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MP ANGRY OVER VOTE COUNT ‘SHORTFALL’ Hon. Jamell Robinson has claimed that 82 of his votes were missed at the general election on February 19 and his total count should have been 3,500 - the second highest of all the electees. PAGE  5

TWO MIGRANT BOATS INTERCEPTED, 380 DETAINED Others escape after a third boat makes landfall on South Caicos VACCINATION EFFORTS PUT TCI ‘NEAR THE VERY TOP’ OF GLOBAL LEAGUE TABLES PAGE  4

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SYRIAN MAN SMUGGLED INTO THE TCI IMMIGRATION MINISTER DEFENDS STAFF ACTIONS

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Vaccination efforts put TCI ‘near the very top’ of global league tables But immunisation drive is losing momentum, says governor

BY OLIVIA ROSE Governor Nigel Dakin has said the territory’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is losing momentum as fewer people are being vaccinated compared to previous weeks.

His remarks came just weeks after the TCI received a third batch of vaccines from the UK - 14,040 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and 300 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

In an Instagram post on Monday, April 12, Dakin said although the territory’s vaccination efforts are laudable, momentum is dwindling.

“We remain a global leader.

Forty-three percent of our adult population (that puts us ahead of the US if behind the UK) are vaccinated, while 35 percent are fully vaccinated, which puts us way ahead of them both and near the very top of global league tables.

“But, Team TCI we are losing momentum, less are being vaccinated this week than in previous weeks.

“We have supply, we have distribution right, we have the doctors and nurses to do this - but demand is falling.”

Governor Dakin stressed that it is critical for residents to internalise that Covid-19 is not going away, but the vaccination programme

Governor Nigel Dakin said if vaccines have to be thrown away he is not in a good place to ask for more (Nigel Dakin/Instagram)

will stop when demand ceases.

He further explained that current stocks will expire on June 30, and if the TCI is forced to discard unused vaccines, the territory might not be able to receive a new batch anytime soon.

“First doses will need to therefore be administered by early June. If we throw away vaccine on July 1, I’m not in a good place to ask for more.

“Come on TCI - we have an open goal in front of us to score an extraordinary success that will make our territory an amazingly safe home and destination, allow our residents to travel easily and our economy to turbo charge.”

The governor called on residents

Deputy Governor Anya Williams encourages those that have not been vaccinated to consider doing so (Screenshot/YouTube)

to dismiss myths and rumours and urged them to seek out factual information about the vaccine.

“Let’s not lose the chance on superstition, misinformation, social media ‘fake news’ or worst of all timidity, let’s get this done, TCI Strong.”

Deputy Governor Anya Williams in YouTube video on Friday, April 9, said about 14,300 people have received their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, while more than 10,000 people have been fully vaccinated to date.

She added: “On March 24, 2021, the TCI marked the first anniversary of the first case of Covid-19 here…. To date we’ve recorded 2,300 positive cases and

have sadly lost 17 lives.”

Williams said it has been a challenging year for both the Government and healthcare professionals who have worked tirelessly to keep residents safe and healthy.

She added: “This is, of course, a major achievement, but for us there’s still much more work to do.

“The pandemic is far from over, and for us we’ve lost one too many lives and we intend to do our best to keep people on these Islands safe and healthy.”

The deputy governor encouraged those that have not yet been vaccinated to consult their physicians, and friends or family members that have already taken

the vaccine..

“We ask that you continue to pay attention to the advice issued by the Ministry of Health, continue to follow the health and safety protocols and you continue to work to keep yourselves and your family safe.”

She continued: “We in the TCI will continue to do our best to keep you safe and healthy, but you must join with us in this fight and you must be responsible for making wise decisions regarding your healthcare.”

Governor Nigel Dakin, Deputy Governor Anya Williams and former premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson were among the first to receive the vaccine.

The TCI Government accepted the offer from the United Kingdom for doses of the vaccine in November 2020, shortly before the UK received regulatory approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

The TCI, along with the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, were the only British overseas territories in the Caribbean to receive this initial batch of vaccines from the UK. This was attributed to the territories having the required infrastructure to maintain the vaccine which (requires cooling to -70 C) and distribute it effectively.

Legal aid granted for second corruption trial No decision yet if and when a new trial will be held

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All of the corruption accused will continue to receive legal aid, in the event of a new trial led by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT).

This is according to reliable sources, who revealed to the Weekly News this week that the money will keep flowing for about another 18 months.

On Monday, April 12, Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang met in chambers (not in open court) with the defence team to iron out legal aid issues.

The assurance of payment comes even before a decision on whether a new trial will be held.

Last month the chief justice had indicated to defence counsels that some of the new legal aid rules will apply to them.

New Legal Aid Rules 2021 were made by the Chief Justice under Section 16 of the Supreme Court Ordinance earlier this year, and came into force on February 8.

The Weekly News has so far been unable to ascertain which of those rules will apply to the lawyers of the corruption accused.

Over the past two weeks, the court’s attention has been engaged in two preliminary matters - a constitution motion alleging breaches of rights of the seven accused, and a defence application for abuse of process.

In the latter application, lawyers argued the point that their clients’ rights to a fair hearing in a reasonable time have been severely breached in the five-year long trial.

They bemoaned the burdens placed on their clients during the arduous process, saying failures in the management of the case led to the length of the trial.

Those failures, the defence lawyers claim, can be evenly shared: from the late Judge Paul Harrison, to the Crown, to the judiciary, and even to themselves in some respects.

Both hearings have since been completed, and now the issues are with the chief justice for her to consider the arguments from the defence and the prosecution.

Her decision on the motion and the application will determine whether there will be a new trial.

As at time of press, there was no confirmation as to when those crucial decisions will be issued by the chief justice.

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MP calls out Elections Department for not correcting vote count

BY DELANA ISLES Hon. Jamell Robinson has claimed that 82 of his votes were missed at the general election on February 19 and his total count should have been 3,500 - the second highest of all the electees.

The new count would put him well ahead of both the Deputy Premier, Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Josephine Connolly.

The two received 3,478 and 3,464 votes, respectively, at the February 19 polls, while Premier Hon. Charles Washington Misick was the front runner with 3,594.

The PNP all island elected member said the Elections Department is aware of the miscalculation and claimed it is now “ducking the issue”.

Robinson posted a statement on the matter after several online commentators alleged over the weekend that he was blackballed for the position of deputy premier through deliberate miscalculation of his votes.

One wrote: “Our premier and others seem to be very scared of

what Robinson brings to the table,” adding, “This man’s family will leave no rock unturned to deal with this.”

In the statement posted to his Facebook page on Monday, April 12, Hon. Robinson outlined his position.

“In regard to my overall vote count being incorrectly reported, I can confirm that this is indeed the case as my correct total was 3,500 votes,” he wrote.

“Specifically, in the Bight District the total shortfall was 82 votes because the three polling station returns were not added up correctly.”

He said the issue was flagged with the Elections Department in sufficient time to make an immediate correction. “…or at the very least to have it addressed in the elections report which is required by Section 57 (5) a) of the Election Ordinance.

“Institutions of good governance must carry out their functions with integrity or be made to do so.”

Robinson said that as a member of the voting public, he believes this is an issue relevant to all Turks

and Caicos Islanders.

“Mistakes do happen, but we have to be willing to do the right thing, learn from them, and adjust for the future,” he added.

“This is not a challenge with the PNP and as I made clear on the campaign trail, the PNP is ready for the work that needs to be done and I am honoured to serve as part of the governing party that will lead us through these unprecedented times.”

Hon. Robinson continues to stand behind his statements, telling the Weekly News on Wednesday, April 14, that the Elections Department appears to be “ducking the issue”.

Asked what information the office is giving him, Hon. Robinson said: “In their mind there is no issue because they are saying I didn’t petition in time.”

However, he said the Electoral District 6 (ED6) returning officer raised the issue with Supervisor of Elections, Lister Dudley Lewis, on Saturday, February 20 - one day after the general election.

“And they sat on the information until I discovered the irregularity

Hon. Jamell Robinson, PNP elected member, at large (Progressive National Party)

by accident and raised it with him on Tuesday, February 23.

“He investigated the issue and confirmed my findings on Wednesday, February 24. Since that time to now they have been

ducking the issue.”

Efforts by the Weekly News this week to reach the Supervisor of Elections, Lister Dudley Lewis, to confirm these allegations were unsuccessful up to press time.

Gunmen captured on video during failed robbery Two masked men armed with guns were captured on security video fleeing from a grocery store in Grand Turk on Sunday, April 11, after they failed in their attempt to rob it.

At about 5.27pm, the Police Control Room received a call alerting officers to an attempted robbery at the shop in North Back Salina.

Police were dispatched to the scene where they discovered that two men had tried to enter the shop but security personnel closed an emergency entrance door in time.

The suspects fled the scene and no shots were fired.

A day earlier, two masked men dressed in black robbed a grocery store on Bay Road in Blue Hills, Providenciales.

According to the police press

office, the men entered the store and demanded money from the cashier and patrons, before escaping with cash in a black Nissan Teana car.

Officers were dispatched and gave chase along Leeward Highway onto a dirt road near the Thomas Stubbs roundabout where three people exited the vehicle and ran into nearby bushes.

No shots were fired during the robbery or the chase. Police took the car for processing.

Officers of the Criminal Investigation Department are investigating the robbery. No arrests had been made at time of press.

Anyone with information into either incident, no matter how small, can contact police on 911 or the Crimestoppers confidential hotline on 1-800-8477.

Security footage shows two gunmen fleeing the scene (Royal TCI Police Force)

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Four visitors charged with forging negative Covid-19 test results Two sets of Bahamian visitors have been charged with forging negative Covid-19 test results which they used as documentation when they attempted to leave the territory.

The first pair, who were scheduled to travel to the Bahamas on Thursday, April 8, presented the forged documents to officials at Providenciales International Airport that day.

On Monday, April 12, the 54-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man were arrested and charged with the offence of uttering forged documents.

They appeared in Providenciales Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, April 14, and are expected to attend a sufficiency hearing on June 5.

In a second incident, two women, aged 36 and 39, also presented what appeared to be forged negative PCR test results to officials at Providenciales International Airport.

Both women were arrested and subsequently charged with the offence of uttering forged documents on Tuesday, April 13.

They are scheduled to appear in Providenciales Magistrate’s Court on Friday, April 16, to answer to the charge. The

women were scheduled to travel to the Bahamas.

In a press release on Wednesday, Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting congratulated his colleagues at Providenciales International Airport for their vigilance.

“Secondly, the visiting and local community need to understand that it is a serious offence if you decide to make false or fraudulent representations, and there are severe consequences for violating the emergency measures.”

The police chief said that given the widespread technology available, and as long as travel restrictions are in place, this behaviour is inevitable.

“However, we will remain vigilant, and if you are caught, please know that you will be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

“We are tasked with the protection of people and property, and we will continue to do so while protecting the reputation of this country.”

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is actively investigating two cases.

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A ‘THORN IN OUR SIDE’ Member of Parliament for Wheeland, Hon. Kyle Knowles, has assured that environmental issues stemming from the solid waste landfill will not go unaddressed.

He described the dump site during his speech in the House of Assembly on March 30 as a “thorn in our side” and promised to do everything required to correct “this long-awaited contentious situation”.

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Five more cases of UK variant discovered in TCI Half of the latest batch of Covid-19 samples sent away for testing have been identified as positive for the B.1.1.7. variant of Covid-19, also known as the UK variant.

On Monday, April 12, the Ministry of Health received the results of genomic sequencing which was conducted through the Caribbean Public Health Agency on samples from the TCI. They were selected by the National Public Health Laboratory from positive samples identified through PCR testing locally.

The agency undertook sequencing in order to identify whether any of the variants identified internationally were in circulation in the TCI. Of the 10 samples that were sent for analysis, five cases of the B.1.1.7. variant were identified. All of those with the variant have completed quarantine and recovered.

The first case of the UK variant was confirmed in the TCI on February 27, when one case of the B.1.1.7. variant was identified

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from four samples sent for testing.

The variant was first detected in the UK and was first sequenced in the UK in September 2020. It includes a mutation in the spike protein.

Changes in this part of the spike protein may result in the virus becoming more infectious and spreading more easily between people.

The ministry said the results were “not unexpected” due to the borders opening to international and regional travel and the spike in confirmed cases at the end of 2020 into early 2021.

“This evidence of Covid-19 variants being detected locally does highlight the need for all TCI residents to remain vigilant in protecting themselves and one another through the use of face coverings, social distancing and getting vaccinated.”

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which is being rolled out in the TCI to residents, has been shown to be effective against this variant.

Talk, talk and more talk.

The solutions are known - but will take money. So back to talk, talk and more talk.

Stranglehold of bureaucracy

Signs of this subterfuge can be seen throughout the Government.

Hon. Knowles is doing a brilliant job by taking on this issue. He will find that this is really a matter of a constitutional nature.

To add to the treachery, all previous governments did budgets and provided for waste management, but the civil servants had the final say. Sheer madness to say the least.

Hon. Knowles serving under a premier with the experience and wisdom of the Hon. Washington Misick may learn that this is time to use the mandate of 14 to one, to change the rules, change the constitution, amend the tendering laws, and effect real change.

Where they succeed, we all do.

The issue is not the dump but the stranglehold of bureaucracy that prevents the TCI to be run as a real country, or a democracy where the voice of the people must prevail.

Waste to energy

We heard during last year’s campaign the Hon. Member for Wheeland and West Caicos speak of progressively managing the dumpsite.

Waste to energy was said to be an option that would be explored.

Is this new Government looking for innovative technology, or was all that election rhetoric about the dumpsite just garbage?

Mini ministers

It is brilliant and excellent that incumbent MP for Blue Hills, the Hon. Kyle Knowles is taking a stand against the environmental fallout from the Blue Hills land fill site.

He declares, without wavering, that it will “not go unaddressed”.

All can be in agreement with the honourable member that this is a thorn in our side for so many reasons.

The country will realise that the previous minister responsible the Hon. Delroy Williams, took similar public stances on the issue.

We can also be sure that the minister responsible under the previous administration of the Hon. Rufus Ewing took similar

wide, absolute and powerful stands.

Yet alas, ministers do not run the TCI. Not since the interim regime of 2009 thru 2012 and onwards.

Civil servants were empowered and weaponised to be mini ministers in and of their own right.

It’s alleged that many tenders were sent out for the dumps in Provo and Grand Turk but that officials unilaterally vetoed the decision.

Many tenders were published, completed and went to the boards for consideration but were routinely sent back for this or that while the dumps burned and the Islands were being destroyed.

No one, it seems, got the memo, that the interim regime ended in 2012.

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Two migrant boats intercepted, 380 detained Others escape after a third boat makes landfall on South Caicos After a 190 mile journey over the Caribbean Sea from Haiti, two wooden sloops overcrowded with men and women were intercepted in TCI waters on Wednesday, April 14.

The Coastal Radar Station detected the two boats at 5.20am and 7.13am near West Harbour Bluff, allowing the Royal TCI Police Force’s marine officers to quickly intercept them.

Both boats were towed to South Dock Port, Providenciales, where the 380 migrants were met by police officers, Ministry of Health staff, customs and immigration officers.

The first blue and red 44 foot boat held 176 people – 132 men and 44 women, while the second blue and red 44 foot boat held 204 people – 152 men and 52 women.

All of the boats’ passengers were detained at the Detention Centre and at time of press repatriation was set to begin shortly. Police searched the boats but found nothing of interest.

Minister of Immigration Hon. Arlington Musgrove issued a warning to people smugglers in a statement later that day.

“To the masterminds, we will catch and prosecute you as the

borders of the Turks and Caicos Islands are closed to illegal migration and related activities.

“So please do not waste your money attempting to enter these islands illegally. You will be sent back.”

The minister thanked everyone who assisted in the successful apprehension of the two boats, which he said was a “testament to our teamwork”.

He gave special thanks to the coastal radar staff for their early detection, the rapid response of the marine police officers, the Enforcement Unit, and personnel from the Ministry of Health.

In a police press release that day, Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting said the protection of the TCI border remains a high priority for the police force and its partners.

“I wish to acknowledge the professional work of my Marine Branch team, who successfully and safely intercepted the vessels and brought them and the persons on board to safety,” he said.

“These are challenging operations in a dangerous environment, and no matter the reason for those persons being on the sloops, their safety is paramount in our consideration.”

Bullets hit car and home in Grand Turk shooting Thankfully no one was injured when bullets penetrated the window of a family home and an occupied car during a shooting in Grand Turk on Sunday, April 12.

At about 10.42pm, the Police Control Room received a call from a resident who said they had heard gunshots along Green Bar Street in Overback.

Officers were dispatched and on arrival at the scene they saw that bullets had passed through the window of a home that was occupied by a family.

They also found that

gunshots had entered a silver Nissan Teana car which had three occupants, according to a police press release.

The Serious Crimes Unit is investigating the shooting. No arrests had been made at time of press.

Just a day earlier, two gunmen had tried to rob a grocery store in North Back Salina – but were unsuccessful.

Anyone with information or was in the vicinity where this shooting took place can call 911 or Crimestoppers confidentially on 1-800-8477

One of the overcrowded Haitian boats which was detained on Wednesday (Royal TCI Police Force)

Just two days earlier on Monday, April 12, an illegal Haitian boat made landfall at a beach close to the Sailrock Resort on South Caicos. It was found abandoned.

A press release from the Ministry of Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services said the number of people who were onboard has not been determined.

Searches of the island by police officers, immigration officers, the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources and the Environmental Health Department are ongoing.

Officers are also monitoring both the sea and airport.

In the press release, Musgrove said maritime smuggling operations are dangerous and too frequently end in tragedy and death at sea.

“There are many different reasons that migrants attempt such unsafe voyages at sea, but none of them are worth the risk of life.

“The landing on South Caicos is a further indication of the abuse of our borders by persons and this is something that we will not entertain.”

It is an offence to harbour or

assist illegal migrants and anyone found guilty may be fined up to $20,000 or face four years in prison or both according to the Immigration Ordinance 2018.

Anyone with information on the South Caicos landing or any other migration or people smuggling issues can call 911 or Crimestoppers on 1-800-84477.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously in English, French or Spanish to www.crimestoppers. tc or on Facebook as a fan of ‘Crime Stoppers Turks & Caicos’.

Crimestoppers tips are received in the USA.

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Syrian man smuggled into the TCI Immigration minister defends staff actions

A Syrian man, who arrived in the TCI on a migrant boat from Haiti in January, has been taken to safe accommodation after being detained for nearly three months.

Moin Alhashash has applied for asylum and has been granted six months stay in the TCI while he waits for a decision.

Hon. Arlington Musgrove, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services, released a statement this week providing details of the man’s detainment.

In the April 7 press release he said he wanted to “set the record straight” after The Sun newspaper published an article, describing the TCI as a hub for people smuggling.

It also alleges that other Syrians have made it through the territory on their way to the USA, but “the contents of the story are somewhat misleading”, said Musgrove.

The minister explained that on January 8 at about 8.23am, marine police officers discovered a boat in the Northwest Point area of Providenciales, with just one person on board.

The boat, which entered TCI waters illegally, had previously contained 25 people - three women and 22 men of which Moin Alhashash was one.

The minister did not make it clear when Alhashash was found.

But said he was interviewed in Creole, a language he knew after spending 14 months in Haiti, through an interpreter.

“It was never Mr Moin’s intention to remain in the TCI, as his plan was to go to the United

Hon. Arlington Musgrove said he wanted to “set the record straight” over detainment of Syrian man (Progressive National Party)

States (Miami, FL), having paid the captain of the Haitian sloop $4,000,” Musgrove said.

Alhashash was arrested and charged by members of the Enforcement Unit under the Immigration Ordinance for the offence of unlawful entry to which he pled guilty.

After three months in detention, the matter was heard before Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang on March 22.

Alhashash was sentenced

to time already served and the recommendation for deportation was suspended for six months.

Subsequent to the hearing and having been advised of the outcome by the deputy director of prosecutions, the immigration authorities began to secure alternative accommodation for Alhashash.

Application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus (an act of parliament which ensures that no one can be imprisoned unlawfully)

in respect of Alhashash was scheduled for the Supreme Court on March 30.

However, Alhashash had been safely relocated by 2pm the same day. His release made the proposed issuance of the writ “nugatory and of no effect”, Musgrove said.

minister said.

“It must be noted contrary to assertions made, that the immigration authorities take seriously any matter of detention and fully understand the constitutional implications of prolonged or any detention.”

DEFENDING THE DEPARTMENT The immigration minister said the contents of the published newspaper story “are somewhat misleading in certain respect” and paint a distorted picture of his department and staff.

He claimed it contains “flagrant allegations of abuse of statutory power” which is “regrettable”.

“The immigration authorities are not infallible and have made some mistakes, but endeavour as much as possible to keep their processes and operations within the four corners of the law,” Musgrove wrote.

He explained that the department has begun to review its processes in the Detention Centre, which it will continue to do every six months.

This will take place with the assistance of senior managers, legal advisers and independent and experienced personnel.

“There is ongoing training in key problem areas and post mortem reports and reviews,” he added.

Out of these reviews, there were recommendations for improvement and bridging of gaps in both immigration legislation and policy development.

Those recommendations have begun to be implemented, the

TRAFFICKED SRI LANKANS Musgrove also mentioned the case of a human smuggler attempting to traffic 28 Sri Lankan men through the TCI to the USA in October 2019 when they were captured and detained.

Since then one was charged and deported to the USA, and six left the territory for the USA in May to assist with a people smuggling investigation.

After 10 months in detention, on August 28, 2020, all of the remaining men were released and granted exceptional leave to remain in the territory.

Five returned home to Sri Lanka last week, while 16 remain in the TCI awaiting outcome of asylum appeals, Director of Immigration Derek Been told the Weekly News on Wednesday.

Musgrove said this matter should not be used as a “yardstick to measure the competence of the Immigration Department to adequately manage the entry of unlawful immigrants, their detention and eventual removal from the TCI”.

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Judge Carlos Simons takes the bench once again

BY DELANA ISLES Queen’s Counsel, Carlos Simons has once again been appointed a judge to the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands. His appointment took effect from April 1, 2021.

Same as his first appointment in February last year, this will be a temporary assignment and he will serve on the bench for one year.

His appointment in 2020, made him the first indigenous Turks and Caicos Islander to become a judge in the Islands.

At the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission, Simons was sworn in last week

by Governor Nigel Dakin for the second time.

Commenting on the appointment in a press statement this week, the governor expressed that Simons’ judgeship could at some point in the near future become a permanent one.

“My hope is that as a more permanent position emerges his experience in the role will allow him to compete with the best in the region, in an interview process run by the Judicial Services

Commission.”

This, the governor said, will consolidate the steps forward that are being taken in the wider justice sector under the guidance of Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang.

Judge Simons brings to the post a wealth of experience and knowledge, having led his law firm’s - Miller Simons O’Sullivan - civil and commercial division for many years.

He was admitted to the TCI Bar in January 1984, appointed as Queen’s Counsel in January 2002 and as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 2002.

Carlos Simons QC with Governor Nigel Dakin during his first appointment in 2020 (Office of the Premier)

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CABINET MEETING SUMMARY The uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine, compliance with spread prevention measures and regulations for official funerals were all discussed at the seventh meeting of Cabinet this year.

Governor Nigel Dakin chaired the meeting on Wednesday, April 7, at the Office of the Premier in Providenciales. All members were present.

According to a Governor’s Office summary sent to press on Tuesday, April

13, at this meeting Cabinet: -Was given an update by the Ministry of Health on the measures being taken to address and mitigate against the threat of the coronavirus to the territory, including: a) Surveillance testing through the use of lateral flow devices and PCR. b) The progression of the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine(s). c) Staffing plans for both the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre in Providenciales and

The resumption of prison visits, drones for police, enhancing radar coverage, and a new primary school in Providenciales were discussed at the sixth meeting of Cabinet this year.

Governor Nigel Dakin chaired the meeting on Wednesday, March 31, at the Office of the Premier in Providenciales. All members were present.

According to a Governor’s Office summary sent to press on Monday, April 12, at this meeting Cabinet: -Was given an update by the Ministry of Health on the measures being taken to address and mitigate against the threat of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to the country, including: a) Surveillance testing through the use of lateral flow devices and PCR. b) Hospital bed capacity. c) The instillation of the temporary oxygen generator at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre as well as the permanent installations at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and Cockburn Town Medical Centre. d) The progression of the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine(s). e) Overall compliance by businesses and people with the current Covid-19 measures and protocols.

- Approved an extension of the existing Covid-19 measures and protocols along with new measures, which will be in effect until 5am on Wednesday, June 30, unless otherwise stated.

EXISTING MEASURES: a) Curfew on all islands from 11pm to 5am. b) All businesses on all islands to be closed by 10pm to 5am. c) Bars and restaurants to be limited to 30 percent of normal capacity both indoors and outdoors for sit down only. No congregating at bar and restaurant counters allowed.

NEW MEASURES: a) Pleasure craft to be limited to 50 percent of normal capacity. Vessels with a capacity of 10 people or less to be limited to a maximum of six people. Temperature to be taken and logbooks kept. b) Religious events (including weddings and funerals) to be limited to 30 percent of normal capacity when indoors and up to 50 people when outdoors, c) Subject to 100 percent of the staff on duty being fully vaccinated against Covid-19, restaurants and bars will be allowed to increase their occupancy to 60 percent of their normal capacity. d) Subject to the operators of the vehicles being fully vaccinated, taxis and community cabs can increase the number of passengers allowed during a single trip to the greater of three persons or 50 percent of the normal carrying capacity of the vehicle. e) Social gatherings and social activities to be limited to a maximum of 30 people.

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and complex” and presented its own peculiar challenges, which necessitated the assistance of specially trained investigators.

the Cockburn Town Medical Centre in Grand Turk. d) Overall compliance by businesses and people with the current Covid-19 measures and protocols.

-Approved amendments to the Turks and Caicos Islands and Environmental Health (Covid-19 (Control Measures) Regulations to make provisions for official funerals, allowing a maximum of 50 people plus 20 government officials - not including

- Approved amendments to the Public and Environmental Health (Testing of Covid-19) Regulations to allow Approved Tourist Testing Centres (ATTCs) with a qualified health practitioner on staff to test workers within the hospitality sector through the use of lateral flow devices.

- Approved via round robin an extension of the Pandemic Regulations (No. 2) as set out in Legal Notices 86 and 115 of 2020 until June 30.

- Approved the resumption of prison visits, subject to both prisoner and visitor(s) being fully vaccinated.

- Received updates on the implementation of the Alternative Sentencing Ordinance and crossdepartmental work to implement a Community Service Plan.

- Received an update on the TCI Assured pre-travel authorisation portal. Cabinet discussed current practices, breaches of the rules, and ways to improve the inbound passenger experience.

- In line with the process under the provisions of the Public Procurement Ordinance, approved the Procurement Board’s recommendations on the award of the following contracts: a) PN 005584, TR 20/15, road – North Caicos (resubmission) b) PN 005549, TR 20/51, furniture and equipment for governor’s residence c) PN 005550, TR 20/29, police boats d) PN 005551, SSP, drones for police e) PN 005551, TR 20/79, vehicles for drones f) PN 005552, TR 20/12, purchase of furniture for police buildings g) PN 005553, TR 20/13, police vehicles h) PN 005560 / NFF, TR 20/36, Radar Station – enhancing radar coverage, Providenciales i) PN005561, TR 20/46, consultancy for a geotechnical survey of South Dock, Providenciales j) PN 005567, TR 20/31, furniture and equipment for schools - phase two k) PN 005566, TR 20/53, construction of new primary school in Providenciales – phase two l) PN 005579, TR 20/56, backup generators for all government essential facilities: i. Lot 7 – RO Plant, Salt Cay ii. Lot 8 – RO Plant, Cockburn Harbour, South Caicos iii. Lot 9 – Detention Centre, Five Cays, Providenciales iv. Lot 10 – Bottle Creek Clinic, Bottle Creek, North Caicos v. Lot 11 – Sandy Point Community Centre, Sandy Point, North Caicos vi. Lot 12 – HJ Robinson Auditorium, Grand Turk vii. Lot 13 – Iris Stubbs Primary School, South Caicos viii. Lot 14 – Green Door Shelter, North Ridge, Grand Turk m) PN 005582, TR 20/20, vehicles for Government n) PN 005590, TR 20/80, consultancy framework agreement i. Structural designs and assessments:

“The immediate repatriation of the Sri Lankans was inhibited by the Covid-19 pandemic and eventual closure of jurisdictional borders,” the minister added.

Despite this, there have been

lessons learned and indicators for improvement in certain areas and efforts are already on stream address these issues, Musgrove continued.

“Our standard operating procedures and rules have been set

the police officers participating in the funeral - for outdoor funerals (only).

-Were updated on ongoing works by the Ministries of Immigration, Infrastructure, Health, Tourism, Education, Finance, and the Office of the Premier.

-Approved the appointment of Stuart Taylor as interim managing director of Gaming Control Commission for a period of up to four months with effect from April 12.

ii. MEP designs and assessments iii. Quantity surveying services iv. Architectural designs and services v. Environmental impact assessment services vi. Project management and site supervision services vii. Land and geodetic survey services viii. Soil analysis services o) PN 005591, TR 20/68, redevelopment of Five Cays Community Centre, Providenciales p) PN 005485, TR 20/57 furniture and equipment for Minister of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services, sports equipment, Providenciales q) PN 005485, TR 20/50, furniture and equipment for Wellness Centre, Grand Turk r) PN 005603, TR 20/40, Leeward Park Phase II s) PN 005604, TR 20/55, refurbishment of National Stadium t) PN 005605, TR 20/54, installation of lights for the Parade Ground, Grand Turk u) PN 005610, TR 20/59, Grand Turk Sports complex and shelter v) TCIAA – 03/2020, TR 20/43, motor vehicles for the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority, Providenciales w) TCIPA 07/18, TR 20/64, South Caicos Port rehabilitation x) TCIPA 05/20, TR 20/38, North Caicos Port infrastructure development – construction of port office and welcome centre for Bellefield Landing, North Caicos - Approved the reallocation of funds from the Provo Rehabilitation Appraisal Works (TCIPA 08/19) Project for the construction of a port office and welcome centre at Bellefield Landing (TCIPA 05/50) and South Caicos Port Rehabilitation (TCIPA 07/18) projects.

- Approved the appointments of chair Alvin Hegner and deputy chair Walter T Gardiner Jr as members to the board of directors of the Invest Turks and Caicos Islands Agency for a period of three years with effect from April 1.

- Approved the reallocation of funds within the Recurring Budget for FY 2020-2021 and the reorganisation of funds from within the Airport Authority Capital Budget for FY 2020-2021.

- Approved the renewal of a lease for the premier’s official residence in Grand Turk for a period of four years and a separate lease for the premier’s official residence in Providenciales for a period of four years.

- Approved via round robin approval a revised provisional warrant resolution in respect of FY 2021-2022 revision in the estimates to reflect the Government’s planned ministerial changes which took effect on April 1.

- Were updated on the work of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force in tackling serious crime.

- Noted the sterling work by the Ministry of Finance in completing the end of financial year work, in particular work to ensure the prompt issuing of the stimulus payments.

against best world practices and probably mirrors that of the UK. “However, we recognise that these procedures require continuous review and oversight and we have already secured

assistance to review and update our existing procedures.”

He explained that the department has the full-time assistance of the staff of the Attorney General’s Chambers.

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Sometimes the grass is not greener on the other side Sometimes we make decisions because the grass appears to be greener on the other side.

Of course, there are many cases where the grass is greener. And I am also cognizant of the fact that some people make decisions not because the grass is greener, it is because the situation they are currently in is really out of hand and they need to get out and move ahead in life.

This article therefore is about people who make decisions because they think the grass is greener on the other side.

Don’t be too hasty or too emotional when making a decision to leave your country, your job or a relationship.

Don’t leave because you see others did it. You should know what your goals are and make the decision to exit based on your personal goals.

Many Caribbean nationals leave their country to migrate to other countries.

However, some individuals are better off remaining in their country.

While you may earn more money, the cost

BY DREXWELL SEYMOUR

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may outweigh the benefits. Furthermore, your freedom to express yourself will be limited and you are basically considered a stranger or foreigner.

In addition, you may leave your close family and friends behind and you will feel alone in another country.

While I encourage people to take a break from their home country for exposure and experience, don’t ever think the grass is greener.

Before you migrate, take a vacation and

spend some weeks in that country to see if you think this is where you want to live.

Many people leave jobs for a myriad of reasons but one of the main reasons people leave is due to higher pay.

However, the higher pay may come with a lot of responsibilities. You may have to work so many hours. You may also have a lot of taxes to pay. The environment may be a toxic environment.

The management style may be awful.

The thing that you are running away from,

you may also be running to it on the next job.

Before you move to another job, do a lot of research on the company including enquiring with employees. While a higher salary is a great thing, you must also be happy on your job.

I’d rather have a lower salary and be happy than to have a higher salary and be angry and upset about going to work daily.

Some people have been blessed to get out of a relationship and meet others. However, there are some who thought the grass was greener. They were looking at the outward appearance of individuals.

Many people want more, and they feel in order to do so, they must get out of the current situation. Sometimes, this is not necessarily true.

Examine your current situation and try to enhance it and improve it. Water your grass on a daily basis. You see the other green grass you are looking at it may be just artificial green grass.

Economic vulnerability, impact of global change and urgent need for integration The aura of the region radiates out of a sense of self - a core identity projected out of every policy.

But we always knew that the Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME) could not work, because of the varied economic performance of small independent states, dependent territories and mainland entities.

They each have recognisable strengths and weaknesses in their economic endeavours and regarding their per capita, seemingly, it is the dependent territories that are doing well.

The reality is, within the global sphere, competition is not among equals, it is influenced by giant firms, backed by the governments in developed countries that are setting the rules to their own advantages.

Meanwhile, we in the region are competing among ourselves.

The expansion of the coverage of the World Trade Organization (WTO) treaty to trade services, international investments

BY D MARKIE SPRING D Markie Spring, a TCI resident of 15 years, is an expert in law enforcement. He worked as a detective in the Royal TCI Police Force and was director of security at Beaches Turks and Caicos.

flows and freedom of movement for capital, intellectual property, and the disintegration of non-reciprocal preferences for developing countries, but not for labour, are striking illustrations of this reality.

Hence, no Caribbean nation – all the islands in the Caribbean Sea, in addition to the four mainland entities and countries with close historical and cultural affinity to the islands – which also coincides closely with the membership of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the United Nations Economic

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Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, is capable of competing alone on the global stage.

The financial moguls of the G20 Summit meet yearly to discuss international issues and among them is trade. This simply suggests that the rest of the world, including the TCI and the other Caribbean nations, must play by their rules.

The leaders of the G20 envisage economic benefits from forming trade alliances, effected through the obligations of the WTO treaty, the construction of hemispheric trading areas and the conditionalities of multilateral and bilateral funding agencies in their lending programmes within their regions; be it North American Free Trade Agreement, the EU or the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The challenge here is not whether the region should participate in globalisation, the question is, what approach should be taken.

Hence, the TCI and rest of the region

should adopt an ‘active’ approach toward globalisation, which emphasises that acting as single states will never match the bargaining power of the G20 in external negotiations and the selective development of competitive competencies in the economy.

Regionalism within the TCI context suggests a steady rise in real wages and living standards for its population, and more generally, to participate in the global economy on terms consistent with equitable development and good governance.

However, to achieve such massive feat, the region must undertake a ‘passive’ approach the policy package of across-the-board trade and financial liberalisation, deregulation and factor markets, privatisation and the downsizing of the state.

What is most concerning for the TCI, is the intensifying global competition in tourism, as the relative cost of air travel continues to fall, along with other risk factors, such as environmental degradation, tourist harassment and adverse media publicity with overreaching impact from the US and the European markets.

Relative to trade, competition and tourism, the TCI and the region must act together to confront the world, and considering the Caribbean basin as a strategic trade line for US, we must flex our muscles.

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Illegal immigration, a real threat without real solutions PART TWO Dear Editor, Continued from last week.

It’s sad to say, but given the declining rate of our indigenous population and the construction boom over the years, the country cannot continue to thrive and survive without foreign workers.

The reality is, our country does not have a sufficient labour force to meet the construction demands and the growing need for workers in the service industry.

The question is, at what point are we willing to accept this reality?

I also believe there is a broader appetite by the public for the Government to make some necessary amendments to our current immigration policies.

It’s evident, the British government, which is ultimately responsible for our external security, is only spoon feeding us when we cry out.

In my opinion, the road we are currently on is putting us in a very precarious position which will be difficult to rebound from.

With that being said, I would like to present to the Government the below two options to ponder.

The first option: Let’s put the pressure on the British government to station a coastguard ship in our waters on a semi-permanent basis to help deal with illegal immigration.

With our limited marine resources, why are we processing hundreds of illegal migrants on our shores? Our system was not designed to house and support such levels of immigration.

The cost of repatriation is draining our already strapped fiscal budget, which in turn creates other shortfalls.

The second option: Consider passing an amnesty bill with a path

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to citizenship for those without criminal records who can prove they have entered the country prior to XYZ date.

For eligibility, such persons would have to provide some form of legal documentation, work history, passport and credible references.

Obviously, this will need to be a well thought out process and will require some kind of ‘think tank’ committee to get it started.

It will also need to include our census bureau embarking on a countrywide effort for a more accurate headcount.

By doing this, it could accomplish a number of things. For one, it will decrease what I would characterise as the ‘slave labour pool’ in our country and also allow those who were once illegal to pay into our national insurance and national health insurance system rather than draining it at our own expense.

The bottom line is, we can’t continue to operate the same way and expect different results.

As we have seen over the years, even though many of these voyages could be very treacherous, these migrants are undeterred by the seemingly odds of dying to get here.

Therefore, it is futile to just sit back, complain and think it will magically go away. Because, at the end of the day, they have been here, living and working among us for years undetected.

Something unprecedented has to be done. Illegal immigration is a matter that should concern all of us.

Now whether or not we choose to confront the problem, put a Band-Aid on it or just look the other way, it’s definitely something we need to tackle head on.

Ed Forbes, Grand Turk

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Inside the Courts

Murder suspect stands trial for killing of resort employee

Murder accused Jumillo Isma appeared in court this week, charged with the murder of Godly Petiote.

Isma appeared before Judge Shiraz Aziz in the Grand Turk Supreme Court on Monday, April 12, for jury selection.

That initial hearing was live streamed on the Judiciary of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Facebook page. This is the first time a trial has been live streamed in TCI history.

Isma has since pleaded not guilty to the capital offence, and currently a 12-member jury is considering the testimonies of Crown witnesses.

These witness testimonies are not being livestreamed, however. This, the judiciary said, is to safeguard the integrity of the process.

Isma’s murder trial is the first jury trial to be held in a year since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

The man who was 21 at the time of arrest on March 14, 2020, is charged with shooting 21-yearold Godly Petiote multiple times on Cherokee Road, Providenciales.

Isma is also charged with carrying a firearm, carrying ammunition, discharging a firearm, and discharging ammunition.

The defendant is represented by defence attorney Lara Maroof-Misick of James Law Firm.

The event occurred at about 10am on March 11, 2020, as Petiote was walking along International Drive, off Cherokee Road in Providenciales.

He was on his way to work at Beach Enclave.

Police quickly responded to reports of several gunshots from people in the vicinity, and arrived on the scene to find the bullet riddled body of the victim.

Petiote was quickly rushed to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre where he succumbed to his injuries.

Haitian man remanded for sexual assault Michelson Fleurino, a resident of Dock Yard, Kewtown, Providenciales will remain in prison to await a new trial after being charged with sexually assaulting a female.

Fleurino is already serving a prison term for illegally entering the Turks and Caicos Islands.

He appeared before Magistrate Oreika SelverGardiner on Wednesday, April 14, on the new charge.

The allegation, according to police information, is that sometime on February 23, 2021, the accused intentionally sexually assaulted a female (age unknown).

A report was made shortly after the alleged crime and Fleurino was later charged and remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk.

No date for his next appearance on the sexual assault charge had been issued at time of press.

with Delana Isles

Man, 29, remanded on rape charge Following intense investigations by police, Omarr Lenteen, 29, was arrested and charged with the 2020 rape of a woman.

The victim - a resident of Wheeland, Providenciales - first reported the incident in October 2020, to police. The accused was arrested on March 23 and charged.

The Grand Turk court registrar Carlo Mason has indicated to the Weekly News that Lenteen has not yet appeared before the Supreme Cour, but has been remanded to prison until May 7.

A police source told the Weekly News the accused is the son of a police officer.

Remand for accused who flouted bail conditions Twenty-four-year old Evenx Pierre has been locked up in Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk, after failing to adhere to court-imposed conditions.

The man appeared before Judge Tanya LobbanJackson on April 1, and was remanded to prison after it was determined that he failed to comply with his bail conditions.

Pierre was first arrested on August 9, 2020, around 12.46am during a stop and search operation in Five Cays.

Officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force pulled over a champagne Chevrolet Trax, with three occupants on board.

During the search, Pierre was found to have in his possession an illegal firearm, with one round of ammunition.

Pierre was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and ammunition, and later charged with the offences. His trial is set for November this year.

Breached bail lands released convict back at HMP Last week, police hauled Derrick Missick before the court to have his bail revoked.

Missick appeared before Judge Shiraz Aziz on April 7, on allegations that he breached his bail conditions.

The 30-year old man is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on another inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison.

This offence took place on August 15, 2020, during which time Missick and several other inmates of HMP are alleged to have brutally beaten inmate Evano Roberts. The injuries sustained by the victim landed him in the hospital.

Missick was charged with the offence and released on bail with conditions, as he had just completed a prison sentence he was serving at the time of the assault on Roberts.

That sentence was for a firearm related conviction.

In court last week, police told the judge that Missick was not complying with the bail conditions and should be returned to prison to await trial.

The judge agreed and Missick was remanded.

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Environmental group to research new coral disease treatments TCI environmentalists who have been at the forefront of the fight against a coral killing disease, are joining forces with medical experts to conduct research into new treatments.

Turks and Caicos Reef Fund (TCRF) is teaming up with USAbased Ocean Alchemists to test a new, non-antibiotic treatment for the stony coral tissue loss disease.

The company previously developed the special ointment base for the amoxicillin which has proven extremely affective at wiping out infection and allowing coral to recover.

However, the new treatment option uses a proprietary formulation of naturally occurring products which is impregnated into hemp rope and then applied around the edge of a lesion.

“None of us want to use antibiotics in the marine environment,” fund executive director Alizée Zimmermann said in a press release on April 6, “but the alternative would result in the loss of many decades to hundreds of years old coral colonies on the reefs that protect our islands from storm surge and wave action.

“So we are excited to be involved in conducting research on potential alternative therapies that don’t involve antibiotics.”

Within the next month TCRF will be comparing the effectiveness of this new treatment option to the current standard of care, the

TCRF chairman Don Stark applying treatment to diseased coral (David Gallardo)

amoxicillin ointment.

TCRF began trials of the antibiotic treatment in the summer of 2020 and on February 15 this year completed and filed its final report of those treatment trials with DECR. The treatment trials were conducted at six locations around the TCI – three on the reefs of Providenciales, two on those of Grand Turk and one on the reefs of Salt Cay. With up to eight months of monitoring on 122 assessed colonies there was a 93 percent success rate.

Most of the control colonies that were not treated died within a few days or weeks, some of them continue to display slow disease

progression.

Species specific efficacy ranged from 50 percent to 100 percent with most species seeing more than 67 percent efficacy.

To this date no untoward effects have been observed – fish occasionally nibble on the ointment during treatment, but seemed to ignore it after the first nibble.

“We are very excited to see such a high efficacy rate for our treatment programme,” Zimmermann said.

“Our results are consistent to slightly better than seen in other parts of the Caribbean where this treatment is being used.”

On January 13, the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources granted TCRF a research

Surveyors observe important migratory shorebirds A team of conservationists observed very high numbers of important migratory shorebird species when they surveyed wetlands, salinas and ponds on Grand Turk and Salt Cay. The sightings included hundreds of short-billed dowitchers, lesser yellowlegs and ruddy turnstones, terrestrial ecologist B Naqqi Manco told the Weekly News on April 6.

“These migratory species use the salinas and ponds for winter feeding or migration pitstops, and many of the salinas they need remain unprotected and threatened by development.

“By counting numbers of shorebirds and logging them into the eBird app, we’re able to make long-term comparisons over time to determine what areas most require protection.”

The TCI survey was supported by the Spring National Audubon Society Shorebird Surveys which is part of a larger partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection

of Birds.

It took place on the weekend beginning March 26 at habitats which provide resting and feeding points for wintering and travelling migratory shorebird.

Manco, acting Assistant Director of Research and Development at the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), said his team was supported during the survey.

Surveyors included members of the Turks and Caicos National Trust, and colleagues from the wider TCI conservation community.

The gathered data will contribute to the collaborative Darwin Plus funded project Restoring and Safeguarding Wetlands of the Caribbean UKOTs. The project seeks to protect and restore wetlands, while providing public education about the valuable ecosystem services they provide.

TCI National Trust executive director Winema Sanders-Penn said: “The development of restoration and conservation actions

that have identified environmentally significant wetland sites has provided the opportunity to engage our communities and promote the cultivation of eco-tourism.

“Furthermore, we are educating the public about the importance of safeguarding our natural treasures and appreciation of the diverse bird life in the TCI.” Shorebirds are considered important indicator species, especially for the long-term effects of climate change as changes in sea level rise and weather affect their habitats.

They are also popular with birdwatchers and species can be logged using the eBird app.

DECR Director Lormeka Williams said: “We are blessed in TCI to have this incredible free resource for birdwatching opportunities in the historic salinas and ponds of the Turks Islands.

“Once an economic powerhouse of salt production, they now offer a focal point for the lucrative birding guide industry.”

permit to continue treatment of large colonies.

They will be tagged with special tags instructing any divers observing these colonies to take photos of the colony and send them to TCRF at sctld@tcreef.org The goal with the expanded treatment effort is to target and save old, reproductive colonies of the most susceptible species to preserve the reef’s genetic diversity and ability to repopulate.

Stony coral tissue loss disease is a highly deadly, fast moving disease that affects about 30 species of hard corals on the reefs of the TCI. First observed on the reefs of South Caicos and West Caicos in early 2019, the disease spread quickly to reefs off NW Point, Grace Bay. It continues to spread eastward past Pine Cay, recently being observed on the reefs off North, Middle and East Caicos.

A paper from the School for Field Studies in South Caicos published on February 1, reported an approximate 60 percent reduction in live coral coverage

since the disease outbreak.

Scientists in Florida have been dealing with this disease since 2014 and through extensive research identified the antibiotic, amoxicillin, mixed with a specially developed, proprietary ointment base was the most effective option for stopping the progression of this disease.

The antibiotic paste is pressed into the coral tissue at the edge of a disease lesion.

The ointment base expands in sea water to fill the ridges and valleys of the coral skeleton slowly releasing the antibiotic into the coral tissue and minimising the amount of antibiotic leaching into sea water.

In 2020 TCRF were granted a permit by the TCI Government to test this treatment to determine its effectiveness on TCI reefs and to watch for any untoward effects on the marine environment.

Founded in 2010, the TCRF is the only active environmental advocacy organisation in the TCI. Anyone wishing to donate can visit www.tcreef.org

Atlantic hurricane season to be above average Researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) released their predictions for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season last week, saying it is likely to be “above average”.

On Thursday, April 8, they forecast 17 named storms and eight hurricanes, of which four are expected to be major - category three or higher with max sustained winds of at least 111mph.

According to CSU’s Dr Philip Klotzbach, the primary reason for the above-average forecast is based on a predicted lack of El Nino and a warmer than normal subtropical Atlantic.

The same day, in a press release the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME) reminded residents that “it only takes one storm to make it an active season”.

“Keep in mind that even a weak tropical storm impacting the Turks and Caicos Islands can cause major impacts, particularly if it moves slowly and rainfall triggers flooding.”

The department encouraged residents to take proactive

steps to ensure that their homes, businesses and families are well prepared for this year’s hurricane season.

“We all have to prepare the same for every season, regardless of how much activity is predicted,” it said.

On March 30, Akierra Missick, Minister of Infrastructure, Housing, Planning and Development, gave an update on the TCI’s hurricane readiness in the House of Assembly.

She said an inspection of shelters is complete and several Government owned hurricane shelters have been refurbished and outfitted with standby generators.

The other Government approved and private shelters require minor repair works, which are being scoped and prepared to be sent through the Public Procurement Process for quotations.

For the latest information about hurricane season follow DDME’s webpage www. gov.tc/ddme or follow the department on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

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The St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival, which has been held for more than 20 years, features jazz concerts, art shows and street parties

The Old Salt Shed, one of the many potential venues for jazz performances.

The Gibraltar International Jazz Festival features local and international jazz musicians, often performing in a “one night only/jazz club” setting

Reaching for the moon I

Musings about jazz and Salt Cay’s future

like jazz. Actually, let me rephrase that, I love jazz. Ever since I was given, aged 15, my first vinyl record of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, I have been hooked to an art form that, to me, represents one of the finest ways humans can be entertained.

So, while my contemporaries were moving away from the disco sounds of the late 1970s to the dance-pop, electro, techno, house, R&B, hiphop, of the 1980s and 1990s, I was firmly stuck in the Jazz Age. Of course, jazz spans a very long time period, from early 20th century ragtime, to the Dixieland bands of the early 1920s, the free jazz of the 1950s and 1960s, right up to jazz rap and punk jazz of the late 20th and early 21st century.

So just for a bit of clarification, while meaning no disrespect to contemporary jazz musicians, mine is the jazz of what I consider to be the truly golden age of jazz, namely from the early 1920s to the late 1940s.

It came as no surprise that, while I barely knew any of the pop musicians of the 1980s, let alone any of their songs, and shunned discos, clubs and other mass gatherings

BY TITUS DE BOER

Titus de Boer was born in Hamburg and spent his formative years in the West Indies.

After a formal education in Germany and subsequent training as a journalist, he moved to the TCI in 1989. Titus’ Salt Cay stories and photographs can be found on www.saltcaynote.com

like the plague, I was fast becoming an insufferable little teenage jazz aficionado, who had no trouble identifying a tune by Duke Ellington, Count Basie or Artie Shaw and could recite and was all too wellversed in the lyrics of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and the Gershwin brothers.

As time went on, jazz became more

than a musical passion to me; it became a philosophy and a movement which, to this very day, I still think had a profound effect on the world of music but more importantly on society in general.

Here’s why.... If you asked me to point out the three great contributions of jazz to humanity, they would be: Firstly, its undeniable contribution to musical diversification, illustrated best by all the musicians and styles that find their origins in razz, from rock and roll to R&B. Somewhere along the way, jazz left its mark.

Secondly, I would point to jazz as being on the forefront of improving race relations in the USA. At a time when the southern United States were still heavily segregated and Jim Crow (laws) ruled supreme, jazz broke through some of the racial barriers, as black and white musicians performed together, united by their love of music.

And finally, I would highlight how ‘democratic’ an art form jazz is. Anyone who’s ever witnessed a jazz ensemble play, will know what I mean; everyone gets their moment in the limelight, be it the bass player, the pianist, or the drummer, they all get their moment to shine.

Okay, here comes the tricky bit, or at

least that’s what I imagine you’re now thinking, dear reader. How on earth do we now make the connection to Salt Cay? Easy! Think Ouagadougou or Gibraltar - think Trinidad and Tobago or indeed St Lucia.

If at this point the coin hasn’t dropped, conduct a quick Google search and you’ll soon discover that they all have one thing in common. You’ve guessed it, internationally-recognised jazz festivals.

Can’t be done on Salt Cay, because we haven’t got the facilities in place?

Think again. The beauty of a jazz performance is, aside from the actual music, its simplicity.

No need for a fancy concert hall, a stadium or an arena - a church yard, beach bar, disused salt shed or parade ground will do the trick.

Add to that the fact that while you can surely attract a good-sized crowd, it’s not like you’re inviting The Rolling Stones or Lady Gaga. In other words, visitor sizes can be kept manageable.

Now close your eyes and envision an enticing publicity campaign, featuring a saxophone-playing dolphin, inviting you to the 2022 Salt Cay Jazz and Culture Festival. Time to start planning!

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TCI Bar Council gets new president and members

BY DELANA ISLES Selvyn Hawkins, attorney with Misick and Stanbrook, is the new president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Bar Council.

Hawkins and several others were elected to the council on Saturday, April 10, during its annual general meeting, which was this year held virtually.

The other appointees are Sarah Knight as vice-president, and Kerchelle Bain, Tremmaine Swann and Desiree Downes as members.

Downes is a Crown officer appointed to the council by Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles.

Each member is appointed for a period of one year, subject to reelection.

The council also appointed Shantae Francis as treasurer and Chalsianna Misick as secretary for the 2021 to 2022 year.

The new council will meet for the first time on Friday, April 16, to set out its agenda for the year ahead.

The newly installed president spoke with the Weekly News on Wednesday evening, April 14, about some of the plans the council will be looking to implement going forward.

Selvyn Hawkins, new president of the TCI Bar Council (Selvyn Hawkins/Facebook)

A significant number of those plans involve training for young attorneys and returning law graduates.

The 33-year-old attorney said

the hope is to provide at least one year of training for young attorneys, particularly Turks and Caicos Islanders, when they finish school and return to the jurisdiction

to lend their skills and education.

Hawkins said ongoing professional development of attorneys is also paramount to the council’s mandate.

“We have a chief justice who is very progressive in what she’s doing in modernising the judiciary.

We endorse that wholly.

“I think the bar should follow suit, so we are going to explore ways in which we can assist our local attorneys with their professional development.”

He said the council is also looking to foster stronger relationships with regional legal bodies, exploring regional opportunities.

This will in turn widen the professional capacity and capabilities of TCI lawyers.

The new president is hoping to work with the chief justice to have more attorneys engaged with pro bono work, and coming up with a system that will allow young attorneys to further develop their skills in this way.

Meanwhile, Hawkins wants to make the council more relevant and more in tune with its purpose.

“We realise that the legal professionals’ bar association was created 24 years ago for the purpose of empowering, increasing

the presence and involvement of Turks and Caicos Islanders in the legal profession.”

However, he said that when those 24 years are examined - and while the association does have a presence - the question as to whether it is actually empowered to do what it has to is an issue.

Hawkins said next year the council will be 25 years old and his hope is to make it more relevant.

“When you think of young persons like myself, I was in primary school when the bar came into existence… and now is the perfect opportunity for us to take a step back and look at whether we have achieved what we aimed to achieve 24 years ago.

“What do we want to look like 20 years from now? What should the profession look like? And what strategies do we need to put in place from now to help us get there?”

Hawkins follows in the footsteps of current Magistrate Oreika Selver-Gardiner (immediate past president), attorneys Jonathan Katan, Bianca Harvey, George Missick, Sarah Knight, Clayton Greene, Richard Savory QC, Conrad Griffiths QC and senior partner at Misick and Stanbrook and doyen of the TCI Bar, Ariel Misick QC OBE.

Police welfare association collects donations for St Vincent

BY DELANA ISLES Humanitarian aid is pouring in from all across the Caribbean region and international countries for St Vincent and the Grenadines, where volcano La Soufrière erupted this past week.

The Royal TCI Police Welfare Association has emerged as the first organisation in the territory to lend a hand to the sister Caribbean islands.

Speaking with the Weekly News on Wednesday, April 14, was Sergeant Latoya Rigby.

On average, Vincentians make up about 40 percent of the Royal TCI Police Force, and Rigby said it is only right that the TCI comes out in a big way for the neighbouring country.

“Officers from St Vincent and the Grenadines are in our police force, and you know we always look out for family.”

She said the local association has contacted the counterpart committee in St Vincent and the Grenadines and they are concerned for their officers who live in the volcano hit area.

“They need things like water

and other supplies… so we decided to lend assistance because when we are down and out they usually come out and they lend assistance to us.

“We have it set up where we can accept cash… once we collect a certain amount of money… we MoneyGram it out to the welfare president in St Vincent, so that they can quickly start to get some of the supplies.”

Cash donations can be made to CIBC First Caribbean Bank, under the Police Welfare Association Committee account - account number 10559526.

Donations can also be made to Scotiabank under the Royal TCI Police Welfare Association account number 001195657.

Donors are asked to indicate ‘SVG FUND’ on the transfer forms when making their donations.

Contributions can also be made via telephone at (649) 232-1215.

Rigby stated that in terms of physical supplies, the group has not yet decided if it will provide those.

“We all know that in Turks and Caicos the cost of shipping things is very high, so we looked at that

and we said the cash and the money we accumulated, maybe it would be easier to send the money than the supplies...at least at this time.”

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS CONTINUING All of the last week, St Vincent residents were told to brace themselves for the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano, and intense evacuation plans were activated.

On Friday, April 9, the volcano erupted. Scientists have since warned that eruptions could continue for days - or even weeks.

Emergency officials described the landscape as a “battle zone” and said more damage and destruction was likely.

On Monday, the volcano fired what experts called a “huge explosion” of ash and hot gas into the air.

More eruptions occurred on Wednesday, rocking the island, and burying it under even thicker layers of ash.

On the northern part of the island, eruptions from the La Soufrière volcano have displaced about 20,000 people, with 4,000 of those living in shelters around the

The eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent sent huge plumes of ash into the air (Wikipedia Commons)

island, government officials said on Wednesday.

The National Emergency Management Organisation for St Vincent and the Grenadines, said on Facebook that “explosions and accompanying ashfall, of similar or larger magnitude, are likely to continue to occur over the next few

days.

In addition to blanketing St Vincent, the plumes of volcanic ash and smoke moving through the atmosphere forced the closure of the island’s airspace and also affected the nearby islands of St Lucia and Barbados with dust clouds.

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Residents seated in the sports complex as they wait to be interviewed (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

Hundreds of people queue up at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex looking for employment opportunities at The Ritz-Carlton job fair (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

Jobseekers turn out in the hundreds for Ritz-Carlton job fair

BY OLIVIA ROSE Hundreds of people descended on Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex in Providenciales on Wednesday, April 14, seeking employment opportunities at The Ritz-Carlton job fair.

From as early as 8am, people started to queue outside the Downtown complex waiting to hand in their resumes and be interviewed on the spot for jobs at the soon to be opened resort.

The 155-room world-class luxury hotel and residences, which is expected to open in June this year, seeks to hire about 150 local people for a wide array of

positions.

These include front desk concierge, bellman, valet, housekeeper, administrative assistant, accounting assistant, sales coordinator, maintenance supervisor, front office supervisor and housekeeping supervisor.

Danitra Clare, director of human resource operations, told the Weekly News that she was pleased with the quality of applicants hoping to land work at the luxury resort.

“We’re very happy and excited to see that Turks Islanders are here in large numbers, which means that we still have persons that are unemployed and that’s exactly

Airport Road bar fined $5k for breaking Covid-19 restrictions Monte Bar on Airport Road, Providenciales, was given a $5,000 ticket on Sunday, April 11, for breaching restrictions which aim to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The citation was given for exceeding the permitted occupancy, according to the police press office.

On January 20, executive members of the Royal TCI Police Force agreed to name any business that fails to follow the Government’s rules to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The decision was made to provide a further deterrent to anyone deciding to breach the public safety regulations.

The Public and Environmental Health (Covid-19) (Control Measures)

Regulations 2020 indicate that businesses must close by 10pm nightly.

The number of customers allowed in a restaurant, bar, night club or discotheque, at any one time, cannot exceed 30 percent of occupancy based on square footage verified by the Public and Environmental Health Department.

And the business must indicate its capacity with a sign posted outside the entrance of the building, having regard to social distancing and maskwearing requirements.

Any person who disregards these regulations commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or a term of imprisonment for three months, or to both.

what we’re after. We are here to help assist with individuals who need employment.

“We’ve still got a lot of positions available. We have a tremendous amount of offers that we’ve made to locals in the community already, so this is just going to help us close off our recruitment.”

She said the resort still had a significant number of positions to fill, particularly in the housekeeping, food and beverage, and front office departments.

“Pool and beach, literally, the whole the whole entire department spectrum we are still recruiting for, I mean, this is really just for our opening.

“We’re really looking at individuals who don’t start when we open. They will look to join us later around the second quarter of our opening.”

She said many applicants appeared very excited and enthusiastic to join The RitzCarlton team, “and that’s just the perfect attitude that we’re looking for”.

Clare said the resort hosted a more structured job fair earlier this year where applicants were invited to apply online. However, the response paled in comparison to this week’s in-person fair.

“I think at this time, the word has gone out that we are recruiting, and we do have open positions and we’re seeing a lot more traction than we did initially.”

She disclosed that the completed interviews will also allow her department to prepare for future openings.

“We are trying to just keep our pool of talent so that when we are required to hire, we have them ready.”

The hotel aims to have all offers made this week to allow time for training - some positions will require two to four weeks of training.

“We have individuals who will

Representatives of The Ritz-Carlton human resources department interview applicants (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

come and assist with that externally from within the group.

“As you know, Marriott International really provides the training, that’s one of our key core values.

“And we really, really want to ensure that our ladies and gentlemen do get the opportunity to learn the key skills that they need before coming into the workplace.”

‘WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE’ Clare said the hotel is looking to foster an environment where workers are respected and properly remunerated for their service.

“I would say that our pay is quite competitive in the market… we want to take care of our people.

We want to take care of our ladies and gentlemen…they work hard.

“Hospitality industry is by no means easy. For years there’s been a stigma around working in hospitality.

“We want individuals to understand that it is a great and fantastic industry…and you can have lucrative and really rewarding careers within this industry.

“We just want to enhance that and ensure that, you know, we bridge that gap and the stigma of people not wanting to work in hospitality.”

General manager of The RitzCarlton hotel John Hazard said he was “absolutely delighted” with the massive turnout.

“It far exceeded our expectations, we are so happy to be part of the community in terms of providing jobs and welfare to local Islanders in particular.”

Hazard said the one-day job fair targeted the local population, who suffered various losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We can see green shoots of recovery and we can see a light at the end of the tunnel. The island is getting busier. The airport is getting busier as the vaccines globally, the percentage increases.

“We are delighted to be a part of the recovery of the local economy.”

The mega 12 storey luxury development which is set to dominate Providenciales’ skyline will feature a club lounge, a casino, a spa, multiple pools and a BLT Steak restaurant.

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‘The vaccines will not make you sterile’ - health minister tells youths

BY OLIVIA ROSE Minister of Health Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders has assured young people that the Covid-19 vaccines being offered in the TCI will not cause infertility.

As the Government continues to vaccinate the local population against the coronavirus some young men and women who are eligible to be vaccinated are taking a pass.

Despite health campaigns and assurances that the vaccines are safe, many people especially youths are still sceptical of their effectiveness and worried about potential side effects.

One major reason for the hesitancy is the worry that the vaccines can cause infertility, according to Saunders.

These fears are often spurred by baseless conspiracies which have inundated social media feeds from the time Covid-19 vaccines were developed.

In a YouTube video on April 7, titled ‘Myths amongst our youth’,

Saunders explained that the Pfizer/ BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine does not cause infertility.

“We talked about the vulnerable… and most times when we talk about the vulnerable we talk about older folks because they may have underlying conditions.

“But I want to talk to a specific group of people I hear saying more often than not that they don’t want to get vaccinated for various reasons.

“It’s about the youths, those youths that say to me, I don’t want to get vaccinated because I want to have children in the future.”

Saunders said it was both male and female young people who believe that the vaccine will make them sterile.

“I want to tell you, that is not true. The vaccines would not make you sterile, the vaccines are actually very safe.”

The health minister explained that scientists around the world who possess a wealth of knowledge and years of experience creating vaccines, have put a lot of time, effort and money into

creating the Covid-19 vaccine as quickly as possible due to the high demand and catastrophic effect the pandemic has had on the world.

“That’s the reason why this vaccine got approved quicker than normal,” he said.

“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States that would normally approve vaccines, they reduced the amount of time to get the approvals because they knew that the world needed this right away.”

He explained that the virus came from animals and mutated to affect humans, “and the only way we can deal with that virus is to come up with a vaccine against it”.

The health minister continued: “There is no conspiracy going on, sometimes these things happen.

About 100 years ago, there was the Spanish flu, today we have Covid-19.

He also dispelled conspiracy theories that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is using the vaccine to “control the world”.

“That is not true, that is certainly

Minister of Health Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders dispels myths about Covid-19 vaccines (Screenshot/YouTube)

not true.”

He stressed that if the virus is left to run rampant, it will cripple the world’s economy for an extended period and lead to a global depression.

Saunders called on youths in the TCI to take the Covid-19 vaccine in an effort to protect themselves and their loved ones.

“We’re counting on the young people. The quicker you get vaccinated, the quicker the world can come out of this.

“Particularly us in Turks and Caicos. We can get our economy open, we can get kids back to school, and we can get you back to work as quickly as possible,” he added.

Saunders said those aged 16 and over can take the vaccine, while those under 16 have to wait until more studies are completed to know if it is suitable for children.

“There have been some tests for adolescents, that’s for people

under 16, but we know for certain it’s safe for people 16 and over to take it.

“The results from tests on adolescents are looking good and we should know in about two to three months whether or not persons under 16 can take it.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) there is currently no evidence that any vaccines, including Covid-19 vaccines, cause fertility problems.

It does not recommend routine pregnancy testing before Covid-19 vaccination.

According to information on the CDC’s website, if you are trying to become pregnant, you do not need to avoid pregnancy after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine.

The CDC said, like all vaccines, scientists are studying Covid-19 vaccines carefully for side effects now and will report findings as they become available.

Fire at dumpsite ‘addressed’, says Environmental Health Department The funeral service for Sergeant Carl Lightbourne who died on March 16 (Royal TCI Police Force)

Police sergeant laid to rest The funeral service for Sergeant Carl Lightbourne, who died in March, after 32 years with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, was held on Friday, March 9.

Friends, family and colleagues attended the full military honour service at the Parade Ground in Grand Turk.

Lightbourne enlisted into the

force on May 2, 1988, at the age of 22 after graduating from the Regional Police Training Centre in Barbados and went on to serve in several roles.

During the last few years of his life, he was a supervisor on the Response and Operation Unit on Division A in Grand Turk.

“Sergeant Lightbourne had

an easy-going personality and conducted himself as a true professional,” a police press release said on March 17.

“He was passionate about music and was one of the founding members of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Combo Band, where he remained a member for many years.”

A fire at the solid waste disposal site in Wheeland, Providenciales, has been “addressed”, according to the Environmental Health Department.

On Wednesday, April 14, at about 6.18am, the site security company and local residents informed the department of a fire. “[The department] wishes to advise the residents of Providenciales, especially those living in the Wheeland and Chalk Sound communities, that the department has addressed the fire at the disposal site,” it said in a press release later that day.

“We wish to assure the public that we are committed to safeguarding public health while also creating an environment that is healthy

and aesthetically pleasing to both residents and visitors to enjoy.”

The department added that the day before, on Tuesday at 6.30pm, the site was covered and there was no presence of fire.

In the House of Assembly on March 30, Member of Parliament for Wheeland, Hon. Kyle Knowles said issues stemming from the solid waste landfill will not go unaddressed.

“I feel rest assured that this caring Government will do everything required to bring a resolve to this long-awaited contentious situation.”

To contact the Environmental Health Department which is responsible for the TCI’s solid waste disposal sites, call 338-2143.

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Immigration officers complete enforcement training Nineteen officers from the Ministry of Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services have completed a ten-day period of intensive operational enforcement training.

The course, which was delivered by the UK’s Home Office in partnership with TCI’s Immigration Taskforce, was held at Graceway Sports Centre from March 22 to 31.

Training included refreshing techniques and tactical skills, first aid, intelligence, searching and seizing, enhanced communication.

Officers took both written tests and operational drills.

Acting Senior Officer Bjorn Griffith, who co-delivered the course, said it was designed to be challenging and a great opportunity for taskforce officers to test their skills under pressure.

“I look forward to continuing to support the development of our Immigration Taskforce and to delivering further training in the future,” he said in a press release on April 7.

Permanent Secretary, Desmond Wilson, visited several training sessions and, in closing the training event, said the course is the latest step in professionalising immigration services.

Trainers demonstrate techniques during the sessions at Graceway Sports Centre (TCI Government)

“I am proud to witness our officers demonstrate their skills to this level,” he said.

He thanked the UK trainers for delivering the course and Senior Officer Griffith for his support.

Minister of Immigration, Hon.

Arlington Musgrove said the Immigration Taskforce officers are out enforcing immigration laws in the TCI’s communities every day.

“It’s critical they keep their skills sharp and they are ready to deal with what they find, be that a

criminal, an immigration offender or a vulnerable person.

“If you are in the Turks and Caicos Islands illegally then you should leave now – if you don’t, our officers will locate you, detain you and repatriate you.”

TCI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING S U M M A R Y The National Security Strategy, Policing Strategic Plan and Counter Illegal Migration Strategy were the main topics of discussion at the latest meeting of the TCI National Security Council.

Governor Nigel Dakin and Premier Hon. Charles Washington Misick co-chaired the meeting on Thursday, April 8, at the Premier’s Office in Providenciales.

In attendance were Deputy Premier Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders, Deputy Governor Anya Williams, Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting, Hon. Arlington Alexander Musgrove, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services, Permanent Secretary of National Security Tito Lightbourne, National Security Threats Lead Swarzuette John and the Immigration Strategy Lead Victoria Farley.

A statement from the Governor’s Office on Tuesday, April 13, said that at this meeting the council were: -Introduced to the National Security Secretariat and briefed on the National Security Strategy (NSS).

The briefing covered the purpose and structure of the NSC and the NSS, its mission and ‘one-government’ initiatives and work streams.

-Briefed on the three-year Policing Strategic Plan. The briefing highlighted the Royal TCI Police Force’s vision, mission and strategic objectives.

The plan includes working with communities, optimising technology and the continuation of investing in officers. It will be made public “in due course”, the statement said.

-Briefed on the Counter Illegal Migration Strategy which outlined cross-law enforcement plans to tackle uncontrolled migration to TCI, including focus on illegal sailings, illegal working, intelligence development, working in communities and the use of technology.

The homegoing service of Peter A Stubbs was well attended by his loved ones, as they reflected on his exceptional life

PTV’s chief executive Peter Stubbs is now at rest

BY DELANA ISLES Chief executive officer of PTV People’s Television was given a grand send off during two memorial services held recently.

For several hours on Saturday, April 10, family and friends gathered in the compound and parking lot of the Stubbs Diamond Plaza in the Bight, Providenciales to memorialise and reflect on the life of Peter

Andrew Stubbs, beloved father, husband, friend and boss.

Prior to Saturday’s homegoing service, on Friday evening a memorial service was held, also at the organisation’s parking lot.

Saturday’s funeral was interspersed with several beautiful tribute videos from Stubbs’ family members, close friends and former employees.

There were also rousing renditions

of song and prayer, and a poignant clip of Stubbs singing his favourite song ‘Old Rugged Cross’.

The sound of Stubbs singing this tune was more than many attendees could handle, leaving several people inconsolable.

Apostle Clayton Harris delivered a stirring sermon, interspersed with his personal recollections of Peter Stubbs, and his own road to salvation in Christ.

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Protest has been common this year in Haiti.

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns, president appoints new PM HAITI’S Prime Minister (Joseph Jouthe) has resigned and a new prime minister has been appointed, President Jovenel Moise announced on Wednesday, saying the change was aimed at tackling insecurity in the country.

“The resignation of the government, which I accepted, will make it possible to address the glaring problem of insecurity and continue discussions with a view to reaching the consensus necessary for the political and institutional stability of our country. Minister Claude Joseph has been appointed PM,” Moise tweeted.

Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is plagued by poverty, insecurity and natural disaster.

Kidnappings for ransom have surged in recent months in Port-

au-Prince and other provinces, reflecting the growing influence of armed gangs in the Caribbean nation.

Anger has been piqued by the abductions on Sunday of 10 people in Croix-des-Bouquets, a town northeast of the capital Port-au-Prince.

France has opened an investigation into the kidnapping and the case has been entrusted to the Central Office for the Fight against Organised Crime (OCLCO), which has jurisdiction over crimes committed against French citizens abroad.

On Monday Haiti’s Catholic Church slammed the government’s failure to act over the unrest, with stinging comments decrying Haiti’s “descent into hell”.

The rise in gang violence and political instability have recently

drawn protesters onto the streets of Port-au-Prince.

A week ago, hundreds of women protesters rallied in the city against the growing power of gangs, which has led to a spike in kidnappings for ransom.

The US has warned of the risk of kidnappings as it reissued advice to citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti.

The unrest comes as the government remains mired in a political stand-off.

Moise maintains that his term of office runs until February 7, 2022, but others claim it ended on February 7, 2021.

The disagreement stems from the fact that Moise was elected in a vote that was cancelled for fraud, and then re-elected a year later. (France24/ AFP)

Deaths in Dominican Republic linked to tainted alcohol More than 25 people have died in the Dominican Republic after drinking adulterated alcohol, according to authorities.

The Ministry of Public Health reported 26 deaths and more than 80 people affected throughout the country. The agency called on the population to not drink illegally produced alcoholic beverages.

The outbreak of methanol poisoning began during the Easter holiday and has affected people in Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Monseñor Nouel, Santiago and Puerto Plata.

Slightly more than half of those sick are men while a third fall in the 20 to 29 years old age group.

Two possible sources have been identified; a homemade adulterated drink known as clerén and the other is a type of frozen cocktail. Clerén is an illegal alcoholic beverage without a health registration that is sold in bulk and consumed by poor people, because of its low cost.

The Ministry of Public Health called on the population to not drink illegally produced alcoholic beverages.

Officials also believe some bottles of recognized alcohol brands in the Dominican Republic have been refilled with product containing methanol.

Investigations are ongoing with the Santo Domingo Oeste prosecutor’s office, police and Ministry of Public Health. Action has included raids in La Guáyiga, seizure of adulterated beverages, identifying possible suspects

responsible for their manufacture and sale, taking samples and sending to laboratories, and requests for arrest warrants to authorities.

Officials have also been to hospitals to check on the health of victims and interview their families.

A number of businesses have been closed and people have already been arrested. In Barahona, a lab and distillery was raided with 20 to 30 55-gallon tanks of product seized.

St Vincent coated in layer of grey as volcano continues to erupt.

St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months THE humanitarian crisis caused by volcanic eruptions on the Caribbean island of St Vincent will last for months, a UN official has warned.

Didier Trebucq said nearby islands including Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda could also be badly affected.

He said the UN was setting up an international funding appeal.

About 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes since La Soufrière volcano began erupting last Friday.

It had not previously erupted since 1979.

Mr Trebucq, the UN co-ordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said clouds of ash and smoke were continuing to pour from the volcano every day.

“We are expecting that continuous explosions and ash fall will continue over the coming weeks in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, but also in neighbouring islands such as Barbados, which has also been severely affected... as well as Saint Lucia and Grenada,” he told reporters.

He described the situation as “a crisis that will require a humanitarian response but also a response in terms of rehabilitation”.

“This is a crisis that is going to last certainly more than six months in the sub-region, in Saint Vincent, and other islands,” he said.

The UN says about 4,000 of those displaced are now living in 87

shelters - many of which lack basic services such as drinking water.

Others have moved in with family or friends and some have taken boats to neighbouring islands.

Mr Trebucq said water provision was the main priority for aid teams, followed by shelter.

“The clean-up of the ashes, finally, is another important priority, in terms of environmental health but also clean-up to make sure that life can come back to normal outside the red zone as soon as possible,” he added.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said that despite the dangers many residents were choosing to stay on the island rather than be evacuated by ship.

“There are some people who want to go to different countries but it is not a large number,” he told a TV programme in Grenada.

“They said they want to stay at home. I have been around several of the camps and that’s the message.”

The volcano had been dormant for decades, but in late 2020 it started rumbling and then began spewing steam and smoke.

The first sign that an eruption was imminent came last Thursday evening, when a lava dome became visible on La Soufrière.

Just before 09:00 on Friday (13:00 GMT), seismologists from the University of the West Indies confirmed that an “explosive eruption” was under way. (BBC)

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Regional News Bermuda goes back into lockdown, premier has COVID BERMUDA went back into lockdown on Tuesday morning for at least seven days after 118 people tested positive over the weekend.

Bermuda’s premier David Burt revealed at a press briefing via Zoom on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID and was isolating, while his family members, who have tested negative, were in quarantine. He said he had no symptoms as he had been vaccinated.

Among the latest cases, 20 were classified as local transmission, five were travellers who arrived on flights from the US, and another 93 were under investigation.

Bermuda has a similar-sized population to Cayman, with approximately 64,000 residents.

The premier said at the briefing that it was clear “the rate of spread is far more advanced than believed and the regulations put in place have not been enough to slow it down. We must act now as continued household mixing is leading to increased transmissions.”

From 5am Tuesday, the government implemented ‘stay at home’ protocols, requiring people to work from home and the closure of all businesses, other than grocery stores, gas stations, banks and pharmacies. As it did in its previous lockdown, Bermuda will be adopting alphabetised days for residents to

Bermuda’s health minister Kim Wilson and Premier David Burt hold a press conference over Zoom, along with a sign language interpreter.

visit supermarkets, similar to the requirements Cayman implemented last year.

Burt said at the briefing, “I know this is not the news many people wanted to hear. What is important is to remember the importance of staying at home and do not mix households.”

He blamed the increase in COVID number among the local population as being due to “reckless conduct” of individuals who had mixed outside their family groups in the weeks before and during the long Easter weekend.

Local media in Bermuda have

reported on a number of private parties, attended by more people than the maximum 25 under the previous regulations, that have been broken up or investigated by police in recent weeks. One such party at a house in Smiths Parish in mid-February has been described by authorities as a “superspreader event”.

As of Sunday, Bermuda had 877 active cases, which accounts for nearly 50% of all cases reported since March last year. Of the current active cases, 36 people were in hospital, with six in intensive care, Bermuda’s health minister Kim

Wilson said, adding that two people with COVID had died over the weekend.

Four people have died in the latest surge of the disease in Bermuda over the past two weeks. A total of 16 have died since March last year.

Bermuda has enough PfizerBioNTech vaccines to meet its aim to inoculate 70% of its population and reach herd immunity by the end of May, Burt said at the briefing. The latest available statistics show that 32% of the population has received both doses of the vaccine.

Wilson said that, as health minister, it was “extremely frustrating to know that Bermuda is in a state of community transmission because some people chose to ignore public health measures such as mask wearing and/or hold or attend parties with large groups of people in contravention with the law”.

She said she was hearing stories of people who were feeling unwell running errands or visiting friends, or going to work with a cough.

“When tested, they’re found to be positive and have already infected people they have come into contact with,” Wilson said.

The UK variant of COVID-19 is the one most commonly found in Bermuda in recent tests, she said.

Cayman’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Lee told the Compass earlier

that the surge in cases in Bermuda is “really worrying”.

“Unfortunately, when case numbers of COVID-19 start to rise, after a couple of weeks that’s when the [hospital] admissions start to increase as well. Some of the new variants of COVID are even more infectious and difficult to contain with the measures we have learned,” he said.

Burt explained on the Zoom video briefing that he had been tested five times over three weeks, and had he and his family had returned negative results on Good Friday, 2 March.

However, he tested positive in the test following that one.

He said the result, even though it came back as a “very low-level positive”, had come as “quite a shock, especially as we had been extra cautious”.

“I am fine,” he said, but added that this was a reminder to “all of us that we cannot be too careful”, and he urged Bermudian residents to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

The premier said the government would be stepping up vaccination efforts during the lockdown period.

“We will use this time to accelerate our vaccination programme to ensure we salvage our peak tourism season and have a regular summer.”

(Modified from the Cayman Compass)

Disney in 75% fleet visit promise to the Bahamas DISNEY promises 75 percent of its fleet will have one stop in The Bahamas when it becomes fully operational.

Kim Prunty, vice president of communications and public affairs at Disney Signature Experiences - speaking at a virtual town hall last week on the company’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its project at Lighthouse Point - said the company contributed $60m a year to our economy when fully operational.

Ms Prunty said: “The Bahamas is as much our home as anywhere. From an economic impact perspective it is estimated their operations lead to more than $60m annually in direct spending in The Bahamas. That’s when we’re operational and when we’re operational, 75 percent of the cruises have at least one stop in The Bahamas.”

Disney has been operating Castaway Cay off the coast of South Abaco for over 20 years.

The town hall last week was to assure members of the public in Eleuthera that the company’s

latest investment at the Lighthouse Point in South Eleuthera, will have minimal environmental impact and that Disney was following all of the environmental guidelines on maintaining proper environmental protocols.

Dr Mark Penning, vice president of animal science and environment at Disney, said: “On the very first conversation we had about Lighthouse Point, we said that we as Disney would not move forward unless we could do so in an environmentally responsible way .

“There are no unique marine habitats or species in the development footprint. There are no coral reefs in the footprint, there are no patch reefs either.”

Disney intends to add a “75 foot buffer space” on either side of the pier it will build off the point. Dr Penning said: “When you think about the extent of the pier itself, that total space will result in around a 10th of an acre of coral that we will mitigate.”

Scott Tiegs, a biology professor at Oakland University in Michigan, challenged Dr Penning’s analysis

Disney promises that 75% of its cruises will have at least one stop in The Bahamas.

that there are no unique animal life and particularly, the EIA’s claim that no bonefish have been sighted at Lighthouse Point.

He said through his own visits to the site over the past 10 years and bringing students to the area he knows that “bonefish are all over the place”. He wondered how could Disney put forward an EIA when this “conspicuous species” featured very prominently at Lighthouse Point.

Another of Disney’s representatives responded saying: “We do have plans in the fall to tag fish to understand exactly how to use

that area.

“One of the biggest concerns from the bonefish trust is the Marina. We have discussed with them exactly how we can mitigate that and they have given feedback which we’ve incorporated.

“It’s kind of experimental at this point, but we are looking at having some time to tag in that exact area to make sure that we know exactly how to utilize that point.”

Ms Prunty also spoke about the partnerships Disney has created on the ground in Eleuthera saying: “We spent a lot of time in The Bahamas,

talking to people about what’s important to make sure that when we contribute to the community, we’re doing it in a way that meets community needs.

“A few things can come out of that and one is the importance of Bahamian ownership, which is why we invested a million dollars over three years to the Small Business Development Centre and the Eleuthera chamber to create an Eleuthera business hub to take advantage of the project that we’re bringing as well as the others that we are bringing to Eleuthera.”

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Daunte Wright shooting: Officer Kim Potter charged over killing A WHITE police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say.

Officer Kim Potter has been arrested and will be held in custody.

Mrs Potter says she shot Daunte Wright accidentally, having mistakenly drawn her gun instead of her Taser.

Responding to the charges, the Wright family’s lawyer Ben Crump said the killing was an “intentional, deliberate, and unlawful use of force”.

Both Mrs Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon have quit the Brooklyn Center force. The killing has sparked three nights of clashes between police and protesters.

It happened in a suburb of Minneapolis, a city already on edge amid the trial of a white ex-police officer accused of murdering African American George Floyd.

Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said Mrs Potter had been arrested on Wednesday morning at the BCA in St Paul and would be booked into Hennepin County Jail on probable cause second-degree manslaughter.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 (£14,500) fine. Prosecutors must show that Mrs Potter was “culpably negligent” and took an “unreasonable risk” in her actions, Reuters reported.

In a statement, Mr Crump said “no conviction can give the Wright family their loved one back”.

“A 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and a firearm. Kim Potter executed Daunte for what amounts to no more

The former prime minister has faced criticism for lobbying on behalf of the finance firm, which recently collapsed.

Kim Potter is being held at Hennepin County Jail.

than a minor traffic infraction and a misdemeanour warrant,” he said.

After the charge against Mrs Potter was announced, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott tweeted: “Daunte Wright like many other black and brown members of our community should be alive and at home with his family today.”

Derrick Johnson, president of civil rights group the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said “justice must prevail” after Mr Wright’s death.

“A badge should never be a shield to accountability,” he tweeted.

On Tuesday night, bottles and other projectiles were thrown at the Brooklyn Center police headquarters and officers responded by firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets.

Earlier on Tuesday the families of Mr Wright and Mr Floyd came together to demand an end to the killing of unarmed black Americans by police.

“The world is traumatised

watching another African-American man being slain,” Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd said.

On Monday, Police Chief Gannon said the shooting of Mr Wright - who had a one-year-old son - appeared to be an “accidental discharge” after Mrs Potter mistook her service pistol for a stun gun.

But the families have rejected the explanation.

Mr Wright’s aunt Naisha said: “I watched that video like everybody else watched that video. That woman held that gun in front of her a long damn time.”

Daunte Wright was pulled over for an expired tag on his car licence plate. Family members and advocates say he was racially profiled.

Bodycam footage showed Mr Wright fleeing from officers after they told him he was being arrested for an outstanding warrant.

As Mr Wright re-enters his car, Officer Potter is heard shouting “Taser” several times before firing a shot.

Greensill: Cameron says he will ‘respond positively’ to MPs’ lobbying inquiry DAVID Cameron has said he will “respond positively” to any requests from MPs for him to give evidence about Greensill Capital.

The former prime minister has faced criticism for lobbying on behalf of the finance firm, which recently collapsed.

It has sparked a wider row over private companies’ attempts to influence ministers and officials.

The government has asked a senior lawyer to conduct a review into the issue and to report by the end of June.

But on Wednesday the Commons Treasury committee announced plans for its own probe, with other committees reportedly planning to do the same.

A spokesman for Mr Cameron said he would “respond positively” to requests to give evidence “when the terms of reference of each inquiry are clear”.

It is not yet clear whether the former Tory leader will be asked to appear in person, or to provide a committee with evidence such as documents.

Labour had wanted a “full” probe, including public hearings by a cross-party panel of MPs - but the government rejected this, and voted down the plan.

Meanwhile, the head of a watchdog which advises former ministers and officials on outside employment will make a longplanned appearance in front of MPs later on Thursday.

The Conservative peer Lord Pickles chairs the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba).

The Greensill affair has led to renewed focus on the regulator, which has previously been described as “toothless” by a committee of MPs.

The Queen appoints new Lord Chamberlain ahead of Prince Philip’s funeral THE Queen has formally appointed the former head of MI5 as Lord Chamberlain ahead of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

The monarch held an audience with Andrew Parker at Windsor Castle and passed on a wand and office insignia.

Lord Parker took over from the Earl Peel as Lord Chamberlain on 1 April.

The Lord Chamberlain’s office is responsible for royal events and ceremonies, including Prince Philip’s funeral at Windsor on Saturday.

It followed the Queen’s first royal duty since the duke’s death, when she accepted the wand and insignia from the Earl Peel, who has retired, during an audience at Windsor on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, members of the Royal Family released previously

The Queen with Andrew Parker during a visit to MI5 last February.

unpublished photographs of the duke, and the Princess Royal held her first in-person engagement since her father’s death.

A royal official has said members of the family would continue “to

undertake engagements appropriate to the circumstances” during an official period of mourning.

Confirmation of the Queen’s audience with Lord Parker came in the Court Circular, the official record

of royal engagements.

It reported: “The Lord Parker of Minsmere had an audience of The Queen today, kissed hands upon his appointment as Lord Chamberlain and received from Her Majesty the Wand and Insignia of Office and the Badge of Chancellor of the Royal Victorian Order, when The Queen invested him with the Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.”

The Lord Chamberlain’s office, led by the Queen’s Comptroller Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon, is tasked with the practical side of Prince Philip’s funeral.

But in overall charge is Lord Parker, who succeeds the Earl Peel after his retirement following more than 14 years in post.

The ceremonies at Windsor Castle came after the Queen held a phone call with Prime Minister Boris

Johnson on Saturday.

On Sunday, the Duke of York said the Queen had told her family that Prince Philip’s death at the age of 99 “left a huge void” in her life.

He added: “The Queen, as you would expect, is an incredibly stoic person.

“She described it as having left a huge void in her life but we, the family, the ones that are close, are rallying round to make sure that we’re there to support her.”

The funeral, on Saturday at 15:00 BST, will be a much more lowkey event due to the pandemic, but Buckingham Palace says the plans reflect Prince Philip’s wishes.

His coffin will be carried in a modified Land Rover, which the duke helped to design, as part of a procession from the State Entrance of Windsor Castle to St George’s Chapel.

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Afghanistan: Biden calls for end to ‘America’s longest war’ THE US will continue to support Afghanistan after withdrawing all US troops, but not “militarily,” President Joe Biden has pledged.

“It is time to end America’s longest war,” he said in a speech from the White House room where US airstrikes there were first declared in 2001.

The pull-out is to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks, officials say.

At least 2,500 US troops are part of the 9,600-strong Nato Afghan mission.

The number of US troops on the ground in Afghanistan fluctuates, and US media report the current total is closer to 3,500.

US and Nato officials have said the Taliban, a hardline Islamist movement, have so far failed to live up to commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan.

In Kabul, Afghan officials say they will continue peace talks in preparation for the withdrawal.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tweeted that he had spoken on the phone with Mr Biden on Wednesday, and that the country “respects the US decision and we will work with our US partners to ensure a smooth transition”.

He added that Afghanistan’s

President Joe Biden announced his proposal to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan before September 11, saying “it’s time to end America’s longest war.”

defence forces “are fully capable of defending its people and country”.

“We cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in Afghanistan hoping to create the ideal conditions for our withdrawal, expecting a different result,” said Mr Biden, the fourth president to oversee the war.

“While we will not stay involved in Afghanistan militarily, our diplomatic and humanitarian work will continue,” he continued, adding: “We will continue to support the

government of Afghanistan.”

Mr Biden also pledged to continue providing assistance to Afghan defence and security forces - including 300,000 personnel, who he says “continue to fight valiantly on behalf of their country and defend the Afghan people, at great cost”.

He also paid his respects to the victims of the 11 September 2001 attack which triggered the US invasion of Afghanistan.

“We went to Afghanistan because

of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago,” he said. “That cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021.”

“We have to focus on the challenges that are in front of us,” said Mr Biden, citing the threat of cyber attacks and rising tensions with China.

“We already have service members doing their duty in Afghanistan today whose parents served in the same war,” he added.

“We have service members who were not yet born when our nation was attacked on 9/11. War in Afghanistan was never meant to be a multigenerational undertaking.”

Later on Wednesday, Mr Biden will visit Arlington National Cemetery, where some of the 2,488 US troops who died fighting in Afghanistan are buried.

Mr Biden’s plan pushes back the 1 May deadline agreed to by the Trump White House.

The deal signed in February 2020 said the US and its Nato allies would withdraw all troops by May 2021 if the Taliban upheld its promises, including not allowing al-Qaeda or other militants to operate in areas it controlled and proceeding with national peace talks.

Although the group stopped attacks on international forces as part of the historic agreement, it has continued to fight the Afghan government. Last month, the Taliban threatened to resume hostilities against foreign troops still in the country on 1 May. On Wednesday, US CIA Director William Burns said in a senate hearing that military capabilities in the region would be diminished once the US leaves.

“There is a significant risk once the US military and the coalition militaries withdraw,” he said, adding that the US will still “retain a suite of capabilities” to counter extremist threats.

On Tuesday, a senior US official warned that the Taliban “will be met with a forceful response” if they attack US troops during the pull-out phase.

Abdullah Abdullah, head of the nation’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said on Wednesday that the news of foreign troops withdrawing means “we need to find a way to co-exist”, Reuters news agency reported.

“We believe that there is no winner in Afghan conflicts and we hope the Taliban realise that too,” he said. (BBC)

Bernie Madoff: Disgraced financier dies in prison BERNIE Madoff, a Wall Street financier disgraced after he admitted to one of the biggest frauds in US financial history, has died in prison at age 82.

His death was announced by the Bureau of Prisons.

Mr Madoff had been serving a 150-year sentence after he pleaded guilty in 2009 to running a Ponzi scheme, which paid investors with money from new clients rather than actual profits.

It collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis.

“Bernie, up until his death, lived with guilt and remorse for his crimes,” his lawyer Brandon Sample said in a statement.

“Although the crimes Bernie was convicted of have come to define who he was - he was also a father and a husband. He was soft spoken and an intellectual. Bernie was by no means perfect. But no man is.”

Mr Madoff,the son of European immigrants who grew up in New York,set up his eponymous firm Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities in 1960.

The company became one of the largest market-makers - matching buyers and sellers of stocks - and Mr Madoff served as chairman of the Nasdaq stock exchange.

The firm was investigated eight

Mr Madoff had been serving a 150-year sentence after he pleaded guilty in 2009 to running a Ponzi scheme, which paid investors with money from new clients rather than actual profits.

times by the US Securities and Exchange Commission because it made exceptional returns.

But it was the global recession which effectively prompted Mr Madoff’s demise as investors, hit by the downturn, tried to withdraw about $7bn from his funds and he could not find the money to cover it.

He confessed the problem to his sons, who went to the authorities.

The list of those scammed included actor Kevin Bacon, Hall of Fame baseball player Sandy Koufax and film director Steven Spielberg’s charitable foundation, Wunderkinder.

UK banks were also among those who lost money, with HSBC Holdings saying it had exposure of around $1bn. Other corporate victims were Royal Bank of Scotland and Man Group and Japan’s Nomura Holdings.

But it was not just the elite and large firms who were victims of the fraud.

School teachers, farmers, mechanics and many others also lost money.

“We thought he was God. We trusted everything in his hands,” Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, whose foundation lost $15.2

million, said in 2009.

In court, Mr Madoff said that when he started the scheme in the 1990s, he hoped it would only be for a limited time.

“I cannot adequately express how sorry I am for what I have done,” he said in March 2009, when he pleaded guilty.

“I realised that my arrest and this day would inevitably come.”

The scam involved an estimated $65bn, a figure that included gains Mr Madoff’s clients believed they had made due to fake account statements.

Of the more than $17bn in cash

losses, more than $14bn has been recovered.

Last year, Mr Madoff requested early release from prison citing health problems, including kidney disease. In an interview with The Washington Post he said he had “made a terrible mistake.”

“I’m terminally ill,” he said.

“There’s no cure for my type of disease. So, you know, I’ve served.

I’ve served 11 years already, and, quite frankly, I’ve suffered through it.”

Judge Denny Chin denied Mr Madoff’s request, noting many victims were still suffering due to their financial losses.

“I also believe that Mr. Madoff was never truly remorseful, and that he was only sorry that his life as he knew it was collapsing around him,” he wrote.

At least two investors with Mr Madoff took their own lives after their losses. His son Mark also killed himself on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest. His other son, Andrew, died of cancer in 2014.

Mr Madoff is survived by his wife, Ruth Madoff, who maintained she was unaware of the scheme and was never charged. Prosecutors let her keep $2.5m from the the $825m fortune the couple once possessed.

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Health minister praises ‘stellar work’ at SNAP Centre The Special Needs Association of Providenciales (SNAP) Centre hosted two Government officials last week, who were delighted

with what the facility offers.

Deputy Premier Hon. Erwin Jay Saunders who is Minister of Health, Agriculture, Sports and Human Services, was joined

by Deputy Permanent Secretary Tamera HowellRobinson.

They visited the centre on April 8 to learn about its programmes and services.

In a press release on Wednesday, April 14, director Betty-Ann Been said the centre’s goal is to provide intellectual and life skills opportunities to the students. “…thus enabling them to function as productive citizens where possible.”

The SNAP Centre provides intellectual and life skills opportunities for children and young people aged four to 21 with special needs.

This can include autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, developmental coordination disorder, speech/language disorder, learning disorder

and down syndrome.

On arrival at the centre, each student is evaluated.

This is followed by diagnostic reports and treatment plans to guide parents and teachers.

Each student will have an individual education plan inclusive of life skills. The plan is reviewed quarterly using a combination of various international standard programmes.

The centre is staffed by trained teachers who impart life skills programmes, sign language and outdoor programmes - all within a friendly learning environment.

During his visit Saunders said: “This Government and in particular my ministry will ensure that every action is taken to guarantee that our vulnerable children and young people have equal opportunities to succeed by providing the right educational support and healthcare.

“I am very proud of the stellar work being done by the staff of the SNAP Centre. The students are in good hands.”

The deputy premier pledged a personal donation of $2,000 for life skills training, and shared that his desire is to “be a champion for those most vulnerable”.

BARBARA FRANCIS

Has Retired

For the past thirty-five years your family had to share you with many strangers who very rapidly became friends and loved ones, we have watched you had done more than just teach and educate the minds of young ones.

We watch you sweep into the lives of many students and parents and filled it with love, laughter, care, knowledge and most importantly, education.

You have impacted the lives of many, and you shared yourself with many that will forever remember you, and not only because you are one of the best at what you do, but because you have become so special in many lives.

We are proud of you, not only as a teacher, but as a friend, a mother, a grand-mother, and great grand-mother. We are proud to say that we know you and we are sure you will be beyond missed in the educational system.

We would also like to thank the International School of the Turks and Caicos for sending you out with a bang by renaming the nursey after you as the ‘Ms. Barbara Francis Nursery”, you deserved it very much! We want you know that you are loved, your honored, and we appreciate you.

Congratulations on the retirement of your well-loved and achieved career journey, you will be missed.

Love: your children, grandchildren and your great grandchildren.

Deputy Premier Hon. E Jay Saunders (seated) learns about the SNAP Centre (TCI Government)

College students enjoy some domestic tourism Hospitality and tourism students from TCI Community College enjoyed a two-day educational tour of Providenciales and North and Middle Caicos last weekend.

It was led by the college’s faculty of hospitality and tourism management and aimed to give the youngsters an insight into the local industry.

Lecturers and pupils from the Grand Turk campus met with lecturers and pupils from the Providenciales campus for the event, a college press release on Monday, April 12, explained.

It added that these domestic tourism experiences will be of “great benefit” when the students begin internships with major hospitality, tourism and aviation partners in May. “TCI Community College expresses gratitude to those groups that continue to support and invest in the development of our students during this new era of service

Hospitality and tourism students at Cheshire Hall Plantation (TCI Community College)

delivery.

“Thanks to those who sponsored past educational trips. Your support made this year’s trip possible.”

To find out more about how the college has coped during the pandemic visit its Facebook page ‘OfficialTCICC’.

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Waiters serve up free seafood hors d’oeuvres to guests (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

Former premier Michael Misick and restaurant owner Michael Stolow (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

Bugaloo’s opens second location in the heart of Grace Bay

BY OLIVIA ROSE Bugaloo’s Conch Crawl restaurant is now serving locals and guests alike at its highly-anticipated second location on the Grace Bay strip in Providenciales.

The popular eatery held its official opening event on Saturday, April 10, to launch the new restaurant at the former site of The Landing, adjacent to Jai’s in the Regent Village.

Several invited guests, including restaurateurs, business owners, as well as former premier Michael Misick, enjoyed a wide array of free drinks and local seafood hors d’oeuvres.

They were treated to Bugaloo’s famous fresh conch salad and entertained by musical performances from a live band.

In an interview with the TC Weekly News, restaurant owner Michael Stolow said the second location will make it even more convenient for tourists to visit.

The new restaurant was inspired by its beloved Five Cays location, he said, and as such the design is full of tropical details with bright colours and an outdoor beach atmosphere.

“We’re giving them the nonGrace Bay experience right in

Grace Bay. We’ll have a separate conch bar in the restaurant, which is not opened as yet, but we’ll have a whole system there where the guys will prepare fresh conch salad and make it in front of the tourists.

“We’re sure the tourists will get a good kick out of the whole conch show, so we think that’ll be a big attraction.”

Stolow said that although Bugaloo’s aims to bring a different vibe to the Grace Bay strip, customers will enjoy the same unbeatable prices and service provided its the other location.

“It’s the same menu and the same price and no one else is offering that.

Being that the price is right and we offer a different atmosphere I think it will be very popular.

“A lot of folks want to come and enjoy a fresh conch salad on their lunch breaks and so forth so I think people would love to have that option.”

When asked if the new location will take away from the Bugaloo’s Five Cays experience, Stolow said it will certainly have an impact on the restaurant’s daily attendance.

“It will definitely take away from our general crowd, but right now Grace Bay sells two to three times as much for lunch and dinner than in Five Cays because the

tourists don’t want to head all the way up there.

“In the long run I’m hoping those who try it here and love it, will want to rent a car or get a taxi and come down to Five Cays,” he added.

Stolow said the move is a dream come true since he had his eyes set on that location in Grace Bay for a long time, and was waiting for the perfect opportunity to make it his own.

“For years I’ve wanted that spot, since the previous owners put that boat there. I thought why didn’t I think of that.

“But most times locations on Grace Bay never go on the market. You just hear about it after someone gets it.”

Stolow said he is optimistic that the new location will make up for losses in revenue at the Five Cays location, which suffered due to the pandemic and lockdown restrictions.

Bugaloo’s island cuisine restaurant will serve lunch and dinner, along with cocktails, beer, and wine.

The name Bugaloo’s came from the man who started the initial restaurant in Blue Hills - Berlie ‘Bugaloo’ Williams. He later partnered with Stolow to open the Five Cays location.

Guests at the opening event are entertained by a live band (Olivia Rose/TC Weekly News)

David ‘Jack’ Lightbourne is the co-partner of the new venture (The Farmacy)

Two open up first plant-based cafe and supplement store

BY JAGO MOORE

Chef Jago Moore has been in the industry for over 12 years. He’s the winner of TCI Top Chef 2018 and Lobster Fest 2018, a member of the TCI Culinary Team, and owner of Moores Fries and Moores Cookies. Visit chefmoore649 and tciculinarycollection on Instagram to find out more.

Well known recording artist David ‘Jack’ Lightbourne and Dr Marcela Malcolm of Carolina Clinic are co-partnering on The Farmacy plant-based cafe and supplement store.

Lightbourne said that amid the pandemic, he knew that certain business opportunities would present themselves, even though the economy was experiencing a hit.

He said people were much more health conscious, in need of boosting their immune system in the unlikely case of being exposed to Covid-19, and others simply wanted to lose weight.

This presented a great opportunity to help residents while creating a new business brand, he added.

Lightbourne grew up in a family of chefs which included his father and uncles who worked at the US military base while on Grand Turk.

“Cooking has always been a passion, stress reliever and a perfect form of entertainment for family and friends wanting to try new dishes,” he said. “It’s definitely something I look forward to exploring daily.”

Co-partner Dr Malcolm said she is very excited for the opportunity to meet the health needs of the public, stating that there is absolutely nowhere else in the TCI for people wanting to experience a complete plant-based diet and lifestyle.

The Farmacy, located at the IGA Plaza on Leeward Highway, Providenciales, provides excellent alternatives to meat products and has a list of delicious products that includes plant-based burgers, tacos, breakfast eggs, sausages, desserts, supplements and a list of other healthy plant-based meals.

Both Dr Malcolm and Lightbourne said they were thankful for the support they have received since launching their venture.

There are plenty of tasty plant-based dishes available from the cafe (The Farmacy)

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Aspiring young leaders quiz politicians on their winning strategies

BY DELANA ISLES Aspiring politicians are making determined strides to bridge the gap between their young age and their potential future as leaders of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

On Saturday, April 10, entrepreneur and aspiring premier Walter Cox hosted a bipartisan panel discussion connecting current leaders with their would-be replacements at The Palms TCI. The event, named ‘The Connect’, was not open to the media, but Cox shared a press release on the outcome of the talks on his Facebook page afterwards.

It stated that Cox, “who

has long been an advocate for getting the real story from the horse’s mouth”, provided just such an opportunity at the event.

Attendees got an insight on each person’s ‘why’ as it pertains to pursuing country leadership, as well as how the process affects their personal, professional and family lives.

Panellists included: Hon. Temard Butterfield, Hon. Akierra Missick, Hon. Jamell Robinson, Hon. Kyle Knowles, Robert Been Jr and O’Brien Forbes, who also doubled as master of ceremonies.

The statement explained that the panellists gave candid accounts of their personal campaign strategies, how they

chose their political party, and insight on rallies, public speaking, election day and the results, from beginning to end, win or lose.

The inaugural event had no cover charge, the release read, and limited seating due to Covid-19 protocols for invitees who responded to an informal invitation via Facebook post and suggestions from panellists.

The event was meant to inspire courage while giving insight and setting realistic expectations for all, and garnered comments such as: “Happy to have been invited, these are the types of events we need”, “Stellar event, those who missed out truly missed

A panellist gives a candid account of life in politics (Jamell Robinson/Facebook)

an excellent opportunity”, and “I look forward to part two or three”.

In the release, Cox shared his own ‘why’ for hosting the event as well as what is next for him.

“I myself have political interest and look forward to putting my name up for public office one day.

“The question after that is, how, where do I start, do I really want to do this and what is it really like.”

He added: “I thought, wouldn’t it be great for young people to get the real scoop from their peers on what

it’s like putting their name forward.”

With the event being well received by all in attendance, Cox said he would like to host a part two and three with another panel on being a member of parliament and a Cabinet member while holding a ministerial post.

Cox thanked all the sponsors, including Business Solutions, Rent A Buggy, Romello Anarje, Epic Events, Lisa Hall and The Palms event staff, Chrystal ‘Tess’ Charles, O’Brien Forbes, panellists and attendees for assisting in bringing a successful event to

fruition.

The 31-year-old has been an entrepreneur within the automotive industry for 12 years, with seven of those years serving as a managing partner of Champion Motors group of companies.

Cox has also volunteered with NGOs such as the Five Cays Cultural Committee and United Way. He has held two positions within the People Democratic Movement, (Provo branch secretary, president of Young Democrats), and in 2016 worked on the Robert Been election campaign.

A gun salute for HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh (Governor’s Office)

Prince Philip honoured with 21-gun salute Officers from the Royal TCI Police Force gave a 21-gun salute at midday on Saturday, April 10, to mark the passing of HRH Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

The TCI joined the other British overseas territories and Commonwealth nations in honouring his life at the Clock Tower in Grand Turk In attendance were Governor Nigel Dakin, Deputy Governor Anya Williams, Premier Hon.

Charles Washington Misick and Hon. Otis Morris.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Rodney Adams, Assistant Commissioners of Police Kendall Grant and Darron Williams, and other senior ranks of the force were also at hand.

Prince Philip died on April 9 aged 99. He was married to Queen Elizabeth II for over 73 years and holds the longest tenure as a royal consort in the history of the British

monarchy.

Gun salutes are a tradition in the UK spanning back at least three centuries and were carried out following the deaths of former prime minister Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria.

Prince Philip’s funeral is on April 17 at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

He will lie at rest at Windsor Castle instead of lying in state, a choice he made before his death.

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28 CLASSIFIEDS M&S CRAFT

#4 NEW SUBDIVISION, FIVE CAYS

3 ARTIST - $8 HOURLY

Draw and paint artwork

2 METAL ARTIST - $8 HOURLY

Cut and tie metal to create art.

CONTACT: 243-8302

LA FAMILIA RESTAURANT #8 BALL PARK LANE, KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ a

BAKER Measure and mix raw ingredients, bake and decorate items, and ensure that all raw and finished goods adhere to quality and food safety standards. Salary: $300 weekly

CONTACT: 341-1051

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24794

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

MAGIC SCISSORS & PRESSING

MARADONA & BEATRICE TELLUS

#3 Bar Joe Plaza, Airport Road, Providenciales Is seeking a

TAILOR

Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations. Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines. Measure sleeves or pant legs, etc.

Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 342-5450

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24819

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24813

Granny Hill, Five Cays Is seeking to employ a

MASON

Repairs, maintains and alters buildings, retaining walls and other brick or stone edifices.

Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters.

Salary: $10 hourly

CONTACT: 442-7192

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24795

JOSE OVANDO CONSTRUCTION LTD

PORT ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION

MARY HALL

# 22, Grant Hill, Five Cays. Telephone: 346-6622

Residence yard Five Cays, Providenciales 345-8914

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24811

Painting indoors and outdoors, painting exteriors and interiors of building using spray guns, brushes and rollers, complete indoors and outdoors residential of commercial construction project. Arranged and stored materials, tools and equipments, prepare and clean painting materials after work.

Salary: $ 8.00 per hour

His responsibilities are pick up years waste and collect leaves, clean the yard with sweeper, lift garbage bags and cans into garbage truck, pick up yard waste and tree limbs, repair broken furniture and assist with other work when needed. SALARY: 6.25 per hour

This position is held by a work permit holder.

Renewal, Belonger will be given first preference

RENEWAL, THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER 24830

MARCUS FORBES

OBED CONSTRUCTION

#101 GRACE BAY COURT, GRACE BAY Is seeking a

FINISH CARPENTER

Making furniture and cutting wood. Salary: $380 weekly CONTACT: 331-9854 EMAIL: CARLOS@ HO2GROUP.COM

Paradise Rd, Glass Shack Is seeking to employ a

HOUSEKEEPER

PAINTER

24832

Long Bay, Sisal Rd. #61 Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing.

Ensuring all rooms inspected according to standards. Salary: $6.25 hourly

Set up equipment, run lines for power tools, erect scaffolding, lay out tools, mixing concrete, hand tools to workers, and cleaning work site.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 232-5538

CONTACT: 649-342-5111

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24817

LABOURER

SERGE ALCEMIS

OVANDO CONSTRUCTION

#101 Courd Suites, Grace Bay Is seeking to employ

PAINTER - $7.50 HOURLY

Apply paints, stains, and coatings to interior and exterior walls, new buildings, homes, offices, etc.

Contact: 649-331-5498

MAC 10 CONSTRUCTION South Dock

HELPER - $6.50 HOURLY

Set up equipment, erect scaffolding, mixing concrete, and cleaning work site.

Contact: 343-1215

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24812

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD A WORK PERMIT HOLDER CURRENTLY HOLDS THIS POSITION

MARIE RAYMOND MISSICK

L.P.S. RETAIL & WHOLESALES

24826

Millennium Hgwy, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

MAINTENANCE WORKER

• Fix and maintain mechanical equipment, rental properties, and machines. Tasks include plumbing work, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, electrical repairs, heating, and air conditioning system.

• To work 6 days a week.

Salary: $8 hourly

CONTACT: 341-6627

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24820

JEAN DELUIS ULYSSE

Granny hill, Five Cays, 346-6622

MILLENNIUM HIGHWAY PROVIDENCIALES 347-3520

To clean all areas within the yard, clean the gutters, trim down the trees in the yard, Sweeping and removing debris from outside, water the plants and assist with other cleaner work around the property. Salary starts at $6.25 per hour.

Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cake, pies, pastries or other baked goods. Check products for quality and identify damaged or expired goods. Pay: 6.25 per hour Renewal. This position is held by a work permit holder,

Smooth out concrete in segments to ensure the concrete poured in level. Arrange the concrete forms. Rub cement in with sponge-rubber float or burlap.

FIRST TIME, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE 24831

Residence yard, Five Cays Providenciales Telephone: 342-4149

CLEANER

24832

SHAWARNA PATTY SHOP

SHERENE APT. #5, FIVE CAYS RD Is seeking to employ a

BAKER

Measure and mix raw ingredients, bake and decorate items, and ensure that all raw and finished goods adhere to quality and food safety standards.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 243-2513

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24814

BAKER

SHINING STAR PREPARATORY SCHOOL #11 Academy way, Down Town

2 TEACHERS

- $2,000 per month Creating lesson plans and teaching those plans to an entire class, track students’ progress and present the information to parents; etc.

2 CAREGIVERS

- $1,400 monthly Watch feed, and bathe children.

CONTACT: 243-1358

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board.

Work permit holders currently hold these positions 24816

MASON

STEELMAN

Build and install iron or steel girders, columns, and other construction materials to form buildings, bridges, and other structures Salary: $8.00 to $9.00 per hour.

RENEWAL BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

24824

THE TUSCANY RESORT

Grace Bay Beach Road Providenciales Turks & Caicos Island Tel: 941-4667 terria@thetuscanyresort.com is looking for a

HOUSEKEEPER

to work five (5) days a week. Salary $6.25 per hour. First time work permit.

Job Description: Clean & Maintain guest room daily, Dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures Vacuuming and cleaning carpets and rugs.

24798

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ACQUA SHORES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COOPER JACK BAY, PROVIDENCIALES Is seeking to employ a

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

ALBERT HIGGS

PELICAN BEACH DRIVE, WHITBY, NORTH CAICOS Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER • Cleaning outside the

Fix and maintain mechanical equipment, buildings, and machines. Tasks include plumbing work, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, electrical repairs, heating, and air conditioning system.

Salary: $8.50 hourly

property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, door frames.

• To work 6 days a week.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 649-243-5645

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board This position is currently held by a work permit holder

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24815

CONTACT: 341-1683

24825

ALDARRO CONSTRUCTION

Breezy Brae, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

CARPENTER

- $9 HOURLY Install structures and fixtures, such as windows and molding.

Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other materials

HELPER/LABOURER

- $6.50 HOURLY Set up equipment, cleaning work site.

and

CONTACT: 331-1625

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board Work permit holders currently holds these positions 24801

BY ERIC LTD

SERVERS • Must have at least 3-5 years in a 5star establishment • Bilingual in French/English an asset • Experience in Fine Dining setting • Must be willing to work weekends and Holidays • Starting Salary $7 per hour • Experience in French/Italian Food

HOUSEKEEPER

• to work five – six days per week • General house chores such as cleaning and ironing.

Salary $275 weely

CONTACT: 649-232-2196

ERCO LTD.

#18 The Village, KPMG Building, Grace Bay Is seeking to employ a

BUTLER

answer calls greet guests at the door, assist in the planning of events and dinner parties, oversee table settings, and serve drinks and food.

Salary: $6.25 PER HOUR

CONTACT: 242-1063

24799

E&V EQUIPMENT LIMITED

Williams Auditorium, Five Cays Road, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

SANITARY WORKER

Picking up garbage. Salary: $350 per week CONTACT: 649-941-8494

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labor Department.

Position currently held by work permit holder 24803

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is work permit renewal 24821

DIVE PROVO

DEE’S HAIR SALON

BRANDALEE HANCHELL

NAIL TECHNICIAN

ONE DOMESTIC WORKER

Unit 101 Ports of Call Plaza, Grace Bay

2 PADI AND SSI SCUBA INSTRUCTORS

To teach scuba diving and guide underwater tours.

This is a tourism related position and includes working weekends and public holidays. Salary: $150 per day

CALL TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW: 946-5040 EMAIL: DIVEPROVO2020@ GMAIL.COM

Belongers are encouraged to apply 24828

#11 Cox Dr., Kew Town Is seeking to employ a

Basic manicures, artificial nails, gel nails, hand massages, nail fills, nail repair, and nail polishing. Pedicures and the application of acrylic toenails. Salary: $275 weekly

CONTACT: 341-0682

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24802

CONTACT: 231-1368 EMAIL: ALLIEDMANAGEMENT@ USA.NET

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24804

sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 241-6005

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24818

Leeward Highway, The Bight Is seeking to employ a

MUSICIAN

Perform music in front of crowd.

Salary: $6.25 hourly CONTACT: 241-1377

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24827

MECHANIC POSITION AVAILABLE*

GENERAL DUTIES:

To service, repair and maintain in good working condition all mechanical & electrical systems for all company vehicles & other motorized equipment.

REQUIREMENTS: • Valid TCI driver’s license and proof of safe driving record for the last past five years.

Positions open to qualified Belongers. Belongers should send Resumes to Labour Department or Drop Resume at Provence Restaurant – Le Vele Plaza

#8 Chalk Sound, Provo Is looking for a

For one of their properties.

Must speak English JOB INCLUDE: • Cleaning.

• Heavy lifting etc.

• Must be willing to work 6 days per week.

Salary: $7 hourly

CLEANER Stocking, dusting,

COLLEN DELANCY

70 South Dock Road, Providenciales TCI

LINE COOKS, SERVERS, CHEF DE PARTIE

GLENDA LIGHTBOURNE

HOUSEMAN

CECIL INGHAM

Hospital Rd, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

CARGO EXPRESS SERVICES

Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay, Providenciales Contact 333-1049 /e-mail – eric@provencebyeric.com Looking for a

LINE COOKS – CHEF DE PARTIE • Must have at least 3-5 years in a 5star establishment • Prep ingredients and assemble dishes according to restaurant recipes and specifications • Must be willing to work weekends and Holidays • Starting Salary $8-15 per hour based on qualifications and experience

ALLIED MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD. #18 The Village, KPMG Building, Grace Bay Is seeking a

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24806

GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ

Duties: His job is to sweep the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, living room, laundering sheets. Salary: $6.00 per hourly

CONTACT: (649) 244 97 54

Belongers are encouraged to send copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

24807

• Has outstanding knowledge & experience in trouble shooting mechanical & electrical issues to provide on-time solutions.

• Excellent communication skills in English with the ability to write legibly; ability to do simple calculations to re-order & maintain stock levels.

Salary: Starts at $20.00 per hour for a 40hour workweek.

Please contact Cargo Express Services on 649-941-5006 at 70 South Dock Road, Providenciales or email applications to bkerr@tropical.com to arrange an interview.

Application deadline: April 9, 2021 *Position is held by a Work Permit Holder 24800

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS HORIZON CONSTRUCTION LTD.

#7 THE VENETIAN, VENETIAN RD. PROVIDENCIALES. T:431-2971 IS LOOKING FOR A QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED APPLICANT FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION All interested applicants, please send resumes to info@ho2group.com. Qualified belongers are encouraged to submit resume to the Labour department, Providenciales. Only those receiving an interview will be contacted.

PROJECT ENGINEER 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.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or higher, fifteen [15] years’ experience in managing projects, Fellow or Chartered Member of an industry related professional body, Competent in the use of Microsoft Project, MS Office; AutoCAD drawings and other technical drawings.

Starting Salary $52,000 per annum This position is being advertised for a work permit renewal 24810

30 CLASSIFIEDS AG CONSTRUCTION

#62 Malvin Road, Juba Sound Is seeking to employ a

MASON

Repairs, maintains and alters buildings, retaining walls and other brick or stone edifices. Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $10 hourly

CONTACT: 244-5638

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position

24898

ASSOCIATED MEDICAL 5A Windwood Drive, Leeward Highway

DOMESTIC WORKER

Cleaner required for medical clinic. Hours: 36 per week to suit needs of business. Wages: $10.00 per hour THIS POSITION IS FOR RENEWAL HOWEVER INTERESTED BELONGERS CAN SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT EMAIL: AMP@TCIWAY.TC OR FAX: 649-946-4942 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE CLOSING DATE MARCH 2, 2019

24906

BSL CONSTRUCTION

# 5 Granny Hills, Five Cays Providenciales. 242-1402

CARPENTER responsible for constructing, installing, erecting, and repairing fixtures and structures made from wood and other materials. Salary: $8.00 to $9.00 per hour.

RENEWAL BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

24822

JAMEL HAWKINS #5 Oyster lane, The Bight Is seeking to employ a

CONTACT: 243-4309

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24773

A.M SERVICES

AL’S HAULING & EQUIPMENT LTD Is looking for an experienced:

AUTO BODY REPAIRMAN

• To repaint and restore heavy equipment including handling, sand blasting equipment, cleaning and any prep work involve in restoration projects.

• Salary Starts at $12.00 per hour.

• Must be willing to work six days per week (Monday – Saturday) • This position is a new position

MECHANIC

• Salary: $12.00 per hour • Must be willing to work 6 days per week • This position is currently held by a work permit holder

WELDER

• Must have experience in restoring heavy equipment and mig/ tig welding etc.

• Must be willing to work on weekends • Salary $12.00 per hour • This position is for work permit renewal

BEACH HAIR BRAIDING Lower Bight Beach Is seeking to employ a

HAIR BRAIDER/ HAIR STYLIST

• Braiding tourist and local’s hair at any mobile location • Hours vary due to pandemic • To work 6 days a week.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 345-0477

This position is for work permit renewal Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24885

IMPERIAL SECURITY SERVICES Water Loo Road, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

2 LABOURERS - $6.50 HOURLY

Cleaning of property and other related task.

CONTACT: 946-2375

BLUE GOLD TCI MANAGEMENT

#35 LIGNUM VITAE DR., LONG BAY BEACH Is seeking to employ a

PROPERTY MANAGER • Managing the property.

• To work 5 days a week.

Salary: $2,000 monthly

CONTACT: 3423163/245-2992

24939

C&S PROFESSIONAL

C&S PROFESSIONAL

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24784

KEVIN’S QUALITY CLEANERS 43 Industrial Dr., Provo Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 241-5922

Acting on behalf of ERB CONSTRUCTION 10B cl North Side Is seeking to employ a

MASON

Repairs, maintains and alters buildings, retaining walls and other brick or stone edifices. Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 241-5922

CONTACT: 245-1695

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24942

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Company: Caicos Dream Tours

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Hours: 7:00-4:00, 6 days/week Job Description: Answer and direct phone calls, take reservations/bookings, prepare company documents, schedule appointments, data entry Requirements: At least 2 years prior office experience, able to work in a fast paced environment, friendly and welcoming personality, HR experience a bonus Salary: $500 per week

24901

EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING

CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS

CARDINAL ARTHUR

COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION

BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

LANDSCAPER

Mow lawn using a lawnmower or hand. Cut lawn using hand, power or riding mower and trim and edge around walks, flowerbeds, and walls.

Planting flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes.

Salary: $8 hourly

CONTACT: 341-9136

#24 behind Mara, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

CONTACT: 343-6577

Acting on behalf of

• Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other house work.

• To work 5 days a week.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

INTERESTED BELONGER PLEASE SEND RESUME TO RESERVATIONS@ CAICOSDREAMTOURS.COM OR CALL US AT 1-649-231-7274

JULIEN LANDSCAPING MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Taking care of children, and doing housework. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 441-0237

DOMESTIC WORKER

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24848

JOSEPH FABIAN FRANCIS

NANNY

• To work 5 to 6 days a week.

• Cleaning houses and offices.

• Hours 8am to 5pm.

Salary: $6.50 hourly

New Subdivision, Five Cays Is seeking to employ a

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24849

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24649

#68 Tampa Ave, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER

ANGELICA JOY GARDINER

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24805

Black crow RD, Kew town, Apt #24, #5 Is seeking to employ a

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24862

RESUME CAN BE DROPPED OFF OR EMAIL TO AL’S HAULING & EQUIPMENT LTD #80 SATURN DRIVE, SOUTH DOCK ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES, TCI ALSHAULING@YAHOO.COM (649) 941-4015

ELECTRICIAN Install and maintain wiring, control, and lighting systems. Inspect transformers and circuit breakers. Identify electrical problems with a variety of testing devices.

Salary: $7.50 hourly

April 17-23, 2021

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• Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames.

• To work 5 days a week.

Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 244-8372

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Work permit holders currently holds this position 24739

Southern Shores Building, Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a

BAGGAGE HANDLER

• Load and unload customer luggage and other cargo.

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

CONTACT: 941-5630

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder 24866

CRISMARKIS DIAZ

East Circle, Leeward Palms Is seeking to employ a

BABYSITTER

Ensuring a safe environment, preparing and giving meals, bathing and dressing children, administering medicine, doing housework, and disciplining children when necessary. Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 247-9250

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24770

Conch Bar, Middle Caicos Is seeking to employ a

MASON

Repairs, maintains and alters buildings, retaining walls and other brick or stone edifices. Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $12 hourly

CONTACT: 241-0730

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position

24847

24904

#53 BLUE MOUNTAIN, HORIZON CLOSE Is seeking to employ a

CONSTRUCTION LABOURER

Set up equipment, run lines for power tools, erect scaffolding, lay out tools, mixing concrete, hand tools to workers, and cleaning work site.

Salary: $8 hourly

CONTACT: 231-0337

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24940

CLOVERLEAF AGENCY-246-7382 Whitby, North Caicos

AGNES SWANN

Whitby, North Caicos

MAINTENANCE (RENEWAL)

Fix and maintain building, and machines.

Rate: $8.00 hr

GRACE DIANA GLASGOW

DOMESTIC WORKER (NEW)

Description: cleaning house, running errands and cooking Pay: 7.00 hr

ARNOLD GARDINER

Major Hill, North Caicos

LABOURER (RENEWAL)

Rate: $6.50 hr Description: Cleaning and weeding yard, moving trash, washing windows

MOUNT LEBENON BAPTIST CHURCH

HELPER (RENEWAL)

Pay: 6.50 hr Description: A variety of tasks, cleaning the church, cleaning the church yard

ELIZABETH SWANN

Whitby, North Caicos

1 LABOURER (RENEWAL)

Rate: $6.50 per hr Weeding yard, moving trash, washing windows

24764

April 17-23, 2021 CLUB ZODIAC

FIVE CAYS ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES Is seeking to employ a

DJ

Record and mix music and perform for audience.

Salary: $7.50 hourly

CONTACT: 331-6258

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 24835

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COCO BISTRO

#10 Oak Avenue, Grace Bay, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER

• Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning ceiling vents in the restaurant, restroom cleaning etc.

• To work 6 days per week.

Salary: $8.00 per hour CONTACT: 946-5369 EMAIL: COCOBISTRO@TCIWAY.TC

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder 24895

ASSISTANT MECHANIC/ PUBLIC SERVICE AREA SUPERVISOR • Responsible for supervision and monitoring of the instrument testing, installation, calibration and commissioning of process control instruments for all scooters and vehicles • Prepare reports and certifications after the completion of jobs.

• Ensure quality work and monitor work progress of staff • Commissioning of turbine monitoring instruments such as speed sensors vibration, sensors, and shaft expansion of scooters • Testing, calibration, and commissioning of switches, gauges, transmitters, analyzers and pneumatic control valves

of scooters • Responsible for handling multiple site portfolios and for all operational activities, emergency response, safety, collection, regulatory compliance, re-development, customer interaction, and development.

QUALIFICATIONS

Successful candidate should have: • Technical Diploma in Automotive Mechanics or Degree as Master Mechanic • At least 8 years’ experience in automotive mechanics with Japanese vehicles • At least 8 years’ experience in supervisor role, managing multiple sites

Compensation is between $9.00- $11.00 hourly and is based on experience. *This position is currently being held by a work permit holder.

Please contact email sandrews@caicoswheels.com or (649)946-8302.

Projetech Construction Management & Services Ltd., wishes to recruit a

PROJECT SITE ENGINEER Applicants must be able to demonstrate at least fifteen years suitable experience as a Project Site Engineer on large commercial and residential building projects, together with a suitable professional qualification in Construction Technology. A proven track record demonstrating the ability to complete projects on time, within budget, to a high standard of quality, and all within a demanding schedule must be shown. The main role of this position is to accurately provide line and level for the trades and the successful candidate must be fully conversant with modern setting out techniques using GPS, Total Station, Theodolite etc. Strong leadership, communication and organization skills are essential, together with experience with very high quality finishings. The successful candidate must be prepared to work flexible hours, including holidays and weekends.

Salary starts at US$50k per annum, based on qualifications and experience.

Caicos Wheels Ltd. Ports of Call Plaza. Grace Bay Road. Providenciales

RESPONSIBILITIES

CLASSIFIEDS 31

24872

Steve Thompson Projetech Construction Management & Services Ltd. Morgan House 18 Sandcastle Road, Grace Bay, Providenciales Tel: 941 3508. Fax: 941 5824 Email: info@projetech.tc

24930

BIG BLUE COLLECTIVE

#2 MARINA ROAD, LEEWARD MARINA, PROVIDENCIALES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SCUBA DIVING/ WATERSPORTS INDUSTRY Big Blue is looking for Turks and Caicos Islanders with outgoing personalities and physical coordination to join a team of knowledgeable and experienced guides to conduct educational and environmentally conscious eco-tours and boat charters throughout the Caicos Islands.

KITCHEN HELPER

AUTOMOTIVE WELDER ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: • Performs variety of welding to complete structural repair and fabrication on various vehicles and equipment.

• Designs and fabricates metal components and structures to improve existing designs and reliability.

• Inspects and performs routine maintenance on light, heavy and specialized equipment.

• Analyzes failures and makes recommendations to prevent similar failures in the future.

• Advises staff on specific metal repairs and methods.

• Reads and interprets equipment manuals, factory diagrams, and other technical manuals and blueprints.

• Sketches planning drawings as required.

• Maintains welding equipment to ensure full compliance with all safety rules and regulations • Keeps welding work area neat, orderly and free of all potential safety hazards.

• Performs other tasks as may be instructed by immediate superior.

Applications must be made in writing and should include career history and the names and contact details of at least two references. Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders should also submit copies of their application to the Labour Department. All applications will be properly reviewed and suitably qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Applications should be received by April 27th 2021 and sent to info@ projetech.tc

Looking for a suitable candidate to help prepare food for boat charters, clean coolers and clean office premises. Duties include cooking, baking, cleaning, food prep, inventory and food ordering.

The work schedule is varied and provides up to 6-days work per week. The following are required of the applicant: • Fluent in English with good speaking and reading skills.

• Must be willing to start as early as 5am, work long days, weekends and public holidays.

• Have prior experience and certification in kitchen health and safety standards.

• Experience with cooking, baking and food display.

The position is currently held by a Turks Islander and work permit holder. Turks Islanders are preferred. Salary ranges from $8-$10 per hour or salary of $2000 - $2600 per month

CANDIDATES SHOULD APPLY VIA EMAIL TO CAREERS@ BIGBLUECOLLECTIVE.COM BEFORE THE 30TH OF APRIL 2021 AND INCLUDE A RESUME AND COVER LETTER WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHY THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE A SUITABLE CANDIDATE TO WORK IN THE ECO-TOURISM / WATERSPORTS INDUSTRY. Applicants should send a copy to the Commissioner of Labour.

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24934

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COCO BISTRO

DARYL CLARKE

LABOURER

DOMESTIC WORKER

Overback, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

#10 OAK AVENUE, GRACE BAY Is seeking to employ a

• Maintenance of building and property upkeep • Removes debris from around the building • Takes care of the garden; watering the garden, planting and transplanting of plants Salary: $8.00 per hour

CONTACT: 946-5369 EMAIL: COCOBISTRO@TCIWAY.TC Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is for work permit holder renewal 24896

FREEDOM ELECTRICAL SERVICES

RIGBY HILL, FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

AC TECHNICIAN

Installation of Ductless A/C Systems, Central A/C Systems, Fabrication of Air Condition duct, trouble shooting. Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 344-1530

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24883

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

FROGGIES

#6 FRONT ROAD, BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 244-1755

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24844

G&C COMPANY Cooper Jack Road Is seeking to employ a

DAVIS CONSTRUCTION

DEREK ASTWOOD

LABOURER

LABOURER Catch and clean

#14 Norway Rd., Kew Town Is seeking to employ a

Set up equipment, run lines for power tools, erect scaffolding, lay out tools, mixing concrete, hand tools to workers, and cleaning work site.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 232-5420

CONTACT: 231-0595

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24851

CLEANER

Cleaning everything in the company. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 649-346-7379

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24949

fish. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 244-4452

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24900

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24915

BSL CONSTRUCTION

DELARIE WILLIAMS

# 5 Granny Hills, Five Cays Providenciales 242-1402

KITCHEN HELPER

Preparing the workstation for the cook. Keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy at all times. Salary: $6.25 hourly

Back Salina, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

CARPENTER

responsible for constructing, installing, erecting, and repairing fixtures and structures made from wood and other materials. Salary: $8.00 to $9.00 per hour.

RENEWAL BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

Cox Street, Kew Town 346-9094

DEREK ROLLE

Breeze Brae, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

• Loading and trucking of materials to job sites.

• Must be willing to work 6 days a week.

• Must be honest and trustworthy.

Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 247-9212

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder

24903

GISELLE M. WILLIAMS 36A New Sub-Division Five Cays,348-4999

LABOURER

To pick up yard waste and collect leaves, clean the yard with sweeper, lift garbage bags and cans into garbage truck during collection, pick up yard waste and tree limbs. Pay: 6.25 per hour THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE

24839

24925

MASON

Smooth out concrete in segments to ensure the concrete poured in level.

Arrange the concrete forms. Rub cement in with sponge-rubber float or burlap Salary starts at $6.25 per hour.

RENEWAL, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

24829

CORIATS TRUST COMPANY LIMITED Coriats is seeking a

COMPLIANCE MANAGER APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES/QUALIFICATIONS : 1. At least 5 years’ experience in a professional services compliance or regulatory role 2. ACAMS or similar qualifications showing an up to date knowledge of compliance best practice 3. A reasonable understanding of company and trust law , and a willingness to learn more 4. Flexible, self-starter , able to engage with clients and colleagues and command their respect 5. Willing to undertake compliance duties from time to time in other parts of the G&P Group

6. Willing to take on the role of MLCO , and attend Board meetings to report on compliance and risk management matters 7. Demonstrate experience of setting up and monitoring effective AML , anti-terrorist financing and general compliance programmes, and liaising with the regulatory bodies responsible for enforcement 8. Experience with, or a willingness to learn, how to use the Viewpoint Operating System This vacancy is NOT to replace a work permit holder.

Please, only those with the right to work on an unrestricted basis in the Turks and Caicos need apply.

Salary will be in the range of US$60-70k plus a bonus according to performance of up to 20% of salary .

Please drop off your CV with a covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria set out above at

Coriats offices at 82 Cherokee Road, or email us at office@coriats.com BY 30TH APRIL 2020

24948

April 17-23, 2021

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

DOCUWIN

acting on behalf of TINY'S RESTAURANT Long Bay Road is seeking to employ a

SERVER

• Able to work in a highpaced environment • Deliver exceptionally, friendly and fast service • Able to handle cash transactions Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT:

D’S CATERING/CONI DEANNA MALCOLM 25 LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a

HELPER

Clean the store, dusting, sweeping, mopping, clean ceiling vents, restroom cleaning, stock shelves, pick, pack, receive and restock products inside the store. Salary: $7.50 hourly

CONTACT: 331-9063

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is for a first time applicant 24937

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder 24865

HUDSON GARDINER

J & V CONSTRUCTION

Whitby, North Caicos 243-7375

LABOUR

His responsibilities are pick up years waste and collect leaves, clean the yard with sweeper, lift garbage bags and cans into garbage truck, pick up yard waste and tree limbs, repair broken furniture and assist with other work when needed.

Salary starts at $6.25 per hour.

RENEWAL, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

24876

BLUE HILLS CLOSE PROVIDENCIALES 347-1307

MASON

Smooth out concrete in segments to ensure the concrete poured in level, Arrange the concrete forms. Prepare surface with hammer and chose, Rub cement in with spongerubber float or burlap, Use special blades, making sure all lumps are smoothed over.

SALARY: 8.00 per hour RENEWAL, THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER 24875

E AND R BEST CONSTRUCTION North Side, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

SECURITY OFFICER

Secures premises and personnel by patrolling property; monitoring surveillance equipment; inspecting buildings, equipment, and access points; permitting entry.

Obtains help by sounding alarms. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 346-1125

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24846

EASY WAY

EFC CONSTRUCTION 184 Marble Dr., Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

Acting on behalf of NADERGE LOUIS DIAMANT Taking care of children, doing housework, and disciplining children when necessary.

CONTACT: 348-8053

THE GLAMOUR BEAUTY SALON Cheshire Hall, Leeward Highway

HAIR DRESSER - $300 WEEKLY

Shampooing, cutting, and styling hair, hair treatments, deep conditioning, permanents, hair coloring, and weaving.

CONTACT: 342-0052 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board Work permit renewals

24862

MARIE RAYMOND MISSICK

Residence yard, Five Cays Providenciales Telephone: 342-4149

MASON

CLEANER

STEELMAN

Build and install iron or steel girders, columns, and other construction materials to form buildings, bridges, and other structures

SALARY: $8.00 TO $9.00 PER HOUR. RENEWAL BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE. 24841

SENIOR PROJECT ARCHITECT POSITION AVAILABLE Architect required for the following role:

JOB SUMMARY

• The successful applicant will be expected to undertake the traditional role of a professional Architect.

• This includes detailed architectural design work, planning submissions, preparation of tender documents, construction contract administration, contract cost control and direct liaison with clients, consultants and contractors.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• RIBA/ARB registered Architect or equivalent • Minimum RIBA Part III, Masters or equivalent post-Honours degree qualification • Minimum 5 years professional experience as a Project Architect with direct Client liaison • Minimum 5 years proven experience in contract administration and cost control on JCT contracts or similar • Minimum 5 years’ experience managing an architectural team • A strong background of technical detailing and 3D visualization • Excellent skills in AutoCAD, Photoshop, Sketch-up, In Design, Excel and Word a prerequisite • Working knowledge of Autodesk REVIT an advantage • Fluent spoken and written English Salary rated according to experience, between $5k & $6k per month.

Interested applicants should contact Mr. C Davies via e-mail by April 30, 2021 with current, detailed CV to info@coasttci.com or in writing to the address below.

Only applicants meeting the minimum requirements listed above will be contacted for interview within 5 days of the closing date.

Only suitably qualified Turks & Caicos Islanders need apply. This position is currently held by a work permit holder. Coast Architects, 201w Venture House, Grace Bay Rd, PO Box 941, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

24897

CLEANER

• Helping with the cleaning of the company.

• Dusting and sweeping.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 649-242-8100

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24911

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 232-7124

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24919

SAMMY’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

ELVERA NELL WILLIAMS

KITCHEN HELPER

DOMESTIC WORKER

Jorielle Park, Granny Hill Five Cays, 242-0952

To clean all areas within the yard, clean the gutters, trim down the trees in the yard, Sweeping and removing debris from outside, water the plants and assist with other cleaner work around the property. Salary starts at $6.25 per hour.

Sweep or scrub floors, clean food preparation areas, clean meats & vegetables.

Clean garbage cans with water or steam, transfer supplies, equipment between storage & work areas, wash dishes. Pay: $ 6.25 per hour

FIRST TIME, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE.

RENEWAL APPLICATION, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE 24926

24840

ELIE JOSAPHAT

Front Bay Rd., Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER

#63 Lower Bight

BABYSITTER - $290 WEEKLY

JEAN DELUIS ULYSSE MILLENNIUM HIGHWAY PROVIDENCIALES 347-3520 Smooth out concrete in segments to ensure the concrete poured in level.

Arrange the concrete forms.

Rub cement in with spongerubber float or burlap.

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#38 JUBA SOUND, PROVIDENCIALES Is seeking to employ a

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 231-0051

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position 24913

Projetech Construction Management & Services Ltd., wishes to recruit a

QUANTITY SURVEYOR Applicants must be able to demonstrate at least ten years suitable experience as a Quantity Surveyor on large commercial and residential building projects, together with a suitable professional qualification in Quantity Surveying. General duties will include preliminary budgeting, the preparation of detailed Bills of Quantities, project estimating, the procurement of materials, labour and subcontractors, financial forecasting and reporting, managing all contractual and legal issues, and general commercial control in all aspects. A proven track record demonstrating the ability to manage all commercial aspects of construction projects must be shown. Strong leadership, communication, organization and presentation skills are essential. The successful candidate must be prepared to work flexible hours, including holidays and weekends.

Salary starts at US$60k per annum, based on qualifications and experience.

Applications must be made in writing and should include career history and the names and contact details of at least two references. Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders should also submit copies of their application to the Labour Department.

All applications will be properly reviewed and suitably qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Applications should be received by April 27th 2021 and sent to info@projetech.tc

STEVE THOMPSON PROJETECH CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT & SERVICES LTD. MORGAN HOUSE 18 SANDCASTLE ROAD GRACE BAY, PROVIDENCIALES TEL: 941 3508. FAX: 941 5824 EMAIL: INFO@PROJETECH.TC 24931

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MARIE R.A MISSICK

ANANDA LTD.

Leeward Hwy, Providenciales, has an immediate opening for a

Residence, Five Cays Is seeking a

SUPERVISOR

LABOURER

This position is held by a work permit holder.

JOB SUMMARY: • Responsible for the day to day supervision of the Retail staff and Shelf stockers • Assigning and training of new employees • Maintain inventory • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum of 5 years experience as a Store Supervisor • Experience with computerized Inventory Systems SALARY: $3,500.00 per month.

BELONGERS ONLY PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS NO LATER THAN APRIL 18, 2021 TO: ANANDA LTD. LEEWARD HWY, PROVIDENCIALES. TEL: 941-8155 EMAIL: MANAGERS@ KBHOMECENTER.COM 24834

- $6.25 HOURLY

Cleaning the property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

CONTACT: 344-3710

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24899

SURFE CONSTRUCTION

MANGO REEF RESTAURANT

2 BUSSER

Clean tables, taking plate, utensils and drinkware to the kitchen to be washed.

2 COOKS

Assist head chef

2 KITCHEN HELPERS

Helping with preparation of food

2 PASTRY CHEFS

Preparing a wide variety of goods TROPICAL TASTING #3 Airport Rd., Providenciales

ASSISTANT COOK

To assist the head chef in various food preparation W/P Renewal EMAIL: BASSETT_27@HOTMAIL.COM $6.50-$10 HOURLY BELONGER ONLY APPLY CONTACT: 242-8792 24944

MENELIK ASTWOOD

GRACE BAY CAR RENTAL

GRAND TURK is seeking to employ :

#1216 Leeward Highway, Providenciales

NIGHT AUDITOR The Night Auditor is a key member of the Car Rental team, responsible for the over-night operations, verifying the accuracy of clients’ accounts balancing charges and revenues, as well as assisting with all aspects of Customer Services. The night Auditor must have a Positive and professional up personality with a desire to deliver outstanding customers service to our clients.

REQUIREMENTS

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to enhance the service standards throughout the operation.

• Excellent communication and time management skills.

• A team player and a self-starter • Ability to work effectively in an innovative, fast paced and multi-tasked environment • Excellent computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office and use of the internet, Rent Centric, Excel, All Windows, Europcar Systems.

• College or University degree preferred in Accounts or a minimum of 3 years’ experience in guest services role.

• Must have the ability to wow the customer.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Perform accurate check-ins and return car rentals • Answer the telephone in a timely and professional manner.

• Make reservations over the phone and in person and ensure all aspects of the vehicle reservation procedures are followed, including bookings, confirmation and cancellations policies • Responsible for a cash float throughout your shift and ensuring all floats balance correctly at the end of the shift.

• Listening to clients’ complaints or concerns and resolving their issues in a timely manner.

• Produce daily reports for departments and department heads • Compile and run statistical reports for all departments and transfer information to our Accounting department.

LANGUAGES

LABOURERS

Must be able to read, write and speak English Perform tasks involving physical labour.

Must be able to clean area properly Check the fluid and water levels, tires, Salary: $7.50 per hour

This position is currently held by a work permit holder

CONTACT: (649) 242- 3005

24842

ELECTRICIAN

- $12 HOURLY Install and maintain wiring, control, and lighting systems. Inspect electrical components.

Identify electrical problems.

Repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures.

CARPENTER

- $12 HOURLY Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other materials

CONTACT: 231-9209

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 24881

MEP SOLUTIONS #999 Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 946-5907

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24835

MAGIC SCISSORS & PRESSING #3 Bar Joe Plaza, Airport Road, Providenciales Is seeking a

CLEANER

• Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

• To work 6 days a week.

Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 342-5450

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24837

MS &J TIRE SHOP

#8 MILLENNIUM HIGHWAY, BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 345-3682

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24914

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THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

NOTICE

PROCESSING OF BUSINESS NAME APPLICATIONS

The Office will continue to accept applications via the on-premises dropbox. Clients using the drop-box will be contacted and provided with an appointment to complete their transaction.

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board

Contact: 649-441-8515 Email: frantz@gracebaycarrentals.com Held by a work permit holder

LIVE-IN MAID

to care for children Clean and tidy house Salary: $6.50 per hour

Northwest Central, Blue Hills Is seeking a

Please be advised that effective Monday, 19 April 2021, the Financial Services Commission’s Providenciales Office will see clients for business name applications by appointment only. Appointments can be made by contacting the office at telephone number (649) 946-5314 or via email to businessnames@tcifsc.tc.

• Written, spoken and reading proficiency in the English Language Salary- $2775 per month.

• • • • •

April 17-23, 2021

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Clients are strongly encouraged to use the online portal at https:// kregistry.tcifsc.tc/kregistry/ for processing of their business name renewal applications.

24929

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

24933

April 17-23, 2021

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

ISLAND DRILLING LTD.

J&G MAINTENANCE SERVICE #35 LIGNUM VITAE ST., LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a

Located in Industrial Drive, Grand Turk. Is seeking To work 6 days per week.

Salary is based on experience.

variety of tools and machines.

2 CONSTRUCTION FOREMEN

6 MECHANICS

Starting salary $10.00/hr Duties include routine maintenance of the company’s fleet of vehicles.

1 position is new

ASPHALT LABOURER

Starting salary $8.00/hr Duties include cleaning and preparing the job site for installation of asphalt, loading and delivering materials, and using a

Starting salary $12.00/hr Duties include coordinating activities and supervising grading and paving crews to perform the construction tasks and activities

2 MASONS

Starting salary $8.00/hr Duties include fabricating, maintaining, altering and repairing structures including sidewalks, street curbs and walls. *Work permit renewal

Contact: 1 (649) 244-4007. Email: islanddrillingltd@gmail.com

Applicants who are TC Islanders should send a copy of their applications to the Immigration Board.

24851

LUIS A. FREITES #87 MARBY DRIVE, JUBA SOUND Is seeking to employ a

#17 Industrial Rd, Provo Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. To work 5 days a week. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 343-6168

L.M VARIETY STORE

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24884

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 341-1299

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24843

LEGISTER W. MISSICK

Handfield Yard, Glass Shack Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER Cleaning outside the

property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 345-2426

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24941

2 CLEANERS

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 342-3163

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24902

JENDERLY’S SALON

22 Airport Road, Morris Plaza Unit #6-7, Down Town

NAIL TECHNICIAN

- $6.25 HOURLY Manicures, artificial nails, gel nails, hand massages, nail fills, nail repair, and nail polishing, and etc.

HAIR DRESSER

- $6.25 HOURLY Shampooing, cutting, and styling hair, hair treatments, deep conditioning, and etc.

CONTACT: 244-5191

JUANITA SKIPPINGS Palm Grove, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

HOUSEKEEPER

Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing.

Ensuring all rooms inspected according to standards. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 231-2076

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board These positions are currently held by work permit holders

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

LAVARDO OUTTEN

KIRKLEY PARKER

KATIUSCA RODRIGUEZ

DOMESTIC WORKER

LABOURER

FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 245-4360

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24858

Coriats Trust Company Limited

24868

Light House Rd., Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 246-2661

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24864

24924

46 Reese St., Five Cays Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC WORKER

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 242-9063

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24943

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

SENIOR TRUSTS DIRECTOR

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Coriats seeks a senior candidate for the position of senior trust Director to grow our Latin American client base.

REQUIREMENTS: • Good Spanish language skills essential and ability and a willingness to travel throughout Latin America • Must immediately introduce, transfer in and retain an existing client base and following of at least $250,000 of fees • 10 + years of experience working for international banks or wealth management firms at the highest level • Wide network of professional contacts in the larger LatAm markets, especially Brazil, Colombia and Peru • Detailed understanding of the tax, residence and other requirements of the major LatAm countries • Education in finance and wealth management / investing to post grad level Salary: Up to US$160,000.00 per annum plus bonus scheme depending on experience and client base

Please apply on or before 30th April with a detailed c.v. to office@coriats.com marked ‘LatAm Position’, or drop off the application at Coriats, 82 Cherokee Road, Providenciales Please only qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders or PRC holders with the right to work need apply.

This role is a new position, not a work permit renewal.

24855

The Financial Services Commission (FSC), the regulator of financial services business in the Turks and Caicos Islands, is seeking suitably qualified applicants to fill several vacancies.

APPLICATION DEADLINE 16 APRIL 2021

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR Department: Information Technology Location: Providenciales Annual Salary: $26,650.00-$30,955.00

JOB SUMMARY

The holder of this position reports directly to the Systems Administrator II. The Technical Support Administrator role is to ensure proper computer operation so that end users can accomplish their daily duties. This includes receiving, prioritizing, documenting and actively resolving end user help requests. The holder is also responsible for actively monitoring and maintaining the computer systems and networks within the Commission.

Details on the above vacancies can be found on the Commission’s website at https://tcifsc.tc/vacancies/ or by contacting the Commission at telephone numbers 649-946-2550 ext. 4021 or 4048.

Applications should be emailed to administration@tcifsc.tc no later than 16 April 2021. A copy of the application should be submitted to the Employment Services Department by emailing to CHbacchus@gov.tc and MCadams@gov. tc. Applications received after the application deadline may not be considered in this recruitment phase but may be placed on file for future reference. While we appreciate your response, please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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MR. TUX

UNIT #39 SALT MILLS PLAZA, GRACE BAY ROAD Is seeking to employ a

SEAMSTRESS

Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations. Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines.

Measure parts such as sleeves or pant legs, and mark or pin-fold alteration lines Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 241-7698

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder 24867

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS P&D EMPLOYMENT Acting on behalf of CARIBBEAN CONSTRUCTION BUILDERS #999 Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a

ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

• Supervise team, financial reporting, payroll, set budgets, collect, organize and store information using computer and filing systems • Five (5) year experience is required.

Salary: $12 hourly

CONTACT: 946-5907

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24947

OCEAN CLUB RESORTS

is looking for qualified applicants for the position of:

Senior Project Manager Plan and supervise a wide range of construction projects from start to finish, experience in managing large scale vertical construction projects is necessary. You will organize and oversee construction the construction team procedures and ensure they are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with engineers, architects etc. to determine the specifications of the project.

• Negotiate contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements.

• Determine needed resources (manpower, equipment, and materials) from start to finish with attention to budgetary limitations.

• Plan all construction operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met.

• Acquire equipment and material and monitor stocks to timely handle inadequacies.

• Hire contractors and other staff and allocate responsibilities.

• Supervise the work of all construction team members and give guidance when needed.

• Evaluate progress and prepare detailed progress reports.

• Ensure adherence to all health and safety standards and report issues.

REQUIREMENTS:

GARDENER Involves strenuous physical labor, which requires being able and willing to perform heavy lifting, and other physically demanding functions. Must be able to speak English fluently. Preference will be given to someone with previous resort experience.

All applicants must be able to present a clean Police Record if offered a position. Wage commensurate with experience. Individuals must be willing to work holidays and weekends on a flexible schedule dictated by business demands.

This position is currently held by someone with a work permit.

• Proven experience as construction project manager • In-depth understanding of construction procedures and material and project management principles • Familiarity with quality and health and safety standards • Good knowledge of MS Office • Familiarity with construction/ project management software Procore and Blue Beam • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills • Excellent organizational and time-management skills • A team player with leadership abilities Salary: $2000/weekly Belongers are encouraged to send copy of their resume to Labour Board

Contact: Norstar Group Ltd. Unit 2C, Courtyard Plaza, Providenciales Phone:(649) 941-3600 Email:Pchaplin@norstargroup.tc

Applications available at Ocean Club or Ocean Club West.

Only those receiving an interview will be contacted.

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NATIONAL COMPANY SERVICES

6 PARADE AVENUE, BUTTERFIELD SQUARE PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS BRITISH WEST INDIES, TKCA 1ZZ 649▪946▪4227

TRAINING OFFICER / SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FUNCTION: Build annual training program and prepare teaching plans; To ensure that employees have the skills and knowledge to compete effectively and meet the organization's business objectives; Identify training needs by evaluating strengths and weakness; Translate requirements into training that will groom employees for the next step of their career; Develop /Oversee the production of classroom handouts, instructional materials, aids and manuals; Direct structured learning experiences and monitor their quality results; Acclimate new hires to the business and conduct orientation sessions; Direct training courses; Assess training effectiveness to ensure incorporation of taught skills and techniques into employees work behavior; Periodically evaluate ongoing programs to ensure that they reflect any changes; Stay abreast with new trends and tools in employee development; Maintain training materials to the highest standard for internal and external courses.

The successful candidate must have: Proven experience in designing multiple training events in a corporate or classroom setting – minimum 5 years; Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration, Accounting experience and Quick Books encoder will be an asset; Qualification in Information Technology; Demonstrated ability to organize and teach complex products, services and procedures; Be conversant with computer application – ability to handle up to five (5) different applications. Advance excel skill and print publisher. Be flexible to give support to rotated shifts between 7:00 am – 7:00pm daily, including weekends and public holidays, at various locations in TCI, Training Anti-Money Laundering would be an asset.

Wage: $1,500 - $1,900 / per month – commensurate with qualification and experience.

PLEASE SUBMIT APPLICATION LETTER AND RESUME TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, NCS EMONEY SERVICES, PROVIDENCIALES, TCI. EMAIL: TCIHRSTAFF@GMAIL.COM. THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 23, 2021

April 17-23, 2021

Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview. This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

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Quantity Surveyor We are seeking a skilled, reliable, efficient quantity surveyor to join our growing organization.

In this position, you will estimate the costs of construction projects, working with contractors, builders, and architects.

QUANTITY SURVEYOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• • • • • • • • • • • •

Review architectural plans and prepare quantity needs Estimate the quantity and costs of materials Prepare contracts and documents Set budgets for payments, inventory needs, and materials Track changes in plans or constructions; update budgets Negotiate with contractors and subcontractors Act as a liaison between clients and site managers/engineers Identify potential financial or construction risks.

Advise clients on improvements, strategies, and/or estimated costs Prepare payments for contractors and subcontractors Document progress, materials, and reports on project Utilize software to calculate, record, and track inventory and estimates, proficiency in plan swift, Procore and Blue beam is essential.

QUANTITY SURVEYOR REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, construction engineering, management, or related field • 5-10 years of general construction estimating experience, financial experience, construction experience, or related field • Proficient in computer skills and Microsoft Office Suite • Able to analyze financial records and apply data to improved results • Strong aptitude for numbers, spreadsheets, and financial reports • Experienced at compiling and following strict budgets; strong estimating and financial analysis skills • In-depth understanding of construction, materials, pricing, and industry • Able to analyze problems and strategize for better solutions Salary: $1600/weekly Belongers are encouraged to send copy of their resume to Labour Board

NORSTAR GROUP LTD. UNIT 2C, COURTYARD PLAZA, PROVIDENCIALES PHONE:(649) 941-3600 EMAIL:PCHAPLIN@NORSTARGROUP.TC

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ONE STOP CONSTRUCTION

P&D EMPLOYMENT

STANDING SEAM ROOFER/ GUTTER INSTALLER

South Dock Road

Acting on behalf of

is seeking a

Should be able to operate and maintain Englert SSR machine and perform all duties related to post. Should be comfortable working on high rise buildings, provide cut sheet and roof measurements. May be required to work six days a week and holidays, if necessary.

Salary commensurates with experience. For further information, contact number is 243-1019.

ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DROPPED OF AT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT OR AT OUR OFFICE ADDRESS, 6A TOWN PLAZA

24853

#6 JUBA SOUND Is seeking to employ a

DYPCO LTD

- $12 HOURLY

• Financial reporting, supervise team, payroll, collect, organize and store information using computer and filing systems.

• Must have the ability to keep track of multiple projects and deadlines, etc.

CONTACT: 231-1490

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

24946

#353 GRACE BAY Is seeking to employ a

BAY RD, BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

HOSTESS

ONE GARDENER

tools • Must have an understanding of safety precautions when using these tools • Must be flexible and able to work on weekends and holidays Beginning salary commensurate with experience.

INTERESTED APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A CLEAN POLICE RECORD AND SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS WITH A COPY OF THEIR CV TO:INFO@SAUNDERS.TC OR VIA FACSIMILE AT 941-4533 AND TO THE T.C.I EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT. This position is currently vacant.

Performing Pool maintenance. Salary: $7 hourly

CONTACT: 3425250/341-8332

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

24910

#10 BRIDGE ROAD, TURTLE COVE MARINA Is seeking a

DISHWASHER

• Washing dishes, pots, pans, and flatware, and resetting dining areas.

Preparing dining areas and kitchen for next shift by cleaning and restocking dining areas and cook stations.

• To work 6 days a week.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 941-5090 24917

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 24920

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

FISHERMAN

Diving for fish.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 946-5921

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

CONTACT: 344-9209

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 24912

24918

S&B CONSTRUCTION

OVER BACK, GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

ROBERTS AGENCY FOR CAICOS ADVENTURES

LABOURER/GARDENER

• Set up equipment, run lines for power tools, erect scaffolding, lay out tools, mixing concrete, hand tools to workers, and cleaning work site.

• To work 5 days a week.

Salary: $6.25 hourly

CONTACT: 231-6432

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24922

$6.50 hr Cleaning and washing of boats and surroundings.

LEW 1 SHIPPING LTD.

LABOURER

$6.50 HR Cleaning waste and surroundings.

CALL 649 241 2043 THIS POSITION IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT

24871

HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY (CARIBBEAN) LTD

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

Is looking for a

GENERAL MANAGER

PROVO BEVERAGE

#52 UNIVERSAL DRIVE, INDUSTRIAL ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES IS LOOKING FOR A DYNAMINC AND RESULTS ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL TO FILL THE POSITION OF:

SALES AND MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE • The candidate must have proven success and experience in both sales and marketing as well as excellent interpersonal skills and retail sales experience.

• Degree in Sales & Marketing requires • Knowledge of the beverage production industry would be considered an asset.

DUTIES INCLUDE • Meeting sales targets in acquiring new customers as well as sales growth in existing customers • Developing and maintaining a retail merchandise purchasing and selling program (including setting up of new physical retail location) as well as maintaining an e-commerce presence • Special event organization and promotion • Leading public tours of production and packaging areas.

• Enhancing brand awareness and exposure including use of social media • This position involves working on evenings, weekends and holidays and any potential applicant must have flexibility to accommodate changes in schedules without notice SALARY: $40,000.00 annual

Please email CV to; provodave@gmail.com for consideration.

THIS POSITION IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL

Seats guests and manage the seating chart. Monitors restaurant activity to determine seating and dining flow. Responds to guest inquiries and requests. Salary: $6.50 hourly

POOL ATTENDANT

SHARKBITE

#217 Long Bay Beach Drive, Providenciales. Is hiring

QUALIFICATIONS • Must have knowledge of gardening

RCO LTD.

RAW DEAL FISHING BOAT/ GEORGE SOLON

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

SOKOL LTD.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the general maintenance of the grounds, and gardens, of three (3) private villas and to carry out numerous gardening duties requiring a minimum amount of supervision.

POOL SOLUTIONS

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Join the Heritage Team! We are looking for an experienced Senior General Manager to hire and train new staff, to assist with our Providenciales branch office. Heritage offers a variety of opportunities for growth and success and is an equal opportunity employer. The successful candidate should have: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

20+ years’ experience required in the P&C insurance; Litigation management experience; Reinsurance experience; Risk Management experience; Multiple branch operations experience; Staff evaluating experience; Accounts reconciliation experience; Knowledge of insurance coverage for all types of risks; Ability to travel and work in the US Virgin Islands; Must be a licensed P&C Adjuster; Must be a licensed agent; Insurance specialist designation required; Knowledge of Police Processing Systems (PSS); Knowledgeable in legal claims handling.

YOU WILL

• • • •

Interview, hire, and train new staff members; Oversee underwriting and policy sales and service; Be required to work approximately one week a month or less in TCI; Be required to travel overseas.

Preferred applications: Belongers only Salary range: related to time spent and not more than US$2,000.00 per month for TCI work.

SUBMIT COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO:

Paula Querrard of Heritage at pquerrard@hiccl.com as well as the Labour Department Deadline for applications is 26th April 2021 This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

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BABYSITTER WANTED Location: Juba Sound, Providenciales • Caring for 4 kids • Ensuring a safe environment and providing top-notch care • Preparing meals and doing housework • Must be available to work long hours • Must be available to sleep over • Salary $300.00 per week

PLEASE EMAIL RESUME AND COVER LETTER. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. PLEASE EMAIL CVS TO: SNJEZANA_ ANDREWS@YAHOO.COM 24936

TAINO CATERING PRIVATE CHEF SERVICES

DIVE INSTRUCTOR

With active teaching status, significant experience leading dives, and strong customer service skills.

PADI and STCW10 preferred. Previous liveaboard experience and the ability to speak multiple languages is a plus. Candidate must live onboard the vessel, with one day shore leave each week. Starting salary: $1085/month. This is a new position.

INTERESTED PERSONS ARE ASKED TO APPLY BY EMAIL TO NELSON RIOLLANO, AT JOBS@EXPLORERVENTURES.COM (PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS WHO ARE ISLANDERS ARE INVITED TO ALSO SEND COPIES OF THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR 24852

TDMG CONCORDIA LTD

#42 Celestial Circle, Belglade Gardens, Blue Hills, Wheeland. Is seeking a

South Dock Road, Providenciales, TCI Tel: 649-9413445. Fax 649-9413446/ P.O. Box 608

WAITRESS

LOOKING FOR CARPENTERS

- RENEWALS Take measurements and calculate the size and amount of material needed, cut, shape and smooth lumber and other material (e.g. fiberglass) according to measurements. Build window frames, doors, staircases and frame buildings by using raw materials or pre-constructed items. Carve and assemble furniture, cabinets, shelves and other items and install them where designated.

Salary starts $9-13 per hour.

Qualified Belonger candidates

Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.

Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems. Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 332-8501

SHOULD SEND THEIR APPLICATION TO: INVOICES@TDMGLTD.COM OR CALL 941-3445 DEADLINE APRIL 18TH , 2021 24873

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position

24857

TDMG CONCORDIA LTD

EXPLORER VENTURES (TCI) LTD. is a scuba liveaboard diving company operating out of Providenciales. The company requires an experienced English-speaking

April 17-23, 2021

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SHREE SAI LIMITED

South Dock Road. P.O.Box 608. Is Seeking for a

CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATOR - RENEWAL

RESPONSIBILITIES: Prepare conceptual estimates using limited preliminary design.

• Prepare detailed cost estimates using full set of plans and specifications.

• Prepare customized reports.

• Prepare construction budget.

• Prepare detailed critical path job schedules.

• Resolves cost discrepancies.

REQUIREMENTS: • Capable of reading/coordinating plan, Salary commensurate with experience.

Belonger candidates should send their

SKYLINE INDUSTRIES LTD.

IS LOOKING FOR A QUALIFIED, EXPERIENCED APPLICANT FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION;

BUSINESS ANALYST Reporting to the Managing Director, the responsible person elicits, analyzes, specifies, and validates the business needs of stakeholders, be they customers or end users. Research, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing requirements by gathering processes and developing strategies for further leverage.

The selected candidate will be responsible for: verifying requirements for consistency, comprehensibility, feasibility, and conformity to standards. Holds the ability to translate conceptual customer requirements into functional requirements. Interpreting customer requirements into feasible options and communicating these back to the business stakeholders. Communicates changes, enhancements, and modifications of business requirements — verbally or through written documentation to project managers, sponsors, and other stakeholders so that issues and solutions are understood and resolved for maximum beneficial outcome.

He/she must have the ability to quickly assess and advise on the larger risks before making recommendations for improvement related to detail procedures and duties. Graduate Degree in a related field/ 4+ years’ experience of this nature.

ALL INTERESTED APPLICANTS, PLEASE SEND RESUMES TO INFO@HO2GROUP.COM. PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO EXPERIENCED AND QUALIFIED BELONGERS. ONLY THOSE RECEIVING AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

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application to: info@tdmgltd.com. details and technical documents.

• Knowledgeable of Planswift and Autocad.

• Proficient with Gextim and Excel (VBA).

• 5+ years of experience as construction cost estimator.

• Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times.

• Ability to work long hours and week-ends.

• Effectively communicate in English in both written and oral forms.

• Knowledge of French is preferred.

• Driver’s license is mandatory.

Dead Line April 16th , 2021.

24874

CRUISE PORT CENTER, GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a

MANAGER

• To manage indigo store at G.T Cruise center.

• Must have good communication skills, accounting background and at least 5 years’ experience.

Salary based on experience and qualification

CONTACT: 347-7518

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position 24863

RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE OPEN OR RELOCATE YOUR BUSINESS IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED SHOPS OF PORTS OF CALL AVAILABLE UNITS 4OO SQ FT GROUND LEVEL 1450 SQ FT GROUND LEVEL 800 SQ FT 2ND FLOOR OFFICE /STUDIO SPACE AGENTS PROTECTED

CONTACT DALE OR TAIWAYNE AT HOTEL

946-8888

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

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TCMILLWORK LTD.

Architectural Woodworking, Cabinetry and Design South Dock Road, P.O. Box 238, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

CNC OPERATOR-CNC ROUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

5 years work experience in manufacturing furniture, woodworking, joinery and cabinet making.

Salary at $10.00 per hour

FURNITURE CARPENTER-CARPENTER

SKILLS REQUIRED: 5 years work experience in manufacturing furniture, woodworking, joinery and cabinet making.

Salary at $9.00 per hour

LABOURER

SKILLS REQUIRED: • 5 years work experience in woodworking, joinery and cabinet making.

• Trained to help cabinet maker, furniture carpenter • Cleaning the shop, offload materials, stack materials Salary at $7.00 per hour SKILLS REQUIRED FOR ALL 5 POSITIONS BELOW: • Individual must have previous experience with manufacture, construction, and installation of high end cabinetry.

• Must be familiar with operation of all current woodworking machinery and tools with proper safety practices.

• Must be able to read Auto-Cad drawings.

• English speaking, bilingual preferred.

DUTIES: Joinery, manufacturing, finishing and or re-finishing of furniture, cabinets and woodwork in general including installation. Assist other employees in general millshop operations and maintenance. Must be professional and courteous.

PLEASE SEND APPLICATIONS TO: TCMILLWORK@TCIWAY.TC. CONTACT PERSON: STEPHANE GAUDET 231-4537.

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of resume to Labour Department. All positions are held by work permit holders.

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QUALITY FOOD SERVICES 78 Industrial Road, 5 Cays

Are now interviewing for the following position:

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR • Must have prior experience managing multiple employees in a fast paced environment.

• Must have Food Service Experience communicating with Chefs and Purchasing Departments.

• Must be willing and able to work extended periods of time in a FREEZER ENVIRONMENT. • Must be have experience as a Prior Butcher and have the capability to train new Butchers as well as supervising the current Butcher Staff.

• Must have experience in operations of a BIRO 3334, Hill Phoenix Freezer and other necessary operating equipment within the Butcher Room.

• Must have experience, preferably a certification for operating a Fork Lift and Electric Jack.

• Must have prior experience in basic maintenance and repair for these items as well.

• Must have experience managing a company vehicle fleet of at least 7 vehicles and respectively be able to mechanically (within season) maintain that fleet.

• Must be willing and available to work extended hours, including all and/or any holidays, nights and weekends.

• Must have the ability and past experience of maintaining and encoding a POS System, including Quick Books Program.

This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

Salary is $7.50 hourly. 24-44 hours weekly.

PLEASE APPLY WITHIN @ QUALITY FOOD SERVICE, 78 INDUSTRIAL ROAD, 5 CAYS OR CONTACT 941-7939 FOR MORE INFORMATION. ONLY BELONGERS OR PRC HOLDERS NEED APPLY.

24905

SPENCE SECURITY & INVESTIGATION SERVICES, LTD

The leading and trusted security company in TCI is in need of personnel to fill the following position for our expansion.

SECURITY SUPERVISOR

QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum of 5 direct years security supervisor experience • Must process a college degree • Computer skilled in word, excel, access, outlook and PowerPoint • Must have basic security certification certificates in personal safety and other proven security course training certificate • Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) • Can follow instructions and write comprehensive reports • Possess valid driver’s license • Must be an excellent team-player Salary starts from $2,000.00 to $2,500.00 Per Month

SECURITY OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Should have minimum of 3 years military/police experience or 4 years security officer experience • Mush process a security training certificate • Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills (English) • Can follow instructions and write comprehensive reports • Must have clean criminal record • A valid TCI Driver’s License is an asset Salary starts @ $7.00 per hour Interested applicants should send resume’ and applicable certificates address to:

‘The Chairman not later than April 23rd, 2021 to: SPENCE SECURITY & INVESTIGATION SERVICES, LTD. P.O BOX #73, Caribbean Place, Leeward Highway, Providenciales Email address: spencesecurity@tciway.tc

Massage Therapists Spa Tropique is on the hunt to find the best massage therapists on island! If you have at least three years experience with a four star spa and have an upbeat and positive personality, we hope you will come and meet with us! Applicants must be able to speak and write English fluently, have a clean driver’s license and their own vehicle in excellent working condition. Please see further requirements for applicants below.

We look forward to meeting you! Deadline for applications is: April 30th 2021. This position is currently held by a work permit holder.

Applicants for the position are required to have: • Obtained a diploma in Massage Therapy from an internationally accredited school from Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States.

• Completed a massage course of at least 1800 hours plus, an additional 600 hours in medical massage.

• At least 3 years experience with a spa rated 4 stars or above.

• Their own vehicle in excellent working order and a clean license.

• Fluent spoken and written English (there is a written exam).

• Basic computer skills for use of company software.

• Be available to work 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM every day. Weekends and holiday are a must.

Schedules are subject to change.

Remuneration: $6.25 per hour plus commission and gratuities.

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR RESUME TO: RELAX@SPATROPIQUE.COM OR DROP OFF AT #59 SALTMILLS PLAZA, GRACE BAY. APPLICANTS MAY ALSO FORWARD RESUMES TO THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE SERVICES OFFICES.

24908

40 CLASSIFIEDS TICORE LAKIA SEYMOUR

SECOND PHASE, RALPH CL., BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

BABYSITTER

Ensuring a safe environment, preparing and giving meals, bathing and dressing children, administering medicine, doing housework, and disciplining children when necessary. Salary: $6.50 hourly

CONTACT: 247-2241

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24856

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TURKS RENTAL LTD., 649-347-6543

DOMESTIC WORKER

UNIQUE TOURS & RENTALS

VANS TIRE SHOP

BLACKSMITH

TIRE MAN

BAY ROAD, BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

Building 381, Industrial Drive, Five Cays Is seeking to employ a

BRANDON HAIR BRAIDING

Palm Grove, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

HAIR-BRAIDER

BRIDGETTE MISSICK

South Suburbs, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Duties: To clean and maintain premises at a Commercial business also to clean vehicles as required and any other duties as may be necessary. SALARY: $6.50 per hour.

$6.25 PER HOUR Reliable and able bodies person for general chores in Cleaning dusting, mopping laundry.

Full Time. Must be willing to work 6 days a week and weekends. $6.50- $7.50 per hour depending on experience.

• Must have 10+ years of experience.

• Trim horse hooves using utensils such as rasps and nippers.

• Clean hooves and remove excess hoof walls and dead sole.

Salary: $1,400 monthly

Repair vehicle tubes and tires. Balance tires for all vehicles, order patches and plugs for tires. Send tires out for assistance and direction when needed.

Salary: $9 hourly

Duties: Braiding, Weaving, Relaxing, Loc, grooming And maintenance, cutting And trimming and styling.

Manicures and Pedicures Salary: $7.50 per hour.

CONTACT: KATHYJEANMCLEOD@ HOTMAIL.COM 24909

CONTACT: 441-8687

CONTACT: 232-7177

CONTACT: 343-2880

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 24859

Belongers are asked to send A copy of their resume to The Labour Board. This position is Currently held by a work permit Holder.

Belongers are encouraged To send a copy of their Resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held By a work permit holder.

FABIAN J. THOMAS

L. FIDEL SEYMOUR

NATE LIGHTBOURNER

LABOURER

DOMESTIC WORKER

DOMESTIC WORKER

24921

TSI MANAGEMENT

Breezy Brae, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

#1216 Leeward Highway, Providenciales

PROPERTY MANAGER SUMMARY The Property Manager is responsible of the general operation, maintenance and record keeping of at least one property, but typically several, which are part of the company’s management portfolio, reporting to the General Manager on a regular basis. Duties with this role include bookkeeping, landscape management as well as all tasks associated with co-ordination of property maintenance, repairs, regulations and inspections. As such mandatory experience for this role includes a minimum of 10 years’ experience in business accounting. Successful individuals working in this role generally possess a diverse skill-set including the ability to negotiate, build relationships with guests and manage records. Additionally, they should have sound knowledge of business and financial proceedings.

DESCRIPTION They are expected to take prospective clients on tours of the properties, prepare agreements and ensure required services are connected. The Property Manager role can be very demanding and the necessary skills are required to handle any problems that may occur. They are also required to have excellent people skills and make not only their clients feel comfortable, but to report regularly to Property owners on all pertinent aspects on the Property rental.

SKILLS • Accounting and Finance back ground ( extensive ), with the ability to use QuickBooks and Excel to provide at least monthly reporting to company management and property owners as required.

• Administrative skills and demonstrable attention to details • Ability to work flexible hours and extended periods, we have a season that can be very busy, the Property Manager is expected to be available to clients 24/7 when they are in-residence, position is a salaried position and after hours work is expected.

• Being positive and courteous to clients EDUCATION Knowledge and proven experience of management, accounting, landscaping, construction and repairs are mandatory, an extensive health and safety knowledge, along with first aid training is also favored.

SALARY: $1,700 per month Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board This position is currently held by a work permit holder

CONTACT: BRANITZ@YAHOO.COM TEL: (649) 246-0775

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24928

Duties: To clean and maintain premises at a home also to clean vehicles as required and any other duties as may be necessary.

SALARY: $6.50 per hour.

CONTACT: 243-7488

Belongers are encouraged To send a copy of their Resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held By a work permit holder.

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24889

Breezy Brae, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

Duties: Regular housekeeping Which includes Cleaning, mopping Dusting, sweeping and any other Chores as needed.

SALARY: $6.50 per hour for each.

CONTACT: 244-6450

Belongers are encouraged to Send a copy of their resume To the Labour Board. This position Is currently held by a work permit holder.

24893

CONTACT: 243-9642

24888

North School Avenue Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

Duties: Regular housekeeping Which includes Cleaning, mopping Dusting, sweeping and Assist with Caring for a young child any other Chores as needed.

SALARY: $6.50 per hour for each.

CONTACT: 241-2579

Belongers are encouraged to Send a copy of their resume To the Labour Board. This position Is currently held by a work permit holder.

24887

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS TSI MANAGEMENT 382 Grace Bay Road

BUTLER REQUIREMENTS: • High School diploma or GED required.

• Certification in Safety Management or Food Safety a plus.

• At least Two years of experience in hospitality, customer service or related field.

• Must be able to maintain a positive attitude under stressful work conditions.

DUTIES: • Answer calls to the household phone, greet guests at the door, assist in the planning of events and dinner parties, oversee table settings, and serve drinks and food.

• Communicate with housekeeping to ensure rooms are cleaned are the most convenient time for guests.

• Run errands for guests when necessary.

• Ensure guests’ room are clean and tidy up when necessary.

• Recommend and arrange amenities for guests.

• See guests off when they check out.

• Remain well-groomed at all times.

• Keep up-to-date on all hotel policies on safety and hygiene.

• Perform all duties with discretion, professionalism and a pleasant demeanor.

Salary: $10 hourly

CONTACT: 441-8515

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit holder 224927

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ROCHELLE S. GRAY

Back Salina, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Duties: To clean and maintain premises at a home also to clean vehicles as required and any other duties as may be necessary. SALARY: $6.50 per hour.

CONTACT: 341-7279

Belongers are encouraged To send a copy of their Resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held By a work permit holder.

24892

T-JAY BEEN

WARD’S CONSULTANCY

West Road, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT

DOMESTIC WORKER

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Barcelona pip fierce rival Real Madrid to be named the world’s most valuable club DESPITE a tumultuous period on and off the pitch, Barcelona are now the most valuable soccer club in the world, according to Forbes.

Valued at $4.76 billion, the Catalan giant head the Forbes rankings for the first time after narrowly pipping fierce rivals Real Madrid to the top spot this year.

Real Madrid are valued at $4.75 billion but currently holds the bragging rights on the pitch after their 2-1 win the El Clasico on Saturday.

It’s a rare piece of good news for Barcelona, who have had their fair share of problems over the last year.

Historic debts, reported by Spanish newspaper El Mundo to be more than one billion dollars, forced Barcelona into a fire sale of some of the most important figures in their playing squad and recent presidential elections will hope to quell the

animosity within the ranks.

It’s also trying to keep hold of star player Lionel Messi, who made public his desire to leave Barcelona last year and who subsequently criticized the club’s hierarchy after having to stay.

In February 2020, Barcelona also issued a statement to say it “categorically” denied responsibility for the publication of Messi’s $672 million contract in El Mundo.

The contract would make Messi the highest-paid athlete in sports history and the club said it would take legal action against the newspaper “for any damage that may be caused as a result of this publication.”

CLUB VALUES RISE DESPITE PANDEMIC Whilst Barcelona and Real occupy the top two spots on the rich list, Champions League winner Bayern

Barcelona and Real Madrid are ranked first and second in Forbes’ rich list.

Munich take third spot, being valued at $4.22 billion.

It means Manchester United drop out of the top three into fourth, as the club continue their rebuilding process on the pitch. United had previously topped the rankings 11 times in the last 16 years.

United’s Premier League rivals Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur also make up the Top 10, with Paris

Saint-Germain sitting amongst them in ninth.

On average, the value of the Top 20 richest clubs in the world has risen 30% in the last two years, according to Forbes, despite the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on the game.

“The pain is far from over, with a worsening decline in matchday revenue during the current season, as most of the teams in Europe’s

top leagues still permit few fans to attend games,” wrote Forbes’ Mike Ozanian.

Whilst Real slip to second in the overall rankings, they remain top in terms of commercial revenue, according to Forbes. Through sponsorship deals, advertising and kit deals, the club brought in $424 million last season. They still hold the most valuable shirt and kit deals in the world of football. (CNN)

Prince Philip funeral: Premier League, EFL, Premiership Rugby, F1 & racing schedules moved THE Premier League, EFL, Premiership Rugby, F1 and British Horseracing have adjusted their schedules “as a mark of respect” to avoid clashing with Saturday’s funeral of Prince Philip.

The Duke of Edinburgh died at the age of 99 on Friday and his funeral will be held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 17 April.

A national minute’s silence will be held at 15:00.

The Football Association recommends no games played between 14:45 and 16:15.

In addition, a minute’s silence should be observed before matches and black armbands worn.

All flags at Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park will also fly at halfmast.

A statement said: “The FA’s thoughts continue to be with Her Majesty the Queen, our president, HRH the Duke of Cambridge, and the wider royal family during this difficult time.”

In the Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ home game against Sheffield United, which had been scheduled to kick off at 15:00, will be moved to 20:15.

The 32 fixtures set for 15:00 in the Championship, League One and League Two will take place at either 12:30 or 17:30.

Clubs are able to determine which

There was a two-minute silence before all of this weekend’s games in the EFL and players wore black armbands to mark the death of Prince Philip.

time suits them, with Sunday also a possible option.

The National League has confirmed its 15:00 kick-offs are moving to 12:30.

However, the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Manchester City at Wembley will remain at 17:30.

The Women’s FA Cup fourthround fixture between Manchester City Women and Aston Villa Women

will be brought forward to 12:00.

And four Irish Premiership fixtures have been switched.

Formula 1 has changed the schedule of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to ensure cars are not on track at the same time as the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

Saturday’s on-track sessions have been moved forward an hour, with qualifying now starting at 14:00

local time (13:00 BST) and final practice at 10:00 BST. Friday practice has also been moved as a result, to comply with regulations demanding specific gaps between sessions. The first hour-long session will be at 10:00 BST and the second at 13:30.

In racing, the Scottish Grand National at Ayr has been switched from 17 to 18 April.

The British Horseracing Authority has also moved the Spring Trials at Newbury to the Sunday and announced that there will be no racing between 14:45 and 16:15 on Saturday.

Premiership Rugby has changed the kick-off times of all four of its matches on Saturday.

Sale’s match against Gloucester and Exeter’s home game against Wasps will both start at 12:30 while Newcastle v Bristol will kick off at 17:00, along with Harlequins v Worcester.

Ireland are scheduled to face France in the Women’s Six Nations at 14:15, although the match is in doubt because of Covid restrictions.

In cricket, the nine County Championship matches scheduled on Saturday will be paused between 14:50 and 16:10.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has also asked all recreational cricket clubs to do the same.

In tennis, Great Britain’s Billie Jean King Cup play-off tie with Mexico will start 30 minutes earlier at 11:30 BST, and there will be a pause in play between 15:00 and 16:00.

In Scotland, six Scottish Cup fourth-round matches scheduled around the time of the funeral have been moved, including Rangers against Celtic at 16:00, which has now been rescheduled to 15:00 on Sunday.

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Ben Stokes: Wisden name England allrounder leading cricketer in world again

Jayson Tatum was diagnosed with Covid-19 in January.

Tatum says Covid-19 effects still lingering after three months JAYSON Tatum says his battle with COVID is STILL ongoing after 3 months ... telling reporters his breathing remains so messed up, he’s been forced to use an inhaler before games.

The Boston Celtics superstar was diagnosed with the virus back in early January ... and missed nearly the entire month battling its effects.

The 23-year-old ultimately recovered ... though he said after the Celtics’ win over the Trailblazers on Tuesday night that his lungs still have yet to bounce back to 100%.

“It’s a process,” Tatum said. “It takes a long time. Like, I take an inhaler before the game since I’ve tested positive.”

“This has kind of helped with that and opened up my lungs, and, you know, I never took an inhaler before. So I think that’s something different.”

The good news? After roughly 12 weeks of fighting it, Tatum says he’s closer than ever to getting back to normal.

“I for sure feel better now than I did a month ago,” Tatum said.

Tatum’s been a monster for Boston this season despite the COVID struggles ... he scored 32 points against Portland on Tuesday to lift the Celtics to a win.

So far this season, Tatum is averaging 25.9 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. (TMZ)

ENGLAND all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row.

Stokes, 29, is the first Englishman to win the award twice since its inception in 2004.

He scored more Test runs than any other batsman in 2020, with 641 in seven matches, while also taking 19 wickets.

Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has become the oldest person since 1933 to be named as one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year.

Stevens, 44, is the fourth-oldest recipient of the award, which dates back to 1889.

England batsmen Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley, Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and former West Indies captain Jason Holder join Stevens on the 2021 list.

Stokes won the award last year for a stellar 2019 in which he played a key role in England’s World Cup victory and scored 135 not out in a thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the third Ashes Test at Headingley.

In a year curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Stokes still shone in 2020, averaging 58.27 in Tests, including 120 against South Africa and 176 against West Indies, while his 19 wickets came at an average of just 18.73.

Australia batter Beth Mooney was named the leading woman cricketer in the world.

Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger.

Mooney, 27, was named player of the tournament in the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup, scoring 78 not out in the final as Australia beat India, while she was also the leading runscorer in the 2020-21 Women’s Big Bash League.

Stevens took 29 wickets at an average of only 15 in the Bob Willis Trophy last year, which Wisden editor Lawrence Booth said “confirmed his status as one of the domestic game’s most unsung heroes”.

Crawley hit a sublime 267 against Pakistan at Southampton in just his eighth Test in August, while also scoring centuries in both the Bob

Willis Trophy and Twenty20 Blast.

Sibley also made his maiden Test century in 2020, with an unbeaten 133 against South Africa in Cape Town, before scoring 120 against West Indies at Old Trafford.

Holder is acknowledged for being “a giant both on and off the field” last summer when West Indies toured England during the coronavirus lockdown.

He led his side’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement in taking a knee before each Test and also took 6-42 in the first innings of the first Test at Southampton, which West Indies won by four wickets.

PSG show ‘fight’ to stun Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinal PARIS Saint-Germain showed both style and substance in its epic Champions League quarterfinal win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Despite falling to a 1-0 defeat in the second leg, PSG secured their place in this year’s semifinals on away goals (3-3 on aggregate) and showed a maturity perhaps missing in past campaigns.

While the front three of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Angel Di Maria is undeniably one of the best forward lines in world football, questions have often been asked about the team’s resolve and its willingness to do the dirty work.

Those questions were answered emphatically against Bayern as PSG stood up to everything the reigning European champion threw at them, adding pragmatism to its tricks and flicks.

“Football is such a beautiful game but it’s also a game in which you never give up and you have to fight,” said PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino after the game.

He added: “We were very focused. It was a really tough match. I’m really happy because the players deserve big credit. To win

PSG celebrate after beating Bayern in the Champions League quarterfinal.

and qualify for the semifinals is an amazing moment for us.”

BAYERN MISS LEWANDOWSKI With all the money spent at PSG in recent years, its Qatari owners expect the team to win the Champions

League soon. Managers -- and players -- have come and gone as the club looks for the perfect winning formula and the celebrations at fulltime on Tuesday were telling.

Neymar, who despite hitting the woodwork twice in the first half was talismanic throughout, was visibly

fired up and appeared to celebrate with teammate Leandro Paredes right in the face of Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich, something he later said was purely accidental.

Pochettino, who looked equally emotional, embraced Neymar multiple times as the players walked off the pitch.

Pictures and videos on social media then showed the team celebrating back in the home dressing room.

Bayern, meanwhile, will feel hard done by after two good performances in the high-quality contest but it sorely missed star striker Robert Lewandowski.

The Poland international has been in rampant form in front of goal this season, scoring 35 goals in the Bundesliga, but missed both legs through injury.

It meant Bayern’s attack was led

by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting who, despite scoring the only goal of the second leg, cannot be classed in the same category as a superstar like Lewandowski. The absence of other senior players, such as Serge Gnabry, also meant manager Hansi Flick was short of options from the bench, which was largely full of inexperienced youngsters.

Even without its main goalscorer and despite the defeat, Flick suggested his team deserved more.

“Over both games, I think we were the better team,” Flick said.

“We’ve had some back luck, we were missing some players but we have to accept it.”

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Steph Curry becomes Golden State Warriors’ all-time record point scorer STEPH Curry became the Golden State Warriors’ all-time leading scorer on 17,818 points and counting after he surpassed Wilt Chamberlain’s record that had stood for 57 years.

Curry scored 53 points -- the ninth 50-point game of his career -as the Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets 116-107 at Chase Center on Monday.

Having started the game 18 points shy of Chamberlain’s tally, Curry claimed the record in the first quarter and went on to score 30 firsthalf points and a total of 10 threepointers.

“It’s crazy ... any time you hear his (Chamberlain’s) name, it’s kind of daunting because you know his records are so hard -- some of them are even impossible to eclipse,” Curry, who was drafted by the Warriors in 2009, told reporters of becoming the leading scorer in franchise history.

“To be anywhere near him in any record book and to now be on top, it’s surreal and it’s wild.”

Denver’s defeat was exacerbated by an injury to Jamal Murray in the game’s final minute.

The star guard fell to the ground and clutched his knee in agony with 50 seconds remaining before being helped off the court.

“We’re going to try and get some imaging of the knee and see what

Heath Streak played 65 Tests and 189 one-day internationals for Zimbabwe.

Heath Streak: Former Zimbabwe captain banned for eight years by ICC

Curry passed Chamberlain’s record 10 minutes into Tuesday’s game.

the injury is,” head coach Michael Malone told reporters after the game.

“Obviously, we’re a very down locker room. Yes, we lost the game, but I think everybody’s thoughts are with Jamal and hoping that he’s going to be okay.”

Curry was supported by 18 points and seven assists from Draymond Green as the Warriors improved their home record to 17-10 this season.

Nikola Jokic finished with 27

points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Nuggets, whose next game is against the Miami Heat on Wednesday as the Warriors face the Oklahoma City Thunder.

It’s not the first time this year that Curry has reached a career milestone.

In March, he became the Warriors’ all-time assists leader and in January, he scored a career-high 62 points in a win over the Portland Trailblazers.

(CNN)

FORMER Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned from all cricket for eight years for corruption offences.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) found that Streak, 47, engaged with an Indian man known as ‘Mr X’ during his time coaching Zimbabwe and in Twenty20 leagues across Asia.

Streak passed on information on matches and contacts details of players, including one national team captain.

In return, he received two Bitcoins and an iPhone for his wife.

Streak, a former pace bowler, is Zimbabwe’s all-time leading wickettaker and once took 6-87 in a Test against England to earn a place on the Lord’s honours board.

He also had spells in county cricket with Warwickshire and Hampshire.

The ICC found that he disclosed information likely to be used for

betting on matches in the 2018 tri-series involving Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the 2018 Indian Premier League and 2018 Afghanistan Premier League.

He also facilitated introductions to four players, failed to disclose the gifts and payments he received, and the approaches to engage in corrupt activity.

The ICC also said Streak attempted to disrupt its investigation by colluding with Mr X - who had also been interviewed - and deleting phone messages.

“Heath Streak is an experienced former international cricketer and national team coach, who had participated in numerous anticorruption education sessions and was fully aware of his responsibilities under the Code,” said Alex Marshall, the general manager of the ICC’s integrity unit.

Mahrez and Foden send Man City into last four with win in Dortmund MANCHESTER City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League for only the second time after sealing victory over Borussia Dortmund in the last eight courtesy of comeback win in Germany.

Holding a 2-1 lead from the first leg, City found themselves needing to chase the tie when 17-yearold England international Jude Bellingham curled in a superb shot from the edge of the box.

Stung by the concession, the visitors threw everything they could muster at the German side, with Kevin de Bruyne smashing an effort off the bar before Mahrez saw a shot blocked on the line by the brilliant Bellingham.

The crucial breakthrough for City came early in the second half as Emre Can was penalised for handling in the box and Mahrez stepped up to fire his side ahead again in the tie.

Phil Foden sealed it, adding to the late goal he scored at the Etihad to

give his side their first-leg lead with a fierce drive that found the Dortmund goal via the post.

City will face Paris St-Germain in the semi-finals, with the French side having eliminated holders Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

It is the first time City have reached the semis under current boss Pep Guardiola, who twice won the competition during his time as manager of Barcelona.

Their previous appearance in the last four came in 2015-16, when they were knocked out by Real Madrid in Manuel Pellegrini’s final season in charge.

The defeat likely ends Dortmund’s hopes of playing in next season’s Champions League, with them fifth in the Bundesliga, seven points behind fourth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.

A BIG HURDLE CLEARED BY GUARDIOLA’S CITY

Mahrez scored his 11th goal of the season to send Man City through to the last four.

With record-breaking Premier League titles and domestic cups aplenty to their name, City have conquered the English game under Guardiola. Another league crown is incoming and could well be garnished by a couple of domestic cups.

But European glory continues to elude them.

In the build-up to Wednesday’s second leg, the Spanish manager

hinted at the Champions League aspirations that partly motivated his appointment, admitting that he will be seen as a failure if he fails to deliver the prize to the Etihad during his time at the club.

Wednesday’s result represents a pivotal moment in achieving that, with the psychological hurdle of getting past the quarter-finals cleared.

The manner of their second-leg

win - devoid of panic, even after falling behind, and trusting in a process that ultimately saw them sweep aside a tricky opponent - puts them in even greater stead.

They may not be fielding a recognised striker in their biggest games at the moment, but in De Bruyne, Foden, Mahrez and Bernardo Silva they have a front four with the intelligence, skill and movement to pick apart any side on the continent.

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At a Christmas Gala and Awards banquet.

Women in Sports early members.

Women in Sports TCI celebrates its eighth anniversary IN April of 2013, Sports Hall of Famer and former President of the Commonwealth Games Association Mrs Rita Gardiner partnered with the Director of Gender Affairs, Mrs Carolyn Dickinson to organise an initiative for women and girls of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The collaboration was to promote gender equality in sports. After much consultation with sporting bodies, the first group to holistically promote women, sport and physical activities was established, and duly named “TCI Women in Sports”.

The launch of this most needed body took place on April 13, 2013 in Providenciales and in Grand Turk on April 14, 2013, by the then Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Akierra Missick.

This week, the organisation, which has highlighted and promoted female (and some male) sporting achievements in the TCI, celebrates its eighth anniversary.

According to current TCI WIS President Mrs Symadia InghamWallace, “The organisation is an independent group with a crosssection of women throughout the communities of the TCI with interest in bringing about gender equality in all sectors of society as well as persons keen in sporting activities.

This association

will help to identify and place women and girls in the various sporting disciplines; provide the required support to allow them to maximise their full potential; to award women’s achievements; to increase the number of women in decision-making roles. WIS is committed to changing attitudes to ensure girls and women have a life-long involvement in sport and physical activity and to cultivate

relationships with international organisations.”

To this end, Women in Sports TCI members recognised early that they needed support and signed an MOU with their Canadian Women in Sports partners, while they also established greater ties with the Women’s Commission in the Caribbean.

The vision of WIS is to have a holistic and equitable sport and

WIS TCI is known for promoting local athletes.

physical activity system where all girls and women can participate.

Its mission is to change the mindset of stakeholders, close the gender gap and create a revolution of women and girls involved in sports and physical activity through a multi-sectoral approach.

According to information from WIS, its members believe in “being fair” and in fostering partnerships and engaging in discussions. They

also believe in inclusiveness and encouraging equal access to all programmes and opportunities.

Ingham-Wallace added that WIS has always embraced diversity. She highlighted several of WIS annual achievements, including its Learn to Swim programme.

“Our Canadian partners assisted us immediately with an intern, Kathleen Reeves who immediately set to work with the CGA President by developing Grassroots programmes. WIS’ first programme was ‘Learn to Swim,’ a programme for young girls and women who needed to master the art of swimming or learn basic survival skills. That programme runs every summer and is one of our most popular on WIS’ sporting calendar for the youths of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Due to the pandemic, it was postponed in 2020, there are many other sporting activities for adults and children alike. Our most anticipated event is the Christmas Gala and Awards banquet.”

Although Mrs Gardiner was the pioneer of WIS and Mrs InghamWallace is the current president, there were several others who led the important body over the years, including Mrs Florence JarrettDunkley, Sherry Ingham and Angela Brooks.

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National football coach hopes to have full squad for clash with Haiti NATIONAL Football Coach Omar Edwards is not predicting a victory against top 10 CONCACAF side Haiti, when we play them in June in the CONCACAF Qualifying Campaign for the 2022 World Cup, but he is hoping to see TCI battle with their full squad.

The national side were without three of their starters when they lost to Central American teams Nicaragua (7-0) and Belize (5-0) in late March.

Edwards pointed out that not having the starters hindered the side.

“Going up against professional players with 99.9 percent amateur players it will always be an uphill task, you know with our limitation, with the number of players we have available. We played without one of our professional players in Marco Fenelus, we played without Jepthe Francois and Herby Magny, they are three good starting players for us and all three were missing, nevertheless, the team went out there and gave it their very best.

From this experience, it showed that the team can only grow and get better.”

Defeating Haiti even with the trio would be an extremely difficult task, but Edwards feels that the game would bring out the best in the Turks Islanders.

His hope is not only to add the missing players, but maybe a few new faces.

“I am hoping that we would get all of our players available to us, with the addition of maybe one or two new players, who knows.”

POSITIVES FROM BELIZE CLASH Edwards said that although the games in the Dominican Republic

The Senior National Football team that competed against the Central American sides in March.

late last month were defeats, there were several positive takeaways.

He concentrated on the Belize clash, which saw a more focused

TCI drop three places in latest FIFA rankings The Turks and Caicos Islands have dropped three places in the latest FIFA football rankings owing to their performance in the Dominican Republic.

From 203, the TCI are now 206, they are however still ahead of the US Virgin Islands (207), British Virgin Islands (208) and Anguilla (209) in

CONCACAF. TCI had two difficult clashes against Nicaragua where we lost 7-0 and fellow Central American side Belize, who defeated us, 5-0.

Several other nations also dropped a few places, including the Bahamas, who dropped five spots to 201.

and disciplined TCI side for most of the first half.

“In our second encounter against Belize, we played the first 44 minutes and 30 seconds well.

We demonstrated good team shape and organisation and with a little bit more concentration in the last 30 seconds of the first half we would have gone in nil-all.”

According to Coach Edwards, that would have been a boost to the team’s morale.

He said that the side came out flat in the second half and lacked concentration, hence the reason we conceded four additional goals.

“The first half compared to the second half, it was like night and day. I strongly believe that the players could have gotten something out of the Belize game.

In the first half of the Belize game, we also created two to three opportunities, but we failed

to capitalise on them and hence Belize created a few chances and they capitalised on it.”

GOOD EXPOSURE Edwards pointed out that the overall experience was very good for our players.

“We played against professional players, players who grew up in academy and has been getting good preparation from a very young age… So all and all, I believe that the players went out there and they gave it their utmost best, we have fallen short in a few departments and as I have said before, the experience is good. The players, I believe, can only get better.”

Along with the regular starters, TCI also travelled with U16 midfielders: Callum Park and Christopher Louisy. Only Park played. He came on as a substitute in the last 16 minutes of the Belize

clash.

According to Edwards, having the youngsters there was a good sign for the TCI. “The coaching staff just have to keep motivating the players and we have to also invest a lot in the youth players…we have been giving them experience and exposure, because very soon they will become the centre of the team.”

Overall, the senior national coach pointed out that the defeats, although not the desired outcome, can help to channel the players in the right direction.

“Growth comes when players leave their comfort zone and they did that, they left their comfort zone and they went and played against professional players, teams that are ranked way above them. I believe that the team has certainly grown and the team can only get better going forward.”

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TCI aiming to participate in swimming, athletics and road cycling at Commonwealth Games 2022 – Ingham-Hall named Chef-de-Mission THE Turks and Caicos Islands Commonwealth Games Association (TCICGA) has appointed Mrs Rosalie InghamHall as the Chef de Mission to lead Team TCI into the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

According to information from the local CGA, TCI will look to participate in three sporting disciplines: swimming, athletics and cycling (road race).

Mrs Ingham-Hall is not new to the role of Chef de Mission, having served as Chef de Mission for Team TCI at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, when the event was held in Glasgow and at the Centro

Caribe Sports, formerly Central America and Caribbean Sports Organizations (CACSO) in 2018, held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

She currently holds the position as General Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association (TCAAA) as well as the General Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Commonwealth Games Association (TCICGA).

In addition, she is a former board member for the Turks and Caicos Islands, to the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization and a member of Women in Sports TCI. She has also travelled on several

occasions as Team Manager for the CARIFTA Games, North American Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Under 23 Championships, World Junior Championships and World Championships.

Information from the TCICGA indicated that Mrs InghamHall “has an illustrious athletic background spanning five (5) years at the HJ Robinson High School where she had the distinct pleasure of being Champion Girl for four (4) consecutive years. She remained undefeated in the 100M, 200M and 400M sprints. She also held the national female records for the 200M and 400M for a number of years. In 2016, her twenty-three (23) year old record for the 200m was finally broken. She had the honour of representing the Turks and Caicos at various International Events: CARIFTA, Central America and Caribbean Games and Pan-Am Championships. Over the years, she has had the opportunity to attend various regional and international training seminars. Mrs Ingham-Hall is certified as an IAAF certified level-3 Track and Field Coach and also an IAAF certified Track and

Mrs Rosalie Ingham-Hall was named as the Chef de Mission to lead Team TCI into the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Field Technical Official.”

Mrs Ingham-Hall, who is very involved in the day-to-day running of the TCAAA and in promoting the athletes of the Turks and Caicos Islands, said that she is ready to put 100% into the event.

“Sports have played a very important role in my development - most importantly it helped me to cope with the highs and lows of life and to build character, resilience, respect and patience. It is always a privilege and honour to lead Team Turks and Caicos to any championship event or to be away from the spotlight getting things done. My task is an important responsibility which I take on whole-heartedly”.

Haye-Smith breaks national 400M outdoor record

Yanique Haye-Smith continues to dominate the sprints

TCI’s top female sprinter Yanique Haye-Smith broke the national 400M outdoor record in her season opener over the weekend.

The 31-year-old carried the TCI female record under 53 seconds in the 400M for the first time ever, when she competed at the Aggie Invitational in North Carolina.

She was able to break her April 2019 (Sun Angel Classic) record, which stood at 53.19s.

The new record is 52.50s.

With the performance, the Turks Islander finished second in the competition.

She also registered a topseven finish when she competed in the 200M sprint. In that race, she clocked 23.51s, just shy of her national record of 23.48s, which she had also achieved in April of 2019.

In the indoor season, the ace sprinter had also broken the 60M record.

TCICGA President, Mr Godfrey Been, described Mrs Ingham-Hall as an individual who is dedicated to sports and who will go the extra mile to get the task done. He added that, regardless of her quiet demeanour, she is no pushover and that he has the utmost confidence in her abilities.

CARIFTA Trials to be live-streamed in May NEXT month’s CARIFTA Trials will be live-streamed to spectators, given that no fans will be allowed at the stadium.

According to information from the Turks and Caicos Islands Sports Commission, they will collaborate with the TCAAA to run off the 2021 CARIFTA Trials.

The Sports Commission described the event, which is scheduled for May 7 and 8, as the “first of its kind”.

They will stream it on their Facebook page, their Youtube channel, while it will also be shown on FLOW Sports Channel 104 and on Sports Watch on RTC 89.1FM. From the meet, TCI will select its team for the event, which is now scheduled for Bermuda in August.

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