done their blood sugar testing at home.

That way they know if they are running high levels and if they are running normal. Those things are important for them to better take care of themselves,” she said.

Sunny Foods trial delayed THE trial of the four men charged with the April 10, 2016, robbery and shooting at the Sunny Foods supermarket in Providenciales has come to a temporary halt.

Information reaching the Weekly News is that on Thursday (March 9) the case was adjourned as the presiding judge had personal matters to attend to. As such, the judge will resume sitting on Tuesday, March 21 in the Grand Turk Supreme Court.

The trial is expected to resume with the defence presenting their case, as well as arguments by the three attorneys followed by Judge Joan Joyner’s summing up to the jury.

The brief adjournment will now see the trial lasting an additional two or three days before the jury deliver its verdict.

The defendants in the trial are: 27-year-old Ewing George, who is charged with robbery, and inflicting grievous bodily harm; while the three others 33-year-old Reginald Presil, 32-year-old Fritzer Prevalus, and

Wilbert Almonor, all face charges of conspiracy to commit robbery.

The three charged with conspiracy to rob are Haitian nationals.

The case against the men stemmed from an armed robbery and shooting of a local security official and exsuperintendent of police Alboin Williams outside of the Five Cays store in Providenciales last year.

Witness accounts of the brazen daylight robbery stated that the assailants were waiting for Williams – who is also the owner of Tag Security Services – to exit the store with the bag of money he normally collects from that location.

When he came out of the supermarket the men allegedly knocked him to the ground, grabbed the bag of money, fired three shots into Williams’ back and made good their escape.

The men were arrested in June last year and were charged with the crime.

George was arrested and charged later in the year. (DELANA ISLES)

TCI Youth

CDB’s VYBZING Programme announces 2017 Challenge for TCI Youth

BY OLIVIA ROSE THE CARIBBEAN Development Bank (CDB), through its youth outreach programme, VYBZING, has launched a contest for youth of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).

Young people between the ages of 16 and 29 are being invited to take part in the Snapchat Story Challenge, an interactive initiative that aims to engage youth on the topic of creative entrepreneurship.

CDB’s 2017 VYBZING Snapchat Story Challenge is being hosted under the theme, “Start Up and Stand Up: Creative Enterprises as the Engine of Growth in Turks and Caicos and the Region.”

Young Snapchatters are invited to create a three-minute video highlighting the increasing importance of the creative industries to the economic and social well-being of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Caribbean Region.

Participants in the contest have the opportunity to win prizes ranging

from USD750 to USD1,500 There will also be a People’s Choice Award, based on the submission with the most votes on the VYBZING Facebook page. Online voting takes place during the period May 8-19, 2017.

The highest voted Snapchatter will receive USD250. The winners will be notified by CDB on May 22, 2017 and prizes will be presented on May 25 during the Closing Ceremony of CDB’s 47th Annual Board of Governors’ Meeting.

VYBZING Coordinator, and CDB’s Information Services Unit Manager, Angela Parris commented: “We are excited to see the submissions from the youth of TCI. The winning entries will be determined by a specially chosen judging panel, who will assess the submissions, based on a number of criteria, including message content and relevance to the theme, innovation and creativity, and originality.”

The Snapchat Story Challenge is one of the three activities, which will be held under the VYBZING Youth

Outreach Programme in TCI this year.

2017 VYBZING Turks and Caicos Islands, is being held in collaboration with the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Library Services. Departments of Education and Youth Affairs; the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development and Invest Turks and Caicos Islands.

VYBZING is the youth outreach programme through which CDB engages directly with youth on regional development issues.

The programme, part of the agenda of the Annual Meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors, aims to inspire participants to take action to build a better Caribbean.

The Challenge begins March 15, 2017 and the deadline for submissions is April 30, 2017. Entries must be submitted through the VYBZING Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ CDBVYBZING. Contest rules and regulations are available at www. caribank.org/vybzing2017.

Grand Turk court matters IN THE Grand Turk Supreme Court, several criminal cases involving murder, firearm, wounding, robbery, and attempted murder among several others were recently dealt with by both senior judges of the court.

Appearing before the acting Chief Justice (at the time), Joan Joyner for his sufficiency hearing on March 3, was Bendy Brutus.

He is charged with two counts of wounding with intent. During the incident Brutus inflicted wounds on two persons with a firearm.

He also faces three charges of discharging and three counts of keeping ammunition.

Meanwhile, on February 24

several others appeared before Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale for their plea and direction hearings.

Carlos Pena pleaded not guilty to murder and not guilty to robbery.

His trial is set for October 10 to 30 in the Grand Turk Supreme Court.

Leonard Pratt pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, wounding with intent and discharging ammunition. His trial is fixed for May 9 to 13.

Alexander Cuesta also pleaded not guilty to two counts of keeping firearm (two guns), one count of keeping ammunition, and one count of conspiracy to rob.

His trial date is fixed for April 3 to 29.

Joselito L. Campusano is also charged with conspiracy to rob.

His trial will run from October 10 to 31.

Jouvly Inelus pleaded not guilty to carrying firearm and carrying firearm with intent to cause fear.

His trial is fixed for April 3 to 7.

Jean Max Germain pleaded not guilty to carrying firearm and carrying ammunition.

His trial date is April 18 to 21.

And finally, Leial Missick, he pleaded not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm, carrying ammunition, possession of a firearm and discharging ammunition.

His trial date is currently underway.

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Keno Forbes - kidney patient

Elaine Clare - mother of Sasha Clare

Grovernor Hamilton - kidney transplant patient

TCI hospital ‘My Kidney Story’ event spotlights renal failure

BY NIKIRA JOHN Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Cheshire Hall Medical Centre

THE FOYER at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre on Providenciales was donned in the symbolic green on Thursday, March 2nd to raise awareness of Kidney Disease in an early observance of World Kidney Day 2017.

The number of dialysis patients in Turks and Caicos Islands has nearly doubled over the past six years from 23 in 2010 to 41 patients in 2016. At least five patients are being diagnosed with chronic renal failure every year and must utilize the country’s in-centre Hemodialysis unit at TCI Hospital for essential treatment.

The event dubbed ‘My Kidney Story’ featured a diverse range of speakers which included dialysis patients who shared their innermost thoughts about their journey pre and post-chronic renal failure.

These individuals included Banker and General Election candidate, Keno Forbes, who was diagnosed with chronic renal failure shortly after becoming a newly-wed and witnessing the birth of his first child.

Forbes, the youngest of all speakers, encouraged persons not to allow their health conditions to define their lives. He has been on dialysis for nearly five years.

“We have things going on in our bodies that we don’t know of sometimes. This is why regular check-ups are very important…It was a very grey area for me when I first got my diagnosis…Renal failure is not a death sentence. A lot of people had questions. I said I’m going to live my life and continue to do all the things that normal people do. My son and I still play soccer.

You can live a normal life, if you take your medication, follow your treatment schedule and doctor’s

advice. My faith in God was a big factor,” said Forbes.

Dialysis can be a life-saving treatment but is also a life-changing experience.

Elizabeth “Vikki” Jones, 65, spoke about the difficulty breaking the news to her relatives that life on Dialysis would become her new normal. She was formally diagnosed on her daughter’s birthday, March 25th, 2006. Jones has lived on dialysis for nearly 11 years.

The crowd applauded Jones for her positive spirit, spunky attitude and overall resilience.

“I didn’t know anything about Dialysis except for the name. We went to about six or seven doctors in Miami. On April 6th, 2006 I received a call to undergo my operation to start treatment. I thank god for all the people who were there for me. It was kind of rough at first…but what you put into it, you will get out,” said Vikki Jones.

In hemodialysis, an artificial kidney (hemodialyzer) is used to remove waste products, extra chemicals and fluid from your blood.

Patients are required to undergo treatment three times per week.

Anthony Jones of Grand Bahama has been on dialysis for nearly 13 years and relocated to Turks and Caicos Islands last December. He partly attributes his illness to the mental anguish of dealing with news that one of his twin children required both open heart surgery and brain surgery.

“I left a lot of my friends back in Grand Bahama on Dialysis and so far five of them have died. I am still feeling the pain because I left everyone in good spirits…The patient’s [in TCI] have a good staff support in the Dialysis Unit. Not one day for the past 9 weeks did I have any backlash from staff. I have so much information to take back home with me. My unit [in Grand Bahama] deals with 120 patients. We have five shifts and that is really hard. The nurses and technicians are burned

out because they are going six days a week,” said Anthony Jones.

Kidney Transplant Recipient, Groverner Hamilton of Salt Cay shared his experience being diagnosed with chronic renal failure in 2005 and undergoing a kidney transplant eight years later in England. Groverner’s kidney donor was his daughter, Janell Hamilton.

“I went to the doctor to carry someone - not to check myself.

When I arrived, I felt a pain in my head. The nurse took my pressure which was 270/180. When I got renal failure, all of children came to me. My 13-year-old daughter asked me to take her kidney. I waited five years before I even decided to accept a kidney from one of my children….

When you get sick, your children care for you. As the parent, you have to think for your children too,” said Grovernor.

Janell, a Pharmacist who appeared via video-cast from Cockburn Town Medical Centre, said even her coworkers were unaware of her selfless act to donate a kidney to her ailing father. She described her decision to donate one of her kidneys as an “intensely personal decision” which required extensive thought.

Becoming more knowledgeable— knowing what to expect—helped her to better cope better with the decision.

“My siblings and I were there to witness everything from the very beginning. I’ve seen just about everything that could happen to a person, short of dying, on dialysis.

We have an open relationship with our dad and we told him ‘you look like death’ and he laughed. He was literally like a balloon filled with water... His arm was twice the size of his thigh. We all offered to donate a kidney. As a child, I don’t want to see a parent go through anything like that. When we saw how well dialysis worked for him, it was shocking,” said Janell.

Most people are born with

two kidneys, but only need one.

Each kidney contains 1.5 million filters for blood called nephrons.

Nephrons purify blood and remove waste products. The human body can survive on as few as 300,000 nephrons, but if the number of nephrons drops below 300,000, dialysis treatment is needed. Most people can live perfectly normal healthy lives with only one kidney.

Groverner also provided essential points for dialysis patients to consider while waiting for a kidney transplant along with post-surgery advice. But a common theme among all speakers hinged on the importance of family support, caring for one’s health and appreciating the independence of not having to rely on a machine to sustain one’s life. The kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining overall health, but are rarely appreciated until they become damaged and can no longer do their jobs. Anyone at any age can be affected by kidney disease. An essential fact is around 90% of persons who experience kidney failure do not experience any warning symptoms.

Kidneys for transplantation come from two sources: living donors and deceased donors. Nurse Elaine Clare, the mother of 26-year-old Sasha Clare who died in a motorbike accident on Leeward Highway, Providenciales in August 2006 spoke about her decision to donate most of her son’s organs. South Caicos-born Sasha died after being thrown from his blue Yamaha Ninja. He was not wearing a helmet. He was airlifted to Miami for with severe head injuries but died a short time later.

“When I was asked to donate his organs, at first I said no. On second thought, I said yes. It was the best yes I’ve ever said. His heart was donated to a Michael in Hollywood, Florida who has now been living 10 years with Sasha’s heart. Michael visits Turks and Caicos. An 11-yearold boy got one of Sasha’s kidneys.

A 75-year-old man received Sasha’s

other kidney. Sasha’s eyes and lung bones were donated…His skin tissue and pancreas was donated. It was a lot of what I never thought could help make other people’s lives better.

The longest surviving organ recipient noted in the United States are as follows: kidney recipient (47 years), Liver (40 years), Heart (31) Pancreas (26 years),” said Nurse Clare.

TCI Hospital Chief of Allied Services, Eleanor Hall who is responsible for the dialysis unit shared from ‘whence we came’ and reflected on the era when patients were required to travel overseas for dialysis treatment.

“The Dialysis Unit came about in 1996 in Grand Turk in collaboration with TCI Government and persons in the Health Department such as Dr. Hugh Malcolm, Nurse Mary Forbes, Beatrice Williams and a few other staff. Our patients had to travel and live in Nassau, Bahamas to receive dialysis treatment three times a week.

As patient volumes increased, these health professionals got together and opened the unit in Grand Turk. We had six patients in Nassau at the time. The patients from Provo were then required to travel from Providenciales to Grand Turk three times a week. Dialysis is not a cheap treatment; it is very expensive.

Today at TCI Hospital we have 30* patients in Providenciales and 11 patients in Grand Turk,” said Hall.

Other speakers included IHC Chief Executive Officer - Daniel Carriere, IHC Chief of Medical Services Dr. Denise Braithwaite-Tennant, a member of IHC Dialysis Unit Team and IHC Nephrologist, Dr. Vancelee Forbes who highlighted risk factors and preventative measures for Kidney Disease/Renal Failure. A media blitz was also conducted this week involving visits to four media outlets in a single day and an information boot set-up in the foyer of both TCI Hospital facilities on World Kidney Day to raise awareness and promote healthy lifestyles.

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FLOW partners with NIB for 25th Anniversary Celebrations CEO of the Turks and Caicos Islands National Insurance Board (TCINIB), Mr Walter Gardiner, and Marketing Communications Executive for FLOW TCI announced a partnership during a joint media conference that will see five of the major health charities in the Turks and Caicos supported financially, in light of the institutions 25th anniversary celebrations.

“A number of events will be held to collaborate this special occasion, and particularly I want to make mention of this upcoming event that we propose to have with our partner FLOW, who have graciously agreed to assist us.

What we will be doing, we are trying to raise funds for the five top health charities in the TCI – the AIDS Foundation, the Kidney Foundation, the Cancer Foundation, the Diabetes Foundation and the Heart Foundation. We will be partnering with FLOW to provide some much needed financial assistance to these groups,” shared TCINIB, CEO, and Gardiner.

All FLOW customers can now text HLTH to short code

6897 for a chance to win the BRAND NEW, iPhone 7, and to make their contribution in assisting to raise funds.

Each SMS is valued at $2.00 and 100% of the funds collected in the process will be shared between these five major charities.

The winner of the iPhone 7 will be selected on April 5th by an internal process of random selection. The winner will then be announced and awarded on April 6th.

“We would like to encourage as much persons as possible to participate in the Text to Win campaign.

We are giving 100% of the funds to these major health charities which at least one or more of our family members are affected by on a month to month, day to day basis.

The organizations are continuously doing their part, by hosting their fundraising activities, and we are fittingly doing our part in partnering with NIB to make sure that these organisations get the support they require, and that we stay a very healthy and productive society,” explained Hilaire.

Lobster season 2016-17 will soon come to an end

Lobster season 2016-17 to close off on March 31 LOBSTER season 2016-17 is scheduled to close on March 31, 2017, according to a statement issued by the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) on Tuesday.

After midnight on that day, no lobster may be caught, landed, or sold and those who fail to comply with the closed season will be prosecuted in court under Section 3, Part 1 (12) of the Fisheries Protection Regulations.

The DECR added that during the closed season it is illegal for fishermen to land or trade in lobsters and for restaurants and hotels to

serve lobsters.

Dr John Claydon, director with the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources told this publication on Thursday that the DECR did not apprehend any individuals this season for the poaching of undersized lobster, and that general compliance appeared to be high.

“Compliance with the regulations are generally very good and we are thankful to the fishermen for their cooperation and adherence to the closed season, after March 31,” he said. The 2016-17 kicked off on August 15, 2016 with what officials

considered to be a bountiful start to the season.

The opening catch landed at processing plants in South Caicos and Providenciales totalled 43,206 pounds (lb.), approximately 80% of the landings recorded for the first day of the open season in 2015.

Dr Claydon said that although the preliminary data shows that they did not capture as much lobster this season in comparison to the 201516 season, the catch did however exceed the 2014-15 landings.

Lobster season 2017-18 is scheduled to open on August 15, 2017. (DAISY HANDFIELD)

COMMENTARY

Collaring crime Crime has grown in the blue collar sections of society among the folks. What conditions caused the crime wave? Jobs became scarce, the future uncertain. Promises made were not promises kept for the general population. Those affected by low wages, missing employment and low pensions were civil servants, teachers, construction workers, shop keepers, fishermen, home makers, parents, children, retirees.

White Collars, the upper echelon did very well.

Government upper echelon and a small portion of the private white collar society. Private industry with hopes of “making it” was divided. Those connected to the government prospered. Those not connected struggled hard to make it

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

The pension fund is one example.

Used as a cash cow to fill the pockets of the elite government white collars and their failing private ventures.

NIB yet fails to provide sustenance for the very people who filled the fund with 8 percent of their salaries.... back in the day when they worked.

The overspending and manipulations of the territories basic wealth, land, came to an end with the suspension of the

near independence of the 2006 constitution. Empowerment wasted and allegedly corrupted. We have sixteen white collar defendants on trial. Who are they and to whom are they connected ? Now rich expensive white collar defense attorneys come and go through a revolving door... why ?

Meanwhile peoples homes are broken into everyday. Many people murdered. My own beloved

mother in law had her life snuffed out by a 14 year old frustrated lad. Frustrated when he realized his childish aspirations could not be addressed in the dormancy of an undeveloped Middle Caicos.

Murder and robbery in Provo an everyday event. Recently blue collar crime has touched a former white collar parliamentarian and private businessman.

Galmo “Gilly” Williams has been robbed and shot. Happily he is OK. Making news is a white collar parliamentarian who only now speaks about crime. The same man who desperately tries to assume credit for paying off his own parties debts by assessing taxes on frustrated blue collar folks. This man who stayed legal on a razors edge to milk the pension fund, resort and real estate industries put hundreds of thousands in his white

collar pocket. Another man rich with land and government assignments now joins him in “crime speak”. Where have they been the last 10 years ?

Sure we are glad they are against crime......now that they are in danger.

Crime has also been on the rise in the USA. Government’s promises called “Great Societies”, “Bigger Better” and “Progressive” caused disappointment and frustration. Politicians promoting these blue collar enrichment promises made themselves white collar rich while citizen’s jobs, wages and futures dried up.

Frustration, confusion and hunger for a good life causes crime..and...idle hands are the devils workshop.

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The founders, Joycelyn Menzies and Kanzy Dillon, posing with the students from the Iris Stubbs Primary in South Caicos

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Attendees enjoyed live entertainment as they danced the night away

Students will benefit from funds raised during a charity party

BY DAISY HANDFIELD Photo credit: Digital Handprint

THE IRIS Stubbs Primary School in South Caicos and the Food For Thought organization will both benefit from the funds raised at the ‘La Fete under the Moon’ charity event, a recent celebration held at the Beach House in Providenciales on March 11, 2017.

The cover charge of US $80 included a welcome drink, a chance to win prizes from various raffles and live entertainment.

Friends of the organizers flew in from Canada, the United States and several parts of the Caribbean to bring a carnival environment to the event.

The ladies walked around throughout the night in carnival inspired outfits as they posed for

photos with attendees and kept them entertained.

Cofounder of La fete TCI Foundation, Kanzy Dillon, told this publication during the event that she was pleased with the turnout and the enthusiasm from attendees.

“The event was a great success and as always it was a fun social gathering for both the local and expat community involved. For next year we would like to further broaden

its scope of assistance to the TCI education,” she said.

La Fete TCI Foundation was started up in 2013 by Kanzy Dillon and Joycelyn Menzies to provide children in the Turks and Caicos Islands with additional tools for a better education.

The first event was held back in 2013 at Mother’s House villa in Blue Mountain, Providenciales, to raise funds to provide primary schools in South Caicos with computers and

AC units for their classrooms.

Last year La Fete TCI Foundation was able to provide the Iris Stubbs Primary School and Marjorie Basden High School with 200 educational tablets.

Food For Thought is a non-profit organization based in Providenciales, which aims at providing children with well balanced meals so that they can concentrate on their studies better with full stomach.

Luxury bespoke handbag brand Willique showcases at London Fashion Week IN ITS SEVENTH year, Fashion’s Finest is one of the biggest and most successful independent offschedule events that coincides with London Fashion Week. As a leading international platform for emerging designers, the event draws press, buyers and industry figures – eager to see fresh, creative talent and trends.

Willique had the opportunity to showcase the brand’s range of luxury and bespoke leather bags and accessories in Fashion’s Finest exhibition space, where Willique received an extremely positive reaction from media, fashion bloggers and the public alike. It was also the first time that the new SS17 addition to the ethically and sustainably produced Conscious Collection was seen.

London based designer ‐ Anya Willique ‐ was born and raised in both the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands with the designs often referencing her Caribbean heritage and memories from the island. Only established for a year, Willique already gained the attention and support of The Royal Prince’s Trust

and Anya’s bags have been gifted to international singer Laura Mvula and the founder of the Mobo Awards Kanya King.

Anya gave interviews to Essex TV, met with the owner of Melan Mag and also the highly successful journalist and blogger Natalie who established online lifestyle platform Beauty Pulse London.

On reflection of the success of Willique and looking towards the year ahead for the brand, Anya states “As a young, London based Bahamian woman and entrepreneur, I am proud of what Willique and I have achieved in a relatively short

space of time. I believe that I am part of a new wave of successful and young black female creatives who represent diversity within the London fashion industry.

Willique is a wonderful marriage of design, my Bahamian heritage and love of British craftsmanship – all lovingly produced in my luxury handbag range Willique. I look forward to the rest of the year, forging ahead with producing more collections and developing my brand.”

To discover more about Willique and to shop Anya’s luxury leather goods range, visit

Bahamian luxury handbag designer Anya showcases brand Willique at Fashion’s Finest during London Fashion Week

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Mothers and daughters attentively listened in at the empowerment workshop

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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Angela Brooks speaking to the crowd

Soroptimist International of Providenciales held a women and girls empowerment workshop

BY DAISY HANDFIELD THE SOROPTIMIST International of Providenciales recently held an empowerment workshop for mothers and daughters, in celebration of International Women’s Day 2017 at the Edward Gartland Youth Centre.

The initiative was held on March 8, 2017 under the theme, ‘Be Bold for Change’ and saw girls from the Oseta Jolly Primary School and the

Enid Capron Primary School along with their mothers.

Deputy Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Angela Brooks served as the motivational speaker and facilitator of the workshop.

She told media houses that her main goal is to encourage the parents and the mentees to have a sense of purpose.

She said: “During my talk with them I wanted to be interactive so

that they would leave with a sense of purpose and confidence to know that regardless of their circumstances or whatever position they may find themselves in, they know that they can do all things. I wanted them to know that there are possibilities out there for them and they do not have to succumb to the stereotypes of the things that women cannot do, but once they empower themselves through education, they can aspire

for great jobs and be better citizens in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

Program actions leader, Rachel Taylor who was present at the event told media houses that Soroptimist International of Providenciales was all about empowering women and girls.

“We are a group of women whose mandate is women and the girls.

We saw it fitting today to invite the mothers of our mentees to a short little

workshop as we celebrate International Women’s Day,” she said.

Soroptimist International, which consists of Soroptimist International of the Americas, Soroptimist International of Europe, Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland and Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific, is a global volunteer movement working together to transform the lives of women and girls.

Nine Einstein Nebbia students participate in culinary exchange program in TCI

BY OLIVIA ROSE NINE STUDENTS from the IIS Einstein Nebbia University in Italy are on a short stint at the Turks and Caicos Community college in an effort to expand their culinary skills.

The exchange initiative forms part of the activities slated for College month 2017.

The group, which consists of ten students and three lecturers, will participate in hospitality and culinary training over the next four weeks.

The objective of the program is to share best practices, skills, techniques and exquisite cuisines between the visiting delegation and local students.

Chairperson of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts at the

TCI Community College, Michelle Hutson, welcomed the delegation to the Providenciales campus on March 6.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, March 9, she wished the delegation a fruitful and exciting training experience and urged local and foreign students to pay keen attention to the techniques and skills displayed during the training sessions.

Also speaking to the media, Coordinator of the IIS Einstein Nebbia institute, Raffeella Lodivici, explained how the institute chose the Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct the exchange program.

She said: “We deal with the European project and this particular one involves four weeks placement

Students from Einstein Nebbia on four weeks culinary stint at the TCI Community College

Coordinator of the IIS Einstein Nebbia institute, Raffeella Lodivici

in Europe, and we`ve discovered that we can go to overseas countries not only Europe, so we tried to contact colleges and schools all around the world and we`ve been struck by the way Michelle responded to our email. As soon as I wrote to her she immediately said ok I want to take part in the project because I want to widen our involvement with other colleges.”

English Lecturer at the IIS Einstein Nebbia University, Simonetta, also weighed in on the importance of the program and the impact it will have on the culinary students of both institutions.

She also noted that she, as well as

Italy but Italian food is one of my favorites and as I explained to them I absolutely love their interaction with food , the way they treat food ,not just as a mean of survival but as something to enjoy and I look forward to interacting with them , I look forward to learning from them as well as sharing a part of Turks and Caicos with them.”

This program is expected to boost the culinary confidence - and competence of students by providing foundational skills and challenging their imagination and creativity.

The four week placement program started on March 6 and will conclude on April 5.

the entire delegation, was delighted to be in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“It’s a pleasure to be here , when a friend asked me to come here I said no I don’t like that place ‘Im joking obviously’ and when she showed me the pictures I said I want to be there for the rest of my life.”

Meantime, Hospitality and culinary lecturer at the Community college, Jeddrick Taylor, said he was pleased to be a part of the program which will give him and students great insight into the culinary practices and culture of Italy.

He said: “We`re most pleased to have Raffeella and her team here visiting us from Ancona,

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Beaches recognizes local educators for Teacher’s Appreciation Day BEACHES Resort and its philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation celebrated Teacher’s Appreciation Day, with over sixty educators from two government institution in the Turks & Caicos.

Last week teachers from Raymond Gardiner High School in North Caicos and teachers from neighbouring school Ianthe Pratt Primary were invited to celebrate their 2017 Teacher’s Appreciation Day in style at the resort’s compound.

The grand occasion included a lavish luncheon and prize giving celebration at the resort’s renowned five stars restaurants and also included an elaborate resort tour featuring some exiting surprises from some Sesame Street furry friends.

“This is the second year that we are celebrating Teacher’s Appreciation Day with Beaches Resort. It is nice to be appreciated for the all work that we do”, said Janet Walkin, Principal Raymond Gardiner High School,

“Celebrating teacher’s appreciation day at Beaches gave the staff a different feel on how it is to vacation in TCI, and the management and staff went over and beyond to make us feel special. It was an amazing day; we have created fulfilled memories to last a life time. We are very grateful.” She concluded.

This is the fourth year the resort and the foundation is celebrating Teacher’s Day with local government schools and the charity is looking forward to working diligently with the group of educators not only to enhance the overall operation of the schools but also to work closely with the teachers by providing support.

Neekimo King, principal of the Ianthe Pratt Primary, said that she was grateful to be celebrating Teacher’s Appreciate Day with the resort. “We at Ianthe Pratt Primary School are grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Beaches and Sandals Foundation

Staff from the Raymond Gardiner High School in North Caicos

hosted Teachers Day Luncheon,” she said. “It was a great opportunity for our teachers to interact outside of the workplace and interact with staff members. Our educators make a valuable contribution to the development of the youth in our communities, and it is always great to see corporate citizens recognize their work and give back.”

Organizer of the luncheon was public relations manager for the Resort, Elanor Krzanowski, who said that Teachers are the ones who

provide education for students and in return shape the future of the Turks & Caicos Islands and that position deserves to be recognized and most of all celebrated.

“This year we were able to invite the faculty of the Raymond Gardiner High School again, but we also welcomed educators from our neighbouring school Ianthe Pratt.

We have had a great relationship with Ms. King and her team; I am so happy that we were able to include her group this year to celebrate with

the wonderful men and women who go above and beyond the call of duty at the government schools.”

Across the Caribbean, Sandals and Beaches Resorts have adopted a total of 30 schools and has supported thousands of teachers that are responsible for nurturing future presidents, billionaires, business tycoons, and history makers of the Caribbean. The foundation works closely with them to provide practical support by helping to maintain the school curriculum and education.

Turks & Caicos Islands featured at UWI Mona’s homecoming & commemoration celebrations The University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Jamaica celebrated Caribbean Day with a Festival of Food and Culture which features cuisine from our diverse Caribbean culture. Students, staff and alumni are treated to a lunch hour entertainment which includes beats and rhythms of the Caribbean. This festival took place during the week of February 12th 2017.

The UWI Mona’s Homecoming

& Commemoration Celebrations provided an opportunity to celebrate the founding of the University, to acknowledge its unique position as the only higher education institution with a presence throughout the English speaking Caribbean, while assisting to engender a greater sense of belonging and develop a feeling of camaraderie among staff, students and alumni as well as the

inclusion of a Cultural Showcase featuring items from different Caribbean Islands.

The regional spirit of the UWI Mona Campus was ignited with music, culture and cuisine at the Caribbean Day Festival of Food and Culture. The campus was engulfed with tasty delicious delights from the 16 contributing Caribbean countries that make up the institution.

According to Mr. Stuart Ewing, President of the UWI Mona branch of Turks and Caicos Islands Students Association; “The Turks and Caicos students swept the events, capturing 1st place in the best display booth competition, 2nd place in the fan food competition and 3rd place in the “group with most vibes” competition.

We were the overall winners of the Caribbean Day festivities.”

Hon. Josephine Connolly was

extremely proud of this achievement and congratulated the students in Jamaica for a job well done. She stated; “This is an extremely impressive achievement for the country and the students alike and it adds to the education students receive.

“Achieving national recognition demonstrates the excellence of the faculty and our students’ unyielding dedication to promoting the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

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GARDENING 

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

Keeping the garden safe for the children Once your toddler’s mobile, there’s a whole new world for her to explore!

But you’ll want to make sure she’s safe as she learns about the great outdoors.

Here are our safety tips for when you’re out and about.

GARDEN SAFETY TIPS • Never leave your toddler unsupervised in the garden. Make sure that you or another trusted adult is always around to keep an eye on her.

• Check that the area has no sharp objects, such as gardening tools or broken bottles.

• Watch your toddler particularly closely if she’s playing in a paddling pool, or near water.

If you have a pond, fence it off, cover it securely or fill it in.

• Make sure your toddler can’t get out onto the road or into other gardens. Fix any gaps in fences and make sure that there are no exposed nails. If garden railings or hedges have openings wider than 3 inches, block them up with boards or safety netting.

• Create a separate pet area in your garden. If this isn’t possible, clear up any mess before your toddler goes on the grass.

• If you have a dog flap, make sure it’s locked when your toddler’s around. It may offer an easy escape route into the garden.

• Check your garden for poisonous plants and remove them or fence the area off. Even if you put them out of reach, the berries or leaves may fall on the floor. Berries can also be a choking hazard.

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• Don’t leave power tools, gardening implements or chemicals, such as weed killer and fertilizer, lying around the garden.

• When you’re having a barbecue, keep your toddler well away from the grill.

• If you have a sandpit, keep it covered. Otherwise, neighborhood pets are likely to see it as their own personal bathroom!

• Don’t forget to use a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 when the weather’s hot.

• Take extra care around plants with sharp thorns, such as Bougainvillea and Agave, and consider fencing them off, or removing them.

• Bear in mind that gravel and small stones can be choking hazards for your toddler.

Weekly Recipe

Vegan burger

INGREDIENTS

• 4 large portobello mushroom caps gills removed, diced • ½ cup walnuts • 1 clove garlic • 2 tbsp.vegetable oil • 1/4 cup Chopped red onion • 2 tsp. rice wine vinegar • 1 cup quinoa, cooked • 1/2 cup. cornstarch • Whole-grain burger buns • Sprouts • Lettuce • Sliced tomatoes

DIRECTIONS

• 1. Make the Burgers: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In 3-quart, shallow baking dish, toss mushrooms with walnuts, garlic, 1 tablespoon oil, 3⁄4 teaspoon salt, and

BY ADELE VAN SCHOOR

1⁄4 teaspoon pepper; spread in even layer. Bake 20 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Set aside to cool. Turn oven off.

• 2. In food processor, pulse mushroom mixture, red onion, green onions, and vinegar until mostly smooth, scraping side of bowl if necessary. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and stir in quinoa and cornstarch until well-blended. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight • 3. Preheat oven to 375

degrees F. Line baking sheet with foil. Form mixture into 5 patties. In a 12” nonstick skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil on medium. In 2 batches, cook patties 5 minutes or until well-browned, turning over

once. Transfer seared patties to prepared baking sheet. Bake 10 minutes or until hot in centers.

• 4. Make the Rosemary Mayo: Meanwhile, combine ½ cup vegan style salad dressing, 1 tsp rosemary, 1tsp lemon juice, and

a pinch of salt. Keeps up to 5 days, refrigerated.

• 5. Serve burgers on buns with Rosemary Mayo, garnished with sprouts, lettuce, and tomato. Fries and Green Salad on the side

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Water-pick vs. flossing: What is best?

Most people know they should brush and floss their teeth regularly.

However, many people have questions about whether water flossing is a better alternative to traditional flossing.

Flossing Brushing the teeth is an effective way of removing food plaque from the surfaces of the teeth. However, it is not a great way to get rid of food that is in between the teeth or below the gum line. The process of flossing uses a thin piece of ribbon that is passed in between each of the teeth. This ribbon gently cleans up and down each surface of the tooth to move plaque and food particles from between the teeth and out from under the gums. The main upsides of flossing is that it is inexpensive and for most people it is an effective and easy routine to perform. However, there is a level of dexterity that is required that some people may not have, particularly in the harder to reach areas of the mouth. From a clinical perspective, flossing is not particularly effective at disrupting biofilm on the teeth, which is one of the causes of tooth decay HOW TO USE FLOSS • Take a piece of floss around 18 inches long and wind it around the middle fingers of each hand.

• Pinch the floss between the thumbs and first fingers on each hand, leaving around 1-2 inches free between the two hands.

• Pull the floss tight between the two hands and use the index fingers to guide the floss between two teeth with a gentle sliding back and forth motion.

• Wrap and hug the tooth and gently slide the floss up and down along the surfaces of the teeth and under the gums.

• Start on the bottom teeth, moving from one side of the mouth to the other and repeat on the upper teeth.

• Use a clean section of floss for each gap WATER PICKING Water picking is also known as water flossing and is different to traditional flossing. Water picking utilizes a special machine that directs a stream of water into the mouth and gums.

Rather than scraping the teeth to remove plaque, water flossing uses the pressure of the water to massage the gums and push the food away from the teeth. Water picking has many advantages; it is easy to use, especially for people with braces, or other types of dental work like permanent or temporary bridges; the massage action can also improve

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gum health and reach areas that can’t be reached with traditional floss.

If required, mouth wash or other liquid medications can be added to the water supply tank thus enabling good application and finally waterpicking is known to disrupt biofilm so helping to reduce decay. There are, however, downsides to waterpicking including the cost of the machine and, the fact it requires water and electricity- plus it’s sizemeans it is relatively unportable, so use outside of the home is not an option.

HOW TO USE A WATER-PICK • Place the tip into the holder. Fill the water reservoir with warm water and place it back into the

base of the device.

• Plug in the device, if required and adjust the pressure control.

It is better to start with a low pressure and adjust it to be higher if necessary.

• Lean over the sink and place the tip into the mouth with the lips closed and turn the unit on.

• Start with the back teeth, aiming the tip at just above the gumline and work toward the middle of the mouth.

• Pause briefly with the tip between each tooth to allow water to flow out of the mouth and into the sink.

WHICH IS BETTER? A study published in the Journal of Clinical Dentistry compared the

By Dr Mark Osmond

efficacy of a water- pick to ribbon floss used in combination with a manual toothbrush. The researchers found that the group who used the water-pick had a 74.4 % reduction in plaque as compared to a 57.7% reduction in the group who used the ribbon floss. Other studies also found that people who used water picking saw a greater reduction in gingivitis and gum bleeding as compared with ribbon floss.

MY ADVICE For me a water-pick is a ‘nice-tohave’ if you can afford it, have the space and time for it. However, I would always recommend daily flossing due to its ease of application and low cost.

Aruba shines as Most Decorated Destination in Caribbean SOLIDIFYING its positioning as the most decorated destination in the Caribbean, Aruba swept dozens of industry awards and top consumer rankings over the past year – accepting accolades ranging from “World’s Best Beaches” and “Happiest Island in the World” to “Destination Partner of the Year.”

TripAdvisor, Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association (HSMAI), Expedia and Travel Weekly are among the many industry leaders to recognise Aruba for its always-evolving on-island product and marketing achievements.

“As a destination driven by innovation and creativity, we are honoured by the global distinctions,” said Ronella Tjin Asjoe-Croes, CEO of Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA).

Aruba’s famous Eagle Beach ranked No. 2 in the Caribbean and No. 3 in the World in the annual TripAdvisor rankings revealed recently. Locals’ favourite Arashi Beach achieved a top 20 Caribbean placement.

Also last month, the ATA received several coveted Adrian Awards – including a Platinum, Gold and two Silvers for Aruba’s “Local Shortcuts Series” advertising/digital marketing campaign, honoring Travel Marketing Excellence under the authority of HSMAI. That 40-video series showcases Aruba’s most organic and engaging storytellers, the island’s local people.

Leading to two additional Gold Adrian Awards, Aruba and AFAR partnered on the Caribbean’s first

“Insta-Adventure” – a digital treasure hunt encouraging Instagrammers to “tap” their way across experiential destination content to win hundreds of real-world rewards and grand prize vacation to Aruba.

A testament to the island’s overall commitment to tourism and marketing success, Aruba was named “Destination Partner of the Year” by both Expedia and Classic Vacations. Expedia applauded the destination’s year-over-year increase in travel demand and exceptional on-island experience, ultimately awarding Aruba over all Caribbean competitors, while Classic Vacations recognized the destination’s exemplary travel services and experiences for the No. 1 rated luxury vacation company’s travel

TripAdvisor, Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association (HSMAI), Expedia and Travel Weekly are among the many industry leaders to recognise Aruba for its always-evolving on-island product and marketing achievements.

advisors.

ATA also earned a Silver Travvy Award for the “Best Tourism Board in the Caribbean,” selected by

nearly 40,000 travel agent voters, as well as a Silver award for “Best Honeymoon Destination in the Caribbean.”

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March 18 - 24, 2017

Regional News

Tornado damages Bahamasair plane and cars A TORNADO at the Lynden Pindling International Airport early Tuesday morning caused significant damage to a Bahamasair plane and minor damage to several cars at a nearby car rental agency.

According to Basil Dean, Deputy Director at the Department of Meteorology, the tornado formed from an isolated cumulonimbus cloud in the vicinity of LPIA around 5am.

Mr Dean said pre-frontal showers and thunderstorms moved across the northwest Bahamas during the early hours resulting in light rains and strong gusty winds at LPIA. When asked why the Met Office did not send a severe weather warning prior to the storm, Mr Dean said the tornado formed “rather quickly” and was not detectable beforehand.

“This happened in an isolated area of the airport,” Mr Dean told The Tribune, “a small, confined area. If you notice, other parts of the airport were untouched. So this storm formed rather quickly and was not detectable at the time.”

He said the rain started around 4.10am and lasted for about 50 minutes. The tornadic activity was limited to the LPIA and caused minor damage.

“The following damage was observed; rental vehicles were completely moved from their designed parking slot resulting in damage to the doors, fenders and light casing. There was also wind

THE damaged plane at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

damage to the roof of a ticket booth in the eastern car parking lot,” Mr Dean said.

“A Bahamasair aircraft was also rocked off its landing gear and there were some broken tree branches.

The wind damage observed are more consistent with an F0 tornado, which could have formed from an isolated cumulonimbus cloud in the vicinity of LPIA. “A typical F0 Tornado is associated with wind speeds between 40 to 70mph, an average damage path of 10 to 50 metres, damage to tree branches, trees broken off and sign board damage, which are consistent with the damage observed at LPIA.” The strong winds, according to Bahamasair Chairman Valentine Grimes, knocked a $20 million ATR

70-seat plane off its landing gear, causing the plane to nose dive into the ground. He said Bahamasair contacted the manufacturer and technicians and engineers are on their way to the Bahamas to access the damage.

He said while flights will have to be shifted, things are relatively slow meaning there will be no significant delays.

“We are not in a high demand period but we will see what happens once we get into the Easter season,” Mr Grimes said.

“It is only one of two 70-seaters we have and we did discuss adding a third plane to the fleet because the size of the airplane is a tremendous help to us. It will affect our services but we will be able to manage it without any hiccups.”

Haiti president demands investigation into bus tragedy HAITI’S President Jovenel Moïse has called on the competent authorities to investigate “as soon as possible” a crash that occurred on Sunday resulting in the death of 34 people and injuring 17 others.

The bus, which was coming from Cap Haitien to the capital Port-auPrince, crashed outside the town of Gonaives at around 3am on Sunday, the authorities said.

Marie-Alta Jean Baptiste, the director of the Civil Protection Authority, told Agence FrancePresse the bus first hit two people, killing one and wounding another, before the driver, while attempting to flee, hit three bands of Rara musicians – a type of traditional Haitian street performer – during a parade.

In a statement, Moise said he was dismayed by the “terrible accident” and expressed his “deep sadness.

“The head of state conveys, on behalf of the Government, his sincere condolences to the families and relatives of the victims of this

The bus killed 34 persons and injured 17 others.

too much drama on our national roads,” the statement noted.

It said that President Moïse, while urging road users to be vigilant, has called on the competent authorities “to investigate as soon as possible [the accident] to shed light on the tragedy.”

Meanwhile, the Civil Protection Coordinator for the Artibonite

Department, Faustin Joseph, said that people who were not victims of the crash tried to burn the bus with the passengers inside.

He said that following the intervention of the police, the bus, its passengers and driver were taken to the police station of Gonaïves. (Excerpts from CMC and Independent.co.uk)

Bermuda’s former premier hit by more corruption allegations FRESH challenges are looming for former Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown who has been dogged by corruption allegations.

A Commission of Inquiry investigating issues raised in the Auditor-General’s report into fiscal years 2009 to 2012 when Brown’s Progressive Labour Party (PLP) was in power, said it had found “possible criminal activity” in five contracts linked to him.

And in a step further, the commissioners have referred the contracts to police for investigation.

The commissioners expressed concern about Brown’s involvement in the contracts, which they noted often involved friends and relatives.

They also pointed out that some of the agreements should not have been under the former Premier’s portfolio.

According to the Royal Bermuda Gazette, at issue is a $14 million advertising contract, awarded in 2009 to GlobalHue, a company run

by Brown’s friend Don Coleman.

The Commission said money would have been saved if the contract was tendered.

Ambling Consultancy Firm has also come under the microscope. It was hired for $3.2 million in 2008 and 2010 to provide consultancy services for planning, engineering and hotels. The Commission said there are no coherent records of any services they performed.

The Commission also pointed to the vehicles safety and emissions testing programme, given to

Former Premier Ewart Brown (right) has been dogged by several allegations of wrongdoing.

(Photo credit: Bernews)

Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd (BECL) as Brown’s personal choice between 2005 and 2009. The former premier’s cousin, Donal Smith, was marketing director for BECL. Dennis Correia, a close friend of Brown, was also a director and shareholder in both BECL and Correia Construction.

Other questionable contracts included the Port Royal Golf Course, initially valued at $7.7 million but ended up costing an extra $17.8 million between 2007 and 2009; and the Heritage Wharf cruise ship pier development carried out by Correia Construction, which cost $60 million — $21 million more than the original contract signed in 2007.

Bahamas: PM ordered to pay legal costs for Save the Bays PRIME Minister Christie has been ordered to pay the full legal costs incurred by Save The Bays (STB) after his recusal application was rejected by the Supreme Court.

The Prime Minister, in his capacity as Minister for Crown Lands - appears with several other senior officials and controversial developer Peter Nygard - as a respondent in three Judicial Review cases brought by STB to challenge the environmentally destructive construction works that were allowed to take place at Nygard Cay over the past three decades.

In January, attorneys for Mr Christie filed a motion to have Justice Rhonda Bain recuse herself from these cases, and from a fourth Judicial Review brought by 103 of Mr Nygard’s Lyford Cay neighbours, on the basis that she is set to reach the legal age for retirement in April. Justice

Bain has filed an application for extension that would have to be authorised by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister in consultation with the leader of the Official Opposition.

On February 7, Justice Bain ruled that Mr Christie’s application had “no merit” and reminded him of the independence of the judiciary, stressing that the Chief Justice’s role in deciding which judge hears a given case cannot be “usurped by the Prime Minister”.

On Tuesday, Dawson Malone, attorney for STB, successfully argued that the environmental non-governmental organisation should be awarded full costs for the failed recusal hearing, which has since been appealed. It was also ruled that the Prime Minister will also have to pay the legal costs of Mr Nygard’s 103 neighbours.

(Tribune242)

March 18 - 24, 2017

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Regional News Gunmen attack home of St Kitts’ Deputy PM

We March Bahamas to call for Carnival to be postponed

NO one has yet been charged – and no possible motive revealed by police – after gunmen carried out an attack at the home of Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards last Friday morning.

While media reports indicated that police had picked up several people for questioning, they were released and investigations into the incident are still continuing.

According to police, they received a report around 3:15 a.m. of gunfire at Richards’ Sandy Point residence.

While the deputy PM and family escaped injury when the house was shot at, the house and his vehicle were damaged.

Superintendent Lionel Moore described the incident as “rather troubling” and urged anyone with information to share it with police, either by anonymously calling any station or Crime Stoppers, or by using the SKN Crime Reporter App. In a strong statement, Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris condemned the shooting and vowed that the perpetrators would be hunted down.

“The security forces have been

WE March Bahamas intends to stage its third protest on April 9 to, among other things, demand that an election is called before May 7 and the postponement of Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival.

In a Facebook post, the civic group mentioned the successes of its two previous protests, noting that efforts mounted by the group had averted several major events.

At the conclusion of the post, We March declared, “Now, we march again.”

The organisation announced six issues that it wanted to have addressed by government within the coming weeks.

The post read: “Now, we march again. This time to postpone carnival and use our tax dollars wisely while promoting our own culture. To have the dump fires addressed immediately.

To demand that we have elections on or before May 7. To demand that the Baha Mar case be unsealed.

“To demand that the government stop playing politics and allow the commissioner of police’s plan to crush crime to be implemented immediately.”

The group also said that it wants to “put an end to the ‘spy bill’ and ‘spy agency,’” referring to the government’s proposed Interception of Communications Bill 2017.

Last month, We March urged residents to mount a protest against the proposed legislation, suggesting that if passed, the bill could impede some civil liberties.

Several politicians, attorney Fred

Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards says the incident would not prevent him or his family from going about their normal routines.

mobilized to deal with this latest dastardly act to undermine safety and security in the country, as they continue to do their best to maintain law and order for all citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis,” he said.

Harris also expressed relief that the Richards and his family were physically unharmed, and assured that the family had the nation’s support.

Hurricane Matthew ravished the south of Haiti last October.

The group also said that it wants to “put an end to the ‘spy bill’ and ‘spy agency,’” referring to the government’s proposed Interception of Communications Bill 2017.

Smith, QC, and many civic groups also came out against the legislation after The Tribune revealed the contents of the bill, which was tabled quietly in the House of Assembly in the evening session on February 9.

The campaign mounted in opposition of the proposed bill ultimately resulted in the delay of the legislation being debated, with Attorney General Allyson MaynardGibson granting a “period of public consultation” before the legislation is implemented.

Earlier in February, We March announced that it planned to staged 12 more “events and protests” throughout The Bahamas before the next general election.

At that time, lead organiser Raynard Henfield said the group was still on mission and would continue

to “stay focused” despite “the tactics and anger of people that want to resist change”.

He said We March would take its message to various islands throughout the country.

The group also launched a Go Fund Me page with a view to raising $120,000 to aid with expenses.

The group said of the need for the funds: “The Bahamian people are suffering from political corruption, victimisation, a frightening crime culture and the most arrogant administration in our history.”

It added: “Our organisation, We March Bahamas, picked up the baton on November 25, 2016 and began raising the awareness of the general population while demanding that the government account to the people and be transparent in its dealings.”

UN expert urges more aid for Hurricane Matthew victims in Haiti

Barbados on par with Greece; has worst performing debt – Bloomberg

AN independent United Nations expert on human rights today welcomed the recent completion of the electoral process as “remarkable progress” for the island nation, while he also urged the authorities to address the situation in prisons, and redouble efforts to help Haitians affected by Hurricane Matthew and the 2010 earthquake.

Following his sixth official mission, Gustavo Gallón, the independent expert, praised “the transparency, professionalism and commitment of the Provisional Electoral Council, and the provisional government authorities in leading the elections.”

Even though not enough, the independent expert has noted the election of a female senator as well as three female parliamentarians to the lower Chamber. He also invited the authorities to intensify their

WITH the latest economic downgrade to Caa3, Barbados has been placed on the same level as Greece and the Ukraine.

The financial watchdog Bloomberg also reported today that the island had joined the beleaguered group of countries whose dollar bonds yield more than ten per cent after Moody’s Investors Service said the island was likely to default.

Yields on over $500 million of notes due in 2035 rose 0.35 percentage points on Thursday to 10.23 per cent, joining securities from Venezuela, Mozambique and the Republic of Congo with doubledigit yields, Bloomberg said, adding that the island’s debt was the worst performer this year among more than 60 countries tracked by its USD Emerging Market Sovereign Bond Index, losing 4.7 per cent, while the gauge rose 2.1 per cent.

efforts in continuing to promote the political participation of women.

He went on to say that detention conditions in Haitian prisons are extremely inhumane, cruel and degrading. Long pre-trial detention, which amounts to an average of 70 percent at national level, is among the main causes of prison overcrowding, which reaches a rate of 358 percent, equivalent to 1.43 square meters per prisoner.

There are prisons where the situation is even worse, according to a study conducted in 2016. “It can be said that 91 percent of all detainees in this prison who are awaiting trial are illegally or arbitrarily detained, which represents an increase of 23 percent since 2014,” Gallón explained, adding that the excessive level of overcrowding is also a factor, among others, that contributes to the high death rate in prison.

It noted that Moody’s downgrade followed a cut by S&P on March 3 and the February 24 firing of Central Bank Governor DeLisle Worrell, who had threatened to stop financing Government spending.

“The Governor being fired would have rattled investors simply because it shows some kind of instability there at a policy-making level,” Royal Bank of Canada economist Marla Dukharan was quoted as saying. “The Governor had started to come out about how bad it really is.”

Dukharan said the island’s 2-to-1 peg with the US dollar was starting to show cracks, and an all-out balance of payments crisis a possibility with Government debt now above 110 per cent of gross domestic product at the end of last year and international reserves falling to $682 million, the lowest level since 2009.

However, Minister of Finance

Chris Sincker expects the reserves will rebound on inflows from foreign investors. He has also ruled out a currency devaluation “next year or at any other time in the foreseeable future.

“That is simply not going to happen,” he told reporters at a news conference late last month.

However, with only about $56 million in interest payments due, Andrew Stanners, an investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Barbados was unlikely to default on international debt this year. Instead, he said Government would continue to rely on the Central Bank to print money, adding to levels of domestic debt.

“The risks are mounting,” said Stanners, who manages about $20 billion in emerging market debt.

“They probably can muddle through to 2018.” (Barbadostoday.bb)

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March 18 - 24, 2017

Northern Ireland vote jolts already disunited Kingdom A NATIONALIST surge at elections in Northern Ireland and a Scottish demand for a second independence referendum have raised doubts over whether the United Kingdom can hold together after it leaves the European Union.

Last year’s referendum on EU membership saw England and Wales vote to leave while Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain, straining the ties that bind the UK together.

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon dealt a blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday by demanding a new vote on independence in late 2018 or early 2019, making her move much sooner than expected.

But while the Scottish issue had been well flagged since the Brexit vote, a snap provincial assembly election in Northern Ireland produced a genuine shock: for the first time since the partition of Ireland in 1921, unionists lost their majority.

Nationalist party Sinn Fein, backed by many of Northern Ireland’s Catholics, narrowed the gap with the Democratic Unionist Party, whose support base is among pro-British Protestants, to just one seat.

This has revived the slow-burning question of whether Northern Ireland will stay in the United Kingdom over the long term or become part of the Republic of Ireland. This could be achieved by a referendum, often

referred to as a border poll.

“A border poll might be 10 years away and it might still be lost, but clearly this election has shown a different dynamic in Northern Ireland politics,” said Peter Shirlow, Director of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool.

“This opens the door for a different scenario.”

Nationalist leader Gerry Adams, who is 68 and still hopes to see a united Ireland in his lifetime, told Reuters Sinn Fein had sensed new interest in Irish unity from voters.

But May, whose party is officially called Conservative and Unionist, has stated a deep personal commitment to keeping the 300-year-old UK together and is determined not to go down in history as the prime minister who allowed it to fall apart.

Opinion polls in the past have shown only limited support for Irish unity, including among Catholics. That is partly because of high awareness of the province’s dependence on public sector jobs, welfare benefits and other flows of UK cash.

Senia Paseta, a professor of modern Irish history at the University of Oxford, said the economic context was a key part of the picture south of the border as well.

“I don’t think reunification is likely in the short to medium term, not least because the Irish Republic is rightly wary of taking on Northern Ireland,” she said.

A man walks past a political mural in the Falls Road area of west Belfast, Northern Ireland.

But while Irish unity may not be on the cards anytime soon, the balance of opinion could change over time under the combined impact of Brexit and of demographic shifts that could favour Irish nationalism.

In Belfast’s mainly Catholic Ardoyne area, a frequent flashpoint of communal tensions, no one was getting carried away just yet.

“I really hope what happened will make a border poll more likely, the sooner the better. But there are more of them than us still, so it would need some Protestants to vote for unity,” said resident Sean Doherty.

Northern Ireland’s population of 1.8 million is still majority

Protestant, although demographic trends point to Catholics becoming the majority within a generation -- as they are in the Republic, which has a population of 4.8 million.

The northern province suffered three decades of sectarian violence, known as the Troubles, which cost 3,600 lives until the Good Friday peace agreement was signed in 1998.

Since then, Northern Ireland had mostly faded into the background of British politics, until the collapse in January of a provincial government that shared power between the DUP and Sinn Fein. Sinn Fein used to be the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, though it has long

been committed to constitutional politics and the IRA has laid down its arms.

Renewed momentum towards a united Ireland and an independent Scotland is the last thing May needs as she begins the mammoth task of negotiating the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU and of its future trading relationship with the bloc.

Brexit is particularly disruptive for Northern Ireland because its border with the Republic is the UK’s only land border with the EU, raising the prospect of tougher border controls when the UK leaves the European single market.

“On this issue, as on so many others, Brexit changes everything,” wrote political columnist Noel Whelan in the Irish Times last week.

“Northern nationalists have cause now to fear being marooned economically and politically behind a hard border and living in a polity where greater sovereignty over their lives is restored to British institutions.”

May has said she wants the border to remain open, but has given no details as to how this can be achieved post-Brexit.

“No border, hard of soft, will be accepted by the people of Ireland.

What British armored cars and tanks and guns couldn’t do in Ireland, 27 member states will not be able to do,” said Martina Anderson, a Sinn Fein member of the European Parliament, speaking in the chamber this week.

U.S. applications for New Zealand citizenship jump 70 percent IT’S one thing to talk about changing allegiance to another country when a new president is elected. It’s another thing to go ahead and do it.

But that’s exactly what seems to be happening, at least in one distant corner of the world.

In New Zealand, the number of Americans who applied for a grant of citizenship rose by 70 percent in the 12 weeks following the election of President Donald Trump when compared to the same period a year earlier, immigration records obtained

by The Associated Press show.

Figures also show the number of Americans who obtained a New Zealand work visa in January was up 18 percent from a year earlier, as was the number of Americans who visited the country.

In New Zealand, a grant of citizenship is the pathway for people without a family connection. Among those Americans with a New Zealand parent, citizenship applications after the election were up 11 percent from a year earlier.

In response to an AP freedom of information request, New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs said that in the two days after the U.S. election in November, the number

Figures also show the number of Americans who obtained a New Zealand work visa in January was up 18 percent from a year earlier, as was the number of Americans who visited the country.

of Americans who visited its website to find out about citizenship was up more than tenfold from the same two weekdays a month earlier.

To be sure, the total number of Americans applying for New Zealand citizenship remains relatively low.

The country is more than 10,000 kilometres (6,000 miles) from the mainland U.S. and is perhaps best known for its majestic landscapes.

Farming remains central to the economy, with sheep outnumbering

the 4.8 million people by about six to one.

Trump made a brief reference to the country during the election campaign when a New Zealand television reporter asked him what the election would mean for the South Pacific country.

“Say hello to Bob Charles. I love Bob Charles,” Trump replied. “Do you know who Bob Charles is? Your greatest golfer.” Charles won the British Open in 1963.

Some Americans living in New Zealand say their friends and family have been asking them about moving there since the election.

Alanna Irving, 33, a technology startup entrepreneur from San Francisco, moved to New Zealand six years ago and has since married a kiwi, as the locals are known.

“It’s an extremely livable place and you can see and palpably feel the difference in how society is organized, and what people prioritize,” she said. “New Zealand is a place that cares about equality, I think more. It’s less individualistic, more community-minded.”

She said that a friend of a friend was so disturbed by the outcome of the election that he immediately jumped on a plane and flew to New Zealand to check it out as a possible place to live. Irving said his visit exceeded his expectations.

“So that was really symbolic to me that there were people in the United States who feel like things are going in a very different direction than they want for their future, or for their children, and they’re looking to New Zealand as perhaps an alternative,” she said.

Most Americans who apply for New Zealand citizenship must first

live in the country for five years.

Cameron Pritchard, an immigration consultant at Malcolm Pacific Immigration in Wellington, said the increase in citizenship applications could be a result of people wanting to feel more settled in their adopted country, given the uncertain nature of the world.

It’s about “getting a bit more security or really making a longerterm decision that New Zealand is the place they want to call home,” he said.

He said his company noticed a big spike in inquiries from the U.S. during the election.

“It’s been more of a flurry of excitement initially than anything that’s translated into a huge avalanche of numbers,” he said.

Irving said she plans to apply for New Zealand citizenship this year and doesn’t foresee ever returning to live in the U.S. She said she misses the excitement that some U.S. innovators and companies can offer, although technology allows her to stay connected with that world.

But, she added, there’s one thing she misses that can’t be replicated online: The great Mexican food that’s available in the U.S. (Bloomberg)

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Brutal Queens pimp kidnaps two females and force them into prostitution

Randall Coffland (left) killed his twin daughters and injured his wife (right) before killing himself.

Man killed daughters before telling wife to ‘live and suffer’ AN Illinois father killed his twin daughters, shot his wife in both legs and told her “to live and suffer” before killing himself.

Police have released a detailed timeline of the murder-suicide that occurred Friday evening, PEOPLE reports. In a nearly eight-minute recording, Randall Coffland is heard admitting to the murder of his two daughters and shooting his 46-yearold wife.

“I just shot and killed my two kids and I shot my wife and I’m going to shoot myself now,” the father is heard telling the dispatcher. “My two girls are dead and I’m killing myself.”

He then tells his wife, “I want you

to live and suffer like I did.”

When St. Charles police first arrived at the condo they had a good idea of the horrific scene that awaited them. 16-year-old twins Tiffany and Brittany were found dead.

Police say Coffland also shot his wife Anjum once, but the bullet struck both her legs. She made the second call to 911. 4 to 5 minutes later the first officers arrived and carried Anjum out of the apartment.

As they searched the house, police found the bodies of the twin daughters. Both had been shot in the head. One was found on a couch, and the other in their bedroom, according to WGN.

Not only headscarf-wearing Muslim women, but other working people who express their religious adherence through clothing and insignia could be affected by the ruling.

EU workplace headscarf ban ‘can be legal’, says ECJ WORKPLACE bans on the wearing of “any political, philosophical or religious sign” such as headscarves need not constitute direct discrimination, Europe’s top court has ruled.

But the ban must be based on internal company rules requiring all employees to “dress neutrally”, said the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

It cannot be based on the wishes of a customer, it added.

This is the court’s first ruling on the wearing of headscarves at work.

The ECJ’s ruling was prompted by the case of a receptionist fired for

wearing a headscarf to work at the security company G4S in Belgium.

The issues of Muslim dress and the integration of immigrant communities have featured prominently in debates in several European countries in recent years.

Austria and the German state of Bavaria have recently announced bans on full-face veils in public spaces.

Rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday’s ECJ rulings were “disappointing” and “opened a backdoor to... prejudice”.

(BBC)

A BRUTAL pimp from Queens kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman and forced them into prostitution, using a cigar to burn the teenager’s leg when she wanted out from under his thumb, prosecutors said.

Corey Hannah, 34, of Hollis, met his teenage victim when she was just 14, and, over the course of two months in 2016, raped her and forced her to have sex with men in hotels, officials said.

Hannah, who’s served three stints in state prison, has been indicted on sex trafficking, kidnapping, rape and other charges, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Monday.

“If convicted, the defendant faces a lengthy prison term for sex trafficking - one of the most exploitive and degrading crime against women and society,” Brown said.

He lured the 21-year-old victim into prostitution after meeting her on a phone dating service, prosecutors said.

Corey Hannah, 34, of Hollis, Queens indicted on sex trafficking, kidnapping, rape and other charges by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown on Monday.

Hannah took the woman to dinner in March 2015, and the two spent the night together, authorities said.

The next day, she found her purse and ID missing. Hannah told her

that she’d have to work for her as a prostitute if she wanted her purse back, prosecutors said.

For the next three months, he put up ads online and took her to hotels in Queens to meet men, and kept all the money from the encounters, prosecutors said. He told her he’d kill her if she didn’t go along, choking her in one instance, and scratching her above her eye in another, prosecutors said.

He forced the 15-year-old girl into a similar arrangement in May and June of 2016, burning her leg with a lit cigar and scarring her when she refused to work for him, prosecutors said.

Hannah, who was indicted last month in connection with the 21-year-old victim, was brought before a judge Monday to face a second indictment for the 15-yearold girl.

He remains held on $750,000 bond or $375,000 cash bail.

His lawyer did not immediately return messages seeking comment Monday night. (NYDailynews)

Woman’s headphone caught fire mid-flight, Australian authorities say A PASSENGER on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne, Australia, was listening to music on her own personal headphones when the headphones suddenly caught fire, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.

The ATSB assessed that the batteries within the headphones were probably the cause of the fire.

The Australian safety agency released information about the incident on its website, omitting the woman’s name and any details about the kind of headphones she was using. They quoted the woman’s description of what happened, beginning with the loud explosion she heard while she was sleeping: “As I went to turn around I felt burning on my face. ... I just grabbed my face which caused the headphones to go around my neck.

“I continued to feel burning so I grabbed them off and threw them on the floor. They were sparking and had small amounts of fire.

“As I went to stamp my foot on them the flight attendants were already there with a bucket of water to pour on them. They put them into the bucket at the rear of the plane.”

The ATSB says the battery and cover of the headphones melted to the floor of the aircraft, and the smell of melted plastic and burnt hair filled the aircraft.

The press release doesn’t identify

A photo provided by the Australian Safety Transport Bureau shows an airplane passenger whose headphones caught on fire mid-flight.

the type of battery. But lithium-ion batteries, the kind widely used in rechargeable small electronics, have caused issues on planes before.

Between March 1991 and December 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration documented 138 incidents at airports and in airplanes of devices smoking and catching on fire. The tally “should not be considered as a complete listing,” the agency says. Culprits included e-cigarette devices, laptops, loose batteries and small devices crushed

in seat-adjusting mechanisms.

There are several documented incidents of fires erupting on cargo planes carrying large volumes of lithium-ion batteries, causing at least one deadly crash. Last year, the U.N. urged national aviation regulators to ban such batteries from being carried as cargo on passenger planes.

And the Galaxy Note 7, a Samsung smartphone whose lithiumion batteries infamously caused explosions and fires, were banned on all U.S. flights months ago. (NPR)

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Entertainment If Snoop pointed a gun at Obama in music video, he’d be in jail, Trump tweets

The video shows Snoop shooting the Trump character with a gun that releases a flag with the word “bang” written on it.

PRESIDENT Donald Trump fired off five tweets early Wednesday morning: one about his tax return, one about tax cuts, two about rallies and

one about, well, Snoop Dogg.

“Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @ SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired

the gun at President Obama?”

Trump wrote. “Jail time!”

The president was referring to the rapper’s new “Lavender” video, in which he draws a gun, takes aim at the head of “President Ronald Klump” -comedian Michael Rapaport dressed up as a clown -- and fires. Though the effect is a cartoon “Bang!” unfurling from the barrel of the gag weapon, the implication is clear.

“Shame on you, Snoop,” Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said Tuesday on TMZ Live. The rapper owes the president an apology, he said.

He wouldn’t have accepted the video if it were directed toward President Obama

either, Cohen said.

“If you have a protest, that’s fine,” the attorney said. “Make a point. But he has to learn that they have to respect the office of the presidency ... Just because you want to hide behind the guise of artistic capabilities or artistic freedom of speech doesn’t make it right, and Snoop knows that, and he played very close to the line here.”

In the wake of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s comments to TMZ criticizing the rapper, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told the website that he hadn’t seen the video yet but considered it to be “in poor taste,” especially given the nation’s history of presidential assassinations and attempted assassinations.

Former AGT host Nick Cannon (right) congratulated Tyra Banks on replacing him.

Cannon congratulates Banks after she replaces him on ‘America’s Got Talent’ THERE clearly isn’t any offscreen drama between Nick Cannon and his “America’s Got Talent” replacement.

The longtime entertainer — who quit the NBC talent show last month due to drama with his bosses — provided a kind gesture by sending flowers to Tyra Banks shortly after she was named his successor.

The pink and purple bouquet came complete with a note from Cannon, who wrote, “Congratulations and good luck on AGT!” “Made me smile, @ NickCannon,” Banks captioned a photo of the floral arrangement on Twitter.

Cannon ended his eightseason run on the popular reality show after apparently learning NBC executives discussed firing him over a joke he told about the network. In a recent stand-

up special, Cannon quipped that he had to suppress the way he wanted to act while on-air in an effort not to “mess up the white money.”

The veteran emcee explained in an impassioned Facebook message that he didn’t see himself returning to the show after finding out the network was unhappy with that portion of his routine.

“As a man, an artist, and a voice for my community I will not be silenced, controlled or treated like a piece of property,” he wrote. “There is no amount of money worth my dignity or my integrity.”

Banks, 43, was announced the new host earlier this week.

The supermodel, who hosted “America’s Next Top Model” for 22 seasons in addition to multiple daytime talk shows, said she was looking forward to connecting with the “AGT” contestants.

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Entertainment

Tammy Brawner has reportedly filed for divorce from Darius McCrary.

Former ‘Family Matters’ star’s wife files for divorce amid abuse allegations THE wife of “Family Matters” star Darius McCrary has filed for divorce amid a nasty battle with duelling claims of physical abuse.

Tammy Brawner, 30, cited irreconcilable differences in her new filing obtained by the Daily News and suggested she’s worried about the safety of the couple’s 1-year-old daughter Zoey.

A former member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Brawner asked for both legal and physical custody of Zoey and that McCrary get courtordered counselling.

“I request (McCrary)

attend alcohol/drug abuse and batterers’ intervention classes, and that he does not receive any visitation until he provides proof of completion,” her filing dated March 9 states.

The sparring spouses separated Feb. 10, she claims.

A rep for McCrary, who also appeared on “The Young and the Restless,” confirmed the divorce filing but did not immediately offer any additional comment.

Brawner’s divorce petition comes less than a month after she accused her husband of hitting her in the head with his forearm and once holding their

infant daughter over a boiling pot of water.

McCrary, 40, denied the allegations and claimed in his own request for a restraining order that Brawner was the one who abused him.

He said she threatened him with a knife on one occasion and that on Feb. 10, Brawner turned verbally abusive and attacked him with a flat iron.

“The hot flat iron burned my chest with a visible inchand-a-half, 2nd or 3rd degree red burn mark on the right said,” he said in his handwritten filing requesting a stay-away order.

JK Rowling fan guesses latest Cormoran Strike book title A JK Rowling fan has guessed the name of the author’s fourth Cormoran Strike novel.

After she was asked on Twitter to give a hint as to what the book would be called, Rowling said if someone correctly guessed she would confirm it.

She then hinted the title was two words made up of _ _ _ H _ _ / _ H _ _ _.

After many suggestions including Eighty Shoes, Mashed Chips, Mayhem Sheep and Mighty Thumb, someone correctly guessed Lethal White.

“Well, that was fun,” Rowling tweeted, before promising the fan a signed copy of the book, “when I

After many suggestions including Eighty Shoes, Mashed Chips, Mayhem Sheep and Mighty Thumb, someone correctly guessed JK Rowling’s new book as Lethal White.

finally finish it”.

The Cormoran Strike crime novels, written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, follow a private investigator and his assistant.

Last year, the author revealed to the BBC’s Lizo Mzimba that the next book would pick up immediately after the events at the climax of the third novel, Career of Evil.

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Entertainment Arquette joins forces with UN Women to unveil equal pay platform PATRICIA Arquette is turning her words into action.

The actress, who famously gave an impassioned speech about pay equality for women

at the 2015 Oscars, has worked with UN Women to unveil an equal pay platform.

On Monday, Arquette and other leaders launched

the Equal Pay Platform of Champions as part of Global Equal Pay Coalition, which focuses on advocating for laws for equal pay, better parental

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leave and childcare policies and establishing a living minimum wage.

“We had a lot of interesting discussions,” Arquette told People. “[We heard] from labour forces like the garment workers, who are trying to get a true living wage, because 80% of garment workers are women earning a minimum wage that’s not possible to live on.”

The “Boyhood” star discussed the gender pay gap in other countries and how some are working to tackle it.

Iceland, for example, is instituting the first law of its kind to ensure equal pay across all genders. Arquette hoped that this law could serve as a model for the rest of the world.

“That will be the first example we’ve seen where, after years of trying to close the

Patricia Arquette gave an impassioned speech about pay equality for women at the 2015 Oscars.

gap, they might actually be able to accomplish it much more quickly [with legislation],” she told the mag. “I look forward to seeing how that goes.

Hopefully, that will make a drastic difference and they will set a leadership example for the rest of the world.”

The actress specifically

hopes to raise awareness of the gap between women and men in the workplace, which averages at about 77 cents for every dollar a man makes and on a global average, women make 23% less than men, according to UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.

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TCI SECRETARIAL ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS LOOKING TO HIRE:

PAY MASTER CLERK $10.00 per hour

LABOURER $ 8.00 per hour

MECHANIC $10.00 per hour

LIVE IN NANNY $ 9.00 per hour

TCI CONCIERGE

COSMETOLOGIST

DOMESTIC WORKER

$ 9.00 per hour

JA’SAM CONSTRUCTION

WELDER

To work 6 days per week.

Cleaning and assisting where needed.

Salary: $7.25 per hour

$10.00 per hour

DRY WALL MASON

$ 10.00 per hour

CONTACT: (649) 231-6717

14067

WELDER

$10.00 per hour

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14058

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ARTHUR ROBINSON

FOR SALE House in Richmond Hill residential area on a half acre land.

CONTACT: 231-3788

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THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

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BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 344-6089

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BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

TILE HELPER Salary: $6.50 an hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 241-5131

ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS

PASTRY CHEF

VILLA DEL MAR HILL VIEW BOUTIQUE WHO IS LOOKING TO EMPLOY

must be willing to work 6 days per week including nights, holidays and weekends Must have experience and be able to perform duties given to them by the manager Must have a clean police record Salary $32,000.00 per annum

1 DOMESTIC WORKER $6.25 per hour

13991

1 STORE CLERK

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DESARROLLOS HOTELCO JWM LTD.

Desarrollo 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:

ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT Duties of this position include: Assist in the implementation of financial and accounting responsibilities of the property, internal controls, financial analysis, cash management, balance sheet reconciliation 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: commensurate with experience.

Applications comprising a letter, resume, references, Police record etc. should be sent no later than Friday, March 17th, 2017 to:

THE MANAGER DESARROLLOS HOTELCO JWM LTD.C/O P.O.BOX 127, RICHMOND HOUSE LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES TEL: (649) 946-4734 0R FAX (649) 946-4732 • EMAIL: MARSHA@MISICKSTANBROOK.TC LLOPEZ@HOTELCOINTERNATIONAL.COM 13975

Salary: $175 per week Must be willing to work Monday – Saturday

CONTACT: (649) 244-7033

The incumbent will be required to work 12 hour shifts for 5 days a week at various locations as stipulated by the supervisor.

Salary is $6.25 per hour or higher based on qualifications and experience

CONTACT: (649) 241-2518

NEWMOND BUCKLEY

FULL-TIME NANNY

1 MIXOLOGIST $9.00 per hour

1 BELLMAN/ HOUSEMAN

Position for twins • Must speak, read and write English • Must be available swing shift hours, days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Must be able to do household chores • Must be comfortable around large dogs for grooming weekly.

Salary: $6.25 per hour

$6.25 per hour

Must be willing to work 6 days per week

These positions are currently held by work permit holders.

UPHOLSTER

GRAND TURK

Is seeking to employ a:

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is seeking a:

$6.25 per hour

CONTACT: 345-7212

SECURITY OFFICER

FULTON

WARD’S CONSULTANCY

COCO BISTRO Is loking for:

FORWARDED TO FAX: 649-946-5369 AND THE LABOUR BOARD OR EMAIL: COCOBISTRO@TCIWAY.TC • THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDERS • DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS MARCH 31ST, 2017

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK

CONTACT: 13984

13995

Must be willing to work 5 days a week

LABOURER

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CONTACT: (649) 345-7212

13994

HAIRDRESSER

WATCH 21 LTD.

LABOURER Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days

CONTACT: (649) 231-1969

14072

BABYSITTER/ DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.50 per week

Is seeking to employ a:

TROPICANA UPHOLSTERY

14014

is seeking a:

Is seeking to employ a:

WILLIAM’S CONTRACTING SERVICES South Dock Road

14048

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VELMA WALKIN FIVE CAYS

13825

TOUCH OF CLASS BEAUTY SALON

14003

SHAWN & KAREN GARDINER

(649) 242-0481

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HERZOG CARIBBEAN LTD

MECHANIC With the knowledge of the standard practices, materials, tools and equipment used in the repair and maintenance of heavy equipment and engines.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Applicant will be expected to perform Preventative Maintenance, correct defects, prepare equipment for work daily and make possible field calls.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5 years heavy equipment mechanic experience • Clean Police Record • Valid Driver’s License SKILLS

• Knowledge of safety issues in the use of tools, equipment and supplies used in the repair of motorized vehicles and heavy equipment.

• Skilled in the use of a variety of hand

tools.

• Skilled in the use of gas and electric welding equipment.

• Skilled in the use of mechanized tool, jacks and hoists.

• Skilled in the use of a variety of diagnostic testing and tuning equipment.

• Ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical and hydraulic malfunctions.

• Ability to read manuals and schematics.

• Ability to rebuild engines and major driveline components.

• Ability to enter information in fleet maintenance management software.

COMPENSATION

• Based on Experience

POSITION TYPE

• Full-Time

PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO MAIN OFFICE AT C 5-6 CARIBBEAN PLACE, LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES TCI.

13993

AIRPORT ROAD Is looking for a:

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14064

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BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Salary: 6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

is seeking a:

LABOUR WORKER

RESTAURANT CAPTAIN Salary: $10.00 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days per week

14054

(649) 941-5341

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

TO WORK 5-6 DAYS MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR. BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERNCE AND TO BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM TO 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

CONTACT: (649) 442-2549

LABOUR WORKER

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR. BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERNCE AND TO BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM TO 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY TO WORK 5-6 DAYS A WEEK

CONTACT: (649) 345-6651

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary: $6.25 per hour

(649) 345-5284

ROXYDOWNTOWN BEAUTY SALON

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NAIL TECHNICIAN

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary: $6.50 per hour

LABOURER Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 347-3654

WALKIN FUEL LEEWARD MARINA, PROVIDENCIALES

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

HAIRDRESSER

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 347-3121

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Acting on behalf of our client WINKEY’S

Is seeking to employ a:

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LABOURER LABOURER

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT:

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TO PUMP FUEL, CLEAN AND ASSIST WHERE NECESSARY SALARY $7.50 PER HOUR

(649) 342-7362

CONTACT: (649) 941-8898

Must be willing to work 6 days a week Salary: 6.25 per hour

1. Must be fluent in speaking English.

2. As a second language, Spanish would be an asset.

3. Must be computer literate 4. Must be Customer Service Oriented.

5. Must be willing to work weekends, holidays and at night.

6. 3 references is required.

7. Marketing experience

minimum of five years.

8. Age 35 or older 9. Clean Police record.

10. Proven Sales Record.

11. Clean driver’s licenseminimum of five years.

12. Customer service certificates

BLUE HILLS BAKERY

BAKER MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Salary will be based on qualifications and experiences.

PLEASE FORWARD RESUME TO MYSTIQUE CAR RENTAL & TOURS LTD. 72 OLD AIRPORT ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS DEADLINE MARCH 24, 2017

(649) 241-5922

Is seeking to employ a:

MARKETING/ CUSTOMER AGENT

14030

(649) 332-5029

EVELINE SAINT FLEUR

Is seeking to employ 2:

Must be able to work long hours, early mornings, weekends and holidays.

Must be able to lift up to 70 lbs. Must be able to drive delivery van. Be Health and Food Safety Certified.

Must have valid driver’s license and current physical exam.

Previous local supervisory experience, Verifiable references and current CV is required.

Full Time Position/ Salary Range 26,000 – 44,000.00 per annum commensurate with experience

CONTACT:

14046

CONTACT:

MYSTIQUE CAR RENTAL & TOURS

DELI/KITCHEN MANAGER

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME TO SYRMONDG@BAYVIEWMOTORS.COM OR BRING RESUME AND REFERENCES TO DELI 946-4694.

GRAND TURK

Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

TOP O THE COVE

Requirements Responsible for managing department inventory, in stock position, pricing, merchandising, labor and operational processes to company standards.

Responsible for ordering, receiving, storage and rotation. Recruiting and Training and scheduling employees. Proper knowledge of the labor laws is a must.

Ensuring excellent Customer Service/Creating Menus/Controlling Food Costs.

Previous restaurant manager experience and knowledge of catering and pricing is a requirement.

LANDY NORVIL

VINCENT GARLAND

GRAND TURK

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

(649) 347-3375

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

TRAVIS PARKER

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LABOURER

CONTACT:

14004

Is looking for a:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 241-0397

TIKI HUT

ROYAL ROBINSON

(649) 231-0327

CONTACT:

14057

(649) 241-7025

14049

CONTACT:

Must be willing to work six days per week Salary: $6.50 per hour

14047

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

is seeking a:

BAKER/ PLUMBER HANDYMAN HELPER APPLICANT MUST BE HONEST, RELIABLE AND HARDWORKING, Salary: $6.50 per hour

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 day a week

14051

(649) 946 2493

KENNISHA RESTAURANT

ESTEL PLUMBING

Salary: $7.00 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

(649) 231-0366

DOMESTIC WORKER

14059

Is seeking to employ a:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

LABOURER CONTACT:

CONTACT:

DOMESTIC WORKER

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

14068

DULIA GRAY

(649) 244-4191

To work 4 days per week must be able to work holidays. Working Hours 10:00am – 5:00pm Wages starting at $6.50 per hour. CONTANT BETWEEN THE HOURS 6PM – 7PM

DIRTIST WILLIAMS

13920

CONTACT:

DOMESTIC WORKER

Is seeking to employ a:

DEEP BLUE CLEANING SERVICE

14050

Salary: $8.00 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week

14055

(649) 346-1654

LABOURER 14002

CONTACT:

is seeking a:

Is seeking to employ a:

BITE ME SPORT FISHING

14010

TO WORK 5-6 DAYS MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR. BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERNCE AND TO BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM TO 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

GRAND TURK

14060

DOMESTIC WORKER

ANDREA S. BEEN

14001

Is looking for a:

AG CONSTRUCTION

14052

GRAND TURK

14061

CASSANDRA ROCK

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Baking and selling bread Salary: $ 1,200.00 per month

CONTACT: (649) 331-6858

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March 18 - 24, 2017

EL RANCHO APOLONIA JACQUELINE DE OVANDO

DELUXE BUSINESS CENTERCHARLES G. ROPER

Is seeking to employ a

Is seeking to employ a:

is seeking a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

KITCHEN HELPER

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 3 days a week

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

SALARY: $6.50 AN HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK

(649) 343-4718

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

13987

14070

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Is looking for a:

LABOURER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

GILLEY’S ENTERPRISES

CONTACT: (649) 241-0149

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ELVERA WILLIAMS

(649) 231-0051

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VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

TSI MANAGEMENT/TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

PROPERTY MANAGER SUMMARY

The Property Manager is responsible for the effective Management and operations of the Property. Arrange and control building security services as considered appropriate

by Management to ensure properties are kept in proper and secure manner at all reasonable times.

Accounting and Finance background (extensive with the ability to use QuickBooks and Excel to provide at least monthly reporting to company management and property owners as required. Also responsible for taking care of the units and greeting guests upon arrival. Communication and negotiation skills dealing with property owners in contract preparation, leasing arrangements and other reporting requirements. Ability to work flexible hours and extended periods. The Property Manager is expected to be available to clients 24/7 when they are on-residence.

Being positive and encouraging to co-workers and contractors, and courteous to clients.

Planning and authorizing accommodations for reserved guests of our property. Dealing with customer’s complaints and comments. Ensuring security is effective. Supervising maintenance, supplies, renovations and furnishings. Carrying out inspections of property and services. Ensuring compliance with licensing laws, health and safety and other statutory regulations. Reporting and accepting directions. He is to report to the General Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES: • Develop and maintain timely and accurate financial statements and reports that are appropriate for the users and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

• Develop, implement and ensure compliance with internal financial and accounting policies and procedures.

• Ensure that all statutory requirements of the organizations are met.

• Prepare all supporting information for the annual audit with the approval external auditor.

• Document and maintain complete and accurate information for all financial transactions.

• Manage the cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts in accordance with policy.

Prepare annual budgets. Manage the bookkeeping function, using the Simply Accounting Package, including maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.

• Develop and implement policies and procedures as required to ensure that personnel and financial information is secure.

• Recommending ways of cutting costs.

• Working with all departments to help make financial decisions.

• Monitoring the performance of the department, contributing to decisions regarding financial strategy.

• Preparation of monthly financial statements.

• Settings up accounting systems for new businesses.

• Implementation and monitoring of internal controls.

• Inventory monitoring controls.

REQUIREMENTS: • Completion of a recognized accounting designation with minimum 3-5 years’ qualifications experience.

• Computer skills proficiency, knowledge of Point of Sales and knowledge of counter point.

• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision making skills to evaluate alternatives and provide recommendations on business issues.

• Well develop written and oral communications skills • Ability to work in a team environment.

SALARY: Depending on experience.

Please forward resume to: Discount Liquors/ The Wine Cellar

FAX: (649) 946-4871 OR EMAIL: INFO@WINECELLAR.TC NO PHONE CALLS

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HERZOG CARIBBEAN LTD

ASPHALT HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

HOURS OF WORK.

His hours start at 8:00 am and ends depend on the occupancy of the property.

However, he must work at such other times, including on weekend days and public holidays, as are necessary to perform and fulfil his functions and responsibilities in a timely and professional manner.

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

EDUCATION

Knowledge and proven experience of management, accounting, real estate, landscaping, construction and repairs are mandatory, an extensive health and safety knowledge, along with first aid training is also favoured. Must have knowledge in Grace Software.

BCS-COTRAN SERVICES/FNM CS

DOMESTIC WORKERS/ LABOURERS/JANITORS

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Duties: • Must be able to wash, clean and cook • Must be able to speak and write English clearly THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER.

EMAIL: FRANTZ@GRACEBAYCARRENTALS.COM

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

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.

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TESLEN L. FORBES SOUTH DOCK, PROVIDENCIALES

CIRCLEGRAND G FOODS STORE TURK

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

Is looking for a:

LABOURER

GRAND TURK

is seeking an:

Is seeking to employ a:

MASON Salary: $8.00 an hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

WAITER

To work 5 days a week. Must be able to work holidays and weekends. Wages starting at $6.50 per hour. BETWEEN

Must be willing to work nights, weekends and holidays Salary: $6.25 per hour

THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BELONGERS WILL BE GIVE FIRST PREFERENCE

CONTACT: 14019

(649) 333-1655

LABOURER EXPERIENCED

(649) 232-1400

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

DOMESTIC WORKER 40 hour week. Must be able to work holidays and weekends. $6.50 per hour. Contact

Is looking for a:

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CAMILLE SLATTERY

ROSE LOURDES JEROME

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a:

Is loking for:

Please confirm receipt of email and send invoice. Provo Ponies Riding Stable

(649) 946-5306

MARGUERITE ALTIDOR

PROVO PONIES

CONTACT: 649-245-7869

(649) 241-1403

LATINOS CONSTRUCTION

To work 6 days a week. Must be able to work Holidays and Weekends. Wages starting at $6.25 per hour BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE. Can be contacted between the hours of 9AM and 4PM Monday to Friday

CONTACT: (649) 231-6432

SAM SHOP

ROSHARD ARANDELL GRAND TURK

is seeking:

Is seeking to employ a:

DRIVER Salary: $8.00 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

(649) 332-0771

CLEANER

LABOUR WORKER

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR. BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERNCE AND TO BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM TO 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY TO WORK 5-6 DAYS A WEEK

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

$7.50 per hour MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

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THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 941-4562

(649) 343-7748

M&S CRAFTS Is seeking to employ a:

PAINTER

Salary: $6.50 an hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 342-8063

ROBINSON’S CONSTRUCTION Is seeking to employ a:

Hours at work Varies Salary is Negotiable

CONTACT: (649) 231-0327

SRF CONSTRUCTION

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

14023

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

INTERESTED BELONGERS PLEASE CONTACT: 342-8849 OR 347-8000

CONTACT:

ELECTRICIAN

Additional Requirements:

GARDENER

(649) 342-2511

To handle clean-up of job sites as well as any minor construction work needed Several years’ experience in a similar position is required, as well as good communication skills, including excellent English. Wages range: $6.25 per hour. Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CHURCH SEXTON

LABOURER (649) 231-6784

GENERAL LABOURER

Is seeking to employ a:

PURCHASING AGENT

13990

(649) 343-1668

14010

CONTACT:

junior6311@hotmail.com

ST THOMAS PARISH GRAND TURK

LABOURER

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 4 days a week

(649) 241-6330

SANDRA COALBROOKE

Salary $6.25 per hour

Salary: $6.50 an hour Must be willing to work 4 days a week

PASTOR

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary $6.25 per hour

DOMESTIC WORKER

Is seeking to employ a:

PROVO QUALITY BUILDERS

LANDY NORVIL

(649) 345-6651

LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

The conference of the Lighthouse Churches in the Turks and Caicos Islands Wishes to hire Mr. Deceres Corvil for Lighthouse Churches Creole Ministry

GRAND TURK is seeking a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

(649) 231-6472 (649) 241-5756

14012

CONTACT:

Is seeking to employ a:

CONTACT: 14007

CONTACT:

LAS BRISAS RESTAURANT & BAR

Salary: $9.00 an hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

14016

KENDAL SAUNDERS

MASON

Please contact Circle G Foods Store in Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands

CONTACT:

13985

LONG BAY Is looking for a:

(649) 649-232-4456

Salary: $300 Bi-Weekly Must be willing to work 6 days a week

14001

EVA HARVEY

(649) 946-5396

CONTACT:

13989

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CONTACT:

14013

(649) 247-1424

13982

CONTACT:

LABOURER 14071

Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

13988

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work Monday –Saturday

KITCHEN HELPER

13986

SALES CLERK

At least five (5) years’ experience and a willingness to work on weekends. Bachelor’s Degree in area of specialty. Must be familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedures within a particular field. Salary: $3000.00 Contact: Alfonso Palatino- HR Manager

Must be willing to work 6 days per week Compensation: $7-$8 per hour Position Type: Full Time

EBEN EZEN Is employment for the following

14008

2 (TWO) MASTER CHARGE CLERKS.

14012

Is seeking a:

BUILDING MATERIALS LTD.

14009

BAY BISTRO RESTAURANT

14006

Spot Plaza, Airport Road

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

• Must be 21+ years old Salary: $6.50 per hour Submit Resumes to: St Thomas Parish, Grand Turk.

DEADLINE: March 25, 2017

MASON

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

(649) 241-1155 FAX: (649) 946-1301

Salary: $9.00 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

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BARBARA ADAMS

March 18 - 24, 2017

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(649) 247-9445

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

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March 18 - 24, 2017

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GRACE BAY MEDICAL CENTER STAFF VACANCY

TWO PHYSICIANS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: 1. Must have a minimum of M.B.B.S from an accredited University 2. Must have a minimum of 5 years working in a primary health care setting and a minimum of 3 years working in a secondary health care institution 3. Must have a minimum of 5 years as a fully registered medical practitioner on a register of a recognized medical board MAIN DUTIES: • Carry outpatient consultations with in the clinic • Perform physical examinations • Diagnosis and treatment of illnesses/ailments • Perform minor surgery • Advise patient on health education • Expected to be part of practice management and administration • Liaising with other healthcare professionals and/or hospitals

COMPENSATION IS COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. EMAIL: CYNTHIA.IIMS@TCIWAY.TC THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS

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VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS MAGELLAN FINANCIAL SERVICES Is seeking fill the position of:

ADMINISTRATOR TO VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE IN CHARGE OF FINANCES & LOANS JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE:.

• Must have extensive Accounting Background and be experienced in Mortgage Origination • Auditing, Financial skills, Financial Software knowledge, Customer Service, Thoroughness, Confidentiality, Analyzing information, Decision making, Verbal communication skills, Professionalism, Quality focus. Auditing and reconciliation of accounts.

• Meets mortgage loan operational standards by contributing mortgage loan information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying mortgage loan system improvements.

• Meets mortgage loan financial standards by providing annual budget information; monitoring expenditures; identifying variances; implementing corrective actions.

• Attracts new mortgage loan applications by developing relationships within the community, specifically with the real estate community; making sales calls to prospective customers.

• Pre - Approves mortgage loans by examining application and supporting documentation; estimating credit-worthiness; calculating repayment risk.

• Competes mortgage loans by monitoring collection, verification, and preparation of mortgage loan documentation; scheduling and completing mortgage loan closing.

• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. Must be familiar with US tax laws.

• Must be able to travel internationally.

• Have valid Driver’s license, current physical Certificate of Good Health, verifiable references and current CV.

FULL TIME POSITION/SALARY 32K TO 46K COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE. . PLEASE APPLY WITH YOUR INTEREST AND ATTACH RESUME WITH CONTACT INFORMATION TO SYRMONDG@BAYVIEWMOTORS.COM 12527

Seeks to Employ:

PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER

Plans and directs all aspects of engineering activities within the organization. Ensures all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization’s established policies and objectives.

Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Leads and directs the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Reports to top management.

Qualifications & Objectives • Ten [10] years experience in managing projects • Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or higher • Fellow or Chartered Member of an industry related Professional Body • Demonstrable project management experience of leading an engineering function with a proven track record in strategic engineering • Competent in the use of Microsoft Project, MS Office • Ability to read and generate AutoCAD drawings and other technical drawings • Knowledge and technical

understanding of construction processes, components and design techniques • Strategic and tactical responsibility for implementing engineering strategy and strategic operational goals • Assists in preparation of budgets and job scopes • Work closely with internal and external key stakeholders, customer service, sales and customers • Responsible for all areas of the Engineering function and quality of service delivery, striving for best in class products and business practices to deliver to the customer’s expectations, managing teams and projects across the business • Provide clear leadership and vision, inspire and motivate staff to achieve excellence and mentor them as they develop new skills • Drive Key Performance Indicators across all areas of the Engineering function to ensure that all projects are delivered on cost and on time to the highest quality standards • Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental issues are prioritized and facilitated.

INTERESTED CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT RESUME AND QUALIFICATIONS TO: INFO@HORIZONCONSTRUCTION.TC APPLICATION DEADLINE – MARCH 17, 2017

HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR

Point Grace is seeking an energetic and outgoing individual to fill the position of Housekeeping Supervisor at the resort. The role will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operations for both the Housekeeping and Laundry Departments Job Description Responsibilities: - Liaise with Front Desk Manager and Front Desk Agents on all matters relating to guest and Owner arrivals, VIP’s, laundry operations, guest supplies, suite amenities and all other guest/owner services and amenities.

- Under the direction of the General Manager/ Accounting Department be responsible for inventories control and maintenance: checking and maintaining par levels of all suite inventories - Assist the General Manager in maintaining tight control on all Housekeeping activities and ensure systems are in place to detect misappropriation of Resort property. Report any anomalies to General Manager in a timely manner.

Requirements: - High school diploma required, appropriate hospitality certifications preferred.

- Must be a strong communicator - Must be able to effectively set priorities, plan, organize, and delegate tasks.

- Must be fluent in English, other languages an asset.

- Must be proficient with computers including Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook. Visual one and Micros software experience preferred.

- Must be willing and able to work all shifts and days with a flexible schedule as deemed necessary by the General Manager.

Base salary $30,000 - 36,000 range per

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annum commensurate with qualifications and experience.

SOUS CHEF

We are seeking a skilled Sous Chef who can provide excellent International culinary skills, strong management and training skills and effective communication skills. The position involves working in the resort’s two restaurants, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The successful candidate will be a Sous chef who can bring variety; style and a high level of professionalism in order to achieve the highest possible culinary standards- an allaround of many cuisines with a background in International boutique properties.

In addition to formal professional qualifications, the successful candidate will have at least three years experience in luxury resorts or award winning restaurants.

Experience in matching food and wine would be great asset.

Base salary $26,400 - 31,200 range per annum commensurate with qualifications and experience.

COOK

The successful candidate is required to have experience with, preparing a variety of different cuisines in a fine dining environment. They will understand the importance of consistency and have knowledge of food preparation techniques and health and safety requirements.

Duties include preparation of all food items according to standard. Maintain the highest quality and appearance of all food orders.

Maintain orderly, clean refrigerators and work areas.

Base salary $7.00 to $10.00 per hour commensurate with qualifications and experience.

PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, POINT GRACE MANAGEMENT, P.O. BOX 700, GRACE BAY, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, TEL: (649) 946-5096; FAX (649) 946-5097; EMAIL: HUMANRESOURCES@POINTGRACE.COM. INTERESTED BELONGERS MUST SUBMIT COPIES OF THEIR APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR & WORK PERMIT BOARD ZONE 2. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION IS MARCH 18TH, 2017.

14065

MOLIANE’S RETAIL SHOP GRAND TURK

OCEAN VIEW SALON

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Salary: $7.00 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 232-5443

14029

(649) 346-2535

14024

CONTACT:

ROBIN’S WELDING SHOP Is looking for a:

CASHIER HAIRDRESSER Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

(649) 244-2015

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

A TASTE OF ITALY

LABOURER Salary: $ 6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 345-4887

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

LABOURER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

(649) 346-4560

Is seeking to employ a:

is seeking a:

Is seeking to employ a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

KITCHEN HELPER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

DOMESTIC WORKER

To clean commercial offices and must be able to work 5 days a week, weekends and holidays Salary: $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: (649) 331-0818

FIVE CAYS

Salary: $ 6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days a week

(649) 343-1521

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT Main duties & responsibilities • Accounts receivable • Accounts payable • Reporting to Canadian affiliates in French & English Qualifications • Proficient in Microsoft Office • Fluent in English & French • 5 years’ experience as an administrative assistant Salary based on experience and quality of work

Remuneration commensurate with certifications and experience.

Belongers who meet the requirements are encouraged to apply and will be preferred. Only applicants who meet the requirements will be contacted for interviews.

SPACE AVAILABLE ON BUSY HIGHWAY FOR IMMEDIATE RENT. THIS SPACE IS NEWLY RENOVATED.

CONTACT: (649) 941-3445

THE HELP DESK

STANLEY WILLIAMS Grand Turk

Act on behalf of its clients:

E.L. CONSTRUCTION Kew Town, Providenciales Telephone : 231-6153

LABOURERS, WELDER

GOOD FOR LAW OFFIES, REAL ESTATE, SPA, BEAUTY SALON ETC...

Salary $6.25, $8.00 per hour.

CALL 649 231-3788

PAINTER,

ER CONSTRUCTION Kew Town, Providenciales Telephone : 331-1199

(649) 331-3918

Is seeking to employ a:

He/She must be internationally certified and have extensive experience in running and developing junior and adult tennis programs. He/She will give daily tennis group and private tennis lesson and manage the tennis department.

PLEASE SEND YOU APPLICATION AT INFO@GRACEWAYSPORTS.COM OR LEAVE A COPY AT GRACEWAY SPORTS CENTRE LOCATED ON LUKER LANE (BEHIND IGA SUPERMARKET). CONTACT PH. NO: (649-442-6348

Salary: $6.25 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

TDMG

Is seeking to employ a full time:

14035

14044

THE ANGELA RESTAURANT

SUZE AUGUSTIN

KITCHEN TENNIS INSTRUCTOR HELPER

CONTACT: 941 7331 (PERMIT RENEWAL)

(649) 247-6227

SPOTLESS CLEANING SERVICE

GRACEWAY SPORTS CENTER

Is seeking to employ a:

Assisting the chef with daily tasks of preparation and cooking and general cleaning Experience: min 5 years experience in commercial kitchen environment Salary: 6.25 hour Hours: 40 per week (day/night/public holidays/week ends)

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 331-3887

LABOURER

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

14039

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CONTACT:

MARILYN WILLIAMS

14031

(649) 242-4528

14037

CONTACT:

14027

14034

BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be able to work 6 days a week

14036

CONTACT:

Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be able to work 6 days a week

MAMMYTA VARIETY STORE

13125

COSMETOLOGIST BABYSITTER

BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

(649) 347-5954

Is seeking to employ a:

is seeking a:

Is seeking to employ a:

KERLYNE JOSEPH

14032

TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR

FIVE CAYS

14028

LABOURER

JONATHAN RIGBY

is seeking a:

CARPENTER, ELECTRICIAN

Salary $6.25, $8.00 per hour.

PAYLESS WAREHOUSE LTD

LABOURER

#7, Hospital Road, Providenciales

Email: HR@I-GROCERS.COM

To work five days a week Salary: $6.50 per hour

CASHIER

Must be able to speak English, Spanish,, Creole Salary $6.25 - $7.00 per hour

POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS.

CONTACT: 14053

Is looking for a:

B BEAUTY BOX

14026

GRAND TURK

14038

ANGELA HIGGS

March 18 - 24, 2017

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

(649) 946-2475

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

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PROVO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Invite applications for the following positions:

TEACHERS

GOVERNMENT VACANCIES – (APPLICATION DEADLINE: 31ST MARCH 2017)

Requirements • 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

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT ACCOMPANIED BY ALL REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED. This professional position has responsibility for providing accurate and timely legal advice to the Contract DEPARTMENT:Primary Health Performance Management Care Department Unit. The Commercial Legal LOCATION: Grand Turk and Counsel/TCIG Representative Providenciales is expected to generate Salary:$16,707.50 per month satisfactory results when the legal advice is provided is credible and rarely results JOB SUMMARY in litigation against the This is an administrative government. support position for the Office.

Clerical Assistant (Temporary)

Compensation: Base on Qualifications and experience $1,350.00 - $1,500.00

JANITOR / CLEANER 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: PROVOCHRISTIANSCHOOL@HOTMAIL.COM

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SPACE AVAILABLE ON BUSY HIGHWAY FOR IMMEDIATE RENT. THIS SPACE IS NEWLY RENOVATED GOOD FOR LAW OFFIES, REAL ESTATE, SPA, BEAUTY SALON ETC...

DELUXE BUSINESS CENTER Juba Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos islandsa ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS Blue Hills Is seeking:

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: 6:25per hr Telephone: 245-6298

EAGLE LAND DEVELOPMENT LTD North Caicos Is Seeking:

LABOURER

Salary: $6:25 per hr Telephone: 241-6330

C. H VARIETY STORE Five Cays Is Seeking:

HANDYMAN

ELECTRICIANS MAINTENANCE MAN Salary Ranges from $6.25 - $8:00 per hr Telephone: 946-8521

OLIVER & OLIVER DRAFTING Juba Sound Is Seeking:

DOMESTIC WORKER Salary: $6:25 per hr Telephone: 946-8876

NATURE VISIONS Grace Bay Is Seeking:

GARDENER

GENERAL WORKER MASONS TILE MAN LABOURERS CONSTRUCTION HELPER

STEEL MAN

Salary ranges: 6.25 - $8:00 per hr Telephone: 946-8876

Airport Road Is Seeking:

TECHNICIAN

Salary: $9.00per hr Telephone: 431-0917

SILVER DEEP

L AND M CRAFT MARKET

FIRM FOUNDATION MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

LABOURER

STORE CLERK

Grace Bay Is Seeking:

Grace Bay Road Is Seeking:

Salary $6.25 Telephone: 946-5612

Salary: $6.25per hr Telephone: 331-5549

DOLMEN CONSTRUCTION

DELUXE ENTERPRISES LTD. ON BEHALF OF ITS GROUP OF COMPANIES

Grace Bay Is seeking the following:

MASONS LABOURERS CARPENTERS

Is Seeking:

STORE CLERK

JOB SUMMARY: To organize and manage the processing of paper-based medical records into an electronic database for easy retrieval by authorized health personnel and supervise a cadre of clerical assistants in completing this task.

Commercial Legal Counsel –TCIG Representative

EAGLE CLAW SECURITY

Salary: $6:25 per hr Telephone: 232-2272

Salary: $6.25per hr Telephone: 345-2165

Medical Records Officer (Temporary)

DEPARTMENT:Primary Health Care Department LOCATION: Grand Turk and Providenciales SALARY: Grade 5 $26,650.00 per month

CALL 649 231-3788 V & M SECURITY

The job holder will undertake clerical and administrative tasks to support the day to day running of the office.

Harris Lane, Providenciales Is Seeking:

GENERAL WORKER Salary: $6.25per hr Telephone: 243-8211

DALVEM LTD.

Long Bay, Providenciales Is Seeking:

MAINTENANCE MAN Salary: $7.50per hr Telephone: 231-1654

14056

DEPARTMENT: Contract Management Unit LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 9 $59,552.50 per annum plus allowances JOB SUMMARY:

Contract Finance Manager

LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: Grade 8 $51,147.50 per annum plus allowances

JOB SUMMARY: This is a senior professional position that supports the Contract Performance Management Unit (CPMU) in a variety of financial operations to assist in ensuring that value for money is achieved from all contracts within the Ministry of Health.

CUSTODIAN

DEPARTMENT: Sports Department LOCATION: Providenciales SALARY: GRADE 2 -$14,657.50 per annum JOB SUMMARY: The job holder follows instructions from the supervisor to ensure that sporting facilities are secure and clean. The holder ensures that order is maintained by users and monitors the entry, exit and compliance of users at all facilities.

FOR MORE DETAILS REGARDING THIS POSITION, KINDLY REFER TO THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS OR VISIT WWW.GOV.TC. PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT ACCOMPANIED BY ALL REQUIRED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

14121

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking a:

GRAND TURK

LABOURER DOMESTIC

(649) 346-1654

To work 6 days a week. must be able to work holidays and weekends. wages starting at $6.50 per hour. Belongers will be given first preference. can be contacted between the hours of 9am and 4pm monday to friday.

CONTACT: (649) 946-5306

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

JUNIOR CRAFT TCI

Is looking for a:

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

ALBERT HIGGS ALBERT HIGGS NORTH CAICOS

NORTH CAICOS

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary: $6.25 must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 342-1465

C&J CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of our clients

C&P Welding, World Of Girls, Cowrey Lightbourne, Discount Auto Parts Is Seeking:

$7.00 PER HOUR

DOMESTIC WORKER THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS

Is seeking to employ a:

ROBERT MENSEN Is seeking to employ a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

COOK

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

HELPER 14078

salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Salary: $12.00 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

MILLIEN HINSON Is seeking to employ a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

(649) 347-9482

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

14096

Is seeking to employ a:

SLARY: $7.00 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 3 DAYS A WEEK

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

242-0718 OR 331-7152

NEW HOPE WESLEYAN CHURCH

BODY REPAIR MAN PASTOR

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

(649) 231-0575 THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

Is seeking to employ a:

CONTACT: 14097

14085

TIKI HUT

(649) 344-2420

1 MALE ASSISTANT BAKER/ PASTRY CHEF 1 DOMESTIC WORKER/ HELPER 1 LABOURER To work five days a week Contact: ann arthur/ janique arthur. Salary is based on experience. For employment information

$ 6.50 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

CONTACT:

JIMMY ANTENOR

DJ’SGRAND BAKERY TURK

CONTACT:

DARLING86@HOTMAIL.COM

CONTACT:

CONTACT: (649) 347-5385

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

STANLEY LIGHTBOURNE

MARANTHA RETAIL

LABOURER

Is seeking to employ a:

(649) 343-2261

GRAND TURK is seeking a:

To work 6 days a week. must be able to work holidays and weekends.

Wages starting at $6.50 per hour belongers will be given first preference contact between the hours of 9am and 4pm monday to friday.

CONTACT: (649) 241-3334

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

14099

WAITRESS

(649) 243-7785

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CASHIER

LABOURER Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 4 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 343-1848

13974

Is looking for a:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

$6.25 PER HOUR

14099

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

GARDENER Held By Work Permit Holder

CONTACT:

(649) 243-7785

HELPER

$6.25 PER HOUR

$6.25 PER HOUR

14091

CONTACT:

(649) 331-5655

DELICIOUS DISHES

This position is currently being held by a work permit holder

Salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

14082

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 941-5341

Salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

Salary: $6.25 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT:

(649) 241-6476

CONTACT: 649 339-3841

14074

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 242-2548 (649) 346-2473

CASHIER 2 LABOURERS 2 LABOURERS 14089

CONTACT:

Starting Wage: $6.25/hour

(649) 241-5099

(649) 342-1465

14092

Salary: $9.00 Per Hour Must Be Willing To Work 5 Days A Week

DOMESTIC WORKER

Salary: $6.50 per week Must be willing to work 4 days a week

CONTACT:

14095

STEELMAN

Is seeking one:

is seeking a:

Salary: $9.00 per hour must be willing to work 5 days a week

LABOUR

MAC MOTORS LTD.

KATHY LIGHTBOURNEIMAFIDON

TEACHER

Is seeking to employ a:

14079

(649) 442-1349

CARPENTER

Is seeking to employ a:

$6.25 PERHOUR

14076

CONTACT:

14088

SALARY: $10.00 PER HOUR MUS BE WILLING TO WORK 5 DAYS A WEEK

TEACHER/ EVANGELIST

Is seeking to employ a:

CONTACT:

JOSEPH AGENOR

STONE MASON/ WELDER ELECTRICIAN/ PLUMBER

GOD’S INSTRUMENT MINISTRY

Salary: 6.25 Per Hour Must Be Willing To Work 6 Days A Week

JA’SAMS CONSTRUCTION LONG BAY

FRANK RODRIGUEZ

14077

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CONTACT:

GRATEFUL LEPER MINISTRIES Is seeking to employ a:

14080

(649) 232-2040

14081

CONTACT:

is seeking an:

WORKER LABOURER

TO WORK 5-6 DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE AND BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

13996

TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS WAGES STARTING AT $6.50 PER HOUR. BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE. CAN BE CONTACTED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9AM AND 4PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY.

EDRIC SMITH GRAND TURK

14090

BRENDA LOUISE ROBINSON

14084

ALMADA WILSON SALT CAY

March 18 - 24, 2017

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

14083

36 CLASSIFIEDS

CLASSIFIEDS 37

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

(649) 332-9037

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

14094

CONTACT:

14025

(649) 331-9854

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

To assist in preparing lunches and snacks for the students.

salary: $6.25 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

CONTACT:

KITCHEN HELPER

KITCHEN HELPER

HANDYMAN

Salary: $6.25 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

PLEASE SEND A LETTER TO THE PRINCIPAL AT RICHHILLPREP@YAHOO.COM.

MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATION AND DESIGN TECHNICIAN. QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE • Fully qualified time served electrician with a minimum of 10years experience.

• Advanced qualification in Renewable Energy systems from a recognized solar institute.

• Hands-on experience of installing grid tied grid interactive and off-grid renewable energy systems.

• Hands on experience of renewable energy systems design.

• Computer literate and be able to operate word, excel, outlook and other Microsoft office software suite.

FULL-TIME NANNY

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

(649) 332-5029

(649) 941-8112

Is seeking to employ a:

Position for twins • Must speak, read and write English • Must be available swing shift hours, days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Must be able to do household chores • Must be comfortable around large dogs for grooming weekly.

Salary: $6.25 per hour

CONTACT: (649) 345-7212

Salary $6.50 per hour

MARANTHA RETAIL

Is seeking to employ a:

WATCHMAN CONTACT:

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

FULTON

Is seeking to employ a:

#2B Courtyard Plaza, Leeward Highway Tel: 649-331-1393

(649) 345-5305

LABOURER CONTACT:

CONTACT:

FINBAR GRANT

GREEN REVOLUTION LTD

Providenciales Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

Is looking for a:

14098

GREEN KEEPER

SUNNY FOODS RETAIL & WHOLESALE LTD

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

STORE CLERK Salary: $6.50 per hour Must be willing to work 4 days a week

CONTACT: (649) 343-1848

DUTIES • Responsible for procurement and logistics of delivery of renewable energy systems.

• Candidate will oversee and maintain renewable energy systems.

• Review and research alternative new forms of renewable energy, suitable for this market.

• Responsible for liaising with clients and consultants As part of the interview process applicants will be required to perform a mock-up installation of a renewable energy system.

THIS POSITION IS BEING ADVERTISED FOR A WORK PERMIT. POSITION OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDERS. INTERESTED APPLICANTS CAN FORWARD RESUME TO EMAIL: MOREINFO@GREENREVOLUTIONLTD.COM OR TAKE COPY TO TCI 14075 LABOUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. SALARY $1250/WEEK.

Y.A.3.B. CONSULTANCY

Juba Sound, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos islandsa ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS

MELVILINE VARIETY STORE

1 LABOURER $ 6.50 per hour WATTA BURGER

LABORERS $6.50 per hour TRAGOS BAR

BARTENDER

salary $6.50 per hour

WAITRESS

salary $6.50 per hour

CASHIER

salary $6.50 per hour WILANSON NUNEZLOPES

BABYSITTER

Salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 5 days a week Contact: 345-0557 CAICOS CORAL

2 HORSEMANSHIP

$6.50 per hour BLD GROUP CONTRACTING

1 TILE LAYER $ 7.00 per hour TRIPLE S

1 DOMESTIC WORKER

SUNSHINE BARBER SHOP

2 BARBERS

1 SPECIAL CLEANER

1 SALON HELPER

1 TILE LAYER

1 NAIL TECHNICIAN

$6.50

$7.00 SUNSET BAR AND GRILL

KITCHEN HELPER $6.50 per hour

BARTENDER: $6.50

$6.50 per hour $6.50 per hour

$6.50 per hour A 10 SANCHEZ CONSTRUCTION

1 TILE LAYER

$7.50 per hour JORDAN GARDINER

BARMAID:

BABYSITTER

1 WAITRESS

1 BODY MECHANIC

$6.50 SHADOW CAFE

AMBER GROCERY STORE

$6.50 per hour T-BONE CONSTRUCTION

$8.00 per hour

CONTACT: 344-4540 OR EMAIL ADAHOWELL100@GMAIL.COM POSITIONS HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS

14100

Is seeking to employ a:

14045

Is seeking to employ a:

ALTAGRACIA BAR AND RESTAURANT

RICHMOND HILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL

14105

P&K HOLDINGS

OVANDO CONSTRUCTION

Seeks a:

CHARTERED SURVEYOR THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT MUST POSSESS:

Associate Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent.

BSc in Urban Estate Management of RIGS-recognized qualification.

Five years post qualification work experience.

Computer literate with experience in Word, Excel, MS Project & QuickBooks.

Duties will include and candidates should have experience in: Market appraisals and secured lending valuations. Development feasibility studies.

Facilities and Asset portfolio Management.

An annual salary of $42,000.00 plus performance related commission is offered for this position.

The suitable candidate will be aged 33 -45 years old and 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 P1 April 2017.

This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder. Qualified Turks And Caicos Islanders Preferred.

APPLY IN WRITING TO BCQS LIMITED, P. 0. BOX 158, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS OR FAX TO 946-7184.

CONTACT SIMON TAYLOR ON EMAIL: STAYLOR@BCQS.COM

13974

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

14066

March 18 - 24, 2017

Seeks the following persons:

14107

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

to work Monday - Friday Salary basic pay. Contact: 941-5707

ONE (1) DOMESTIC WORKER

JAGUAR LAND ROVER MASTER TECHNICIAN

GRAND TURK is seeking a:

DOMESTIC WORKER

Must know how to clean and prepare flower for cooler must know what solution to be used on special flowers.

CONTACT: 14062

CONTACT MAC MOTORS LTD ON (649) 339-3841 THIS AD IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL. HOWEVER, THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDERS.

NARIS BAR AND RESTAURANT

(649) 231-3788

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

2 KITEBOARDING INSTRUCTORS

LABOURER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

Is seeking to employ a:

Salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 6 days.

OVANDO CONSTRUCTION

(649) 231-5477

SOLOMON SHOP

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

DOMESTIC WORKER salary: $6.25 per hour

LABOURER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

LOURDES JASMIN FORBES

RONALD CHARLES

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

MECHANIC CONTACT:

must be willing to work 6 days a week

(649) 342-2591

ASHWOOD FORBES

Is seeking to employ a:

is seeking a:

BARBER

DOMESTIC WORKER

BARTENDER TILE LAYER

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

CONTACT:

(649) 243-4905

(649) 331-1567

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Salary: $6.25 per hour must be willing to work 5 days a week

(649) 341-8888

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

14109

(649) 245-6962

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Salary: $8.00 per hour must be willing to work 5 days a week

Salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

14113

(649) 243-4166

14111

CONTACT:

14112

SALARY: $6.50 PER HOUR MUST BE WILLING TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK

14114

Salary: $6.25 per hour must be willing to work 6 days a week

Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

(649) 231-0195

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

HOUSE OF MIRACLES INTL

THE BARBER SHOP

GRAND TURK

14104

TRULY NOLEN

SALARY: BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS

FLOWER GIRL

Should be a Certified Level 4 Jaguar Land Rover Technician in all automotive specialty areas (engine repair, engine performance, heating and air conditioning, electrical systems, automatic transmissions, manual transmission and axle, brakes and front end) Must be able to perform testing, vehicle diagnostics and updates using SDD, IDS, Chrysler wiTECH, Starscan, DRB III, Tech 2, NGS, and Fiat Examiner Diagnostic equipment; interpret repair order instructions and technical information Perform all service and repair work to company and manufacturer standards, making effective use of time and resources.

Train and mentor levels 1-3 technicians and apprentices when required Maintain correct warranty procedures in line with defined company procedures. Maintain knowledge of technical developments through attending training courses and developmental activities as required Remuneration: Salary - $60,000.00 per annum plus performance bonus.

WATERPLAY Is seeking to employ a:

ONE (1) LABOURER

Basic salary Contact: 941-5707

CONTACT: 946-7705

14128

LEW 1 SHIPPING LTD

To work 6 days per week Salary $6.25 per hour Must be available to work holidays and some evenings.

Must also be able to care for 2 dogs including walking them

CONTACT 244-3572

Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview

SALARY: $6.25 PER HOUR

(649) 332-5032

14116

DOG SITTER/ DOMESTIC WORKER NEEDED

EMAIL: PETROPLUSTCI@GMAIL.COM

must live in North Caicos Basic salary

14115

(649) 247-3577

14101

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

CONTACT: 14106

(649) 243-2928

Applicants must be pleasant, honest, reliable and computer literate. Applicants must be willing to work on a shift basis, holidays, weekends and evenings.

Salary $7.00 and $6.25 per hour respectively.

Position held by work permit holder.

ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR Salary $ 8.00 Per Hour

CONTACT:

ONE (1) GARDENER

CASHIER/PUMP ATTENDANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE

14108

salary: $6.50 per hour must be willing to work 5 days a week

Seeks the following:

14103

SALES CLERK

COLMELITA HANDFIELD

CAICOS PETROLEUM/ PETRO PLUS

Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a:

Is seeking to employ a:

14102

S & F WHOLESALE CASH AND CARRY LTD

14118

SAMMY’S

March 18 - 24, 2017

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Salary: $7.00 poer hour must be willing to work 5 days a week

(649) 345-1765

THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD

BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER

14117

38 CLASSIFIEDS

March 18 - 24, 2017

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION

JAGUAR LAND ROVER MASTER TECHNICIAN Should be a Certified Level 4 Jaguar Land Rover Technician in all automotive specialty areas (engine repair, engine performance, heating and air conditioning, electrical systems, automatic transmissions, manual transmission and axle, brakes and front end) Must be able to perform testing, vehicle diagnostics and updates using SDD, IDS, Chrysler wiTECH, Starscan, DRB III, Tech 2, NGS, and Fiat Examiner Diagnostic equipment; interpret repair order instructions and technical information Perform all service and repair work to company and manufacturer standards, making effective use of time and resources.

Train and mentor levels 1-3 technicians and apprentices when required Maintain correct warranty procedures in line with defined company procedures. Maintain knowledge of technical developments through attending training courses and developmental activities as required

Is seeking to employ a:

DOMESTIC WORKER to work 6 days per week.

Salary $6.25 per hour This is a new position.

Location: 33 Black Crow Road Off Airport Road

14127

CONTACT:

Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below

by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 24th of March, 2017.

Location

TURQUOISE LANDSCAPING LTD.

Description

Is looking to hire:

GARDENERS • Pay- $6.25/hr.

• Must have previous gardening experience and be familiar with landscaping equipment such as lawn mowers, trimmers etc.

• Must be willing to carry out work such as heavy lifting, digging, weeding, trimming and plant waste removal.

• Must be able to work weekends and holidays.

• Must have a clean Police Record and provide Employer Reference on request.

• This is a new gardener position and a work permit renewal

PLEASE EMAIL TURQUOISELANDSCAPING@TCIWAY.TC OR CALL 332-4280 TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW

IS INTERVIEWING FOR:

ASSISTANT MANAGER QUALIFICATIONS REQ’D • Hospitality degree from recognized college or university • Minimum 5 years hospitality management experience • Strong verbal and written English communication skills • Automobile • Complete knowledge of all aspects of a resort operation including housekeeping and maintenance

RESUMES CAN BE EMAILED TO: DPAPKE@PORTSOFCALLRESORT.COM

14086

Title No. 60713/354/K93, Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hill, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, The subject, Unit # 13, is located in the Ensenada Building, La Vista Azul, #107 Lower Bight Road, which is position in a courtyard setting and provides a commercial unit.

The subject property comprises a ground floor commercial unit within La Vista Azul Resort and Commercial Development located on an elevated ridge overlooking Turtle Cove on 3.50 acres in the Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill Section of the Island of Providenciales. The Development provides a total of approximately 78 residential units and 20 commercial units in six, single to three-storey buildings. The Development includes two rooftop swimming pools, landscaping, front and rear parking facilities.

The unit extends to a gross floor area of approximately 880 square feet. The unit is currently occupied by The Rental Car Company.

The Unit provides the following: an open floor concept, kitchenette area, storage and restroom.

The unit is a corner unit with display windows and direct frontage to the main access road.

14110

SPICK & SPAN CLEANING SERVICES LTD.

Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered

14062

THIS AD IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL. HOWEVER, THIS POSITION IS OPEN TO ALL QUALIFIED TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDERS. CONTACT MAC MOTORS LTD ON (649) 339-3841

(649) 241-3653

CLASSIFIEDS 39

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Title

Private & Absolute

Proprietor

Arlington Alexander Musgrove

Approximate Area

880 square feet

Location

Title No. 50202/110 & 114, Whitby, North Caicos, the properties comprise 1.5 acres of beachfront land, located in a new upcoming neighborhood of Whitby.

Description

The subject properties are located in Whitby, North Caicos, where the beachfront is pristine and wide, with excellent snorkelling opportunities close by. These magnificent lots are positioned on a flawless stretch of pristine beach on the Island of North Caicos. These dream sites comprise 1.5 acres of beachfront land.

Title

Private & Absolute

Proprietor

Jon Michael Hayes Shibley

Approximate Area

1.5 acres

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD.

MERIDIAN FINANCIAL GROUP P.O. BOX 599, LE VELE PLAZA, GRACE BAY, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, B.W.I

TEL. (649) 941-3082 FAX (649) 941-3223

14043

40 CLASSIFIEDS

March 18 - 24, 2017

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

AIR AND SEA AGENCY Is currently seeking:

1 ACCOUNTS CLERK Requirements: At least 6 years’ experience in Accounting Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance is preferable Software Knowledge: QuickBooks, Excel and Word Demonstrated ability to manage a large workload including completing multiple tasks to deadlines Compensation: Based on qualifications and ability $2500.00 - $3000.00 KINDLY SUBMIT APPLICATION TO: AIR AND SEA AGENCY ALLIANCE BUSINESS CENTER PROVIDENCIALES TCI EMAIL ADDRESS: AIRSEAAGENCY@GMAIL.COM

14122

CAICOS DREAM TOURS Is currently seeking:

TRAINEE OPERATOR Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and /or Communications At least 5 years’ experience in business administration and tour operations Must be an effective communicator both written and oral Computer literate and knowledgeable of various communication systems Compensation: Based on qualifications and ability $1,500.00 – $1,800.00 Having worked in a boat tour operation or a similar business will be an asset Belongers only need to apply

CONTACT: 649 321-7274

14123

MANAGER

Applicant must also hold a professional scuba diving qualification, and those with mechanical skills and who are able to speak a second language will be considered first.

All applicants must be presentable, articulate, and be able to work long and flexible hours under pressure. Weekends and public holidays mandatory.

Starting salary of $3500 per month.

PLEASE E-MAIL RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO LEEWARD@ BIGBLUEUNLIMITED.COM. BIG BLUE UNLIMITED PHONE 946-5034, FAX 946-5033. ISLANDERS ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT COPY OF APPLICATION TO THE WORK PERMIT BOARD. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. YOU WILL BE CONTACTED FOR AN INTERVIEW IF REQUIRED AND THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 27TH MARCH 2017.

14073

Looking for a general manager to work in a thriving tourism adventure company. The applicant must have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the water-sports & tourism industry and a minimum of 3 years as a manager. Experience must include people management, sales, reservations, PR and display a high degree of computer, communication & organizational skills.

VACANCY

HEAD END MANAGER

Primary objective of the job: The objective of this position is to manage the HFC infrastructure and services including satellite dish farms Main Duties and Responsibilities: • Contribute to the deployment and maintenance of HFC infrastructure and services • End-to-end HFC troubleshooting, from customer premises to Headend • Video quality assurance, to include staging and testing of service • Video monitoring and channel planning / management • Analyze, Maintain, Update, and develop robust, highly scalable Headend interactive systems CMTS, STB, CM. • Interface with vendor to understand existing products and define new features • Collaborate with other engineering teams to ensure successful launches of interactive applications • Support the HE and OSP teams for features and performance tests • Research and stay on top of industrial development of interactive technologies • Maintain satellite dish infrastructure,Network, service visit and service installation KPI’s in acceptable levels.

• Any other duties as assigned by the CTO or CEO. Academic qualifications and experience required for job: • A Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering or equivalent.

• A post graduate degree would be a plus • At least 7 years experience in the management of HFC Headend and outdoor plant planning experience • At least 5 years supervisory/management experience • Knowledge of MPEG 4 / HD / SD • Knowledge of Conditional Access (CAS), Digital Rights Management (DRM) • Experience working With Encoders, Transcoders, Middleware Vendor systems • Strong knowledge in HFC distribution (end to end) • Video/Cable/Satellite experience in an MSO or telecommunications provider environment.

• Testing experience on both analog and digital video equipment used in a traditional headend environment.

• Experience using video testing equipment including RF spectrum analyzers, QAM analyzers and MPEG analyzers.

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B vitamins may have ‘protective effect’ against air pollution B vitamins may offer some protection against the impacts of air pollution, a small scale human trial suggests.

Researchers in the US found that high doses of these supplements may “completely offset” the damage caused by very fine particulate matter.

The scientists involved say the effect is real but stress the limitations of their work.

Follow up studies are urgently needed, they say, in heavily polluted cities like Beijing or Mexico.

While the impacts of air pollution on health have become a cause of growing concern to people all around the world. the actual mechanics of exactly how dirty air makes people sick are not clearly understood.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 90% of the world’s population live in areas where air pollution exceeds safety guidelines.

One of the pollutants that is considered the most dangerous is very fine particulate matter, referred to as PM2.5, where particles have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometres.

These complex particulates come from diesel cars, wood burning stoves and as a by-product of chemical reactions between other polluting gases.

At around 1/30 the width of a human hair, PM2.5 fragments can lodge deep in the human lung and contribute to lung and heart health issues in the young and old.

Scientists have long suspected

Road dust and emissions from vehicles in cities like New Delhi make the air a threat to human health

that PM2.5 causes what are termed epigenetic changes in our cells that can damage our health.

The genes in our DNA contain the instructions for life, but epigenetics controls how those instructions are used - it’s like the relationship between an mp3 track and the volume control, you can only hear the musical notes (genes) when you dial up the volume (epigenetic changes).

The study shows the very presence of environmental factors like air pollution seems to alter genes in the immune system at the epigenetic level - switching them on or off, and inhibiting our defences.

Researchers had already seen that nutrients could somehow stop this process in animal studies with the chemical Bisphenol A. Now in this new human trial, an international team of scientists wanted to see if exposure to

concentrations of PM2.5 could be mitigated by a daily B vitamin supplement containing 2.5mg of folic acid, 50mg of vitamin B6, and 1mg of vitamin B12.

Ten volunteers were tested initially exposed to clean air while given a placebo to measure their basic responses.

The same volunteers were later tested with large doses of B vitamins while exposed to air containing high levels of PM2.5.

The researchers found that a four week B vitamin supplementation limited the PM2.5 effect by between 28-76% at ten gene locations. They found a similar reduction in impact on the mitochondrial DNA, the parts of cells that generate energy.

“Where we quantify the effect, it is almost close to a complete offset on the epigenome of the air pollution,” said Jia Zhong from Harvard School of Public Health, who led the study.

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Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study says GLOBAL warming shrank certain animals in the ancient past, and scientists worry it could happen again.

Warm-blooded animals got smaller at least twice in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide levels soared and temperatures spiked as part of a natural warming, a new study says.

University of New Hampshire researcher Abigail D’Ambrosia warned that mammals—but not people—could shrivel in the future under even faster man-made warming.

“It’s something we need to keep an eye out for,” said D’Ambrosia, who led the new work. “The question is how fast are we going to see these changes.”

Three different species shrank noticeably about 54 million years ago when the planet suddenly heated up. One of them—an early, compact horse—got 14 percent smaller, going from about 17 pounds (7.7 kilograms) to 14.6 pounds (6.6 kilograms), according to an analysis of fossil teeth in Wednesday’s journal Science Advances.

Another creature that contracted was a lemur-like animal that’s the earliest known primate. It shrank about 4 percent; while it may not seem like much, it’s noticeable because studies of the animal over millions of years showed it was usually getting bigger over time, D’Ambrosia said.

Previous studies have documented a similar shrinking of mammals, including another early horse ancestor, during an earlier warming about 56 million years ago.

Scientists and farmers have also long

tracked animals, such as cows, that shrink and give less milk during hotter stretches.

This latest work shows heating and shrinking are connected over millions of years.

“These results are very significant because they provide another independent test of whether climate drives changes in body size in mammals,” said Jonathan Bloch, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, who wasn’t part of the study. “If we start to see patterns repeat themselves, we can learn from that. And what we learn from these lessons will certainly be important as we think about the possible response of plants and animals to future climate change.”

Both D’Ambrosia’s study and that of the earlier warming are based on fossils recovered from the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. D’Ambrosia said it’s unlikely that the shrinking only happened there.

In hotter climates, mammals and other warm-blooded animals need to shed heat so they shrink. Smaller animals have more skin—or fur— per pound than bigger animals so more heat can escape, making them better adapted for warmer climate.

Larger animals do better in the cold because they have less skin per pound and keep their heat.

The bigger natural warming—56 million years ago—saw temperatures rise 9 degrees (5.8 degrees Celsius) or more probably from giant belches of methane from dead plants and animals that had accumulated on the sea floor, said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer. (PHYS.org)

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The U.S. has won gold in six of the past eight world championships and has medalled in every Olympics, including gold in 1998.

U.S. women’s hockey team threatens to not play in world championships MEMBERS of the U.S. women’s national hockey team said Wednesday that they will not participate in the IIHF World Championship beginning on March 31 in Plymouth, Michigan, unless significant progress is made to secure what players consider fair wages and support from USA Hockey.

USA Hockey responded later Wednesday saying that the organisation has increased its financial commitment to the players but will only support them, not employ them. The reigning world champions were set to arrive at training camp on March 21. Players said they believe meaningful progress was not being made in the negotiations and, as a result, informed USA Hockey on Wednesday that unless that happens,

they will not report to Michigan.

“We are asking for a living wage and for USA Hockey to fully support its programs for women and girls and stop treating us like an afterthought,” said captain Meghan Duggan. “We have represented our country with dignity and deserve to be treated with fairness and respect.”

“We acknowledge the players’ concerns and have proactively increased our level of direct support to the Women’s National Team as we prepare for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games,” said Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, in a statement. “We have communicated that increased level of support to the players’ representatives and look forward to continuing our discussions.”

Shashank Manohar was previously President of the BCCI in 2008-2011 and again in 2015.

Man City knocked out of Champions League in thriller

Man City knocked out of Champions League in thriller MANCHESTER City are out of the Champions League after Monaco struck late to seal a thrilling awaygoals victory, which ended 6-6 on aggregate.

The English side were 13 minutes from a place in the quarter-finals after clawing themselves back into a second leg their hosts had dominated, but slack marking from a set-piece allowed Tiemoue Bakayoko to head home the decisive goal.

Having won the competition twice in his time at Barcelona, this is the first time in manager

Pep Guardiola’s career that he has gone out at this stage. Monaco lost 5-3 in an extraordinary first leg in Manchester but dominated the first half at the Stade Louis II and opened the scoring through the excellent Kylian Mbappe’s poked finish from close range.

The Ligue 1 side, who had scored 123 goals so far this season, deservedly doubled their advantage on the night, punishing City’s sluggish start through Fabinho’s crisp strike.

City failed to muster any sort of

shot in the opening 45 minutes and it took until the 65th minute for Sergio Aguero to call goalkeeper Danijel Subasic into a sharp save.

They forced their way into the game - and back into the aggregate lead - as Leroy Sane swept in when Subasic parried Raheem Sterling’s low strike, but their defence could not hold out.

Monaco join the Foxes, holders Real Madrid, last year’s runners-up Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in Friday’s draw. (BBC)

The decision to strip Durban of the 2022 games came on Monday after the Buckingham Palace launch of the baton relay for the 2018 Gold Coast Games in Australia.

COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Manohar steps down as ICC independent chairman A joint bid for 2022 would be considered SHASHANK Manohar, the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has stepped down after eight months in the role.

The 59-year-old was elected as the body’s first independent chairman on a two-year term in May last year.

Manohar, a two-time president of the Board of Control for Cricket in

India (BCCI), said the decision was because of personal reasons.

“I hope the ICC achieves greater heights in future,” the Indian added.

The ICC confirmed it had received Manohar’s resignation on Wednesday, adding that it would “assess the situation” before making any further announcements.

A BID from UK cities to jointly host the 2022 Commonwealth Games would be considered by Games chiefs.

Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Manchester have expressed interest in staging the Games in place of Durban.

Durban was due to be the first African city to host the games but was stripped of the right on Monday.

Commonwealth Games Federation

chief David Grevemberg said officials were looking to make a decision quickly and would consider a joint bid.

“We are interested in looking at different delivery models and part of our strategic plan is to look at more affordable and appealing structures for hosting major events,” said Grevemberg.

“There is a possibility in the future that we could look at combined events

but at this point in time we are trying to ensure we deliver the best possible Games in the best possible city.

“Right now we are not speculating on any specific candidates over another.

“We really need to look over the context, time available, infrastructure, what is the resourcing base and ensure that we are able to have a good fit and a good partner.” (BBC)

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McIlroy slammed Muirfield last year when it was removed as an Open venue after choosing to maintain the ban.

Nadal and Federer first met in the third round of the 2004 Miami Masters.

Federer powers past Nadal, Kyrgios beats Djokovic Roger Federer played superbly to claim a third straight win over Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career and reach the last eight in Indian Wells.

The Swiss, 35, won 6-2 6-3 to follow up his Australian Open final victory over the Spaniard two months ago, when Federer won his 18th Grand Slam title.

He will next face Australia’s Nick Kyrgios, who upset world number two Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-6 (7-3).

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the first player into the women’s semis.

The eighth seed saw off fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-2 and next meets Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova or Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, seeded seventh.

AGGRESSIVE FEDERER CRUSHES NADAL In the pair’s 36th meeting - and first before the quarter-finals of a tournament since their initial meeting in Miami 13 years ago -

Federer notched his 13th victory and third in a row.

Nadal, 30, had built his success against Federer over the years on attacking the Swiss player’s backhand, but Federer turned his weaker wing into a weapon in the Australian Open final, and if anything was even more aggressive in Indian Wells.

The Swiss crunched six backhand winners to none from Nadal as he played a flawless opening set, taking it in a little over half an hour.

Nadal might have hoped to profit from a surface markedly slower than that in Melbourne but it did nothing to curb Federer’s aggressive intent.

Another early break in the second set had Federer within sight of the finish line and he raced through with four breaks of serve to none to win in 68 minutes. “I did very well today, I’m so pleased I’m able to step into the court and play super aggressive,” said Federer. “Coming over the backhand has been part of that.”

DJOKOVIC HELPLESS AGAINST KYRGIOS SERVE Kyrgios, 21, gave further evidence that he is now a force to be reckoned with as he blunted the Djokovic return game with another magnificent serving performance.

Djokovic was on a 19-match winning streak in the Californian desert, and bidding for a fourth consecutive title, but Kyrgios took their personal head-to-head to 2-0 as he repeated his victory in their first meeting in Acapulco 12 days ago.

Just as he had in Mexico earlier this month, Kyrgios gave the Serb nothing to work with as he powered through without facing a break point in nearly two hours.

The Australian grabbed the only service break of the match in the opening game, which proved enough to take the first set, and clinched the second after racing into a 3-0 tiebreak lead. (BBC)

Sharapova targeting 2020 Tokyo Olympics, agent says MARIA Sharapova’s 15-month suspension for failing a drug test is likely to extend her career all the way to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, according to the Russian’s longtime agent Max Eisenbud.

The five-time major winner rocked the tennis world a year ago when she announced she had tested positive for meldonium, an over-the-counter heart medication commonly used in the countries formerly comprising the Soviet

Union.

Sharapova said she hadn’t realised the drug -- which she had taken for more than a decade for various health issues -- had been put on the 2016 prohibited list.

She is scheduled to return to the women’s tour on April 26 at an event in Stuttgart, Germany after organisers gave her a wildcard.

“BODY WAS IN BAD SHAPE” The former world No. 1 had been

struggling with multiple injuries a year ago, said Eisenbud. “Her body was in bad shape. The first six months, her body needed rest.”

Sharapova overcame a potentially career-ending injury in 2008, undergoing surgery for a torn rotator cuff in her shoulder which kept her off the tour for nine months.

But now, Eisenbud added, Sharapova is fully healthy. The way he put it, the extended break has given her a “third career.” (CNN)

Rory McIlroy says women ban was ‘obscene’ RORY McIlroy has continued his criticism of Muirfield despite the club voting to admit women members for the first time this week.

McIlroy slammed Muirfield last year when it was removed as an Open venue after choosing to maintain the ban.

“I still think that it got to this stage is horrendous,” said McIlroy.

“We’ll go back and play the Open because they’ll let women members in, but every time I go I won’t have a great taste in my mouth.”

Members at the privately owned golf club voted 80.2% in favour of updating its membership policy on Tuesday.

“I mean, in this day and age,

where you’ve got women that are leaders of certain industries and women that are heads of state and not be able to join a golf course - I mean, it’s obscene.

“It’s ridiculous. So they sort of saw sense.”

On the nearly 20% who voted to maintain the ban, McIlroy said: “It’s horrendous. I mean, I just don’t get it.

“So anyway, we’ll go back there for the Open Championship at some point and I won’t be having many cups of tea with the members afterwards.”

Masters champion Danny Willett described Tuesday’s vote as a “great thing”. (BBC)

Guardiola beats Louis van Gaal’s European 100-game record MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola has eclipsed Louis van Gaal as thea MANCHESTER City boss Pep Guardiola has eclipsed Louis van Gaal as the most successful manager in European club football after 100 games.

The ex-Barcelona boss lost his 100th match on Wednesday in the Champions League last-16 second leg with Monaco.

But his European record stands at 61 wins, 23 draws and 16 defeats.

That puts him marginally ahead of former Manchester United boss Van Gaal, who also won 61 of his first 100 games in Europe, but drew 22 and lost 17.

City won the first leg of their last16 tie 5-3, but were beaten 3-1 in Monaco and went out of the competition on away goals.

Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, now in charge of Championship leaders Newcastle, has dropped from second to third on the list. He won 60, drew 22 and lost 18 of his first 100 games in European

competition.

Sir Alex Ferguson, who won the Champions League twice with Manchester United, is 12th (W49; D32; L19), while current United boss Jose Mourinho is ninth (W54; D25; L21).

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger sits 27th on the list after winning 42 of his first 100 games in Europe, drawing 29 and losing 29. (BBC) most successful manager in European club football after 100 games.

City won the first leg of their last-16 tie 5-3, but were beaten 3-1 in Monaco and went out of the competition on away goals.

Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, now in charge of Championship leaders Newcastle, has dropped from second to third on the list. He won 60, drew 22 and lost 18 of his first 100 games in European competition.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger sits 27th on the list after winning 42 of his first 100 games in Europe, drawing 29 and losing 29. (BBC)

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Ken Reyes finished third in the 800M event last Saturday.

Reyes breaks national 800M record KEN Reyes shaved almost two seconds from his national 800M record when he competed in the Digicel Grand Prix finals last Saturday at the National Stadium in Jamaica.

The Jamaica College student ran 1.53.77s, to eclipse the 1.55.43s he ran at Jamaica’s Champs last March.

The 17-year-old said that although it was a great run (which earned him a bronze

medal), he could have gone faster.

“It feels great to run that fast, but I personally feel like I could have gone faster, but I made a bad decision by trying to pass my opponent from the inner lane where he blocked me in and killed my momentum. I had to start over again and build up speed to catch 3rd place.”

Reyes is confident of going faster in the coming weeks.

Chairperson of the DWF Mrs Rita Gardiner presents a cheque, while Delano Williams (third from left) looks on.

Delano Williams’s Foundation makes donations to schools and TCAAA THE Delano Williams’s Foundation made a sizable donation to TCI athletics this week. The foundation which has teamed up with Nike over the last four years to assist athletes in these islands, contribute $20,000 worth of equipment and gear to the TCAAA as the association prepares

to send a team to the CARIFTA Games over the Easter Weekend.

The foundation also supported the Clement Howell High School and the HJ Robinson High School with training equipment and the Grand Turk Racers Club with a small cash donation.

The presentations were made by Chairperson of the DWF Mrs Rita Gardiner and Delano himself, who travelled for the National High School Track and Field championships from his home in Jamaica.

Mrs Gardiner said that she was honoured to make the presentations.

PABA All-Star Weekend tips off Friday night Raymond Burey scored a hat-trick for Academy last Saturday.

TURKS HEAD CUP:

Cheshire Hall joins Full Physic, Academy and Small World in semis CHESHIRE Hall narrowly defeated Beaches under lights 2-1 on Tuesday night to book the final spot in the Turks Head Cup semi-finals, which is slated for April 8th.

Full Physic, who have played well over the last few weeks will be CH’s opponents in the feature clash in next month’s final four, while the AFC Academy will meet Small World United.

The Academy, who opened the season slowly, registered another big win 9-1 against Teachers last

Saturday in the opening day of the knockout competition.

Raymond Burey netted a hat-trick, while Patrick Alouidor and Modochee Inelus added two each for the winners.

Markenly Pierre scored the consolation goal for the losing side.

In the other clash Full Physic defeated the Sharks 4-1 with Fred Dorvil leading the charge with two goals. The Sharks looked better in the second period and managed to pull a goal back 1-3, but Jean Bernard sealed the win for Full Physic.

THE much anticipated Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) 2017 All-Star Weekend will tip off on Friday evening with both high school students and the best senior players in the TCI competing.

The event, which has not taken place in two years, will start with the three point shooting competition, the dunk competition and skills challenge on the opening night.

One of this season’s best shooters Clifton Jean said he is ready for the event. The Stallions’ shooter said he expects challenge from several current players including the Flyers’ Anthony Cash and the Knights Andujar Gardiner.

On Saturday night, the teams take to the floor. High school players from Wesley Methodist, BWIC and TCIPS will challenge players from Maranatha and the Clement Howell High School A & B teams.

Information from the PABA

Clifton Jean is one of the favourites for the three point title.

indicates that the senior East All Star lineup will include: the Stallions: Jean, Eventz Dubios and Kino Williams; the Hustlerz’ Tori Jackson, Alvin Parker and Adrian Walkin; the Spartans’ Devon Williams, Emanio Williams and Lordly Lubin; and the Kings’ Ralph Victor, Keno Lewis and Fedlor Semora.

The West will include: Cash, Saundro Germain and Danny Missick from the Flyers; Gardiner and Melvin Elsie Jr. and Don from the Knights; John Meises, Darly Francois and Carlon Bassett from the Predators and Darado Fulford, Corelle Kelly and Dudley Lightbourne from the Sonics.

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CARLISLE SUPPLIES SPRING TAG RUGBY LEAGUE:

Unbeaten Nuff Said record sixth consecutive win THE Le Bouchon Nuff Said are now favourites for the Carlisle Supplies Spring Tag Rugby League title. Last Thursday they recorded their sixth win (18 points) in as many games, due mostly to the fire power from female players Cara Buddle and Cesca Pierce. The pair scored a hattrick of tries (nine points each) in the 27-20 win against Coast Red Mist, at the Meridian Field.

Megan Harper led Red Mist, who played solid rugby, with six points, from two tries. While Luis Turbyfield at home for holiday from St. Mary’s College in the USA scored one.

The Meridian Marauders and the BCB Wahoos, who were both defeated by Nuff Said are just a game behind on 15 points.

In the opening encounter Paul McKenzie powered the defending champions, the Wahoos, to a 20-13 points win over the Alexandra Resort Tipsy Turtles. McKenzie scored five tries (five points).

In the second game Augustine Modeste scored six tries (12 points), but it was not enough as his

Best-of-the-Best and Champions battled to a 0-0 draw in the opener.

North Caicos 5-a-side football competition opens with draw Devano Pierre scored five tries for the Unicorns of Doom.

Pampered Paws Reef Rovers lost to the Unicorn Bookstore, Unicorns of Doom 29-21.

Devano Pierre, in his first game for Unicorns, led the attack with five tries (five points). Six players each from both sides were on the score-sheet.

The Marauders got past the BCQS Jolly Ranchers 11-5 in a close clash.

A. Wildish led Meridian with two tries (six points), Buddle is the leading points

scorer in the league with 36 points from 12 tries, while Peirce sits in third position with 33 points from 11 tries. Augustine has scored the most tries so far this season. Since he is awarded two points per try, his 17 tries places him in second with 34 points.

McKenzie from the Wahoos is right behind him at 16 tries, but he is in 11th position on the table, since he only scores one point per try.

A goalless draw between the Bestof-the-Best and Champions opened the inaugural North Caicos Five-ASide Men’s Football competition at the RGHS Field last Sunday.

The four-team, 50-minute per game, competition was not without thrills and both teams had chances with the former guilty of missing a penalty.

The competition, a first of its kind in the island, was organised by Karmeta Burke, who spearheaded the historic North and Middle Caicos Youth 8-a-side competition last April.

This league, which also includes

the Physic Strikers and Tiger Warriors (the teams slated to battle this Sunday from 17:30h), will run for 10 weeks.

Burke said that the competition was important to the development of North Caicos football. “This is a great initiative for the young men of North Caicos to display their talents, it not only provides an avenue for recreational, but also a chance for eligible males to represent their island or even their country at the national level.”

Burke added that financial support in the form of league sponsorship would be welcomed.

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Williams confident of a medal at IAAF World Relays TCI’s first Olympian Delano Williams, who was this week selected to represent the Great Britain team at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas, is confident that he can help his side to a medal in the 4X400M race.

The TCI 100M and 200M record holder, who has become a household name in British track and field, was selected along with Theo Campbell, Jarryd

Sanadia Forbes jumped 1.63M at this week’s school championships.

Dunn, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney and Rabah Yousif for the April tournament.

“I am happy and proud to be a part of Team GB for the 2nd Edition of the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas.

I think I have sync my name in the 4x400m relay for the team because I always run well,” Williams told the Weekly News.

The 23-year-old, who is in Providenciales this week for the National High School Track and

Delano Williams has become a regular member of the Great Britain relay team.

Field Championships, said that he was impressed with the side that was selected.

“I am just looking for a good

The Clement Howell High School won the 2017 championships. (Photos Gertrude Saunders-Forbes)

showing and I know that we will medal, because we are sending a strong team out there.”

Williams was a member of last

year’s GB 4X400M Olympic team which looked set for a medal before they were disqualified.

HJ Robinson students collect their second place trophy.

NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Forbes breaks 34-year-old TCI high jump record

SEASONED athlete Sanadia Forbes broke a 34-year-old TCI high jump record when she competed at this week’s National High School Track and Field Championships at the

National Stadium in Providenciales.

The three-day meet was won by Clement Howell High School, with HJ Robinson finishing second and Raymond Gardiner third.

The 18-year-old BWIC sixth form student jumped 1.63M to eclipse the 1983 record of Mary Lightbourne, now Mary Kemp.

“I did not know for sure that I

broke the national record, but I am happy and proud that I did so.”

Forbes, who did not train for the event, had jumped 1.50M last year at the school championships.

On Monday she cleared all her jumps. She started at 1.30M and progressed to the new record.

Forbes also has a record in the 100M hurdles and the heptathlon.

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