TC Weekly News February 18 - 24, 2023

TCI’s economy booming – Premier tells diaspora

Urges them to return home and contribute to development

BY OLIVIA ROSE

Members of the TCI diaspora living in the Bahamas were recently urged to return home, capitalize on opportunities, invest and contribute to the territory’s booming economy.

The territory’s leader, Premier Hon Washington Misick appealed to the largest concentration of the TCI diaspora who reside in

the Bahamas to return to their homeland and play a meaningful role in the development of Turks and Caicos Islands in this new era of economic growth.

At a reception hosted for members of the diaspora on Monday, February 13th, 2023, Premier Misick and Deputy Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams had the opportunity to meet residents with lineage and

roots in the TCI and share plans with the diaspora to establish an office in The Bahamas in the first quarter of the 2023 financial year.

He also announced the appointment of two Diaspora Liaison Officers, Andrea Vernay Mills and Canon Curtis Robinson who will provide non-consular services to members of the diaspora.

to the different foreign nationals, and that is not going to get any better soon unless we decide to stop the progress.”

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Speaking at the reception which was held at Crypto Isles in Nassau, Bahamas and attended by Hon Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; Misick said: “The TCI has a booming economy at the moment, we are a tourismdependent country and we have tremendous opportunities, both in terms of the job market, but also for those who may have entrepreneurial abilities and skills and resources and network, those opportunities also exist for you.

“And what is happening at home at the moment is that we are accommodating large numbers to expand, from all over the Caribbean and North America for that matter.”

He stressed although the territory’s economy is on an even keel, the indigenous Turks and Caicos Islander population is dwindling.

He said: “And one of the issues we face today is with the franchise, we are already outnumbered in TCI, in terms of the proportion of our population

Misick underscored that the TCI is rife with investments, which will ultimately require a robust workforce to bring projects to fruition, and this presents a number of opportunities for members of the diaspora.

He continued: “I can tell you right now, by my reckoning, that probably we have a good problem in that TCI is very attractive for foreign investment.

“We probably have about $2 billion worth of investment in the pipeline at the moment, which means that over the next 5-10 years, we're going to require large numbers of workers at different levels.”

Misick told the gathering that the Government is currently investing heavily in developing its human capital to support the demand for a highly skilled and educated populace.

“That is investing huge money in scholarships in training and empowering our islands by providing grants and small business support, but there's only

so many of us, and as the prime minister correctly said, there are probably more Turks and Caicos Islands living in the Bahamas than living in Turks and Caicos.

“We have been lucky in that we have already recruited a number of persons from the Bahamas to work in the TCI including persons who have come back to take on middle management and management positions.

“Just in the last few months, we have recruited an electrical commissioner from Grand Bahama, also the person that is assisting us in developing our airport in Providenciales is Mr Smith, whose roots are from Turks and Caicos… and so the movements between the two islands to island states are happening whether we officially endorse it or not”, he added.

EXPANDING THE FRANCHISE

Premier Misick said the Government is “pushing against” the private desire of many, including the UK to broaden the franchise, which would include naturalising people from different

Deputy Governor HE Anya Williams; Minister of Transport and Housing, Hon Jobeth Coleby-Davis; Hon Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; Premier Washington Misick; First Lady Mrs Delthia Russell Misick and Hon Arlington Musgrove, TCI’s Minister of Immigration and Border Services

Premier Hon Washington Misick (Office of the Premier photo)

Deputy Governor HE Anya Williams and Hon Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas (Office of the Premier photo)

Cutting ties with Haiti will hinder repatriation

– Deporting Haitians continue to cost more than average TCI salary

BY DELANA ISLES

It is now costing the government approximately $2,200 a head to return illegal Haitian migrants to their country, with $5 million spent for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

This was revealed by Althea Been, Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Border Security during a press conference late last week.

She explained that for the 20212022 fiscal year, $3.6m was spent on the detention and repatriation of illegals, which she calculated at about $2,352 per person.

“So far, this financial year we have expensed $5.1m which is coming to $2,200 per person.

This indicates that between 2021 and 2023, to date the government has spent approximately $8.7m on housing and deporting illegal Haitian migrants.

Eleven months into 20222023 fiscal year government has captured and stopped some 2,355 migrants trying to enter TCI, a significant spike compared to the 1,555 in the previous financial year (2021-2022).

These figures were revealed by Minister of Border Security, Hon Arlington Musgrove who led the press briefing with an overview of the illegal migration problem in the

has spent approximately $8.7m on housing and deporting illegal Haitian migrants.

territory.

He said the 52% increase in arrivals represents five per cent of the TCI’s population, a worrying figure had they evaded capture and assimilated into the community.

Currently, Haiti does not have a government having lost its last vestiges of elected representation when 10 senators’ terms in office expired, leaving the country without elected officials.

The battle-torn country is now overrun with vicious gangs who dominate the daily life of residents through violence and extortion.

TCI’s economy booming ...

countries on a wider scale.

He said: “And I would be lying to you if I didn't tell you that's part of the selfish motive of extending and working hard to make sure that we expand our franchise by including Turks and Caicos Islanders, or people with TCI heritage to become a part of TCI because you qualify for status in TCI.

“We don't really know the size of our population but we estimated about 50,000, we have a census going on at the moment, and among them back to the issue of the franchise, about 9000 voters.

“That's a big fear that we have, that we could lose the franchise.”

Premier Misick acknowledged that as the Government encourages more people from the diaspora to return home, it is cognizant of some of the challenges this would

pose, one being adequate housing and accommodation.

In this vein, he explained that his Government is working to expand the housing market.

He said: “So the right thing to do to encourage freedom of movement, with the skills between the Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas, we already benefit significantly from the experience in the Bahamas, it's going to expand so rapidly that we estimate that we're going to need about 600 houses a year, at least for the foreseeable future.

“In inviting people from the Bahamas my greatest fear is the shortage of accommodation for people if you want to move there, and so the government is making some speed and trying to deal with that problem.

Musgrove said the last real conversation the TCI Government had with Haiti was during the last CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in 2022.

He explained: “The last elected government of Haiti was disposed of a few weeks ago, and even before that we have been having problems getting in connection with them. We hope there will be some dialogue during the next week in the CARICOM meeting… to find out where we are going and where they can put whatever forces they have in place to help us with this situation.”

Been added to the minister’s statement saying that the ministry continues to maintain diplomatic relations with the local Haitian consul: “We have to maintain those relations because our ability to repatriate depends on that.”

She said diplomatic relations remain strong to facilitate that as well as for the human rights element.

Minister Musgrove noted that the decision to suspend visas for Haitian nationals has had many triggers, chief among which were the increased number of irregular migrants attempting entry and an upsurge in violent crimes in the TCI.

Adding to that decision was a rise in the communicable and infectious diseases in Haiti, the hiring of illegal immigrants and persons not authorised to work in the TCI by unscrupulous employers; and a noticeable propensity of persons arriving in the islands who are violating the terms of their visitor’s visa by overstaying and engaging in gainful occupation.

However, he has assured residents who have complained that visas are still being granted, that all applications that were submitted before the January 11 moratorium will be honoured.

No new applications are being

accepted by the Customer Service Department during this period which ends on July 10, 2023.

He stated that while it is regrettable that this measure had to be taken at all, the government is committed to doing all that is necessary to protect TCI.

Addressing the calls for ties to be severed with the troubled country, Minister Musgrove stated: “I want the public to understand that we are in a very precarious position in that we depend on the diplomatic relations between the TCI and Haiti in order to repatriate illegal migrants.

“Should those ties be severed, we would be forced to keep all migrants entering our borders illegally from Haiti, here.

“That means every boat, every interception, all 2,355 migrants repatriated for 2022/2023 would remain here.”

He said this would not be sustainable and TCI cannot afford to lose the option of repatriation.

“It is better for us to continue to tackle improving interception, dismantling organised human smuggling and eliminating the pull factor of illegal employment, to cut down on illegal migration, than to take knee-jerk decisions that could cost us our very country in the long run.”

This indicates that between 2021 and 2023, to date the government

Premier Hon Washington Misick and members of the TCI diaspora

Judicial Services Commission appoints judicial officers

– AG reminds public as “scandalous” WhatsApp message maligns CJ, DPP and other court officials

BY DELANA ISLES

Members of the public continue to walk a perilous line between freedom of speech and immediate jail time for Contempt of Court, as observed recently in a viral social media post maligning the Chief Justice and Director of Public Prosecution.

The offending messages were widely shared two weeks ago accusing the Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang of trying to manipulate the system to position the DPP Eugene Otuonye K.C. – a fellow African national – for further elevation within the TCI’s judiciary system.

The messages further disparage the characters of both individuals, as well as a third court employee, accusing the Chief Justice of favouritism in the appointment of judicial officers and the sidelining of others.

In a joint statement, the Hon Attorney General, Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles OBE KC and President of the Bar Council, Selvyn Hawkins addressed the “unsupported, scurrilous and defamatory” accusations.

Setting the facts straight, the statement sought to educate the public – once again – that judicial appointments are made only by the Judicial Services Commission, a body that is independent of the Judiciary and the Government.

The statement reads: “The message inaccurately and perhaps deliberately ascribes to the Chief Justice's decision-making on appointments to judicial offices when the Constitution reposes that responsibility in an independent Judicial Service Commission that makes recommendations to, His Excellency the Governor.

“For a small jurisdiction, we have been fortunate in securing the appointment of experienced and respected judges. We need to be able to continue to attract such candidates in future.

THE TOURIST BOARD SAGA

“That means that judges and those involved with the administration of justice are to be accorded the respect which they and their office deserve. If there is to be a comment on the conduct of the judiciary an abundance of care must be taken to ensure that any such comment is fair, and it must be scrupulously accurate. The administration of justice should not be brought into disrepute.”

The Attorney General and President of the Bar Council stated that they are united in their opposition to this kind of harmful, inaccurate and offensive publication in any and all manner.

“We work closely with the Hon Chief Justice and members of the Judiciary and wish to clarify in the minds of all right-thinking persons that the contents of that WhatsApp message are not only inaccurate in the legal sense but unfair in that the power to appoint lies with the JSC and not the Hon Chief Justice.”

The statement further clarifies that when inaccurate or even personally insulting public comments are made about the judiciary, it is impossible for judges to answer because inevitably it would mean commenting on a case to be tried, which is being tried or has been decided.

“It is part of the accepted role of judges that they cannot descend into public debate to correct misleading, scandalous or false criticism.”

However, part of that same code requires that, when judges are attacked unfairly, the Attorney General and other senior law officials should address such matters to prevent the public’s view of the judiciary and the administration of justice from being undermined.

“In extreme cases, if the judiciary is scandalised, it has historically been the role of the Attorney General to bring those in contempt before the courts to be punished.”

The recent termination of several employees at the Tourist Board is being seen as a betrayal of the people's trust by the PNP government, a move that has historical origins. Hon Edwin Astwood, Leader of the Opposition has once again strongly voiced his disapproval of the dismantling of the Board to make way for the government's muchtouted Destination Management Organisation (DMO).

Astwood spoke against the move after 17 tourist board employees were made redundant on February 3, as the government forges ahead with the transition.

What are your thoughts?

Promotional genius

It’s hard to replace the hard work and the promotional genius of the Tourist Board but if it is done it will hopefully be done in a responsible manner.

If it’s not broken, don’t fix it

TCI’s tourism is surging and the Tourist Board has been instrumental in bringing attention to these shores. Why make this move now? Is this such an important policy change? To many, it’s a gamble that is not needed.

Typical of the PNP

Classic PNP move. Throughout the political history of the PNP party, one can conclude that it has singlehandedly misappropriated most, if not all of TCI’s national assets. The party and its operatives have developed a reputation of arguably the most skilled group of people when it comes to divesting the TCI and its people of anything that has the potential for sustainable longterm benefit for generations to come.

Every deal when you examine it has the DNA of selfishness and greed to benefit just a few people

and it is usually the same families and friends. This kind of behaviour needs to change and not be encouraged. It’s wrong and wrong on all levels.

Tourism is our lifeblood

Does betrayal mean appointing a less competent and experienced team? If the present government's ambitions are achieved, we might survive an unforeseen crash in the USA. If we break the tourist industry our economy is doomed.

Confused

I do not think the termination of the employees is the real issue. The employees will be given the opportunity to apply for jobs in the new DMO, although I accept that there is no guarantee if they are doing a good job then they should stand a fair chance of being hired. The issue is the DMO itself. I saw a statement recently by Hon Ralph Higgs and there is much truth in what he says.

According to the statement, “I am not aware of a single country in the Caribbean, or in the world for that matter, which has seen the growth that TCI has realised on the small budget the board has had to work with, then demolish the said organisation like you and your government are proposing”.

The voting public fully agrees with his sentiments.

All compromised

Hon Edwin Astwood, Leader of the Opposition has once again strongly voiced his disapproval with the dismantling of the TCI Tourist Board to make way for the government's muchtouted Destination Management Organisation (DMO)"

So, when Charlene went with the PDM to the UK and HMG said to her, if you want to advance the Constitution then why don't you come to us with a united front. Inclusive of the opposition.

Washy has just one PDM in the legislature - and he can't advance to an advanced Constitution. Really? They are all compromised—It’s a joke.

Our own enemy

Put TC Islanders first. Now is the time to keep building the Turks and Caicos Islands, not tear it down. Let’s put TC Islanders first and retain their respect and dignity and not take away their jobs. We are our own enemies.

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Security and border protection ties with US, UK and Bahamas bearing fruit –

Governor says Canada is now onboard

BY DELANA ISLES

Border security continues to be a top priority for the TCI, with significant collaborative ties being made and strengthened, most recently with the United States Government.

On Thursday, February 16, Governor Nigel Dakin met with a delegation from the US that included senior representatives from the National Security Council, the Vice President’s Office and the US State Department.

He said the subject was “how we could work ever closer on irregular migration”.

Further details on this meeting are expected to be shared with the public soon.

Last week, the Border Security ministerial team, along with police and regiment officials spoke extensively about the illegal migration and human smuggling issue that plagues the Turks and Caicos Islands.

That meeting revealed that the government has already surpassed what it spent in housing and deporting illegal migrants in this the eleventh month of the financial year. This figure, $5.1m, is significantly higher than what the territory spent in the previous financial year $3.6m.

The upsurge in illegal sloop arrivals has also significantly risen, due in no small part, and according to some, directly related to the unrest and violence in Haiti, a country without an elected government.

The Governor said: “In December and January, alone, we arrested and repatriated 690 irregular migrants at sea, that’s close to 1.4% of our population. Last year we repatriated about 6% of our total population to Haiti.”

He noted that although the TCI is good at what it does in terms of capture at sea, the challenges are regional, and so must be the solutions.

“We have pursued a very

Church Folly Bridge

reopens; no heavy-duty equipment allowed

The Church Folly Bridge in Grand Turk has reopened to vehicular traffic following road work, however, heavy-duty equipment operators are being urged to avoid using the bridge for another two weeks.

The Public Works Department within the Ministry of Physical Planning and Infrastructure Development in a statement last week urged heavy equipment operators to avoid this route and use of the bridge for another two weeks (i.e. after February 24, 2023) “to allow the structure to reach its full curing strength”.

Coupled with this, the Public Works Department disclosed a collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs which will see the closure of West Road Bridge

from Coalbrooke’s corner to Town Tiger’s Bar from Monday, February 13, 2023, to facilitate planned bridge work in that area.

The Department said: “As an alternative, the public is encouraged to make use of the road leading toward the Bohio “Dive Resort by way of Town Tiger’s as well as the bypass road just outside Ona Glinton Primary school.

“Please ensure that the appropriate precautions are taken and drive safely.

“The Ministry of Physical Planning and Infrastructure Development, PPID, takes this opportunity to thank you in advance for your patience and understanding once again, as we strive to better serve you.”

intentional policy of building international relationships, so we are not alone. That investment is now starting to come together.”

Recounting the support the TCI has received in recent months and weeks, Governor Dakin stated that the US aircraft are now based here almost permanently helping TCI survey the oceans, a deployment that was supported by the United Kingdom.

“The US send ‘HSI Jump Teams’ to help us process those we arrest and better understand the networks that support them.

“There is a US HSI agent here permanently supporting

our immigration ministry’s investigative efforts. Encouragingly, the Canadians made a similar offer to support us, today (February 16). More on that another day.”

The UK, meanwhile, is facilitating the build of the TCI Regiment including Sandhurst training, basic training teams and deploying a permanent instructor from the ‘Rifles’.

The UK Home Office also has a team on island working out the business case to bring in e-borders and e-gates as the Immigration Ministry moves towards finalising a Border Force, the Governor

revealed.

Additionally, The Bahamas has lent its policing capabilities, reinforcing TCI’s Police Tactical Unit, and the UK has sent detectives to bolster the Island’s criminal investigations.

The Governor said the UKtrained intelligence operation against serious crime is delivering. Also, TCI’s police and regiment ‘Ship-Riders’ can now operate on Bahamian vessels that operate closer to TCI shores, and as revealed by the Governor he will be meeting a delegation from the Bahamas military on Friday, February 17.

The recently completed Church Folly Bridge in Grand Turk

Governor Nigel Dakin this week met with senior US Government Officials as illegal migration issues with Haiti continue to rise (Governor’s photo)

Two diaspora liaison officers appointed in The Bahamas

The appointment of Andrea Mills and Canon Robinson as diaspora liaison officers in the Bahamas is a determined step forward in the TCI Government’s plan to grow the local population through its familial Bahamian ties.

Members of the Government who are currently in the Bahamas for the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting this week took the time to solidify their intention with the appointments.

Noting the historically strong ties between the two countries, Premier, Hon Charles Washington Misick noted that members of the TCI diaspora are spread far and wide; however, a large contingent resides and holds prominent positions in the Bahamas.

“It is with that knowledge, and in the interest of expanding our human capacity, my government is progressing the establishment of a diaspora of the Turks and Caicos Islands office in the Bahamas. This initiative will restore links to the diaspora and open a line of communication to gauge interest in returning home, to invest and to contribute to the development of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“Our diaspora liaison officers, Canon Robinson and Ms Mills

are no strangers to us, and I am confident that they will both work closely with the Ministry of Immigration and Border Services, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Attorney General’s Chambers, and my office to assist our diaspora with non-consular requests, recruitment, and investment opportunities.”

A press statement on the appointments gave a brief history of both appointees.

Andrea Vernay Mills is a direct descendent of South Caicos who has lived in Nassau, Bahamas for most of her life. She has over 30 years of experience in formal education and currently serves in public relations and school administration roles as well as a research coordinator for a leading Bahamian publication.

Given her family history and extensive knowledge of descendants of the TCI in the Bahamas - Mills, a respected planner and property manager- will be a valued asset in providing non-consular liaison services to the diaspora.

Canon Curtis Robinson was born on the island of Grand Turk and received both his elementary and secondary education in the Turks and Caicos Islands. He and his family currently reside on the

island of Grand Bahama in the city of Freeport.

Robinson was an educator in the Bahamas’ Ministry of Education for more than 41 years and a member of the clergy in the

Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the TCI since 1979. He also possesses a vast knowledge of and experience with descendants from the TCI and the Bahamas professional and

religious communities. More details on the official opening of the TCI Diaspora Office in New Providence is expected before the end of the first quarter of 2023.

TCI to host CTO’s State of the Industry Conference in October

The Turks and Caicos Islands will host the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) from October 8-14, 2023.

The State of the Industry Conference is CTO’s annual event, where Caribbean Tourism practitioners, policymakers and strategic partners gather to discuss issues, derive solutions and generally develop a course of action that will benefit the tourism industry in their respective

countries and by extension the Caribbean.

Minister of Tourism, Environment, Heritage, Maritime and Gaming, Hon Josephine Connolly, who is also the Vice Chairman for the British Overseas Territories on the CTO’s Board of Directors, made the announcement.

It was made during the 81st Meeting of the CTO’s Council of Ministers held on February 9, 2023, in Curacao.

Connolly who led a delegation

to the meeting said: “I am pleased to host this premier conference in no other place than the Turks and Caicos Islands, where we will gather to not only discuss issues affecting the tourism industry, trends and best practices but where major networking will take place, it is important that we gather as a region along with industry partners to strengthen links and position the entire Caribbean for further growth and development.”

The Minster’s delegation

included Acting Director of Tourism, Ms Mary Lightbourne, Mrs Clara Gardiner, OBE, recently appointed Chair of the Tourist Board and Personal Assistant to Minister Connolly, Ms Leandra Missick.

The CTO’s Tourism Ministerial Council is a governance body that meets regularly and is comprised of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism, Secretaries of State for Tourism and representatives of the highest policy-making body in the organisation.

The meeting, chaired by CTO Council of Minister Chairman, Hon Kenneth Bryan of the Cayman Islands Government focused on approving work plans, budgets and strategic proposals for the organisation.

Hon Connolly currently serves on the CTO’s Executive Committee as the Vice Chairman for the British Overseas Territories.

The CTO’s 81st Council of Ministers meeting concluded on Sunday, February 12.

Andrea Vernay Mills and Canon Curtis Robinson received their official appointments to the Bahamas this week from TCI Government officials (TCIG photo)

Regional leaders attended the CTO Council of Ministers meeting

Minister of Tourism, Environment, Heritage, Maritime & Gaming, Hon Josephine Connolly

Agriculture minister impressed with Cayman’s hydroponic container farm

Agriculture Minister Hon Josephine Connolly, recently visited the Primitive Greens containerised hydroponic farm in the Cayman Islands on Monday, February 13, 2023.

This comes as the government, in its quest to make Turks and Caicos a more food-secure nation, is exploring various avenues to modernise and ensure the country has a consistent food supply.

To this end, Minister Connolly led a delegation to the Cayman Islands which included Permanent Secretary Wesley Clerveaux and Director of Agriculture Wilhelmina Kissoonsingh, to explore the Primitive Green Farms containerised facility and witness first-hand the growing operations, a statement from the Minister’s office said.

The delegation was also looped in on Primitive Greens' plans for expansion, which include the generation of solar energy to support the containerised farm, which would bring the cost of production down so that the price of the produce marketed to consumers will be significantly lower.

A container farm, or freight farm, is a climate-controlled hydroponic farm with a vertical farming system built inside a shipping container that produces a variety of leafy greens.

Primitive Farms explained that they produce an average of 1000 heads of lettuce per week out of one shipping container.

This is then sent straight to market, so the consumer gets farm-fresh local produce that is pesticide-free and full of nutrients.

The modular and stackable design, which also requires little

space compared to traditional farming and can be placed almost anywhere, makes it easier to scale a vertical farming business compared to other farming methods.

Primitive Greens' plan to encase a number of containers in a Category 5 hurricane-proof warehouse also means that food production and thus food supply will be uninterrupted if the island is hit by hurricanes.

Minister Connolly, in view of the operation, said: “The Government remains resolute in its quest to ensure sustainable food security for the Turks and Caicos Islands and our people.

“The potential of hydroponics, such as the approach presented by Primitive Green, as well as other strategies currently being implemented by the agriculture department, including but not limited to promoting and facilitating "back-yard gardening," is a step in the right direction.

The TCI delegation was pleased to see the fully computerised farm and learn about the Primitive Greens plans, which have the potential to not only ensure self-sufficiency in green leafy vegetables but also to attract young people into agriculture due to the technology.

In the government’s People Plan for Empowerment, it was recognised that "the global food systems are complex, and the volatility of the supply chain, diminishing resources, climate change, geopolitical tensions, and pandemics cause a mismatch between supply and demand." This puts the cost of nutritious food beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Minister Connolly gets a first-hand look at the modular stackable designs at the farm

Representative of Primitive Greens farms, Hon Minister Connolly, Permanent Secretary Wesley Clerveaux and Director of Agriculture Wilhelmina Kissoonsingh.

Sharing is caring

What goes around comes around

Everybody needs to survive, and we can survive if we share what we have with others. Too many times, it appears that the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer and sometimes it is because we overlook the “small man” and support the rich.

The small man can become rich if we support that small man. Of course, some people have developed relationships with others and therefore support those that they know, however, sometimes we need to step out of that zone and give others a try. You got some people and companies that try to do everything for themselves rather than sharing with others. For example, some of these developers are building their own apartments rather than allowing others to build apartments. Some are even forming their own real estate company rather than using what

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we already have here. We need to share. I have three properties that require insurance. Rather than giving all of my insurance to one insurance company, each of my properties has a different insurance company which means I am using three different insurance companies. The same thing applies to the fuel for my vehicle. Rather than spending all my fuel with one company, I buy fuel from at least four different companies for the month to support the fuel

companies. I also do the same thing with restaurants for lunches. I spread my lunches around with different restaurants rather than supporting only one restaurant. Sometimes we take on more than we can handle. Rather than sharing with others, we try to secure everything for ourselves and sometimes we are unable to deliver because we have more than we can handle. If you know you do not have the resources to deal with the demand, be upfront with the individuals and even refer

them to others. I know some may say that does not sound realistic but it is true. I also believe it pays off because I know what goes around comes around.

In addition, customers that are getting great services from people, publicise it so that others can patronise that business too.

Furthermore, if someone approaches you for a service, refer them to people you know that offer the service. Don’t go and form your own company just to get the business. You know that is not your field, but you want to keep everything for yourself.

Sometimes, when a new company comes on the scene, some of the competitors may do all they can to block others. Let those people do their business. Some of you have enough business to share with others. Furthermore, competition is healthy and will help you to improve and grow your business. Focus on your

business and stop trying to destroy the competitors.

Too many times, we only share with people of the same colour or nationality. On the other hand, some of us do not even share with our own because we do not want to see our brothers and sisters prosper.

Give people a chance. Try them by giving them at least one opportunity.

Some people have gone to extremes to ensure that some people do not survive. There must be a point in our lives where enough is enough and when enough is enough, allow other people to participate. Some companies have to bring in additional people to meet their demands while others are suffering and longing for an opportunity.

If more of us learn to share with others rather than take everything for ourselves, I believe more of us will live in harmony.

How can the TCI cope with the constant increase in oil prices?

As our monthly power bills continue to balloon, it serves as a reminder that global oil prices are steadily climbing and it is inconceivably frightening to know that consumers would not survive such harsh price hikes if this trend prolongs.

The macro-economic effect, notably inflation, is already taking a toll. Still, lawmakers are hesitant to pursue strategies to stabilise the high domestic oil prices we’re paying for in power and at service stations.

More so, as price becomes unsustainable, it evokes a sense of nostalgia. If we’re not careful we might be forced to go back to cooking on firewood. Similarly, these untenable prices could

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compel consumers to park their cars and do the unthinkable.

The far-reaching price trend suggests crude oil could soon wobble into a deficit. As reserve production capacity began to ebb, it will create an imbalance between supply and demand, touted Goldman Sachs’ top commodity analyst, Jeffrey Currie, in a recent event in Saudi Arabia. This is in

addition to a lack of investment to sufficiently secure future productions worldwide.

These phenomena could tip the oil market into grave supply shortages and; therefore, the price per barrel of Brent crude oil could soon reach $100. Meanwhile, rising demand from China; coupled with, sanctions on Russia’s oil could compound the deficit.

Echoing similar concerns about the industry’s insufficient spending and the impact of US oil sanctions on future oil production, is Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Abdulaziz bin Salman. Assertively, the minister is promoting these sentiments to downplay Saudi Arabia’s role in hijacking total production; hence,

exhibiting a sense of corporate greed.

Despite these drawbacks, the TCI government has policy options for coping with escalating oil prices. Ideally, lawmakers can adopt a price-based policy, which would determine who bears the cost of higher prices and chiefly the allocation of subsidies and standards to reduce domestic costs.

The first broad strategy charges only a fraction – or none – of the increased cost to the consumer and finances the subsidy through the national budget, or lowers the financial gains of oil companies.

Another strategy is, regulating the price so that petroleum supplying companies receive a lower margin for each unit sold.

Besides, energy efficiency improvement and diversification of non-petroleum energy sources can correct the current dilemma. As a net importer of oil, the most common alternative for the TCI is renewable sources, such as solar and wind, and bio-fuel, which are gaining popularity.

However, in the event of severe supply disruptions, policymakers must ensure oil stock levels of no less than 90 days of net import, exclusively for emergencies and commercial purposes. More so, stocks can be held in other countries under bilateral agreements in meeting TCI stock holding obligations and energy security of oil supplies.

Noteworthy, if the government pursues unpopular policies, such as disqualifying subsidies on petroleum, because of increased fiscal strain it will encounter opposition and possibly a political upshot.

The global oil market remains tight according to Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer and this news does not bode well for the TCI which relies heavily on fossil fuels.

Although there is no universal strategy to deal with soaring prices, given the diverse circumstances surrounding this ordeal, a combination of strategies is encouraged to effectively balance the surge.

Drexwell

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.

Recharge your battery

Over the last several weeks we have established a few things. Firstly, as the lights on your dashboard, govern how you treat your vehicle (the gas gauge indicates ‘low’ you fill it up), you must pay attention to the physical, mental, emotional, relational, work, moral, and spiritual lights in your life. If you find that simple tasks take longer than usual to accomplish, that means you need to adjust something in your work life.

If you cannot be happy with the successes of others, your emotional tank may be empty. The second thing we established was that when our life is plagued by feelings of unworthiness and hopelessness becomes the order of the day, it is usually because of the lies we believe. Chief among them is that we aren’t good enough. We are reminded to refute the lies with the truth of God’s word and believe what he says about us. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and God loves us unconditionally. We are well on our way to transforming our lives, but we must pause to acknowledge the importance of rest.

REST

You’re not meant to do it all on your own. Do your best and allow God to do the rest. He created you and he knows your limitations. Do not let

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Kenyatta Lewis is the pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, a growing church committed to taking followers of Jesus deeper and going further in their faith. Besides loving, serving, and helping people he has watched the extended Director’s cut of the Lord of the Rings trilogy multiple times.

busyness and overwork rob you of your joy. This is in no way promoting laziness. Do your job well, while bearing in mind that you’re not a superhero. Acknowledge where you need help, seek God’s guidance and rest on his promises never to leave you or forsake you, (Deuteronomy 31:8) and to be your refuge and strength (Psalm 46:1). Just as God expects us to work and care for our families, he expects us to relax and enjoy his beautiful creation. He created beautiful beaches, He also created night for us to sleep. We read in Psalm 127:1 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: For so he giveth his beloved sleep. Here are a few ways in which you can fully enjoy the benefits of rest.

SLEEP

A. According to webmd.com reducing your sleep time by as little as 90 minutes a night can lead to a reduction of 32% in alertness.

Not getting enough sleep leads to decreased memory and ability to process information, increased moodiness, and conflicts which lead to stress on relationships, greater risk of injury at work or vehicular accidents, and a decrease in overall quality of life. Even your ability to make money is impacted by sleep as your creativity and productivity decrease.

B. Tips on getting better sleep include;

1. Find a routine – As much as possible, go to bed at the same time, and follow a procedure that your body would recognize its time to sleep (brush teeth, put on jammies, kiss kids, stretch, smile, set temperature of the room)

2. Exercise – do light stretching exercises before sleeping

3. Pray – Turn off the day’s events by giving them to God in prayer and put tomorrow in God’s hands.

4. Stay away from all social media

for at least an hour before going to sleep.

2. Take One Day off Per Week

a. If your work schedule allows for a day off, do not use the day to single-handedly rearrange the furniture in your house, cut down the trees in your yard, or take on other people’s problems beyond your capacity to help them. Rest. Do the things you enjoy, spend time with family and friends, and worship God.

3. Take Retreats

a. Once a quarter take a day to be alone. Periodic times of

solitude help your memory, mood, personality, and friendships (Leon Neyfakh, The Power of Lonely”). Avoid using your computer or viewing social media during these times, pray, meditate, read God’s word, and worship.

4. Take Vacations

a. Make the most of your vacation days. If you do not have the money to take a cruise or visit the wonders of the world, that’s okay. People travel from near and far to vacation where you live, here in the beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands. Visit the other islands, enjoy the beaches, feel the sand between your toes, watch the birds, and enjoy nature. Spend some time just gazing at God’s beautiful creation.

Let me say it one more time, REST.

Twenty things that turn females off: ‘the Icks’

We have all experienced the ick at some point.

'The ick' is a relationship phenomenon that can be difficult to understand. We might not always be sure why it happens, but when it happens, we definitely know about it. It is that sinking cringe feeling when you start dating someone new, it’s going well and then they do something that completely puts you off them forever and you feel a little bit sick in your mouth at the thought of them touching you.

It’s a natural thing and a gut feeling that should not be ignored. You could catch the ick for a totally valid reason, like

BY DAVIDSON LOUIS

them being rude to the waiting staff, or his mum still buying his clothes for him. On the other hand, sometimes it could be something that makes absolutely no sense and would not be a problem for other people.

But hey, it’s your life and if

you don’t like something about someone you’re dating, dump 'em and move on to the next. Actually… do think twice about it. I would hate to ask you to leave Mr/Mrs Right over the simplest thing.

Sometimes serious things

give us the ick, and sometimes it’s petty things. Here are some 20 petty ones that I just cannot ignore.

I definitely cannot keep seeing you if you do any of the following things. You can go back to your mother.

• Being overly excited to see you

• Being rude to waiting staff

• Overly touchy

• Bad hygiene

• Seeing them sitting on the toilet

• Android phone

• Male feminist

• Arrogance

• Sitting on a bar stool with dangling-feet

• Yellow-teeth

• Asking for a break during the deed

• Chasing a ping pong ball

• Singing the wrong lyrics confidently

• Pushing a pull-door

• Hard pull a push-door

• Running behind the bus

• Spaghetti sauce around his mouth

• Shaving his own back

• Unable to pronounce simple words

• Unable to defend their viewpoint

What else turns you off in a relationship? I am gagging to know. Share at louisedens@ gmail.com.

Road safety: Transforming the way we move

BY ED FORBES

A concerned citizen of Grand Turk

In the recent past, tremendous growth has been observed in traffic patterns in both Grand Turk and Providenciales, how long will this be sustainable before it becomes a nightmare?

Ports Authority kick-start its Change Programme Initiative

Over the past few years, significant strides have been made in the enhancement and rebuild of the infrastructure of TCI’s main seaports, and now the Ports Authority is ensuring their staff are equipped to deal with the changes within the port system.

A statement from Deputy Director of Ports Authority, Shawna Lewis stated that with the redevelopment of the port system, the organisational culture must be adjusted to accept the changes being made within the entire port system.

As such, the Authority engaged the services of Desiree Adams Training (DAT) agency, a local professional training and consultancy company to facilitate a Change Management Consultancy. They commenced work this February and will conclude in December.

The agency will provide an assessment of the Port Authority’s capacity and readiness for change; prepare an organisational change management plan, including

training and coaching programmes that support the change programme; and develop a communication plan that retains transparency with staff.

They will engage extensively with the Port’s management and staff during the year to ensure owner and buying to the change initiative; and will be responsible for executing, monitoring and adjusting the change management plan, training programme and communication plan.

Transforming Ports System to Modern Standards

The rebuilding of the port system started with Grand Turk and is ongoing, with projects under contract in North Caicos and South Caicos.

The Bellefield Landing masterplan was finalised and will guide the development of the port in North Caicos. The groundbreaking of the Providenciales Office Block marked the beginning of the redevelopment of South Dock, Providenciales, and phase one and two of this project is expected to commence in the

upcoming months.

In March 2022, the Port Authority’s Board of Directors approved the Three-Year Strategic Plan (2022-2025).

The Strategic Plan commits the Authority to several activities and initiatives, each of which implies significant change within the organization such as an organisational restructuring, rebuilding of the port infrastructure and port digitalisation and information technology.

Initial steps have been taken towards change through in-house training programmes to build staff capacity in financial management and project preparation, ad hoc team-building training seminars and staff exchanges.

A Culture Card which includes the goals and values of the organisation has been introduced so staff can gear their work plans to achieve organisational goals. The Culture Card initiative was followed by an ‘I AM PATCI’ poster which reinforces the organization’s values.

With the trajectory the country is on, it is simply not safe for commuters, cyclists and pedestrians alike, in Grand Turk or Providenciales and eventually North Caicos.

We have got to start thinking “big picture” here, rather than a knee-jerk reaction to situations that could end up becoming detrimental to motorists or causing a strain on the public at large.

Case in point: Whilst the government was on the right track with regulating aged old vehicles and banning of used tires from an environmental perspective, many still question whether we put the cart before the horse on this one.

Perhaps, it’s time to start planning for traffic lights in select locations. Roundabouts are still doable, but it’s confusing to some and will not suffice in certain areas. Soft introduction of stop signs could also be a temporary solution, but adaptation will take time as it will be a cultural change in driving habits.

On the major highways and streets, there is no such thing as an absent dedicated bike route not shared with traffic which is pretty risky. Road traffic department should take a closer look into such areas and highlight the need for government to provide more secure bike paths.

There are a number of viable solutions. For example, can we repurpose coastal roads and select pathways for cyclists and pedestrians?

With the limited number of roads, are we at a point where a cap needs to be placed on the number of motor vehicles one business can operate while allowing others to share in the growth and development?

Is it time to conduct a feasibility study on traffic patterns and a way to transform the way we move?

This can be done by bringing in a consultant to predict and provide models of transport planning to work from.

The Leeward Highway in Providenciales and Lighthouse Road in Grand Turk, are all good examples to start with. They are the main arteries into town and a constant flow of traffic. With those roads being critically needed thoroughfares, what long-term plans are in place to help ease rush-hour traffic woes? This is especially concerning for residents during the busy season in Provo or multiple cruise ship days in Grand Turk. At times, golf carts, hummers, and ATVs could be lined up for quite a stretch.

With limited land space available, in order to expand the roads in certain areas, in all likelihood it will have to involve encroaching on eminent domain in Provo or the Salt Pounds in Grand Turk.

Perhaps, completing the Tarmac Road on the ridge in Grand Turk could offer an alternative route to the lighthouse or erecting an overpass in the downtown area in Providenciales, may ease the bottleneck traffic and make it safer for pedestrians trying to cross that busy highway.

We have got to start thinking long-term and put measures in place to proactively manage traffic in such a way that reduces the estimated crash potential.

With the advances in information technology and available closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the streets, we should be collecting and analysing data to support our future growth and development in this critical area.

Ports Authority trainees on Valentine’s Day (Ports Authority photo)

TCI hospitality and tourism college students to tour Europe

Hospitality and Tourism Management students from the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College (TCICC) are gearing up to embark on a 12-day educational tour across Europe.

The students will get an opportunity to explore future career options, enhance their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and build a portfolio and network professionally during their upcoming educational tour to

Switzerland, Spain and Italy.

President of the TCICC, Dr Candice Williams made this announcement during a press conference held on Friday, February 3 at The Grace Bay Club.

To fund the trip, the TCICC has set a goal of $60,000 and has since received over fifty percent of its total from corporate sponsors. This was made possible through food and beverage fundraising events hosted by Grace Bay Resorts.

In keeping with this, on Friday the Wine Cellar, a long-time corporate partner of TCICC, presented the college with a cheque for US$10,000, which Grace Bay Resorts matched in an effort to help the group to reach its goals.

Dr Williams expressed gratitude for the invaluable partnerships and collaborative efforts shared with The Wine Cellar and the Grace Bay Resorts.

She said: “These partnerships have allowed the college to put its vision within reach and to realise its goal of providing quality education and training.

“This 12-day European tour will provide students with firsthand experiences, professional opportunities, personal growth and a holistic understanding of tourism beyond the shores of the TCI.”

She added that: “While in these European countries, the Hospitality and Tourism Management students will garner an in-depth knowledge of tourism and travel, tourism sights and attractions, historical and cultural tourism, food and beverage and architectural design while fully immersed in the rich culture of these renowned cities.”

Chair of the Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Michelle Hosten who echoed similar sentiments said the tour will take the students to some of the most romantic, scenic, culturally enriched, and cuisine-diverse societies across Europe combining the elements of what is taught in the classroom with real-life experiences.

The Hospitality and Tourism Faculty Chair pointed out that internships link classroom knowledge with workplace realities and provide an experimental experience to students equipping

President of the TCICC, Chair of the Tourism & Hospitality Faculty, Ministers of Govt (Education and Tourism), Exec staff of Grace Bay Resorts and donors and TCICC students

TCI Appellate Court welcomes two new Justices of Appeal

His Excellency, Governor Nigel Dakin has confirmed the appointments of Justice Jacqueline Cornelius-Thorne and Justice Bernard Turner to the Turks and Caicos Islands’ Court of Appeal.

The two officially commenced their duties on February 1, 2023, and will serve until January 31, 2028.

The new make-up of the appellate court is as follows:

The Hon Mr Justice K. Neville Adderley as acting President; Mrs Justice Jacqueline CorneliusThorne as Justice of Appeal and Mr Justice Bernard Turner as Justice of Appeal.

Justice Cornelius-Thorne – wife of prominent, former SIPT attorney Ralph Thorne KC – is a native of Barbados, while Justice Turner is a native of the Bahamas.

The two were appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Judicial Services Commission.

JUDICIAL BACKGROUND

Justice Cornelius-Thorne is a highly experienced judicial officer, having been appointed to the Barbados bench in 2006 after 18 years as a practicing attorney.

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them to take their places in the dynamic job market of this modern era.

Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Social Welfare, Hon Rachel Taylor in her remarks expressed great appreciation for the corporate entities present and their commitment to the growth and advancement of education and our youth.

Hon Taylor said: “It is paramount for us to build human capital. Partnerships such as these prove that together we can and together we will.”

Offering ministerial support on this occasion was the Hon Josephine Connolly, Minister of Tourism, Environment, Fisheries, Maritime Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Agriculture and Religious Affairs.

A graduate of Queens College, she attended the Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, UWI, and the Hugh Wooding Law School as a Barbados Exhibitioner.

She was a Pegasus Commonwealth Scholar at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, where she gained a LLM (Commercial Law). She has taught at the Faculty of Law as the course director for Revenue Law and Insolvency Law and has taught or tutored family, administrative, and contract law.

Her commercial law expertise has been utilised in many organisations in Barbados including the Board of the Central Bank, and Advisory Committees on International Business and mutual funds. She is currently part of the committee to reform the insolvency law legislation in Barbados and is the supervising

judge in the commercial division of the High Court.

Justice Cornelius Thorne has extensive experience in the criminal court and was the only Barbadian member of the Advisory Committee on Guidelines for Sexual Offences Cases, a Judicial Reform and Constitutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project funded by the Government of Canada and managed by the Caribbean Court of Justice.

She is an active trainer and frequent speaker on bias and gender-sensitive adjudication and drafted the Gender Protocol for Barbados.

Justice Cornelius Thorne is also one of the Founder Members of the Caribbean Association of Women Judges and sits on its executive committee as a Vice President. She is a member of the International

Association of Women Judges and a member of its Human Trafficking Committee.

Justice Bernard Turner, a 1987 graduate of the Norman Manley Law School, Kingston Jamaica, has been a Judge in the Supreme Court of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas since December of 2009.

He was appointed a Senior Justice in The Bahamas in October 2020. Senior Justice Turner served as Crown Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General since 1988 and was appointed the DPP in 1999, where he served for 10 years.

He is presently the Senior Judge in the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court. He chairs the committee for the design and installation of an electronic Bail Management System in The Bahamas, is one of three committee chairs responsible for

the relaunch of a Digital Recording System within the court system of The Bahamas, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Court, and a member of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission of The Bahamas. Prior to joining the Judiciary, Justice Turner was a trained AntiMoney Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Examiner, a CFATF Mutual Examination AML/CFT Examiner and Trainer, and an IMF Short Term Consultant on Assessing the Quality and Consistency of AML/CFT Reports. He also chaired the 2002 to 2004 Commonwealth Working Group on Asset Repatriation and was the Bahamian designated expert on the Committee of Experts on the Implementation of the Organization of American States Corruption Convention.

Justice of Appeal Mrs Jacqueline Cornelius-Thorne

Justice of Appeal Mr Bernard Turner

Nicola Sturgeon says time is right to resign as Scotland’s first minister

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is resigning as Scotland’s first minister after more than eight years in the role.

The Scottish National Party leader said she knew “in my head and in my heart” this was the right time to step down.

Ms Sturgeon said she would remain in office until her successor was elected.

She is the longest-serving first minister and the first woman to hold the position.

Ms Sturgeon insisted her resignation was not in response to the “latest period of pressure”, which has included controversies over gender reforms, trans prisoners and the strategy on independence.

She acknowledged there had been “choppy waters”, but said her decision had come from “a deeper and longer-term assessment”.

“Since the very first moment in the job, I have believed that part of serving well would be to know, almost instinctively, when the time is right to make way for someone else,” she said.

“And when that time came, to have the courage to do so, even if

many across the country, and in my party, might feel it too soon.

“In my head and in my heart I know that time is now. That it is right for me, for my party and for the country.

“And so today I am announcing my intention to step down as first minister and leader of my party.”

The first minister said she had been struggling with conflicting emotions since around the turn of the year.

“I get up in the morning and I tell myself, and usually I convince myself, that I’ve got what it takes to keep going and keep going and keep going,” she said.

“But then I realise that that’s maybe not as true.”

She said there were two questions - whether carrying on was right for her, and whether it was right for country, her party and the cause of independence.

Ms Sturgeon said the answer to both questions was no.

“We are at a critical moment,” she said. “The blocking of a referendum as the accepted, constitutional route to independence is a democratic

outrage.

“But it puts the onus on us to decide how Scottish democracy will be protected and to ensure that the will of the Scottish people prevails.”

She said that support for independence needed to be “solidified” and to grow further.

“To achieve that we need to reach across the divide in Scottish politics, and my judgement now is that this needs a new leader,” she said.

Nominations to elect her successor have now opened. Names to have been suggested as

potential candidates include John Swinney, Kate Forbes and Angus Robertson.

The SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn told the BBC he would not be standing.

Ms Sturgeon said she was “not leaving politics” and would continue to fight for Scottish independence.

She added that the intensity and “brutality” of life as a politician had taken its toll on her, and those around her.

The first minister said leading the country through the Covid pandemic had been “by far the

toughest thing I’ve done” and that she had only recently started to comprehend its physical and mental impact.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the first minister had led Scotland through some of the most “challenging times” in recent history.

He said: “It is right that today we pay tribute to those achievements, particularly during the pandemic. “Regardless of our differences, she is an able politician who has stood at the forefront of Scottish politics for more than 20 years.” (BBC)

Scammers profit from Turkey-Syria earthquake

SCAMMERS are using the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria to try to trick people into donating to fake causes, security experts have warned.

These scams claim to raise money for survivors, left without heat or water following the disasters that have killed more than 40,000 people.

But instead of helping those in need, scammers are channelling donations away from real charities, and into their own PayPal accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.

We’ve identified some of the main methods used by scammers, and tools you can use to double check before donating.

On TikTok Live, content creators can make money by receiving digital gifts. Now, TikTok accounts are posting photos of devastation, looped footage and recordings of TVs showing rescue efforts, whilst asking for donations.

Captions include phrases like “Let’s help Turkey”, “Pray for Turkey” and “Donate for earthquake victims”.

An AI-generated image is being used to seek donations

One account, which was live for over three hours, showed a pixelated aerial image of destroyed buildings, accompanied by sound effects of explosions. Off-camera, a male voice laughs and speaks in Chinese. The video’s caption is “Let’s help Turkey. Donation”.

Another video shows a picture of a distressed child running from an explosion. The livestream host’s message is “Please help achieve

this goal”- an apparent plea for TikTok gifts.

But the photo of the child is not from last week’s earthquakes. A reverse image search found the same image had been posted on Twitter in 2018 with the caption “Stop Afrin Genocide”, referring to a city in north-western Syria where Turkish forces and their allies in the Syrian opposition ousted a Kurdish militia in that year.

Another word of caution about gifting on TikTok: a BBC investigation found TikTok takes up to 70% of the proceeds of digital gifts, although TikTok says it takes less than that.

A TikTok spokesperson told the BBC: “We are deeply saddened by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and are contributing to aid earthquake relief efforts.

“We’re also actively working to prevent people from scamming and misleading community members who want to help.”

On Twitter, people are sharing emotive images alongside links to cryptocurrency wallets asking for donations.

One account posted the same appeal eight times in 12 hours, with an image of a firefighter holding a small child amid collapsed buildings.

The picture used, however, is not real. Greek newspaper OEMA reports that it was created by the Major General of the Aegean fire brigade Panagiotis Kotridis using

Artificial Intelligence software Midjourney.

AI image generators often make mistakes, and Twitter users were quick to spot that this firefighter has six digits on his right hand. To verify this further, we asked colleagues from the BBC’s tech research hub the Blue Room (part of BBC Research & Development) to try to generate similar images using the same software.

They asked the software for an “image of firefighter in aftermath of an earthquake rescuing young child and wearing helmet with Greek flag”, and were given these options:

Furthermore, one of the crypto wallet addresses had been used in scam and spam tweets from 2018. The other address had been posted on Russian social media website VK alongside pornographic content.

When the BBC contacted the person tweeting the appeal, they denied it was a scam. They said they had poor connectivity, but answered our questions on Twitter using Google Translate. (BBC)

Nicola Sturgeon leaving the news conference in Bute House

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China sanctions Lockheed, Raytheon after vowing to retaliate against US restrictions

CHINA has imposed sanctions on two American defense manufacturers over arms sales to Taiwan, a day after Beijing pledged to take “countermeasures” in response to Washington’s handling of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that entered US airspace late last month.

Lockheed (LMT) Martin Corporation and Raytheon (RTN) Missiles & Defense, a subsidiary of Raytheon (RTN) Technologies Corp, will be added to China’s sanctions list, its Ministry of Commerce said in a Thursday statement. They are banned from importing, exporting and investing in China.

Both companies are also subject

to fines “twice the amount” of their arms sales to Taiwan dating back to September 2020, and their senior executives will be prohibited from entering and working in China.

It was not immediately clear how Beijing would enforce the fines. While the United States prohibits the sale of weapons to China, some US defense contractors have ties to civilian sectors.

Beijing has previously imposed sanctions on both companies in relation to their arms sales to Taiwan, without specifying what the penalties would entail and how they would be enforced. China’s ruling Communist Party views democratic Taiwan as its territory,

FBI searches Biden papers at University of Delaware

THE FBI has conducted two searches within the last month at the University of Delaware to check if US President Joe Biden donated papers that could have been classified.

Investigators retrieved multiple boxes from the college on two different days, according to CBS, the BBC’s US partner.

The university, Mr Biden’s alma mater, houses thousands of boxes of files related to his time in the Senate.

Donald Trump faces a criminal inquiry over his handling of classified files.

Documents marked classified have been found in recent months at Mr Biden’s home in Delaware and offices that he used in Washington DC. The FBI recovered some of

the files during a search of his private residence at Wilmington last month.

Sources familiar with the investigation told CBS that the searches at the University of Delaware were carried out at the end of January and beginning of February.

The material recovered did not appear to have classified markings, but the FBI is now reviewing the files, reports CBS.

As with previous searches, Mr Biden and his team consented, meaning no warrant was needed, according to NBC News.

The college received 1,850 boxes of files from Mr Biden in 2012, however, those files have not been available to the public since then.

aircraft carrier at Changi Naval Base in Singapore on October 11, 2021

despite never having controlled it. The move comes just days after the US Commerce Department restricted six Chinese companies that it said were tied to the Chinese army’s aerospace program from obtaining US technology without government authorization. That move came after American forces downed what it called a Chinese surveillance balloon that entered its airspace late last month.

Thursday’s Chinese commerce ministry statement made no mention of the downed balloon, nor the US sanctions on Chinese entities. Instead, it cited “national sovereignty” as the catalyst for the penalties while highlighting both

companies’ sales of arms to Taiwan.

The move comes at a moment of heightened US-China tension in the wake of the balloon incident.

Washington has since accused China of overseeing an international aerial surveillance programme. Beijing has denied those claims and, in turn, this week accused the United States of “illegally” flying high-altitude balloons into its airspace more than 10 times since the start of 2022 — including over its western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet.

China maintains that the balloon found over the United States was a civilian research aircraft accidentally blown off course. US

intelligence officials are assessing the possibility that the suspected spy balloon was not deliberately maneuverer over the continental US by the Chinese government, but was diverted off course, CNN reported on Wednesday. The incident has already sent ties into a downward spiral and resulted in the postponement of an expected visit from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China earlier this month. The trip was expected to help ease tension between the two powers following a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Bali in November. (CNN)

Sex-trafficking investigation into Republican Matt Gaetz dropped

US federal officials will not charge Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz with sex-trafficking crimes.

Lawyers for Mr Gaetz released a statement that said the case had been dropped without any charges filed.

The two-year investigation tried to determine whether the congressman had crossed state or international borders to have sex with underage girls.

Mr Gaetz, a loyal ally of former President Donald Trump, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

“We have just spoken with the Department of Justice and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation... [into] allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice and they have determined not to bring any charges,” his lawyers said on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors informed witnesses of the decision earlier in the day.

The hardline Republican was one of several subjects of the investigation, which began in 2020

The hardline Republican was one of several subjects of the investigation which began in 2020

and saw several of Mr Gaetz’s associates - including a former girlfriend - testifying after reaching plea deals with the government.

Before Mr Trump left office, Mr Gaetz asked him for a wideranging preemptive pardon for any crimes he may have committed, sources told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner.

Mr Trump later denied that Mr Gaetz had appealed to him personally for a pardon, without

addressing whether such a request could have been directed through White House aides.

Mr Gaetz, 40, made headlines recently as one of the most prominent opponents to Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker.

He led a group of conservative Republicans who blocked the bid until Mr McCarthy agreed to several concessions and ultimately prevailed. (BBC)

US President Joe Biden

A row of Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft is seen onboard Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth

BVI added to EU’s tax haven blacklist

The British Virgin Islands along with Russia, Marshall Islands and Costa Rica were added to the European Union’s list of noncooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes yesterday.

This is the first time that the BVI, which has a long history of providing international banking services, made the list since its creation in December 2017.

The BVI joins Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, The Bahamas and Anguilla as the other Caribbean countries and territories on the list.

In a statement, the EU Council said it added the BVI because it was “found not to be sufficiently in compliance with the [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] standard on exchange of information on request”.

Elisabeth Svantesson, Minister for Finance of Sweden, added: “We ask all listed countries to improve their legal framework and to work towards compliance with international standards in taxation.”

In response to the news, the BVI Government said it “is committed to complying with evolving international standards on transparency and the fight against financial crime”.

This is the first time that the BVI, which has a long history of providing international banking services, made the list since its creation in December 2017.

The government highlighted recent legislative changes such as the BVI Business Companies Amendment Act 2022 and BVI Business Amendment Regulations 2022 which are meant to meet requirements set out by the OECD.

“These key legislative developments were not recognised in the most recent OECD Peer Review rating given to the BVI in November 2022, which moved BVI from ‘largely compliant’ to ‘partially compliant’. As a ‘largely compliant’ rating is one of the criteria that determines the ‘EU List

UK won’t prevent BVI’s elections — Governor

of Non-cooperative Jurisdictions for Tax Purposes’ (EU List), the BVI has been added to Annex I as a formality and matter of process,” the government stated.

The BVI has requested that a supplementary review of its compliance regime be done by the OECD Global Forum as part of efforts to return to the list of “largely compliant” countries.

It was not all bad news for the Caribbean as Barbados and Jamaica were removed from the EU’s grey list after fulfilling their reform commitment. (Loopnews)

Governor John Rankin has attempted to put to bed swirling rumours that the United Kingdom (UK) will prevent the BVI from holding its upcoming general elections which are due by May 2023.

Several lawmakers have claimed for months that the BVI’s constitution will be suspended and its general elections denied in the wake of last year’s damning Commission of Inquiry (COI) report on governance in the territory.

The claims have continued to fuel speculation among residents that they will not have an opportunity to elect leaders at the upcoming polls, but Rankin said

those claims have no basis.

“I have seen the speculation that, somehow or another, elections will be prevented by myself or by the United Kingdom government. Nothing could be further from the truth,” the governor told reporters at a press conference yesterday. “And that speculation, as far as I’m concerned, has no basis whatsoever.”

Since the release of the COI report, the UK has held an Order in Council in its parliament that would trigger a suspension of the BVI’s constitutional order and threatens to implement direct rule if the territory does not enact agreed governance reforms.

Jovenel Moise: Four more people arrested over plot to kill Haiti’s president

US police have arrested four more people for alleged roles in the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021.

One of the suspects is the owner of a Florida-based security company, which authorities say hired Colombian ex-soldiers for the mission.

President Moise was shot and killed at his home in Port-auPrince, reportedly by Spanishspeaking foreign mercenaries.

Eleven suspects are now in US custody.

According to the Justice Department (DOJ), VenezuelanAmerican Antonio “Tony” Intriago, who is the owner of Florida-based CTU Security, hired a squad of former Colombian soldiers for the operation. He has now been hit with a slew of charges, including conspiracy to kill or kidnap a person outside of the US.

A CTU company representative, Colombian citizen Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, has also

arrested. A third suspect, Florida-based financier Walter Veintemilla, is

accused of financing the plot to kill Mr Moise. His attorney told the Associated Press that he plans to plead not guilty. The fourth suspect - Frederick

Joseph Bergmann Jr - has been accused of smuggling ballistic vests as part of the plot.

“It is extremely important to bring (them) to justice,” said US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe.

“We will deliver justice in the courtroom.”

US authorities had previously announced the arrest of seven men for their alleged role in the plot, including Haitian-American dual citizens James Solages and Joseph Vincent, and pastor and businessman Christian Emmanual Sanon.

Haitian police have said that Mr Sanon had “political objectives” to replace President Moise.

The DOJ believes that Mr Solages and Mr Vincent, along with Colombian national Germán Alejandro Rivera, originally planned to detain the Haitian

president and fly him away from Haiti so that a new president could be installed. The plan was reportedly abandoned because they did not have an aircraft.

In a statement in January, US prosecutors said that the three men and others met at a house in Haiti just before the assassination, “where firearms and equipment was distributed and Solages announced that the mission was to kill President Moise”.

Haiti’s own investigation into the assassination has largely stalled, with three judges having resigned from their posts due to security concerns. A fourth was dismissed.

More than 40 suspects have been arrested in Haiti and remain in custody, including 18 Colombians. Three others were killed immediately after President Moise’s death. (BBC)

President Moise was shot and killed at his home in Port-auPrince, reportedly by Spanish-speaking foreign mercenaries.

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Governor John Rankin

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Chairman: CARICOM may send troops to stabilise Haiti

CARICOM countries could well agree to send troops to unresthit Haiti if accompanied by personnel from bigger countries, hinted Caricom chairman Philip Davis to reporters on Tuesday, ahead of Wednesday’s opening of the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of Caricom in The Bahamas.

His support followed a February 1 pledge by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness to the Jamaica Parliament to send soldiers and police to Haiti as part of any eventual multinational security force, in reply to the Haitian Government’s calls for help since last October.

Davis said, “It will not be the first time that we as a country will have provided assistance by allowing members of our defence force to go into Haiti to provide peace-keeping initiatives. So, in that regard we are discussing doing the same thing again if called on to do so.

“That will be, though, with the assistance and being led by one of the powers that be as may occur.”

He said Caricom countries do not have the resources to do this on their own.

“Once we have identified assistance we are prepared to do our part to ensure stability is obtained in Haiti.”

Davis remarked, “The resources required to bring stability to Haiti are not in the remit of Caricom at

Bahamas: PM will ‘resist’ further burden on poor

all, individually or collectively.”

He said a solution needed the inputs of others and that Caricom was now looking towards the US and Canada. He said the goal was to stabilise Haiti and hold elections to provide a government that was free of fear and violence.

While urging inputs from Caricom, Canada and the US, he said efforts must result in a Haitianled solution, to be sustainable.

Philip, when asked if it was unsafe to visit Haiti, said the instability did not make anyone feel safe.

Saying people should not be reluctant to help Haiti, he said, “It has to start somewhere. Hopefully this time...If it is Haitian-led it can be sustained.”

Caricom secretary general Dr Carla Barnett told reporters Haitian Government representatives will attend the Caricom meeting.

TT’s Prime Minister is also expected to attend Wednesday’s meeting.

Barnett said an increased flow of Haitian migrants to nearby territories recently was a reflection of instability in Haiti, and it was hard to solve migration without first addressing instability. She said, “Caricom is talking about bringing together all parties.”

The briefing heard that Wednesday’s meeting would include Canada President Justin Trudeau, plus a video-link message from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy .

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis refused to reveal whether the government intends to increase National Insurance Board contribution rates.

Last week, Myles Lardoa, the State Minister responsible for NIB, told reporters the government will soon announce its decision on whether or not NIB contribution rates will be increased. However, a local daily reported that Cabinet had greenlit a rate increase which is believed to take effect on July 1. While tight-lipped on the matter, Mr Davis repeated he does not intend to further burden society’s poor working class.

He said a rate increase is as an option for the government, however, they are aiming to identify the next course of action.

“As is my mandate, I continue to say that I’m going to try to resist putting more burden on our poor working class,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the commissioning ceremony of the Russell Island water supply project on Friday.

“Yes, we have looked at the matter.

He continued: “We understand that we have to do something, and we are trying to identify exactly what to do, and increasing the rate is one of the options that we are looking at.”

The Tribune had previously reported about the dire straits of the fund over the years.

On Thursday, press secretary Clint Watson was also unable to

confirm reports of whether the government has approved an increase for NIB, however, he said the government was mindful of increasing costs facing Bahamians.

“I can’t say much on the increase because it’s not been announced as yet from Cabinet other than what you would’ve heard the minister talking about – the fact that a decision has been made,” he said at the time.

“We don’t know what decision has been made as far as what it will be. What I can tell you though is as far as all of these increases, the Cabinet is mindful of that and that’s why programmes and designs are being implemented to try and soften the blow upon the Bahamian people.”

He continued: “But I cannot say whether or not there has been an agreed increase because it hasn’t

come to my desk yet.”

There have been ongoing discussions as to whether the government will decide to increase NIB contributions, especially in view of reports that the agency’s board had recommended that they should move quickly to affect the increase in time for January 1, 2023.

Most recently, this newspaper exclusively reported in April that the 11th actuarial review of the National Insurance Board predicted the fund could be depleted by 2028.

That report had reduced the fund’s potential depletion timeline by one year, as the 10th review had made a prediction of 2029.

It also recommended NIB increase the contribution rate by two percent and continue increases every two years until 2036. (Tribune242)

Haiti gangs: Three churchgoers kidnapped after Mass

GANG members in Haiti have kidnapped three worshippers as they left a church in the capital, Port-au-Prince, after attending Sunday Mass.

Local media say the kidnappers are demanding high sums of money as ransom.

Kidnappings for ransom have skyrocketed in Haiti in recent years and clergy and places of worship are increasingly being targeted.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has described the situation as “a living nightmare”.

Witnesses said a couple and one other person who regularly attends services at the First Baptist Church in the centre of Port-au-Prince were snatched by gang members on Sunday morning local time.

Their kidnapping came just five

snatched.

The Claretian Missionaries, the religious congregation he belongs to, said it had been contacted by the gang with a ransom demand.

There were more than 1,200 reported kidnappings in Haiti in 2022, double that of those reported the previous year.

But kidnapping is not the only crime that has been on the rise in Haiti.

A new UN report released last week highlights how gang violence has sharply increased in Brooklyn, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

It describes how one gang uses snipers to kill anyone entering its territory and how women are gang raped in front of their families to spread terror in gang-controlled areas.

UN High Commissioners for Human Rights Volker Türk described the findings as “horrifying”.

“It paints a picture of how people are being harassed and terrorised by criminal gangs for months without the state being able to stop it,” Mr Türk said.

Haiti was plunged into lawlessness following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.

The country has been led by Prime Minister Ariel Henry since then, but he has failed to rein in the gangs which now control an estimated 60% of the capital.

Mr Henry has repeatedly called for the deployment of an international force to help police in their fight against the criminal gangs.

Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis

Police are often outnumbered and outgunned by local gangs

days after a priest was seized on his way to his missionary community, located 27km (17 miles) north of the capital.

Father Antoine Macaire

Christian Noah, who is from Cameroon, had been working as a parish priest in the mountainous village of Casale, north of the capital, for a year before he was

Greets customers, receive payment by cash, checks and credit cards, Issue receipts, and change due to customers.

Salary: $8.00 hourly

CONTACT: 347-5225

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. Salary: $6.50

CONTACT: 245-7546

RECEIVING CLERK

Must be proficient in logistics, keep records and help with inventory control, assist with sales in store.

Salary:

CONTACT: 346-7306

Salary: $6.50 Hourly

CONTACT: 345-3914

DOMESTIC WORKER

Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework.

Salary: $6.25 Hourly

TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

Applicant must be honest, reliable and hard working. Washing, ironing, cooking and cleaning.

Salary: $6.50

CONTACT: 649-431-2688

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $6.50 Hourly

CONTACT: 231-3788

SHA CONSTRUCTION, MAID TO CLEAN, NEWTECH CONSTRUCTION, SIESTA

CARPENTERS, WELDERS, MASONS, PLUMBERS, TILELAYERS, LABOURERS, FABRIC, PAINTERS, TRADESMAN, STEELMAN, CARPETLAYER, CLEANERS, COOK, MAINTENANCE WORKER

Must be able to read and understand building drawings; layout and erect brick wall, concrete columns, beams, support concrete staircases; concrete floor rending, layout and build driveways, deck floors, swimming pool, cistern, competent with masonry tool and working knowledge of imperial and metric measurement. Perform maintenance and minors repairs (replacing broken switches, fixing doors handles, minor leaks, cut and polish rocks, install, measure, cut and shape.

Salaries started @$8-$13 per hr. Work 5-6 days a week.

CELL: 231-6858

EXPLORER VENTURES (TCI) LTD.

DIVE INSTRUCTOR OR DIVE MASTER EXPERIENCED ENGLISH-SPEAKING

Specialties including EANx and a strong customer service background. Candidates must have current STCW basic safety certification including security awareness. Previous liveaboard experience, the ability to speak multiple languages, competence

WITH ACTIVE PADI/SDI TEACHING STATUS with Office 365 programs, or additional skills preferred. Starting salary: $1600/month.

Interested persons are asked to email applications, including resumes, to jobs@ explorerventures.com.

2 CELLPHONE REPAIRMEN

DOMESTIC WORKER

DOMESTIC CLEANING AND MOPPING FLOORS AND OTHER SURFACE. DUSTING AND POLISHING FURNITURE. CLEANING BATHROOMS, KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOMS.

TOWELS, PERSONAL CLOTHING AND IRONING.

$6:50 PER HOUR

AIRCRAFT MECHANIC

Scheduling and overseeing routine maintenance checks. Implementing and adhering to strict safety guidelines. Creating and maintaining repair logs and records. Using hand tools, diagnostic tests, and gauges to identify hydraulic and mechanical malfunctions. Collaborating with

engineers and system mechanics to ensure that all aircraft systems are running correctly. Preparing diagnostics reports and suggesting repair solutions based on thorough evaluations. Ensuring that all aircraft parts are accurately labeled, organized, and restored. Salary will start $3000 monthly.

TEL: 941-5730 EMAIL RESUME TO INFO@CAICOSEXPRESSAIRWAYS.COM.

• Work directly with customers to discuss what needs to be fixed.

• Prepare damage reports and cost estimates.

• Replace damaged body parts, including bumpers, fenders, hoods and trim.

• Realign car frames and repair structural damage.

• Pound out or patch dents and other minor body damage.

• Fit, attach and weld replacement parts into place.

• May also prep and paint vehicle surfaces.

• Follow safety regulations.

Salary based on skills

GDT

Lighthouse Road, Grand Turk, TCI Is seeking to employ a

DOMESTIC

WORKER

Five Cays Tel: 241-4107

Cleaning/keeping the house neat and organized.

Salary: $8.00p/h

CONTACT: 243-0313

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER.

34842

CARIBBEAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

Is

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATOR

Caribbean Management Services

Limited is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Corporate Administrator. Key responsibilities include:

• Liaising with clients

• Incorporation of corporate entities

• Post-incorporation activities

• Implementing KYC requirements

• Implementing Economic Substance requirements

• Effectively communicating with the Financial Services Commission

APPLICANTS SHOULD SEND THEIR DETAILS AND RÉSUMÉS TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AT INFO@CMSTCI.COM.

REGISTERED

LAND ORDINANCE, CAP 9.01 NOTICE OF LOST LAND CERTIFICATE TITLE NUMBER SECTION ISLAND 61104/40 LONG BAY HILLS PROVIDENCIALES

Whereas BENGT AKE GÖRAN OLSSON, of Sweden, has declared that the Land Certificate for the abovementioned title number registered in his name has been irretrievably lost.

Take Notice that I, Nicholas Arculus, Registrar of Lands shall cancel the land certificate for the said title within six weeks of the date of the first publication of this notice in a local newspaper and the Gazette.

Date this 22 day of November, 2022.

34907

WARD’S CONSULTANCY

Nicholas

BARTENDER COSMETOLOGIST

Salary: $8.00p/h

SHOP/ BEAUTY SALON #3, 5 Academy Way, Downtown Tel: 941-4515 Cut, trim and shape hair Salary: $8.00 p/h BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THESE POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER Acting on behalf of our client:

job sites

34932

• Minimum 10 Years working in IT

• Supervisory role. Specifically with IP

• networks, servers and desktops

• Strong Microsoft client and server OS

• skills including Active directory, DNS

• & DHCP

• Experience in Hotel Property

• management and Electronic systems

• Installation of conduit and cabling for

• various projects

• Able to multitask

LOGIC 34844

Osbourne road, back Salina grand Turk Is seeking to employ a

PHOTOGRAPHER

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Weddings

• Portraits

• Real estate

• Underwater

• Video production

• Office work and editing

• Client Sales

REQUIREMENTS AS FOLLOWS:

• College Degree

• 5 years experience in wedding and underwater photography in the Turks and Caicos

•

Competent in Photoshop, light room, Final Cut.

and lighting

• Dive master certified

• Work Long hours and weekends

• Own Pro Level Camera and Various lenses

• Own Car Salary plus commission

THIS POSITION IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL HOWEVER BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT

KAIERI PHOTOGRAPHY 34876

#12

Platinum Street, Wheeland, Providenciales,

• Minimum 10 Years working in IT Supervisory role. Specifically with IP networks, servers and desktops

• Strong Microsoft client and server OS skills including Active directory, DNS & DHCP

• Experience in Hotel Property management and Electronic systems

• Installation of conduit and cabling for various projects

• Able to multitask

• Attend to client needs 24/7 on call

• Installation of TV’s, CCTV, Speakers & Wifi

• Able to use a ladder up to 15 feet

• Physically fit and able to lift minimum 50 lbs

QUALIFICATIONS:

• MCSE

• A+

• N+

• CCNA

SALARY: $3500

THIS POSITION IS FOR A WORK PERMIT RENEWAL BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBER: 649-331-7020 #12 Platinum Street, Wheeland, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking to employ a ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN • Attend to client needs 24/7 on call • Installation of TV’s, CCTV, Speakers • & Wifi • Able to use a ladder up to 15 feet • Physically fit and able to lift minimum • 50 lbs QUALIFICATIONS: • MCSE • A+ • N+ • CCNA Salary: $3500 TECH LOGIC 34845 CAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE:

REGISTERED LAND ORDINANCE 1967 NOTICE OF LOST LAND CERTIFICATE

NUMBER SECTION ISLAND 51203/47 BOTI'LE CREEK NORTH CENTRAL CAICOS

Whereas, Vemon Alco Williams, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gladston Williams, has declared that the Land Certificate for the abovementioned title number issued in the name of GLADSTON WILLIAMS cannot be found.

Take notice that I, TONI-ANN FOSTER, DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF LANDS, shall cancel the lost Land Certificate for the title four weeks of the date of the first publication of this Notice in a local newspaper and the Gazette.

Dated this16th day of January, 2023

TONI-ANN FOSTER DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF LANDS

CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS LTD

CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Customer Service Agent is responsible for all customer travel reservations.

• Greet and assist all customers in a prompt, friendly, and courteous manner

• Provide information over the phone, and electronically regarding routes, schedules, and fares

• Process passenger flight reservations and compute fares

• Keep accurate customer records

• Provide answers to general customer inquires

• Keep up to date with knowledge of phone systems.

• Handle all Customer special requests professionally.

• Activate the manual system in the event of system downtime.

• Resolving customer complaints and other duties as delegated

• Maintain thorough knowledge and handling of unaccompanied minors,

• Communicating clearly and accurately with customers as well as the Station Customer Service Representatives.

• Performing other tasks as assigned by the Supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

• A high school diploma 5 CXC or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Related experience in clerical, sales, or other public contact positions,

• the ability to speak two or more languages is beneficial as good knowledge of geography,

• Previous airline experience is beneficial

• Good Command

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Must possess knowledge of computer programs i.e. Microsoft Suite etc.

• Ability to lift to 70lbs

INTERESTED PERSONS MUST SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 24, 2023

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS

EMAIL: HR@CXEAIR.COM

H2O Life.Style.Resort is looking for a dynamic and energic person to fulfill the position of

GUEST EXPERIENCE ATTENDANT

Consistently offering professional and friendly services for resort guests and be able to handle guest concerns and react quickly and professionally in any situation. The candidate must have good communication skills and be excellent at writing.

As a Guest experience attendant your job will include the following:

• Check-in, check-out, meet and greet, and daily administrative tasks.

• Be proactive in anticipating guest needs before they ask.

• Coordinating third-party services such as tours, taxis, airport transfers and rental cars.

• Be effective at communicating with all department.

• Ensuring that the reception experience is organized and professional.

• Be willing to learn new skills, grow and take responsibility at the resort.

All qualified candidates should send resume and cover letter by email to julie@h2oresorttci.com

CLOVERLEAF AGENCY ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS

TELEPHONE: 246-7382

CLOVERLEAF EMPLOYMENT

AGENCY

Middle Caicos

2 WAITRESS / BARMAIDS

Rate: $8 per hour

Welcoming guest, taking orders, serving and mixing drinks

CLOVERLEAF EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

3 LIVE IN BUTLER (RENEWAL)

Rate: $1,500.00

Description: Attending to guest, preparing meals

CLOVERLEAF EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

Whitby, North Caicos

2 LIVE IN HOUSEKEEPERS (NEW)

2 LIVE IN HOUSEKEEPERS (RENEWAL)

Rate: $1,200.00 monthly

Description: Attending to guest, making beds, Cleaning

DORRADO DEAN

Leeward Palm, Providenciales EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (RENEWAL)

Rate: $8.00 hr

Description: Drive and control equipment and vehicles. eg: Bulldozers

NOVIA HIGGS

Middle Caicos

CARETAKER (RENEWAL)

Rate: $6:50hr

Description: Assist with bathing, medication and transport

ESTRID COX

Bottle Creek North Caicos DOMESTIC WORKER (NEW)

Rate: 6.50 hr

Description: Cleaning house, washing clothes

RICHARD HARVEY

Kew North Caicos

DOMESTIC WORKER (NEW)

Rate: 6.50 hr

Description: Cleaning house, washing clothes

TROPIC MANAGEMENT

Whitby, North Caicos

MAINTENANCE WORKER (RENEWAL)

2 Laboures (Renewal)

Rate: $7.50 hr

Fix and maintain building, and machines

SHARRINGTON FORBES

Whitby, North Caicos

HELPER (RENEWAL)

Rate: $6.50 hr

Description: Cleaning yard, moving trash, washing windows.

GRACE GLASGOW

Kew North Caicos

DOMESTIC WORKER (RENEWAL)

Rate: 6.50 hr

Description: Cleaning house, washing clothes

NV LIMITED

Grace Bay, Providenciales, Is seeking 4 GARDENERS (NEW)

Duties:

• Planting of trees and plants

• Watering of plants and adding fertilizer when needed

• Trimming, Pruning, Raking and Weeding

• Ensuring plant growth

Rate: 8:00 Per Hour

Please contact: 339-8401

Turks Islanders are encouraged to apply

Registration opens for National Internship and Apprenticeship Programme

Tertiary students and graduates in the Turks and Caicos Islands are being urged to register for the National Internship and Apprenticeship Programme 20232024.

The programme which aims to align young adults with work experience within their field of study, forms part of the TCI government’s dedication to build human capacity within the islands.

In keeping with this, the Employment Services Department (ESD) recently announced that the second phase of the programme is being implemented.

ESD in a statement said the programme is designed to showcase the knowledge, passion, and drive of young people to help them excel in their chosen career paths.

“Participating in this programme will allow companies to organically increase their local capacity. Additionally, companies could utilise this programme as an extended job interview.

“ Thus, allowing you to display what you have learned, ask questions, and demonstrate your willingness to grow professionally and be one step closer to your dream career”, the department added.

The programme aims to provide Turks and Caicos Islanders and B.O.T.C residents, currently studying at or graduated from

ENTERTAINMENT

tertiary institutions, a formal internship and apprenticeship opportunity in the Turks and Caicos Islands' public and private sector.

The programme's internship portion is scheduled to last four to six weeks with a stipend of $250 per week.

On the other hand, the apprenticeship programme could last nine to 12 months with a stipend of $1800 per month.

REQUIREMENTS

In order for applicants to take advantage of this opportunity, they will need to complete a survey via https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1 that will match them with a potential employer.

For this registration process, applicants must be 18 years and older, must provide a tertiary transcript/degree (college/ university), must provide proof of legal status (Status Card, BOTC Passport) and must provide a resume and cover letter.

The Department further explained that the prospective employer will interview candidates along with a representative of the Employment Services Department.

“Please note we will do our very best to match everyone who applies, but we cannot guarantee that all applicants will be selected.

“Our mission is to support your career development while working with local employers to find young

talent.”

The programme will also allow participants to engage in a number of personal development workshops and training. Areas such as branding, self-actualisation, mindfulness, and productivity are

also a part of the sessions.

Since the pilot, which was launched on June 21st, 2022, the ESD has had 55 intern graduates across 24 private and public enterprises.

Currently, six apprentices are

enrolled and are completing their nine months of working experience within their respective fields. Applications will be vetted and applicants will be contacted regarding their candidacy by April 30, 2023.

Louis Vuitton picks Pharrell Williams to lead men’s designs

French fashion brand Louis Vuitton has named Grammy-winning producer, rapper, singer and songwriter Pharrell Williams as its new menswear creative director.

The label described Williams as “a visionary whose creative universes expand from music to art, and to fashion”.

He is also the co-founder of the streetwear brand Billionaire Boys Club.

The Louis Vuitton role was

previously held by high-profile designer Virgil Abloh, who died in 2021.

Williams’ first collection for the label will be shown at the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris in June.

“I am glad to welcome Pharrell back home, after our collaborations in 2004 and 2008 for Louis Vuitton, as our new Men’s Creative Director,” Louis Vuitton chairman and chief

executive Pietro Beccari said in a statement.

“His creative vision beyond fashion will undoubtedly lead Louis Vuitton towards a new and very exciting chapter,” Mr Beccari added.

Louis Vuitton is one of the world’s leading international fashion houses. It is part of the luxury goods group LVMH, which is owned by the world’s richest person Bernard Arnault.

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Rust filming to resume with Alec Baldwin in lead role

Filming on the Western movie Rust is to resume this spring, according to US reports, with producer Alec Baldwin remaining in the the starring role.

It comes after Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

A mix of new and old crewmembers will work on the film, with Bianca Cline filling in for the late Ms Hutchins.

Her widower Matthew has also approved a documentary about her, producers said.

The documentary, made “at [executive producer, Mr] Hutchins’ behest and with his blessing and support” will explore Ms Hutchins’ life and “final work, including the completion of the film”, they noted.

Baldwin had been rehearsing a scene for Rust when the shooting, which led to the 42-year-old Ukrainian’s death, occurred at a ranch near Sante Fe, New Mexico in October 2021.

The movie was expected to

resume filming in January, after the Hollywood star reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Mr Hutchins.

But then fresh charges of involuntary manslaughter were brought against him, and the film’s armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, by the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office last month.

Lawyers for both denied any wrongdoing and said they intended to fight them in court.

Baldwin’s lawyer, Luke Nikas, called the decision to charge the actor “a terrible miscarriage of justice”.

“Mr Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun - or anywhere on the movie set,” Mr Nikas said. “He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win.”

‘HALYNA’S LEGACY’

Rust Movie productions, which Baldwin is part of, said on Tuesday that the scene which was being

rehearsed when Ms Hutchins was shot has now been rewritten, and that the “any use of working weapons and any form of ammunition” had now been barred from the set.

The company added Ms Cline, whose credits include Marcel the Shell With Shoes On and American Horror Story, will now “complete Halyna’s vision for the film” and also donate her salary to charity.

“Though bittersweet, I am grateful that a brilliant and dedicated new production team joining former cast and crew are committed to completing what Halyna and I started,” said director Joel Souza, who was also injured in the shooting.

“My every effort on this film will be devoted to honouring Halyna’s legacy and making her proud. It is a privilege to see this through on her behalf.”

Safety officers Gary Jensen and Paul Jordan from Tenet Production Safety will join the production, as will production designer Christine Brandt.

The first of the two charges

Rust actor and producer Alec Baldwin is facing fresh charges over the death of Halyna Hutchins

brought against Baldwin by the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office last month will require proof of underlying negligence on his behalf.

The second charge requires proof that there was more than simple negligence involved, due to a firearm enhancement, which, if proved, could see the star serve five years in prison.

However, last week Baldwin’s lawyers argued the second charge

was “unlawful” because such enhancement had only been enacted after the incident occurred. Earlier this month, Ms Hutchins’ family - her mother Olga Solovey, father Anatolii Androsovych and sister Svetlana Zemko - filed a new civil lawsuit against the actor and the production company seeking damages for alleged battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and loss of consortium.

Is Disney’s magic spell wearing off?

Accountant Kit Parfitt has no illusions about the variable quality of some of Disney’s recent Marvel Studios’ releases.

The She-Hulk and Moon Knight mini-series were weak, he says. The Thor: Love and Thunder film even worse. “Not re-watchable.”

But the 27-year-old, a selfdescribed “massive” Disney fan who lives near Brighton, says those disappointments won’t keep him from cinemas this month, when the franchise’s latest - Ant-Man and the Wasp - debuts.

“When it comes to Marvel, Star Wars, I’ll watch anything,” he says.

That’s the kind of commitment that Disney is banking on as it tries to forge a profitable path in a world of falling cinema sales, pay TV cancellations and money-losing online streaming.

Boss Bob Iger, who was reinstalled in November after the abrupt ousting of chief executive Bob Chapek, told investors this month that the company would be doubling down on its big brands like Marvel and Frozen, time-tested profit-makers, while slashing spending on more risky “general entertainment” fare.

There’s a new Little Mermaid, another Indiana Jones and a third Guardians of the Galaxy on deck this year.

Toy Story 5, Frozen III and a second Zootopia, known as Zootropolis in the UK, will come after that.

The moves are a gamble that the strategy that Mr Iger oversaw during his first run as chief executive from 2005 through 2020, when he acquired Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm and the firm’s share price increased more than sixfold, will continue to work its magic.

He even said the company would step back from its streaming push a bit, looking more to cinemas and traditional television to distribute material than it has in recent years, when it sent content to its Disney+ streaming service in a push to win subscribers.

Will the traditional playbook be enough?

Jessica Reif Ehrlich, an analyst at Bank of America, says the resonance of Disney’s brands give it a leg up on its competitors, but investors have yet to be convinced. Disney’s share price has nearly halved since March 2021, and did not move much after Mr Iger outlined his plans.

“Everyone knows there are a tonne of challenges,” she says. “There’s a lot of heavy lifting ahead.”

FAN FATIGUE?

Cinema ticket sales remain roughly a third lower than they were in

2019, before the pandemic closed theatres around the world.

And the rise of streaming has fractured audiences, making it difficult to generate the kind of buzz that propels people to pay for entertainment.

Oxfordshire mum-of-two Jackie Allen says she opted against a Disney+ subscription for her two children, unconvinced the offering justified adding another expense.

The company’s upcoming slate does not excite her much either.

“It looks like they’re rehashing something just to make money rather than whether it should be made,” she says.

Even committed fans like Kit will confess to some fatigue.

Speaking to me among the mix of tourists and locals browsing Disney’s cavernous store in Manhattan’s Times Square, he says Disney’s recent action films such as Avatar can reliably lure him to the cinema.

But wife Andrea, who walked down the aisle to a song from Disney/Pixar 2009 film Up, worries the lengthy backstories that come from developing a franchise like Marvel can be off-putting to new audiences.

And both say they feel little urgency to see something like a Toy Story 5.

Not only are the couple more inclined to stay at home with the cost-of-living rising, but they are generally growing tired of the tale after four films and a spin-off.

“Milking something to number five is a bit much,” Kit says.

The charge that Disney relies too heavily on recycling and reworking classics is nothing new.

After all, the firm is gearing up for the ninth version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs since the first one debuted in 1937.

But in recent years the strategy, which has fuelled decades of success, has become entangled in America’s increasingly bitter culture wars, with some updates driving accusations from conservatives that the firm is becoming too “woke”.

Last year’s release of Lightyear, a spin-off of Toy Story, for example, was clouded by controversy over a same-sex kiss, which the company restored after employees accused the firm of censoring gay affection.

Banned completely in some markets, the film’s same-sex plotline also drew criticism from right-wing politicians such as US Senator Ted Cruz.

Despite the risks of alienating some fans, the profit-making potential of a franchise strategy has been proven, says Janet Wasko, professor of media studies at University of Oregon and the

Toy Story 4 reunited much of the original cast of the first movie, along with some new additions such as Forky

author of Disney Inc.

“It is in some ways risky, but building on already existing fans and consumers and expanding what possibilities they have to consume - if it’s successful, it really can be incredibly profitable,” she says. “I can’t imagine they will stop.”

Disney fan Amanda Welch, 29,

a subscriber to the firm’s streaming platform who has been to Disneyworld more than 10 times, says the company’s strategy of going back to its big-hitting brands has done little to dim her love of Disney.

She and fiance Brandon Dumont, 31, have cancelled the

service a few times to help manage their expenses. But they keep coming back. Sometimes they turn on Disney+ simply to soothe them to sleep.

“There’s not really any Disney movie I’m sick of,” Brandon says. “I could watch them over and over.” (BBC)

REAL ESTATE

2 CERTIFIED KITEBOARD INSTRUCTORS

• Must be a certified Kiteboarding instructor from an accredited association such as IKO, PASA BKSA or equivalent

• Must be able to teach Kite

Hydrofoil and Wing Foiling

• Must be able to teach beginner to advanced level kite boarding

• It would be an asset to be bilingual

• Pay is hourly, based on lessons taught, and is commensurate with experience, starting at $35/ hour

CONTACT: 649-232-5483

QUALIFIED BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD

ISLAND DRILLING LTD.

Dock

Duties include driving dump trucks and operating heavy equipment including backhoes, skid steers, excavators and rollers.

Starting Salary: $12.00/hr

Duties include routine maintenance of the company’s fleet of vehicles.

Starting Salary: $12.00/hr

COPY OF

Duties include coordinating and supervising grading and paving crews to perform the construction tasks and activities.

Starting Salary: $15.00/hr

ASPHALT LABOURER

Duties include cleaning and preparing the job site for installation of asphalt, loading and delivering materials.

Starting Salary: $12.00/hr

THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE

IS URGENTLY LOOKING FOR A FLORIST

Applicant must have experience as a Floral Assistant or Florist. Must have extensive knowledge of tropical flowers, foliage and potted plants, including their names, seasonal availability and lifespan. Candidates must have experience using current styles in floral design while at the same time understanding the traditional use of certain flowers for weddings, funerals etc. salary commensurate with experience.

CONTACT: 231-3788

Fax:

Classifieds 946-4664

J

& W CONSTRUCTION

Unit#9 Storage Office Building, Long Bay Road, Providenciales Is seeking to employ

INVENTORY SUPERVISOR

• Applicant should have a Bachelor Degree in Business.

• More than 5-years experience as Inventory Supervisor.

• Experience in Quick Books with knowledge of inventory, purchase order and receiving.

DUTIES:

• Purchase and receive materials for each job in the system

• Co-ordinate inventory distribution to different job sites

• Maintain inventory in the stock room and replenish

• Receive and cost transfer between the jobs

• Record the inventory distribution by job and enter in the system

• Generate cost report by job

• Reconcile the inventory physical count.

Starting Salary: $12.00 per hour

POSITION IS FOR A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. QUALIFIED BELONGERS MAY APPLY WITH LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

seeking to employ a

CAPTAIN

• Aggressor II is a Scuba Liveaboard Company operating from Providenciales. The company requires an experienced Captain with a current 200 Ton (ITC) US Coast Guard License with previous experience on vessels greater than 120Ft. Must also have a Certified Scuba Instructor

34982

• Must be fluent in english and have a strong background in customer service. Drug test screening is mandatory.

• The captain must live on board the vessel with a rotation of 8 weeks on and 3 weeks off.

CONTACT: 1-649-241-1842

EMAIL: CLASAGGRESSOR@GMAIL.COM

34709

TITLE NUMBER 60713/3,4,5 & 6 SECTION CHESHIRE HALL & RICHMOND HILL ISLAND PROVIDENCIALES

Whereas, PAUL SLATTERY of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands has declared that the Land Certificate for the above mentioned title number(s) registered in the name of BARZAN LIMITED was inadvertently mislaid and cannot be found.

Take notice that I, Toni-Ann Foster, Acting Land Registrar, shall issue a new Land Certificates for the said title six weeks of the date of the first publication of this Notice in a Local Newspaper and the Gazette.

Dated this 21st day of October 2022 Signed

Toni-Ann-Foster Acting Land Registrar

OCEAN CLUB MANAGEMENT

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER

The Human Resource Manager will lead and direct the routine functions of the Human Resources (HR) department at Ocean Club Resorts (OCR) including hiring and interviewing staff, training, administering pay, benefits, and leave, and enforcing company policies and practices.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Partner with the leadership team to understand Ocean Club Management’s (OCM) human resource current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention and succession planning.

2. Manage the recruitment and hiring process, including identifying talent needs, job description development, advertising, sourcing talent, interviewing, and hiring of qualified applicants, including contract negotiations.

3. Analyze TCI industry standards in compensation and benefits to ensure OCM Wage and Salary Guidelines are competitive and consistent; research and propose any increases to base and incentive pay programs to ensure OCM attracts and retains top talent.

4. Ensure that annual Performance Appraisals of all staff are conducted in a timely manner and that any recommended increases are in line with OCM Wage and Salary Guidelines.

5. Manage employee benefits (Paid Sick Days, Vacation, etc.).

6. Maintain compliance with TCI Labor laws and regulations, updating OCM Employee Manual to reflect any changes.

7. Provide support and guidance to management with regard to the disciplinary and/or termination processes to ensure that procedures comply with TCI Labor Laws; may be required to execute delicate issues requiring diplomacy and impartiality, such as investigations of allegations of wrongdoings.

8. Co-ordinate and maintain the Business Staffing Plan and liaise with Labor Department and Labor Tribunal on employee relations issues as required.

9. Facilitate the processing of work permits when required.

10. Manage National Insurance and National Health Insurance Board contributions for all employees.

11. Verify payroll information is correct with regard to the allocation of payment for vacation, sickness, retro-pay, any deductions, etc.

12. Oversee the distribution of monthly Service Charge payments to all employees, ensuring compliance with the TCI Service Charge legislation.

13. Facilitate new employee orientation for all new hires.

14. Create learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees.

15. Coordinate resources for on-going management training and development opportunities.

16. Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and TCI employment law.

17. Perform other duties as required by OCM.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Human Resource and Training experience in a resort environment.

2. A management style conducive to providing consultative advice to management and employees.

3. Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate them when appropriate.

4. Strong conflict resolution skills with a consistent ability to remain objective.

5. Solid work ethic combined with an enthusiastic outlook.

6. Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

7. Excellent leadership, organizational, multi-tasking, and presentation skills.

8. Self-motivated and disciplined, with commitment, drive, determination, and the ability to work well with little or no supervision.

9. Proven ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.

10. Strong PC skills; proficiency with various work processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience.

Preference will be given to qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders. All interested persons are asked to send a cover letter and CV to: hr@oceanclubresorts.com

PROJECT MANAGER

The Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of projects and maintenance operations at Ocean Club Resorts (OCR) in support of the organization’s business goals and objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Work closely with Ocean Club Management’s (OCM) leadership to plan, develop and execute the organization’s short and long-term operational strategies.

2. Manage the OCR Maintenance Department: lead, coach and support the team; liaise with other department heads to ensure maintenance needs are met.

3. Develop one SOP for the OCR Maintenance Department to implement at each property.

4. Monitor the processing of Work Orders by all maintenance staff to ensure productivity and profitability.

5. Regularly review processes and procedures and amend as necessary to increase productivity and improve efficiencies and insure that they are kept current & applicable.

6. Assist in the assessment of vendors/contractors for resort/project consideration, then manage and monitor their standards of performance and work.

7. Assess, develop, and maintain preventative maintenance programs for OCM, the Strata corporations and homeowners.

8. Collaborate and coordinate with subcontractors on projects initiated by OCM, the Strata corporations, and home owner renovation projects.

9. Liaise with and inspect contractor work to ensure work quality & home owner suite standard requirements are maintained.

10. Act as lead contact for all OCM projects.

11. Respond to inquiries relative to project and maintenance issues, concerns, requests, procedures in a timely manner.

12. Assist with providing estimates and project quotes when required.

13. Plan and implement multi-skills training for maintenance staff to improve work efficiency and quality.

14. Carry out effective control on the purchase of maintenance stock to minimize waste and maximize cost savings and ensure required parts are available.

15. Monitor energy usage, and propose additional energy saving measures.

16. Maintain efficient communications with other departments, Strata executive committees, home owners, and subcontractors.

17. Perform other duties as required by OCM.

Working collaboratively with the OCR Maintenance Managers:

1. Communicate with owners, guests, management and co-workers in a timely manner regarding maintenance; which may include assessing needs, obtaining/providing service, labor or parts/equipment quotes, taking photographs of damages, conducting inventory of units as necessary.

2. Hire, manage, mentor and train staff; establish performance guidelines; evaluate departmental/staff performance; execute disciplinary actions as necessary in consultation and collaboration with the General Manager and Human Resources Manager.

3. Arrange work intensity effectively to ensure maximum productivity and well-balanced labour.

4. Audit and submit time, expense and work order reports to the accounting department as required.

5. Ensure the maintenance team and other departments have cohesive

Is looking for qualified persons to fill the following vacant management positions:

To: the Creditors of TCI Bank Limited (In Liquidation) (“the Bank”)

All persons who at April 9th 2010 held credit deposits in chequing or savings accounts or on certificates of deposit and who have not yet been contacted by the Bank are asked to urgently contact the Bank so that they might receive their dividend distribution. So far, the Bank has distributed to deposit holders a total of 55 cents on the dollar. The contact details for the Bank are telephone number (649) 941- 7500 or email address info@tciblimitedliquidation.com.

FOR

OCEAN CLUB MANAGEMENT

Is looking for qualified persons to fill the following vacant management positions:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Desire to make Aviation your Career? Want to work in an industry where no day is the same? Want to work with a company that believes that our Human Resources are our most important asset? A company that trains, develops and promotes from within? TCA Handling Flight Services Ltd with over 30th years serving American Airlines and JetBlue is the organization for you, we are currently seeking passionate, committed individuals with a great personality to fill the positons of:

AIRLINE ATTENDANTS

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Provides friendly service to travelers

• Communicates with travelers by furnishing information regarding fares, schedules, routings, flights and availability of space.

• Answers travelers’ inquiries regarding flight arrivals, delays, cancellations, flight irregularities, facilities, and other general information.

• Works in a highly organized, restrictive environment requiring extended periods of time at a fixed work position

• Utilizes computerized system.

• Attends initial and ongoing training (classroom and/or on -the-job), and keeps current and proficient on knowledge, information, and equipment that is pertinent to the job.

• May perform other job duties as directed by Management.

BAGGAGE HANDLERS

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Loading and unloading aircrafts in accordance with the instructions of the crew chief.

• To ensure that all bags are accounted for by the triple A system or any other system that the company may be using.

• The unloading and clean-up of any kind of waste from the aircraft.

• Help in the lifting of travelers that is immobilize, up and down the aircraft ensuring a safe path at all times.

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working relationships.

6. Ensure departmental compliance with the policies, procedures and guidelines of Ocean Club Resorts and TCIG health and safety regulations, and building code requirements.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

1. 10+ years’ experience in a similar senior Project Management position or General Contracting and with at least 3 years in a Chief Engineer position, preferably in a resort environment, with thorough knowledge of hotel project management and maintenance procedures.

2. Have relevant resort and building industry trade certifications with specialized knowledge of waste water treatment, hydraulics, mechanics, H.V.A.C., TV, lighting, pumps, etc.

3. Capable of planning maintenance service for all hotel building services including air-conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, electrical installation, lighting, plumbing, kitchen, lift, fire protection, digital network wiring, TV systems, etc.

4. Able to read blue prints and have AutoCAD experience or training.

5. Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate others.

6. Self-motivated and dependable with a strong work ethic and excellent problem solving skills.

7. Professional appearance and demeanor.

8. Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to speak, read and write fluently in the English language.

9. Computer literate with proficiency in MSWord, Outlook, and Excel.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience. Preference will be given to qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders.

All interested persons are asked to send a cover letter and CV to: hr@oceanclubresorts.com

• Able to fluently read, write, speak and understand English

• Able to work in stressful situation and tight time constraints.

• Responsible for accurate and careful handling of customer baggage

• Set up ramp and storage of equipment and baggage.

• Service aircraft as needed (e.g. aircraft lavatories, potable water and any commissary items).

• May perform other job duties as directed by Management.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Highly trainable and a quick learner

• Must be able to work long hours, weekends, Public Holidays and varying schedule

• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50lbs repeatedly

• Ability to work with a diverse team

• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Must have a valid passport and a clean Police Record

• Must have a valid Turks & Caicos Driver’s license (applicable to Baggage Handlers)

• Must be able to travel regional and internationally

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be addressed to:

Ms. Denise Westcarr

The Human Resources Manager

TCA Handling Flight Services Ltd.

Butterfield Square, Providenciales

Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI

And should reach no later than February 21, 2023, for further information/interview you can contact us at Tele:649-941-5969 or email denise@tcahandling.com or hr@tcahandling.com..

Mr. Anthony S. Kikivarakis Sr. Official Liquidator

TCI Bank Limited (in Liquidation)

VALUE

YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

STORE CLERK

DOMESTIC WORKER

DOMESTIC WORKER

Duties: Prepare menus for Daily meals, and cooking Meals.

STORE SUPERVISOR

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

$6.25 Hourly

CONTACT: 649-244-6885

TEACHER HANDYMAN

BELONGERS

CONTACT: 247-4924

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 649-347-1345

HOUSEKEEPING

Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing. Ensuring all rooms inspected according to standards.

CONTACT: 649-345-1479

CONTACT: 247-5610

DOMESTIC HELPER

Duties will be regular household chores, as per work permit.

Salary: $7.50 hourly.

CONTACT: 244-0998

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: 343-1420

BELONGERS

2 CLEANERS

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

CONTACT: 242-4551/ 344-1386

DOMESTIC WORKER AND LABOURER

Physical labour and cleaning at work site

Rate: $8.00 per hour

CONTACT:

649-243-2280

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 242-4324

MAINTENANCE

LABOURER

Cleaning property, pick up yard waste, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

$6.25 Hourly

CONTACT: 649-431-2527

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

LABOURER

CONTACT: 649-231-4429

Cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair, trimming beards, or giving shaves. Salary: $6.50 Hourly

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 343-8070

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

CONTACT: 348-0030

CLEANER

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $6.25 Hourly

CONTACT: 348-8986

TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. Salary: $8.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 341-1977

To clean outside of the property with a sweeper and picking up yard waste, disposal of trash and clean windows and door frames. Salary: $6.50 per hour KIM SANDRA METTELUS Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

LEWELL LEVERT TAYLOR

PHITO

JOSEPH JEAN

SMITH

ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING

LABOURER

CONTACT: (649) 347-8875

35000 LABOURER DOMESTIC WORKER

Phase 2, Wheeland Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

The Bight Is seeking to employ a

LABOURER

Salary: $8.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 346-7172

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

2 FINISH CARPENTERS

Trimming wooden structures and ornaments and complete final details. Installing windows and doors, finishing rough edges, and making adjustments. Salary: $10.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 346-8381 34997

Blue Hills Is seeking

Hill,

to

CONTACT: 345-3914 34999

Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a TCI PRIVATE CHEF TO YOU CONTACT: 345-2821 34991 BELONGERS ONLY APPLY Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. $7.00 Hourly Cleaning property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. $7.00 Hourly CLEANER HELPER Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a TECHNICAL CLEANING SERVICES REPAIR AND SUPPLIES CONTACT: 345-2821 34993 BELONGERS ONLY APPLY Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. $6.50 Hourly 2 CLEANERS #76 Tampa Ave., Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a VANISE BASSETT CONTACT: 342-9278 35015 Assisting the boss with plastering, laying tile, plumbing and with construction on the property. $300.00 LABOURER Kew Town Norway St #84 Is seeking to employ a AGA MONCION Five Cays Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 331-2702 34959 LABOURER CLEANER BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD Cleaning property, pick up yard waste, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. $9.00 Hourly Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. $7.50 Hourly ALL STAR STORE Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 344-0775 34956 CLEANER BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. RENEWAL Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. Salary: $6.50 Hourly ALL STYLE HAIR CUT BARBER SHOP CONTACT: 441-3791 35058 BELONGERS ONLY APPLY RENEWAL 2 BARBERS #7 Black Crow, Kew Plaza, Kew Town Is seeking to employ a Cutting, trimming, shampooing, or giving shaves. Sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments. $7 hourly

34994

Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary:

CONTACT: 342-3948

To take care of an elderly person. Must be willing to work 5 days per week

Salary: $6.25 per hour

DOMESTIC WORKER

Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework.

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 232-5222

DOMESTIC WORKER

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

Salary: $7.00 Hourly

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Duties:

To ensure premises are kept clean, to dispose of refuse. Also to assist workers and any other duties as may be necessary.

CONTACT: 231-1124

Greets customers, receive payment by cash, checks and credit cards, Issue receipts, and change due

CONTACT: 341-6997

KITCHEN #39 Long Bay, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a

BELONGERS

DUTIES: Sometimes travel with consultant to meetings, events, shows and, and exhibitions to network with vendors and purchase inventory.

Purchase products, record keeping and tracking of orders locally and internationally Monitoring inventory and write orders to refill stock per clients request.

Starting Salary $15 per hour

PLEASE SEND RESUME TO NICK@ISLANDCONSULTINGCOMPANY.COM.

BELONGERS

CLEANERS

GOOD QUALITY STORE (331-8546)

#5 Walter Cox Road, KewTown, Providenciales

Clean store, bathrooms etc.

Salary: $6.25 - $8.00 per hour

CONSTRUCTION LABOURERS (1)

CARPENTER

J & W CONSTRUCTION LTD (231-4519)

Unit# 9 Storage Office Building

Long Bay Road, Providenciales

Clean construction sites, install doors, formwork etc.

Salary: $7-$9.00 per hour

POSITIONS

NANNY

Ensuring a safe environment, Preparing and giving meals, Bathing and dressing children, Administering medicine, doing housework Disciplining children when necessary. Salary $300.00 weekly

CONTACT: 232-2857

DOMESTIC WORKER

AREAN LOUIS (232-6171)

Fresh Water Ave, Blue Hills General House chores

Salary: $8.00 per hour

GARDENERS/GARDENERETTES

EVERGREEN LANDCAPING & NURSERY (331-7188)

19 Curlew Dr, Longbay Hills, Providenciales

Monitor and maintain the health of plants. Watering feeding plants. Trimming trees and shrubs, deal with pest problems etc.

Salary: $6.25-8.00 per hour

DOMESTIC WORKER

CONTACT: 243-6662

CONTACT: 341-3323

etc.

Salary: $7.50 Hourly

Installs pipes and fixtures, installs supports for pipes, equipment, etc.

Salary: $7.50 hourly

CONTACT: 243-0137

THE PROPRIETORS STRATA PLAN#38

RESPONSIBILITIES

INCLUDES:

• Install/maintain irrigation system

• All aspects of plant installation and care.

• Building Maintenance/grounds

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

Salary: $7.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 243-2357

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE

•

•

To

Minimum

Annual

LABOURER

Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes.

Salary: $8.50 Hourly

CONTACT: 344-0689

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

DOMESTIC WORKER

Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework.

Salary: $7.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 231-1719

BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD

34960

and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. Salary: $6.50 Hourly

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

Salary: $300.00 Weekly

CONTACT: 649-348-6939

Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters.

Salary: $8.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 242-8583

Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $8.00 Hourly

CONTACT: 331-9854

Up

Setting up workstations. Preparing ingredients, chopping and peeling vegetables, cutting meat etc. Cooking food in various utensils or grillers. $8 hourly

CLEANER

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc.

hourly

Washes dishes and keeps kitchen area clean.

CONTACT: 346-8047

Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. Salary: $8.00

The

Acting

Greet and collect luggage from all arriving guest. Salary: $9.00 p/h

STEEL MAN on behalf of:

MRVL SPA

Grace Bay, Provo hr@mrvlgroup.com

Assists in counting and recording inventory.

STEEL UNLIMITED

Mary Jane, Blue Hills, Tel: 341-4502 Build and install iron or steel girders.

Salary: $9.00 p/h

SUNNY FOODS BLUE HILLS

Blue Hills, Providenciales

Is now interviewing for the following position:

A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THESE POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER

ENCOURAGED TO SEND

35041

ABARNETT@PORTSOFCALLRESORT.COM OR DROPPED OFF IN PERSON AT 11 SANDCASTLE ROAD. TEL 9468888 PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS WHO ARE TURKS ISLANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOR BOARD. POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER. RESUMES CAN BE EMAILED TO 35013

• Delivering exceptional Customer service and passion to Grow Sales and Control Costs

• Identifying, hiring and training talent especially Belongers.

Must have through knowledge of the following:

• Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically, QuickBooks Pro 2020, Microsoft Excel, and Inventory control management.

• Extensive knowledge of SMS Front & Back Office POS System

• Extensive knowledge of NCR 7456 POS

• Extensive knowledge of THYME SOFTWARE

• Plans and directs the day-to-day operations of a grocery store.

• Develops strategies to improve customer service, drive store sales, and increase profitability.

• Ensures customer needs are met, complaints are resolved, and service is quick and efficient.

• Forecasts staffing needs and develops a recruiting strategy to provide optimal staffing in all areas

• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

• Must be responsible in identifying and interviewing Belongers for hiring;

• Setting up a training program for employees re proper merchandising and customer service skills as well as the workings of running an International Grocery Store.

• Candidate must be multilingual.

• Work schedule will include weekends, holidays, as required to meet the demands of the position.

• Salary is $11.00 / hr and benefits commensurate with experience.

CONTACT: 941-8112 OR EMAIL RESUME AT JOBSTCI@ALLIEDCARIBBEAN.NET. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY THE WORK PERMIT HOLDER. INTERESTED BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THE RESUME TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. 34986 VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

IS INTERVIEWING FOR: 1 HOUSEMAN AND 2 HOUSEKEEPERS TLEWIN@PORTSOFCALLRESORT.COM/

EXECUTIVE CHEF

DUTIES:

• Planning and directing food preparation and culinary activities.

• Modifying menus or creating new ones that meet quality standards.

• Estimating food requirements and food/labor costs.

• Plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities

• Modify menus or create new ones that meet quality standards.

• Estimate food requirements and food/labor costs.

• Supervise kitchen staff’s activities.

• Arrange equipment purchases and repairs.

• Recruit and manage kitchen staff

• Rectify arising problems or complaints

• Give prepared plates the “final touch”

• Perform administrative duties

• Comply with nutrition and sanitation regulations and safety standards

• Keep time and payroll records

• Maintain a positive and professional approach with coworkers and customers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven working experience as a Head Chef Excellent record of kitchen management.

• Ability to spot and resolve problems efficiently.

• Capable of delegating multiple tasks

• Communication and leadership skills Keep up with cooking trends and best practices.

• Working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, restaurant management software, POS) BS degree in culinary science or related certificate.

Salary commensurate with experience.

COOKS

DUTIES

• Set up and stock stations with all necessary supplies

• Prepare food for service (e.g., chopping vegetables, butchering meat, or preparing sauces

• Cook menu items in cooperation with the rest of the kitchen staff.

• Answer, report, and follow executive or sous chef instructions.

• Clean up station and stock inventory appropriately.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven cooking experience, including experience as a line chef, restaurant cook or prep cook.

• Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment, and procedures.

• Accuracy and speed in executing assigned tasks.

• Familiar with the industry’s best practices.

Salary: $8-$12 per hour + Service Charge

TEPPANYAKI CHEFS

QUALITY FOOD WORLD

Five Cays Road, Providenciales TCI Telephone#941-7937

IS NOW HIRING

STORE CLERKS

• Welcoming customers, showing items and making recommendations

• Attending to customer queries, requests, and complaints

• Packing shelves, arranging promotion displays.

• Handling deliveries and unpacking the new stock

• Assisting in stock takes and keeping store rooms organized and tidy

• Promoting products and informing clients about deals and specials

• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift 50lbs.

• Ability to operate Cash Register, Back office POS System

• Communicate and collaborate with other team members.

• Availability on work nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to multitask, prioritizes, and manages time efficiently.

• Wages start at $7.50 per hour.

• For first time work permit holder

PRICING CLERK

• Maintain pricing integrity on the sales floor by ensuring that all items are properly received, priced, tagged, and scanned correctly.

• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift 50 lbs.

• Ability to work in minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 23 degree Celsius

• Ability to operate Cash Register, Back office POS System, MS Office, Credit Card Terminal, calculator, pricing gun.

• Communicate and collaborate with other team members.

• Availability on work nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to multitask, prioritizes, and manages time efficiently.

• Wages start at $8.00 per hour.

• For first time work permit holder

JANITORS

• General cleaning of the building and keeping it maintained.

• Collect and dispose of trash.

• Complete tasks in a timely manner with minimal supervision.

• Keep cleaning supplies in stock.

DUTIES:

• Set up and stock stations with all necessary supplies

• Prepare food for service (e.g., chopping vegetables, butchering meat, or preparing sauces

• Cook menu items in cooperation with the rest of the kitchen staff.

• Answer, report, and follow executive or sous chef instructions.

• Clean up station and stock inventory appropriately.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a similar role within a luxury resort or hotel.

• Strong knowledge of Teppanyaki style cooking philosophies and principles including but not limited to Chinese, Thai, and Japanese is required.

• Willing to work on shift duties.

• Ability to captivate guests by cooking on stage is required.

• Ideal candidates should have an outgoing, energetic, cheerful, and positive personality.

SALARY: $22,800 -$38,400 per annum

SOLANA RESTAURANT

Ocean Club West, 54 Bonaventure Crescent, Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos Islands. (649)333-3343

Please send your CV to solanatci@gmail.com

• Ability to manage your time efficiently.

• Ability to lift at least 25 pounds.

• Able to work safely with a variety of cleaning supplies.

• Wages start at $7.00 per hour.

• For first time work permit holder

LABOURERS

• Responsible for doing Manual work

• Loading and unloading Container

• Assisting in stocking shelves

• Should be physically fit to lift products 50lbs. or more.

• Being able to work at heights

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $7.00 per hour.

• For first time work permit holder

CRAVE TCI

15 PRIVATE CHEFS

JOB DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES ARE AS FOLLOWS, AND YOU ARE EXPECTED TO:

• Communicating with Guest Daily Meal Plan

• Managing food production for social/religious guest.

• Creating fresh seasonal meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) on Villa Guest Request

• Additional duties and responsibilities as needed and upon request

• 6 Day working schedule

• Your job description or duties may be changed, amended or increased or you may be assigned new duties from time to time as your employer’s requirements dictate.

Salary $4,200.00 monthly

DOMESTIC WORKER

• Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels, and personal clothing and other house work. Salary: $7 hourly

BUTLER

We are searching for a butler to take over the day-to-day management and running of our property. In this role, you will be charged with household upkeep, supervision of staff, and hosting of guests. You will also manage budgeting, the hiring and dismissal of staff, and ensuring the pristine maintenance and running of the household.

To ensure success as a butler, you should remain professional and attentive to detail in matters regarding household management. A top-notch butler will have a thorough understanding of hospitality protocols, and will exhibit knowledge on a wide range of topics related to dining, event planning, valeting, and household management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring that cleaning and household chores are completed.

• Answering telephonic and written communications on behalf of the employer.

• Greeting guests in a professional manner upon their arrival.

• Sourcing and training new staff, preparing and communicating staff schedules, and running payroll.

• Coordinating the maintenance and preservation of the estate's artworks, antiques, and silverware.

• Assisting with the management of important assets, including wines, cigars, books, and automobiles.

• Overseeing monthly budgeting and security, as well as household inventories for the property.

• Assisting the employer and other household staff with the planning of events.

• Overseeing the smooth running of hosted events, parties, and dinners.

• Performing all duties and obligations with decorum, tact, and unwavering professionalism.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A high-school diploma or GED qualification.

• An indication of relevant learning or training, such as a diploma in hospitality, catering, or culinary arts.

• An apprenticeship with a butler or experience as a footman or under footman.

• Knowledge about wines, cookery, and dining protocols.

• Proficiency in planning, purchasing, and maintaining supplies and inventories.

• Impeccable organizational and planning skills.

• The ability to delegate activities and manage others.

• Attention to detail and the ability to multitask.

• Outstanding client-relations skills and professionalism.

Salary: $2000 monthly

CONTACT: 649-241-3057

Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board Work permit renewals

CONTACT:

DUTIES: To assist skilled workers, Maintain all work areas. SALARY: $7.50 per hour

CONTACT: 247-2579

Duties: Regular household chores And laundry.

SALARY: $6.50 per hour

CONTACT: 348-0878

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

The Turks and Caicos Islands oldest and leading publishing house is in need of additional staff to fill the following posts:

WRITERS/ PHOTO JOURNALIST

Candidates must have at least five (5) years’ experience working full-time for daily newspapers and/or news/features magazines, reporting on hard news, features and parliamentary/court proceedings. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience.

FOR MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICALS GRAPHICS PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ PAGINATOR

This position requires someone with at least five (5) years’ experience working with Macintosh or PC computers. Must be skilled in the make-up of advertising and pagination. Proficiency using InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop software for print is essential. Some technical, networking and web design knowledge an asset. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience.

COURT REPORTER

College or high school graduate with at least five (5) years’ experience in community reporting. Ability to drive and use a camera a desirable asset. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience.

ADVERTISING SPACE SALES PERSON

Candidates must have had actual hands-on experience selling advertising space for newspapers and magazines. Ability to assist clients with the writing of copy for ads and gathering of collateral an asset. Salary is commission based.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Wymara Resort and Villas is a contemporary luxury full-service boutique resort on Grace Bay Beach. We are looking for driven and energetic professionals with Five Star experience and who are committed to achieving excellence by ensuring Five Star standards and services are continuously delivered.

PROTECTION AND SAFETY OFFICERS

Perform protective and enforcement functions in a courteous and restrained manner in coping with emergencies, undesired conduct, disturbances and threats to life and property. Maintain a safe and secure environment for guests, visitors, and colleagues.

Essential duties include but not limited to:

• Ensure that the company’s premises, assets, customers, guests and staff are safe and secure through effective deployment, resourcing, communication and timely response to threats and incidents.

• Through effective patrolling and a high visibility presence, provide high quality protection and safety services to protect the company and respond to incidents requiring a security presence or intervention.

• Prevent loss, theft and damage and assist in dealing with emergency situations and ensure that reports are always fully informed through full and accurate reporting.

• Identifying items requiring repair, investigating items reported by other sources, and performing or referring repairs as appropriate and report damage and potential security risks.

• Ensuring that buildings are secure and that unauthorized personnel are prevented from accessing restricted areas.

• Initiate investigations or where appropriate to personally carry out an investigation ensuring clear, concise and factual records are taken and communicated.

• Maintain proactive communication, with the Executives and Heads of Departments, regarding relevant protection and safety matters and where employees are concerned, to maintain direct contact with the Human Resources Director as soon as practically possible.

• Assist with fire training programmes; and to ensure that regular checks and inspections of fire exits, equipment are carried out and to report and/or deal with any deficiencies or any irregularities with fire exits or equipment and to bring these to the prompt attention of Management

• Provide protection to self and others including administration of First Aid as required.

• Adhere to hotel policies and procedures in the conduct of safety and security inspections.

• Undertake escort duties for staff, guest and visitors (including contractors).

Skills/Qualifications:

To be successful in this position, individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in security or law enforcement

• Exceptional customer service skills coupled with disciplined approach to providing consistent quality service levels.

• Fire Safety Certification.

• First Aid Certification.

• Ability to effectively deal with internal and external guests, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy to defuse anger and collect accurate information.

• Self-motivated and dependable with an exceptional work ethic and strong problem-solving skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to speak, read and write fluently in the English language

• Deadline oriented with the ability to multi-task and establishes priorities.

• Be flexible with work hours, regardless of time, during day, or night, in order to personally facilitate security arrangements of cases that require special treatment and handling.

Compensation: from $16.00 to $20.00 per hour including service fee. Depending on experience.

ACCOUNTS CLERK

The Accounts Clerk is responsible for providing financial and administrative services to ensure effective, and accurate finance operations. This includes providing clerical support to the accounting department. The ideal candidate is organized, efficient with an eye for detail and a high level of accuracy

Essential duties include but not limited to:

Essential duties include but not limited to:

• Knowledge of the principles and procedures used in accounting and data entry.

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

• Ability to formulate logical decisions.

• Ability to plan and schedule work assignments with fluctuating work volumes.

• Ability to meet stringent deadlines.

• Skills in mathematical computations, i.e. fractions, decimals, percentages.

• Must adhere to strict confidentiality principles of the department

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.

• Have a general knowledge of office procedures, including office machines, computer, word processing, typing, and accounting skills

• Must be accurate, conscientious and have a capacity for detail-oriented work

• Must be punctual, polite, pleasant and have a good rapport with vendors, coworkers and Management

• Must have computer skills to perform efficiently i.e. MS Word, Excel, etc.

• Must have good email etiquette, be cordial, respectful and professional.

Compensation: $9.00 per hour.

*ROOM ATTENDANT:

Report directly to the Assist Director of Housekeeping. Responsible for the overall cleanliness of assigned rooms/suites and provide a pleasant, comfortable experience for guest. Reports maintenance deficiencies in order to maintain rooms/suites in compliance with standards. Compensation: $6.25 per hour

RESERVATIONS AGENT

Oversee the efficient operation of the reservations department in selling of guest rooms to accommodate guest needs and maximize revenue. The Reservations Agent is the first point of contact for the resort for all inbound inquires. He/she will be responsible for taking all future reservations for the resort and managing all client inquiries and requests. Will work with the Revenue Manager and Sales Team. The Reservations Agent is energetic, personable, independent, and accustomed to fast paced environment. He/she is flexible and, always maintain their professional composure.

Essential duties include but not limited to:

• Answer the telephone (or respond to written communication) and greet prospective guests in a friendly manner using clear English communication. Listen to callers to understand inquiries and requests and promptly provide accurate information regarding availability, accommodation types, transportation to and from hotel, rate, etc.

• Promote Wymara Resort and Villas marketing programs and assign reservations based on guest preferences and availability.

• Coordinate the input of all Group rooming lists and the posting of their deposits, as well as any subsequent revisions to group reservations. Periodically meet with General and Revenue managers to handle group requirements.

Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2018

NOTICE

Schedule 2 Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2018

An Application, REGISTERED PR16415, by The Hotel Corporation & Urban Development Ltd. for the development of a Hotel Development. The proposed hotel development contemplates a Full Service Resort including One Hundred and Eight (108) Bedrooms Condo Hotel (Comprising Fifty-Four (54) Condo Units in Two Buildings of varying heights 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 Stories, Plus Basement). Two (2) Pools, Beach Club, Poolside “Beach Bar”, Reception, Two (2) Restaurants, Coffee Shop, Ice Cream Parlour, Commissary, Café, Convenience Store, Playroom, Music Room, Creche, Clothes Shop, Spa, Gym, Two (2) Tennis Courts, Kids Center, Synagogue. Eleven (11) Beachfront Villas.

This application has been submitted to the Department of Planning on 22nd December 2022 for consideration of Outline Development Permission on Block & Parcels 60000/150,151,152,153 North West Point on Providenciales.

Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty-eight (28) days of publication of this Notice. You may also make representation(s) via video conferencing at the sitting of the Physical Planning Board when this application would be considered. If you are desirous so to do via video conferencing, contact the Secretary of Physical Planning Board.

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

• Coordinate and maintain all VIP, Leisure & IT market allotments and Tour blocks in accordance with contractual obligations in the Central Reservations System.

• Assist the Revenue Manager in the processing of daily reports, as well as group and individual reservations data utilizing systems, spreadsheet software & basic mathematical skills.

• Attend meetings (Staff, Revenue Management, Pre-convention, departmental meetings and others) as needed.

• Assist other departments as required. Salary range: 25K per annum.

*EXECUTIVE CHEF:

The Executive Chef will train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise/ coordinate all related culinary activities; estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food; select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality; establish presentation technique and quality standards; plan and price menus; ensure proper equipment operation/maintenance; and ensure proper safety and sanitation in the kitchen. The Chef must have the ability to manage in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential to success in this role. Previous experience with control food and labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development, and pricing and development of culinary team preferred. The ideal candidates will possess three to five years in the culinary industry with management experience.

Compensation: $85k - $95k per annum.

Interested applicants can contact our Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm on (649)9417555. E- Mail cover letter outlining your interest and supporting experience in a particular position along with your Resume or C.V. to Hr@wymararesortandvillas.com

S & F WHOLESALE CASH AND CARRY LTD.

LABOURERS

• Responsible for doing Manual work

• Loading and unloading Container

• Assisting in stocking shelves

• Should be physically fit to lift products 50lbs. or more.

• Being able to work at heights

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $7.00 per hour.

• Held by the work permit holders and for first time work permit.

BUTCHERS

• Cutting, grinding and preparing meats for sale

• Cleaning and maintaining of tools and equipment and ensuring displays are accurate and attractive.

• Weighing, packaging, pricing, and displaying products.

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $8.00 per hour

• Held by the work permit holders and for first time work permit..

STORE CLERKS

• Welcoming customers, showing items and making recommendations

• Attending to customer queries, requests, and complaints

• Computer Literate – solid knowledge of spreadsheet applications

• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift 50lbs.

• Extensive knowledge of SMS Front & Back Office POS System

• Availability on work nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to multitask, prioritizes, and manages time efficiently.

• Salary starts at $7.50 per hour

• For first time work permit holder

PURCHASER

• The Purchasing Officer key responsibilities include the monitoring and ordering of inventories with respect to the maintenance of adequate stock levels, facilitating the smooth transfer of documentation for shipment of goods between the Suppliers, Customs and the Warehouse.

• Preparation of Purchase Order for all divisions.

• Follow-up with suppliers regarding order acknowledgement and shipment documentation as required

• Follow-up regarding the inbound logistics of all shipments for the company

• Assist in coordinating the activities for clearance of shipments ensure that all necessary permits (Ministry of Agriculture) are in place for shipments based on purchase orders sent to suppliers

• Timely clearance of all shipments from the different ports of loading

• File purchase orders in their respective folders

• File purchase order update registers in their respective folders

• Updating of the container tracking software and distributing of daily reports

• Extensive knowledge of SMS Front & Back Office POS System

• Extensive knowledge of NCR 7456 POS

• Highly developed organizational and analytical skills

• Ability to work well as part of a team

• Must be computer literate and proficient in MS Office

• Salary starts at $9.00per hour

• For first time work permit holder.

Interested applicants can email their resume to jobstci@alliedcaribbean.net or send resume to the Labour Board. Belongers need only to apply.

SUNNY FOODS

Wholesale and Retail Ltd.

Five Cays, Providenciales, TCI

Contact No. 9488112

Is now hiring for our Five Cays Store:

LABOURERS

• Responsible for doing Manual work

• Loading and unloading Container

• Assisting in stocking shelves

• Should be physically fit to lift products 50lbs. or more.

• Being able to work at heights

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $7.00 per hour.

• Held by the work permit holders and for first time work permit.

MERCHANDISER

• Obtain additional shelf-facing wherever possible.

• Identify suitable positions for floor, shelf displays

• Remove damaged and expired goods from shelves.

• Report to Manager the out of stock situation.

• Maintain good relationship with Retailers and consistent in maintaining high standards.

• Display the assigned products in prominent positions.

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $8.00 per hour

• Held by the work permit holder

BUTCHERS

• Cutting, grinding and preparing meats for sale

• Cleaning and maintaining of tools and equipment and ensuring displays are accurate and attractive.

• Weighing, packaging, pricing, and displaying products.

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $8.00 per hour

• Held by the work permit holders.

STORE CLERKS

• Welcoming customers, showing items and making recommendations

• Attending to customer queries, requests, and complaints

• Computer Literate – solid knowledge of spreadsheet applications

• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift 50lbs.

• Extensive knowledge of SMS Front & Back Office POS System

• Availability on work nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to multitask, prioritizes, and manages time efficiently.

• Salary starts at $7.50 per hour

• For first time work permit holder

PRODUCE STOCKERS

• Responsible for doing Manual work

• Loading and unloading Container

• Knowledge on produce products and sanitary methods

• Should be physically fit to lift products 50lb or more.

• Being able to work at heights

• Committed to work flexible hours, days, nights, weekends and holidays.

• Salary starts at $7.50 per hour

• Held by the work permit holder

Interested applicants can email their resume to jobstci@alliedcaribbean.net or send resume to the Labour Board. Belongers need only to apply.

S. WALKIN & SONS

OUTBOARD MARINE MECHANIC

Diagnostic and troubleshooting the following engines

Suzuki, Evinrude, Johnson, Mercury, Seadoo

Must be willing to work a minimum of 44 hour per week, holidays and weekends if necessary salary will commensurate with experience

(10–15 years) and performance

Salary: $15.00 per hour

CONTACT: SHERLOCK WALKIN

TELEPHONE: 946-4411 FAX

RESUMES TO: 649-946-4945

OR EMAIL: WALKINMARINE@TCIWAY.TC

BETHANY’S EDUCATIONAL & SOCIAL TRAINING (B.E.S.T.) INSTITUTE, INC.

Is seeking suitable candidates for the following position:

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

APPLICANT SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING:

• A Masters’ Degree with discipline in Education or related field.

• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience as Deputy/Vice Principal or Principal combined.

• Strong Administrative and Leadership skills

• Applicant must be born again Christian of the Baptist Faith

• Capable of teaching students with multi-cultured backgrounds.

• Have adequate knowledge and experience working with the TCI Primary School Curriculum or that of an English-speaking Caribbean country.

Salary $30,000.00 to $32,000.00 per annum Applications can be handed in at B.E.S.T Institute Office, 250 Bay Road, Blue Hills, Providenciales.

OR EMAILED TO: BESTINSTITUTE@TCIWAY.TC, WITH COPY TO THE LABOUR BOARD, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. TEL: 649-941-4802. CELL: 649-231-4802

EASYWAY EMPLOYEMENT SERVICS

D & B TILE

241-7845

DOMESTIC WORKER

$6.50 hourly

Domestic Worker cleaning the house, washing dishes, clothes, linen and caring for my children.

7 INSPIRED MEN LTD

Millennium Highway

331-7188

HANDYMAN

$350.00 weekly

Unload containers and maintain the repair of appliance inside the store

MARIE CARMEN PARKER

246-3335

Five Cays

DOMESTIC WORKER

$6.50 Hourly

Washing dishes, cups, fork, pots, cleaning the kitchen, making beds, wash, cook and cooking.

PROPSER JEAN MARIE

343-8445

Blue Hills #2 Circle road

DOMESTIC WORKER

$290.00

Cleaning the house, wash dishes, wash and iron, cook and caring for my 6 years old son

J & J BEAUTY SALON

343-6068

Five Cays Behind Paradise Baptiste Church

HAIR BRAIDER

$7.00 hourly

Braiding men and women hair, styling all type of hair, braids children hair

CHARLES RENTAL

243-1729

Five Cays, Robinson Drive # 88

LABOURER

$300.00 weekly

Cleaning and wash the vehicles and light maintenance on rental vehicles

INTERESTED BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT THIS POSITION IS FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL

#658 MILLENIUM HIGHWAY, BLUE HILLS Is looking for an

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS SPORTS COMMISSION

Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex, Providenciales

Turks & Caicos Islands, British West Indies Telephone Land (649)338-7704 Employment Opportunity

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

This is a senior professional position, which is accountable for the prudent management, investment, disbursement, safety and transparency of expenditure of the Sports Commission funds. The Financial Controller has a responsibility for compliance with the TCI Public Service budgetary and financial policy such as revenue generation, cost containment and delivery of other budget targets. (S)he will provide advice to the Director and Deputy Director on financial matters and ensure that the Sport Commission's financial and budgeting system, procedures, practices and controls are appropriate, robust and fit-for-purpose. All relevant combination of qualifications and experience will be appropriately assessed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The position requires a Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting/related field or equivalent (essential). Certified Public Accountant certification (desirable).

EXPERIENCE:

The position requires at least ten (10) years on the job experience with at least three (3) years at a managerial level to acquire the competencies necessary to respond to the challenges of the functions. The experience should include span:

• Sound investment

• Policy implementation

• Financial reporting and analysis

• Team Leadership

• Report writing

• Relevant accounting and general computer applications.

Salary: $60,000 to $7500.00 per annum plus allowances base on qualification and experience. NB: Post currently filled by a Work Permit Holder.

CUSTODIAN

The job holder is responsible for the interior and exterior cleaning of sporting facilities and offices. Post holder ensures that facilities and office space are clean and remain tidy and orderly. He/ she must also assist with setting up and breaking down of tables and chairs for events.

EXPERIENCE:

• The position required a minimum of two (2) years on the job experience to acquire the necessary competencies to respond effectively to the challenges of the job

Salary: $8.00 per hour

Note: Post currently filled by a work permit holder.

GROUNDS KEEPER (GRAND TURK)

The job holder follows instructions from the supervisor to ensure that both interior and exterior of sporting facilities and offices are secure and clean and remain tidy and orderly. He/she remove trash and debris from grounds and ensure that bins are not over flowed, clean and maintain the gardens, lawns and sporting venues and caring for and cultivating foliage including planting, fertilizing, weeding, watering, trimming and pruning, soil conditioning, mulching and applying pesticides.

EXPERIENCE:

• The position required a minimum of two (2) years on the job experience to acquire the necessary competencies to respond effectively to the challenges of the job

Salary: $8.00 per hour.

Note: Post currently filled by work permit holder.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

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Science & Technology

NASA rover finds ‘clearest evidence yet’ of an ancient lake on Mars

IN the foothills of a Martian mountain, NASA’s Curiosity rover found stunning new evidence of an ancient lake in the form of rocks etched with the ripples of waves — and the telltale signs appeared in an unlikely place.

The rover is traversing an area of Mars called the “sulfate-bearing unit” that researchers previously thought would only show evidence of mere trickles of water, as scientists believed the rocks there formed as the surface of the red planet was drying out. Instead, the rover found some of the clearest evidence yet of ancient waters.

“This is the best evidence of water and waves that we’ve seen in the entire mission,” said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity’s project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in a statement. “We climbed through thousands of feet of lake

deposits and never saw evidence like this — and now we found it in a place we expected to be dry.”

The sulfate-bearing unit is a region previously identified by the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter as containing salty mineral deposits just beneath an 18,000-foot (5,500-meter) mountain called Mount Sharp. Scientists consider the sulfate-bearing unit to be a location rife with clues about how and why Mars morphed from a watery planet into the frozen place it is today, and researchers have long sought to explore the area in more depth.

Though the region contains rocks that were thought to have formed “when water was drying to a trickle,” according to NASA, the new images from Curiosity show evidence of a shallow lake.

“Billions of years ago, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred

Billions of years ago, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediment that over time formed into rocks with rippled textures. The evidence of waves and water is the clearest proof NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found to date

up sediment at the lake bottom, over time creating rippled textures left in rock,” according to a NASA news release.

The wave-marked rocks were found about one-half mile (800 meters) into Curiosity’s ascent of Mount Sharp. As the rover climbed higher, it travelled over rocks that would have formed more recently. That’s why researchers didn’t expect to see such clear markers of a large body of water.

Specifically, the rocks were

discovered in what’s called the Marker Band Valley, a zigzag formation of rocks that stands out against the landscape, thanks to its darker colouring. The rover began exploring the Marker Band feature — which was found to have thin, hard rocks covering the surface is a scalelike pattern — in 2022.

Curiosity has attempted to extract samples from some of the rocks, but they proved too hard for the rover’s drill, according to NASA. But scientists are hoping the vehicle will stumble on some

softer spots more conducive to sample collection as its trek continues.

The Curiosity rover has been exploring the Martian surface for about a decade, and it’s been climbing the base of Mount Sharp since 2014. Scientists are particularly interested in the mountain because its suspected past — in which the landmark was surrounded by streams and lakes — could have been host to microbial life forms. That is, if any ever existed on Mars. (CNN)

Male contraceptive pill prototype stops sperm swimming

An on-demand, non-hormonal male contraceptive pill may be a real possibility say scientists who have found a cell pathway, or switch, that stops sperm from being able to swim.

Tests in mice suggest it keeps sperm stunned for at least a few hours - long enough to stop them reaching the egg.

Many more tests are planned and needed, moving to rabbits before people.

The idea is users could pop a pill an hour before sex and keep an eye on the clock for when it wears off.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Unlike the female contraceptive pill, it does not involve any hormones.

Scientists say that is one of the advantages of the approach they are exploring - it will not knock out testosterone and cause any male hormone deficiency side effects.

Instead, the “sperm-swim” switch they are targeting is a cellular signalling protein called soluble adenylyl cyclase or sAC.

The experimental male pill inhibits or blocks sAC.

In the early study in mice, funded by the US National Institutes of Health and published in the journal Nature Communications, a single dose of the drug, called TDI11861, immobilised sperm before, during and after mating.

The effect lasted for around three hours. By 24 hours, it appeared to have fully worn off with the next batch of sperm swimming normally.

One of the scientists, Dr Melanie Balbach from Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, said it showed promise as a reversible, easy-to-use contraceptive.

If it does ultimately work in humans, men might be able to take it only when, and as often, as needed. They could make day-today decisions about their fertility. But it would not protect against sexually transmitted infections, experts warn. Condoms would be needed for that.

Prof Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Sheffield, said: “There is a pressing need for an effective, reversible, oral contraceptive for men and although many different approaches have been tested over the years, none has yet reached the market.

“The approach described here, to knock out key enzyme in sperm that is critical for sperm movement, is a really novel idea. The fact that it is able to act, and be reversed, so quickly is really quite exciting.

“If the trials on mice can be replicated in humans with the same degree of efficacy, then this could well be the male contraceptive approach we have been looking for.

“They have done some tests on human sperm in the laboratory and it works in exactly the same way. So that, I think, really does open up the prospects that we can have some human trials.”

Meanwhile, other researchers have been looking at a slightly different pathway to halt sperm swimming, by blocking a protein on the surface of sperm. (BBC)

Tests in mice suggest it keeps sperm stunned for at least a few hours - long enough to stop them reaching the egg

Science & Technology

Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans

Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever used by ancient humans, dating back around 2.9 million years.

It is evidence that the tools were used by other branches of early humans, not just the ancestors of Homo Sapiens.

The tools were used to butcher hippos and pound plant materials like tubers and fruit, the researchers said.

Two big fossil teeth found at the site belong to an extinct human cousin, known as Paranthropus.

Scientists had previously thought that Oldowan tools, a kind

of simple stone implement, were only used by ancestors of Homo Sapiens, a grouping that includes our species and our closest relatives.

However, no Homo Sapien fossils were found at the excavation site in Nyayanga on the Homa Peninsula in western Kenya.

Instead, there were two teeth - stout molars - from the Paranthropus genus that had combined ape-like and human-like traits, along with 330 stone tools.

“With these tools you can crush better than an elephant’s molar can and cut better than a lion’s canine

The excavation site in Nyayanga where hundreds of stone tools dating to roughly 2.9 million years ago were found

can,” said Prof Rick Potts, of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, a senior author of the study.

“Oldowan technology was like suddenly evolving a brand new set of teeth outside your body, and it opened up a new variety of foods on the African savannah to our ancestors.”

“The association of these Nyayanga tools with Paranthropus

may reopen the case as to who made the oldest Oldowan tools. Perhaps not only Homo, but other kinds of hominins were processing food with Oldowan technology,” said anthropologist Thomas Plummer of Queens College in New York City, lead author of the research published in the journal Science.

The latest find of the Oldowan tools show that they

were a significant upgrade in sophistication compared to earlier crude stone tools dated to as early as 3.3 million years old, before the emergence of the Homo genus, researchers said.

Other hominins existing at the time included the genus Australopithecus, known for the famous even-older fossil “Lucy” which was found in 1974 in northern Ethiopia. (BBC)

Scientists say “Doomsday Glacier” is ‘in trouble,’ after finding surprising formations under ice shelf

ANTARCTICA’S “Doomsday

Glacier” – nicknamed because its collapse could drive catastrophic sea level rise – is melting rapidly in unexpected ways, according to new research.

The Thwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida and is located in West Antarctica. Part of what holds it in place is an ice shelf that juts out onto the surface of the ocean. The shelf acts like a cork, holding the glacier back on the land and providing an important defense against sea level rise.

But the crucial ice shelf is highly vulnerable as the ocean warms.

In two studies, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, scientists revealed while the pace of melting underneath much of the ice shelf is slower than previously thought, deep cracks and “staircase” formations in the ice are melting much faster.

As climate change accelerates, the Thwaites Glacier is rapidly changing.

Every year it sheds billions of tons of ice into the ocean, contributing about 4% of annual sea level rise. Particularly rapid melting happens at the point where the glacier meets the seafloor, which has retreated nearly nine miles (14 kilometres) since the late 1990s, exposing a larger slice of

ice to relatively warm ocean water.

The complete collapse of the Thwaites itself could lead to sea level rise of more than two feet (70 centimetres), which would be enough to devastate coastal communities around the world. But the Thwaites is also acting like a natural dam to the surrounding ice in West Antarctica, and scientists have estimated global sea level could ultimately rise around 10 feet if the Thwaites collapsed.

While it could take hundreds or thousands of years, the ice shelf could disintegrate much

sooner, triggering a retreat of the glacier which is both unstable and potentially irreversible.

To better understand the reshaping of the remote coastline, a team of US and British scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration traveled to the glacier in late 2019.

Using a hot water drill, they bored a hole nearly 2,000 feet (600 meters) deep into the ice and, over a five-day period, sent down various instruments to take measurements from the glacier.

The instruments included a

torpedo-like robot called Icefin, which allowed them access to areas previously almost impossible to survey. The remotely-operated vehicle took images and recorded information about the temperature and salinity of the water, as well as ocean currents.

It was able to “swim up to these really dynamic places and take data from the sea floor all the way to the ice,” Britney Schmidt, an associate professor at Cornell University and a lead author on one of the papers, told CNN.

The results of the research reveal “a very nuanced and complex picture,” Peter Davis, an oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey and a lead author on the other paper, told CNN.

The scientists found even though the glacier is receding, the rate of melting beneath much of the flat part of the ice shelf was lower than expected. The melt rate averaged 2 to 5.4 meters a year, according to the study, less than previous models had projected.

Melting is being suppressed by a layer of colder, fresher water at the base of the glacier, between the ice shelf and the ocean, according to the research.

“The glacier is still in trouble,” Davis said in a statement, adding, “What we have found is that

despite small amounts of melting there is still rapid glacier retreat, so it seems that it doesn’t take a lot to push the glacier out of balance.”

The scientists were also surprised by a second finding. They discovered an underwater glacial landscape much more complex than expected, dominated by strange staircaselike terraces and crevasses – big cracks going all the way through the ice shelf.

Melting was particularly rapid in these areas, the research team found. Warm, salty water was able to funnel through and widen cracks and crevasses, contributing to instabilities in the glacier.

“The glacier is not just melting up, but it’s melting out,” Schmidt said.

Melting along the sloped ice of the cracks and terraces “may become the primary trigger for ice shelf collapse,” according to the studies’ authors.

David Rounce, a glaciologist at Carnegie Mellon University who was not involved in the study, told CNN the new research offered “novel insights into how rapidly the bottom of the ice shelf is melting and the mechanisms by which it’s melting, which are very important for improving our understanding and ability to model how Thwaites will change in the future.”

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, also known as the “Doomsday glacier” due to the huge risk its melting poses to global sea levels.

International

Jordan makes record-breaking $10 million donation to MakeA-Wish for 60th birthday

BASKETBALL Hall of Famer

Michael Jordan is making a recordbreaking $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America in honor of his upcoming 60th birthday, the organisation announced Wednesday.

The gift is the largest given by an individual in the foundation’s 43-year history.

Jordan, who turns 60 on Friday, hopes his donation will inspire others to support Make-A-Wish.

“For the past 34 years, it’s been an honor to partner with Make-AWish and help bring a smile and happiness to so many kids,” the Charlotte Hornets owner said in a statement.

“Witnessing their strength and resilience during such a tough time in their lives has truly been an inspiration. I can’t think of a better birthday gift than seeing others join me in supporting Make-A-Wish so that every child can experience the magic of having their wish come true.”

The first wish Jordan granted happened in 1989. He has “granted hundreds of wishes to children all over the world,” according to the

organisation.

Jordan was named a Make-AWish ambassador “for the lifechanging impact he has had on wish kids and their families” in 2008.

“Michael using his birthday as a chance to make history for MakeA-Wish speaks to the quality of his character and his loyal dedication to making life better for children with critical illnesses,” said Leslie Motter, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish America.

“We hope that the public will be inspired to follow in his footsteps by helping make wishes come true.”

Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA, won five MVP awards and won six titles before retiring for a final time in 2003.

He has enjoyed lucrative endorsement deals with Nike, Hanes, Gatorade and Upper Deck, among others, and has donated millions to social and charitable causes over the years. (CNN)

Tadhg Beirne: Ireland lock to miss rest of Six Nations with ankle injury

IRELAND second row Tadhg

Beirne has been ruled out of the remainder of the Six Nations with an ankle injury sustained against France on Saturday.

Beirne, 31, limped off in the second half of Ireland’s 32-19 win over France at the Aviva Stadium.

The IRFU confirmed he will need surgery which is likely to keep him out of action for 12 weeks.

Beirne will miss Ireland’s remaining fixtures against Italy, Scotland and England.

The Munster player will also be forced to sit out United Rugby Championship fixtures and will miss the province’s Heineken Champions Cup last-16 tie at Sharks in April.

Beirne had started the previous 14 matches for Ireland under head

Record-breaker Motie spins West Indies to series win over Zimbabwe

SPINNER Gudakesh Motie set a new benchmark for West Indies cricket with the best return from a test spinner as he bowled his side to victory, and series success over Zimbabwe, by an innings and four runs in the second test this week.

It was the best ever test match performance by a spinner for the West Indies as Motie took 13-99 in the match, surpassing a mark that had stood for seven decades.

The West Indies made sure of the win at Queens Sports Club inside three days after drawing last week’s first test, also played in Bulawayo.

coach Andy Farrell and left the game against France on crutches.

Ulster captain Iain Henderson replaced Beirne against France and could partner James Ryan against Italy.

However, Leinster pair Ryan Baird and Joe McCarthy and Connacht’s Cian Prendergast are the other options available to Farrell.

The left-arm spinner returned figures of 7-37 as Zimbabwe, who won the toss and elected to bat, were skittled out for 115 in their first innings.

The West Indies replied with 292, adding two runs to their overnight score as they lost their last two wickets when play got underway belatedly on Tuesday because of a rain delay.

The Guyanese returned to

torment the home side and finished with 6-62 as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 173 just after tea in their second innings, four runs short of forcing West Indies to bat again.

Only captain Craig Ervine, who scored 72, offered any resistance but when he was trapped lbw at the start of the last session, the test was effectively over.

“I was very happy about it,” said Motie of his performance as he was named man of the series.

“I worked hard enough. I had a lot of practice and back in my country, the wickets are similar.” added the 27-year-old from Guyana, playing only his third test.

Motie’s 13 wicket haul bettered the previous best test match return by a West Indian spinner of 11152 from Sonny Ramadhin against England when they won at Lord’s for the first time in 1950.

West Indies now head to South Africa for a two-test series, plus limited overs internationals. (Reuters)

Gudakesh Motie finished with match figures of 13-99

Michael Jordan turns 60 on February 17

Tadhg Beirne was forced off early in the second half against France with an ankle injury

Sports International

Man City go on top with win over title rivals Arsenal

Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League for the first time since November as they leapfrogged leaders Arsenal with a vital victory at Emirates Stadium.

The reigning champions turned on the power in the second half in the biggest game of the domestic season as Arsenal paid a heavy price for individual errors.

Takehiro Tomiyasu’s poor backpass allowed Kevin de Bruyne to loft a finish over Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after 24 minutes but Arsenal deservedly drew level three minutes before half-time, Bukayo Saka scoring from the spot after City goalkeeper Ederson fouled Eddie Nketiah.

City, lacking spark in the opening phase, improved after the break and had a penalty of their own ruled out for offside against Erling Haaland before they showed a ruthless streak to punish Arsenal.

Gabriel lost possession to allow Bernardo Silva and Haaland to set up Jack Grealish for a deflected finish after 72 minutes before they ended Arsenal’s hopes with 10 minutes left.

Inevitably, Haaland was the scorer from De Bruyne’s pass to put City top on goal difference having played one game more than Arsenal.

Grealish has scored two goals and made three assists from nine matches since returning from the World Cup

MAN CITY STRIKE TELLING BLOW

City have returned to the top of the Premier League by striking a devastating blow on the long-time leaders.

City, by their own standards, have not quite hit the heights this season but they now find

Maternity in rugby: New Rugby Football Union

ENGLAND women’s rugby players are now entitled to 26 weeks’ fully-paid maternity leave as well as funds for children to travel to games with them.

The Rugby Football Union’s maternity, pregnant parent and adoption leave policy will “normalise motherhood”, says pregnant lock Abbie Ward.

Pregnant players will be supported to start other employment within rugby.

Ward said the policy will “give players the best possible chance of returning to play” after having a baby.

In February 2022, it was announced that players in the top two tiers of women’s football in England would get full pay for the first 14 weeks of maternity leave.

The majority of England women’s international rugby players have had professional contracts since 2019, but the RFU did not previously have a maternity policy designed specifically for players.

The new policy was created with the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) and the input of players themselves.

England prop and RPA representative Vickii Cornborough described the announcement as a “game changing moment”.

Cornborough explained how the three year process “looked quite extensively at different sports” and “looked for inspiration from other unions”.

In particular they looked closely at the New Zealand Rugby Union’s policy for the Black Ferns.

themselves looking down on Arsenal once more, albeit the Gunners have a game in hand. Even here, City lacked their usual fluency in the first 45 minutes and Arsenal arguably deserved more than being on level terms at the interval.

And yet, once they moved

through the gears in the second half City carried enough threat to put Arsenal away and return to the position they have occupied so often in recent years.

City gratefully accepted the gifts Arsenal offered and once Grealish restored their lead - a touch off the luckless Tomiyasu sending his shot

past Ramsdale - this game was done.

Haaland’s goal emphasised City’s supremacy and they closed out the win with ease, the celebrations at the final whistle reflecting the significance of the result.

ARSENAL MUST HOLD NERVE

This defeat will be a bitter blow to Arsenal, coming as it did in front of their own supporters.

It continued a recent stumble in which they have lost at City in the FA Cup and at Everton in the league, drawn controversially against Brentford on Saturday and now another damaging defeat here.

Arsenal and manager Mikel Arteta must not get too down on themselves, although the scale of the setback here cannot be underestimated in the context of the title race.

The Gunners were excellent in the first 45 minutes but Tomiyasu’s poor back pass and Gabriel’s concession of possession were the sort of mistakes you simply cannot make against this class of opponent.

Arsenal must regroup and realise they are still right at the heart of the Premier League title pursuit - but no-one can escape the damage done by this result. (BBC)

will “give players the best possible chance of returning to play” after having a baby

“Within their culture of being a family inclusive environment, I think that was a good benchmark for us to build on that,” she said.

Players who are selected within 12 months of giving birth or adopting a child will now have travel and accommodation costs covered for children under 12 months old and a “support person” to join them

at games or on training camps.

An RFU statement added that there will be “a similar provision made for any player who would prefer for their infant to remain in the home environment”.

If contracts are renegotiated or extended during the player’s pregnancy or maternity leave, the player will be included and have

their contract extended for at least 12 months.

RPA general secretary Christian Day described the policy as “another significant step forward for the women’s game in England”, adding that it “makes becoming a parent more normal and less taboo, which is exactly as it should be”. (BBC)

The policy

policy will ‘normalise motherhood’

Ronaldo awarded legal fees compensation following dismissed case

PORTUGUESE soccer star

Cristiano Ronaldo was on Tuesday reimbursed over $300,000 for legal fees he spent while defending himself in a federal civil case alleging he had raped a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009.

The case was dismissed in June, after the judge found that the plaintiff’s lawyer engaged in misconduct so severe that it would be impossible for Ronaldo to have a fair trial.

US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey ruled the attorney representing the accuser Kathryn Mayorga, Leslie Stovall, pay Ronaldo $334,637.50. The court found Stovall owed the money after the attorney was judged to have harmed the footballer through “bad-faith lawyering.”

Ronaldo’s legal team had sought more compensation, but Dorsey concluded Ronaldo and his lawyers had dragged the case on longer than necessary.

The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning Mayorga cannot refile the complaint.

Mayorga said she was coerced into signing a non-disclosure agreement and $375,000 settlement following the alleged rape, which Ronaldo has maintained was a consensual sexual encounter. Mayorga had asked a judge to void that agreement.

The existence of the settlement was first reported by the German newspaper Der Spiegel in

2017 using leaked confidential communications from Ronaldo’s attorneys.

Last year, a court found that Stovall reached out to the source of that leak to request those documents, including “the reporting and communications of the attorneys and investigators representing and defending Ronaldo following the sexual assault thru the negotiations and conclusion of the settlement and non-disclosure agreement.”

“Stovall’s repeated use of stolen, privileged documents to prosecute this case has every indicia of badfaith conduct,” Judge Dorsey wrote on Friday.

Dallas Open: Wu Yibing becomes first Chinese man to win ATP Tour title

The judge found that “the misappropriated documents and their confidential contents have been woven into the very fabric of Mayorga’s claims,” stating that simply striking the leaked documents from the case and disqualifying Stovall would not adequately address the misconduct.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reopened a criminal investigation at Mayorga’s request in August 2018. In July 2019, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office announced they would not pursue criminal charges, saying the allegations could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

(CNN)

WU Yibing became the first Chinese man to win an ATP Tour title with victory over John Isner at the Dallas Open.

The 23-year-old, ranked 97th in the world, won 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (73) 7-6 (14-12) in just under three hours.

He saved four match points against American former world number eight Isner.

Wu is set to rise to world number 58 when the rankings are updated on Monday, making him the highest-ranked Chinese player in ATP history.

Playing in his maiden Tour-level final, he did not compete on the Tour from March 2019 to January 2022 because of numerous injuries.

But he defeated American top seed Taylor Fritz and Canada’s

third seed Denis Shapovalov en route to the final.

Jamie Murray and new partner Michael Venus of New Zealand claimed their first men’s doubles title together after linking up last month.

The pair, top seeds in Dallas, defeated Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 10-7.

“We had a great week. We had to battle a lot,” said Murray, who has now won a Tour title in 11 consecutive seasons and Venus nine.

“We went down really hard in the first set, but we stayed calm and kind of committed to what we were trying to do out there and worked our way into the match. We are super happy with how it turned out.” (BBC)

LEBRON James returned from a three-game absence and helped his new-look Los Angeles Lakers to an impressive 120-102 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.

The 37-year-old James had missed the three previous games due to ankle soreness but returned to action on Wednesday night to great effect.

In 29 productive minutes on the floor, James scored 21 points and added six rebounds and six assists as he steered the Lakers past the Pelicans.

Former Pelican Anthony Davis led Los Angeles with 28 points as well as 10 rebounds, five assists and two blocks while new addition

D’Angelo Russell chipped in with 21 points and seven assists in the Lakers’ final game before the AllStar break.

After the game, James said that the victory with the revamped roster will be a good starting point for the team to return to after the break.

“I think we’re going to continue to build off tonight,” James told reporters. “I think our skill sets all kind of fit each other.”

It was the Lakers’ 30th different starting lineup in its 59th game of the up-and-down season, comprised of James, Davis, Russell, Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt – who acquired in a

three-team trade last week.

As well as the acquisitions of Mo Bamba and Rui Hachimura – and the departure of Russell Westbrook, Damian Jones and Juan Toscano-Anderson – it has given

the Lakers a roster seemingly more well-suited to fitting around its star players.

They showed glimpses of what the future could hold, racing into an early 17-4 lead against the

Pelicans, generating an assist on every bucket.

And despite the promise shown on Wednesday night, James said that there is “a lot of work to do still.”

Wu Yibing had won only six Tour-level matches before the Dallas Open

The case against Ronaldo was dismissed in June, after a judge found that the plaintiff’s lawyer engaged in misconduct so severe that it would be impossible for the soccer player to have a fair trial

LeBron James drives to the basket during the game against the Pelicans

James returns from three-game absence, helps new-look Los Angeles Lakers to impressive victory

The Hundred:

England

and

international stars retained for 2023 tournament

THE Hundred men’s and women’s teams have announced which players they have retained for the 2023 competition.

Thirteen out of 18 England men’s players on central contracts remain at their teams, including Test captain Ben Stokes with Northern Superchargers.

Smriti Mandhana, the most expensive player at the Women’s Premier League auction, is retained by Southern Brave.

Nat Sciver-Brunt, the joint most-expensive overseas player in the WPL auction, will stay with Trent Rockets.

England white-ball captain Jos Buttler of Manchester Originals, and former captain Joe Root from Trent Rockets, are also among the centrally contracted England

players to be retained.

England women’s captain Heather Knight, who had to pull out of the 2022 competition through injury, returns to London Spirit.

In total, 113 players have been retained from 2022 across the eight teams with the majority of the remaining 135 places filled at Hundred Draft on 23 March, which includes the women’s competition for the first time.

Men’s champions Trent Rockets were among six of the eight men’s teams to retain the maximum permitted 10 players, including England T20 World Cup winners Dawid Malan and Alex Hales.

Women’s champions Oval Invincibles retained their maximum four permitted players,

including England’s Alice Capsey and South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp.

England women’s trio Sophia Dunkley, Danni Wyatt and Kate Cross were not retained, so will be available in the draft.

In the men’s competition, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell are among those not retained, while Laura Wolvaardt, Megan Schutt and Beth Mooney have

been released in the women’s tournament.

A final list of players available for the Hundred Draft will be confirmed on 28 February.

The women’s teams will add four more players via the draft, with the rest of their 15-player squads decided in an open-market process.

Each men’s team can build a squad of 13 players in the draft, with two additional wildcard picks.

Welsh Fire will get the first pick

in both drafts, to be conducted in reverse order of the 2022 finishing positions.

Former Australia batter Mike Hussey has replaced Gary Kirsten as Welsh Fire coach after the Cardiff-based franchise went winless in 2022.

All fixtures this season will be double-headers, with Trent Rockets and Southern Brave opening the tournament on 1 August at Trent Bridge. (BBC)

Millrose Games: Laura Muir wins prestigious Wanamaker Mile in New York

Britain’s Laura Muir won the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York.

The 29-year-old Scot crossed the line in four minutes 20.15 seconds, with British team-mate Katie Snowden finishing third.

Olympic 1500m silver medallist Muir produced a strong finish to fight back having lost the lead late in the race.

The prestigious Wanamaker Mile attracts the world’s best middle distance runners and is the showpiece event of the Millrose Games.

In the men’s Wanamaker Mile, Britain’s Neil Gourley placed second in a personal best time of three minutes 49.46 seconds.

Muir’s training partner Jemma Reekie was ninth in the women’s race, more than eight seconds back.

Earlier at the Millrose Games, Olympic bronze medallist Josh Kerr set a new Scottish record of seven minutes 33.47 seconds to win the 3,000m.

The 25-year-old’s time moves him up to third in the UK all-time rankings. (BBC)

RORY McIlroy says the world number one ranking has been passed around “like a hot potato” as he looks to regain top spot at the Genesis Invitational.

McIlroy became number one for the ninth time when defending his CJ Cup title in October before being replaced by Scottie Scheffler, who retained his Phoenix Open title last weekend.

The American now leads by 0.5 points.

McIlroy will return to the top if

he wins in California, regardless of Scheffler’s position.

A third-place finish for the Northern Irishman will also be good enough unless Scheffler finishes in the top 25 or Jon Rahm wins or finishes second.

“Yeah, of course I care about it,” McIlroy told a pre-tournament press conference. “I think it’s a really cool thing to be ranked number one in whatever you do, but I think it just goes to show the level of depth and the level of talent that’s out here.

“I literally have one average week, it wasn’t even a bad week, just an average week, and there’s always someone waiting to overtake you or to come and try to take that mantle from you. I think it’s a great thing for the game.

“I’ve got a chance to get it back this week. You know, hopefully it’s a bit of a sort of hot potato thing where me, Scottie and Jon [Rahm] sort of pass it around a little bit because it means we’re all playing great golf.” (BBC)

Laura Muir (pictured competing in Boston last week) was competing at the Millrose Games for the first time

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy can become world number one for the tenth time with victory at the Genesis Invitational

McIlroy says world number one ranking passed around like a ‘hot potato’

India opener Smriti Mandhana (left) signed for Royal Challengers Bangalore for £340,000 in the Women’s Premier League auction, with Nat Sciver-Brunt joining Mumbai Indians for £320,000

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TCI’s teamwork leads Registre to Tour of the Bahama title

TCI’s reigning national champion Fredise Registre surged to overall victory when he competed in his first Tour of Grand Bahama earlier this month in the Bahamas.

TCI had previously won the Tour in 2019 by taking home the top honours in every category, while in 2020 and 2021, they missed the overall victory, but took home a few first and second-place prizes.

This year, the visiting side was armed with one of their strongest teams, including Registre, Sean Rodgers, Tour winner (2019); DeVaughn Williams, Masters winner 2020; former attendee Tyrone Bishop and another firsttime participant Karl Isaacs, who is also the President of the TCI Cycling Federation.

Stage one of the Tour was a 3.63-mile prologue. Heavy rains almost hindered the event, but the rain stopped and the cyclists were called to the line.

Team TCI was hoping to win the prologue, which would have given them the early lead. However, Registre was edged out by seconds by Nassau’s Felix Nealy.

With Fred having the better time out of Team TCI in the time trial, the team now had their first option to win the tour.

Stage Two, the criterium, had to start slightly earlier than expected due to intermittent showers.

Team TCI lined up on the road ready to execute their first game plan, to get Fred across the line first.

It was cat and mouse in the beginning, but Team TCI put their game plan into play, and controlled the race right to the end, getting their leader across the line first, followed closely by DeVaugn Williams who had the Masters category at that point, locked down.

The final stage of the tour on day two, Stage Three, was an 80-mile road race for Pro one and two, and a 64-mile road race for Masters.

It seemed early that the race would not take place due to heavy rains once again. However, the rain held up, and the race got on the way.

Again, the cat and mouse started, with everyone trying to see who would be the first to move.

Then the attacks started. Attacks from the left, attacks from the right. Counter attacks, rundowns, etc, but Team TCI had a different game plan for this race and executed it to perfection.

Coming down to the finish for the Masters’ category, DeVaughn Williams led out by Sean Rodgers, took a fast sprint for almost a mile, demolishing his competition and winning the Masters category for the Tour.

But he wasn’t finished, being the second option for Team TCI and only seconds behind, Registre and Felix Nealy (separated by two seconds) continued for the 80 miles, to add back to team TCI’s arsenal.

With 13 miles to go, Nealy decided, enough was enough, and it was time to go, as he launched a massive attack to get away, but he was quickly covered by Bishop who took the assignment to cover Felix’s attacks throughout the road race and did an amazing job at it. DeVaughn was a little slow to respond but was able to catch up to Felix and Tyrone. Sean, after realising that the race leader Fred had missed out on the break, got on his wheel, hung his head down, and produced as much power as he possibly could, to get Fred to or as close as possible to what looked like an almost impossible distance. Sean was able to bridge the gap within a few hundred yards of the three ahead, when like a slingshot, Fred shot from the back of Sean and closed the gap before the final turnaround some eight miles to the finish.

Registre and Nealy then started the game of cat and mouse, attacking each other and then trying to force each other in front as they drew closer to the finish line. But with the teamwork of DeVaughn Williams and Tyrone Bishop, the chances of Felix winning were slim, not to mention it was three against one at this point. The attacks, the counterattacks, and the blocking, all increased as they drew closer to the line, and with a clear path created by his team, Fred sprinted to victory, making himself the winner of the 2023 Tour of Grand Bahama, and giving his team, Team TCI the victory.

The TCI cyclists were tactical in their execution

Tour of GB road race – Sean Rodgers, DeVaughn Williams, Tyrone Bishop, Registre and Felix Neely (from The Bahamas)

Some of the cyclists that competed in the race

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Forbes finishes with “Top Goal Scorer” title at America Winners Cup

SENIOR National Captain Billy Forbes led TCI’s Turquoise Beach Soccer Club to seventh place by scoring a tournament-high 13 goals, when the Americas Winners Cup 2023 was held in El Salvador on Sunday.

Turquoise finished with three points and the fourth position in Group A.

Overall, the Cup was won by home team Barra de Santiago.

A total of 10 teams competed, including sides from Latin America and North America.

In the seventh and eighth position clash, the TCI side were

able to surge ahead of Futbol Beach Soccer Futsal Club (FBS) on Sunday last with Forbes exploding.

The US-based footballer scored six of TCI’s seven goals in the 7-5 win.

The game also proved to be a thriller with FBS drawing even at 5-5 at the end of regulation, before Jepthe scored his first and Forbes added his sixth in extra-time for the win.

TCI had also defeated Garita Palmera 6-5 in the Group Stage. In that game, Forbes had scored a hat-trick.

Track and Field season opens this weekend

The event gets underway from 9:30 am and will run until 3 pm.

On February 24, Meet 2, which focuses on Sprints and Throws, will take place at the same venue during the same hours.

The two events will help to get young athletes competition ready for next month’s Primary and High School Championships.

The TCISS Inter-High Track and Field Championships is set for March 9-11 at the National Stadium.

Later in the month, from March 29-31, the TCISS Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships will take place at the same venue.

The two Development Meets will have an entry fee of $5 for adults and $3 for students, while adults will pay $10 and children $5 each for entry to the two championships.

The 2023 Track and Field Season will run off on Saturday with the Development Meet 1 (Distance and Jumps) at the National Stadium in Providenciales.

Billy Forbes on the attack

TCI’s Turquoise Beach Soccer Club finished seventh overall