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“Our government has a role to play, but those in position has a role as well in helping to build this country.”

BY DELANA ISLES

Taxi licenses are reserved for Turks and Caicos Islanders, but according to a former chief minister, Islanders are being discriminated against, while foreign nationals are being given preferential treatment.

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– Says many Islanders on the wait list, while foreigners getting them with ease

The accusation - levelled this week by Hon Oswald Skippingscentres around the issuance license plates for native-owned taxis. In a Facebook post on Monday (August 29), the former leader stated: “It is becoming more and more difficult to quietly endure the audacious, challenging, and belittling insults from foreign nationals and non-native Turks and Caicos Islanders who have somehow managed to get opportunities and privileges that our natives Turks and Caicos Islanders are unable to acquire.

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“Too many of us are in position to help our own people and turn our heads when it’s their time to help.

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“We as native Turks and Caicos Islanders can no longer settle for being third class citizens who are ridiculed, discriminated against and victimized, while others are being given preferential treatment. “Persons in the system who choose to adapt this stinking and demeaning attitude for whatever reason towards native Turks and Caicos Island people who are deserving fair treatment and equal opportunities, should be kicked out of the system,” he stated. However, Williams advised that the persons who need to investigate the problems within the Road Safety department are the department heads, the permanent secretary and the Deputy Governor, as it is not within the government’s authority to instruct a public servant.The government-appointed member further advised: “While what you have expressed here may have some bearing [Skippings], what I think also needs to be said is that as TCIslanders, those of us who are in position of authority, have to do a better job at pushing and supporting our own.

Notably, Skippings’s frustration with the practice within the Road Safety Department was echoed by government appointed member in the House of Assembly, Hon Jamika“HonWilliams.Oswald Skippings thank you for highlighting this. It is true that there are several TCIslanders who are on a wait list to get taxi plates and are having difficulties with getting them.” She added: “The Department of Road Safety is headed by a TCIslander who uses his discretion as to who he awards taxi plates to. There is also a quota in place (which in my view is being mismanaged).”Theformer chief minister said he has been dealing with the issue for two months, but “enough is enough”, calling on the government to deal with the matter.

Skippings highlights “discriminatory”

“One such example is the situation with the Road Safety Department in Providenciales where native Turks and Caicos Islanders are unable to get license plates to fully operate their taxi business, and therefore deprived from operating at the airport from where the real financial benefits are derived.“Itis incredible yet true that while there are a few that find themselves in this discriminatory unfortunate situation, there is one particular gentleman that has had a taxi license since 2016 and in spite of endless efforts to get a plate or be allowed to operate at the Providenciales airport, he has been denied while persons who have recently acquired status have been given license plates.” Skippings has since called for those persons in positions of power who are responsible for the discriminatory practice to be “kicked out of the system.” He further alleged that “there are some that don’t even qualify to be given license plates, yet there are acquiring them with ease and boasting about it.”

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Former Chief Minister, Hon Oswald Skippings Government-appointed member, Hon Jamika Williams

“Although this discussion was short, we are satisfied that they undertake extensive investigation when awarding status to marriages.”Heunderscored that his ministry will be cooperating with Jamaica’s National Security Ministry as both countries seek to develop their intelligence capabilities in their respective immigration departments.“OnTuesday of that week, the Permanent Secretary and I had the opportunity to attend a dynamic meeting with Professor Gordon Shirley, the CEO of the ports authority, and his management team on their operations.

“I had to ask the premier to invite the poll authority of Jamaica to TCI to give the exact same presentation to cabinet and other stakeholders here so that we too can see how to partner with our vendors and commercial operators to better improve our ports in our communities”, he added.

He noted that talks were also centred on enhancing measures to prevent“Securityoverstays.measures are already in place in Jamaica, for the management of visitors to our country, and especially on the side of ensuring their exit and them not overstaying and becoming irregular migrants.

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– Musgrove says TCI will also team up with Jamaica to advance its intelligence capabilities learn about the regulations of agencies.In-depth discussions were also held on the validation of travel and immigration documents, Musgrove explained.“Thiswas of much interest to us, because of the vast number of fraudulent documents that are submitted to the government on a daily basis and the difficulty of our office verifying the validity of the documents.“Thereare a number of measures that Mr Wynter and his team has in place to validate documents, which I would not disclose at this point in time and yet, they were achieving 80% delivery of responses within three working days. “This is a significant achievement, especially as we seek to improve our service delivery in the department of visa and immigration.”Inthisvein, Musgrove disclosed that his ministry is currently reviewing its customer service process to increase the delivery times for documents.

TAKEAWAYS Additionally, Musgrove said there were other major takeaways from the meeting including discussions on enhanced security for frontline staff, awarding status for marriage, and building capacity for the ports authority.Hesaid:

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, August 25, Minister of Education, Labour, Employment and Customer Service Hon Rachel Taylor said the online degree programme is part of the Government’s long-term goals. The collaboration will see joint online degree programmes being offered by the University of the West Indies and the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College.Shesaid: “As we seek to build our online degree programme this is going to be critical for us, we talked about opportunities for online“Wedegrees.havealso mentioned that as part of our human capacity building, we have to take into consideration lifelong learners. “So there are many students who are interested but don't necessarily want to study abroad so we are looking at scoping our work to take into consideration onlineOnlinecourses.”learning has taken the world of higher education by storm over the last two years as the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically changed the education landscape, and with the distinctive rise of e-learning, more students are able to receive lectures virtually. Online degrees to be offered in 2023

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government is looking to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jamaica and the Bahamas to crack down on the transnational movement of “guns, drugs, and other undesirable goods”.Due to the proximity of the islands to the US, they are targets for these illegal activities. During a national press conference last week, Minister of Immigration and Border Security, Hon Arlington Musgrove said: “With the understanding of the movement of transnational shipment of guns, drugs, and other undesirable goods, I think it's important for us to understand the role the Jamaican government plays just through its global and regional position, so we will be seeking to commence discussion to enter into an MoU with Jamaica and The Bahamas on this matter.” This comes as Musgrove and Permanent Secretary of his Ministry, Ms Althea Been recently soaked up valuable information relating to matters of national security from their Jamaican counterparts.Musgrove and Been were part of a delegation led by Premier Washington Misick to the island nation on Sunday, August 14. Coupled with the discussions on the MoU, Musgrove said his meeting with the CEO of the Immigration Department within the Ministry of National Security, Mr Andrew Wynter and his team highlighted best practices on issues relating to inland security and the verification of documents.

“They have established an eligibility committee who assists in the decision making for the safety of staff in our line of business, there's always danger and risks to staff, so we got ideas on how we can better protect our staff.

Residents will be able to study online for degrees from 2023- Education Minister says Minister of Immigration and Border Security Hon Arlington Musgrove aims to partner with Jamaica and the Bahamas on illicit firearms, drugs trafficking

“This discussion was also helpful in highlighting how to utilise data to manage immigration. “This discussion gave the PS and I further ideas on how this process can be managed, and resources available internationally to aid us as well.”

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“We were treated to an amazing presentation which clearly demonstrates the ways in which the organisation is literally transforming communities and improving the lives of the people through port and facility development and management in every major area and cargo port. “Due to the sensitive nature of the majority of our decision, I won't say much on this, but to say that we spoke on the following matters, security reports, scanning of containers, and importation permits for vehicles and borders, matters of funding for port development.”Musgrove described this engagement as “successful and very informative”.

He said that the meeting afforded the TCI team the opportunity to Prospective learners in the Turks and Caicos Islands will have the opportunity to study for a degree online by next September. This will be made possible as the Government plans to make tertiary education more easily accessible and convenient for residents in the TCI.

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SETTLEMENTSILLEGALthoughts?Providelow-incomehousing

Create low-income housing and not just the removal of people. Ultimately people will have to live somewhere.

Government should take a zerotolerance approach and demolish the structures and send the message to the offenders that these blatant illegal activities will not be tolerated. The offenders always knew the potential consequences of their actions. However, they would be more surprised if TCIG was to take the appropriate action instead since they have come to accept that we are a people who only talk and do no Theaction.continuance of these illegal activities is a serious threat to our national security and the social and economic fibre of these islands and all responsibilities for the clean-up should be laid at the feet of the UK. This is a big business!!!! Take the profit out of these illegal activities by immediately allocating the necessary resources to stop any new construction in the area until a plan is finalised to address the long-term problem.

‘Not too early to campaign for 2025’, appears to be the mindset of the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), as the party is promising major improvements in the health sector if elected in the next general election. In a campaign-themed statement this week, Leader of the Opposition and PDM leader, Hon Edwin Astwood laid out what a PDM government will do for the people of TCI should they recapture the government.Themainfactor being rebuilding the healthcare system of the territory and continuing the work they had already started during theirHonadministration.Astwoodpointed to issues residents raised with him regarding a lack of clinical services at the territory’s two hospitals.

PDM promises to rebuild healthcare sector if elected in 2025

So again, during the budget preparation, we advised that we have moved forward with our informal settlement project: funding it $2m to provide the necessary resources, which is the aerial mapping of all the islands in the areas where these unlawful settlements have started and have expanded.” She pointed out that as the Government prepares to tackle the long-standing issue, more "resources” and "support” is needed to undertake the complex and laborious project. What are your

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Let us not forget they are human beings, we acknowledge their wrongs but this situation should’ve been nipped in the bud a long time ago.

PDM leader, Hon Edwin Astwood

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She stressed that contrary to popular belief, the Government is "not afraid to deal” with the problem, but emphasised that it is much more complicated than just demolishing illegal structures; it requires a strategic approach. “I don't think we're afraid to deal with it; we need more resources and we need more support.

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“A good health system under a PDM Government would ensure that our on-island hospitals deliver high-quality secondary or tertiary levels of care to increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes.”Astwood stated that a PDM government will be committed to continuing the work it started of ensuring health services are: “Effective by providing evidencebased healthcare services to those who need them; safe by avoiding harm to people for whom the care is intended; and people-centred by providing care that responds to individual preferences, needs and values.” He said to realise the benefits of quality health care, a PDM Government will also ensure that the TCI’s health services are: “Timely by reducing waiting times and sometimes harmful delays; equitable by providing care that does not vary in quality on account of constituency or island location, and socio-economic status, ethnicity.“Integrated by providing care that makes available the full range of health services throughout the life course, that is, from newborn to old age; and efficient by maximizing the benefit of available resources and avoiding waste.”Theopposition leader stated that the healthcare system under the PNP government is not serving the peopleAdding:well. “We the PDM are confident that we can deliver the health care system that our citizens need and deserve.”

“And when I investigated what clinical services are accessible in Grand Turk, it is extremely far less than being offered at Cheshire Hall.”The party leader said several patients have alerted him to the difficulty they have experienced getting an appointment to be seen, with many expressing that they feel neglected by the healthcare facilities.Hepointed to the work started when he was the minister of health to re-establish old community clinics, saying that a PDM government will continue to work to ensure a “Good Health System” for the islands.

YES, they are afraid, because there are too many in government that are getting kickbacks and taking $$ to turn a blind eye. To expose one will be like a brick wall coming down, brick by brick. They are not enforcing the laws, and that is why it is proceeding illegally as it is. This is on a ministry that has failed and is still failing.

“I am very concerned about the lack of clinical services being made available to our citizens at both the Cockburn Town hospital, Grand Turk, and the Cheshire Hall Hospital, Providenciales.

A zero-toleranceapproach

Tread very, very carefully. The resident privileged class here is an unusually small minority. The conclusion of an apartheid policy always leads to violence. The impoverished always rebel eventually. This is politically very complex.

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situationDelicate Moving forward would depend on not only pulling down these structures but creating alternative living conditions for persons living there. It should be done through the construction of apartment complexes, with a minimum rent attached to it, this would not only provide a safe place for migrants, some of whom are legitimate in the TCI, but it will provide a means of structure and progress. Having a small rent in place would mean that the TCI government can make back any money spent in the long run.

A little too late

Politicallycomplex

Tomorrow is too late. We continue to sit on our backsides while the TCI continues to deteriorate. This is not a refugee country. We are a tourism entity that caters for a particular class of tourists and in return they expect us to have systems in place. With the social, political and economic problems in Haiti the migrant population would just increase and in the years to come much more of our 'beautiful by nature' would become 'refugees by nature'. BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR

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Kickbacks

If you have to say you’re not afraid, then you are afraid!!

“A Peoples’ Democratic Movement government will recommence the work of enhancing our health system to one that we all can be truly proud of, one which we have the most trust and assurance in.” He stated that a good health system will be one that is organised in a way to ensure timely access to the highest attainable standard of care to all citizens; one that has the right programmes managed by competent well-paid professionals; one in which clinics provide constant preventive and curative care for the most common conditions, and primary health care in facilities or in the community where people live.

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Minister of Physical Planning, Infrastructure and Development (PPID), Hon Akierra Missick said during an interview on Expressions radio show, the Government is not shying away from dealing with the issue of illegal settlements.

BY DELANA ISLES Leader of the Opposition, Hon Edwin Astwood is underwhelmed by the government’s report of their overseas summer activities, especially when the people of the Islands are still suffering. Employing his now-familiar slogan for the PNP government – ‘out of touch’ – Hon Astwood said he tuned in to last Friday’s press conference with the hope of hearing what the government intends to do to address the real issues of the people. “I wanted to hear their plans to deal with the cost of living, food and fuel cost, power cost, jobs, illegal immigration, unemployment, and underemployment.”Instead,theparty leader said the people only heard about how well the Premier and his ministers were received by the institutions they visited over the summer so far. “A press conference to talk about the welcome reception the Premier received during his travels is not the priority of the people, and it in no way addresses the issues facing our people. “This only confirms how out of touch this PNP government is,” Astwood stated.

“A - Where the current Electricity Ordinance allows for alternative energy production, the government of the day should seek investment in the alternative energy sector. “B - I challenge this PNP government that if they truly care for the people of this country, they will take the small sum of $10,000,000 from the huge surplus that we have, to buy and distribute 1Kw solar panel system to all citizens who own a home, to help reduce the burden on our people.

electricity costs, Astwood recalled that previously the Premier stated that he will get involved with the electricity provider and the issue of escalating prices on the consumers, who can hardly afford to pay. “The position now that unless Fortis does something, he will not intervene is not acceptable and a total abdication of responsibility as a government.“Inatime like this, the Turks and Caicos Islands Government, even if this PNP administration does not perceive it, retains sufficient powers and policy scope to do something.”

Opposition leader uninterested in Premier’s summer frolics

The construction of the welcome centre is part of phase one of the master plan for Bellefield Landing in North Caicos, and upon its completion will include a restaurant, offices and other such amenities for the travelling public’s convenience. The Ports Authority has reported that the project is making excellent progress towards completion.

Leader of the Opposition, Hon Edwin Astwood

As a result, the party leader has five suggestions, namely:

“E - Any taxes or import duties on fuel for the production of electricity should be removed and regulations should be in place to ensure that savings are passed onto theAstwoodconsumer.”stated that there is a lot that can be done “but it requires care and a willingness by the government”.

Welcome Centre taking shape

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The Bellefield Landing Welcome Centre project this week took another significant step towards completion.InJune, the building of the welcome centre began construction, and this week, the Ports Authority revealed that the roof of the building has been installed.

“C - With the claim of so much money in the Treasury they should be financing and subsidising local business start-ups in the alternative energy sector. “D - The government should initiate meaningful talks with Fortis to prepare acceptable legislation to enable any savings from the production of alternative energy to be passed onto the consumer.

The party leader posited that the measures that were introduced by the PNP government to tackle inflation and the cost of living are not having any impact. “It is felt that their measures are having the opposite effect, that is, prices continue to rise, the cost of living is getting higher, people are finding it harder to pay bills and buy food, and electricity bills continue to rise.” He stated that while the $1,000 was welcomed by all, the government appears to have no real plans to help the people in the long“Whereterm. are those policies, and where are those real plans? What is being done for the most vulnerable of our citizens, the unemployed and the underemployed, and what about senior citizens on pensions?” He is proposing that the government now consider giving direct monetary assistance to pensioners, the unemployed, and those citizens who make under $3,000 per month. “This could be an additional $500 or $1,000 to these vulnerable groups who are being hit the hardest by the very high cost of living facing our people.”

Welcome Centre in North Caicos almost completed

Pointing to the sky-high

– Says issues of importance should be addressed

ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE

To build the human capacity of its people, the TCI Government turned to the University of the West Indies (UWI) to strengthen its relationship with the regional academy as well as Howard University in Washington D.C.

On Monday, August 15, Premier Honourable Charles Washington Misick, and a team comprising of the Hon Rachel Taylor, Minister of Education met with Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and members of the University’s Executive Management Team to advance discussions on partnerships to improve access and efficiency in learning within the TCI education sector.Reporting on the meeting, Premier Misick said strengthening cooperation with UWI is critical towards building the human capacity among the Islands’ citizens.“Aswe develop, and expand our education policy, we want to make sure that we have the best community college or the best educational framework in the region,” he said at a press conference on Thursday, August 25.He continued: “And so we're doing everything that we can to ensure that the quality of education that we deliver here and the ability for that to transfer into institutions abroad as our students exit institutions here and move on to other institutions, that those qualifications will catapult them forward.“Sowe had that very critical, important meeting with UWI to try to build and strengthen that relationship.“Wealso met with at the University of Technology in Jamaica, another alma mater of mine…they have specialised programme that we could benefit from.”As part of the dialogue, joint degree programmes in several study areas were discussed including business studies and socialHonwork.Taylor said: “In our discussions, we spoke about joint degree programmes in key areas such as degrees in primary education and secondary education.

“We also had the opportunity to visit the University of Technology, we looked particularly at the skills gap in relation to quality surveying, construction engineering, land survey, GIS, construction managers, computing and Information Technology, sports, athletic training, arts of science, and“Therecoaching.is also a Technology Innovation Center, which is the first of its kind in the Caribbean— it is actually there at Utech so this was quite pleasing for us to learn”, she added.

(Front left) TCI’s delegation visits the University of the West Indies

HOWARD UNIVERSITY Following the visit to Jamaica, the delegation visited the campus of Howard University on Thursday, August 18, and made a courtesy call on the university’s 17th President, Dr Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D. The delegation sat with President Frederick to discuss ways in which the Turks and Caicos Islands can reignite the relationship once shared with the institution and strengthen the TCI’s ability to access another worldclass learning facility.

Hon Taylor made a case for programmes relating to areas of national interest for the TCI’s continued development including sciences, business, technology, and the performing arts. Howard University was founded in 1867 and produced some of the top African American men and women in the United States. It has also educated some of TCI’s most prominent young professionals. The Premier was also accompanied by former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands and current PAHO/WHO Country Programme Advisor (Caribbean), Dr the Honourable Rufus Ewing; Deputy Permanent Secretary, Office of the Premier and Public Policy, Mr Miquel Swann; and Aide De Camp, Mr Bently Johnson.

Taylor said: “We looked at the curriculum content and the quality assurance protocols. “It is critical that the course offerings are in alignment with the needs of the country and many times you would have heard me speak to the 2017 skills gap study of the Turks and Caicos Islands.“Soin our discussions, those areas were deemed critical for us to see how best we can have course offerings in partnership with the various“Capacityuniversities.Building of the TCICC lectures was also discussed with UWI to enable our lecturers to receive training in the delivery of lessons as they do have the knowledge but not necessarily the teaching background.” She stressed that this is not unique to the Turks and Caicos Islands as the Mona Campus at the University of the West Indies has recently implemented a policy where all new lecturers recruited to teach at the campus must undergo a capacity-building course to ensure effective delivery of courses.

President of Howard University Dr Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., Education Minister Hon Rachel Taylor, Premier Washington Misick and Former Premier Dr Rufus Ewing.

“The Caribbean as a whole is seeing a large number of persons who are resigning from teaching… taking on other opportunities

TCIG to embark on education reform with help from UWI and Howard University to study abroad, especially in America.“Soit's going to be critical for us as a Government to ensure that we are very proactive to ensure that we provide opportunities for secondary education training in the Turks and Caicos Islands, “We also looked at other areas in relation to business studies, and social work and I'm mentioning these areas because they are currently courses being offered at the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College.”Inthis vein, talks were also held on the technical support needed to review the TCICC curriculum with special attention to the relevance of courses being offered at the institution, in an effort to bridge the skills gap in theMinisterterritory.

As the Turks and Caicos Islands Government forges ahead with its plan to reform the education and labour sectors, discussions have been held with regional and international universities.

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The seven student nurses (seated) are joined by officials from the Ministry of Health and Education, including Health Minister Hon Jamell Robinson and Minister of Education Hon Taylor (both at centre), along with TCI Hospital (NewsLine TCI photo)

and that is the reason why we are offering them six months at InterHealth Canada and then the remaining six months in Jamaica for that vast array of skills that they will gain and experiences. “We have also continued our discussion with UWI in relation to the MoU template, so we are quite excited about that.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government is looking to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the University Hospital of the West Indies to train nursing students from the TCI. This forms part of the Government’s efforts to bolster the TCI Community College (TCICC) Nursing programme, according to the Minister of Education, Labour, Employment & Customer Services, Hon Rachel Taylor. The proposed partnership stems from a recent visit to Jamaica, where Hon Taylor, Minister of Education, Employment, Labour and Customer Service; Wesley Clerveaux, Permanent Secretary, Premier Hon Washington Misick and other government officials visited UWI’s Regional Headquarters in Jamaica. They met with Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and members of the University’s Executive Management Team to advance discussions on the partnership.Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, August 25 Hon Taylor said discussions relating to the MoU were fruitful and the partnership is looking “quite healthy”.She pointed out that the partnership with UWI Hospital will also include internship placements for TCI’s nursing students.

In May this year, the Education Ministry in collaboration with the TCICC, Inter Health Canada and the Ministry of Health reinstated the nursing programme to better equip nursing students at the community college with the requisite skills and knowledge in the medical field.

TCI looks to ink MoU with UWI Hospital to train TCI nurses

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The students who had already completed three years of theory at the TCICC embarked on an 18-month practicum at the InterHealth Canada Hospital. She said: “The students had their theory component of the course, but they were not privy to actually receive their internship. “So this meeting was actually to discuss the memorandum of understanding between the University of the West Indies and the TCI Community College, giving our seven students who are currently at InterHealth Canada, the opportunity to travel to Jamaica, to continue the remainder of their six months at the hospital at the University of the West Indies. “We are aware that Interhealth Canada is a level two hospital and as such, these students will not have the benefit of full exposure to all areas of medicine, which is offered at a level three hospital Hon Rachel Taylor, Minister of Education, Employment, Labour and Customer Service

Taylor explained that collaboration could also see the Nursing Associate's Degree programme being transitioned to a bachelor's degree programme in the future with the view that it will be a joint degree from the TCICC andSheUWI.said: “The University of the West Indies, they are working with us and I'm happy to say that as of January 2023, we will see even greater partnership in relation to our nursing Meanwhile,programme.” concerns were raised about housing accommodation and safety for TCI student doctors currently in Jamaica.Taylor said: “And this was in particular with our students who are studying medicine…so we have had the opportunity to have a discussion in relation to access to the accommodation at the UWI campus site. “And I am also happy to mention that UWI has recently provided opportunities for students who are not UWI students, but other students who are currently at other institutions so they will have the opportunity to board at the UWI campus.“Sothat was an opportunity for us to speak to them in relation to this, because we do intend to ensure that our students capitalise on the opportunities to study in the Caribbean, particularly at the University of the West Indies, so safety was one of the areas that was discussed.”Shefurther pointed out that internship opportunities and placements for medical students also formed part of the dialogue.

“Our medical students who have completed their studies, and going through their residency had discussions with us in terms of wanting the opportunity to do their residency at the University of the West Indies, rather than at Spanish Town hospital.” In order for this particular change to take effect, the Turks and Caicos Government will have to consult with the Minister of Health from Jamaica, Taylor explained.

She added that this is necessary because the “University of the West Indies is not responsible for placing the residency students, so that has to be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, so that is just discussion that we will continue to have”.

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The end of time as we know it is rapidly approaching and the defining characteristic of the twenty-first century is the “Clash of Civilizations.” Undoubtedly, an unfortunate ‘cultural shift’ is upon us, as we grapple with the idea of how this new chapter of our lives will play out in the final days of the existence of society in the TCI and the world around us! The evidence of this critical moment is dramatized throughout, and the answers are documented in the Scriptures. However, the outcome depends on the willingness of the authorities to observe and act; coupled with, the desire of individuals, and civic society to address this paradigm shift.For decades now, popular culture – especially entertainment, media objects and secular music trends have fashioned our social lives. Focusing on music, Billboard's top five artists in October 2021 featured songs by Polo G, Lil Nas X, Silk Sonic, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd, respectively – all of which contain contents, which are demeaning and either promote violence, sexual immorality, or lavishTheselifestyles.songs are antichrist in nature and not recommended for listening. Sadly, the damage is already done, as these demonic songs, at the time, had more than 300 million views – collectively. In a similar vein, real fashionista from dominant cultures is taking fashion trends too far, promising to bring dramatic changes to TCI cultural scape. For decades, seminudity was only viewable from television shows and magazines and lately, changing dynamics have made it accessible through theFastinternet.forward, denuded bodies are just eyes away. Just step into any major restaurant, supermarket, fried chicken shacks or on Grace Bay Road and you’re certain to encounter women wearing just enough polyester, barely covering three distinct parts of their bodies, leaving other body parts exposed. Not too long ago, women were circumspect about dressing in this way, even in their private spaces, upholding community standards, as these vile outfits are deemed socially unacceptable. Today, it has become a public spectacle, even in the TCI. I am aware that this is a touchy subject and to those who disagree with this view, I’d ask, what message do you think this trend is conveying to young females? And if this is socially unacceptable in those dominant cultures, why establish it here?

I believe, that if this public display goes unnoticed, it becomes the passport for young females growing up to perceive this as ‘cool’ and accept the new normal as a legitimate subculture; therefore, don’t be appalled if moments from now, young women in the TCI trade decency to adapting a similar standard!However, if there are genuine concerns about this public attire, it should propel everyone to address the situation. The Scripture is clear on this matter and; therefore, the church should be at the forefront.

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Also, think about the names that people called you. Weren’t you impacted by it? Calling someone a negative name may impact someone’s selfworth. Some people have even committed suicide due to these negativities. You see some people have been called negative names from their homes and so they think that is who they are. That is why it is important for us to have a positive home environment so at least when people go into the community, hopefully, they will remember the positive things spoken at home and so they will be not bothered by what is spoken to them there. One way to counteract negative calling is to be positive and to speak positive things over the lives of individuals. Parents no matter how your children look or act, don’t say anything negative to your children. Encourage their siblings and friends to say something positive to one another. The more positive things that you instil in others, the more they can think positively about themselves.Another way to overcome negative calling is not to respond with a negative calling. I know sometimes people may tell you if someone call you a negative name, you should also call them a negative name. This does not solve anything. In fact, it makes matters worst because it may become confrontational and end up in violence.Ifsomeone calls you a negative name, talk to someone about it. Don’t be like me. I kept everything to myself, smiling on the outside but suffering on the inside. I believed if I had talked to someone about what was going on, I would not have suffered that long from low self-esteem. The thing is if you don’t say anything to someone, people may not know what you are going through and if they do not know what you are going through, then no one can help you. I hope after reading this article, you become conscious of the impact that name-calling has on individuals. Negative name-calling is so mean. Why do we have to be mean to others? Let us be kind to one another.

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If you have been following my writings or reading my book, you would know that I suffered from an inferiority complex, and it all started from negative name calling. Thankfully, I have overcome this painful experience. I was tested recently when someone called me ugly three times and this prompted me to write this article. Too many people are speaking negative words. Parents are saying negative things to their children and when children become what they spoke over their lives, they wonder why their children are like that. Siblings are calling each other negative names. The power of life and death is in the tongue. We are killing people by the very words we speak, and we are interfering with their destination. Many people are suffering from low self-esteem just because of name-calling. Unfortunately, some of us do not even realise what we are doing. If you keep calling someone dumb, they may become dumb. You called someone nasty, they become nasty. You call someone stupid; they may become stupid. You called someone an idiot; they may become an idiot. By calling people these names, we are basically putting a curse on the lives of these individuals. If you don’t think this is true, think about some of the people who you addressed negatively.

Paul the Apostle impress upon women to dress modestly with decency and propriety, as documented in 1 Timothy 2:9,10 and in 1 Corinthians 6:19.20, he exhorts, your bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit; therefore, honour God with it. Few things in our society are so evidently coherent and straightforward, while simultaneously, long overdetermined – and even mystified – by the ornate layers of socioculture-inspired definition, as the unclothed body. We must consult the Scriptures, constructively discuss this issue, and foster societal standards!

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LEGACY It wouldn’t be a trip without a few nightclubs. Legacy, especially on Sunday, seems to be a place to be. Take your dancing shoes and also your wallet, Legacy is lit. Lucky you, I gave the bouncer a crash course on his geography and he now knows where The Turks and Caicos Islands are. Mention TCI, and you may skip the long wait line. Thank you Mike! What is your fav summer city? Do tell at louisedens@gmail.com

Now, there is enough truth in that for us to spend time working on becoming the best leader we can be, but there is also enough of a red flag there to cause us to pause and think a bit deeper. The danger we have to be aware of is thinking and acting like every single problem an organisation or family faces can be fixed if only we had a great leader at the helm. That is what I mean when I use the term magical leadership, it is the idea that “only” leadership is needed to achieve greatness in whatever endeavour is pursued. Leadership is necessary and important, don’t get me wrong, you should try and be the best leader you can possibly be, but leadership is not the only ingredient needed to make a great organisation.Iknow a leader who was applauded for doing a great job in getting a venture off the ground and then, as that venture grew, seeing some measure of success and recognition. From the outside, it looked like this leader personally embodied all that was good about leadership. At least that was what others thought, and to a certain extent, that thought crept into this leader’s heart also. It was even whispered that the principles which worked in that venture should be bottled and used as a model for others. This is an example of what magical leadership looks like. The idea is that if it works and is successful it has to be only because of the great leader steering the ship. Forgotten was the unique context in which this leader was placed, a context and time that could not be replicated. Also forgotten was the reality that great ventures are the result of great leaders and great people.Africans who were forcefully made to work in appalling conditions on plantations in the United States of America created a genre of music that W.E.B. DuBois called “sorrow songs”, today we call them “negro spirituals”. One of the more popular songs from that genre goes like this, Wade in the water Water in the water, children Wade in the water God’s gonna trouble the water

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For the past several weeks we have looked at how Joshua, Israel’s leader, and military strategist, exemplified what leadership for moving forward looks like. We have looked at a number of valuable leadership qualities and actions that help to make a great leader. So, as we get closer to the end of the first five chapters of Joshua that detail his leadership preparation and practice, this point needs to be made. Magical leadership does not work. Let me explain. One of the first articles in this series looked at leadership through one of John Maxwell’s best leadership quotes, “everything rises and falls on leadership”.

There are a few things I really dislike about travelling. I don't like sudden turbulence, overpriced airport snacks, endless security queuing and really cold hotel rooms. Wouldn’t it be lovely to be teleported directly to your final destination without any of these faffing? I am almost certain that I am not alone. During my much-anticipated trip to New York City, I did something I would have never done five years ago! I took a fivehour bus from Midtown New York to Boston_ all alone! But you know what… I am so glad I did. So from NYC to Boston, here are the latest eight musts in both cities before winter comes. You do not need to be Sarah Jessica Parker to have an incredible time in the city, there is something for us all. Here are a few:

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NEW YORK: WESTLIGHT ROOFTOP Sitting on the 22nd floor, Westlight has an outdoor bar with original and classic cocktails alongside rare spirits, craft beer and wine with a menu of small plates reflecting inspiration from global street food. After your meal do go up on what they call “The Green Turf” for one more cocktail.

PUBLIC GARDEN Adjacent to the Common, the Public Garden reminds me of a garden in Madrid. Swan boats, blooming trees, water fountains, a super-cute bridge and lots of ice cream carts, summer has never felt so good. Alone or with a loved one, Boston Public Garden is an exceptional treat for anyone.

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HIGH LINE The High Line is an elevated park built on top of a former railroad track. At ground level, the cobblestone streets are filled with trendy restaurants, clubs and trendy finds. A visit during the summer is a total must!

Look 100 stories down from the thrilling glass floor, lean out over the city on angled glass walls and sip champagne in the sky. If you are a pansy like me, you may need a strong shoulder to hold on to.

CHARLES RIVER Skip the mass-tourism activities, and see Boston at your own pace. Charles River isn’t really Gracebay Beach, but it has, in its merit, its own charms. Flooded with sailboats and sunbathers, it is an oasis in the middle of a metropolitan city. Grab a little picnic and take in the summer sun whilst you can.

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BY DAVIDSON LOUIS Rachel Wolchin once said: “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have had roots instead of feet.” On this quest to self-discovery, TC Islander Davidson Louis vowed to travel, write, paint, laugh and forgive. Subsequently, he hopes to find himself and or, leave behind a few pieces of himself. Contact him at hello. octopen@tcinews.tc

It has been said that this song reflected the Israelites' deliverance and journey from Egypt to the land promised to their ancestors. It is a song that speaks about a hopeful future in the midst of a difficult present.For a moment imagine the Israelites camped on the overflowing banks of the Jordan watching a fertile Canaan and being told that to get to Canaan, they have to first cross the overflowing Jordan. Imagine hearing that God was going to stop the river from flowing so that the Israelites could pass through. Imagine the first dude who had to step into the water and get his feet wet. We do not even know his name. But it was his obedience, courage, and faith in God and Joshua that made it possible for those who came after him to walk on dry ground, even while his feet were wet. The great leader Joshua had a bunch of great no-name people following him. Joshua’s leadership was not magical leadership, if he did not have a great group of people around him, nothing would have happened. Leader, love your people, take care of them, they are making you look good.

THE EDGE Into the sky and out of this world! The Edge is the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere located at 30 Hudson Yards, with a one-of-a-kind design. It’s suspended in mid-air, giving you the feeling of floating in the sky with 360-degree views you can’t get anywhere else.

If 19th-century art is your thing, then you are going to be in love. The floor-to-ceiling protection of Monet’s finest works wraps you in and you become one with each brushstroke. Having previously done Van Gogh in Les Baux de Provence in the south of France, if Europe is too far of a stretch, then The Lighthouse Art-space at the Castle in Boston is there. A massive shout-out to all of the communications team! Turks and Caicos sends a massive kiss.

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MEATPACKING DISTRICT A 24-hour neighbourhood located on the far west side of Manhattan, bordered by Chelsea to the north and the West Village. The Meatpacking District is a hip commercial area on the far west side. It is home to the Whitney Museum of American Art, highend designer clothing stores and funky restaurants. Breakfast mimosas on the side of the road were a total bliss.

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Turks and Caicos Islands is at an inflection point, which means, there needs to be “profound changes” to the way we attract foreignWhileinvestors.manycountries are still reeling from the devastating impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on their economy, most of the tourism sector in the TCI is on a rebound. From the looks of it, our economic recovery plan appears to be in full gear and is beginning to move again at a very fast pace. In my opinion, this in itself, is a signal of attraction to potential investors.During a time of genuine crisis such as this prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, I must say, I was pleased to see how both administrations worked arduously together to find effective solutions to help save lives and keep our economy afloat. This was done, regardless of the circumstances in order to achieve the desired outcome for theSadly,country.we lost a number of our citizens to this horrible virus including my own mother. Nevertheless, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, both infection rates and hospitalisation were relatively minimal compared to many other Caribbean countries.

A big thank you to our dedicated medical team, including the Cuban medical brigade who assisted. Our country needs more politicians who are willing to work across party lines, avoid divisive social issues and focus on promoting businesses and tourism for the benefit of our people. At the same time, it’s also important to maintain that balance of power in theseWithislands.such rapid development and with big corporations poised to reap huge profits, in my opinion, the country is in a good position to demand more from potential foreign investors wanting to do business in our islands. With that being said, this brings me to my main points. With this economic boom, are we seeing enough of the trickledown effect? Secondly, at this stage in our development, is TCI intentionally and purposely luring and incentivising the right investors? With TCI’s financial stability, how do we capitalise on this momentum to win on an even bigger front? What we cannot afford to do is to have our citizens lose faith in the shared enterprise of our Whilstcountry.hotels and villas bring many job opportunities, they should not be the only economic engine of growth at this stage in our development. There are only so many buildings you can erect on a small developing island like Providenciales before we turn our towns into a concrete jungle. Maybe it’s time to slow down a bit and start planning the future of the country more strategically. Not just in terms of physical structures, but workforce assessment, human investment and movesustainabledevelopmentFurthermore,development.tooptimiseandforamoreeconomy,wemustbeyondthecreationofjust

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On August 24 and 25, Hon Kyle Knowles, through the Wheeland Community Foundation, along with the ministry of health successfully hosted its inaugural Wheeland Community Health Check initiative in the parking lot of the Bethany Baptist Church, in Providenciales. Speaking on the initiative this week, Hon Knowles stated that recognizing the importance of health and overall wellbeing – both mentally and physically - amongst the Wheeland Community, particularly with the elderly in mind, the Wheeland Community Foundation saw it fit to provide the residents of Wheeland with the opportunity to examine the state of their health without having to leave the community, offering an element of convenience. At the event, eye examinations, dental checks, blood pressure checks as well as diabetic testing were done, with the support of staff of the ministry of health.

He has extended special thanks to the Ministry of Health and doctors at the Ophthalmology department for making the event possible.“The Wheeland Community looks forward to upholding their commitment to prioritizing the welfare of the residents of Wheeland by continuing to organise initiatives such as this,” he said, urging residents of the community to keep tuned to their social media pages for updates on similar events.

An initiative-taking move by the elected representative for the Wheeland and West Caicos last week saw residents getting their health status checked and other necessary tune-ups. ‘The health of a nation is said to be the wealth of a nation,’ and with Covid-19 still nipping at our collective heels and the recently discovered case of monkey-pox in the territory, it is an adage worth taking seriously.

service jobs. Not to take anything away from these kinds of jobs, but traditionally they are held by migrant workers and come with low-paying wages unless you’re in top management positions. Erecting more and more hotels mean there will be a need for more transportation, which drives the demand for more vehicles and additional access roads. There will also be a need for more grocery stores and products on demand etc. What our citizens would like to see more from our politicians, is a stronger push for foreign investments in our basic infrastructure needs. This may require more community-driven discussions to help determine the pathway.Arguably, there isn’t enough emphasis being placed on these critical areas to support such growth. For example, there is a growing need for a public transportation system, farming on a larger scale, waste management and recycling opportunities, etc. These types of investments will help to alleviate a number of our socio-economic issues.

“The event was a resounding success, with many residents coming out to support the initiative and take advantage of the services offered,” the MP said.

Perhaps, the creation of higher paying jobs for our people, and jobs that will attract citizens in the diaspora who may have the necessary skill sets beneficial to our country’s development. With wages not keeping up with the growing rate of inflation, our people also need real paying jobs that match their qualifications, not just any jobs. If we fail to change course, I'm afraid we run the risk of losing more of our young people to crime or migration as we have seen over theWeyears.cannot and should not let big foreign investors dictate the outcomes for TCI without giving back to our communities in a meaningful way. This could be in the form of direct investment in trade schools, banking, reefs and sea life sustainability projects, etc. This is our moment Turks Islanders!Inafree enterprise economy like ours, the truth to the matter is, that the strength of our democracy will only work when everyone has an Notopportunity.onlyshould our country be in a position to attract private investment but to retain and leverage it for inclusive and sustainable economic growth.

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facilitating amazing sessions for the young ladies helping them grow personally. We would also like to thank all the financial sponsors who have been investing into the growth of these particularly poised ladies,” the director said. Last year, Siobhan Faith Bowens, representing Grand Turk, took home the coveted Miss ECGYC crown. (DELANA ISLES)

Building well-rounded and confident members of society, the Miss ECGYC Pageant is on for the fifth year. Six beauties will vie for the crown of Miss Edward C. Gartland Youth Centre 2022, taking the same format as last year, where the young women will each represent a family island. The contestants are: Ebony Gray for North Caicos, Abnise Noel for Salt Cay, Alia Been for Grand Turk, Dassy Lactose for Providenciales, Reynaldine Pierre for Middle Caicos and Adrianna Williams for South Caicos. “These undeniable beauties have been working tirelessly over the course of three months to develop confidence and leadership skills through a series of workshops and activities. They have been growing inside and out and can't wait to grace the stage on October 1st to show all they have learned,” the Youth Centre announced this week. When the pageant resumed its hosting last year, Director of the ECGYC, Roxann WakeForbes had shared that it was not a “typical beauty pageant found in the islands”, rather it was geared towards preparing the young ladies with transferable life skills and experiences."Thepurpose of our pageant is to assist our six contestants find their purpose, develop their personality, identify their strengths and weaknesses, gain confidence and boost their self-esteem.”

The contestants have already started a round of workshops which include etiquette training, beauty and self-confidence building, positive competition, mental health as well as general and dental hygiene, all of which formed part of the training in 2021. “A special thanks to all our sponsors who have been (Top row) Ebony Gray, Abnise Noel and Alia Been. (Bottom row) Dassy Lactose, Reynaldine Pierre and Adrianna Williams (Photo credit: Charlie's Photography)

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Youth Help event in Washington DC deemed a success Programmes (HELP). His message indicated that the foundation provided grant funding to other non-profit and civil society organisations to implement HELP programmes.ThePresident indicated that the foundation had invited the Hon Premier and his Cabinet members and representatives from the TCI Tourism industry to network with counterparts in the Washington DC area as the foundation recognised that the economic development of the Turks and Caicos strengthens the chances for the advancement of youth in the TCI. The President’s message was followed by remarks from former Premier Dr Ewing urged the guests to support the foundation and its initiatives.Theevent was well attended by sponsors, travel partners from the Washington DC area, investors, dignitaries, members of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Caribbean Diaspora, and individuals who travelled from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Please note that all submissions are subject to editing in keeping with defamation laws and newspaper style. Letters should be accompanied by the author’s full name, location and phone number. Names will be withheld if requested.

The Youth HELP Foundation held its inaugural TCI Premier’s VIP Cocktail Reception and Golf Classic on August 18th and 19th, 2022, at the JW Marriott in Washington DC and at the Westfield Golf Club in Clifton, Virginia.

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On August 17, a delegation travelled from Jamaica to Washington DC to attend the official launch of the Youth Help Foundation.Thefoundation is the brainchild of Young Turks and Caicos Islander, Dr Stuart Ewing. The foundation is currently led by his parents, former Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Hon Dr Rufus Ewing and his wife, Dr Dawn Perry Ewing. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, August 25, Premier Hon Washington Misick said the event drew people from all over the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands. He said: “It was aimed primarily at raising funds to help our young people who may have academic and other pursuits that would be needed in the overall development of Turks and Caicos. “The event was also an opportunity for us to showcase Turks and Caicos tourism as a part of that Meanwhile,contingent.”the VIP Cocktail Reception, held under the patronage of Premier Misick saw in attendance First Lady Mrs Delthia Russell Misick and several Government officials. A welcome message from President of the foundation Stuart Ewing, a final-year medical student at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, was read in absentia to the gathering by Dr Dawn Perry Ewing. He introduced the foundation as a global charitable organisation whose mandate is to support and empower vulnerable children and youth to maximise their potential by enabling equitable resources for Health and Education Literacy (Left to right) Former Premier Hon Dr Rufus Ewing and his wife, Dr Dawn Perry Ewing, Premier Misick’s daughter Danya Russell, First Lady, Mrs Delthia Russell-Misick, and Premier Hon Washington Misick

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The potential tropical storms, in their initial development, look like they will stay clear of the TCI.

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Police also received six AFTER the first August in 25 years in which there has not been a named storm in the Atlantic Ocean, meteorologists were monitoring three disturbances that could bring an end to what has so far been an unusually quiet hurricane season.

Figures show that there have been 51 matters reported so far for the year when compared to 48 incidents that were recorded in 2021.

An area of low pressure several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea was expected to become a tropical depression later this week, Maria Torres, a spokeswoman for the National Hurricane Center, said on Wednesday.Forecasters said the disturbance had a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical system within the next two days and an 80 percent chance within the next five days. It was forecast to move west and then shift west-northwest toward the northern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, but its slow-moving path could shift ahead of the weekend.“There is a good chance that we may have a storm developing,” said Ms. Torres. “We will just have to keep Forecastersmonitoring.”werealso watching an area of low pressure about 850 miles west-southwest of the westernmost Azores in the midAtlantic. That has a 70 percent chance of forming in the next 48 hours into a tropical depression, in which thunderstorms are accompanied by winds of 39 miles per hour or lower. In the next five days, the system has an 80 percent chance of developing, the National Hurricane Center said. In addition, a band of showers and thunderstorms between the west coast of Africa and the Cabo

Fergusson, who is also the Assistant Commissioner of Police told the consultation meeting on the draft Caribbean Community ( CARICOM) Regional Gender Equality Strategy (CRGES) that there was also one reported case of sexual violence with a mentally ill person and seven reported incidents involving dependents.

unnatural male sexual intercourse reports.“That’s our numbers for the year to date from the first of January to the 23rd of August. Those numbers, ladies and gentlemen in the room, (are) startling,” she said, adding that there have also been six domestic violence murder cases recorded so far this year. The senior police official warned that if the trend continues, this year’s figures could surpass that of 2021 and 2020 which represented eight and six respectively. “Ladies and gentlemen, these are the numbers that we deal with on a daily basis and some of the incidents that come to our attention.“But(what) I’d like to encourage you to do for us at the Domestic Violence Unit is to re-encourage those persons that you may know to give us a call and come and visit with us so that we can sit down and help them to go through the various situations that are going on. “I can tell you that we are working diligently, day in and day out to make sure that if a report is made against our very own, we leave no stone unturned,” she said, committing the unit to ensure that domestic violence and genderbased violence is eliminated or “minimised to the greatest extent.” (Caribbeanloopnews)

The authorities also reported an increase in the number of rape cases so far this year. Figures show that there have been 51 matters reported so far for the year when compared to 48 incidents that were recorded in 2021.

THE head of the Domestic Violence Unit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), Dellareece Ferguson, has described as “startling” the number of sexual violence cases in the territory.

On Monday and Tuesday, Haitians took to the streets in several cities across their country to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry and protest against inflation andOninsecurity.Monday, in Petit-Goave, a small coastal commune in the Ouest Department, one citizen was killed and a dozen people were injured during the demonstrations, as reported by Radio Metronome. “The Francophone newspaper Le Nouvelliste mentioned that the victim was asthmatic and died after the explosion of tear gas canisters launched by the police to disperse the crowd,” outlet RFI said. In Miragoane, the capital of the Nipples Department, thousands of people staged a peaceful demonstration against the high cost of living. Called a week ago by a group of young people, this demonstration was also repressed by the police. In Jeremie, the capital city of the Grand’Anse department, residents blocked the streets and prevented the routine operation of banks and other businesses. They called for new mobilizations for this week. On Tuesday morning, local media also reported that protesters blocked the National Highway 1, which links Port-au-Prince to Gonaives. In the Haitian capital there have been marches, blockades, and barricades with burning tires in areas such as Petion-Ville, Delmas, Nazon and downtown. (Telesurenglish.net)

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Verde Islands has a 40 percent chance of becoming a short-lived tropical depression in the next two days, dousing the islands with heavy rainfall, the center said. If one of the disturbances becomes Tropical Storm Danielle, it would be the end of a relatively quiet summer, with just three other named storms. Alex, which formed in early June, caused flooding across South Florida and killed at least three people in Cuba. Bonnie tore across Central America as a tropical storm in early July and briefly became the first major hurricane of the Pacific hurricane season. Colin, the most recent named storm, formed over the Fourth of July weekend, drenching the Carolinas.

Protest actions have been ongoing against inflation and insecurity.

Police figures also show that there were 69 cases of indecent assault and 10 reported incidents of incest between January 1 and August 23. As it relates to unlawful sexual intercourse, data shows there were seven cases reported to police; while there were 39 incidents of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 14 and another 37 reported unlawful sex cases with individuals between 14 and 16 years of age.

Bermuda: 300 plus passengers left stranded after AA flight diverted

“At 12.40 a.m. this morning [Monday], American Airlines flight 38 en route from Miami, Florida to London Heathrow, arrived at the L.F. Wade International Airport with 317 persons on board having diverted to the island due to a mechanical issue,” the spokesman said.“The aircraft, a Boeing 777300, landed safely and without incident. All passengers and crew deplaned the aircraft at 1.10 a.m. and were housed in the international departures lounge of the new terminal as American Airlines officials advised that they were unable to find a sufficient number of available hotel rooms to accommodate all persons from the flight. “The airline made light refreshments available for passengers before having meal options catered by late morning. The airport duty-free and retail shops, the bar and restaurant facility and the Prime class VIP Lounge with shower facilities were all open and available to passengers during the Accordingday.”to UK news reports, some passengers claimed they were “abandoned” — and that facilities at the airport were not satisfactory. One report quoted a passenger, Jonathan Lo, who said that the pilot explained that there was an indication that the plane’s electronics were overheating.

More than 300 passengers were forced to sleep on the floor of the L.F. Wade International Airport after a London-bound flight from Florida was forced to divert to Bermuda, local and international media have reported. A replacement American Airlines (AA) plane eventually flew the passengers to their original destination on Monday night more than 21 hours after they arrived here. An AA spokesman confirmed that American Airlines flight 38 from Miami to London had to be diverted to Bermuda after a possible mechanical issue. “We never want to disrupt our customers’ travel plans, and we apologise for the trouble this has caused.”A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said the airline found accommodation at a local hotel for crew members.

The Ministry of Health and Gov. John Rankin’s Office have said booster shots also are available to residents. Earlier this month, Rankin’s office released an official photograph with his sleeves rolled up for his second booster shot — his fourth vaccination against COVID.Atthe time, he urged residents 65 and older to get vaccinated noting in a prepared statement that “while the impact of COVID and numbers of cases appears to have reduced, vaccines remain the best way to protect our community and freedoms, with previous restrictions now largely lifted.”“Iurge those of you who can to vaccinate, even if you have not yet had your first dose. It is not too late,” the governor said, adding that the United Kingdom so far has (File) An AA spokesman confirmed that American Airlines flight 38 from Miami to London had to be diverted to Bermuda after a possible mechanical issue.

“A little later on it was backed up by a further announcement to say that, actually, they could smell smoke in the aircraft cockpit. All was going quite smoothly until we got into the terminal,” he added.

BVI records Covid-related64thdeath

made nine deliveries of vaccines to the British Virgin Islands, with a current shipment of the adult Pfizer vaccine due to expire at the end of September.Thesecond booster is available to those considered vulnerable or over 65 years old. Persons can call 494-3497 to book their vaccination appointments at their community clinics.

Another passenger, Danny Wells, was quoted in the UK as saying “we have had to take an extra two days’ holiday from work as we were due to work this morning but will not be able to work tomorrow either.

COVID-19 regulations did not in any way prevent American Airlines from taking steps to better accommodate its passengers today,” the spokesman added. (Loopnews)

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AA’s Flight 38, which left Miami late on Sunday night, had to turn back several hours into the journey with apparent mechanical problems.Aspokesman for airport operator Skyport confirmed that the 777 aircraft touched down in Bermuda shortly after midnight, but safety regulations meant it could not leave until Monday evening. The relief flight, scheduled for an 8.00 pm take-off, left at 9.30 pm (local time), according to airport departure times. THE British Virgin Islands recorded its 64th Covid-related death since the start of the pandemic two years ago, according to an epidemiological summary issued Tuesday by Health Ministry officials. No information on age or the gender of the deceased was provided. Based on the dashboard summary, there are currently 23 active cases in the territory, with 20 on Tortola and three on Virgin Gorda. No cases are listed for Anegada and Jost Van Dyke or on vessels. The dashboard noted that there are three persons currently hospitalized.Thelastdeath was recorded on JuneSince1. the pandemic began in 2020, the territory has lugged a total of 7,291 cases. To date, 18,211 residents have been fully vaccinated and 1,231 partially vaccinated, meaning they’ve received a first shot, but not the second.

Lo said passengers waited for more than three hours until their first update on the situation, and it only became clear they would need to sleep at the airport at about 5 a.m. local time when airport staff provided them with blankets and pillows taken from the aircraft itself.“We feel abandoned by the airline really … literally in the middle of the Atlantic. When we landed, we didn’t know how long it was going to be. Had we been kept updated regularly, we would have been able to make plans and I’m sure the airport staff would have been able to make plans quicker.”

The Ministry of Health office has said the territory’s residents in Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke can call the above number, and will be directed to a specific clinic on the island they live on. (Virginislandsdailynews)

“We have a family house sitting, and both have now had to take the day off tomorrow as well as they are looking after animals. There are rows of people asleep on the floor, the lights have been on almost all night and everyone is freezing because the air con is on so they had to get everyone’s blanket from theAplane.”spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that officials were at the airport to provide COVID-19 tests for anyone who wanted to leave the facility.

“In this instance, the decision for arranging accommodations is not one to be made by the Ministry of Health. The airline must organise hotel rooms for its passengers in such situations. At no time did American Airlines communicate a desire to have its passengers landed to transfer them to a hotel, even if only for the day. “The Port Health team at the Ministry of Health stood ready to administer supervised antigen tests for all passengers – as we have done for passengers on previous diverted flights. However, the airline did not make that“Thedecision.Ministry of Health’s compliance team also stood by in case a decision was made to allow the passengers to leave the building and stretch their legs in a designated area. Again, no decision was made. We note American’s crew were provided accommodation at a local hotel by the “Bermuda’sairline.

Over 7000 persons have been infected with the virus in the BVI.

A COMMUNITY activist has criticised Haitian Embassy officials for not doing enough to help relatives of victims of a migrant boating tragedy collect theirLoubyremains.Georges told The Tribune the administration at the embassy is a “bit lax”. He also claimed that Chargé d’Affaires for the Haitian Embassy, Anthony Brutusm, has been recalled following criticisms of his performance in office. Mr Georges posted the news on Facebook yesterday adding that Mr Brutus is now the “former” Chargé d’Affaires. “You would note that he was the one who recently misspoke at a recent press conference when he said that there are 150,000 Haitians in The Bahamas. His tenure was one of, if not the worst, for Haitians seeking services and documents at the Embassy,” he wrote.

Haiti embassy ‘did not do enough’ after migrant boat tragedy best to say, you know what, we will take your contacts or we’ll be in contact with us for the next few days. Let us see how best we can make contact with the coroners and to facilitate the process on your behalf.“But what I’ve found is that when I contacted the chargé for this particular family that is quoted in the article, he simply sent over the (numbers) for coroners and said that they can make contact themselves.”MrGeorges noted some of the relatives of the migrant victims are not residents of The Bahamas.

FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said this week that it is difficult to take the Prime Minister seriously on inflation warnings when his administration is spending so much money.DrSands’ comments came after Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis recently urged Bahamians to be frugal with their spending habits due to the rising inflation and cost of living in the country. Earlier this month, John Rolle, the Central Bank’s governor, warned locals to brace for higher inflation rates, saying the cost of living crisis facing many Bahamian families has yet “to peak.” In an interview with The Tribune, Dr Sands said the Davis administration has not been “frugal” in its spending and has abused the tax dollars of Bahamians.“Thegovernment of The Bahamas has been extracting tax dollars, every dollar they could get out of the pockets of struggling Bahamians. Because they have an insatiable appetite to travel, to live high on the hog, to give consultancies up to $60 million, and to hire in every single government agency and ministry. To give jobs to all of the connected at the same time, they have made a decision that they don’t have the ability to reduce VAT on bread basket items, on medication, on insurance, or on the cost of fuel. Why? because they need that money and they need it bad,” Dr Sands said. He continued: “So when you now have the prime minister saying, you know, ‘be frugal,’ be frugal with what, you want me to not pay my rent and pay my light bill? You want me to buy gas, but don’t buy food, what you want me to be frugal on? Because you didn’t leave me with nothing.”

“These are persons that maybe at one point did live here, but then moved on to the States or probably never lived here in The Bahamas and so because they’re not in the jurisdiction, they need that assistance,” he explained. He roughly estimated around six or seven of the victims have already been buried so far. When contacted yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell could not confirm if Mr Brutus has been recalled, saying no formal communication has been sent to his ministry. (Tribune242)

Bahamas: ‘If inflation is so bad, stop spending money’ their favourite individuals, right? They got to get it from somewhere so they’re going into your pocket to take it. They are hiring who they want to hire, not because of need, but because of patronage. They’ve brought back, I believe, 14 retired senior civil servants or permanent secretaries, retired. And now you can say, you should be frugal. Well, show me the frugality of the government.” Dr Sands questioned when the government would make the necessary changes to cut down on its own spending. He said: “When are you going to say that there is a government policy that says for cabinet ministers or senior executives, everybody will travel economy? When are you going to insist that we are going to limit the size of delegations that are travelling? When are you going to say that we are not going to spend all of this money on consultancies? If you looked at the statement by the minister of education, she said on her feet in the House of Assembly, that school repairs would (cost) $15 million. Now the minister of works comes back and said it was $30 million, but it’s not just repairs as capital works. But when you go into the budget, you don’t see it ain’t there.” Dr Sands also questioned whether Mr Davis was clear on the Central Bank’s comments on inflation. “I’m not sure the prime minister knows what the central banks of the world are saying because are they thinking that they’re going to increase interest rates or decrease interest rates, because in that statement, he said they were going to do both. So, let’s, let’s make a determination of what exactly Bahamians are being asked to do,” he Drsaid.Sands said if the government wants Bahamians to be frugal, then the administration’s actions should match their words. He stressed: “It’s very difficult to take the prime minister seriously when his government is spending more money than any other government in the history of The Bahamas.”

The chairman noted that the government has the choice to reprioritise its spending habits to aid in the financial struggles of Bahamians, however, they chose notDrto. Sands explained that the Davis administration is setting a different standard when it comes to frugality because the administration is not showing the same discipline in its leadership. “If the government has no discipline with spending, the government is giving out $2 million dollars and $3 million to

The news comes after Mr Brutus received backlash for comments he made about the number of Haitians living in The Bahamas in the wake of last month’s boating tragedy that left 17 Haitian migrants dead, including a pregnant woman. Labour and Immigration Minister Keith Bell believes the remarks were “irresponsible” and “callous” and also called the claim “unfounded”.Meanwhile, Mr Georges’ critique came after an article in a local daily describing the struggle one of the victim’s relatives, who lives aboard, was facing travelling to identify and claim the body. Mr Georges told this newspaper yesterday: “Maybe they themselves don’t understand these things - the processes. Maybe they lack the will to go out there and do everything within their power – I don’t know if it is resources to ensure and like you just said to mitigate should families reach out. You know, for example, if they saw the news stories, if the families reached out to them. “I would think that it would be Dr Duane Sands said that the Davis administration is setting a different standard when it comes to frugality.

There has been in increase in migration from Haiti.

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THE chairman of Russia’s Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say. The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had “passed away following a severeRussianillness”.media said he was being treated at Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital and died of his injuries.Maganov is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances.Investigating authorities said they were working at the scene to establish how he died. Tass news agency quoted sources saying he had fallen out of a sixthfloor window early on Thursday morning, adding later that he had taken his own life. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Lukoil board called for the conflict to end as soon as possible, expressing its sympathy to victims of “this tragedy”. Its billionaire president, Vagit Alekperov, resigned in April after the UK imposed sanctions on him in response to the invasion.Several Russian energy oligarchs have died in unusual circumstances in recent months: The body of millionaire Novatek former manager Sergei Protosenya was found alongside his wife and daughter at a Scottish paper £20 and £50 notes will be removed from circulation. Scottish paper £20 and £50 notes must be used by October Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles at the official opening of the new building of Thames Hospice in Maidenhead, Berkshire, on July 15.

Queen won’t return to London to appoint new British PM, for first time in her reign arrangements being made at the lastJohnsonminute. was left with little choice but to step down as Conservative Party leader in early July after months of scandals that rocked his government and led to dozens of ministerial resignations. His announcement triggered a leadership contest that saw a broad field of contenders whittled down to two: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The pair have spent the summer trying to curry favour with 160,000 rank-and-file members of the party. The result of that vote will be announced on Monday. As the leader of the largest party in Parliament, the winner will be invited by the Queen to form the next government and become her 15th prime Appointingminister.a new prime minister is one of the Queen’s core ceremonial responsibilities as Head of State -- with others being the State Opening of Parliament and the signing of parliamentary bills into law. In May, Princes Charles and William took centre stage at the grand set-piece event, with the heir to the throne reading the government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead on his mother’s behalf. It was the first time the Queen had missed the event in 59 years. The palace cited the monarch’s “episodic mobility problems” but declined to divulge further details citing patient confidentiality. These ongoing issues, which she has faced for nearly a year since a brief hospital stay last October, have also hampered other occasions including her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June. The ceremony next week will be the first time a prime minister has officially tendered their resignation or been appointed outside of Buckingham Palace during the Queen’s seven decades on the throne.Several events over the last 12 months have been modified for the Queen’s “comfort” with one of the most recent examples being her arrival at Balmoral Castle earlier this month. The moment is traditionally marked by an honor guard at the gates of the 50,000-acre estate but this year’s inspection of the troops was held privately. (CNN)

Ravil Maganov: Russian Lukoil chief dies in ‘fall from hospital window’ Spanish villa in April A former vice-president of Gazprombank, Vladislav Avayev, was found dead with his wife and daughter in their Moscow flat, also in April In May, a former Lukoil tycoon Alexander Subbotin died of heart failure, reportedly after seeking alternative treatment from a shaman. Lukoil is Russia’s biggest private company. In its statement it said it was down to Maganov’s managerial talent that it had evolved into one of the world’s largest energy firms. He began working for the private oil company in 1993 and took over as chairman two years ago. Three years ago he was given a lifetime achievement award by President Vladimir Putin. Maganov had been receiving treatment at a hospital on the western outskirts of Moscow, which is known for having Russia’s political and business elite among its Mikhailpatients. Gorbachev died at the Central Clinical Hospital on Tuesday and President Putin visited the site on Thursday morning to lay flowers beside his coffin. (BBC)

The latest notes to be withdrawn from use are paper £20 and £50 notes, meaning people could be refused from using them from 1 October.Businesses and shops will no longer be obliged to accept the paper notes from that date. However, people will still be able to exchange them at their bank branch. The Post Office will also continue to accept paper notes following the deadline, as will some building societies. Since 2015, Polymer notes have replaced newly printed notes due to new security features and environmental benefits due to their longevity.Scottish polymer notes now account for about 90% of £20 and 50% of £50 bank notes circulating in Scotland.TheCommittee of Scottish Bankers (CSCB) announced the deadline on behalf of the Scottish note issuing banks - Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, and Bank of CustomersScotland.ofthese banks can exchange their paper notes free of charge, while non-customers can exchange notes from the issuing bank up to the amount of £250, provided they present valid photographic ID. The £20 and £50 notes are the latest to be axed from circulation, as £5 and £10 paper notes were removed from use on 2 March 2018.The deadline coincides with the Banks of England’s deadline for withdrawing £20 and £50 paper notes from circulation, which is also on 30 September. (BBC)

SCOTTISH paper banknotes are actively being removed from circulation across the country, as Polymer notes become more widely used.

QUEEN Elizabeth II will receive the UK’s next prime minister at Balmoral rather than Buckingham Palace -- a historic first for her 70year reign. A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace said the 96-year-old monarch will not be making the 1,000-mile round trip from Scotland and instead the outgoing leader Boris Johnson will travel north from London on September 6, followed by an audience with his successor.Thedecision was taken for the audiences to take place at Balmoral in order to provide certainty for the Prime Minister’s diary, a royal source told CNN. The source added that if the monarch were to be experiencing an episodic mobility issue next week and the plan had been to travel to London or Windsor, it would have meant alternative

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Ravil Maganov was given a lifetime achievement award by President Vladimir Putin in 2019.

Separately, a report by the Resolution Foundation think tank said typical household disposable incomes are on course to fall by 10%, or £3,000, over this year and next, which is called the “the deepest living standards squeeze in a century”.Thecost of living crisis is set to be the biggest challenge facing the new Prime Minister. Both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have come under pressure to outline how they would support households if they succeed in getting the keys to Number 10. ‘’Grim forecasts about poverty spreading across the UK this winter highlight the deepening woes for the UK economy”, said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.TheBank of England raised interest rates to 1.75% in August, while forecasting that the UK economy would fall into recession thisButyear.Ms Streeter predicts that the Bank of England might be forced to slow down rate rises in the coming months, given the cost of living crisis.

The cop asked him what he was doing there. “Watering the flowers,” he replied, as he continued to water the flowers.

Jennings’ attorney called the move “irrational, irresponsible, and illegal” and said the footage corroborated any basis for “legal action against the officers and more,” he told NPR.

The pound’s weakness is also a result of a strong dollar, analysts said.The dollar is performing strongly due to US interest rate rises and because investors see it as a safer bet. Last week, the head of the country’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, indicated it would push ahead with further interest rate rises as it seeks to control inflation.

The neighbour who had initially called police before recognizing Jennings came outside to tell police she had made a mistake, and said they should not arrest him. Jennings accused them of racial profiling and the cops placed him under arrest. They charged him with obstructing government operations after he refused to provide physical ID beyond his pronouncement, even though he explained that he had not brought it with him when he left the house to walk across the street and squirt water on his Sterling sank again on Thursday morning, dipping below $1.16 on the currency markets.

WORRIES over the prospects for the UK economy led the pound to slide by about 5% against the US dollar in August. The last time the pound fell so much against the dollar was in October 2016, in the aftermath of the Brexit Sterlingvote.sank again on Thursday morning, dipping below $1.16 on the currency markets. Analysts said the fall reflects the darkening outlook for the economy, with consumers and businesses facing rising prices and soaring energy bills. The Bank of England has predicted the UK will fall into recession towards the end of this year.The weak pound means Brits travelling overseas will find their spending money will not stretch as far.“Our economic prospects are not looking particularly good compared to the rest of the world,” said Laura Lambie, senior investment director at Investec. Ms Lambie said that recession fears were weighing on markets, with the investment bank Goldman Sachs warning this week that the UK could remain in recession until 2024. A recession is defined as the economy getting smaller for two consecutive three-month periods. August was also the worst AN Alabama pastor was handcuffed and shoved into a police cruiser — an arrest that he said should never haveRecentlyhappened.released police body camera footage shows Michael Jennings, a longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church in Sylacauga, Ala., being accosted by cops in JenningsMay. was wielding a garden hose and aiming water at the flowers outside his outof-town neighbour’s house in Childersburg, Ala., when another neighbour called the cops to report a suspicious person. Police said he was belligerent. While he did not deny getting testy, Jennings said it never got bad enough to warrant arresting him. In the now-viral body-cam video, an officer asked Jennings why he was at the house and whose car was parked in the driveway. Jennings said it was the neighbour’s.“I’msupposed to be here. I’m Pastor Jennings. I live across the street,” Jennings told police, according to CNN.

“The dollar has been exceptionally strong,” Ms Lambie said.“Also, the issues that we’ve had in Europe around energy do not have the same impact as the US, and I think economists are fairly agreed that the US will be the last to go into recession if they do go into recession at all, perhaps following the UK and Europe.

“This video makes it clear that these officers decided they were going to arrest Pastor Jennings less than five minutes after pulling up and then tried to rewrite history, claiming he hadn’t identified himself, when that was the first thing he did,” Atlanta-based civil rights attorney Harry Daniels, who is representing Jennings, told NPR. Jennings called it a misunderstanding and said it should never have resulted in an arrest.“He got out of the car. He’s already fired up. I’m telling them, ‘You’re making a mistake, this is wrong what y’all are doing,’ “ Jennings told WIAT-TV. The sergeant yelled back, “ ‘Shut up and listen. You talk too much’ “ Jennings told the outlet. “I said, ‘You don’t tell me to shut up boy. I’m a grown man,’ “ Jennings continued, to which the sergeant replied, “ ‘You going to jail, that’s it. Lock him up.’ “ (NYDailynews)

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Michael Jennings is a longtime pastor at Vision of Abundant Life Church.

Pound in biggest monthly fall against the dollar since 2016 month for the pound against the euro since the middle of last year. UK government bonds - or debt - had their worst month for decades. Investors, worried about the riskiness of lending to the government, demanded higher returns for doing so, making it more expensive for the country to borrow money. In August, the yields, or the effective interest rate you would get, on some of those bonds have jumped the most since 1994.Colin Ellis from ratings agency Moody’s told the BBC’s Today programme the jump in yields needed to be put in context. “Energy bills are very very high, and set to go up again. which means inflation is going to be high and that the Bank of England is raising interest rates in “Thoseresponse.expectations for higher interest rates are part of what’s driving these moves in the bond market at the moment.” However, he said: “We still have a stable outlook on our UK government rating so we see the risk as broadly balanced. We’re not very concerned but of course a lot will depend on the policies that the next government chooses to put into place.”

Alabama pastor arrested for watering his neighbour’s flowers; bodycam released

neighbour’s plants. The charges were later dropped.

‘TORRID MONTH’ Fears have grown over the prospects for the UK economy after figures showed it shrank between April and June, with businesses and households feeling the impact of rising prices. Those concerns were fuelled on Thursday, with a new study suggesting the manufacturing sector shrank in August for the first time since May 2020.

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“So on both sides, from the sterling side and from the dollar side, that’s really what has weakened sterling and strengthened the dollar.” (BBC)

The winner, Democrat Mary Peltola, will be the first Alaskan Native to serve as a lawmaker in Congress for the state. The race was to fill a vacancy left after the former officeholder died. The seat is up for grabs again in November.FormerAlaska governor Ms Palin, 58, rose to prominence as a vice-presidential candidate in 2008.Ms Peltola, 49, was declared the winner on Wednesday by three percentage points in a state that exPresident Donald Trump took by 10 points in 2020.

An image of Sindh province, taken on August 28 from NASA’s MODIS satellite sensor.

“There is barely any dry land that we can find. The scale of this tragedy ... 33 million people, that’s more than the population of Sri Lanka or Australia,” he said.

“And while we understand that the new reality of climate change means more extreme weather, or monsoons, more extreme heat waves like we saw earlier this year, the scale of the current flood is of apocalyptic proportions. We certainly hope it’s not a new climate reality.” Satellite images from Maxar Technologies from other areas of the country show how entire villages and hundreds of plots of verdant land have been razed by the rapidly moving floods.

‘FLOOD OF PROPORTIONS’APOCALYPTIC

In a interview with CNN Tuesday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said he had visited Sindh and seen first-hand how the flooding had displaced entire villages and towns.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday to inspect its flood damage.Theprovince has logged most of the latest deaths after water levels rose exponentially, said the country’s National Disaster Management Authority. Sharif said Tuesday the flooding was the “worst in Pakistan’s history” and international assistance was needed to deal with the scale of the devastation. (CNN)

The former state lawmaker advocated for abortion access, climate action and the state’s salmon populations. Ms Palin, who was endorsed by Mr Trump, outspent her Democratic rival by four to one in the run-up to the 16 August election, according to Politico. Ms Peltola ran against two Republicans in the state’s first ranked-choice election, a system that was criticised by Ms Palin during the race as confusing and unfair.The Democrat, who is Yup’ik and grew up in a rural part of Alaska, will also become the first woman to hold the seat. It had previously been held since 1973 by the late Republican DonMsYoung.Palin served as the vicepresidential running mate to Arizona Senator John McCain in 2008, who went on to become a vocal Republican critic of Mr Trump. She was also governor of Alaska between 2006-09. While political analysts will search for clues in this special election as to how both main parties may fare in the US midterm elections this November, it is not clear to what degree Ms Palin’s big personality was a factor in the outcome.

Democrat Mary Peltola will hold the seat until the 8 November general election.

SARAH Palin has lost a special congressional election in Alaska, in a district that was Republicanheld for nearly five decades.

Peltola: First Alaskan Native elected to Congress as Palin loses Her brand of combative conservatism and antiestablishment appeal led many to consider her as the political precursor to Mr Trump. But some voters questioned her commitment to the state, citing her resignation as governor only partway through her term. She went on to star on reality TV shows, and launched a high-profile libel lawsuit against the New York Times, which she lost earlier this year.Ms Peltola served in the statehouse for a decade - and overlapped with Ms Palin during her time there. The two say they bonded in the Capitol since they were both pregnant at the time. When Ms Palin left Juneau to hit the campaign trail with McCain, she gave her backyard trampoline to Ms AccordingPeltola. to Alaska Public Media, Ms Palin - normally a fierce critic of Democratsrecently referred to her rival as a “sweetheart”. (BBC)

STRIKING new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistan’s record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh Province into a 100 kilometre-wide inland lake. Swaths of the country are now underwater, after what United Nation officials have described as a “monsoon on steroids” brought the heaviest rainfall in living memory and flooding that has killed 1,162 people, injured 3,554 and affected 33 million since midJune.The new images, taken on August 28 from NASA’s MODIS satellite sensor, show how a combination of heavy rain and an overflowing Indus River have inundated much of Sindh province in the South. In the centre of the picture, a large area of dark blue shows the Indus overflowing and flooding an area around 100 kilometres (62 miles) wide, turning what were once agricultural fields into a giant inland lake. It’s a shocking transformation from the photo taken by the same satellite on the same date last year, which shows the river and its tributaries contained in what appear by comparison to be small, narrow bands, highlighting the extent of the damage in one of the country’s hardest-hit areas. This year’s monsoon is already the country’s wettest since records began in 1961, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, and the season still has one month to go. In both Sindh and Balochistan provinces, rainfall has been 500% above average, engulfing entire villages and farmland, razing buildings and wiping out crops. While mostly dry weather is expected in the region in coming days, experts say the water will take days to Pakistan’srecede.climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday that parts of the country “resemble a small ocean,” and that “by the time this is over, we could well have one-quarter or one-third of Pakistan under water.”

Pakistan’s deadly floods have created a massive 100km-wide inland lake

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September 3-9, 202222 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS Main duties: welcoming customers to the store, answering questions about products and using a cash register to process purchases. Wage: $6.75 per hour FIRST SOURCE EMPLOYMENT AND RECRUITMENT AGENCY on the behalf of its Client Dee's Delight Plus Grace Bay Plaza, Grace Bay Road Providenciales who is seeking to employ 1 STORE CLERK Contact Deanna Deejoshie_78@hotmail.com/1649-245-6060Gardiner Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to Labour Board 32369 CLEANER Stocking and sweeping,designatedsupplyingfacilityareas,dusting,vacuuming,mopping,restroomcleaningetc.Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 331-8050 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32357 CAMPBELLALEXANDERRHYNIE SUN VIEW, GRACE BAY Is seeking to employ a Install materials on floors, walls, ceilings, countertops. Level the surface with a layer of mortar or plywood. Salary: $8.00 Hourly CONTACT: 232-3465 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position D & B TILE South Dock Rd. Is seeking to employ a Tile Layer 32291 LABOURER Cleaning around property, pick up yard waste and collect rubbish and dispose of trash. Assist with offloading of containers when necessary. To work 6 days per week. Salary: $6.75 Hourly CONTACT: WINECELLAR.TCINFO@ 32368 GILLEYS ENTERPRISES PRIESTCATHOLIC Handle all of the necessary sacraments of their parishioners PASTOR Provide counsel or support to church members CHANCELLOR For TCI, has to be from the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, USA OUR LADY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH #1310 Leeward Highway CONTACT: 1(649)941-5136 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Work permit renewals 32370 KITCHENHELPER Preparing the workstation for the cook. Keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy at all times. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 1801/244-1809244Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32355 A & J CATERING BLUE HILLS Is seeking to employ a

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and commercial film coatings. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Proficient in Microsoft office applications. • Able to speak a second language. • Experience working in the construction industry. Salary: $3,500.00 Monthly GRACE BAY PAINT & SUPPLY LTD. Is seeking a qualified individual for the following position. Only candidate who meet minimum qualifications and requirements will be considered. Applicants may be required to pass a written skills test. Qualified Turks Belongers are encouraged to submit a copy of their resume to the Labour Department. COATING SPECIALIST CONTACT: 649-441-8515 Applications can be submitted directly to dylan@ gracebaypaintandsupply.com or in person at 1216 Leeward Hwy. 32228 THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL BE EXPECTED TO: • Relay important information between management, kitchen staff and servers as well as customers • During our busy hours we expect the Food Runner to assist servers, perform any task necessary to ensure a high quality service customer experience • Co-ordinate food orders to guarantee timely and efficient delivery to guest • Prepared to work in a fast paced environment that requires attention to detail and the ability to multi-task Salary $7.50 per hour. GILLEY’S ENTERPRISES IS SEEKING TO HIRE: FOOD RUNNER – GILLEY’S CAFÉ Contact: 946-4472 or Email: gilleyscafe@tciway.tc Location: Providenciales Airport 32366 • Ensure effective and timely implementation of all logistics daily goals inclusive of vehicle functions and inventory management. • Develop and initiate monthly reports of the fleet. • Lead training for car washer and dispatchers. • Establish and manage relations with vehicle maintenance team and body repair. • Oversee and monitor availability of car rentals. • Support simplification and standardization of processes to accelerate logistics and enhance efficiencies. • Identify enhancement opportunities and suggest solutions for improvement to top management. • Head team to develop, articulate and maintain logistic documentation.process • Valid driver license • 6 years of experience Salary: $2,550.00 Monthly GRACE BAY CAR RENTAL #1216 Leeward Highway, Providenciales LOGISTICS SUPERVISOR Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board Contact: 649-441-8515. Email: frantz@gracebaycarrentals.com Held by a work permit holder 32176 VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

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September 3-9, 2022 23CLASSIFIEDSTURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS PAINTER Apply paints, stains, and coatings to interior and exterior walls, new buildings, homes, offices and other structural surfaces. Salary: $6.25 Hourly CONTACT: 331-4122 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Renewal 32237 BLAZE CONTRACTING Juba Sound, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a MAINTENANCE MAN Fix and buildings,mechanicalmaintainequipment,andmachines.Tasksincludeplumbing work, painting, flooring repair and upkeep, electrical repairs, heating, and air conditioning system. Salary: $10.00 hourly CONTACT: 442-0820 Belongers only apply Renewal 32232 CCD CONSTRUCTION Curly Dr., Long Bay Hills Is seeking to employ a 5 CLEANERS - $350.00 Weekly Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, restroomvacuuming,sweeping,mopping,cleaningetc. 2 JANITORS - $350.00 Weekly Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, restroomvacuuming,sweeping,mopping,cleaningetc. CONTACT: 244-3319 Belongers are to apply to the Labour Board 32240 CHAMBERS A1 SUPREME CLEANING SERVICES Millennium Highway. Seeking SHIP MATE • To be in charge of vessel's operations.cargo • Responsible for the safety and security of the ship, as well as the welfare of the crew on board. Salary: $6.50 hourly CONTACT: 342-0156 Belongers only apply Renewal 32230 D & S WAVE DANCER Turtle Cove Marina Is seeking to employ 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: 247-2025 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32225 ERIC ANTONIO SKIPPINGS Back Salina, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a BAR MAID Restock bar inventory, mix beverages, and organize bar schedules. Salary: $8.50 Hourly. CONTACT: 3264/649-432-1169649-232Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32219 G-SPOT BAR Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICWORKER Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 347-9345 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 32229 GEORGE GLINTON Residence, Five Cays Is seeking to employ a CARPENTER • Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other materials. • To work 5 days a week Salary: $7.50 hourly CONTACT:243-0137 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is a renewal of work permit 32238 GIBSON DESIGN BUILT Unit #1, 10 Prospect, Cooper Jack Bay, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a APPLICANTS MUST BE: • Able to weld carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum. • Capable of working with carbon, stick, MIG and TIG welding processes. • Able to accurately measure, cut and assemble without supervision. ISLAND FABRICATION AND MACHINERY is currently looking for THREE CERTIFIED WELDERS CONTACT 432-0024 Two of these positions are currently held by work permit holders. CARPENTER Follow blueprints and building plans. Install structures and fixtures. Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other materials. Salary: $9.00 Hourly CONTACT: 333-1505 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 32216 JDS CONSTRUCTION Walter Cox Drive, Kew Town Is seeking to employ a NANNY Ensuring a safe environment, preparing and giving meals, bathing and dressing children, whendisciplininghousework,medicine,administeringdoingandchildrennecessary.Salary:$7hourly CONTACT: 242-0287 Belongers only apply 32241 LITTLE CHILDCAREANGELSSERVICES Chick A Willy, Juba Sound Is seeking to employ a MASON Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/ or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $10.00 hourly CONTACT: 346-1654 Belongers are to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32234 LUDWIG C. FULFORD Back Salina, Grand Turk Seeking BEAUTICIAN Shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. Makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, nail and skin care services. Salary: $10.00 Hourly. CONTACT: 242-5005 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32262 MARC’S HAIR BRAIDING SERVICES North School, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a STEELMAN Build and install iron or steel girders, columns, and other position,buildings,materialsconstructiontoformbridges,andotherstructures.Cut,andboltdownsteelbarstoreinforce concrete. Salary: $7.00 hourly CONTACT: 341-3398 Belongers only apply. Renewal 32226 MJ CONSTRUCTIONSERVICES DOCK YARD, KEW TOWN Is seeking to employ CLEANER Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, restroomvacuuming,sweeping,mopping,cleaningetc.Salary:$6.25Hourly CONTACT: 241-5690 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32239 NAROSE LANDSCAPING AND CLEANING SERVICES Boddle Way, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICWORKER Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 Hourly 649-241-5579CONTACT: Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32217 NATHALIE JEAN-BAPTISTE Bay Rd., Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a LABOURER Clean yard, water plants, cut grass. Salary: $6.25 hourly CONTACT: 241-2043 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32233 NICOLA ROBERTS Palm Circle, Leeward Palms Is seeking to employ a 3 WORKERSPLANT • Must be able and willing to clean marine products, Conch, Lobster and Scale Fish. • Must be willing to work after normal hours and holidays if needed. Salary: $7.00 Hourly 649-231-0293CONTACT: Belongers only Work Permit Renewal 32235 PROVO SEAFOOD LTD. Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a LABOURER Cleaning property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. Salary: $6.25 hourly CONTACT: 232-1050 Belongers are to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Renewal 32224 SURVEYROBINSONSERVICES #512 Leeward Highway, Town Center Mall Is seeking to employ a MASON Mixes mortar; lays bricks and stones and/ or concrete sidewalks; makes and repairs steps and plasters. Salary: $9.00 Hourly CONTACT: 346-4624 Belongers are to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Renewal 32227 S & R SERVICESCONTRACTUAL Opposite Tropical Shipment, Five Cays Road Is seeking to employ SECURITYOFFICER Applicant must be honest, reliable and willing to work in different business places 6 days a week when asked to do so. Salary: $7.00 hourly CONTACT: 649-331-7678 Belongers only apply Renewal 32231 SECURITYSERVICESMANAGEMENT #14 TDMG Building, Five Cays, South Dock Road Is seeking to employ aCOSMETOLOGIST Shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. Makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, nail and skin care services. Salary: $320.00 Weekly CONTACT: 941-8342 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board 32218 SPA NADIA GRACE BAY Is seeking to employ LABOURER Clean up work station, tools, lift heavy materials when require. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT:333-8687 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32221 A+ CONSTRUCTION Bay Road, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a

Kelly was charged with obstruction of justice in connection with that trial. Jane and her mother have testified this year that Kelly bullied them into silence. Jane did not testify at the 2008 trial, and Kelly was acquitted. Multiple jurors said they didn’t convict Kelly because the girl from the video did not testify. This time was different. Jane took the stand and identified herself as the girl and Kelly as the attacker. Kelly’s attorneys have not yet challenged that account. Jane described Kelly’s process of grooming her, saying he began calling her and saying sexual things almost immediately. She said Kelly started groping her at age 14 and that by 15 he “started penetration.”Kellythen had sex with Jane “uncountable” times over the next three years, she said. Days later, one of Jane’s middle school classmates testified that Jane introduced her to Kelly while they were teenagers. The alleged victim, testifying under the pseudonym Pauline, said Kelly sexually abused her more than 100 times while she was a minor. When Kelly’s attorney questioned her inexact recollection, Pauline responded, “Whether it is once or twice, what’s wrong is wrong.” Jurors had the day off on Wednesday before the defense began presenting its case on Thursday. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin about a week later. Defense attorneys have not said if Kelly will testify in his own defence. He did not testify in the New York trial that led to his 30yearTwosentence.menassociated with Kelly, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are also defendants in the case. McDavid is accused of helping Kelly prevent Jane from testifying at the 2008 trial. Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. They have both pleaded not guilty. (NYDailynews)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power dazzling but slow, say critics

R Kelly is already set to serve 30 years in prison after he was convicted last year in Brooklyn federal court.

Prosecutors rest case in R. Kelly child porn trial in Chicago

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy were box office hits from 2001 to 2003. Speaking to the BBC last year he revealed The Beatles had attempted to make their own version before it vetoed by Tolkien. Fans were given the first glimpse at footage from Amazon’s latest prequel in February. And after the first two episodes were viewed by critics, The Financial Times noted how the series, despite its “dazzling visuals” and “epic dialogue” can “quickly become monotonous” and “has yet to find its large, furry feet”.The Telegraph also awarded three stars saying the show was “slow, sprawling - and lovely”, with largely the “swashbuckling Galadriel” to thank for keeping it on the move.

“It might take a second to get accustomed to these new characters, but the signs are that it will be worthwhile,” Helen O’Hara wrote.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will be released from September 2.

FEDERAL prosecutors rested their case against R. Kelly on Tuesday at his federal trial in Chicago. Kelly, 55, faces several charges including child pornography, enticing minors for sex and obstruction of justice. He’s already set to serve 30 years in prison after he was convicted last year in Brooklyn federal court. In Chicago, four women testified that Kelly sexually assaulted them when they were teenagers. A fifth alleged victim was expected to testify but did not. The feds did not sayThewhy. case centered around one woman, testifying under the pseudonym Jane, who said Kelly first had sex with her when she was 15 years old and continued to assault her hundreds of times over multiple years before she turned 18.Jane, now 37, said Kelly sometimes took videos, and said she was the 14-year-old girl in a child sex tape that was at the center of Kelly’s 2008 child pornography trial in Illinois.

CRITICS have said the opening episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are “dazzling” butThe“slow”.Amazon series is set thousands of years before JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books and Peter Jackson’s movies. Set in the second age of Middleearth, it follows an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil. The Guardian said it was “astounding” TV and would be fit for the Developedcinema.by showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay, the fantasy series, which is released on Prime Video on Friday, begins during a time of relative peace and concisely brings together all the major events of Middle-earth’s SecondTheseAge.include the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron and the fall of the island kingdom of Númenor, as well as the last alliance between Elves and Men. “This is TV that is made for big screens, although surely destined to be watched on smaller ones,” wrote Rebecca Nicholson in her four-star review for The Guardian. “It is so cinematic and grand that it makes [Game of Thrones prequel] House of the Dragon look as if it has been cobbled together on Minecraft.” “Now, I just need to find someone with a huge telly to let me watch with them,” she added. Nicholson, who said she was willing to disregard some of the “smell-the-fart” acting and the attimes “all-or-nothing” pace of the show, was particularly enamoured with Morfydd Clark’s performance as the fighter Galadriel. “She is valiant, flawed and haughty, as bloody-minded as she is brilliant, scarred by the horrors of war,” she said. “If that doesn’t sound like much fun, wait till you see what she does to a snow troll.”. The Independent generally agreed with her assessment, also awarding four-stars for “a spectacularly cinematic return to Middle-earth”.TheRingsof Power is thought to be the most expensive TV show ever made, having cost a whopping $1bn (£800m) - and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at its world premiere in London on “AmazonTuesday.were right to trust their dump truck full of cash to relatively unproven first-time showrunners,” opined Kevin E G Perry.But he warned that “fans of hobbits should note that the show takes place so far before The Hobbit that hobbits aren’t even hobbits“Insteadyet”.they’re a tight knit group of ‘harfoots’, an evolutionary predecessor to the creatures we know and love,” he explained. “It’s the harfoots that really make The Rings of Power work.” He saved special praise for Megan Richards and Markella Kavenagh, giving “stand-out performances” as the young harfoots, adding: “Maybe it’s just the reassuring presence of British comedy icon Lenny Henry among the cast (playing elder harfoot Sadoc Burrows), but these pastoral scenes manage to capture the magic of the late-Eighties BBC version of The Chronicles of Narnia, an enchanting series which never had quite this budget.” Empire described the series as “lavish and sweeping”, and one that “puts its money where its mouth is.”

“For all its diversions, [Jackson’s] The Lord of the Rings had a single, simple plot: get the ring in the fire!”, wrote Ed Cumming. “There’s less of that here.“The scene-setting keeps being interrupted by action sequences, like a pointless elf versus dwarf stone-breaking exercise. That’s one of the problems with immortality: there’s no sense of urgency.” However, The Daily Mail gave the series one star, describing it as “so staggeringly bad, it’s hilarious”.“Everything about it is illjudged to a spectacular extreme,” wrote Christopher Stevens. “The cliche-laden script, the dire acting, the leaden pace, the sheer inconsistency and confusion as it lurches between styles - where do we start?” (BBC)

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“Midnights” will be Taylor Swift’s first new album since her surprise duo, “Folklore” and “evermore,” dropped five months apart in 2020.

Sigourney Weaver won’t retire from acting: ‘I enjoy it more now than ever’

Sigourney Weaver is 72 years old.

A graduate of Yale School of Drama, where she was classmates with Meryl Streep, Weaver made her stage debut in 1973 and was first seen on the screen in 1970, with a role on the series “Somerset.” She made her big screen debut as one of the women dating Woody Allen’s Alvy in the now-controversial writerdirector’s seminal romantic comedy, “Annie Hall” in 1977. Weaver last year talked to the Daily News about revisiting a “disappearing” version of the Big Apple in the film adaptation of “My Salinger Year,” in which she played a fictional incarnation of J.D. Salinger’s literary agent. Filming the movie “was just one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had,” Weaver said at the time. (NYDailynews)

TAYLOR Swift is ready to begin again.The 32-year-old singer, who has spent most of the past several years re-recording her old albums amid a rights feud with former manager Scooter Braun, announced Sunday night that she is finally back with fresh content. “I had sort of made up my mind that, if you were going to be this generous and give us this, I thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that my brand-new album comes out Oct. 21,” Swift said to raucous applause while accepting the award for video of the year at the VMAs for her 10-minute music video for “All Too Well.” The “Paper Rings” singer followed up the surprise news with a few more details online at the stroke of midnight, announcing that the album, called “Midnights,” will be “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.”“We lie awake in love and in fear, in turmoil and in tears. We stare at walls and drink until they speak back. We twist in our selfmade cages and pray that we aren’t — right this minute — about to make some fateful life-altering mistake,” she wrote. “This is a collection of music

SIGOURNEY Weaver’s still a working girl — and plans on keeping it that way.

Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘Midnights,’ to be released in October written in the middle of the night, a journey through terrors and sweet dreams. The floors we pace and the demons we face. For all of us who have tossed and turned and decided to keep the lanterns lit and go searching — hoping that just maybe, when the clock strikes twelve… we’ll meet ourselves.”“Midnights” will be Swift’s first new album since her surprise duo, “Folklore” and “evermore,” dropped five months apart in 2020. (NYDailynews)

That, said Weaver, is “the most exhilarating thing in the world.”

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“I’m fine that I might be the oldest person on the set,” continued Weaver.While she often adjusts to “a period of “Oh my god, it’s happening again,” the three-time Oscar nom said that feeling doesn’t hold a candle to “the joy and the explosion of letting this person out to live.”

The “Alien” and “Working Girl” star, 72, shared in a new interview with Interview Magazine that she intends to keep the grind going, age be Askeddamned.by Elizabeth Banks whether she has any plans to retire in the near future — despite having five projects in the pipeline — the native New Yorker said: “I would hope not, because I probably enjoy it more now than ever.”

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWSSeptember 3-9, 2022 29 Classifieds 946-4664 Fax: 946-4661 Email: Website:tcnews@tciway.tctcweeklynews.com JOB REALAUTOSERVICESLISTINGSSALESESTATE 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. IS URGENTLY LOOKING FOR FLORISTACONTACT:231-3788 On Behalf of our Client WARATAH CONSTRUCTION We are seeking to employ: RESPONSIBILITIES (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) • Prepping of surfaces. • Lay Blocks and bricks following plans and drawings, • Lay out work using chalk lines, tapes, squares and levels. • Mix cement and mortar. • Operate equipment such as wet saws. • Cut or break blocks, bricks and concrete using hammers, power saws, drills and • hand tools. • Molding expansion joints and edges using jointers, straightedges and edging tools. • Fabricate, repair, alter and maintain slabs, walls, curbs, sidewalks, pavers, conc. Countertops etc • Must have ten years’ experience. Salary $12.00-$15.00 commensurate on Qualification and experience. SKILLED MASONS 31649 INTERESTED AND QUALIFIED PERSONS SHOULD SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO RUSSELL AND ASSOCIATES (2004) LTD., 229 PRESTIGE PLACE, GRACE BAY ROAD, PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS OR CONTACT US VIA EMAIL: DELTHIA@RUSSELLANDASSOCAITESLTD. COM; TELEPHONE: 649-244-3572. APPLICANTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ON OR BEFORE 28TH JULY 2022. ONLY SHORT-LISTED PERSONS WILL BE CONTACTED. JESSICA HALL 32318 POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND RESUME TO JESSICA HALL, 137 LONG BAY HIGHWAY, JESSHALL137@GMAIL.COM AND LABOUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST BE: Physically fit and able to lift and carry 50lbs or more. Able to perform basic masonry skills such as build walls, lay blocks, mix concrete and plaster. Must be knowledgeable of related tools, masonry techniques, equipment and materials and skilled in alterations, repairs, and maintenance of masonry structures and surfaces. MASON NEEDED - $8 HOURLY 137 Long Bay Highway 32339 CAICOS CACTUS MANAGEMENT WHITBY HIGHWAY WHITBY, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TEL: (649) 231-4885 EMAIL: INFO@CAICOSCACTUSMANAGEMENT.COM ALL EXPERIENCED AND INTERESTED BELONGERS CAN SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOUR BOARD DEPART AND TO THE CONTACT ADDRESS: • Domestic Worker consists of cleaning, Laundry and organizing rooms. • Able to work with little or no supervision, be physically fit, dependable and hard working. DOMESTIC WORKER • Must be self-motivated and able to understand, write and speak English fluently. Salary: $300.00 per week The position is currently held by a work permit holder JOSEPHCAMPBELLBENJAMIN CONTACT: 241-0663 32297 BELONGERS ARE TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD Help the patient get dressed, eat, bathe and complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes or folding laundry. Plan, prepare and monitor meals. Run errands, remind patients of medications. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CARETAKER Lower Bight Is seeking to employ a LUX RENT A CAR CONTACT: 244-2327 32307 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Greets customers, receive payment, Issue receipts, and change due to customers. Count money in cash drawers to ensure that amounts are correct and be in charge of office. Salary: $6.25 hourly CUSTOMERSERVICE 1267 Market Place, Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a MARIE N. A. ST-ELOI (649)CONTACT:342-6583 32362 All basic cleaning in and around the house including, mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting. Washing and folding clothes. Basic Salary: $250.00 per week Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICWORKER MYRLANDEPHILISTINFLORVEUS CONTACT: 343-5615 32282 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Help the patient get dressed, eat, bathe and complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes or folding laundry. Plan, prepare and monitor meals. Run errands, remind patients of Salary:medications.$6.25Hourly CARETAKER Lower Bight, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a NATASHA ROSE LOURDE DORVAL Snake Hill, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 242-2557 32299 2 WORKERDOMESTIC Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and Salary:housework.other$6.25Hourly PABLO BARBER SHOP & BEAUTY SALON CONTACT: 342-5808 32292 BELONGERS ONLY APPLY RENEWALS Cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair, trimming beards, or giving shaves. Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments. $6.50 hourly Cleaning the barbershop and other work. $6.50 hourly 2DOMESTICBARBERSWORKER #4 Spot Plaza, Airport Road Is seeking to employ a

September 3-9, 202230 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS THE LUX CAR WASH CONTACT: 244-2327 32305 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL To wash, scrub and polish the interiors and exteriors of car suv’s and buses. Task; vacuum, clean and maintain vehicles. Salary: $6.25 hourly CAR ATTENDANTWASH 1267 Market Place, Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a PENTECOSTAL OF GOD CHURCH I.M CONTACT: 243-5844 32281 BELONGER ONLY APPLY • Oversee the church and the up keep with the members. • Helping the day-to-day up keeping of the church. • Spread a message of a belief and help to communities. Salary: $6.25 Hourly MISSIONARYASSISTANT South Dock Is seeking to employ a JAH CONSTRUCTION CONTACT: (649)331-5613 32154 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDERS/ BELONGERS ARE ADVISE TO APPLY WITHIN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT Cleaning up around the job sites, removing all trash and debris, and any other duties as may be necessary. Salary $8.50 per hour weekly LABOURER South Dock Road, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 241-5785 32361 BELONGERS PLEASE SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS FILLED BY A WORK PERMIT CleanDuties:HOLDER.andassistGiftshopcustomers SALARY: $6.50 per hour STEPHANIE’SHELPERGIFTSHOP Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 246-4929 32360 BELONGERS KINDLY SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS FILLED BY A WORK PERMITDuties:HOLDER.To clean andpremisesmaintain and Other chores as assigned. SALARY: $7.50 per hour. LABOURERMERLYNLIGHTBOURNE Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 231-6537 32355 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS IS A FIRST TIME WORK PERMIT DUTIES:APPLICATION.ToassistskillworkersAndkeepallworkareasclean. SALARY: $7.50 per hour LABOURER LOUIS GRAVELEY Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 345-9455 32359 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT assistDUTIES:HOLDER.TowithsetupBeachrentalequipment. SALARY: $7.50 per hour LABOURER ISLAND COLD DRINKS Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a VANENCIA F. HANDFIELD South Dock, Provo Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 243-0300 32294 DOMESTICWORKER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Applicant must be honest, reliable and andWashing,hardworking.cleaningironing.Generalhousework.Salary:$6.50Hourly HOUSEKEEPINGURGENT CONTACT: 341-4488 31486 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD Drive knowledgeablevehicles.companyMustbeofhandlingheavyequipment. Salary: $8 hourly OPERATOR Kew Town, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a THAMARA'S HAIR BRAIDING 1(649)CONTACT:345-9455 32333 DUTIES: Twisting, braiding, and tying many small braids all over the head of the clients. Salary: $6 per hour GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a ONE BRAIDERHAIR SPOTLESSSERVICESCLEANING CONTACT: 649-331-0810 32296 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOURRENEWALBOARD Cleaning of high windows, wall, patios, sweeping and mopping, picking-up trash from ground Salary: $6.50 hourly CLEANER 23 Parade Ave, Town Centre Building, Providenciales, TKCAIZZ Is seeking to employ a SHEVAUGHN P. ANNIKIE CONTACT:348-0935 32340 Caring for my son, prepare his meals, feed & bath him, monitor him, wash, iron, cook, always ensure a safe environment for child and light . $6.50 hourly Breeze Brea, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a LIVE BABYSITTERIN FRANCIUS (649)CONTACT:PHILISTIN241-7000 32323 Perform domestic duties on interior and exterior surfaces around the home Basic Salary: $6.50 per hour Lower Bight Road Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICWORKER SAMUEL E. BEEN South Dock Rd., Providenciales Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 231-1011 32293 DOMESTICWORKER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 Hourly RONALD’S STORE CONTACT: 244-2327 32306 BELONGERS ONLY APPLY RENEWALS Cleaning the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. $6.25 hourly Greets customers, receive payment, Issue receipts, and change due to customers. $6.25 hourly STORELABOURERCLERK 1267 Market Place, Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a CONSTRUCTIONROBINSON CONTACT: 231-0327 32286 BELONGERS ARE TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOURRENEWALBOARD Sweeping, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, and other work. Salary: $6.25 hourly DOMESTICWORKER #43 Juba Sound Is seeking to employ a REYNA & SEYMOURMANFRED Back Road, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 232-0990 32285 DOMESTICWORKER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 Hourly RAW DEAL FISHING BOAT 343 Front Road, North Side Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 344-0202 32284 DIVER Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this Divingpositionfor fish. $6.25Salary:hourly PINK ROOM Unit #5 Airport Plaza, Airport Rd. Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 649-242-7730 32288 COSMETOLOGIST Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this hair,Shampooing,positioncutting,coloring,andstylingandmassagingandtreatingscalp.Makeup,dresswigs,performhairremoval,nailandskincareservices.Salary:$6.25hourly ANDRE MALCOLM EMAIL:COCOCURELTD2@GMAIL.COCONTACT: 32127 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDERS/ BELONGERS ARE ADVISE TO APPLY WITHIN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. POSITION CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER Cleaning up around the yard, removing all trash and debris, and any other duties as may be necessary. Salary $8.00 per hour weekly LABOURER Is seeking to employ a DESIGN 4 YOU CONSTRUCTION 32315BELONGERS CAN APPLY! CONTACT: 649-247-0703 To clean property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves. To assist in disposing of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Basic Salary: $7.00 hourly LABOURER Five Cays, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a CC THIS AND THAT TIRE AND VARIETY SHOP LTD. 32290 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD A WORK PERMIT HOLDER CURRENTLY HOLDS THIS POSITION CONTACT: 243-6453 The ability to speak Creole, must be able to do cash sales, customer inquiries and dispute reports. Must be able to work 6 days a week. Salary: $6.75 Hourly CASHIER #45 Industrial Drive, Unit 2 & 4, Providenciales, TCI, Is seeking to employ a

September 3-9, 2022 31CLASSIFIEDSTURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS A TASTE OF ITALY Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: (649) 941-7331 32330 2HELPERSKITCHEN Belongers are encouraged to send copy of their Resumes to Labour Department, Currently held by Work Permit Holder. Duties: Clean Kitchen, work area, SalaryAppliances,Utensil.Equipment,Tables,Assistinfoodpreparation$6.25perhour BACI RISTORANTE CONTACT: 941-3044 32300 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL FULL TIME-EVENINGS Duties Include: Pot washing, dish washing, cleaning of kitchen equipment and materials as well as sweeping, mopping and cleaning of bathroom facilities. Salary: $8 hourly KITCHENHELPER Bridge Road, Turtle ProvidencialesCove, Is seeking to employ a BERNIE’S GROCERY MART CONTACT: 649-345-8369 / 649-341-7691 32298BELONGER ONLY APPLY Greets customers, receive payment, Issue receipts, and change due to customers. $7.00 Hourly Fix and maintain mechanical equipment and machines. Plumbing work, painting, flooring repair, electrical repairs, etc. $6.50 Hourly SALESHANDYMANCLERK Old Business Solution on the Highway after Napa, Is seeking to employ a CAICEDOCONTACT:CLEANERS332-4404 32342 Perform all basic cleaning in and around residences and office BasicbuildingsSalary:$6.25SouthDockIsseekingtoemploya CLEANER BOB PAUL CONTACT: 244-0100 32325 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD Dive, clean and Salaryseafood.package:$6.25hourly DIVER Sarah Hill, South Caicos Is seeking to employ a D & B TILE South Dock Rd. Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 232-3465 32289 LABOURER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. Salary: $8.00 Hourly D&M CONSULTANT AGENCY GRAND TURK Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 1(649) 333-1674 32331 JANITORONE Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. This position is currently held by a work permit CLEANINGholder.Salary:$6perhour DEDRA HARVEY CONTACT: 243-0180 32277 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Help the patient get dressed, eat, bathe and complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes or folding laundry. Plan, prepare and monitor meals. Run errands, remind patients of medications. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CARETAKER Juba Sound, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a DEVON J. ADAMS CONTACT: 649-331-2217 32283 BELONGERS ARE TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD WORK PERMIT RENEWAL Maintain includeequipment,mechanicalbuildings,andmachines.Tasksplumbingwork, painting, flooring repair, electrical repairs, and air conditioning system. Salary: $6.50 Hourly HANDYMAN 39 Marble Drive, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 1(649) 333-1674 32332 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT daysWORKINGHOLDER5aweek!Salary:$6perhour TILESMAN DONALD KNOWLES Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a DREAM CONTACT:SERVICESCONSTRUCTION332-3866 32295 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL • Maintaining cleanliness of the work site. • Responsible for ensuring all job sites are left clean and any excess garbage is removed. • Sorted recyclable materials for resale.Salary: $7.50 hourly CONSTRUCTIONLABOURER #18 Zinna Lane, Richmond Commonds Is seeking to employ a EDVARD JEAN Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 649-241-0452 32301 CLEANER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this sweeping,facilitysupplyingStockingpositionanddesignatedareas,dusting,vacuuming,mopping,restroomcleaningetc.Salary:$6.25Hourly EMMANUELA MORLEY Five Cays Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 346-8506 32287 DOMESTICWORKER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and Salary:housework.other$6.25Hourly EXOTIC MOTORS CALL JEREMY COX TEL: 244-9889 32279BELONGER ONLY APPLY • Speaks fluent English. • Speak some German and Japanese. • Expert Master Automotive Mechanic. • Automotive diagnostics capability. • Manages mechanical and electrical malfunction. • Oversees automotive company function. • Designates tasks to subordinates. Salary: $2,000.00 Monthly CHIEFOFFICEROPERATING Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a HEBERT SAINT CONSTRUCTIONCYR CONTACT: 241-1490 32278 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED 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: $7.00 Hourly 2 LABOURERS Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a HERB’SANDWHOLESALERENTAL CONTACT: 241-1490 32280 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. $6.50 Hourly CLEANER 53 Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a STOCKER Stocking Shelves in store. $6.50 Hourly DJA WHOLESALE & RETAIL CONTACT:231-6858 32321 Selling product, counts good, in and out. Place order, Prepares list of depleted items Survey of defective or unusable items. Salary $6.25-9 hourly. Blue Hills, Provo Is seeking to employ a PURCHASINGCLERK PATIENCE HAIR BOUTIQUE CONTACT: 332-7013 32328 OLD/NEW, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE. Greets Salary:andreceivecustomers,payment,issuereceipts,changeduetocustomers.Mustspeakcreole&Spanish.$6.25perhour STORE CLERK Blue Hills, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a 32338 NORSTAR GROUP LTD. COURTYARD PLAZA UNIT 2C LEEWARD HIGHWAY, PROVIDENCIALES TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS TEL: (649) 941-3600 EMAIL: AJONES@NORSTARGROUP.TC ALL EXPERIENCED AND INTERESTED BELONGERS CAN SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOUR BOARD DEPART AND TO THE CONTACT ADDRESS: • Construction labourer consists of performing tasks involving physical labor at building sites, highway, laying blocks, heavy construction projects and demotion sites. • Able to work with little or no supervision, be physically fit, CONSTRUCTION LABOURER dependable and hard working. • Must be self-motivated and able to understand, write and speak English fluently. Salary: $9.50 per hour. The position is currently held by a work permit holder WARD’S CONSULTANCY 32310 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THESE POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER YOSHI SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT #20 & 21 Saltmills Plaza Grace Bay Road, Tel: 941-3374 Plans, prepares, and cooks food items to ensure the highest quality service and experience for customers. $1,500 per month CLIMATECH LTD 36 Industrial Park, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tel: 231-4545 • Install, inspect, maintain, and repair air conditioner. • Ventilate equipment and controls making sure they operate efficiently and continuously. ACCOOKTECHNICIAN Acting on behalf of our client: • Perform regular maintenance work on cooling units. • Install, replace, or repair Salary: $10 per hour

As the primary driver of this revenue center, the position is required to travel internationally and spend 15-20 weeks per year in South Caicos, the remainder will be spent attending and representing the Resort and destination at international Tradeshows. The position requires developing relationships with North American fly shops and industry personalities to firmly establish East Bay Resort as the preferred destination for their retail travel programs. The position is served by a leader who is effective in both marketing and sales of the Fly Fishingindustry, and in equal measure a manager who can partner with the fishing community to establish destination driven relationships, to create a high-quality island-wide fishing experience.

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MARSHA BLANCHE EMAIL: MARSHA@MISICKSTANBROOK.TCTEL.(649)946-4732 Apply with resume and cover letter via email to: 32364 JOB DESCRIPTION: We are seeking a skilled, reliable, efficient quantity surveyor to join our growing organization. In this position, you will estimate the costs of construction projects, working with contractors, builders, and architects. QUANTITY SURVEYOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Review architectural plans and prepare quantity needs • Estimate the quantity and costs of materials • Prepare contracts and documents • Set budgets for payments, inventory needs, and materials • Track changes in plans or constructions; update budgets • Negotiate with contractors and subcontractors • Act as a liaison between clients and site managers/engineers • Identify potential financial or construction risks. • Advise clients on improvements, strategies, and/or estimated costs • Prepare payments for contractors and subcontractors • Document progress, materials, and reports on project • Utilize software to calculate, record, and track inventory and estimates, proficiency in plan swift, Procore and Blue beam is essential. QUANTITY SURVEYOR REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying • 5-10 years of quantity surveying experience, financial experience, and construction experience • Proficient in computer skills and Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft projects • Able to analyze financial records and apply data to improved results • Strong aptitude for numbers, spreadsheets, and financial reports • Experienced at compiling and following strict budgets; strong estimating and financial analysis skills • In-depth understanding of construction, materials, pricing, and industry • Able to analyze problems and strategize for better solutions Salary: $1600/weekly Belongers are encouraged to send copy of their resume to Labour Board QUANTITY SURVEYOR CONTACT: NORSTAR GROUP LTD., UNIT 2C COURTYARD PLAZA, EMAIL:PCHAPLIN@NORSTARGROUP.TCPHONE:(649)PROVIDENCIALES941-3600 32332

The Director of Private Guided Watersports Activities is both qualified and experienced in international marketing and sales programs that are key to driving our high-net-worth guests and clientele to the Resort property, thus building a successful and long-withstanding quality destination experience for visitors and employees who will be trained and developed on the program.

Ability to design, develop and implement training programs to onboard local talent seeking to be employed in the capacity of a guide is essential.

Director of Private Guided Watersports Activities will have a sales and marketing background, focused on world-class Angling. This leadership role requires 10+ years’ management experience in fly-fishing industry with a public reputation as an expert angler.

The Director of Private Guided Watersports Activities is a US-based role, that ensures world-class guest service is delivered by all ofEast Bay Resorts’ private fishing guides. The East Bay Resorts’ Guided Watersports program competes on a world-wide basis against dedicated fishing lodges that cater exclusively to the high net worth guests to whom we are also attracting to our destination. As a result, this role is responsible for developing, training,managing, directing and implementing the highest of standards private watersports program.

DIRECTOR OF PRIVATE GUIDED WATERSPORTS ACTIVITIES JEM HOSPITALITY LTD East Bay Resort, South

September 3-9, 202232 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS INSTALLERWINDOW Windows.InstallingSalary: $10.00 Hourly CONTACT: 345-0324 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32314 JEANRICK AGENOR FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a Joseph Mercidieu Agenor Five Cays, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICWORKER Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 347-3117 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32308 JEANRICK AGENOR FIVE CAYS Is seeking to employ a MASON Cleaning of construction yard and other related tasks. Salary: $12.00 Hourly CONTACT: 231-1207 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32303 NEVILLE ADAMS Palm Grove, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a NANCY’S RETAIL STORE DOMESTIC WORKER - $10.00 Hourly General cleaning. MADELEINE DORCIN LIVE-IN MAID -$10.00 Hourly General cleaning. MAINTENANCE MAN - $10.00 Hourly Maintain equipment, etc. MARJORIE’S FASHION TCI CASHIER - $10.00 Hourly Receive payment, Issue receipts, and change. GOLD STAR CONTRACTORS & MAINTENANCE LABOURER - $10.00 Hourly Cleaning the property Belongers only/Renewal T&C SECRETARIAL SERVICES Wilson Circle, Blue Hills 649-331-2251 Acting on behalf of 32302 STEELMAN Build and install iron or steel girders, columns, and other buildings.materialsconstructiontoformSALARY: 8.00 per hour. ERB CONSTRUCTION NORTH SIDE CLOSE, MILLENNIUM HIGHWAY 331-1067 RENEWAL, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE 32363 Robert Pierre Victor Bible St., Blue Hills LABOURER Salary $7.00p/h Cleaning property, pick up yard waste, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. CONTACT: 346-6466 Renewal JEANNETALBOTMARIE Millennium Highway DOMESTIC WORKER - $6.50 hourly General cleaning duties. CONTACT: 346-6466 Belongers only ALL SERVICES TCI Acting on behalf of 32350

All applicants arerequired to produce a clean police record. All positions require fully flexible hours during working days, nights, weekends and public holidays. Employment includes enrollment in national health insurance and national insurance as specified by Law. Salary USD $80,000 per annum. Caicos

Our mission and purpose at FamilyCare Medical Services are to provide each client with unparalleled services, experiences, and quality health products to live healthily and feel their best. We devote ourselves to listening to our clients and going above to meet their needs. We believe that the residents of and visitors to the Turks & Caicos Islands community deserve world-class healthcare services. Living this mission every day requires a fully engaged, knowledgeable, and trusting staff. From our patient care staff to our administrators, everyone at FamilyCare is on the frontline of delivering innovative, quality healthcare characterized by being helpful, welcoming, and teamwork-focused with every client. As we continue to grow, we are seeking results-oriented, high-performing members to join our team. The ideal team members are motivated by the opportunity to serve others, align with our mission, and share our core values.

and prescription terminology to patients • Demonstrate exceptional product knowledge and effectively communicate features and benefits to patients • Diagnose sight problems, such as near-sightedness or farsightedness, and eye diseases, such as glaucoma • Provide treatments such as vision therapy or low-vision rehabilitation • Provide pre- and postoperative care to patients undergoing eye surgery (i.e. examining a patient's eyes the day after surgery) • Prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other visual aids, and if state law permits, medications • Evaluate patients for the presence of other diseases and conditions, such as diabetes or hypertension, and refer patients to other healthcare providers as needed • Promote eye and general health by counselling patients REQUIREMENTS: • Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) degree • Valid license to practice optometry in current country /state of residence • 2+ years prior experience as Optometrist • A strong sense of workplace professionalism and personal ethics • Customer-service orientation with excellent interpersonal skills • Excited by a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment • Dedicated to making people healthy and happy • Knowledgeable about (and eager to incorporate) new technology into your work • Innovative, proactive, and entrepreneurial Competitive Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications We are looking for qualified candidates to fill the following role in Providenciales: Our Mission and Core Values: FAMILYCARE MEDICAL IS HIRING! OPTOMETRIST To be considered for this position, please email CV's to t.bewaji@familycaretci.com 32313 An Application, REGISTERED SC 847 JEM TCI HOLDINGS LTD. for the development of Redevelopment of the Existing East Bay Resort from 85 rooms to 120 rooms/ Renovation of Lobby, Restaurant, Bar, Kitchen, Swimming Pool, Fitness Center, Staff Housing, Tennis Court / Additional Site Amenities: Kids Pool, Kids Play Area, Restaurant, Spa & Bar Has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on parcels 20309/39, Cockburn Harbour, South Caicos. 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. Date: August 15, 2022 NOTICE Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2014 32316 Applicants are invited to drop off your resume addressed to HR at the Casablanca Casino located at 226 Grace Bay Road, Providenciales or email your resume to info@casablanca. tc. We will contact suitable candidates and advise the dates and times. Experienced dealers are welcome to apply as well. CASABLANCA CASINO WILL BE HOLDING A FREE TRAINING COURSE FOR DEALERS COMMENCING IN SEPTEMBER 32324Please note that work permit holders will not be considered. VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

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ABOUT US: Founded in 2010, FamilyCare Medical Services is one of the largest private healthcare providers in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We offer a full range of primary and preventative healthcare services to thousands of residents and visitors yearly. We are currently expanding and innovating to serve our community in new and interesting ways. You are invited to join our small (approximately15 persons) but rapidly growing team during this exciting period. By developing our capacity within your area of expertise and partnering with others on the team, you will have the opportunity to help us build a world class service in new and interesting ways. We are evolving rapidly and invite you to join us during this exciting period.

ABOUT THE ROLE: We are looking for an Optometrist to join our rapidly growing team. This individual will be passionate about the company's mission, enthusiastic about the challenges confronting the organization, and dedicated to achieving its goal. The Optometrist will provide full scope care including optical, and contact lens services. health

RESPONSIBILITIES: • Perform excellent comprehensive eye exams to ensure flawless accuracy in taking measurements and diagnosing ocular conditions • Explain eye

apply to the Labour Board 32347 BETTYS RESTAURANT KEW TOWN Is

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Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $6.25 hourly. CONTACT: 245-2114 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour RenewalBoard.32345 ELEANOR INGHAM Over Back, Grand Turk Is seeking DOMESTICWORKER to work 5-6 days a week, salary is $6.25 per hour.HeightsMillennium BELONGERS ONLY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER CONTACT: RAYCAL HANDFIELD #649-241-2228 32352 WANTED Essence of Beauty Plus/ Raycal Handfield is looking for a MIXOLOGIST 5 years experience in a resort environment. Certificate of Mixology required. Commitment to delivering a high level of service to both Guests and Members. Passionate about mixology and industry trends. Ability to train and instruct Club Bartenders in raising their level of knowledge. Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail. Vast knowledge of wines, wine regions, and wine pairing. Effective communication skills are required. $10 per hour PASTRY CHEF Min 10 years experience. Certificate in culinary arts, pastry making & relevant fields. Proven experience as Pastry Chef with great passion and attention to detail and creativity. In-depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food prep, baking techniques, and dietary needs such as allergies and gluten-free. Must be willing to reside on the Cay for scheduled shifts. Good employment history and a clean Police Record are required. Salary 30k annual Thanks and warm regards. DUDLEYSHA FORBES Human Resources 1.888.286.7993/649-941-7011 Award Winning: Fodors Top 100 | Andrew Harper | Trip Advisor | Caribbean www.meridianclub.comJournal 32312 VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

September 3-9, 202234 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS TCI MARBLE AND GRANITE LTD. 32322 INTERESTED BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGE TO SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT POSITION IS BEING ADVERTISED FOR A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. APPLICATIONS FOR QUALIFIED TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. WE ARE WILLING TO TRAIN IF YOU ARE MOTIVATED TO LEARN THE TRADE! In search of a skilled person to work in stone fabrication Starting Salary $10.00 per hour. DUTIES: Must have 5 years experience and show proficiency with cutting and polishing natural and man made stone according to specifications and schedule Must be able to assist the foreman in charge at warehouse and on job sites Must be able to read blueprints, lay out job plans, operate all tools associated with stone fabrication, rally other coworkers and follow directions from supervisors. Please email resumes to accounts@tcimarbleandgranite.com or inquire in person. STONE FABRICATOR 6B Mechanical Crest, Rony Ellie Building Industrial Park, Is seeking to employ a GRACE BAY CAR RENTAL 32336 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER CONTACT: 649-441-8515 EMAIL: FRANTZ@GRACEBAYCARRENTALS.COM • Clean vehicles according to company standards or client specifications, performing detail inspections, thoroughly washing, buffing, and waxing exteriors, vacuuming, steaming, and deodorizing interiors, and keeping records related to gas levels and the condition of the vehicle. • Must have a valid driver’s license. • Must have 10 years’ experience Salary: $1020.66 bi-weekly • Must have 5 years’ experience • Identify the tire size and ply and inflate tire • Must be able to service vehicles to maintain functions accordingly • Remount wheels onto vehicles, install vehicles parts or accessories • Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicle using lugs • Replace wheels on balance machines to determine counters weights required to balance wheels. • Must be able to speak and write Salary:English.$7.25 per hour AUTO DETAILER TIRE TECH 1216 Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a 32320 Newly qualified teachers and experienced teachers are welcome to apply ALPHA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IS SEEKING QUALIFIED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS QUALIFICATIONS: • Must be a Christian Believer. • Hold a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Teaching (Secondary) • Associate Degree minimum requirement for Primary. • Be an enthusiastic and committed Primary Teacher to join a dedicated, wellestablished team of teachers within our successful school to • (Experience using the A Beka Curriculum a plus but not required) In fulfilling the requirements of the post, the successful candidates will demonstrate essential professional characteristics and in particular will: • Inspire trust and confidence in students, parents and colleagues. • Ensure consistent high quality curriculum delivery and learning outcomes for students. • Maintain high standards in planning, classroom delivery and the use of assessment. • Be committed to creating a stimulating, learning environment for the students. • Be ambitious about young children and their education. • Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school. Salary Range -$ 15,000K – 23,000K candidates should submit their resume to via email to: nicola.hanna@acaschool.org • Responsible for general cleaning of bakery equipment. • Make sure bakery is kept tidy at all times. • Packing of baking products for distribution. • Must be honest and have a pleasant attitude towards customers. • Must be willing to work from 4:00am-1:00pm (long hours). 5 days per week and sometimes weekends. • Salary: $6.75 Hourly BAMBARRA BAKERY Is looking for: ONE BAKERY DISCOUNT@TCIWAY.TCASSISTANTORFAX:946-4871 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position 32367

Preparing the workstation for the cook. Keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy at all times. Salary: $6.50 to seeking to tractor driving, general handiwork, tending to andploughing,livestock,plantingharvestingcrops.Salary:$6.25Hourly. 346-6566 are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. permit holder currently holds this position

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

PERIODICALS GRAPHICS PRODUCTION

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.

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ADVERTISING SPACE SALES PERSON

WRITERS/ PHOTO JOURNALIST

THE PUBLISHER DUNCANSON PUBLICATIONS LTD. EMAIL: TCNEWS@TCIWAY.TC NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Preferences will be given to Belonger and Legal Residents FORWARD APPLICATIONS TO: VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS 32334 SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES: • Collaborate with engineers, architects etc. to determine the specifications of the project. • Negotiate contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements. • Determine needed resources (manpower, equipment, and materials) from start to finish with attention to budgetary limitations. • Plan all construction operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met. • Acquire equipment and material and monitor stocks to timely handle inadequacies. • Hire contractors and other staff and allocate responsibilities. • Supervise the work of all construction team members and give guidance when needed. • Evaluate progress and prepare detailed progress reports. • Ensure adherence to all health and safety standards and report issues. REQUIREMENTS: • Proven experience as construction project manager, minimum 10 years’ experience managing projects greater then USD $15 MIL. • In-depth understanding of construction procedures and material and project management principles • Familiarity with quality and health and safety standards • Good knowledge of MS Office, MS Projects • Familiarity with construction/ project management software Procore and Blue Beam • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills • Excellent organizational and time-management skills • A team player with leadership abilities Salary: $2000/weekly NORSTARCONTACT:GROUP LTD. UNIT 2C COURTYARD Email:Pchaplin@norstargroup.tcPHONE:(649)PROVIDENCIALESPLAZA,941-3600 NORSTAR GROUP LTD. Unit 2C Courtyard Plaza, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOUR BOARD BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE 32326 BUTTERFIELD GOLD Assist Electrician Any other construction duties ROSIE’S DELIGHT RESTAURANT • Assist the chef by prepare the breakfast and lunch for hot counter. • Assist the chef by preparing various kinds of Native and Caribbean dishes. • Must be able work independently and may be called from time to time to help serve the customers • Staff must comply with the cleanliness of kitchen environment, in compliance with food safety handling procedures. Wages: starting from $8.00 per hour Only Belongers apply for these positions. Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department. Only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Submit applications to by October 11, 2022 Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department Town Center ProvidencialesMall Tel: Labour649-946-4211Commissioner, Labour TurksProvidencialesDepartment&CaicosIslands ONE (1) LABOURER ONE (1) COOK ALL POSITIONS HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS VILLA OMBRE LTD. 32344 CONTACT: (914) 406-9136 ONLY QUALIFIED BELONGERS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THIS IS FOR A NEW WORK APPLICATION. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: • House cleaning of all interior and exterior structures on property • Yard work • Laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing • cleaning windows • Oiling fixtures • Cleaning outdoor kitchen • Organizing all areas of the house • Sweep the house and all outdoor HOUSEKEEPER #5 Sanctuary Court, Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a grounds • Other housework • Maintain pools - 10 years’ experience with PENTAIR ELECTRONIC POOL SYSTEM) is a MUST Required to work 6 days a week (44 hours per week) Monthly salary: $4,000.00 Kindly forward resumes to: andTCIvillaproject@gmail.comLabourEmploymentServices. VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

FOR MAGAZINES AND OTHER

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.

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Turks

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.

September 3-9, 202236 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS SAURINA HAIR CENTER Down Town, Airport Rd., Spot Plaza, Bld.#17 Unit #1 Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 1-649-344-3138 32207 PEDICURIST Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this polishingpedicuresProfessionalpositionandtoes. Salary: $6.30 Hourly SID ROBINSON 112 Leeward Palms, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 231-2621 32196 COMMERCIALFISHERMAN Belongers are to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Uses equipment like nets, fishing rods, and traps, to catch fish and other marine life. Salary: $450.00 weekly SUMA INGHAM CONTACT: 243-3693 32203 BELONGERS ARE TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD RENEWAL Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door Salary:frames.$6.25Hourly LABOURER Bay Road, Wheeland Is seeking to employ a THE MANAGEMENTTUSCANYCOMPANY 32251 PLEASE APPLY VIA HR@THETUSCANYRESORT.COMEMAIL: Qualifications: At least a Bachelors degree or equivalent 3-5 years –experience in a similar capacity Skills: Knowledge in accounting packages Must have Competitivecommunicationgoodskillssalaryand benefits will be offered. ACCOUNTANT Is seeking to employ a THECONTACT:VENETIAN941-466732256 To work 6 days a Salaryweek,is $6.00 perGracehourBayIs seeking to employ a HOUSEKEEPER TRIPLE D’S MOBILE CLEANING SERVICE CONTACT: 342-4458 TRIPLEDSSERVICE03@GMAIL.COMOR 32195 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD General cleaning of houses, apartments, offices, etc. Sweeping, mopping, dusting, cleaning of windows, bathroom, kitchen and housework.other Salary: $6.50 Hourly DOMESTICWORKER Juba Sound Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 247-9212 32255 BELONGERS KINDLY SUBMIT A COPY OF RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. Duties: Chores,householdRegularmustbewilling To work a 6 day week. SALARY: $6.50 per hour DOMESTICWORKER ERIDANIA ROLLE Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 232-0906 32260 BELONGERS KINDLY SUBMIT A COPY OF RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THESE POSITIONS ARE HELD BY A WORK PERMIT Chores,Duties:HOLDERS.Regularhouseholdandkitchenduties. SALARY: $6.50 per hour 11WORKERDOMESTICKITCHENHELPER PATRIANNA SIMMONS Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 341-0355 322259 BELONGERS ARE ASKED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THIS IS A FIRST TIME WORKER PERMITDuties:APPLICATION.Helpthe cook, Clean Dishes, record all stocks used. SALARY: $6.50 per hour. KITCHENHELPER RACQUEL LEVY Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a WARESTON LEON STUBBS CONTACT: 649-231-6601 32212 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Set up equipment, run lines for power tools, erect scaffolding, lay out tools, mixing concrete, hand tools to workers, and cleaning work site. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONSTRUCTIONLABOURER Leeward Palms, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a CONVEY ANDERSON CAPRON 32250BELONGERS CAN APPLY! CONTACT: 649-247-0347 To assist in cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. To prepare and cook fresh meals for the household. Basic Salary: $6.25 hourly DOMESTIC WORKER Front Bay Road, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a GESSIE’S HAIR & BEAUTY LOUNGE 32244 JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY AND CALL +1649-343-4444 OR EMAIL ALL RESUMES/INQUIRIES DIRECTLY TO GHHAIRANDBEAUTYLOUNGE@GMAIL.COM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: 3+ Years of Experience, Excellent Customer Service Skills, Professional Certifications/ License and must be great with adults & kids’ hair and beauty services. SALARY: Commission Based BENEFITS: High Foot Traffic, Great Positive Culture/ Environment and Growth Opportunities. STYLING BOOTH & BARBER CHAIR RENTALS AVAILABLE PROFESSIONAL BARBERS HAIR STYLISTS NAILSPATECHNICIANSSPECIALIST is HIRING for the following vacant positions in Providenciales: TCI AUTO PARTS & CAR DEALER 32243FOR WORK-PERMIT HOLDERS CONTACT: (649) 346-5909 Test drives vehicles to ensure repairs are completed. Maintains inventory of replacement parts and equipment. Basic Salary: $7 per hour MECHANIC HELPER The Bight, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a DYNAMIC CONSTRUCTION 32267 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO LABOUR. THIS AD IS IN SUPPORT OF A WORK PERMIT RENEWAL CONTACT: 332-1831 Cut, position and blot steel bars into concrete Assemble steel columns for buildings tie foundationbeams/corners/ $8 hourly/6 days a week STEEL WORKER #57 Plantation Dr, Long Bay, Is seeking to employ a 32248 Notice of Appointment of Voluntary Liquidator Companies Ordinance 2017 Section 237 Notice is hereby given that WILLIAM STEVEN ROSS of M&S Trust Limited, Regent House, West, Regent Village, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands was appointed as the voluntary liquidator of KROSS LIMITED (solvent liquidation) on the 23rd day of August 2022. All enquiries should be directed to the voluntary liquidator’s attorney Miller Simons O’Sullivan, Regent House West, Regent Village, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turk and Caicos Islands for the attention of Jonathan Katan – jk@mslaw.tc, by 20th September 2022. KROSS LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) WARD’S CONSULTANCY 32257 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD. THESE POSITION IS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER YOSHI SUSHI BAR RESTAURANT #20 & 21 Saltmills Plaza Grace Bay Road, CONTACT: 941-3374 Perform domestic cleaning tasks like sweeping, mopping, cleaning tables. $8.00 p/h J & W CONSTRUCTION PO box 681 leeward hwy CONTACT: 234-4519 Install structures and fixtures, such as windows and molding. $15.00 p/h DOMESTICCARPENTERWORKER Acting on behalf of our client: STEEL UNLIMITED Mary Jane, Blue Hills, CONTACT: 341-4502 Fabricates, alters, repairs, and maintains walls, bathroom showers and sink etc. $8.00 per hour MASON READY TO GO Butterfield Square CONTACT: 964-8583 do manual labor tasks & help coworkers. $$11.50 p/r LABOURER

September 3-9, 2022 37CLASSIFIEDSTURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS HOUSEKEEPER Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing. Ensuring all rooms inspected according to standards. Salary: $6.25 Hourly CONTACT: 348-4537 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32353 ISLAND TURQUOISE RENTAL Blue Hills, HighwayMillennium#145 Is seeking to employ aDOMESTICWORKER Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 Hourly. CONTACT: 346-8707 Belongers are to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. Renewal 32346 IDI GARDINER Phase #1, Blue Hills Is seeking LABOURER Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 347-1124 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32348 GIORDANI PHANOR Over Back, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a TITLE NUMBER SECTION ISLAND 61105/75 LONG BAY PROVIDENCIALES

Whereas, H., THOMAS BELL, Personal Representative of the Estate of William Reed Bell III, has declared that the Land Certificate for the abovementioned title number issued in the name of WILLIAM REED BELL III was inadvertently mislaid and cannot be found. Take notice that I, NICHOLAS ARCULUS, 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.

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. full-time installer required for high-end Interior Design firm. DUTIES window treatments both

An Application, REGISTERED PR 16297

NOTICE 32317 DESIGN STUDIO IS SEEKING A SUITABLE QUALIFIED APPLICANT TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITION: 32245 POSITION SUMMARY: Self-motivated

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Rufus W. Ewing & Dawn A. Perry - Ewing for the development of Five Story Medical Cline & School of Medicine Has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on parcels 60804/147, Leeward Going Through, Providenciales.

manual and electronic • Accuracy with measuring • Demonstrate manual dexterity and lift or carry heavy loads from containers • Able to read and understand installation manuals and be able to carry out the assembly of all types of furniture pieces • Must be fluent in English • Applicant must have a valid TCI Driver’s License and hold a good driving record PERMANENT,INSTALLERFULLTIME • Applicant must have their own vehicle. • Must be a team player while still being able to command respect from his coworkers • Candidate must be able to work evenings and weekends • Must have own tools Qualified candidates should email their CV to design@designstudio.tc or hand deliver to unit B105 Regent Village, Grace Bay 649-941-4848 Salary: $9.50 per hour. This position is currently held by a work permit holder. The closing date for application is September 11, 2022. All applicants should also send a copy of their application to the department of labor and employment services. Please note only people short-listed for interview will be contacted. EASYWAY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 32266 BELONGER ARE ENCOURAGE TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOR BOARD. THESE POSITION ARE NEW OR HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER ANTOINE J. SINTIL - 343-6068 Kew Town # 88 $350.00 weekly Caring for my son, bath, feed & monitor him and light house keeping SERGE PIERRE - 231-3171 Glass Shack #88 $800.00 biweekly Cleaning the house, making beds, wash, cook and iron & caring for my autism daughter J & V CONSTRUCTION - 231-3469 Millennium Height # 89 $400.00 weekly Laying tiles and grout out ALINE BONAMY - 343-8090 Snake Hills $380.00 weekly pick up waste, wash doors & windows, cut grass, water flowers & keep property clean at all timesBABYSITTERDOMESTICWORKER TILELABOURMAN ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT DORINE SHARLINE BOTTEX 345-3206 Kew Town # 96 $300.00 Cleaning the house, making beds, wash, cook and iron DOMESTIC WORKER JOB OPPORTUNITY !!! 32337 ANTOINE J. SINTIL TEL: 343-6068 Kew Town # 88 $350.00 weekly Caring for my son, bath, feed & monitor him and light housekeeping J & V TEL:CONSTRUCTION231-3469 Millennium Height # 89 $400.00 weekly Laying tiles and grout out ALINE BONAMY TEL: 343-8090 Snake Hills $380.00 weekly pick up waste, wash doors & windows, cut grass, water flowers & keep property clean at all times DORINE SHARLINE BOTTEX TEL: 345-3206, Kew Town # 96 $300.00 Cleaning the house, making beds, wash, cook and iron SERGE PIERRE TEL: 231-3171 Glass Shack #88 $800.00 bi-weekly Cleaning the house, making beds, wash, cook and iron & caring for my autism daughter BABYSITTER TILEMAN LABOURDOMESTIC WORKERDOMESTIC WORKER BELONGER ARE ENCOURAGE TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO LABOR BOARD. THESE POSITION ARE NEW OR HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDER

Dated this15th day of August, 2022 NICHOLAS REGISTRARARCULUSOFLANDS

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THESE ADVERTS ARE FOR WORK PERMIT RENEWAL. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL RESUME’S TO HR@THESOURCE.TC AND DROP OFF A COPY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. THE SOURCE LTD 203 Venture House, Grace Bay, Providenciales 32311

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HANDY MAN The successful candidate will work closely with the villa manager and is expected to assist with the daily general upkeep and maintenance of the villa. should possess the following experience & qualifications: Assist with light housekeeping and grounds cleaning be physically fit and able to lift and carry 50lbs or more. be willing to work flexible and long hours (weekends & especially holidays) be able to work within a team and be willing to perform other duties to assist other staff as required. with carrying watersports equipment to and from the beach and must be able to swim confidently. custodial duties such as sweeping, raking the grounds, raking the beach, garbage removal driver’s license is essential as there will be a large element of errand running. Ability to take direction and show initiative. must be extremely well presented, have a sunny demeanor, and have a good command of English. have a clean police record position pays $9.00 per hour.

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September 3-9, 202238 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS EASYWAY EMPLOYEMENT SERVICES 32341 MERCUS & HUGUETTE JOAZILE Tel: 348-7405 Five Cays # 85 Cleaning the house, making beds, wash, cook and iron $350.00 FERNANDE & KOMMALAPATISUDARSANAHTel:332-6713 95 Celestials, Wheeland Caring for my son, prepare his meals, feed & bath him, monitor him, wash, iron, cook and clean the house $6.50 hourly BREEZETel:CONSTRUCTION347-4646 Bay Road, Blue Hills To carry out and assist continuous maintenance work, painting apartment interior & exterior $6.50 hourly L.J CONSTRACTING SERVICES Kew Town # 48, Tel: 331-8546 To carry out and assist continuous maintenance work, painting apartment interior & exterior $ 350.00 GUERLINE GUERRIER Tel: 347-8975 The Bight # 82 Caring for my son and new born, monitor new born, make bottles, prepare meals, feed & bath him, change diapers, ensure a safe environment for child at all times $350.00 DOMESTIC WORKER BABYSITTERLABOURER LABOURER DOMESTIC WORKER ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: • Fabricate and assemble structural and functional components of refrigeration system, using hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment. • Lift and align components into position, using hoist or block and tackle. • Observe and test system operation, using gauges and instruments. • Test lines, components, and connections for leaks. • Install wiring to connect components to an electric power source. • Adjust valves according to specifications and charge system with proper type of refrigerant by pumping the specified gas or fluid into the system. • Mount compressor, condenser, and other components in specified locations on frames, using hand tools and acetylene welding equipment. • Performs planned maintenance, regular servicing, and repairs to refrigeration equipment of all types, sizes, and temperature ranges. • Coordinates work schedules with other departments and shops in order to keep inconvenience to a minimum. REQUIREMENTS: • 4- 5years experience in related field of work • Knowledge of the HVAC or refrigeration tools, materials, and test equipment. • Knowledge of repair, maintenance, and installation techniques. • Skill in reading and understanding schematics. • Skill in analyzing HVAC or refrigeration malfunctions from performance and test equipment readings and determining appropriate repairs. • Skill in both verbal and written communication. Salary for this position will commensurate with qualification and experience. SUNNY FOODS BLUE HILLS Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. Phone: 941-8112 Is seeking to Employee an : REFRIGERATION MECHANIC Email:Sanjay@alliedcaribbean.net This Position is for work permit renewal interested Belongers are encouraged to submit a copy of the resume to the Labour Department. 32329 ROOM INSPECTOR A Room Inspector is required to work in a luxury villa. The successful candidate must possess the following qualities & experience: • Must have experienced as a Room Inspector/Housekeeper at a Five Star Hotel/Luxury Villa with a high level of attention to detail. • Applicant must inspect the cleanliness of all rooms prior and post guest arrival • Must list and itemize lost and found items • Be willing to work flexible hours including holidays, weekends, and evenings • Must be reliable and trustworthy and energetic • Handles guest complaints and queries • Applicant must be willing to look after the household when owners are absent • Possess excellent command of English • Controls waste of any product or linen. • Must be a non-smoker CANDIDATE MUST ALSO • Perform general housekeeping duties including laundry. • In the absence of guest must be willing to assist with cleaning and general maintenance • Must be willing and to work well with the team • Must have a clean police record • Starting salary for this position is $1,500.00 per month.

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September 3-9, 2022 39CLASSIFIEDSTURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS BODYMECHANICWORK -$10 HOURLY Repair and replace car interior and exterior parts. CONTACT: 231-4681 Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32265 GUST MOTORS Airport Road, Down Town Is seeking to employ a Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position

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FROZEN FOOD PICKERS/ STOCKERS able to reach,stretch,bend,and walk during work hours to stand for long periods of time in the Freezer Environment (minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 23 degree Celsius) Ability to lift 50 pounds. on work nights, weekends, and holidays. to multitask, prioritize, and manages time efficiently. star at $6.25 per hour. by the work permit holders and for first time work permit.

CORE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Ensures the growth and profitability of the Company within risk parameters as established by the Board of Directors (2) Oversees the strategic and daily operations of core and supporting areas of the business and ensures the effective management of risk, quality, time and cost. (3) Ensures the growth in profitability of the Company within risk parameters as established by the Board of Directors (4) Implements, monitors and reviews Company policies, and operating processes and procedures where necessary, and in a timely manner. (5) Ensures that all departments within the Company operate efficiently and effectively, in accordance with industry standards, processes and procedures, with a view to maintaining the lowest fixed cost per disbursed loan in the industry. (6) Prepares and submits monthly reports, financials, and other information to the Board of Directors, in an efficient and timely manner. (7) Manages relationships with key clients, partners and vendors. (8) Ensures that all stakeholders are aligned and informed of strategic issues impacting the business. (9) Represents the business as a liaison to the media, regulators, industry associations, and other agencies, as required. (10) Fulfils any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

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SALARY: $48,000.00 yearly plus other allowances JOB TITLE: Loans Managing Director Board of Directors, Services, 6 Parade Ave, Butterfield Square, Providenciales, TCI - email: hr@ncsfsg.com. The application deadline is September 06, 2022. candidates will be contacted for an interview. delivery. Track inventory levels. Forklift and ensure that facility equipment is properly maintained. and collaborate with other team members. guide and evaluate new warehouse workers. start at $7.50 per hour. by the work permit holder. and other documents. vendors and collects Data related to goods and services. and maintains system for purchasing department using Thyme Software. other duties as assigned. start at $11.00 per hour by the work permit holder. and preparing meats for sale. maintaining tools and equipment. and products. quality inspections on meats and other products. start at $7.50 per hour. by the work permit holders. FOOD PICKER SUPERVISOR the manager as needed including, but not limited to: supervise staff, fulfilling customer special orders/requests; writing replenishment orders and placing new items into category sets in product delivery; receiving, unloading, rotation and storage able to reach, stretch, bend, and walk during work hours to stand for long periods of time in the Freezer Environment(minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 23 degree Celsius) Ability to lift 50 pounds. on work nights, weekends, and holidays. to multitask, prioritize, and manages time efficiently. Wages star at $6.25 per hour. Held by the work permit holder.

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QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE: (a) Have Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of experience in a senior management position, within a Micro-Finance or credit-based organization (b) Experience writing and implementing policies and procedures related to micro-finance business operations (c) Experience in micro-loan collections and arrears management (d) Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and business development (e) Keen understanding of the business’ core and support functions including but not limited to Credit, Money Services, Finance, Operations, HR Management, and Information Technology (IT) (f) Working knowledge of data analysis and performance/operations metrics (g) Working knowledge of IT/Business infrastructure and MS Office (h) Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or relevant field, from a recognized tertiary institution.

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TILE Install materials on floors, walls, ceilings, countertops. Level the surface with a layer of mortar or plywood. Salary: $8.00 Hourly B Dock. Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 232-3465 32222 Ave, Whitby NC (RENEWAL)CARETAKER Rate: $1,200.00 per Description:month Assist with medication,bathing,cooking Rate: $6.50 hr Description: Cleaning House, washing clothes – 246-7382 are encourages to apply 32270

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training of Llumar film coatings. • Must have certified installation training in residential and commercial film coatings. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Proficient in Microsoft office applications. • Able to speak a second language. • Experience working in the construction industry. GRACE BAY PAINT & SUPPLY LTD. Is seeking a qualified individual for the following position. Only candidate who meet minimum qualifications and requirements will be considered. Applicants may be required to pass a written skills test. Qualified Turks Belongers are encouraged to submit a copy of their resume to the Labour Department. COATING SPECIALIST Applications can be submitted directly to dylan@gracebaypaintandsupply.com or in person at 1216 Leeward Hwy. CONTACT: 649-441-8515 32228 VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS

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RESPONSIBILITIES: This position is responsible for supporting the customer service and sales offers at Grace and Supply Ltd. Through specialized knowledge of coating products and their The ideal candidate will be able to fluently educate customers on the benefits of each coating and translate of using these products. This candidate must also have prior certification, experience, and factory-sponsored training with the installation of specialized coating, including Llumar film coatings. This person must also be able to accurately coating schedules, and properly install Llumar film coatings. This position is also seeking to expand sales of products in new customer markets. Customer service skills, including problem solving and dealing with difficult situations. Must be able to write and speak in English fluently and have good written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to retrieve material from shelves and carry up to 50 lbs. Must be able to operate a computer and point of sale system and communicate via the telephone. Must have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation. Must be proficient in mathematics with ability to and prior factory-sponsored

September 3-9, 202240 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS CONSTRUCTIONWILLIAMS 2 LABOURERS - $7.00 Hourly Cleaning the property TILE LAYER -$14 Hourly Install materials on floors, walls, , etc. Level the surface with a layer of mortar or plywood. HERBERT SAINT CYR LABOURER -$10.00 Hourly Cleaning the property RONA PETROCHARLES LABOURER - $10.00 Hourly Cleaning the property CHARLES BARBER SHOP BARBER Cutting, shampooing,trimming,and styling hair, trimming beards. J&W CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN Install and maintain wiring, control, and lighting systems. C & J CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of Belongers only/Renewal 32236 UPHOLSTERYTROPICANA Windsor Plaza, Leeward Highway. Seeking LABOURER - $9.00 hourly Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. BACK SALINA Grand Turk DOMESTIC WORKER -$7.00 hourly Sweeping, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, and other work necessary. CARPENTER -$10.00 hourly Follow blueprints and building plans. Install windows and molding. Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other Salary:materials$6.25 Hourly CONTACT: 649-244-7033 Belongers only apply. Renewal 32261 Performing a variety of cleaning activities such as sweeping, mopping, dusting and polishing. Ensuring all rooms inspected according to standards. Salary: $6.25 Hourly. TCI SECRETARIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE Blue Hills. Is seeking to employ a HOUSEKEEPER CONTACT: 346-1153 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position 32223 ONE (1) DECKHAND To load/ off load barge Workdays Monday- Saturday Salary: (PositionBasiccurrently held by work permit holder) ONE (1) LABOURER To work Monday- Saturday Salary: (PositionBasiccurrently held by work permit holder) ONE (1) ENGINEER ( BOAT MECHANIC) To maintain vessels engines Starting salary: $2,000.00 ONE (1) WELDER To work Monday – Saturday Welding work on company vessels Starting salary: $2,000.00 LEW 1 SHIPPING 20 Honour Lane Downtown Providenciales. Ph: 941-5707. Seeks the following: 32247

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Help the patient get dressed, eat, bathe and complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes or folding laundry. Plan, prepare and monitor meals. Run errands, remind patients of medications. Salary: $6.25 Hourly CONTACT: 345-0350

Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32274 C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Acting on behalf of JEANNE ROSALENE HALL-CHACHA Five Cays Is seeking to employ CLEANER Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 231-0801 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board Renewal 32271 C & S

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

9. Provides supervision and oversight for staff and consultants. 10. Provides individualized consulting to small business clients.

Interested persons should submit a resume, along with their contact information, cover letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate, and a copy of the Passport photo Applicationspage. can be submitted by courier or delivered directly to Invest Turks and Caicos at Unit 2D, Courtyard Plaza, Providenciales, Turks, and Caicos Islands, prior to the deadline. The application should be addressed to The CEO – of Invest Turks and Caicos and envelopes should have the words “Director – Entrepreneurial Development” clearly marked on the front. Alternatively, applications can be emailed to dastwood@investturksandcaicos.tc

1. Completed Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four (4) year university with a major in business administration, public administration or related field; MBA preferred. 2. Four (4) years of related experience with at least two (2) years of management/supervisory experience. Salary: per annum based on qualifications and experience.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

3. Develops contracts and partnerships to generate additional income, including identifying and developing grant applications.

5. Fosters positive working relationships with public and private sector Stakeholders and their staff, ensuring they are aware of Invest TCI services available to the micro, small and medium community and, as necessary, advocating on behalf of micro, small and medium owners and new entrepreneurs.

1. General economic development issues. Micro, small and medium operations. Effective marketing. Budget development and monitoring. Fiscal report preparation. Principles of supervision, training and practices of personnel management. Community resources available to micro, small and medium. Standard managerial policies and procedures in operating an organization. Provide leadership. 10. Identify funding opportunities. Write effective grants. 12. Deal with the unexpected. 13. Network with the community; speak to the public. Administer the policies of the TCIG related to the operation of Invest TCI. Supervise and evaluate employees. Communicate effectively orally and in writing. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with government, bankers, business and industry representatives. Work with the diverse MSME population, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, ethnic backgrounds and disabilities of the community.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Acting on behalf of KEVINS QUALITY CLEANING Industrial Park Is seeking to employ a DOMESTICHELPER Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $7 hourly. CONTACT: 232-3487 Belongers only apply Renewal 32275 VALERIA D MISSICK 198 LONG BAY HILLS, LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a

Under the general supervision of the CEO, the Executive Director responsible for small business support will be required to manage all aspects of small business support including creating and administering annual budgets; ensuring agreed milestones are achieved; preparing fiscal reports; overseeing staff; identifying and networking with partner agencies; and providing technical assistance to new and existing business owners.

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1. Plans, coordinates, and evaluates resources in a manner that will ensure comprehensive service delivery to the micro, small and medium community in TCI.

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2. In conjunction with the CEO, develops annual budget.

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7. Provides liaison between the college, chambers of commerce and other agencies involved in micro, small and medium assistance and economic development.

8. Represents and is an advocate on behalf of the micro, small and medium community to public and private institutions and organizations.

The deadline date for applications is September 2, 2022, Turks, and Caicos time.

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Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 347-7813 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32264

6. Provides direct communication and creates an on-going working relationship with financial institutions, legal and trade associations, private consulting firms, and micro, small and medium associations.

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Daily organization of the worksite, and will be in direct contact with contractors working on site. Conduct weekly site meetings with customer and contractors to discuss progress of works, planning, and corrective actions if necessary. Salary: $800.00 Weekly CONTACT: 333-3696 Belongers only 32263 PRECISION

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DIRECTOR – ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORTING TO: CEO COORDINATORSITE BUILDERS LTD. Leeward Highway. Seeking TCI KING OF BURGERS Mary Lou Yard, The Bight Is seeking to employ a COOK sandwiches,Cookingburgersetc. Salary: $8.00 Hourly CONTACT: 341-3426 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32220

12. Delivers presentations about Invest TCI and/ or specific topics to classes, community organizations, financial institutions, government entities, and others.

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13. Participates on committees appropriate to promote the agenda of Invest TCI. Participates in Regional and International MSME conferences and meetings within budgetary allocations. Develops and/or coordinates a marketing plan, including social media and other electronic marketing, of Invest TCI’s small business services and programs. Develops and implements appropriate evaluation procedures to ensure the quality of services delivered. Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

The subject line in the email should read “Director –Entrepreneurial Development.” We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

September 3-9, 202242 CLASSIFIEDS TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS NOTICEPUBLIC TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER STATUS APPLICATION ( SECTION 4(3) OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDER STATUS ORDINANCE) Take notice that I, Nigel Dakin, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands in exercise of the powers conferred in me by Section 6(4) of the Turks and Caicos Islander Status Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Turks and Caicos Islander Status to Shauna Sherona Smith-Wilsonby virtue of marriage to a Turks and Caicos Islander. DOMESTICWORKER Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.25 Hourly CONTACT: 242-1964 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board Renewal 32273 C & S SERVICESPROFESSIONAL Acting on behalf of CONSTRUCTIONR.C.N.M Five Cays Is seeking to employ CAR ATTENDANTWASH To join our team. In this position, you will wash each customer’s car based on the package they purchase; this can be range from a quick external wash to a full detailing. Salary: $7.50 Hourly CONTACT: 649-345-0006 Belongers only 31906 SWANN’S CAR WASH Kew Town. Looking for a JOB DESCRIPTION: • Must have strong communication skills in English and Spanish • Ability to translate documents from Spanish to English • Experience with computers with high importance on the following software - Excel, Word, HR Plus • Oversee and implement the development, application, and communication of policies, guidelines, and procedures that support the growth of the business • Managing communication with oversea contacts • Support and Assist upper management • Oversee, support and implement policies and procedures • Assist performance management policies • Outstanding organizational and time-management abilities • Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude • Strong ethics and reliability • Self Motivated • Good Analytical Skills • Excellent numeracy skills EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION: • Bachelor's Degree in Business or similar • 10+ years Experience Salary range $3500.00 to $4500.00 per month Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience Interested and qualified persons should submit an application to Russell and Associates (2004) Ltd., 229 Prestige Place, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands or contact us via email: delthia@russellandassocaitesltd.com; Telephone: 649-244-3572. Applicants are also encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Department of Labour and Employment Services on or before 1ST September 2022. Only short-listed persons will be contacted. On Behalf of our Client WARATAH CONSTRUCTION We are seeking to employ: PERSONNEL OFFICER 32193 CASHIER Greets customers, receive payment by cash, checks and credit cards, Issue receipts, and change due to customers. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 649-241-5563 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. Renewal 32158 PRINCE CONSTRUCTIONALBERT 52 Tropical St., Lower Bight Road, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! THE LARGEST READERSHIP IN THE TURKS & CAICOS 32246 A luxury villa company is looking to employ a Senior Property Manager whose key responsibility is, to ensure that the department of 20 is managed and maintained to an appropriate standard and cost effective. SENIOR PROPERTY MANAGER His or her job description includes but is not limited to the following: • Arranging for contracts for maintenance, trash removal, landscaping, security, and other ongoing services. • Good interpersonal communication both verbal and written • Investigating and resolving property issues • Knowledge of Inspecting properties, managing, and training • Liaising with owners regarding their specific requirements and updating them • Managing the procurement process • Managing disputes with service providers where appropriate • Must have both technical skills and construction knowledge in the building of a residence. • Overseeing all aspects of running the department • Participating in budget discussions • Prepare regular status reports on maintenance & projects. • Providing supervision for the team along with leadership and assistance throughout their daily activities • Planning and managing improvement projects Renumeration for this position starts at $60,000.00. Interested persons are asked to email their CV to luxuryvillarentalstci@gmail.com.

September 3-9, 2022 43CLASSIFIEDSTURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS BEVERLY GERVAIS Black Crow Road, Kew Town Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 341-3680 32205 DOMESTICWORKER Belongers are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Sweeping the house, mopping the floor, clean bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, living room, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other Salary:housework.$6.25hourly VACANCY 32200 CARINE GARDINER 121 South Dock ProvidencialesHighway231-9717 Seek to renew work permit Duties: Caring for tools, cleaning premises. Wages: $6.50 an hour WIDELINE FERVIL James Apartments #1 Leeward Cleaning,ProvidencialesHighwayRenewalironing,cooking and Wages:washing.$6.50an hour DOMESTICLABOURERWORKER CLAUDIUSCLAUDIMENEJOSEPH CONTACT: 343-1144 32213 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY TO THE LABOUR BOARD Ensuring a Salary:preparingenvironment,safeandgivingmeals,bathinganddressingchildren,administeringmedicine,doinghousework,andetc.$6.25Hourly BABYSITTER Bible St., Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CURVINA DELANCY CONTACT: 247-7591 32214 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Ensuring a safe environment, preparing and giving meals, bathing and dressing children,Salary:disciplininghousework,medicine,administeringdoingandchildrenwhennecessary.$6.25hourly BABYSITTER Dove Close #24, Apt #5, Kew Town Is seeking to employ a DA CONCH SHACK CONTACT: 946-8877 32206 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND A COPY OF THEIR RESUME TO THE LABOUR BOARD Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. Salary: $7.00 hourly LABOURER #51 Bay Road, Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a DOCUWIN CONTACT: 347-4578 32258 THIS POSITION IS HELD BY A WORK-PERMIT HOLDER. Provide manual LabourBasiconassistancesite.salary: $10.00 per hour CONSTRUCTIONLABOURER Acting on behalf of JMC Construction, Five Cays Is seeking to employ a GEORGE CONTACT:FORBESCHRISTOPHER243-6890 32210 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and door frames. To work 5 day a week. Salary: $6.50 hourly LABOURER Kew, North Caicos Is seeking to employ a GOOD TASTE CONTACT: 345-5113 32211 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Setting up workstations with all needed ingredients and cooking equipment. Preparing ingredients to use in cooking chopping and peeling vegetables, cutting meat etc. Cooking food in various utensils or grillers. Salary: $8.00 Hourly COOK Five Cays Is seeking to employ a GRACE BAY CONTACT:WATERSPORTS332-1280 32202 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Working on boats, Jet Ski, $8.00 Hourly Responsible for the safe operation of the vessel and ensuring that it is operated and crewed according to both company and legal guidelines. $10.00 Hourly BOATMECHANICCAPTAIN #5B SEAGRAPE DRIVE, LONG BAY Is seeking to employ a HUGH ADAMS CONTACT: 341-9741 32197 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. $6.50 Hourly Cleaning outside the property with a sweeper, picking up yard waste and collecting leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. $6.50 Hourly DOMESTICLABOURERWORKER Discovery Bay Is seeking to employ a JEAN ET VARIETYVIRGINIASTORE CONTACT: 342-5808 32204 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Cleaning property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. $6.25 Hourly Stocking and supplying designated facility areas, dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, restroom cleaning etc. $6.25 Hourly LABOURERCLEANER South Dock Rd. Is seeking to employ a J.M.A BEAUTY SALON CONTACT: 247-1776 32194 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. Massage the body to provide treatment for medical conditions, injuries, or wellness conditioning,provideShampooing$8.00maintenance.Hourlyandstylinghair,hairtreatments,deeppermanents,coloring,andweaving.$8.00Hourly HAIRDRESSERTHERAPISTMASSAGE The Bight Is seeking to employ a JOANEL CHARLES/ JOANEL TAILOR SHOP CONTACT: 347-3638 32208 BELONGER ONLY APPLY RENEWAL Fit and study garments on customers to determine required alterations. Sew garments, using needles and thread or sewing machines. Measure parts such as sleeves, and mark or pinfold alteration lines. Salary: $7.00 Hourly TAILOR The Bight, Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a LIGHTBOURNE CONTACT:SERVICESCOMPUTERLTD.649-232-3544 32209 BELONGERS ARE ENCOURAGED 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 Salary:doorframes.$6.25Hourly LABOURER 17 Quartz Rd., Millennium Heights, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a LUCCERNE JOSEPH Blue Hills Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 246-3959 31781 BABYSITTER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this Salary:preparingEnsuringpositionasafeenvironment,andgivingmeals,bathinganddressingchildren,administeringmedicine,doinghousework,andetc.$6.25Hourly MARIE NOELLE ARIZA-ST ELOI Lower Bight Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 342-6583 32201 HELPER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and Salary:doorframes.$6.25Hourly MAYAA LTD 32249 CONTACT: TRACY PARKER 649-241-5286 OR ACOOLGRAY@HOTMAIL.COMEMAIL: Must have at least 3-5 years working experience in cigars industry. Must have Knowledge of all the cigars To Maintain and sell the cigars. Salary: $6.25 per hour Monday To Saturday SALESMANCIGAR Regent village, Gracebay Is seeking to employ a M.S CONTACT:CONSTRUCTION649-333-088 32215 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Read Plans install fixtures, cabinets, windows and hang doors.. $8.00 Hourly Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and doorframes. $6.25 Hourly CARPENTERHELPER 1B TDMG Building, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a MW MAINTENANCE CONTACT: (649) TADDERLEY@ICLOUD.COMEMAIL:241-4678 32249WORK PERMIT RENEWAL To work 5 days a week including some weekends and holidays. Salary $8.00 per hour LABOURER Is seeking to employ a OCEAN CLUB RESORTS 32253 POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD BY WORK PERMIT HOLDERS WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS FOR OCTOBER 1, ROOMGARDENER2022JANITORLABOURERATTENDANT(HOUSEKEEPER)POOLANDBEACHATTENDANT is looking for qualified applicants for the following PUERETON JOSUSIA HIGGS Leeward Highway Is seeking to employ a CONTACT: 242-0424 32199 LABOURER Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board A work permit holder currently holds this position Cleaning outside the property with sweeper, pick up yard waste and collect leaves, dispose of trash, clean windows, and Salary:doorframes.$6.25Hourly Q & S CONTACT:CONSTRUCTION332-1787 31791 RENEWAL, BELONGER WILL BE GIVEN FIRST PREFERENCE. To servicing, cleaning the building attentively by sweeping and scrubbing, vacuuming and mopping. Repairs equipment, bathroom, repair broking furniture, ensure all service requests are completed on a daily basis. Salary: $7.50 Hourly MAINTENANCEWORKER Juba Sound Is seeking to employ a RASHARDS CLEANING CONTACT: 342-0255 32198 BELONGER ONLY APPLY Stocking and Mustceilingsweeping,designatedsupplyingfacilityareas,dusting,vacuuming,mopping,cleaningvents,restroomcleaningetc.bewillingtowork5daysaweek. Salary: $1,200 monthly 3 CLEANERS #41A Discovery Bay, Providenciales Is seeking to employ a SANYAH - ROSE MINNIS 32252 CONTACT: SANYAHMINNIS.14@GMAIL.COM1-649-246-3251 anSalary:$6.25Hour BABYSITTERLABORER/ Apt #6 Aviation IsProvidencialesDriveTCIseekingtoemploya

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JOSEPHSKIPPINGSARTHUR South Dock, Providenciales Tel: 1-649-242-9087 is seeking a: DOMESTICWORKER

Basic Salary: $7.00 hourly LABOURER Kewtown, Providenciales, Is seeking to employ a (1) LABOURER

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To keep the employer yard clean on a daily basis etc. Hours of work are 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday. Salary: $6.50 Hourly. Belongers are encouraged to apply.

LUILLI GUZMAN LEEWARD HIGHWAY Is seeking to employ a CARPENTER

Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $6.50 Hourly CONTACT: 245-2849 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32351

Cleaning the house, laundering sheets, towels and personal clothing and other housework. Salary: $7.00 Hourly CONTACT: 244-0953 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board. A work permit holder currently holds this position 32354 WILLIAMSPATRICE

Drinking two or more cups of black tea a day is associated with lower risk of death from all causes.

Follow blueprints and building plans. Install structures and fixtures. Measure, cut, or shape wood, plastic, and other materials. Salary: $8.00 Hourly CONTACT: 332-6772 Belongers are encouraged to apply to the Labour Board 32365

SAMUEL STUBBS 32314

URBAN CONSTRUCTION AIRPORT ROAD Is seeking to employ a

Email:Sanjay@alliedcaribbean.net Belongers are encouraged to the Labour Department. 321319 A WARM cup of tea in your favourite mug can seem to heal the soul -- and a new study finds it may be good for your body, too. Drinking two or more cups of black tea a day is associated with lower risk of death from all causes, according to the study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine. The study looked at nearly 500,000 men and women ages 40 to 69 years old who participated in the UK Biobank, which houses

Palm Grove, Grand Turk Is seeking to employ a 941-8112

CONTACT: 649-241-0524 To clean property, pick up yard waste and collect leaves. To assist in disposing of trash, clean windows, and door frames.

This Position is for work permit renewal interested

Study reveals how drinking two or more cups of black tea a day could affect your longevity in-depth genetic and health information, between 2006 and 2010. The database included information participants reported about their own tea drinking habits, such as frequency and what they added to their cup, according to the study. Some participants didn’t drink black tea at all, but since the data came from the United Kingdom, there also were plenty of people who drank it regularly -- and some who drank up to 10 cups a day, said lead study author Maki Inoue-Choi, an epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute in theTheUS. Biobank followed up about 10 years after the original survey, and researchers found that people who drank two or more cups of tea daily in the interim were less likely to have died from causes such as cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and stroke, according to the study.The research is an exciting look into tea drinking habits, but there is still more work that needs to be done before recommending dietary changes, said Howard Sesso, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Sesso was not involved in the study.

“The authors tried to control for other dietary factors, but tea drinkers typically differ from non-tea drinkers in other ways that would likely weaken these findings. We really need more randomised clinical trials testing tea intake,” Sesso said in an email. For many tea drinkers, the process of making their tea is crucial.What temperature does the water need to be? Do you take it black? Do you add milk? Sugar? How much? If you can’t imagine taking your tea black, don’t worry just yet. There was no significant reduction in health benefits for those who CONTINUED

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timescales longer than about 1,000 years because the global “conveyor belt” of ocean circulation turns over on that timescale. Oxygen isotopes in that water reflect ocean surface temperature, and by extension global climate, because water with the heavier isotope oxygen-18 is a bit harder to evaporate than water with oxygen-16; when the sea is warmer and there’s more evaporation, oxygen-18 builds up in the Thisoceans.isotope buildup is calibrated to temperature, but that calibration requires knowing ocean salinity and how much water is locked up in ice caps.

“The global [oxygen isotope] curve… has always had this semihidden uncertainty due to the dual influences of temperature and ice volume that we can now resolve using clumped isotopes,” said Sierra Petersen of the University of Michigan, who was not involved in Meckler’s study.

SIGNS OF WEIRD OCEAN CIRCULATION Meckler’s team also uncovered large, multi-million-year swings in ocean-bottom temperature. They found surprisingly cool temperatures 55 million years ago, sandwiched between super-warm temperatures 57 and 52 million years ago. Meckler told Ars she was “very puzzled” by such large temperature swings, with cool temperatures showing up shortly after a well-known global warming event called the “Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum” or “PETM.”

Enlarge / Isotopes in sediment cores like these can provide indications of past temperatures.

Benthic foram oxygen isotopes have been a mainstay of ancient global climate studies, with the latest most detailed record extending back 60 million years. Deep ocean temperatures reflect ocean surface temperatures over added milk or sugar, according to the Thatstudy.doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the healthiest way to drink tea, though. Inoue-Choi said health experts strongly encourage limiting sugar and the saturated fats like those in milk.Should you change your drinkingAlthoughhabits?it’s hard to say for sure from the research so far, Inoue-Choi said there are some good reasons why black tea might be so beneficial. “There are multiple possible mechanisms,” she said. “Tea is rich in bioactive compounds ... They have the potential to decrease oxidated stress and inflammation. That could protect against health conditions such as cancer and heartTheredisease.”has been plenty of research on the health benefits of green Observationaltea. studies, like one from 2013, suggest that it could slow the growth of precancerous legions, while a 2014 study found that green tea consumption is associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline.Both black and green tea come from variations of the same plant, camellia sinensis, but little research before now has looked into the impacts of drinking black tea, Inoue-Choi said.Because of the lack of research, it may not be time to add black tea into your daily routine just yet, she added. “Our findings may provide reassurance to people who already drink tea every day, but we don’t recommend making decisions about whether people start drinking tea or change how much they are drinking right now,” Inoue-Choi said. People shouldn’t rely on the results from a single study for these kinds of changes, she said, and more research is needed to round out the findings.

The clumped isotope method removes the need to make that assumption about how much water is locked away in ice because it simultaneously measures the levels of carbon-13 found in the same sample of calcium carbonate in a foram shell. Thermodynamics favors “clumping” of heavier isotopes in calcium carbonate in cold water, but as the water gets warmer, entropy increasingly exerts its influence, and the heavier isotopes become more scattered in the shell material.

A HOTTER GREENHOUSE? Comparing these new temperatures to the CO2 levels prevalent at the time produced a bit of a surprise. “Perhaps most striking is the evidence this study provides for tight coupling between geologically brief periods of high CO2 and deep ocean temperature,” said John Eiler of Caltech, who pioneered the use of clumped isotopes to measure ancient temperatures but was not part of Meckler’s study.

warmer temperatures suggest that CO2’s capacity to warm during that time in Earth’s past was higher than was found in earlier studies. “This would lead to a higher climate sensitivity to atmospheric CO2,” the paper says. Alternatively, reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 levels at the time may underestimate those past gas concentrations. “There’s quite a lot of uncertainty still in the CO2 reconstructions,” Meckler said. She also noted that the researchers don’t yet have global coverage with their data. “I do want to want to put a caveat here that we have only looked at the Atlantic Ocean so far, so it could be that the Atlantic Ocean is doing something special,” Meckler told Ars. “This increased sensitivity to CO2 would only be the case if this was really a global signal—we don’t know that yet.”

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The PETM occurred 56 million years ago; unfortunately, the team does not have data covering the PETM itself. (arstechnica)

The degree of isotope clumping is calibrated to temperature in the lab for a variety of materials, enabling clumped isotope measurements to yield temperature measurements in deep time.The new method indicates that between 57 and 52 million years ago, the North Atlantic abyss was about 20°C. That’s a big difference from the oxygen isotope data, which yielded temperatures of 12–14°C. “That’s a whole lot warmer,” said Meckler. For comparison, today’s equivalent is around 1–2°C.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s best estimate is that doubling our CO2 from preindustrial levels will result in 3°C of global warming, but the uncertainty remains large—it could be between 2.5°C and 4°C for that same increase in CO2. If the value is closer to 4ºC, Earth will warm more for the same amount of CO2 in the Meckler’sair.

In a paper recently published in Science, Professor Nele Meckler of the University of Bergen and colleagues argue that the climate between around 35 and 60 million years ago may have been considerably warmer than we thought. Their finding suggests that a given level of CO2 might produce more warming than prior work indicated, and it hints that the ocean circulated differently during that warm, ice-free climate. Their conclusions come from new measurements of carbon and oxygen isotopes found in the shells of tiny creatures, called benthic foraminifera or “forams,” that lived on the seafloor at the time. Earlier work with similar samples had estimated temperatures using oxygen isotopes—a technique that could be confused by changes in how much water was locked away in ice at the poles and, to a lesser extent, variations in ocean salinity. The new study used a technique that registers temperatures more reliably and produced much warmer numbers.

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Pfizer’s updated vaccine is a 30-microgram dose authorized for people age 12 and older. Moderna’s updated vaccine is a 50-microgram dose authorized for people age 18 andTheolder.shots can be administered after they’re recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s vaccine advisory group is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to support recommending the boosters for use. Then, the CDC director must sign off on the recommendation. An OK from the CDC would mean updated boosters could be administered within days -- both to older people who may have received a booster just a few months ago and younger people who haven’t been eligible for an additional booster during the latest wave of cases.

Both are now bivalent vaccines that combine the companies’ original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages.

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BOOSTER SHIFT

monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older,” the FDA said.Individuals ages 12 and up are eligible for the Pfizer bivalent booster if they have received their primary series and it has been at least two months since their last vaccine dose. Individuals ages 18 and up are eligible for Moderna boosters on the same schedule. People too young to receive an updated booster can still be boosted with the earlier vaccine. The FDA said it will “work quickly” to evaluate future submissions for authorization of bivalent boosters for younger people. Pfizer said in a news release it expects to submit an application for authorization of its updated booster for children ages 5 through 11 in early October, and it’s working to prepare an application for children ages 6 months through 4 years.“We want to make sure that adults and the adolescents covered by this authorization are able to get the most up-to-date version of a booster vaccine, and that’s why we are no longer authorizing the monovalent -- the original -- booster for administration as a booster dose to those populations,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said during a news briefing. About two-thirds of the total US population is vaccinated against Covid-19 with an initial series, according to data from the CDC. But less than half of those with their initial series -- and less than a third of the total population -- has also gotten a booster. There’s no plan yet to phase out the earlier vaccines used in the primary series, Marks said, but this is a “transitional year,” when people need to make sure they have a “good base upon which we build ... which will help protect us against the unknown.” “If you’ve not yet received a booster dose, or it’s been several months since your last booster dose, now’s the time to consider getting one,” Marks said.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer. This is the first time updated Covid-19 vaccines have received emergency use authorization in the United States. Both are bivalent vaccines that combine the companies’ original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages.

FDA authorises Pfizer and Moderna’s updated Covid-19 boosters

On Wednesday, FDA officials defended their swift emergency use authorization of the updated Covid vaccine booster. Pfizer and Moderna submitted for authorization last week. “The public can rest assured that a great deal of care has been taken by the FDA to ensure that these updated boosters meet our rigorous safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality standards for emergency use authorization,” Marks said. The agency has authorized these boosters after studies in mice, but ahead of the results of clinical trials in humans. This is similar to the way annual flu vaccines are tested each year, but it’s a first for Covid-19 vaccines. The approach has generated some controversy among vaccine experts. In making the authorization, the agency did not call a new meeting of its independent vaccine advisers, who often weigh in on vaccine changes; the advisory group had offered its insight on updating the original vaccine in meetings over the“Wesummer.have been planning for and gathering input on our approach to updated boosters since earlier this year,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said during the news briefing.

The updated vaccines do not replace shots for the primary series, but they do replace the booster people older than 12 receive. “With today’s authorization, the RECORD-BREAKING hot and dry weather this summer has seen more exotic plants including figs and avocadoes growing in the UK, gardeners have told BBC News. It’s part of a trend of Mediterranean and sub-tropical plants thriving in recent years, they say.Some varieties previously thought of as houseplants are now growing successfully outside, while traditional British garden varieties struggle. But scientists warn that lack of water in the future could threaten plants.The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) predicts that wetter winters and warmer, drier summers with greater variability in rainfall will produce conditions favourable to some more exotic plants. Our planet has warmed by 1.1C since the industrial revolution about 200 years ago, which scientists link to human-induced climate change. The UK is warming slightly faster than the average pace of global temperature increase, according to the Met Office. Gardens in the north of England

“The FDA has extensive experience with evaluating strain changes for influenza vaccines and is confident in the data supporting these latest booster authorizations.” In addition to the animal data, the FDA said it was basing its decision on more than a year of experience with hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines given around the globe. They are also relying on human clinical trials of different bivalent vaccines that target the original Omicron strain. That vaccine has been authorized in the UK, but will not be available in the US. More than 1,400 participants were enrolled in clinical trials of the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines against BA.1. Human studies of the bivalent boosters, which combine the companies’ original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages, have started, Marks said on Wednesday. Data from those studies is expected in another month or two.

OFFICIALS DEFEND SWIFT AUTHORISATION

VACCINE MILESTONE “America is the first country in the world that has authorized a bivalent vaccine where the bivalent vaccine targets the viruses out there,” Dr. Ashish Jha, who is leading the White House Covid-19 response, said in a phone interview with CNN on Wednesday. (CNN)

Sub-Tropicana at RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate.

Climate change: Avocados and exotic plants grow in hot UK summer are feeling the effects including Harlow Carr in Harrogate which has had a sub-tropical garden since 2020.The Royal Horticulture Society garden is curated by Russell Watkins who first started working there 17 years ago. Back then, he grew plants standard to the UK - a mix of hardy shrubs and perennials that live for many years. “We have all pushed the boundaries of what we can grow”, he says, pointing to the huge tropical-looking foliage of the rice paper plant, saying “a few years ago it wouldn’t have survived”. Hardy bananas, various dahlias, and some species of ginger are increasingly surviving winters, he says, and “thriving in the long spells of sunny weather that we have had this year.” Higher temperatures are being felt further north than they used to be as a result of human-induced climate change, according to Dr Mark McCarthy, head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre.

How good were Verstappen and Red Bull at Spa. A little vignette in the last part of the race proved it. He set fastest lap - on medium tyres, on his first lap of his final stint, still with 13 laps of fuel left in the car.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made a late pit stop to try to grab it back, in a vain attempt to limit the championship damage. It went wrong, as so many things have for Ferrari this year. Leclerc broke the pit-lane speed limit because Ferrari’s back-up system after an early failure was wrongly calibrated. He was passed for fifth place by Fernando Alonso’s Alpine as he rejoined the track. And could not get within 0.6secs of Verstappen’s time, despite an empty tank, soft tyres, and the aid of the DRS overtaking aid and a tow as he repassed Alonso. To add insult to injury, Leclerc was penalised five seconds for the pit transgression, which demoted him back behind Alonso, and the loss of two further points. (BBC)

New US captain Zach Johnson will again have six wildcard picks Donald is a seven-time winner on the European Tour and spent 56 weeks at the top of the world rankings.

This is Red Bull’s fourth one-two this season.

EUROPEAN captain Luke Donald will have six captain’s picks - twice the amount of his predecessor Padraig Harrington - with which to shape his team for the 2023 Ryder Cup against the US in Italy. Six players will qualify automatically, with that process starting at the BMW PGA Championship in early September.

Three players will qualify automatically for Donald’s team from the European Points list along with the top three from the World Points list. In another tweak to the process, the ratio between the highest and lowest-ranked events on the DP World Tour in terms of the points allocation has been reduced from a factor of 6:1 (12,000 points vs 2,000 points) to a factor of 4:1 (6,000 points vs 1,500 points).

Belgian Grand Prix: No have ever won a race starting from 14th on the grid.” In 2013, it is worth reminding oneself, Vettel won the final nine races in a row. Verstappen is already on a run of three, and he heads into his home race in Zandvoort this coming weekend, a race he utterly dominated last year in his close championship battle with Lewis Hamilton.

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as he seeks to defend the trophy at Marco Simone on the outskirts of Rome from 29 September to 1 October 2023.

Qualification will end three weeks before next year’s Ryder CupHarringtonstarts. had three wildcards while his counterpart Steve Stricker had six as Europe were thrashed 19-9 last year.

‘THE CAR HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE’ Verstappen acknowledged that this was, in terms of an entire grand prix weekend, the most dominant performance of his career. Not even a penalty for using too many engine parts, that led him to start the race in 14th on the grid, delayed him too much at Spa. By lap 12, he was in the lead for the first time after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz made his first pit stop from the lead; seven laps later, after his own first pit stop, Verstappen had it for real. And that was the last time anyone saw him. “The car has been incredible from first practice,” Verstappen said. “We didn’t expect it to be like this but it is nice when things positively surprise you and it has been really enjoyable to drive it around here. “We had difficulties starting 14th which wasn’t easy, it was very hectic in front of me but once everything calmed down literally overtaking one car every lap and when I saw the softs were holding on I knew there was a good possibility we could win the race.” Horner said that “to be fighting for the lead by lap 18 was beyond any of our predictions; when you look at pre-race plots, it looked like by the last pit stop we could be somewhere around the podium.” Others had already seen the writing on the wall. Mercedes’ George Russell said after qualifying he expected Verstappen to win. And up and down the paddock on Sunday many more agreed.

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THERE is just no stopping Max Verstappen right now - not on his way to a stunning victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, and not as he heads inexorably towards a second consecutive world championship. The Red Bull driver’s first title may have been won in dramatic and controversial circumstances in Abu Dhabi last year, but the only remaining question marks over his second are when he will clinch it. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said after Sunday’s race at Spa-Francorchamps that it would be by the time Formula 1 leaves Europe.Asthat is in two races’ time and there will still be six races to go at that point, that is highly unlikely. But shortly after that, in either Singapore or Japan, now looks distinctly possible. When it comes, he will deserve it. His driving this season has been peerless, and in Spa that was more the case than ever. On pole by more than 0.6 seconds; consistently quicker than anyone else in the race by at least a second. He was, as his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez put it, “on another level”. The Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described it as “a phenomenal performance”. “Max was quite simply in a league of his own,” Horner said. “And not just today; all weekend. He has excelled here in the past and today he has basically smashed it out of the park.” Horner added: “Max, since winning that championship last year, has taken another step. It’s in many ways released him, and he’s driving at an incredible level. “A driver that is completely at one with the car and is in an absolute purple patch of his career.”

Donald replaced Henrik Stenson as captain earlier this month when the Swede was sacked for defecting to LIV Golf. The Englishman was an assistant to Thomas Bjorn in Paris four years ago and was again part of the backroom team led by Harrington in the record defeat at Whistling Straits in 2021.Four members of that teamSergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Bernd Wiesberger - have been recruited by LIV Golf and it is unclear if they will be available to play in Italy. The 2021 US side has lost Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed to the LIV Golf series. (BBC)

RECORDS UNDER THREAT

It was Verstappen’s ninth win in 14 races, and right now it is difficult to see how anyone else will win another race this season. They probably will, of course. Red Bull surely can’t be as dominant as this at all the remaining eight races. Or perhaps theyCertainly,can. the single-season record of 13 wins, held jointly by Michael Schumacher with Ferrari in 2004 and Verstappen’s predecessor at Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel, in 2013, is looking vulnerable.Indeed,Horner described this as “probably one of the most dominant performances that we have had as a team since either 2010 [he meant 2011] or 2013. It is right up with that period, and I don’t think we

Ryder Cup: Luke Donald to have six captain’s picks for Marco Simone

SPAIN defender Hector Bellerin is set to re-sign for Barcelona on a free transfer from Arsenal.

The deal also includes a substantial sell-on clause if Bellerin was to leave the Nou Camp.

US Open: Serena Williams beats second seed Kontaveit in New York

IS WILLIAMS SURPRISED BY HER LEVEL? ‘NO, I’M SERENA’ Whether it would come together in New York was debatable heading into the Grand Slam tournament. Williams had only played four times since making her return from an 11-month injury lay-off, with her most recent match ending in a thrashing by British number one Emma Raducanu in Cincinnati. There she had struggled with a knee injury in the build-up. Here she is fit, moving well and matching the athleticism of her younger opponents. One factor which could never be questioned is her insatiable desire to win and the ability to summon the mental strength to overcome adversity.Asked if she was surprised by her level, Williams replied: “No. I’m just KontaveitSerena.”isranked second in the world but has struggled to live up to her status in recent months. Both teams’ benches clashed after the winner, which was the last kick of the match.

Roberto Firmino equalised for Liverpool before Carvalho hooked in from close range to win the game with almost the last kick.

an exultant crowd jumping to their feet to “I’mcelebrate.apretty good player, this is what I do best. I love a challenge and I’m rising to the challenge,” said the six-time US Open champion, who first won at Flushing Meadows in 1999.

Hector Bellerin has won three FA Cup titles with Arsenal.

Serena Williams (right) was playing just her sixth match after a 11-month lay-off which started after she retired injured at Wimbledon in July 2021.

Liverpool-Newcastle touchline incident reviewing Anfield incident

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“I haven’t played many matches but I’ve been practising really well. Now it’s coming together in New York.”

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The right-back, who joined Arsenal from Barca in 2011, spent last season on loan at La Liga side RealTheBetis.27-year-old played for the Gunners in pre-season but has not featured in any of Arsenal’s opening five Premier League matches.Bellerin made 239 appearances for the London club. Meanwhile, current Barcelona right-back Sergino Dest is undergoing a medical before agreeing a loan deal with AC Milan.United States international Dest joined Barcelona in 2020 from Ajax and has made 73 appearances for the club. (BBC)

Referee Andre Marriner had added on five additional minutes, but several Newcastle players went down with cramp, while goalkeeper Nick Pope also suffered an injury during the extra time.

International SERENA Williams showed she has no intention of ending her singles career without a fight after beating second seed Anett Kontaveit on another remarkable night at the US Open.Williams, ranked 605th and turning 41 next month, won 7-6 (74) 2-6 6-2 to stun the Estonian in NewTheYork.

American recently announced her intention to retire after her home major and is now into the third round. Williams will play Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic next on Friday. A few weeks ago, Williams announced she was “evolving away” from playing tennis in an essay for fashion magazine Vogue, but agreed after beating Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic on Monday she had been vague about her exact timeline. “There is no rush here,” she laughed after beating Kontaveit. “There is still a little left in me.” While lacking some of the pomp and ceremony from her opening match on Monday, this was another special atmosphere as 23-time major singles champion Williams looked to extend her storied career by at least another round. More A-List celebrities, including golf superstar Tiger Woods, actress Zendaya and soul singer Gladys Knight, were among an adoring home crowd on the cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium which was wowed by Williams rolling back the years in an impressive performance. After edging a tense opening set, the former long-time world number one suffered a dip of energy from the start of the second set as Kontaveit levelled but she recovered to win an edgy decider. In the end, Williams handled the occasion better than her 26-yearold opponent - who looked emotional before the final game as she hid under her towel - and secured a victory that left many in THE Football Association is reviewing an incident where a Newcastle staff member appeared to throw an object towards the Liverpool technical area during the Reds’ 2-1 win on Wednesday. Players and staff from both teams clashed after Fabio Carvalho’s 98th-minute winner at Anfield. It is unclear if the incident, captured on television, sparked the melee in front of the dugouts. Newcastle declined to comment when contacted by BBC Sport. The FA will also consider other factors in the build up to the confrontation.BossEddie Howe called the late winner a “sickener” after his side had led 1-0 through a debut goal from £60m record signing Alexander Isak.

Hector Bellerin: Barcelona set to re-sign Arsenal defender

Antony scored 24 goals and provided 22 assists in 82 appearances for Ajax. He joined the Dutch champions from Sao Paulo in 2020 and played under TenHeHag.netted seven goals in 11 Champions League appearances for Ajax and scored twice in nine appearances for Brazil since making his debut in October 2021. Manchester United’s record transfer fee is £89m, which they paid out to sign Paul Pogba from Juventus in August 2016.

ending event on staggered scores, determined by their respective positions in the FedEx Cup standings.Afterasuspension of play during Saturday’s third round because of lightning, 26-year-old Scheffler led by just one when play resumed on Sunday morning, but extended his lead to six strokes before the final round began later that day.

“The game of football moves so quickly. We’ve got loads coming up and if you’re still reflecting on the past, then you might miss opportunities that are coming up. “Obviously we’ll relive that and enjoy that summer for the rest of our lives but there are other things to focus on now. Now everyone is locked in on Austria and ready to Antony has previously worked with Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag during their time together at Ajax.

Alessia Russo: England must focus on next part of journey go.”It is exactly a month since the Lionesses were crowned European champions at Wembley, but two members of that trophy-winning squad - midfielder Jill Scott and record scorer Ellen White - have since announced their retirement from“Twofootball.players that English football are lucky enough to call their own,” said Russo. “They’re amazing and both of them have left such a huge legacy and footprint on the women’s game.“They’ll both be remembered forever and sorely missed in the camp. Even today we were talking about how missed they are.

In contrast, a free-flowing McIlroy responded to his opening bogey by making birdie on the third and picking up three more shots in succession from the fifth. That set the tone for the day and McIlroy led by one by the time they got to the 18th tee as the conclusion to the PGA Tour season came down to its very last hole. Both players hit good drives but McIlroy, having been largely imperious all day, pull-hooked his approach and could only make a parSchefflerfive. could not take advantage though, hitting the last of a series of modest bunker shots that meant the Masters champion also only parred the closing hole to sign for a ragged 73. He shared second with rising star Im, 24, who shot 66 and had his own chances to claim the title. “I didn’t really give myself much of a chance teeing off today. I thought six behind was going to be really tough to make up, but my good play and Scottie’s not-sogreat play meant it was a ball game going into the back nine,” McIlroy added.McIlroy has been one of the PGA Tour’s most influential presences during golf’s ongoing power struggle, and was one of the leading voices in a meeting held earlier this month by the tour’s top players to discuss the threat of LIV Golf.Following his triumph, he said: “I believe in the game of golf, I believe in this tour in particular, I believe in the players on this tour. “It’s the greatest place in the world to play golf, bar none, and I’ve played all over the world. “This is an incredibly proud moment for me, but it should also be an incredibly proud moment for the PGA Tour. They have had some hard times this year, but we are getting through it and that was a spectacle out there today. “Two of the best players in the world going head-to-head for the biggest prize on the PGA Tour, and I hope everyone at home enjoyed that.”

The Lionesses travel to Austria on Saturday before taking on Luxembourg on Tuesday in World Cup qualifiers. Sarina Wiegman’s side top their group and can seal a place at next year’s World Cup with a draw against“TheAustria.summer was amazing, but we’ve got the World Cup, we’ve got World Cup qualifiers now,” Russo told BBC Sport. “We’re moving on to the next stage of this journey. For footballers it’s such a quick turnaround, and for us we’re now fully focused on these two games and then going forward from there.

Alessia Russo’s scored four goals at Euro 2022 including a memorable backheel.

The pair bogeyed the first hole of their final rounds and an outof-sorts Scheffler dropped further

shots on the fourth and sixth.

STRIKER Alessia Russo says England are “moving on to the next stage” of their journey as they prepare for their first game since winning Euro 2022.

Man Utd transfer news: Antony signs from Ajax for £82m

NORTHERN Ireland’s Rory McIlroy became the first player to win the FedEx Cup three times after a remarkable last day at the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship. The 33-year-old overturned Scottie Scheffler’s six-shot lead to finish one clear of the American and Sungjae Im. Four-time major winner McIlroy carded a four-under 66 to pip the world number one and the South Korean on 21 under. McIlroy receives $18m (£15.36m) in prize money for his win at East Lake, his fifth title of the“Whatseason.a week, what a day,” McIlroy told Sky Sports. “I feel like Scottie deserves at least half of this. He’s a hell of a competitor. It was an honour to battle with him.” Scheffler started the week with a six-shot advantage over McIlroy as players began the seasonMANCHESTER United have signed Brazil winger Antony from Ajax for an initial fee of 95m euros (£82m).The deal, which includes a potential 5m euros (£4.3m) of addons, is the fourth most expensive signing in Premier League history. The 22-year-old has signed a contract until 2027, with the option of an additional year. “This is an incredible moment in my career to join one of the most iconic clubs in the world,” said Antony.“I’m thankful to everyone who has believed in me, especially my family, and all my coaches and team-mates, because I could not have got here without them. “Playing under Erik ten Hag at Ajax was perfect for me and my development. His style of football and coaching brings out the best in me, and I am excited by what he has told me about his plans and ambitions in Manchester.”

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Rory McIlroy has now earned a total of $43m from his three FedEx Cup victories.

FedEx Cup: Rory McIlroy beats Scottie Scheffler & Sungjae Im by one stroke

The respective winners.The starting line of the event.

Registre wins Twin Island Championship

Malcom Gundry finished sixth overall and second in the Men’s Masters, while Matthew Williams finished first in the Men’s Masters II and seventh overall. Kenneth Grant placed eighth overall and second in the Men’s Masters II with Trevor Lightbourne finishing ninth overall and third in the Men’s Masters II.

Tyrone Bishop placed third overall and second in the Men’s Elite, while Chevorn Bishop finished fourth overall and third in the Men’s Elite. Omard Gardiner rounded off the top five (he placed fourth in the Men’s Elite.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Cycling Federation noted that it was grateful to “the District Commissioner of North Caicos, COMO Parrot Cay, and Miss B’s Restaurant for their great contribution to the Glory of the Green - Twin Islands Championship”.

McKnight, Jones spur Beaches to impressive win in T20 competition

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National THE dominant Fred Registre powered his way to an overall victory when he competed in the Glory of the Green-Twin Islands Championship, which was held recently in North and Middle Caicos.The Elite and Masters cyclists battled over a distance of 66 miles, while Masters II and Females rode 47 miles and children eight miles. Cyclists rode off from Miss B’s Restaurant in North Caicos. Along with winning the overall title, Registre won the Men’s Masters. He finished ahead of rival and Commonwealth Games rider Sean Rodgers, who finished second overall and first in the Men’s Elite.

FORMER Jamaican youth player Anthony McKnight scorched an unbeaten half-century, while medium pacer Renee Jones did significant damage to propel Beaches to a nine-wicket victory when action in the TCI Cricket Association T20 competition continued at the Downtown Ballpark in Providenciales on Sunday.Kishco won the toss and opted to take first strike, but they struggled in the middle. Opener Vinod Panikkar (2X4s) and middle-order batsman Ravi Singh (2X4s, 1X6) led the attack with 16 runs each, but they could not get the better of Jones, who took 4-26 from his four overs.Support came from opening bowler Danar Lewis, who took 2-26 from four overs and Claude Williams, who took 3-15 from two overs bowling towards the end.The bowling attack restricted Kishco to 109-all out in 14.4 overs. Beaches sound early warning with the win.

In their turn in the middle, Beaches raced to 111-1 in 11.4 overs with McKnight leading the charge. The flamboyant stroke-maker opted to take the boundary route and he did it in fine style as he slammed 11 fours and two sixes in a top score of 69. Kenneth Lewis, supported with 29 quick runs, including three fours and two sixes. With the win, Beaches join Jaguars, Police and Kishco with victories in the six-team competition, which will be played over the next several weeks.

The U17 Boys have games against Antigua and Belize left.

Boys U17 go down to Nicaragua in CONCACAF Championship Qualifiers

TCI swimmer Tajhari Williams registered a number of personal best performances in his opening meets of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, which is ongoing in Lima, Peru. He is swimming along with Sean Walters at the prestigious juniorAccordingevent. to National Coach Ezekiel Hall, “overall, the swimmers are performing well and are excited about their prospects for additional Best Swims”. Up to press time on Thursday, Williams had registered improved times in all of his events. He opened with a PB of 66.94s in the 100m backstroke, a 1.4-second improvement, which propelled him fourth in his heat. On Thursday morning both swimmers competed in the 50m backstroke. Williams dropped time from 30.49s to 30.22s, while Walters finished in 33.30s. Later in the morning, they competed in the 50m freestyle and Williams dropped from 26.67s to 26.57s, while Walters was close to a PB with a time of 27.75. The event is very competitive with the cream of the junior crop competing.According to information from the Turks and Caicos Swimming Federation, the team travelled due to, “special thanks to major sponsors Turks & Caicos Sotherby’s International Realty, HAB Group and Graceway Trading (IGA). Many thanks also to Associated Medical Practices, Twa Marcelin Wolf, Pioneer Cleaners, Regency Christie’s International Real Estate and Miller Simons O’Sullivan”. The federation noted that they were also “deeply appreciative of the collaborative efforts of the TCI Sports Commission, the Minister of Sports, the Minister of Immigration and their respective ministry personnel for their urgent assistance in making this dream a reality for these young rising athletes”.

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National THE Turks and Caicos Boys U17 team lost to home team Nicaragua 5-0 on Wednesday night in their opener of the CONCACAF U17 Championship Qualifiers. During the next few days in the Central American country, they will also battle against Antigua and Belize. With just 14 players at their disposal, the side will have to work hard against their opponents.According to Technical Director of the TCIFA, Dane Ritchie, the opener against a strong home team was always going to be a tough task. He said that despite the loss, our players stuck to their task and represented themselves “really well”, especially in the second half. “The next two games will be tough as well knowing the numbers we have, but the boys will give everything they got and represent to the best of their abilities.”

Sean Walters (left) and Tajhari Williams in Peru. National Coach Ezekiel Hall and Sean Walters and Tajhari Williams.

Williams improves times at FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

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