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scrapped The Blue Ribbon Commission has recommended that the Government does not proceed with the proposed October 1 implementation of the General Services Tax (GST) and the temporary driver licence fee. PAGE  5

Suzie the turtle spotted in the US Virgin Islands PAGE 

AG to appeal judgment in Hanchell case PAGE  5

Haitian airline spreads wings to TCI PAGE 9

‘They are entitled to their opinion’ – AG PAGE 6

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

August 24 - 30, 2013

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

August 24 - 30, 2013

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

NEWS

GST and temp driver permit fee scrapped THE BLUE Ribbon Commission has recommended that the Government does not proceed with the proposed October 1 implementation of the General Services Tax (GST) and the temporary driver licence fee. Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing told media at the last Cabinet meeting (August 21) that the commission’s recommendation was taken into account, and instead Government intends to make up the revenue budgeted by adapting the current tax system. These adaptations will take the form of an increase in the stamp duty on vehicle hire to 12 per cent; increase in communications tax from 10 to 12 per cent; introduction of 10 cents per minute levy on incoming international phone calls; and the increase on fuel duty by 10 cents

from 75 cents to 85 cents per gallon. Asked if Government will meet the revenue it expected from the GST and the temporary licence fee, Dr. Ewing said no. “When we decided that we were not going to put in place GST and the temporary driver’s licence, those other measures that we put in place basically just replaced them in terms of the value. “Actually we are still running short of some $200,000 from what we modelled in the FSPS, but we could not see ourselves increasing the areas that we mentioned any further.” As for the increase in the fuel tax, the Premier said: “We will still be looking at other ways in which we can fill the gap, because even if we remove the fuel tax of 10 cents, there

Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing

would have been a significant gap of over $500,000 that we would have to fill.

AG to appeal judgment in Hanchell case THE ATTORNEY General’s Chamber is appealing Judge Margaret Ramsay-Hale’s decision in the case brought against Akita Holdings, owned by McAllister Hanchell. Asked on what basis the appeal was filed, AG Huw Shepheard would only say this: “We have lodged notice of appeal against the decision.” He said he is not sure when the Court of Appeal will hear the matter, but that it will most likely come before the court in January 2014. The AG accuses Hanchell of corrupt practices involving Crown land during the Michael Misick administration. The parcels of land involved are in South Dock, Providenciales. In her judgment, Ramsay-Hale found that the AG failed to prove its case against the former government minister or his company. She rejected the Crown’s case that Hanchell knew the land in dispute was offered to him at an under-value and dismissed the claim for interest on the land. Ramsay-Hale found that there is no doubt that Hanchell did not perform the necessary obligations under the Condition Purchase Lease (CPL) when title to the initial land was transferred to Akita Holdings. During cross-examination in the June trial, by David Phillips, the former Minister said that that he believed the value of the land

McAllister Hanchell

as quoted to him by Construction Advisory Services, was a representation of the future value of the land after it was commercially developed. Phillips refuted this, but the judge found that there no doubt that the value of the land was greater than the value at which Hanchell obtained it. However, she said the question for the court was if it was satisfied on a balance of probability that Hanchell knew as a result of the valuation he had obtained that he was acquiring the land at an under-value. She decided that in the absence of any comparable evidence justifying the valuator's opinion, there was nothing in the report prepared by Construction Advisory Services that would cause her to say that Hanchell knew the land was worth more than

it was being offered to him by the Crown. She also found the Crown did not establish a case that Hanchell was unjustly enriched. The only relevant allegation is that the land was transferred to Hanchell's nominee by mistake, as it was transferred for a sum determined by reference to an open market value, which was erroneous, the judgment read. She further noted that the plaintiff did not plead the issue of a mistaken valuation at all, however, according to her judgment, she took this into consideration. Notwithstanding that, she stated, with hindsight it was clear that the Government was mistaken about the value of the land, it was a mistake born of ignorance - the result of the failure of the then Minister of Natural Resources to request an upto-date valuation of the Land - and could not give rise a claim against Akita for unjust enrichment. The Crown was seeking a $675,000 judgment against Akita, interest on this sum until the judgment and a declaration that the defendant is liable to account for the operating profits made by its use of the unpaid proportion of the land, namely 74 per cent of those profits. The relief sought in its alternative claim of unjust enrichment was a $224,880 judgment and interest on this sum at annual rate of six per cent per year. (DI)

“So we are going to continue to look at ways in which we can put in place those measures that will have less impact on the people.” He said the new tax measures are ones that came on recommendation from the commission. “Like the incoming calls and moving from the temporary drivers’ licence to just increasing vehicle hire rentals.” He said the plan is still to look at a broad based taxation measure that they can use, such as GST, but that this is something that they cannot implement on short notice, as it requires structure, a good collecting mechanism and a lot more work. “The Blue Ribbon Commission is still studying these areas. Most of the areas where we increased are where the collection mechanism is easy; you don’t have to retrain persons, you don’t have to go out there and look at books to collect those funds, and they are already being collected.” A couple of weeks ago businesspersons were outraged at the October 1 proposal date of the GST, during a consultation by the Revenue Department on Providenciales. They claimed disrespect for the private sector by the Government and questioned what the Government called a proposed date of implementation, pointing out that from what the Revenue Department said, the implementation of GST seemed to be a foregone conclusion and not a proposal. When asked if the new increases that are to replace GST and temporary drivers’ licences are mere proposals or foregone conclusions, the Premier noted that they were proposals made to Cabinet.

He said there are to be no consultations for these increases as they are already existing taxes. “We put it out there in Cabinet as our intention to… but this is something that we are seriously considering implementing, so we would not have had time to consult with all of the suppliers.” Asked if the Government intended to consult with those suppliers, as these increases are to replace the GST – which they did attempt consultations on – as well as the temporary drivers’ licence, the Premier would only say that it is only an increase, not a new taxation method. “The GST would have been something that I can see we should have had extensive consultation because it is a new tax, a new area.” He reiterated that the increases are proposals, as regulations have not been drafted yet and Cabinet has not made its commitment to do it. These changes are expected to take effect from October 1, 2013. Meanwhile, Dr. Ewing also advised that Cabinet further agreed to advise the Governor to approve some amendments to the designation of restaurants for tax purposes in accordance with Hotel and Restaurant Taxation Ordinance CAP 19.09 (2009) and to instruct the Commissioner of Revenues to make further and urgent efforts to recover unpaid arrears to the scholarship fund. He said approximately seven restaurants have been identified. “Those are restaurants that cater primarily or more specifically to tourists are the restaurants that are responsible for charging restaurant tax.” (DI)

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Editorial Slick Ric strikes again

August 24 - 30, 2013

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

– AG reappointment

LICK Ric has done it again. Even on his way out for good he’s managed to ‘stitch us up’ in the TCI good and proper. How is it possible that the FCO has allowed him to undermine the incoming Governor on so critical an appointment? The re-appointment of Huw Shepheard as AG has been met with a range of groans of disbelief to outright cries of panic from all sectors of our society from the man in the street to big investor interests. Never before has a high-ranking English civil servant in TCI been so universally loathed. Well almost never. There once was another chap. His name was Martin Bourke. Governor here from June’93 to September ’96; a onetimer. And truly he did remarkably way much less damage to these Islands, dollar for dollar, decision for decision than did the present AG. Bourke had said in an international magazine interview that the Islands’ politicians and police (under his constitutional portfolio) were corrupt and crime was spiralling out of control. These were at the time, and for the times, relatively gross exaggerations. But so much worse, the forum in which he levelled the accusations a gross diplomatic blunder in representation of these Islands. We can think quite easily of dozens of much worse decisions and blunders made by the present AG, over and above the absolute racist application of prosecutorial discretion in his office. We have a swelling list, which we have published before in a prior editorial (see all the legal wastage in mega-million dollar lost cases which ought to have been settled by any sensible and fair-minded AG). For which legal blunders alone this jurisdiction is now in a national debt for virtually criminal levels of legal fees in the tens of millions of dollars. It is part of the reason your gas bill and telephone bill will be jacked up in coming weeks as the TCI Government desperately raises various taxes to present for our British overlords ‘good governance’ principles. But Premier Rufus Ewing surprised even us with his press statement earlier this week recognising the “contributions of the AG”. This from the leader of the party whose party headquarters the AG has been desperately planning to bulldoze? Contributions from a man whose sole discretion of a still runaway, and apparently unchecked, legal gravy train of gross legal fees to the SIPT and CRU teams has and continues to cost this territory so dearly. Pray tell, which contributions exactly is the Premier talking about? We demand accountability from our representatives that they come together, as with VAT, and deal with the clear and present danger of three more years of the ‘same old-same-old’ from a tired and past due for retirement bungling AG.

‘They are entitled to their opinion’

– AG stays calm as politicians criticise contract renewal IN A rare moment of commonality, albeit aired separately, the PNP administration and the Opposition, the PDM, have both expressed misgivings at the announcement of a three-year extension to the Attorney General, Huw Shepheard’s contract. Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing called Governor Ric Todd’s announcement on Monday (August 19) a “total disregard for the people of these islands and the Office of the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands”. While Opposition leader Sharlene Cartwright Robinson stated her concern about the lack of experience of many top personnel and, according to her the “major blunders [that] have been made that have caused a serious decline in trust and confidence”. When asked by the Weekly News for a comment on the objections being raised to his term extension, the AG said: “I have no comment whatsoever, the Premier and the leader of the Opposition are entitled to their opinions. “The Governor has decided that he wants me to stay on and I am happy to stay on.” Governor Todd, in a press release to the media emphatically stated his decision to extend Shepheard’s contract. He said the extension is because of the AG’s pivotal role in the reform of the laws of the TCI during the term of the interim administration. “[I] believe that his staying on provides essential stability and continuity to the territory as it continues to demonstrate to investors and visitors that we are a well governed nation.” In the same statement, the AG said: “I look forward to working with my colleagues in chambers, in Cabinet and in the House of Assembly to continue the reform of the laws of the islands to provide for sustainable development and the maintenance of good governance.” However, it is the view of the Premier that there are many qualified TCI lawyers quite capable of filling Shepheard’s role. One such, according to Ewing, is the current Deputy Attorney General, Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles. “The Premier has constantly agitated for the employment of qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders in key positions within Government and the private sector alike and sees this appointment as counterproductive to the advancement of our people,” a statement from his office said. Coincidentally, Ewing said,

few weeks, he, the Governor, will be leaving the TCI. “Of concern is the fact that a few months ago this Government called for the AG's recall and I'm sure the Government must feel slighted and disrespected. “We have found the current AG to be less than very helpful to us in the opposition in parliament.” She added that he does not seem to want to account by answering questions in Parliament. However, she expressed the hope that going forward, he exhibits a better understanding of his role. Attorney General Huw Shepheard

September also marks the last month for Governor Todd’s stint as Governor of the territory. “With the impending arrival of the newly appointed Governor, Peter Beckingham, who is scheduled to take up residence within the Turks and Caicos Islands in October 2013, the decision to renew should have been forgone so that the new Governor, at the very least, could be given the opportunity to make an appointment of his choice.” The Premier also said that he recognised the contributions Shepheard has made during his tenure. During the weekly bilateral briefing between him and the Governor earlier in the week, he said he was very clear on his disapproval and stated that he was not in support of the renewal of the Attorney General’s contract for several reasons, all of which he outlined. However, the Governor’s decision did not surprise the Opposition leader. “It was done recently with the police commissioner and the Director of the Financial Services Commission. “At least he announced this one and it didn't have to be forced out through questions asked in Parliament.” She added that this is a period of great challenges and that the people of the TCI would have been better served with more experienced individuals, rather that those currently occupying high-ranking positions. The party leader said the people are even more concerned now with Governor Todd’s decision to reappoint certain individuals in whom they have little or no faith, particularly given the fact that in a

CASES As for the AG’s track record, recently one of his most notable prosecutions, through the British appointed Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT), against Akita Holdings and McAllister Hanchell was defeated in the Supreme Court. Another significant prosecution in which the AG is seeking $1.5 million from another alleged land flipper, former Director of Planning, Clyde Robinson, is still being awaited. A judgment in his case against Richardson Arthur is also not yet out. The AG sued Arthur for the $1.35 million he received due to an alleged land flipping deal. Recently Shepheard thwarted a deal made by Trade Wind Industries to the Government to settle its $100 million lawsuit against the latter. He, according to information from the Finance Minister to this publication, gave the direction that if the company wanted to settle with the Government, it had to resolve its lawsuit against Governor Todd, a defendant in the same suit. Judge Margaret RamsayHale presided over all of the aforementioned cases in the Supreme Court earlier this year. Most recently, Mervin Cox won his case against the Attorney General before Chief Justice, Edwin Goldsborough. In his judgment, Goldsborough ordered the AG to pay the businessman’s legal costs plus interest. In that case, the AG was seeking an order that Cox and his two companies, Coxco Construction and Coxco Airport Company, disclose documentation or information relating to monies given to the political parties and/or Government ministers between 1998 and 2010. Shepheard’s tenure began in September 2010 and will now end September 2016. (DI)

August 24 - 30, 2013

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

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

Do we really need traffic lights?

IT is the view of some on Providenciales that traffic lights are needed on the island to ensure an efficient and more modern traffic system, on par with our more developed neighbours. Recently, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing indicated, when asked, that he does not believe Turks and Caicos Islands is at the stage where traffic lights are necessary. He said the roundabouts and other road signs are sufficient for the island’s current needs. What are your thoughts?

More driver education needed

I agree with the Premier...we don't need traffic lights. A lot of people don't even pay attention to the stop signs. I believe more driver education is necessary - especially for the jitney drivers. They are the worst in the world! They cross traffic if they see someone standing by the side of the road; they stop in the middle of the road to take people on or let people off and more. I am surprised there are not more accidents than what there are. Also, the taxi drivers have to SLOW DOWN.

Premier out of touch

As usual, Dr. Ewing is completely out of touch with what is needed in the TCI. A 4 million dollar per bed hospital and unaffordable health system is OK, but basic safety items like traffic lights are not. The roundabouts are poorly designed (if designed

at all) and the sight lines are terrible at our intersections. Suzie Turn is a “crap shoot” when it comes to entering Leeward Highway! As to road signs, how many are actually still standing? Most have been knocked down and have never been put back up again. There is zero enforcement of traffic laws and he chooses to ignore it all. How many more have to die before he sees the need for (traffic) light?

Enforce the law

I believe the existing traffic structure is good. What needs to happen is the law to be enforced for everyone. The Taxi drivers are killing people because for some reason they seem to be beyond the law. Anyone can see this as they speed back and forth to Grace Bay at 90mph, but we never see any of them being pulled over. My wife got a $300 ticket for a U-turn as the taxis were driving by at a killer rate of speed.

Roundabouts not safe I felt that traffic lights were needed long ago. How many more lives do we have to lose before something is done? The roundabouts are not safe or even. It is almost like going over a speed bump at times. Perhaps Rufus thinks it is time to make the roads safer by fixing the infrastructure instead of putting in a few lights.

Efficient roundabouts needed

In the UK and Europe, efficient roundabouts are replacing traffic lights. These are of sufficient size to ensure traffic slows on approach (unlike some of those on the Leeward Highway, which clearly need enlarging).

No need right now

Traffic lights are most helpful and easily understood. However, there is no need for them at this point. If road users would adhere to the rules and laws as it relates to driving things would go smoothly. Most road mishaps and accidents are caused by careless driving, not paying proper attention and from simply the fact that not everybody behind some of these wheels are licensed drivers. Some only know how to go and stop. When it comes to the roundabout, persons act like it is a four way stop, and its not. Lessons in right of way need to be impressed upon drivers again. Another thing, all bushes near junctions need to be cleared down so drivers views are not obstructed, and the road markings need to be refreshed and updated.

Let’s be sensible

There is definitely a need for traffic lights in some places, either that or re-route and

place roundabouts in some locations. We do not always have to seek to do things that other country have done, rather look at it from a point of view what is the right and best thing to do not trying to be modern but sensible. Those corners at Menzies clinic, Scotia bank, Central Square and Suzie turn have claimed lives and have caused numerous accidents. You simply cannot bring back those that have died but you can do all you can to prevent any more accidents. Another thing is that the Traffic Department must do more to educate the public about the use of the roundabouts; people still do not know how to use the roundabouts. When they put them in place a while back, they did public service announcements on its use, but there are a lot of new drivers since then and a lot more tourist on the streets. And not to mention the unlicensed jitneys that stops right in front of you or pull out right in front of you. Something has to be done; I don’t understand why we turn a blind eye to so many important issues in this country like the illegal jitney service that seems to be operated by the cartel. I think it is time for a proper bus service to aid people in moving around but as it stands now the bus shelters are being used to sell mangoes and other Haitian products, un-regulated I might add. To all the families whose love ones have been taken away and some maimed as a result of the many accidents, I say push for changes.

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Trinidadian joins Fortis’ executive team TRINIDAD-born Nigel Hosein is the newest addition to the FortisTCI executive team with a vice president position in the production and engineering division at the utility company. Since July 1, Hosein has been performing as VP of energy production and project management. A laudatory announcement by Fortis stated that the Trinidadian is no stranger to the energy and engineering fields. “He brings to FortisTCI almost 25 years of expertise in project management, business and engineering management, engineering design, energy efficiency and utility regulatory reform,” it read.

An engineer by trade and MBA graduate, he considers himself to be culturally diverse having worked throughout the Caribbean region in islands such as his homeland, Grand Cayman, Suriname, Belize and St. Lucia, among others. Numbered among his professional accomplishments is serving as executive director of the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) as well as vice president of engineering (Caribbean) with GENIVAR Trinidad and Tobago Limited. Eddinton Powell, president and chief executive officer of FortisTCI, said: “Nigel Hosein’s appointment is part of the company’s ongoing leadership transition even as we strategically plan to meet the future

electricity needs of the country and as we look for new, workable, and cheaper sources of energy for our customers. “His track record of achievements and experience demonstrates his capabilities to successfully lead the energy production operations of FortisTCI.” While in the TCI, the new VP will be responsible in part for the efficient installation, operation and maintenance of production assets and electrical auxiliary equipment; the management of the company’s civil capital projects, fuel procurement and supplies, and general insurance programmes; as well as the provision of engineering services in support of the company’s production activities.

Nigel Hosein, FortisTCI vice president of energy production and project management

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

TWI files injunction against arbitration THE LEGAL wrangling between Trade Wind Industries (TWI), Governor Ric Todd and the TCI Government continues as the company recently filed a writ in the Supreme Court seeking to be discharged from the arbitration agreement. TWI claims that it repudiated the agreement. It also seeks a declaration that Kenneth Rokison QC is not the second arbitrator and asks for an order to remove him as such. The Attorney General, as lawyer for both the TCIG and the Governor, directed the appointment of Rokison as second arbitrator in the $100 million lawsuit brought by TWI. This appointment, according to the writ was made without the knowledge or permission of the Government. The case was bonded over to arbitration by the Appeal Court months ago after a Supreme Court decision to have it heard in open court was thrown out. In a press statement, Attorney General Huw Shepheard stated surprise and disappointment at what he called yet another meritless claim by Trade Winds. “This latest claim seems simply to be a rather obvious attempt to get round the Court of Appeal’s judgment in May when it correctly

Governor Ric Todd

determined that these claims should be brought in arbitration if they are to be brought at all. “Needless to say, the claim is completely misconceived and should never have been issued. It will be defended strenuously.” TWI is seeking a declaration by the court that Rokison was not appointed by the Government; that he is not the second arbitrator pursuant to the arbitration agreement and, to the extent necessary, an order removing him as such; and that he does not have the authority to take part in the appointment of the third arbitrator pursuant to the arbitration agreement. It claims that they are entitled to treat the arbitration agreement

between the parties as at an end as it was repudiated. It also wants an order that the arbitration be stayed; further or alternatively, a declaration that the defendants cease proceeding further with the arbitration or relying on the arbitration agreement, further or other relief as well as court costs. Recently the company had offered to settle its case against the Government but not the Governor. However, the AG refused to accept the offer unless it included both parties. The company had also raised the issue of conflict of interest with the AG representing both parties. It had proposed to terminate all legal costs and exposure to the TCIG if it would agree to honour the terms and conditions of the existing development agreement and amendments that the Conch Farm operators signed with the TCIG, former Governor Gordon Wetherell and the Crown in 2010 and 2011. Minister of Finance, Washington Misick, had stated that there has been no consensus on the way forward at Cabinet. He said he would have liked to settle the matter in the interest of the people of the TCI, but that the decision to accept the deal was the AG’s.(DI)

NIB matters prosecuted in court MAGISTRATE Kally Cheema on Friday (August 15) heard three cases involving two taxi drivers and another man charged with defaulting

on payments to the National Insurance Board (NIB). Taxi driver Robert Forbes Jnr., operator of ‘Sunshine Taxi’, was

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charged with one count of failing to pay NIB contributions as a selfemployed person and one count of failing to pay additional charges for the period September 2011 to May 2013, totalling $852.05. Forbes pleaded guilty to both offences at Grand Turk Magistrates’ Court. He has six months to pay off the outstanding contributions in full. The magistrate also fined him $200, payable within 28 days or three months in prison. Operator of ‘Big O’ taxi, Oscar Steed Carter was re-summoned on Friday to court for failing to satisfy an October 2011 court order of $557.98. Carter did not put in an appearance and the magistrate granted a distress warrant to the NIB for the seizure of Carter’s assets or property amounting to the outstanding monies. The third man, William Jason Francis, for whom a distress warrant was previously issued, appeared in the Grand Turk court on Friday. Francis failed to satisfy a March 2011 court order of $8,758. The court ordered him to pay the outstanding NIB contributions in monthly instalments of $500. Compliance officer Arthur Ashton appeared on behalf of the NIB.

August 24 - 30, 2013

Burglary reports on the rise OVER the past month there has been high incidence of burglaries at private residences and business places recorded by police, as seen in the force’s published crime reports. Most of these crimes have occurred in Providenciales and Grand Turk. The Weekly News asked Commissioner of Police Colin Farquhar what the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) is doing to curb the high incidence of these crimes. The commissioner stressed that it is not a high incidence per se, but rather there is a higher incidence of people reporting these crimes to the authorities, compared to what was obtained in the past. He said this is due to increased police presence in high-risk areas as well as their increased relations with communities. In a number of reported incidences, police on patrol have detected these crimes. Asked if he is satisfied with the police performance on the roads, generally, Commissioner Farquhar noted that it could be better with additional vehicles. “We would definitely have more police presence once we

have more vehicles. “The tender document is out where we are asking for 23 new vehicles and that would definitely increase our visibility in areas.” He added that sometimes they have to put many officers in one vehicle and this is not because they want to, but because they do not have enough vehicles for patrol. “If I can put two people in one vehicle and one in another, then I could increase my visibility in certain areas, so it is about getting more people out on the road.” Meanwhile, the Commissioner noted that there is now a drop in vehicles being broken into. Just last month police recorded numerous instances of cash, jewels, electronic items, identification cards and passports stolen from several vehicles in Providenciales. “We definitely have had an increase in vehicle interference, with vehicles being broken into, but then it’s because items are left in plain view and people are just breaking windows and taking the items. “Now that has decreased because we have taken a more active role in putting more undercover officers in more areas.”

Police record several burglaries and thefts on Provo THE ROYAL Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is investigating a number of incidents reported between Friday (August 16) and Monday (August 19), within the districts of Providenciales. Over that period police recorded six burglaries, during which time clothing, two black Hp laptop computers, cash, another Hp laptop computer, a silver Dell laptop, an iPad and a passport were reported missing. In addition residents reported several incidences of theft. Stolen were an iPhone 4 cell phone, a generator, compressor, wet and dry vacuum cleaner, a toolbox, VHS radios, an ATM card and a

handbag which contained a Cartier Santos ladies wrist watch, cash, a wallet containing two credit cards, Dolce and Gabbana yellow ladies sunglasses and a pair of reading glasses. Investigators are also looking into two reported cases of wounding and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, as well as one case of malicious damage to property. Meanwhile, during the same dates on Grand Turk, police recorded one case each of attempted and aggravated burglary; three burglaries in which a case of Caprisun juice, a quantity of cash, and other items were taken and one case of malicious damage to property.

Man arrested for resisting police, slew of other charges POLICE have arrested a 33-year-old man from Grand Turk for a number of offences, which include one count of assault on a police officer, indecent language, resisting arrest

and disorderly conduct on a liquor licence premises. The arrest was in connection to a report made on Tuesday, August 13.

August 24 - 30, 2013

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Privy Council denies legal aid appeal THE PRIVY Council has refused to hear a petition brought by five members of the former Michael Misick administration for an increase in legal aid fees after the Appeal Court denied their request earlier in the year. Attorney General Huw Shepheard told the Weekly News that the permission to appeal to the Privy Council was first denied by the Appeal Court after the members failed in their efforts to secure a judgment in their favour in the appellate court. “What happened is that the registrar of the Supreme Court made an offer of legal aid,” he said. “The lawyers concerned were dissatisfied with the rates that the registrar was offering and they brought a judicial review to

challenge the registrar’s decision. “They lost that; they appealed to the Court of Appeal, they lost that. And then they asked for permission to appeal to the Privy Council. “The Court of Appeal said no, and the Privy Council said no.” The members will now face plea and direction hearings which will commence on Monday, September 16, before Justice Paul Harrison. They defendants were fighting for an increase in the fees for their defence attorneys in their upcoming corruption trials. They contended that legal aid lawyers in the United Kingdom receive more than is being offered to the lawyers in the TCI in cases such as theirs. (DI)

Governor makes final visit to North and Middle Caicos GOVERNOR Ric Todd will make his final visit to the islands of North and Middle Caicos on Thursday, August 29, ahead of his departure in September. TCIG District Commissioner Donna Gardiner and senior administrative officer Tuton Williams will accompany him. During the visits, the Governor will inspect the repairs to the Middle Caicos Causeway with Roger Harvey of Public Works, stop in at the Middle Caicos Clinic, conduct a public town hall meeting at Conch Bar Community Centre at 11.30am to 12.30pm and visit the historic Wades Green Plantation

site for the first time. A release from the Governor’s office stated that during this tenure, Todd made it a key aim to move beyond the capital of Grand Turk and the most populous island, Providenciales, to see the other family islands. “He does so to ensure that he better understands the needs of people living on the more outlying islands,” it added. Governor Todd leaves TCI to take up a new diplomatic posting in September, following which Peter Beckingham will be sworn in as the new Governor of TCI, this October.

New electrical tester for TCIG planning department FORTISTCI donated a brand spanking new electrical tester to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government Planning Department in July. The utility company in a press statement said that the donation came following discussions that the department was in need of the equipment, which is critical to everyday procedures. The department’s deputy director accepted the $2,500 tester on its behalf. Devon Cox, FortisTCI vice president of transmission and distribution, said: “FortisTCI is happy to assist the Planning Department by presenting this important piece of equipment which will help to ensure that electricity customer wiring installations are

properly done.” He added: “We stress the importance of proper grounding; a customer’s ground at all times must protect their appliances and equipment in their homes and businesses.” The electrical inspector tasked with ensuring applicants have proper grounding before an electrical inspection certificate is issued uses the ground testing apparatus to measure ground resistance at an applicant’s residence. It is only after an electrical inspection is completed, and found to have successfully met all criteria by the inspector, that FortisTCI can connect customers to the power grid. The ground tester can also assist in detecting possible electric current leakage.

Wheeland man arrested for buggery ON TUESDAY, August 13, police arrested a 35-year-old male of Wheeland, Providenciales, on

suspicion of buggery. This arrest was in relation to a report made on the same date.

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Haitian airline spreads wings to TCI A NEW start-up airline based in Portau-Prince, announced that it will start regularly scheduled passenger service between Cap Haitien and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, beginning next Monday (August 26). The new route marks the first international service for Sunrise Airways (IATA: S6), an important initial step in its efforts to establish a hub in Haiti to better serve the western Caribbean. “Haiti is moving forward, and Sunrise Airways right along with it,” said Philippe Bayard, the airline’s president. He added: “All of us at Sunrise and Haitians everywhere can all take pride in the type of modern, professional airline we’re building from the ground up here in Port-auPrince to enhance air travel options throughout the region. “Our thanks go out to our partners in the Turks and Caicos with whom we have worked closely in recent months to make this new route a reality.

“Providenciales will always hold a special place in our hearts as the foundation of our international route system.” Connecting service is also available from Port-au-Prince, with two morning departures from the Haitian capital feeding the northbound flight from Cap Haitien to Providenciales. Sunrise, which commenced operations in November 2012, also offers two afternoon departures from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince providing added convenience. Chief operations officer of Sunrise Airways, Hamish Davidson, said the Providenciales schedule was carefully designed to fit the needs of both business and leisure travellers. “Port-au-Prince originating corporate travellers arrive in Provo at the start of the business day, while those travelling in the opposite direction can make meetings downtown or in Petion-Ville ahead of the lunch hour. “Similarly, those vacationing

in Provo can now easily include a side trip to Cap Haitien’s historic attractions, while also enjoying the restaurants and nightlife in Haiti’s capital all in one trip.” Sunrise Airways will deploy a 19seat jet stream 32 EP aircraft on its new Cap Haitien to Providenciales service, providing ample head- and leg-room, plus the added comfort of refurbished cabins and fresh upholstered seating. Initial fares starting at $285 are on sale now for departures beginning August 26, 2013. Customers in Providenciales can also book excursions to Haiti featuring round-trip air transportation aboard Sunrise Airways via Marco Travel and Caicu Naniki Adventure Tours. Two of the premier travel agencies in the TCI, Marco Travel and Caicu Naniki Adventure Tours, each carry 10 plus years of experience organising trips to northern Haiti, including tours to the Citadelle, for groups of all sizes.

An-Leslie, Lovette Morten, Korren McLaughlin, Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar, Premier Rufus Ewing, Dartita Bowden-Moore and Carlisa Williams pose for a photo during the ceremony.

Six graduate from 911 training programme BY DAISY HANDFIELD AFTER a six week training course, a ceremony was held for six hard working people on Thursday (August 22), to celebrate their success in becoming the new additions to the 911 operations section of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF). The training was broken down into three 40-hour a week courses and then another three weeks of practical exams. One of the main topics included public safety telecommunications which was broken down into law enforcement, how to process police emergencies, the kind of information police officers would want to receive, how to give information in a timely manner, the legal aspects of 911 and liability issues. Korren McLaughlin, Carlisa Williams, Lovette Morten, AnnLeslie Musgrove-Garland and Dartita

Bowden-Moore were each presented with three different certificates for completion of the courses. Dartita Bowden-Moore was acknowledged as the top in two of the courses and also the highest average, she was presented with a gift for her achievement. Ann-Leslie Musgrove-Garland also received a gift for coming top in one of the courses. During the press conference Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar congratulated the group for their hard work and dedication to the programme. He said: “These are always learning experiences going through these types of programmes. “They are sometimes forgotten and I just want to recognise and appreciate them for the work that they do, it is really important and it is really stressful. “This is an accredited programme; this isn’t just a 911 call centre that anyone can be a part of.

“It is something that we feel very strongly about and one of the things these candidates were told about was that if they fail any of the programmes, any of the components, any of the tests, they will fail the whole programme because you have to maintain that accreditation.” Premier Rufus Ewing commended the six for the completion of the course and wished them a successful career in RTCIPF. He said: “As has been said already, you all have an awesome responsibility. “As a physician myself, I know that your responsibility is difficult to give instructions from a distance and to guide someone to do the right thing without seeing what they are doing. “It takes skills and it takes patience. I wish you all the best in your new pathway and new career for being the pioneers among the pioneers in the development of the 911 system in the TCI. Congratulations!”

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Environmentalists hold out for review of fisheries laws EVEN as the judicial review of the Fisheries Protection Ordinance amendments continues before the court, the TCI Government has once again signalled its intention to go ahead with the Grand Turk Dolphin Cove development. “Our position is that the Dolphin Cove project is still on stream and still working towards being established on Grand Turk. “We are already committed to that in Grand Turk,” Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing told the media on Thursday (August 22). When asked, he stated that Providenciales’ ‘swim with the dolphins’ park is not a consideration at this time. Environmental organisation

Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing

PRIDE, on Wednesday night (August 21) held a town hall meeting to update its members and other

concerned citizens on the status of the judicial review and what steps they can take if they fail. Attorney Peter McKnight filed the application on behalf of the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, TCSPCA, PRIDE and the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund. Vice president of PRIDE, Barbara Young, said that bringing in captive dolphins as a means boosting tourism in the country is not good for the brand. Many suggestions were made on how to raise more awareness and ensure that the amendment is not passed. One attendee suggested contacting the animal rights organisation in Brazil from where

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the mammals are to be imported, and letting them work together with the local bodies so as to prevent the exportation and importation of the captive animals. The organisation’s president, Chuck Hesse, noted that if they are not successful with the review, they would not give up their fight. The attendees also agreed to have a march very soon to raise awareness, on a date to be announced later. Meanwhile, the application seeks to quash Governor Ric Todd’s decision on October 24 2012, to amend regulation 18 of the Fisheries Protection Ordinance to allow the importation of marine mammals by a

person who holds a permit, certificate or other document authorising importation and keeping of marine mammal for the purposes of display, exhibition or performance. The change was proposed after Dolphin Cove development received a business licence by the Government last October, following its proposal to open a fifth ‘swim with the dolphins’ park in Cooper Jack on the south side of Providenciales. An investment to the tune of $3 million. Other Dolphin Coves are located in Negril and Montego Bay in Jamaica and on Grand Cayman. If approved the park is scheduled to open this spring.

What to do to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of Theft or Robbery The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force as part of its continued effort to prevent crime is offering the following advice which provides a number of practical ways in which residents, visitors and businesses within the Turks & Caicos can reduce the risk of becoming a victim of Theft or Robbery. 1. Understand that criminals usually target persons considered to be soft or careless. Always ensure that your valuables (bag, wallet, purse, cell phone etc) are securely held on your person and are not left unattended. Do not hold excessive amounts of cash about your person. 2. Plan your journey. Try to avoid walking alone at night, and keep to well-lit main roads where possible. You should try to avoid short cuts like bushy areas. 3. Always pay attention to your surroundings for persons likely to be stalking you, prowling or hiding in nearby bushes or in parked vehicles. Be particularly cautious in dark, secluded or bushy areas. Look for tell tale signs in a suspect’s behaviour, which may entail an act of nervously observing individuals whilst preparing to commit a crime. 4. Try to avoid wearing headphones - your ability to hear traffic, strangers or potential trouble is severely restricted. 5. Should an attacker confront you, remember your personal

safety comes first. 6. Cell phones are particularly susceptible to theft. Do not attract attention to your phone when you are carrying or using it in the street or leave your phone in an unattended car. It only takes seconds for a thief to smash a window and steal your phone. Keep your phone out of sight in your pocket or handbag when not in use and use your phone's security lock code, if it has one. You should record details of your phones serial number and properly mark your phone for identification by the police. If you become the victim of a cell phone theft, report it to the police immediately and your service provider. 7. For businesses that employ security officers, make sure that full attention is given to the property’s immediate surroundings. This is particularly important around closing hours. 8. Do not hold excessive amounts of cash on your business premises. Businesses are most vulnerable to crime when staffing levels are low, e.g. during lunch hours or when opening or closing the business. Predictable routines should always be avoided; e.g. vary cash delivery/ collection times and routes to and from your bank or business. If it is necessary to hold large sums of cash, consider professional cash handling services.

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Residents scrutinise taxi drivers after recent road fatality BY DAISY HANDFIELD RESIDENTS have been very concerned about of the driving ethics displayed by the taxi drivers on Providenciales after the recent death of young school teacher Cynthia Hinsey on Thursday, August 1. A number of people have taken the situation to social networking website, Facebook to express their disappointment in the behaviour demonstrated by those who are considered the frontline of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Some even took it further by posting the names and licence plates of the taxi drivers that were alleged to be speeding. The Weekly News caught up with member of the executive body for the Taxi Drivers Association, Toussaint Capron, who said that the discrimination was unfair. According to him, more than just taxi drivers misuse the roads and disobey the TCI laws and regulations. “I feel like they should be more general because if you’re going to publish licence plates you should publish all.

“I agree that taxi drivers are the frontline faces of the country which is why I try to set an example for the taxi drivers because I know that the life that I save could be my very own.” A few months ago the Weekly News interviewed Capron and Police Sergeant in charge of the Traffic Department, Winston Diamond, on the same matter. They confirmed that greater penalties would be looked into and newer implementations would be made. But after following up with Capron on Thursday (August 22), he explained that there have still not been any concrete steps made. “Every day we do speak to taxi drivers concerning the use of the highway, but nothing has really been put in place for that, but we still continue to speak to persons.” Capron expressed how saddened he was by the death of Hinsey who was someone that he knew personally. The association is still working on improving the driving ethics of taxi drivers, but in the meantime all motorists are encouraged to exercise care and caution when entering any roundabout.

Students join Fortis for the summer UTILITY company FortisTCI recently lent its knowledge and experience to several high school and college students through its second summer work-study programme. Twenty-three young people aspiring to vibrant future professional careers began summer work experience at the company’s Providenciales offices early in July. The work stint was facilitated through the company’s student summer employment programme (SSEP) and the summer internship programme (SIP). Each student was selected after successfully completing the standard application process. “Eighteen fourth and fifth form students enrolled this year in SIP and worked for two week periods during the month of July learning about the various technical and non-technical fields within FortisTCI,” a company release said. Five additional college students, selected for SSEP - a more intensive hands-on programme for those seeking their associates and/or bachelor’s degrees - are working for two months in areas that coincide with their chosen field of study, it added. Fortis said the idea is to expose young Turks and Caicos Islanders to the many career options available to them within the electricity industry and the wider economy. “Mentors and programme leaders bring awareness to the required skills and experience necessary for job placement and stress the importance of higher education.”

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Your Child’s 2013 Survival Kit! Part 2

WHEN I was a child my parents would always say to me that they could see farther than I could. At that time, this did not make any sense to me since they had to call me every time to thread needles for them. However, they did not mean the physical ability to see but the experiential ability to see in the future based on the capacity to decipher present situations and how they may unfold later. True to their word, they had better experiential eyesight than I had at the time. And so it is from this perspective that these outside persons can assist the child in finding their way to their true potential. Candid Conversations The next thing I would suggest parents do with their children is to have candid conversations with them. Discover what it is they are passionate about and direct them towards it. Children need to have open lines of communication to

express themselves and will thrive in such an environment. These kinds of actions will demonstrate support for the child and your desire to see them reach their full potential. There is no elixir more powerful to a child than the support of a parent. I had a discussion recently and it hinged on the fact that parents would tell children who they are to become or what they will pursue. I disagreed with this notion but was told that for some this is a part of their culture. While it may be cultural for some, I feel that those who practice it will do their child a disservice and cause a great deal of frustration later in life. Encourage them to embrace serenity While this is an ideal point for children, it is something that is applicable for everyone. Life is very noisy! From the time one wakes in the morning until they go to bed at night they are exposed to a disturbingly high level of noise pollution; and some people even sleep with music playing

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By Whitney Bain or the television turned on. Why am I suggesting that you encourage young people to embrace quiet times? I feel much of the blockages faced by young people today are because of their inability to think. Many find it difficult to reason or think on their feet and as a consequence they have difficulty in class and in life. I feel much of this inability to function can be traced back to them not developing the skill of thinking or learning to think … they are too distracted by noise! Turn off the televisions, radios, MP3 and 4 players and allow them to discover themselves. This is not an exhaustive list of things to help your child succeed in today’s society but is offered as a starting point. For details about the 360 Degree External Perspective and other tools write to whitney_bain@ yahoo.com or is i it www.facebook. com/innerspringyouth to learn more.

The students learnt about power theft discovery, cable locating for underground distribution projects and shadow personnel during feeder upgrades. They also worked alongside linemen to learn about connections, troubled calls, line extensions, and much more. The SSEP participants commenced work on July 1 and will complete their programme on August 30. This year’s candidates include Rayshell Campbell, a business student at TCI Community College working in the human resources department; Shanaz Gardiner, a business student at TCI Community College, working in the customer service department; Christopher Chung, a British West Indies sixth form student with interest in accounting working in the finance department; Oral Selver, a British West Indies sixth form student with an interest in electrical engineering, working in the transmission and

distribution department; and Albert Higgs, an Electrical Engineering student at Memorial University in Canada, working in the transmission and distribution department. FortisTCI director of human resources, Judy Missick, said: “We are very pleased with the group of candidates participating in this year’s student summer programmes and the experiences that have been afforded to them. “As SSEP and SIP continue to evolve, and as students’ progress in their academic studies locally and abroad, we believe that this programme will make a positive contribution to the development of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ most valuable asset; its human resources.” Students interested in participating in SSEP and SIP next summer can look for announcements on both programmes in January 2014. The deadline to submit applications is April 30, 2014.

More stop signs for Provo PREMIER, Dr. Rufus Ewing is to present a paper to Cabinet for more road safety measures to be put in place along Leeward Highway in Providenciales. At the recent post Cabinet briefing the Premier said that it was decided that more stop signs will be introduced as an immediate step while work takes place on the feasibility of roundabouts and

traffic lights. Three and four way stop signs will be installed at specific intersections identified by the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force (RTCIPF). The Road Safety Department and the RTCIPF will also prepare and disseminate appropriate information about the correct use of these signs, he added.

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COMMENTARY

LAST week we wrote about thinking outside the box, bringing TCI to a point where there is unity while leaving corruption behind. To do this we will have to revise the constitution. Something our Premier has already mentioned. Unfortunately, he wants to simply return to the 2006 constitution and achieve independence. The mess we are in today is a direct result of how his party and his mentor handled things under near independence. The question then remains. How do we achieve checks and balances within our own framework and without the interference of the mother country? The Lord and TCI residents now know Britain has done a terrible job of oversight. Too little and now too much. Instead of riding a pendulum

By David Tapfer swinging to extremes how can we achieve balance? Britain now has a coalition government. In the USA Obama and the senate are together and the House of Representatives balance out. If, and when they decide to compromise things get done. State, County and City governments enter the picture and often set a better agenda for the federal folks.

Tiny TCI is smaller than a small US or British city but we need to achieve balance. Never achievable as we gyrate from one party to another. We will never prevent corruption with weak oppositions. We have proven corruption has to reach astonishing heights and opposition must have strong voices to stop it in its tracks. Remember we had to wake up Britain and get Munn fired. We have important national issues, health care and education for example. These cannot be ministered by locally elected representative by tiny local majorities. What we suggested last week is we recognize there are individual issues that pertain to each island. Each island needs a representative who lives “on island”. We need the force of the “at large” popular vote for the national

TCI renews hurricane and earthquake insurance policy THE TURKS and Caicos Islands, along with the 15 other member countries of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) have renewed their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2013/14 policy year that started June 1. Since CCRIF’s inception in 2007 – and despite increasing economic and financial pressures – member countries have recognised the value of including its parametric hurricane and earthquake coverage in their national disaster risk management strategies, a press statement from the facility said. It pointed out that this year was no different, particularly given that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) predicted an active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season with more and stronger hurricanes than usual. For the six-month hurricane season NOAA stated there was a 70 per cent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms - well above the seasonal average of 12 named storms. In light of the budgetary constraints felt by countries across the region, CCRIF said it again minimised its premium costs for the year. “For the 2013/14 policies, CCRIF provided a 25 per cent discount on premiums because no payouts were made by CCRIF in 2012/13, resulting in an underwriting surplus for the organisation, a not-for-profit entity,” the statement read.

World Food Day 2013 poster competition THE FOOD and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), invites entries for their World Food Day 2013 poster competition. The competition is open to children aged five to 17-years-old and prizes will be awarded to the winners in three categories: ages five to eight, nine to12 and 13 to 17. This year the theme for World Food Day is ‘Healthy Food Systems - how we grow, process, package, transport, store, market, purchase and eat our food’. Background information about the theme, including a short video as well as contest rules and prizes

can be found on the FAO website at www.fao.org/WFD-poster-contest. Participation from children of the Caribbean has traditionally been low and FAO’s sub-regional office for the Caribbean is encouraging schools, summer camps, parents and teachers to get involved in helping children learn about the theme and express their ideas through art. All entries are to be provided as digital files uploaded to the FAO website. Digitally produced artwork, scans or photos of artwork are all acceptable. Deadline for submissions is September 30.

"Also, countries could apply a portion of their participation fee toward their premium payment and had the option to lower the minimum attachment point for tropical cyclones from a 15-year to a tenyear return period. “These all led to a reduction in the effective cost of coverage to countries this year by at least 25 per cent but in some cases up to 50 per cent.” CCRIF has also added the new excess rainfall product to its portfolio of offerings to Caribbean governments for 2013/14. This product specifically covers extreme rainfall events, from both cyclonic systems and from non-cyclonic systems. Meanwhile, earlier this month, the facility hosted training for meteorologists and disaster managers from across the region in its RealTime Forecasting System (RTFS). Meteorological officer with the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority, Kendre Wilson, participated in the August 14 to 15 training this year. The RTFS provides information not available from other hurricane weather sources or forecasting systems. While all hurricane weather sites tell the user where the storm is heading and how strong it is likely to be, the RTFS tells the user what the storm is likely to do when it gets there. By providing advance knowledge of a hurricane’s expected locationspecific impacts, the RTFS can assist meteorological officers and disaster management coordinators to support effective disaster preparedness and response. This tool is available at no cost to CCRIF member countries.

issues and ministries. Let us look to what the November election would have brought us. Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, Minister Immigration-Labour, Doctor Rufus Ewing as Minister of Health, Josephine Connolly Minister of Education, Washington Misick and Derek Taylor would have to be selected for Minister of Development-Tourism and/or Finance. They would all be members of Sharlene's cabinet. The PNP would still have the majority of votes but the Ministers would have to provide a balanced agenda, Premier Sharlene would see to that. We would not be wasting our time chasing Caricom, independence or New Guinea. New taxes would be truly temporary and the British would be forced to kick in a fair share. The constituencies could

demand representation. Today Health and Education are ministered by folks elected by local majorities not at large. Not effective. Six seats for Provo are too many. We need two Provo at large reps that can be voted in by all Provo voters not just Long Bay and the Bight. Grand Turk needs to be handled the same way. Two Grand Turk at large representatives voted on by all GT voters. Middle, North Caicos and Salt Cay would a have local a representative living there. Replace the DC concept, which is powerless and ineffective with local elected representation. Can we begin to think outside the box? Why not start by having Rufus and Sharlene conduct town hall meetings together with these ideas in mind.

Top consumers to visit elite wineries of Napa Valley BY DAISY HANDFIELD FOURTEEN lucky people will be travelling to San Francisco and the Napa Valley for a week on Sunday (August 25) to experience the wine industry first hand. Operators of the Wine Cellar on Providenciales made this announcement on Tuesday (August 20). The promotion is an effort to give back to their top 10 consumers for the 2012/13 financial year. The lucky 14 will get the chance to interact with wine makers, visit wineries, familiarise themselves with what it is like to be in the wine world and most importantly, they will be able to bring back that knowledge and share it with others in the hospitality industry. Among some of the resorts taking part are Grace Bay Club, Amanyara, Opus, Hemingway, Bay Bistro, Parrot Cay along with the Wine Cellar. Managing director of Discount Liquors, Galmo ‘Gilley’ Williams, said that this was his way of giving back to the TCI community. “I am happy to see this group going. I am happy to see some long standing people who have been in the industry and who have been providing excellent service to our customers whether locally or visiting. “I think going to the wine country will help prepare them to continue doing the job that they have been doing or help them to do an even better job.” Williams added that he is grateful to be a part of a company that is committed to giving back to the country and to those who helped in

making the company successful. Operations manager for Discount Liquors, Tony Garland, explained the origin of the initiative. “What we decided some years ago is that every year or every other year we would take a team of representatives from the industry to the wine world somewhere in the region. “Last year they went to Chile and this year we decided to take a bigger group into Napa to give back and enhance the ability of the industry.” He added that the goal is to get the industry more familiarised with the wine world. “Selling the end product is one experience but seeing where the product originated from and all the processes that puts that bottle of wine in the hands of all of those bartenders, waitresses and waiters who sell our wine is a different experience.” Bar manager for Bay Bistro Restaurant, Junior Brown, who will be travelling to San Francisco with the group, told the Weekly News that he was eager to learn more about the wine world. “I’m excited. My colleagues seem to be nice and happy and ready to go and it will be a good experience to be able to taste most of the wines and know how it came from scratch… so I can pass it on to the employees that we hire there along with the customers.” Brown said the experience will be valuable in that they will be able to provide a better service to their customers as well as enhance their business relationship with Discount Liquors.

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Tempers flare in US as Bahamas repatriates Cubans amid claims of abuse EXILED Cubans in Miami have strongly criticised the Bahamian government for repatriating 24 Cuban migrants. According to the Miami Herald, the 24 were bused to the airport and put aboard a plane bound for Cuba, despite last-minute entreaties by US government and other officials to delay the returns. The alleged abuse and plans for repatriations have reportedly heightened tension in South Florida, where Cuban groups called for tourist boycotts of the Bahamas, held hunger strikes and staged horn-honking protests around the Bahamian consulate. Ramón Saúl Sánchez, head of the Miami-based Democracy Movement, said his group plans to accuse Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie in international fora of sending the migrants back to Cuba in order “to hide from public view those who were tortured in his country.” It will also ask that the 24 Cubans repatriated be given protection and visas by Panama and other countries

Last month about 1000 Haitians marched against homosexuality (file photo)

to resolve a humanitarian issue, the Herald said. It said those repatriated Friday included eight involved in filming a cell-phone video showing an alleged guard at the Immigration Detention Centre in Nassau kicking several detainees on the ground. Panama had offered asylum to them and 11 others allegedly beaten. Bahamian authorities claimed in July that the video was a fake.

But Miami congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said US State Department officials had told her that Nassau has now confirmed its veracity and removed the guilty guards. “It is shameful that the Bahamian government would not even consider the humanitarian asylum offer made by the government of Panama,” added the Cuban-American Republican.(CMC)

Bahamian government must “rethink” VAT timeline – Former minister THE Bahamas must develop a tax structure “that suits us” according to an ex-FNM Finance Minister, who said that the Government should “rethink” its plan to introduce a 15 per cent Value Added Tax in mid-2014. Zhivargo Laing, who was the former administration’s minister of state for finance, said during a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Freeport that the Government’s plan to implement a VAT on July 1, 2014, was “not doable”. “The Government should rethink this. Firstly, I think that the date is not doable, certainly not to achieve the best results. However, more importantly, I believe that we should step back and see the tax reform exercise more fundamentally and profoundly. Many of the considerations that drove us to look at our tax system with jaundiced eyes have faded. In particular, our offshore finance centre has seen revolutionary changes in the international regulatory environment in which it operates. The timidity that it once had to issues of no or low taxes and even secrecy has matured in some ways,” said Mr Laing. While acknowledging that this nation’s taxation system needs to be reformed, Mr Laing further argued that rather than be “driven”, this nation should effectively chart its

own course and develop a taxation structure that “suits us”. “We can, as a mature nation, take account of our needs as a state and the cost of financing those needs, and consider our vision for a dynamic, robust and growing economy and the commercial opportunities that exist to realize that vision, and develop a tax structure that suits us. In other words, rather than be driven, let’s drive our reform to do for us what we wish to do for ourselves within the context of the global environment in which we exist and are likely to exist. We should aim for reforms and should do them sooner rather than later but let us do our best and most considered reforms, so that we can look back at them and be proud of what we did for us,” Mr Laing said. While the Government is proposing a 15 per cent VAT rate, the hotel industry would be subject to a lower 10 per cent rate. The Government plans to eliminate the 10 per cent hotel occupancy tax rate, replacing it with VAT at the same rate. A 10 per cent VAT rate will also be applied to all hotel food and beverage sales. Companies with an annual turnover of $50,000 or less from having to pay VAT. “There will be a limit to become a VAT registrant of $50,000

turnover per annum, meaning that about 3,798 businesses will qualify as VAT registrants. At this rate, the revenue potential to the Government will be around $200 million. If we return to pre-2008 GFS deficits, this new revenue could totally eliminate our deficit, if the government enjoys levels of growth seen in that period and controls increase in spending, which, I admit is a tall order for governments. If we maintain post-2008 GFS deficits, this new revenue will still mean GFS deficits of $300-$400 million, if all else remains equal; and that would not be sustainable or acceptable,” said Mr Laing. Mr Laing described the Government’s VAT proposal as a “technocratic proposal”, stating, “It does not have the benefit of broad academic consideration or input. It also lacks commercial consideration, as serious study, thought and consideration by the entrepreneurial community of The Bahamas, including the professional supportive communities of accountants, lawyers, economists and financial experts is lacking.” Mr Laing said: “The proposal does not have, as far as I can assess, a current economic impact study to form the basis of any genuine analysis of revenue need medium- to long-term or spending and fiscal targets medium- to longterm.

Haiti hate mob bombs gay British Red Cross worker’s engagement party SEVERAL people were reportedly injured during a violent outbreak of homophobic hostilities which erupted in the French-speaking nation’s capital over the weekend. Angry locals hurled rocks and homemade bombs at a gay British man and his Haitian partner as they celebrated their engagement at a party with friends. The mob reportedly descended on the celebrations brandishing improvised weapons, including Molotov cocktails, and are said to have set cars on fire and smashed windows. It was only a last-minute intervention by police that prevented the couple and their guests from being killed, according to the French news agency AFP. The Englishman, identified only as a Red Cross worker named Max, is reported to have survived the incident unharmed, but has refused to speak about it publicly for fear of further attacks on his Haitian partner. Commenting on the attack, Charlot Jeudy from the Haitian gay rights group Kouraj, said: “This

is a criminal act and homophobic. There is no justification for this kind of attack on people in a private residence. Hopefully the justice authorities will react to the perpetrators of this act.” While gay people in Haiti are not penalised by the law, there is no formal recognition of samesex couples and most homosexual Haitians are careful to keep a low profile to avoid losing their jobs or facing violent attacks. Last month, after a gay rights group announced that it planned to submit proposals for a law permitting gay marriage, over 1,000 members of a group calling itself the Haiti Coalition of Religious and Moral Organisations, and comprising members of the Protestant, Catholic, Muslim and Voodoo faiths, took to the streets in protest. “I believe in God and God condemns homosexuality. Haiti is not going to accept this, and God will punish us further if we allow this to pass,” one of the protesters told the Associated Press.

BVI in US tax evasion talks THE British Virgin Islands (BVI) has begun talks with US authorities over compliance with a law designed to crack down on offshore tax evasion. The BVI, home to about 30,000 people and 500,000 registered companies, is one of the world’s biggest offshore trust jurisdictions. Rules coming into force next year will mean US taxpayers must disclose greater detail about assets held abroad. BVI Premier Orlando Smith said talks with the US were the best way forward. Jurisdictions such as the BVI provide incorporation registration, so that businesses and super-rich investors can claim

they are based on the islands and so avoid taxes in countries where their work is carried out. Last week, the Cayman Islands agreed with the US on providing information on accounts held by US citizens and residents. Mr Smith told a news briefing that his administration was negotiating an “intergovernmental agreement” with Washington to comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. “We are of the very considered opinion that this course is the best one to adopt for the BVI,” he said. Officials on the Caribbean jurisdictions of the Bahamas and Bermuda have also said they intend to comply with the US regulations. (BBC)

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Caribbean academic presents compelling case why Britain should pay reparations A LEADING Caribbean intellectual has presented a compelling argument of why Britain should pay to former colonies in the region reparations for slavery and native genocide. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders at their summit in Trinidad and Tobago in July agreed to the formation of the Commission that will be chaired by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and include St Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The regional countries have also engaged the services of a prominent British human rights law firm to assist in the matter. “We are focusing on Britain because Britain was the largest owners of slaves at Emancipation in the 1830s. The British made the most money out of slavery and the slave trade -- they got the lion share. And, importantly, they knew how to convert slave profits into industrial profits,” said Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). Speaking at a lecture Tuesday night on the title of his latest book, “Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide”, the academic detailed how the British government and British citizens used slavery to

enrich themselves. He further noted that while at Emancipation, reparations were paid to former slave owners, the slaves got nothing. Professor Beckles argued that the reparation monies stimulated the British economy for half a century after Emancipation, but “here in the Caribbean, the islands were descended into poverty after Emancipation. “And in Britain, 50 years of growth because the compensation money was reinvested in the British economy and stimulated the economic development of the company,” he said, adding “the British government built this system (slavery), they created fiscal policies to manage it, they created financial systems, they legislated slavery, they administrated slavery, the government owned the slaves, and, importantly, the British government is the custodian of the wealth of the nation. “We believe that we now have to repair the damage and this is the final point. This is why now repartitions is important,” Professor Beckles said, noting that Caribbean governments were now spending up to 80 per cent of their expenditure on education and health. “After 300 hundred years of taking their labour, exploiting their labour and enriching themselves to build themselves into the most

Dominica prime minister hints at early election PRIME Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has put supporters of the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) on notice that if he may be contemplating calling a general election ahead of the 2015 constitutional deadline. Skerrit, speaking at a ceremony at Scotts Head, south of here on Tuesday night, said if he is pushed by the opposition, then he would oblige and given them what they want, an early general election. “They called for election in 2009 and when I gave it to them they were totally naked. So let them call for election, I hope when I call it they will be ready. “All I will say to you tonight is that Roosevelt Skerrit, the leader of the Labour Party, is ready at any time the prime minister calls election,” he said.

The main opposition United Workers party (UWP) is expected to elect talk-show host Lennox Linton as its leader when the party meets later this year for its annual convention. Former prime minister Edison James has already indicated that he will not be contesting the Marigot seat, which he has represented in Parliament for many years and has thrown his support behind Linton, who is expected to contest the seat. In the 201 general election, the DLP won 12 of the 15 seats. The UWP later unsuccessfully contested in the courts the electoral victories of Prime Minister Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter Saint Jean on the grounds that they held French passports at the time of their nominations. (CMC)

powerful nation on earth, they have left Caribbean peoples illiterate and unhealthy, which means that the governments today have to clean up illiteracy and clean up the ill-health do not have the resources to do it.” Professor Beckles said that the British were good at keeping records and hence the wealth derived from slavery is traceable. He rebutted some of the arguments likely to be advanced by Britain as it resists paying reparations to the region. He said that the British have launched a campaign to discredit the reparations movement, but stated that British citizens are increasingly seeing the need for -- and are calling on their government to make -- amends. Professor Beckles spoke of a case in which a slave trader, faced with decreasing ration aboard a slave ship and no tail winds, decided to throw his slave “cargo” overboard and return to Britain to claim insurance. The British judiciary ruled that it was a simple case of property insurance rather than murder --since slaves were not considered human beings. “Therein lies the British court … the judiciary of great Britain, ruling in its own legal structure that black people are not human beings. “Therein lies the charge of reparations, because to deny a people their human identity is a crime against humanity and that is the case that the British judiciary, on behalf

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus argued that the reparation monies stimulated the British economy for half a century after Emancipation, but here in the Caribbean, the islands were descended into poverty after Emancipation.

of the British state, established the principle that once and for all, that African peoples are not human.” Professor Beckles spoke of how the exploitation of the region under slavery resulted in the underdevelopment of the region’s human resource, infrastructure, and economy. He noted that after 300 years of colonisation, when in 1962 the British left Jamaica at Independence, 80 per cent of the Caribbean nation’s people were functionally illiterate Professor Beckles also spoke of the impact on the family, and mentioned the high rates of diabetes and hypertension in the region and the ways in which black people in the Caribbean and Africa respond to medicine for these conditions. “These are the kinds of things we speak about when we speak about reparations,” Professor Beckles said in reference to the vestiges of slavery and colonisation.

“The British government has to come to the Caribbean and sit with us and help us deal with all of these. We have a legal and moral right,” Professor Beckles said, lauding the efforts of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves who has convinced his CARICOM colleagues to support the reparations movement. “We need to take them forward. All of us need to take them forward,” Professor Beckles said of the issues relating to reparations. “And if we do not, this region is going to regress and regress very rapidly. And it is not about confrontation, it is not about conflict, it is about a 21st century state of sophisticated diplomacy. 21st century diplomacy is required, a 21st century international relations is required. The time has come now in this second phase of nation building for us to go forward. I feel this is where we are at,” he said.

Minnis calls for Christie to fire Mitchell over issue of Cuban detainees OPPOSITION Leader in the Bahamas Hubert Minnis has called for Prime Minister Perry Christie to fire Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell from his Cabinet. Speaking at a press conference at FNM Headquarters, FNM Leader Mr Minnis called on the PM to ‘dismiss Fred Mitchell from his Cabinet forthwith,’ adding: “It has now become clear that Minister Mitchell has exhausted every ounce of credibility as Minister of Foreign Affairs. The FNM is appalled at the dismal mismanagement of our country’s foreign interests by Minister Mitchell.” He called on the government to release the ‘full and unedited’ reports of all investigations that have been conducted to date into Cuban detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre. He said: “To date, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has not given a full account of what took place at the

detention centre on May 20, 2013. “The FNM has been advised that several senior government officials and ministers became aware fairly early that a major instance of abuse had taken place.” Mr Minnis said the FNM had found out that in the early hours of May 20, there was an attempted escape from the detention centre by seven Cuban detainees. This escape was prevented, he said. As punishment for the attempted escape, at least five detainees were physically abused to a severe degree. The abuse was so significant that three of the detainees had to be taken to PMH for treatment. One person was detained and two others returned to the detention centre. Following the beatings, the remaining detainees performed and videotaped a reenactment of the earlier beatings. Minnis said: “Our information is

that the reenactment was facilitated with the assistance of one or more Defence Force officers who provided the fatigues for the actors in the performance. “The FNM has been further advised that several senior government officials and Ministers became aware fairly early that a major instance of abuse had in fact taken place. There was at least one major meeting of senior law enforcement officers and cabinet ministers who were briefed as to what had transpired. As a result of that briefing, a more intensive investigation was ordered. Mr Mitchell said tonight: “With regard to their allegations about the video tape, how many times must you tell these people that an investigation is still on going into this matter and when the matter is done the government will follow the results of the investigation.

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Dr. Joe LeMoine, is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine physician. He has worked with many international athletes and at many sporting events on the world stage. He currently practices in Providenciales, at Prime Sports Medicine.

Concussion in Sport: An Update CONCUSSION and its management have been in the news often lately. It is the subject of a massive class action lawsuit involving American football. It has stimulated many sporting organizations to look at the problem and how to manage it. Recently leaders in sports and concussion have produced new guidelines on management of concussion in sports. This is the third such occasion where specialist and

Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine physician Dr. Joe LeMoine

leaders from around the world have gathered and have come to agreement on concussion. This agreement has been endorsed by the leading

Star Fruit Bread

Recipe (photo saved as starfruit bread) Ingredients: • 2 cups of pureed star fruit/ carambola • 1 cup sugar • ¾ cup milk • 1 egg • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour • 1 cup white all-purpose flour • ¾ teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 1 teaspoon baking soda • ½ teaspoon ginger (more can be added to taste) • ½ teaspoon cinnamon (more can be added to taste) • ¼ cup raisins • ½ cup ground nuts Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º F 2. Prepare baking loaf pans 3. Get out wooden mixing spoon. No mixer is required for this recipe. 4. In a large mixing bowl, combine star fruit puree, sugar, milk, and egg. Mix well. 5. In another bowl, combine remaining dry ingredients and mix well. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir with spoon until all the flour is moistened. Do not over-stir. 6. Pour into prepared loaf pan(s) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean. This should take about 35-40 minutes. Note: If using a black non-stick baking tin, reduce heat to 325º F.

sports organizations: International Football, Rugby, Hockey and the Olympic ruling bodies. Concussion can affect all athletes, of all ages. The recommendations apply to everyone. Players, coaches, staff and officials should put great emphasis on recognition of concussion symptoms and the removal of play for the protection of the athlete. The guidelines also standardize tools to assist in assessing the concussion and the recovery

process and the eventual return to play. The assessment can be administered with a sideline card that tests the injured athletes’ ability to think, remember and reason. It also records the symptoms of the patient. In addition, it provides important information for the player and family on what to watch for and what to do next. Some of the basic recommendations include a thorough assessment by a trained health professional, followed by strict rest

until there are no more symptoms. After this, there is a step-by-step return to active process with testing after each step to ensure a safe return. Only a doctor should authorize the return to full sports. This is the third such statement of agreement on managing concussion in sport, but with the greater interest in safe sport and reducing liability, it is being adopted much faster than in the past. Like so many health issues, the key is information and knowledge.

health Tip 

Star Fruit THE star fruit, also known as carambola or five-finger, is a juicy tropical fruit that grown throughout Southeast Asia, Caribbean, India, among others. It is green when unripe; and varies from pale yellow to deep amber when ripe. It has four to six, and more commonly five, strongly pointed ridges that run from top to bottom, and the soft flesh is encased in a thin waxy, translucent skin (which is eaten together with the flesh). When cut crosswise each slice is shaped like a star, hence its named, “star fruit.” The fruit, which is mostly consumed fresh or as juice, is rich in vitamins A and C, has iron, and high fiber content. The taste varies from sour to sweet, and one way of distinguishing the sour variety from the sweeter ones is that the former has narrower ribs, while the latter has thicker, fleshy ones. Unripe star fruit can be preserved and used as a traditional remedy. Star fruit may lower cholesterol levels and add bulk and moisture

to feces. A decoction of leaves and roots (prepared separately or in combination) can help cure headaches, ringworm, and chickenpox. The fruit cures hangovers and prickly heat. You can also use the pickled fruit for hangovers; just take one piece of the pickled fruit, steam in water and serve. It treats sore eyes and is given to nursing mothers, as it is commonly

believed to stimulate the flow of milk. For sunstroke, a piece of the sweet variety is recommended, for nausea and indigestion, eat a piece of the fruit and repeat after three hours. Its high vitamin C content can help ward off winter colds and flu. It is recommended as diet fruit because of its high fiber and low calorie content. Star fruit is also full of antioxidants and flavonoids. For persons suffering with kidney troubles, they should avoid eating the star fruit. Buying Tip: Look for shiny yellow star fruit that are without bruises and are not too soft. Ripe star fruit should be used as soon as possible.

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Tamika graduated from Florida International University in Miami with a Masters degree in Dietetics & Nutrition. She is a registered dietitian with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and licensed to practice medical nutrition therapy in the state of Florida. Email Tamika via tcweeklynews@gmail.com or tamikahandfield@yahoo.com with your healthy eating questions.

The West Indies Mahogany By Denis Belanger WEST Indies mahogany is a grand tree with a broad, dense symmetrical crown and a straight trunk often buttressed and swollen at the base. It has the potential to get 75 feet tall with a trunk diameter in excess of 2 feet, but such large trees are very rare and are not seen in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Mahoganies in the Islands are no more than 20 to 30 feet tall with 15 to 25 feet canopy spreads. Mahogany is a native semideciduous tree, which loses its old leaves at the end of winter just as the new growth is beginning. It may be leafless for only a week or two. The leaves of mahogany are unique among North American native trees; they are even-pinnate compound, with three or four pairs of asymmetric leaflets and no leaflet at the tip. The newly unfolding leaves are reddish purple, soon turning to yellowish green. Mahogany produces small, fragrant, rather inconspicuous flowers on the year's new growth as the leaves are emerging, and both male and female flowers are produced on the same tree. The conspicuous fruits are woody fivelobed capsules, about 5 inches long. They persist on the branchlets until leaf fall the following spring, when they split open to release the abundant seeds. There are three species in the genus Swietenia, all native to the New World tropics. Unfortunately, large trees are scarce because the wood is very valuable. Given ideal conditions, mahogany is a fast growing tree. It is tolerant of acidic to alkaline soils. During its formative years, keep mahogany

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pruned to a single leader with evenly spaced branches around the trunk. Mahogany needs regular watering for best growth. Established specimens can tolerate dry spells, but they may drop leaves. Mahogany is difficult to start from cuttings, and usually is grown from seed. Mahogany's little winged seeds are spread by the wind and often give rise to numerous seedlings in the vicinity of mature trees. Mahogany is a popular avenue, shade and framing. It is often used in parks and commercial landscapes, and around parking lots. On streets, they are usually planted about 30 feet apart. I believe it would be a great choice of tree for our nude highway

planters. Mahogany casts only a light shadow and does not discourage grass and other plantings beneath it. West Indies mahogany is renowned for its ability to withstand strong winds, and it is moderately tolerant of salt spray and salty soils. It is a good large shade or specimen tree for coastal but not fully exposed to the sea landscapes. The wood of mahogany is one of the most valuable cabinet woods of any tree. The wood of mahogany is hard and reddish in color. Chippendale and Hepplewhite cabinets made from mahogany in the mid 1700's are worth small fortunes today

Breakfast

WE are days away from the start of another school year and I am beginning to think of what foods I will feed my son to support good growth and optimal health. Breakfast is of particular concern to most parents because it is the most important meal of the day. Research now shows that people who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who do not eat breakfast. So what should you be feeding your child for breakfast? The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) MyPlate is a visual tool to help you select breakfast foods that will provide the brain fuel your child needs to focus and concentrate throughout the day. Fruits: fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals like vitamins A and C, potassium and magnesium just to name a few. Fruits are also very high in fiber, which keeps your kids regular. Any fruit will do— fresh, frozen or canned—as long as it is not canned or frozen in sugar or a syrup based liquid. Vegetables: like fruits, vegetables are chock full of good things for a growing child. Experiment with different ways you can add vegetables to your child’s breakfast. You may want to make an omelet with mushrooms, spinach, onions, sweet peppers and tomatoes or you can make a frittata and bake them in small muffin pans for easy handling. Smoothies are also an easy way to get vegetables such as cucumbers, celery, spinach, carrots (and any other vegetable) in for breakfasts. Just choose a variety of brightly colored vegetables—dark green, yellows and reds—to ensure your child is getting good balance of nutrients. Grains: these are very important in a child’s diet because they provide the energy needed to run and jump and play. Ensure you choose 100% whole grains such as oatmeal, whole wheat bread and corn tortilla. Cereals are a favorite of parents and children because of the convenience; however, avoid the sugary cereals and opt for cereals higher in fiber and nutrients. Homemade granola, with dried fruit, is an excellent choice for cereal. Protein: protein and carbohydrates should be a part of every meal because they help with a feeling of satiety. Choose lean protein sources such as eggs, milk, yogurt and nut butters. Breakfast does not have to be restricted to the ‘normal’ breakfast foods, but you can also eat leftovers from the night before; so leftover salmon wrapped in a tortilla with spinach, avocado and a little salsa is perfect breakfast food! Dairy: this is the best source of calcium, which supports growing bones and teeth. Be sure to choose low fat or fat free dairy products. As you plan your breakfasts, let MyPlate guide your choices and try to include at least three of the food groups at every meal. This way you are ensuring your child gets the nutrition he or she needs to grow. Nutrition In Demand A non profit organization helping you to: "Eat Healthy Today... Living, Longer, Better Tomorrow" Cell: (649) 242-3978 or (649) 442-3978

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WikiLeaks source Manning gets 35 years, will seek pardon BRADLEY Manning, the Army private whose disclosure of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military and diplomatic documents gave American officials a global case of heartburn, was sentenced to more than three decades in prison Wednesday. A military judge sentenced Manning to 35 years -- less than the 60 prosecutors sought and far shorter than the 90 he could have received -- minus credit for the about three and a half years he’s already been behind bars. He showed little to no reaction when the judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, sentenced him at Fort Meade, outside Washington. But in a statement read by his attorney afterward, he said he acted “out of a love

UK children need more exercise, study says HALF of all UK sevenyear-olds do not do enough exercise, with girls far less active than boys, a study suggests. University College London researchers found just 51% of the 6,500 children they monitored achieved the recommended hour of physical activity each day. For girls, the figure was just 38%, compared with 63% for boys. Half of the group also spent more than six hours being sedentary each day, although some of this would be spent in class, the researchers acknowledged. The study, published in the online journal BMJ Open, found levels of activity varied among groups. For example, children of Indian origin and those living in Northern Ireland were among the least physically active. But the most marked difference was between girls and boys. Researchers said this suggested there needed to be a focus on making sport and other activities more attractive to girls.

for my country and a sense of duty,” to expose what he said were abuses committed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The attorney, David Coombs, said the statement was part of Manning’s application for a pardon from President Barack Obama. “If you deny my request for a pardon, I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society,” the statement said. “I will gladly pay that price if it means we could have a country that is truly conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all women and men are created equal.” White House spokesman Josh Earnest had no comment on a possible pardon, saying only that Manning’s request would be considered “like any other application.” Manning, 25, was convicted in July of stealing 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos and disseminating them to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group. Lind also reduced his rank from

Boys looks out from their house after days of torrential rains along a waterway in Las Pinas on August 21.

Philippine floods cause more chaos in waterlogged Manila Manning was convicted in July of stealing 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos and disseminating them to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group.

private first class to private, ordered him to forfeit pay and benefits and be dishonorably discharged. “We’re still here fighting for you Bradley!” a supporter yelled as Manning was hustled out of the courtroom. “We love you Bradley!” another said. An aunt and a cousin of Manning’s wept openly in the courtroom. Manning was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges against him, including violations of the U.S. Espionage Act. He avoided a potential life

sentence when Lind rejected charges that his actions aided the enemy. Lind already had agreed to reduce Manning’s sentence by 112 days after ruling that the harsh treatment he was subjected to in the brig at the Marine base in at Quantico, Virginia, was out of line. Manning will be eligible for parole in 10 years, Coombs said. In the meantime, he called on Obama “to focus on protecting whistleblowers, instead of punishing them.” (CNN)

The man who gate-crashed Merkel's plane He is known only as Volkan T. But the mystery bodybuilder is the man behind one of Germany’s more bizarre news stories this summer, making him our German of the week. His actions have made headlines around the world, but have not ended well for him and left military chiefs red-faced. On July 25th the 24-yearold, wearing nothing but his underpants, boarded a government jet used by Chancellor Merkel and, high on drugs, staged a oneman party. He pressed buttons in the cockpit, sprayed foam from a fire extinguisher around the jet’s plush interior and jumped on the wing of the Airbus 319. The full details of the embarrassing intrusion were made public by the Welt newspaper on Sunday after they were leaked an eightpage police report. They detail how Volkan even released an inflatable emergency slide from the jet inside the supposedly secure military area of Cologne airport.

The Welt newspaper said the bodybuilder was able to get onto the government plane clutching a bag of ecstasy and marijuana as the emergency door was open. He had got into the airport by telling guards he was going to a wedding and then climbed over a barbed wire fence. But rather than rush to remove the intruder once he accidentally pushed an alarm button in the cockpit, security services took four hours to remove him. Merkel, meanwhile, was watching an opera in Bayreuth and her defence minister

Thomas de Maizière, who is underfire over Euro Hawks and drones, is facing fresh questions. Defence spokesman for the main opposition partythe SPD Rainer Arnold told the Welt “This incident must be fully explained.” Germany’s Bundeswehr, which is supposed to protect the plane, knew there was someone on the plane from 8.40pm, according to the police report. But it was not until nearly 10pm that they heightened their security alert from level three to the highest – level one.

HEAVY rain continued to lash the northern Philippines on Wednesday, a day after flooding put more than half of the Manila region under water. The relentless monsoon rains, intensified by a tropical storm at sea, have so far led to eight deaths. More than 280,000 people have fled from their homes, authorities said. The muddy flood waters have swamped roads and buildings, bringing life in many areas to a standstill. La Mesa Reservoir, in a densely populated area of the Manila region, is overflowing, the national disaster agency reported, prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents from surrounding neighborhoods. The water at several other dams in the region is near critical levels, it said. More than 500 areas across 78 municipalities and cities on the main island of Luzon

have been reported as flooded, the disaster agency said Wednesday. A state of calamity has been declared in three provinces, three cities and eight municipalities, it said. Brought about by days of fierce rain, floods have disrupted air and land transportation, and caused the closure of schools, businesses and nonemergency government offices. At one point Tuesday, as much as 60% of the Manila metropolitan region was flooded, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a report. The region, known as Metro Manila, has about 12 million residents. The waters later subsided, leaving about 20% of Metro Manila under water, the U.N. office said. Lorie Pascua, said she and her family had been trapped since Monday in their house in Cavite, one of the hardest hit provinces near Manila.

Emergency services personnel rescue a passenger after a bus fell into a ravine near the Genting Highlands on August 21, 2013.

Malaysia bus crash kills 37 AT LEASt 37 people were killed when a bus in a mountainous area of Malaysia plunged into a ravine on Wednesday, the country’s Bernama news agency said, citing rescue officials. There also were 16 people injured, and they were sent to hospitals, the report said. There were 53 people

on board. Among the dead were Bangladeshi, Thai and Chinese nationals. The bus driver also died. The bus was descending from Genting Highlands when it fell into a 200-feet-deep ravine, Bernama reported. The incident occurred near the capital, Kuala Lumpur. (CNN)

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Chile priest faces jail in sex case A CHILEAN priest has been convicted of sexually abusing four children who were under his care at a young people’s home in the city of Temuco. The court heard how Orlando Rogel Pinuer, 53, gave teenagers alcohol and money in exchange for sexual acts. Prosecutor Omar Merida said there was evidence Rogel had abused other youths for years. He accused the Catholic Church of failing to co-operate. The priest faces 15 years in prison, and will be sentenced on

Sunday. He carried out the abuse while acting as administrator of the San Juan Bosco young people’s home in Temuco between 2006 and 2011. His victims were aged between 14 and 16 at the time. The prosecutor asked for a 15-year sentence because he said the abuse had been going on for many years. “The evidence we presented showed that these same acts had been occurring for at least the last 20 years,” said Mr Merida. (BBC)

The NSA’s activities have sparked protests after leaks by Edward Snowden.

NSA illegally collected thousands of emails, US admits A NATIONAL Security Agency surveillance system illegally gathered up to 56,000 personal emails by Americans annually, declassified court documents show. Officials revealed that a judge in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled the programme illegal in 2011. The communications were between people with no links to terror suspects. The US government faces mounting criticism over its surveillance operations after the leaks of US whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The court, whose rulings are normally kept secret, said the NSA may have violated US law for collecting as many as 56,000 emails on an annual basis between 2008 and 2011. But intelligence officials speaking to reporters anonymously say the scooping of emails was unintentional, blaming it on a technological problem. The NSA was unable to separate out emails between Americans with no direct connection to terrorism, so the agency was collecting tens

of thousands of “wholly domestic communications” every year, the court documents said. In the ruling, Judge John Bates criticised the NSA over the breach of privacy, marking it as “the third instance in less than three years in which the government has disclosed a substantial misrepresentation regarding the scope of a major collection programme”. The court found that the data gathering violated the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, prohibiting “unreasonable searches and seizures”. The court’s opinions, which are usually kept secret, were revealed by the government in response to a Freedom of Information request. Government officials said that the court rulings had been declassified to show that eavesdropping programmes at fault had been found and fixed, highlighting its oversight measures. The scope of the NSA’s massive surveillance programme, which sweeps up internet traffic and phone records, was exposed in June in leaks to media by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Peruvian Tribe Makes Rare Appearance This week, two Peruvian advocacy groups dedicated to protecting the human rights and habitats of indigenous tribes in the Amazon rainforest released footage of a rare encounter with one of the most isolated tribes on Earth. Known to researchers as the Mashco-Piro, the group is believed to number in the hundreds, and their sudden appearance sparked a tense, threeday standoff with local residents earlier this summer. This is the second time in two years the group has attempted to make contact with outsiders, after an absence of more than 20 years. On June 24, two dozen clan members appeared along the banks of the Las Piedras River near the tiny hamlet of Monte Salvado in southeastern Peru. The group, comprised of men, women and children, were all equipped with bows, arrows and lances and made threatening gestures at residents across the river before disappearing back into the forest. The next day, a larger group of 110 Mashco-Piro showed up and tried to cross the river to Monte Salvado (itself inhabited by fewer than 150 people), but was stopped by a resident ranger, Rommel Ponciano, who tried to communicate with tribe members in Yine, the local dialect. Ponciano, an employee of FENAMAD—the indigenous rights group that filmed the encounter— was only able to understand portions of the conversation, but was still able to prevent the Mashco-Piro from crossing the river on that occasion and when a third, smaller group appeared on June 26. Yine residents praised Ponciano for his bravery in diffusing the tense situation–no small matter considering the Mashco-Piro are believed to be responsible for the wounding of another ranger in 2011 and the murder of a local indigenous Indian who had befriended members of the tribe over a series of years. While the safety of Monte Salvado’s residents was a concern, so was that of the Mashco-Piro. Their severe isolation has rendered their immune systems highly vulnerable, and it’s likely that something as simple as the common cold could have disastrous effects on the group. These fears are not unfounded: During the 1980s, exploration by oil companies and the resulting physical contact led to mortality rates in excess of 50 percent for the Nahua (another isolated tribe) and the Mashco-Piro themselves suffered what FENAMAD president Klaus Quicque referred to as a “genocide” when their ancestral lands came under attack by loggers during the same decade. In order to protect the estimated 12,000-15,000 members of the country’s numerous “uncontacted” tribes, Peruvian law prohibits physical contact with groups such as the Mashco-Piro, though advocacy groups such as Survival International stress that these laws are rarely enforced, and that as much 70 percent of the

Peruvian rainforest has already been leased for development to oil and logging companies. Despite their attempts to keep their distance from society, it’s clear that the traditional way of life of the Mashco-Piro and other indigenous tribes has already been irrevocably changed. Researchers believe the group was forced to abandon their sedentary, farming communities for life as itinerant hunter-gatherers when their natural resources supply was destroyed by the encroaching modern world. Forced to follow the weather, they spend much of the dry season fishing along riverbeds, before returning to the rainforest during the wet period, but in recent years even these areas have become increasingly depleted. During the June standoff, tribe members made repeated requests for food and tools from the local Yine, including bananas, machetes and rope, leading researchers to believe that this most recent appearance was likely triggered by an uptick in incursions into Mashco-Piro territory by industrial companies, drug traffickers and even thrill-seeking

adventure tourists, eager to catch a glimpse of the region’s mysterious tribes. The resulting destruction of food and property led to the tribe’s demands for compensation. That may also be the reason behind their last public appearance, along the banks of another nearby river in 2011. These two occasions mark the only known attempts by the Mashco-Piro to make direct contact with non-natives peoples in at least two decades, though there have been isolated sightings or encounters in the wild. Today, Peru has the third-largest number of “uncontacted” groups in the world, after Brazil and New Guinea. While Peru has established five “reserve” zones designed to protect these tribes, the government is under increasing pressure to open up valuable land for development. The same is true in neighboring Brazil, which has so far managed to set aside 13 percent of its land area for a series of more than 600 indigenous zones, despite complaints that the country’s 67 different isolated, indigenous tribes make up less than 0.5 percent of Brazil’s total population.

Charges mulled against writer who called for autistic child to be euthanise CANADIAN authorities are considering criminal charges -- albeit not for a hate crime -against whomever wrote a stark letter to an Ontario family urging them to either “move or euthanise” their autistic son. Prosecutors determined that “despite the hateful language used,” the content of the letter “falls below the threshold for a hate crime,” the Durham Regional Police Service issued a statement Tuesday. “However, there are other criminal code issues that are being considered,” police added. The anonymous letter stirred a far-reaching outcry, as well as prompting neighbors to rally around the targeted 13-year-old,

Max Begley, since it became public. The letter -- signed “one pissed off mother” -- castigates Begley’s family for what they describe as the “nuisance” the teen poses. “That noise he makes when he is outside is DREADFUL! Its (sic) scares the hell out of my normal children!!!!!” the letter states. “They should take whatever non retarded body parts he possesses and donate it to science.” The writer tells the family to “go live in a trailer in the woods with your wild animal kid” and to do “the right thing and move or euthanize him!” “Either way we are all better off.”

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Sandals Foundation gives historical landmark a facelift THE SANDALS Foundation along with Miss Turks and Caicos Universe 2013 Snwazna Adams, teamed up with the Turks and Caicos National Trust to bring a much needed facelift to Cheshire Hall. The 200-year-old historic ruins and former cotton plantation were once home to hundreds of slaves in Providenciales. Ethlyn Gibbs, director of the Turks and Caicos Nation Trust, explained: “The core of our culture sits within the walls of the Cheshire Hall plantation. “We are very grateful that the Sandals Foundation brought this great aesthetic enhancement to the historical site.” The project was spearheaded by the Sandals Foundation – the philanthropic arm of Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple Resorts – with the help of assistant grounds manager for Beaches Resort Michael Dunaway.

It saw the planting of over 30 native plants and the installation of an elaborate irrigation watering system to help maintain a beautiful landscape across the plantation. “We applaud the team for taking a keen interest in preserving our heritage and also making the site more attractive and accessible for all to visit,” Gibbs said. This is the second time the Sandals Foundation has teamed up with the Turks and Caicos National Trust. The foundation worked with the organisation last year on a project to completely transform the entrance area of historical site by adding 80 feet of gravel along the trail-way. This made the nature walk more accessible for the hundreds of visitors that come to the park every year. Beaches general manager Don Dagenais on behalf of the Sandals Foundation, said: “Beaches Resort

is always committed to promoting Turks and Caicos culture and history. “I am happy that we were offered another opportunity to contribute to the improvement of one of the few pre-modern historical structures left on Providenciales.” Miss Turks and Caicos Universe 2013 Snwazna Adams added: “The Cheshire Hall plantation is a part of my history and was once home to my ancestors. “Gratitude to the Sandals Foundation for inviting me to participate in this project; it certainly gave me an opportunity to leave a mark on one of our country’s most prestigious heritage sites.” Cheshire Hall plantation is one of the key historic attractions on Providenciales and has seen over 2,000 visitors per annum, all coming to see the carefully preserved ruins that offer spectacular views of the island from its hilltop setting.

Sandals Foundation with the Beaches Grounds Team and Miss Turks and Caicos Universe 2013 Snwazna Adams

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Suzie the TCI turtle spotted in the US Virgin Islands ADULT female green turtle Suzie, the first to be satellite tagged by the Turks and Caicos Islands Turtle Project, has turned up in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), over three years since her satellite tag stopped transmitting. Earlier this month, TCI Turtle Project coordinator Dr Peter Richardson at the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) UK, was contacted by WIDECAST, a regional sea turtle conservation network, about the sighting of a turtle with flipper tags WC8517 and WC8516. This followed an encounter on the night of August 6,

when US fish and wildlife researchers at Sandy Point on St Croix carefully approached a nesting female green turtle and recorded the numbers on her flipper tags. Realising the tags did not belong to the Sandy Point project, US fish and wildlife officer Claudia Lombard reported the sighting to WIDECAST, who reported it to Dr Richardson. “I almost fell off my chair when I checked our records and realised the flipper tags belong to Suzie. “Because she was the first turtle we satellite tagged in TCI, she is very special to the

Suzie being released back into the waters

project and many people in the Islands,” Dr Richardson said. He added: “To learn that over three years later she is alive and well and nesting, indeed continuing to contribute to green turtle conservation in the Caribbean,

is very exciting news. “The St Croix report didn’t mention a satellite tag, so I guess it dropped off just like it was supposed to, and Suzie is carrying on with her life. “We wish her and her hatchlings good luck!” Suzie was satellite tagged by DEMA officer Quentin Philips and TCI Turtle Project officer Amdeep Sanghera in June 2009. She then became infamous when she left her foraging grounds off East Caicos in September that year on a 3,700-mile migration through the territories of 15 Caribbean range states before returning to TCI in January 2010. The adventurous turtle became a national celebrity in the TCI as local people followed her amazing journey online, and her story was also covered by the BBC, The Times and The Telegraph in the UK. Some fishermen working with the project said that Suzie’s journey had changed the way they think about TCI’s turtles. She settled back on her East Caicos foraging grounds where she stayed until her tag fell silent in May 2010. Dr Richardson remains puzzled by her migration. “When we tracked her, she swam straight past the USVI early on in her journey, and her tracking data suggested she may have nested once in Barbuda before continuing her bizarre and lengthy migration. “We struggled to understand why she would migrate such a long way for just one clutch of eggs.” He added that it makes more sense to hear that she is now nesting in the USVI. The genetic analysis they carried out on her tissue samples is consistent with the genetic identity of the green

turtle population nesting in USVI, so it is clear that she is part of the USVI breeding population. Nevertheless, her long migration in 2009 and 2010 remains a mystery. “Perhaps, by chance, we tracked her first attempt at a nesting migration, and as a novice she simply missed her target destination!” Dr. Richardson added. The TCI Turtle Project continues to satellite track green and hawksbill turtles in the TCI. One of these turtles, Jewel, an adult female hawksbill turtle, was satellite tagged shortly after Suzie in October

2009 and her tag is still transmitting from where she lives in her foraging grounds off East Caicos, almost four years later. Jewel has not left TCI waters in all that time, but the tracking did follow her two recent nesting seasons, one in 2009 and one in 2011, both on the same East Caicos beaches. The Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) respectfully requests TCI citizens to leave well alone any turtles they see bearing satellite tags and report sightings of tagged turtles to DEMA headquarters in Providenciales.

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Princess Diana murder claim doubted PRINCESS Diana, murdered? By the British military? Pshaw say royal analysts in reaction to news over the weekend of a newly revealed allegation that elite British soldiers were in on Diana’s 1997 death in a Paris car crash. “I’m in my 40s now, and as long as I’ve been alive, every four or five years there’s been another documentary, another book about the assassination of John Kennedy,” royal analyst Mark Saunders told CNN. “And to some extent, Diana is rapidly becoming the new Kennedy. It’s just continuous. It doesn’t stop.” Wildly popular in life and death, Diana died on August 31, 1997, after the car she was riding in slammed into a pillar in a Paris overpass. Her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul, also died. Investigators concluded that Paul was drunk and speeding when the

accident occurred, and despite at least three inquiries -- including a lengthy London police inquiry that poured cold water on all forms of conspiracy theories in Diana’s death -- whispers of collusion and cover-up have persisted. The latest claim, published by Press Association, the Sunday People newspaper and other British media outlets, alleges that members of Britain’s elite Special Air Service commando unit were involved in assassinating Diana. The claim appears to have been sent first to military authorities and then to London police by the parents-in-law of a British special forces sniper after his marriage had fallen apart, according to an article on the website of the Sunday People newspaper. It did not offer a source for its reporting, but the paper indicated that the parents were questioning the integrity of the

Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997.

soldier, who had testified in another soldier’s court-martial. Sunday People said it had seen a seven-page handwritten letter by the in-laws alleging that the soldier, whom the newspaper did not name, had boasted to his wife that the commando unit was behind the deaths. Neither the Sunday People piece nor an earlier version carried by Press Association offered details of the claimed involvement by soldiers in the deaths. London police said Saturday that its investigators were assessing the “relevance and credibility” of the information, but stressed tersely that

their review did not amount to a “reinvestigation.” A spokesman for Lord Stevens, the former Scotland Yard chief who led the department’s inquiry, said that “if anything new has come to light it should passed to its rightful place at the Met (Metropolitan Police), who will no doubt look into the matter appropriately.” Palace officials declined to comment to CNN over the weekend, and the UK Ministry of Defence told CNN only that “this is for Metropolitan Police to investigate.” The Mirror newspaper quoted Dai Davies, a former head of royal protection, as saying he was

“mystified how any new information can possibly allege anything other than this was a tragic accident.” Saunders, author of “Diana and the Paparazzi” and other books on the princess, likewise said he doesn’t expect anything from the new revelations. “That was one of the most intensive investigations ever carried out in this country,” Saunders said of the London police inquiry into Diana’s death. “And no matter how you looked at it, no matter what angle you looked at the conspiracy theories from, you just came up against a brick wall.”

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Stallone mulls Rambo TV series

EXPENDABLES producer Avi Lerner is in talks with Sylvester Stallone about reprising his role in a TV series based on the film franchise Rambo. Lerner, a producer on the 2008 sequel Rambo, has teamed with Entertainment One and Nu Image for the adaptation. He said he was “excited by the prospect of collaborating again with my good friend Sly for an encore”. Talks suggest Stallone, 67, will be involved on a “creative level” and may also reprise his original Rambo role. First Blood (1982), the original Rambo movie, starred Stallone as a troubled Vietnam war veteran. Sequels followed in 1985 and 1988, with the franchise revived 20 years later. “Rambo fans cover all demographics and we’re confident that we’ll quickly find this series

The Prison Break star opposed a recent Russia ruling which banned children from receiving homosexual information.

The first Rambo movie came out in 1982.

a home,” said John Morayniss, of Entertainment One (eOne) Television. Last year, Stallone told reporters in Rome that he was keen to return to the role for one final big screen

outing. “The Rambo thing, that’s why I don’t retire. I just see a guy unable to go home. He needs war and I see him dying there,” Stallone said, in November 2012.

Elmore Leonard, crime novelist, dies aged 87 US crime writer Elmore Leonard, author of such books as Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Out of Sight, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. A statement on his official website said he had died on Tuesday morning “surrounded by his loving family”. The author of 45 novels, Leonard had been in the process of writing his 46th. Author Patricia Cornwell paid tribute, saying he was “one of the true icons of crime literature and entertainment”. She added he would be “hugely missed”. Leonard suffered a stroke earlier this month in Detroit and had been in hospital. He died at his home in

Elmore Leonard suffered a stroke earlier this month in Detroit.

the city’s Bloomfield Village suburb. British author Ian Rankin called Leonard “a great writer”. “Gave me a few tips once,” he wrote on Twitter.

“I ignored most of them.” Journalist and author Tony Parsons also remembered Leonard as a “great writer” whose books would “never die”. Born in New Orleans in 1925, Leonard started out writing western stories before turning to crime fiction in the 1960s. Renowned for his terse, no-nonsense style and sparse use of dialogue, his works inspired numerous screen adaptations. Hombre, 3.10 to Yuma, Get Shorty and Rum Punch were among those filmed, the latter by Quentin Tarantino under the title Jackie Brown. One of his more heroic characters, US Marshal Raylan Givens, inspired the TV series Justified, while his 1978 novel The Switch was filmed this year as Life of Crime.

DMX arrested again RAPPER DMX had another runin with police in South Carolina this week, ending with a citation for marijuana possession. The arrest in Greer, South Carolina, comes four weeks after he was charged with drunken driving in Greenville, just one town away. DMX -- whose real name is Earl Simmons -- was a passenger in a Ford F-350 truck stopped by police for allegedly making an improper lane change Tuesday night, according to the police report. The police report said the officer immediately recognised Simmons, 42, and knew that there was an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failure to appear

DMX has an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

in court for a previous charge. The officer reported seeing “a bag of green plant material I knew

to be marijuana” on the passenger door where Simmons was sitting. The rapper denied it was his and then told police he “had breathing trouble.” “At this point, Mr. Simmons became very aggressive with his words and was making multiple idle threats,” the police report said. “The smell of alcohol coming from his person became very strong.” Simmons was placed under arrest for the warrant and also cited for simple possession of marijuana. He was booked into the Greer jail, but released on bail hours later, a police spokesman said. The artist’s publicist defended DMX in a written statement to CNN Wednesday.

‘Prison Break’ star comes out WENTWORTH Miller has come out as gay in a letter to the organisers of a film festival in Russia. The “Prison Break” star, 41, was invited to appear at the St. Petersburg international Film Festival, but declined due to Russia’s recent antiLGBT legislation. “As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes,” Miller wrote in the letter, posted on GLAAD’s website. “However, as a gay man, I must decline.” Miller went on to openly decry Russia’s recent rulings banning homosexual “propaganda.” “I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government,” Miller continued. “The situation is in no

way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systemically denied their basic right to live and love openly.” “Perhaps, when if circumstance improve, I’ll be free to make a different choice,” Miller concluded. “until then.” GLAAD spokesperson Wilson Cruz applauded Miller’s stance. “Wentworth’s bold show of support sends a powerful message to LGBT Russians, who are facing extreme violence and persecution,” he said. “As people from across the globe continue to speak out against Russia’s horrific law, more celebrities and corporations should follow his courageous lead in openly condemning Russia’s anti-LGBT law.” (NYdailynews)

Disney child star found dead US actor Lee Thompson Young, a former Disney child star, has been found dead at the age of 29. Police in North Hollywood have not given an official cause of death, but Young’s manager, Paul Baruch, said the actor “tragically took his own life”. Young rose to fame in the Disney series The Famous Jett Jackson, where he played a teenage secret agent. More recently he portrayed a Boston police detective in the series Rizzoli & Isles. “Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed,” Baruch said. “We ask that you please respect the privacy of his family and friends as this very difficult time.” The actor’s body was found at his home by police on Monday morning after he failed to show up for work on Rizzoli & Isles, where he played Barry Frost, a bright but squeamish police detective. The show, which also stars The Sopranos actress Lorraine Bracco, has just been commissioned for another series. “We are beyond heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, gentle, good-

Lee Thompson Young rose to fame in the Disney series The Famous Jett Jackson, where he played a teenage secret agent.

hearted, intelligent man,” series producer Janet Tamaro said in a joint statement with the TNT network and Warner Bros. “Lee will be cherished and remembered by all who knew and loved him, both on and off screen, for his positive energy, infectious smile and soulful grace,” The actor was born in South Carolina in 1984 and moved to New York aged 12, where he landed the lead role in The Famous Jett Jackson. The Disney series, which ran for three series and was turned into a movie, was eventually cancelled in 2001. (BBC)

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Diddy turns down ‘American Idol’ offer after ex Lopez accepts: report

Eyob Mekonnen suffered a stroke last Tuesday.

Ethiopian reggae singer dead at 37 Popular Ethiopian reggae singer Eyob Mekonnen has died. Fans of the 37-year-old singer helped raise money for his treatment after he had a stroke last Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. He was flown to Kenya on Saturday, but he died in hospital on Sunday. “He has made such a mark on the Ethiopian music scene, bringing a unique and poetic voice with thoughtful lyrics and a beautiful reggae vibe,” a posting on his Facebook fan site said.

The page was set up on the social networking site last week called Let Us Pray for Eyob Mekonnen. Its postings kept fans up-todate on his condition and appealed for financial help to organise his transfer from hospital in Addis Ababa to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. “He was one of a kind... humble and extremely loyal,” his close friend and manager Eyob Alemayehu, from the music promoter Yisakal Entertainment, told BBC Africa.

SO much for letting bygones be bygones. Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jennifer Lopez’s love affair ended with a bang in 2001, stemming from a gun incident at a Manhattan nightclub in 1999. But there still seems to be some heartbroken scars leftover. The 43-year-old hip-hop mogul had his eyes on the third spot as judge for season 13 of “American Idol” until Lopez stepped in to make her big comeback, a source told Us Weekly. “(He) felt it was a ‘her’ or ‘me’ situation,” the insider stated. But when it came down to it, the show’s producers pursued the 44-year-old “On the Floor” singer. If the awkwardness of them being in the same vicinity weren’t enough, Diddy also reportedly had issues with the involvement of Lopez’s manager, Benny Medina. Combs was managed by Medina,

Lady Gaga asks fans to stop sending abusive tweets LADY Gaga has asked her fans to stop sending online threats to her critics. The pop star said she would not condone “hateful or abusive language” directed towards others, adding “this is not a healthy way to handle your emotions”. Some of her fans had tweeted death threats to dance producer Deadmau5, who criticised Gaga’s video collaboration with artist Marina Abramovic. Meanwhile, One Direction have also said that some fans “cross the line” on social media. In a BBC interview, Harry Styles said: “Obviously there’s a line and some people cross it - but most people don’t.”

His bandmate Niall Horan said he had always heeded the advice, “don’t tweet anything you don’t want your grandmother to hear”. Writing on her blog, Lady Gaga told fans: “I know how angry you feel sometimes, and I know that when they say things about me you feel that they are saying them about you as well. “Although pop culture and society have become more negative and critical of the artist over the years, by engaging in this negativity you are allowing it to spread. She continued: “I ask you to take a pledge with me to continue the change toward positivity, and to recognise that this behaviour is wrong.

who aided in the launch of his clothing apparel and fragrance brand Sean John, several years ago. Despite the claims of underlying tensions, Diddy’s rep told Us it’s “not true” and that the rapper’s decision

to turn down “Idol” had nothing to do with Lopez or Medina. The “Last Night” rapper ran into Lopez and her 25-year-old boyfriend Casper Smart at a Golden Globe Awards after party in January.

One Direction’s Zayn Malik is engaged

SINGER Zayn Malik is heading in “One Direction” -- toward the altar. One Direction member Malik is engaged to girlfriend and Little Mix member Perrie Edwards, a representative for their mutual label, Columbia Records, confirmed to CNN. “Zayn and Perrie are engaged, but any further detail regarding their relationship is private,” the rep said. Speculation about the pair heated up after Edwards appeared at the London premiere Tuesday of the One Direction documentary “This is Lady Gaga and One Direction have millions of Twitter followers.

Sean Combs reportedly turned down a spot judging ‘American Idol’ due to Jennifer Lopez’s return to the show, as well as the involvement of her manager (and his, back in the day), Benny Medina.

Zayn Malik and girlfriend Perrie Edwards are reportedly engaged.

Us” sporting a diamond sparkler on her left ring finger. Edwards’ mother, Debbie Dufty, told Real Radio that Malik was

traditional and asked her for her daughter’s hand in marriage. Dufty said she was thrilled after the pair got engaged on Sunday.

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Industrial Painter - Work with various hazardous coatings including epoxies, urethanes, solvents - Safely apply hazardous coatings and storage - Utilize/assemble, maintain, and clean a variety of painting materials, tools, and equipment including compressors, sprayers, sanders, and cleaning equipment - Experienced with CARC coating and HVLP guns - Construct and move scaffolding, ladders, and platforms. - Estimate time, materials, and equipment required for jobs assigned - Oversee the work of staff on assigned projects - Understand painting climates - Experienced in different installation procedures - Mix and tint paints to match existing colors - TCI driver license and 5 year driving experience - Work with preparing different metal alloys for painting - 5 years minimal experience in the work above.

- Sweep floors - Clean bathrooms - Dispose of garbage - Assist with various heavy lifting / holding items Wage starts @ $5/hr

- - - - - - - -

Labourer

Must start early and leave late Clean metal works Positive attitude and eager to assist Miscellaneous painting Clean and maintain a clean shop, machines, equipment and any incoming jobs Assist in repairs/welding/machining when required. Operate specific equipment in a safe and efficient way according to supervisor instruction - Able to operate power and hand tools - Provide manual labor assistance on various tasks and assignments Wage starts @ $5/hr

Mechanic - Must be able to diagnose mechanic related problems - Must have theoretical knowledge and practical experience of complete brakes, gasoline and diesel engines, automatic and manual transmissions, steering and suspension components, exhaust and basic electrical. - Must be punctual and willing to work late hours when called upon - Maintain company vehicles, equipment, various machinery & make necessary repairs - Have experience in welding and perform welding tasks - Must have a valid trade specific certifications with at least 5 years working experience. Wage: Based on applicants experience and qualifications

Welding Supervisor - Knowledge & experience in stainless steel, aluminum and steel welding operations and have thorough knowledge of identifying various metals Set up machines and make trial welds to make test runs and experimental products - Trains workers (certified welders) in operations of various equipment & machineray such as press brake, bandsaws, welding machines - Qualified in each welding process listed SMAW, GMAW, GTAW - Inspects work and confers with WELD INSPECTOR I and WELD INSPECTOR II to maintain specified standards and quality. - Supervise welder workers in all operations such as brazing, soldering operations and supervise fitting and assembly of structural frames - Work fabrication projects from start to finish and supervise other workers - Fabricate various artistic designs for our enclosure projects must have minimum 5 years experience - Interpret and explain drawings/diagrams to other workers performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title. - Must have a valid trade specific certifications with at least 5 years working experience. Wage: Based on applicants experience and qualifications

INTERESTED APPLICANTS CAN CONTACT 941-5802. EMAIL COVER LETTER OUTLING YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORTING EXPERIENCE IN A PARTICULAR POSITION ALONG WITH YOUR RESUME TO TIBOR@ EXPRESS.TC. BELONGER NEED ONLY APPLY. MACHINE SHOP LTD.

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MACKEY’S TIRE Is looking for a

NATURES VISION LTD.

PROVO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

LANDSCAPING SUPERVISOR

• Must have at least 5 years experience in horticultural work • Must be able to work holidays and weekends • Use of private vehicle required with local drivers license with excellent driving record • Must have knowledge of chemicals and fertilizers and their uses • Must have experience in design and landscape irrigation • Must have the ability to lead and work along with landscaping crew • Must be fluent with the English language • Must have a clean police record.

Contact: 649-232-2272 SARAWACK LTD.

DOMESTIC WORKER Required to work 6 days per week salary $6.50 per hour.

is looking for a

Technician

With the following skills: Electronics, powered tools handling, operator, building wiring/ inventory control, driver license over 5 years experience Contact: zolieng@yahoo.com

TEACHERS

9011

POSITION AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 11TH OCTOBER, 2013

Cosmetologist With over 5 years experience in all types of nails, hands and feet care services. Applicants experience must include working in the Tourist Sector. Wages $300 per week plus commission scheme. The successful applicant must be a team player and highly motivated to excel. For an interview or appointment phone Sandy Lightbourne at 231-1092 Mon to Fri between hrs of 10am and 5pm. Resumes and references required. Some massage experience would be helpful. Applications would be considered from Belongers only and must be received by 27th August, 2013. 9015

contact: North Cote 649-941-4521

9017

9028

To work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour.

Invites applications for:

9021

Mechanic contact: 241-0054

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Must be a committed born again Christian Contact: 649-941-5775 or email: provochristianschool@ hotmail.com deadline for applications August 26th, 2013

8995

Administrative Assistant Needed For shore Excursion Operator, Grand Turk

• Successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, professional attitude and be organized and reliable • Must be proficient in: QuickBook, WORD and Excel • Must be self-motivated and able to complete tasks in timely fashion • Paid hourly: 20-30 hours per week • Pay commensurate with experience and skill level

Contact: 649-242-1943

9025

Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services Acting on behalf of his clients:

TCI Waste Disposal

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Waste Collector 1) Labourer

– Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may contact Employer at 431-7889 for further details regarding employment.

Ricardo Fulford Contracting

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Green Keeper

– Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment.

Alexandra Fashion

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Labourer

– Salary is $6.00 per hour. Interested candidate may contact 342-5776 for further details regarding employment.

Dolmen Construction is seeking employment for the following:

1) Skill Labourer

– Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment.

Tropical Bar

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Domestic Worker

– Salary is negotiable by employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment. Snip & Clip is seeking employment for the following:

1) Barber

– Salary start at $6.00 per hour. Interested candidate may contact employer at 245-7364 for further details regarding employment.

Ricardo Fulford Immigration and Labour Consultant President of Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services ricardofulford@gmail.com | (649) 346-1125

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ALLIED MECHANICALS LIMITED Seeks Experienced

MILLWRIGHT/ MACHANIST $800/week. 12years experience working unsupervised. Clean drivers licence

Please email qualifications to: dtaylor@swannlaw.tc

9001

CAICOS EXPRESS AIRWAYS

EXPRESS EQUIPMENT

Is looking for a

LOOKING FOR 1

Baggage Handler

To work 6 days per week salary $7.00 per hour. contact: 231-1982 9012

SOUTH DOCK ROAD

MECHANIC Must have a mechanic • Must have a valid driver license from A-H • Must be able to work holiday and weekends • Ability to speak French, Spanish a plus • Applicant must contact: 649-946-5919 Monday-Saturday 7:45-5pm Salary $10.00 per hour

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Senior level solicitor required with a minimum of 15 years postqualified experience and with the following qualifications: - Extensive experience in international taxation, trusts and financial services - Experience in large commercial transactions - Proven ability to manage a team of professionals and willingness for training of junior colleagues and other technical staff - Must be called to the TCI bar or eligible for admission - STEP member of willingness to sit requisite exams - Willingness to travel to and possibly relocate to the firm’s other international offices Belongers are particularly encouraged to apply. Apply in writing with CV and cover letter to Christian Papachristou via fax to (649) 946-4484 or cp@bishopslegal.com with a copy to the Labour Office, Providenciales.

TCMillwork ltd. Architectural woodworking, Cabinetry and Design South dock road, P.O. box 238 Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

Machinery Technician Skills Required: • 5 years work experience in maintaining, adjusting, tuning and repairing woodworking machinery. Such as 5 heads molder machine, hydraulic press, planner, shaper, thickness sander, etc. • Trained to fit this position. Salary at $8.00 per hour

Skills required for position: • Individual must have previous experience with manufacture, construction, and installation of high end cabinetry.

• Must be familiar with operation of all current woodworking machinery and tools with proper safety practices. • Must be able to read Auto-Cad drawings. • English speaking, bilingual preferred.

Duties: Keep machinery in operable condition. Assist other employees in general millshop operations and maintenance. Must be professional and courteous.

Please send applications to: tcmillwork@tciway.tc contact person: Stephan 231-4537

VACANCY NOTICE AIDE de CAMP MINISTRY: OFFICE OF THE PREMIER LOCATION: PROVIDENCIALES

JOB SUMMARY The job holder is primarily responsible for providing transportation services and general assistance to the Premier and the Acting Premier in performing their official duties. The position requires the incumbent to be a mature, responsible and accountable individual who will be expected to maintain high service standards and very punctual. The incumbent must be able to pay keen attention to detail and be able to work flexible hours. The candidate must also be physically fit in order to carry out the assigned duties and responsibilities KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Transport the Premier in accordance with the Premier’s Official Transportation Diary • Liaise with the Permanent Secretary over the official diary of the Premier to provide efficient transportation services to the Premier • Assist in protecting the Premier should a breach of security occur • Transport official visitors and other personnel as instructed • Transport official mail and other packages as instructed • Load and unload materials from the vehicle • Keeps a written record of deliveries where required • Ensures that assigned vehicle is tidy and clean all times • Reports maintenance problems to supervisor • Adhere to all Public Service codes, rules and regulations • Perform other related tasks as assigned. MINIMUM EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFUCATIONS: • A High School Diploma • A valid driver's license with a clean driving record • A minimum of two (2) years driving experience with a valid driver's license • Ability to drive both automatic and manual shift • Experience in driving a wide range of vehicles (cars, trucks, vans) will be an asset RENUMERATION PACKAGE Salary: $24,000.00 per annum HOW TO APPLY Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), certified copies of Educational Certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport photo page. Current serving officers must apply through their Heads of Department. Applications should be addressed to the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Submitted via Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent via email to: recruitment@gov.tc with the subject line being: AIDE de CAMP-Office of the Premier. Envelopes should have the subject: AIDE de CAMP-Office of the Premier clearly marked on the front.

Deadline: August 27th, 2013

QUALIFIED BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATION ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

9017

ATTORNEY CORPORATE-COMMERCIAL

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

August 24 - 30, 2013

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ALVEDA AND CHARLTON GARDINER

Is looking for a

VACANCY NOTICE Education Planner

MINISTRY: Education, Youth, Sports, Culture and Library Services LOCATION: Grand Turk PURPOSE OF JOB This is a senior professional position which has nationwide accountability for planning and research as it pertains to the development of the T.C.I. Education System. The Education Planner is required to carry out research and analysis of education related statistics, maintain relevant databases, effect policy formulation and recommendation and produce appropriate reports. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Collecting education related data and statistics • Developing and maintaining relevant statistical databases • Conducting surveys and required research • Providing required analysis and interpretation of said research, data and statistics • Effecting forecasting regarding education policy and its effects • Formulating policy • Making policy recommendations to Permanent Secretary • Carrying out cost-benefit analysis, needs assessments • Producing required reports such as Annual Educational Statistical Digest and Five Year Education Development Plan • Providing information regarding education related statistics for UNESCO • Designing and submitting education project proposals to the Permanent Secretary and the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics • Assisting in the implementation, coordination and management of Education Review approved projects • Performing inspections of school facilities and liaising with Department of Public Works regarding required repairs • Collecting data regarding national needs and job opportunities • Assisting the Examination Officer in the preparation of examination statistics • Serving as Secretary to the Education Management, Planning and Policy Making Body • Performing other duties as assigned by the Permanent Secretary • Adhere to all Public Service codes, rules and regulations. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE • A Post Graduate Degree in Economics or Management or related field • Five (5) years on-the-job experience to acquire the necessary competencies to respond to effectively to the challenges of the function • Teaching experience would be advantageous but is not essential. • Demonstrated experience in working with the following is required: a) The National Education Ordinance and other relevant ordinances and Policies b) Research methodologies and statistical analysis c) Financial analysis/Budgeting and Procurement d) Management and policy analysis RENUMERATION PACKAGE Salary: $35,040.00 per annum HOW TO APPLY Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a 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 page. Current serving officers must apply through their Heads of Department. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Submitted via Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@gov.tc with the subject line being: Education Planner-Ministry of Education. Envelopes should have the subject: Education Planner-Ministry of Education marked on the front.

Deadline: August 22nd, 2013

QUALIFIED BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATION ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

Needs a

Bar Attendant To work on North Caicos must be willing to work 5 days per week $5.00 per hour. Contact: 2316966 or 946-7167

Sales person To work 5 days a week $5.00 per hour

9039

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

Wideline Fervil W & F Variety Store

Contact 242-6980

9062

COURTYARD CHIROPRACTIC EMAIL: COURTYARDCHIRO@ME.COM TELEPHONE: 339-1000 Looking for a registered

Massage Therapist (RMT) Who specialized and certified in manual lymphatic drainage technique and lymphedema therapy (CLT), also certified in infant massage instructor (CIMI) REQUIREMENTS: • Must have Bachelor Degree • Must have 5 years experience in the above specialty • Must have fluent in English • Must be available to work during weekend and holidays 8009

DUNCANSON & CO. Barristers & Attorneys

PO Box 52, Cheshire House East 1315A Leeward Highway, Providenciales

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Turks and Caicos Islands

JOB VACANCIES 1) DIVE INSTRUCTORS

Looking for SCUBA Diving instructors with experience in the Turks and Caicos Islands dive industry to conduct dive courses, lead dives and snorkel trips, and assist on other eco-adventure activities at Big Blue. Applicants must be a current PADI dive instructors and have the skills and personality for sales, reservations, & public relations. Starting salary of approximately $1800 per month. Please drop resume and cover letter to Big Blue at the Leeward Marina between the hours of 8am to 5pm or e-mail to bigblue@tciway.tc. You will be contacted for an interview if required and the deadline for applications is 30th Sept 2013. Positions start in November 2013.

2) KITEBOARDING INSTRUCTORS

PASA Kite boarding Instructor(s) required to provide kite instruction, lead kite board excursions, and conduct all required kite equipment maintenance. Base salary of approximately $1800 per month, 6-days per week for a minimum of 6hrs per day. Only experienced and qualified instructors need apply. Send resumes to bigblue@tciway.tc. The deadline for applications is 30th Sept 2013. Positions start in October 2013.

3) MARINE BIOLOGISTS / ECO-TOUR GUIDES

Looking for persons with experience and qualifications in the field of Marine Biology to join Big Blue’s team of eco-tour guides and dive instructors. Applicants must have experience in tropical waters and be able to lead educational kayak, paddleboard, snorkel and sightseeing eco-adventures. Applicants must have a first aid and CPR certificate and have the personality for sales, public relations and education. Applicants with boat driving experience, and STCW’95/TCI boat captain’s license preferred and will enjoy a better salary. Starting salary of approximately $1800 per month. Please drop resume and cover letter to Big Blue at the Leeward Marina between the hours of 8am to 5pm or e-mail to bigblue@tciway.tc. You will be contacted for an interview if required and the deadline for applications is 31st October 2013. Positions start in late 2013 or early 2014.

4) SALES PERSON

Looking for a sales person to work in a thriving Tourism Adventure Company. The applicant must have a minimum of 3-years of experience with sales & reservations in the tourism industry and have superior PR, computer, and organizational skills. Applicants that are able to speak and write French will be considered first. All applicants must be presentable, articulate, and be able to work long and flexible hours under pressure. Weekends mandatory. Starting salary of $1500 per month plus sales commissions. Please drop resume and cover letter to Big Blue at the Leeward Marina between the hours of 8am to 5pm or e-mail to bigblue@tciway.tc. You will be contacted for an interview if required and the deadline for applications is 30th November 2013. Position starts in late 2013 or early 2014

5) DOMESTIC WORKER

Looking for a domestic worker to work at Big Blue to provide cleaning, food preparation, and other domestic services. Must be prepared to start work at 5am and endure long working days plus be prepared to work Saturdays and Sundays. Independent transport to and from work is mandatory. Excellent communication skills and reading/writing in English is required. Must be able to work quickly, efficiently and as part of a team. Starting wage at $75 per day. Please drop resume and cover letter to Big Blue at the Leeward Marina between the hours of 8am to 5pm or e-mail to bigblue@tciway.tc. You will be contacted for an interview if required and the deadline for applications is 30th September 2013. Position starts in November 2013.

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Misick & Stanbrook is a leading and the largest law firm in the Turks and Caicos Islands. We service the legal and corporate requirements of a worldwide client base and have an international reputation for the high quality of our attorneys' work. We are presently looking to fill the following position:

Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution We require an experienced Paralegal/Legal Executive with general civil litigation experience, who has prior experience working as part of a litigation team. We would require a law degree or a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) as well as passing the Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Bar Vocational Course (BVC). Experience of at least one year in commercial and/or employment litigation is essential, you will be expected to be able to carry out legal research, carry out disclosure and scheduling exercises, and assist in drafting both pleadings and witness statements. The primary area of work would be commercial litigation, but would include general civil and employment law litigation. The position would be a one year appointment. Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience but are highly competitive.

Apply with full Resume/CV to: recruitment@misickstanbrook.tc . Tel: (649)946-4732 Fax (649) 946-4734

9041

Senior Civil Engineer The Senior Civil Engineer will have essential duties and responsibilities that will include the following: Provide leadership to on-going and new projects related to civil and environmental engineering. Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of technical work. Prepare project proposals and coordinate complete project in accordance with the proposal schedule and budget. Provide direction to staff personnel to complete project tasks and also mentor junior level technical support personnel. Interface with Client Project Managers, contractors and other representatives. Creation of business development materials for inclusion in proposals and marketing to new clients as well as business development calls to prospective clients. A Bachelor Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 15 years of related experience. An advanced degree is preferred. Professional Registration (e.g. member Professional Institute) is required. Candidates must have documented team leadership qualifications on projects of $100 million + in last five years, providing strong technical direction/support for civil and site development projects. The successful candidate must be able to meet project goals and implement conceptual direction for project tasks and develop detail plans to complete project tasks.

Please send CV to: Senoir Civil Engineer PO Box 532 Providenciales, TCI

August 24 - 30, 2013

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LABOURER

Site Supervisor • Must have at least 8 years experience. Applicant must have good knowledge of construction. Must have good managerial skills and able to handle problems swiftly and amicably. • Must be able to work on holidays, must be able and willing to lead a large construction team. • Salary is based on experience • Interested persons should be dependable and should send applications via fax at (649) 9414034

9041

- General Labour - Able to work with little or no supervision, be physically fit, dependable and hard working. - Must be self motivated and able to understand, read, write and speak English fluently. Send inquiries to: Norstar Group Ltd P.OBox532, Suite2C, CourtyardPlaza Leeward Highway, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands. Telephone: 649 941-3600/3500

Is seeking the following:

SEEKS

C/o Alliance Realty Ltd. Deadline for application is September 3rd 2013.

A/C technician Electrician

Suitable applicants should be able to work with a little or no supervision. Must be dependable and hard working. Applicants would be required to work 6 days a week. Wages is @ $6.00/hr 9064

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Building Services Design Ltd. is currently seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the following position:-

MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER The successful applicant must be a member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and competent in the design of HVAC systems: Duties shall include preparation of standard detail drawings including sections and isometrics of various mechanical services such as HVAC, plumbing, sanitary, sprinkler systems, swimming pools etc. using Auto CAD software. The applicant must be familiar with USA Codes and Regulations and should be a member of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

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Hereby acting on behalf of Philippe Vixamar, Williams Construction, Catalog Gucci, Provo Repair Cabinet

GRACEBAY SUITES Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands BWI

DOMESTIC WORKER

$5.00 per hour

SALES CLERK

$5.00 per hour

Is looking for

LABOURER

Cleaners/ Maids For upcoming season.

$5.00 per hour

PAINTER

$5.00-$6.00 per hour Experienced Required

Contact 3472093

9065

Unit G203, 2ND Floor , Regent Village West, Grace Bay, P.O Box 641, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands. Cell: 649 331-3890. Tel: 649 946-8504. Fax: 649 946 8506. Email: bsd@tciway.tc

Bring resume Belongers only.

Jonathan and Aline Gardiner Is seeking to employed One live-in female

domestic worker Must be honest, speak English/Creole , handle children and older person well and should be a good cook. Salary is in the range of $600-700 per month base on experience. Require to work five (5)hours a day six(6)days per Week.

Contact telephone # 2424684 or 24246849066

Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services On behalf of his clients:

The applicant must have extensive experience in the installation of, including testing and commissioning of the mechanical services.

is seeking employment for the following:

Applicant should have a minimum of 5 (five) years experience and a proven design track record on projects for condominium complexes, hotels, commercial and industrial facilities and residential dwellings.

Salary is $6.50 per hour. Interested candidate may contact 347-2495 for further details regarding employment.

It is essential that the applicant must have a degree in his/her field obtained from a recognized University and registered with his/her respective Engineering Council/ Commission. The successful applicant must have the technical experience for solving design solutions and can work unsupervised in the preparation and issuing of mechanical design drawings. All applications will be considered from suitably qualified candidates who should forward a copy of their resume including relevant experience to the email/fax address below.

Deadline for Application is September 23rd, 2013 Please fax your application to: 649-946-8506 – Building Services Design Ltd. Email: accounts@bsd.tc Or mail to: P.O Box 641, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Please copy application to: Labour Commissioner, Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

La Patience Shoppe

1) Labourer

El Rancho Restaurant & Cafe is seeking employment for the following:

1) Bartender

Salary is 5.00 per hour. Interested candidate may submit their application through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment.

Bone Fishing Unlimited LTD

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Cashier

Salary is $150.00 per week. Interested candidate may contact 946-4874 or 231-0133 for further details regarding employment.

Ricardo Fulford

Immigration and Labour Consultant President of Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services ricardofulford@gmail.com (649) 346-1125

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JOB VACANCY TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

VACANCY NOTICE Senior Program Officer DEPARTMENT: Youth MINISTRY: Education, Youth, Sports, Culture and Library Services LOCATION: Providenciales PURPOSE OF JOB This is a senior management position with responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the three-year Strategic Plan. She/he is also responsible for implementing the National Youth Policy. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Generally, oversee the implementation of youth program according to the National Youth Policy and Strategic Plan’s operating principles. • Create and/or find other programs and resources that will enhance ensure the effective implementation of Government youth development policy • Assist the Director in developing the annual national operational plan and forecasting financial project allocations • Ensure that programmes fulfil the agreed strategic plan by reviewing current and proposed programmes to ensure they are in line with national mandates. • Networking with other government and private sector agencies and NGO’s at national and regional level and mobilizing financial and other resources for youth development activities • Representing the Ministry at regional and international for a relative to youth development. • Promoting youth mainstreaming and participation in development, democracy, governance at the local and national levels, and active citizenship to advance the involvement of youth in the decision making processes in the TCI. • Assist the Director in coordinating and supervising stakeholders and other providers engaged to give various services to the program and the participants. • Create a reporting system that aggregates information on program development in each of the islands, for internal and external use. • Work with and provide information to individuals and organizations that are engaged to document and evaluate the program. • Assist the Director in developing a research process that will develop tools for measuring the progress of community development in the various islands. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE • A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science/Humanities/related field or equivalent • A relevant qualification in youth or community work is desirable. • 3 to 5 years experience in youth work, community development, social development, programme management or development. • Experience in managing staff and resources • Experience in maintaining effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders. RENUMERATION PACKAGE Salary: $29,640.00 per annum Transportation Allowance: $1,680.00 HOW TO APPLY Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a 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 page. Current serving officers must apply through their Heads of Department. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Submitted via Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@gov.tc with the subject line being: Senior Program OfficerYouth Department. Envelopes should have the subject - Senior Program Officer-Youth Department marked on the front. Deadline: August 22nd, 2013

QUALIFIED BELONGERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CONSIDERATION ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

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NOTICE

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

The Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission invites applications from suitably qualified individuals to the vacant post within the Commission. Purpose and Key Responsibilities The appointee will assist the Director: (a) To discharge the overall responsibility of the day-to-day administration of the Integrity Commission offices, (b) To manage and assist personnel in ensuring that the Commission effectively and efficiently discharges its mandate as an Anti-Corruption Agency through: (i) the promotion of integrity, honesty and good faith in public life of the TCI; (ii) the robust implementation of and compliance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Persons in Public Life, Integrity Commission Ordinance, Political Activities Ordinance and the Constitution to the extent relevant to the Commission. Other key responsibilities include: • To manage and lead the compliance and public education unit with overall responsibility for all compliance and process review related activities as well as public education programme of the Commission; • To oversee and manage the intake and examination/review of declarations and registrable interests under the Integrity Commission Ordinance; closely monitor compliance with the Code of Conduct and the Political Activities Ordinance and provide oversight on initiatives to achieve these objectives; • Support government ministries, departments and public bodies in implementing anticorruption measures and securing integrity, and particularly foster an ethical work environment within the TCI’s Public Sector; • To provide expertise and advice on all compliance, statutory implementation and public education related issues and to function as a member of the management team reporting to the Commission through the Director. • To manage team functions as they relate to review of processes and practices of public bodies; • To deputize for the Director in his absence. Qualification and Experience • Preferably hold a good Bachelor’s Degree and professional certifications in law, accountancy, auditing, management or public administration or similar; • Have a minimum of 12 years professional experience in law, accountancy, auditing, general management or public administration, including at least five (5) years at a senior managerial level. • Preferably have gained overseas work experience (ideally in the Overseas Territories) or experience at senior level working closely with other cultures; Competencies and Other desirable qualities include: • possess the highest standards of integrity, probity and understanding of fiduciary responsibilities to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands; • demonstrate excellent inter-personal relationships, management skills, respect for confidentiality, discretion and tact, conflict resolution skills, and the ability to lead a specialist, multi-disciplinary team working to tight deadlines, often in difficult circumstances; • demonstrate the ability to rapidly attain a good knowledge and appreciation of TCI law as it pertains to corruption and integrity in public life; • A readiness and willingness to champion the mission and vision of the Integrity Commission, articulating its policies and values in public fora. Remuneration Salary is $78,000per annum (circa) but negotiable depending on qualification and experience. Application procedure Applicants are requested to submit their CV together with an accompanying letter demonstrating why they would wish to work with the Commission and what particular attributes they would bring to its work. Certified copies of qualifications as well as the names and letters of two referees must be submitted with your application. The deadline for applications is 31st of August 2013, with a view to commencing work latest by early November, 2013. Please note that only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Applicants who had previously applied for any of these posts need not apply for it again. Applications should be returned to the Secretary, TCI Integrity Commission either by email, fax, or mail Direct mail should be addressed to Mrs. Wanda Ariza, Secretary, The Integrity Commission, Waterloo Plaza Complex, Unit 16, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The contact details are: e-mail: secretary@integritycommission.tc; Tel. 9461941; Fax. 9461355.

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NOTICE

INVESTIGATIVE OFFICER

COMPLIANCE OFFICER

The Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission invites applications from suitably qualified individuals to the vacant post within the Commission.

Purpose and Key Responsibilities • To conduct or have oversight of the conduct of investigations and inquiries into all contraventions or breaches of the Code of Conduct, provisions of the Constitution (relevant to the Commission), the Integrity Commission Ordinance and the Political Activities Ordinance; • To conduct and manage investigations into allegations of corruption and to participate in good governance reviews of public bodies; • Through the Senior Investigative Officer, to act as the Commission’s liaison with the DPP, the RTCIPF and other law enforcement agencies on matters referred for further investigations and or prosecution; • To assist the Senior Investigative Officer to manage the inflow of information, reports and complaints to the Commission and to establish and manage an effective system to this effect; • To provide expertise and advice on all investigative and enforcement related issues and to function as a member of the investigative and enforcement team reporting to the Commission through Director.

Job Purpose and Key responsibilities The Compliance Officer will work with the Compliance team and play a major role in: • Fully establishing the compliance, corruption prevention and transparency functions of the Integrity Commission. • Ensuring compliance with the provisions of Integrity Commission Ordinance, the Political Activities Ordinance and Code of Conduct for Persons in Public Life, including the receipt and review of declarations of income and assets of persons in public life. • The examination of practices and procedures of public bodies to ensure transparency and to eliminate opportunities for corruption. This would include the review of relevant legislation and advancing recommendations for amendment where necessary. Primary amongst his/her responsibilities will be to: • manage the intake and secure storage of declarations ; • provide oversight of /undertake reviews of declarations for compliance, ensuring completeness, accuracy, consistency and validity of information for purposes of issuance of Compliance Certificates; • manage the execution of full audits on declarations to determine if there is evidence of possible corruption, falsehoods or fraudulent representations; • examine the practices and procedures of public bodies in order to facilitate the discovery of corrupt practices; • assist public bodies in developing robust policy and strategy to fight corruption and install integrity in their operations, including in the setting of ethics and compliance standards; • instruct, advise and assist the management of public bodies to put in place changes in practices or procedures necessary to reduce the occurrence of corrupt acts; • ensure compliance • take lessons learned from reviews to develop preventative measures, including policies and strategies aimed at strengthening the Integrity Commission’s ethical standards and anticorruption efforts.

Qualifications/Experience: • The appointee should preferably hold a good Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, in Law Enforcement, Forensic Auditing, Accounting, Law or similar; • Minimum of ten years substantially relevant experience required in areas such as: Complex financial crime investigations and criminal prosecution, fraud or corruption/ forensic auditing or accounting. Proven experience in interviews and interrogation involving both cooperative and hostile witnesses, and subjects of investigations. Recent and relevant senior policing, fraud squad experience would be particularly valued. Technical and related Skills: • Comprehensive knowledge of investigative strategies, methodologies and techniques, which may include experience in complex litigation strategy; • Ability to conduct witness interviews, handle depositions or otherwise elicit relevant testimony; • Strong writing and editing skills; experience collecting and reviewing documentation to identify relevant evidence. • Outstanding ability in gathering, analyzing and synthesizing information from multiple sources and/or formulating perspectives to make clear, timely and well-reasoned decisions and recommendations. • Knowledge of the legal and government system in TCI or other Overseas Territory. • Strong IT knowledge and the ability to drill down into IT systems and computerized data to discover hidden information. • Good analytic and evaluation skills to identify procedural or compliance weaknesses, and strong problem solving ability; Competencies and Other desirable qualities include: • Possession of the highest standards of integrity and probity, and understanding of fiduciary responsibilities to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands; • The ability to work effectively in teams, as well as being able to work independently and under pressure; • Ability to demonstrate cross-cultural sensitivity in sharing knowledge and information; • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills and inter-personal skills • The applicant will particularly demonstrate suitability for a role that involves driving forward good governance, integrity and anti-corruption messages in the sensitive political and fragile financial, milieu of a small Overseas Territory. Remuneration Salary is $60,000per annum (circa) but negotiable depending on qualification and experience. Application procedure Applicants are requested to submit their CV together with an accompanying letter demonstrating why they would wish to work with the Commission and what particular attributes they would bring to its work. Certified copies of qualifications as well as the names and letters of two referees must be submitted with your application. The deadline for applications is 31st of August 2013, with a view to commencing work latest by early November, 2013. Please note that only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Applicants who had previously applied for any of these posts need not apply for it again. Applications should be returned to the Secretary, TCI Integrity Commission either by email, fax, or mail Direct mail should be addressed to Mrs. Wanda Ariza, Secretary, The Integrity Commission, Waterloo Plaza Complex, Unit 16, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The contact details are: e-mail: secretary@integritycommission.tc; Tel. 9461941; Fax. 9461355. 9005

Qualification and Experience • a good Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting, Auditing, law or similar. A Certified Fraud Examiner’s designation or similar would be desirable; • a minimum of ten years’ experience in auditing and compliance reviews, including at least 3 years at a senior managerial level; • overseas work experience (ideally in the Overseas Territories), experience of working closely with other cultures and/or experience working with public services in small Islands states • a strong track record of achievement in compliance and related work. Competencies and Other desirable qualities include: • possess the highest standards of integrity, probity and understanding of fiduciary responsibilities to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands; • excellent understanding of financial instruments and transactions including banking instruments, investment vehicles and instruments, cash flows, corporate structures, partnership arrangements, and similar; • good knowledge of investigative strategies, principles and methods; • ability and experience in conducting interviews, eliciting relevant information and dealing with a wide range of stakeholders; • good analytic and evaluation skills to identify procedural or compliance weaknesses, and strong problem solving ability; • excellent oral and writing communication and presentation skills, and interpersonal skills; • ability to manage and review large volumes of data, as well as experience and skill in reviewing documentation to identify relevant evidence; • excellent IT competence, particularly in the use of spreadsheets, and the ability to drill down into computerised data to discover hidden information; • the ability to work well in a team, as well as being able to work independently and under pressure; • The applicant will particularly demonstrate suitability for a role that involves driving forward good governance, integrity and anti-corruption messages in the sensitive political and fragile financial, milieu of a small Overseas Territory. Remuneration Salary is $60,000 per annum (circa) but negotiable depending on qualification and experience. Application procedure Applicants are requested to submit their CV together with an accompanying letter demonstrating why they would wish to work with the Commission and what particular attributes they would bring to its work. Certified copies of qualifications as well as the names and letters of two referees must be submitted with your application. The deadline for applications is 31st of August 2013, with a view to commencing work latest by early November, 2013. Please note that only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Applicants who had previously applied for any of these posts need not apply for it again. Applications should be returned to the Secretary, TCI Integrity Commission either by email, fax, or mail Direct mail should be addressed to Mrs. Wanda Ariza, Secretary, The Integrity Commission, Waterloo Plaza Complex, Unit 16, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The contact details are: e-mail: secretary@integritycommission.tc; Tel. 9461941; Fax. 9461355.

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GOVERNMENT VACANCY INVESTMENT SERVICE EXECUTIVE – AFTERCARE

GOVERNMENT VACANCY BUDGET DIRECTOR

DEPARTMENT: Investment Unit MINISTRY: Ministry of Finance LOCATION: Providenciales

DEPARTMENT: Budget Department MINISTRY: Ministry of Finance LOCATION: Grand Turk

JOB SUMMARY: The Budget Director performs highly responsible professional and supervisory work in coordinating and monitoring the budgetary and purchasing activities of TCIG. Work is reviewed through written reports, for the attainment of goals and objectives, and adherence to established policies and procedures. The Budget Director works under the administrative direction of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

JOB SUMMARY: The Investment Service Executive - Aftercare is responsible for managing, planning and implementing all investor servicing promotion and aftercare activities to enhance retention and expansion of investments in the TCI. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Manages and creates an Investor serving & Aftercare program. • Defines the requirements for company investment and aftercare servicing. • Develops and implements strategies to support both investment servicing and aftercare. • Leverages the network of government, regulatory and service provider experts to create clear information, procedures, and solutions for investor companies. • Develops and maintains a database of expert contacts and solutions for startup, operational aftercare, and expansion issues. • Creates communications to inform investors about the agency solutions – web site, email, hardcopy, events etc. • Liaises with and develops relationships with foreign investors. • Provides investment project support for new establishments and aftercare support for operational issues or expansion projects. • Documents investment and aftercare cases as well as industry developments and communicates with Unit director, staff, stakeholders and policy makers. • Works with the Director of the Inward Investment Unit to develop and manage a budget for the unit. • Develops Investor Serving & Aftercare structure based on FIAS guidelines and localizes. • Establishes operating strategies based on investor requirements and resources available.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Plans and schedules the time frame for budget preparation and supervises the distribution of all budget materials. • Instructs and assists department and TCIG Ministries in compliance with established guidelines and completion of forms. • Evaluates submitted departmental proposals as to fiscal impact and prepares reports of findings for administrative review. • Meets with various Ministries/departments to review work plans, goals, and objectives and purchasing needs as required. • Reviews inter-fund charges for completeness and accuracy. • Assists with the Turks and Caicos Islands budget presentation to the House of Assembly. • Reviews department agenda items requiring budget adjustments during the year. • Develops financial forecasting techniques through computer models. • Analyzes reports of findings on revenue and expenditures; monitors and advises administration as to potential problems. • Analyzes lifetime costs on items related to collective bargaining. • Reviews and monitors contract requirements and change requests. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: • High level of written and oral communication skills. • Effective leadership and interpersonal skills. • A strong team player with good problem solving and time management skills. • Excellent analytical and computer skills. • Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and reporting requirements. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: • Sound organizational and analytical skills. • High level of written and oral communication skills. • Effective leadership and interpersonal skills. • A team player with good problem solving and time management skills. • Intermediate Project Management and computer Skills. • Excellent motivational, management and report writing skills. • Presentation skills

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SALARY $67,800 per annum

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: • A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Management, Marketing, Finance/Banking, or • A Master’s Degree in Corporate Law, Economics, Real Estate, Investment or any related business equivalent. • Five (5) years business experience in a customer focused organization with international clients. • Five (5) years practical experience in the field of strategic communication, stakeholder engagement, public relations or a related discipline.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter and two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer) as well as copies of educational certificates and a copy of the Passport photo page. Shortlisted candidates must submit a Police Certificate. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@ gov.tc with the subject line being: Budget Director. Envelopes should have the subject: Budget Director clearly marked on the front. Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Public Service Ordinance.

SALARY $44,400 per annum APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter and two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer) as well as copies of educational certificates and a copy of the Passport photo page. Shortlisted candidates must submit a Police Certificate.

ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th August, 2013

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Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@gov.tc with the subject line being: Investment Service Executive - Aftercare. Envelopes should have the subject: Investment Service Executive - Aftercare clearly marked on the front. Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Public Service Ordinance. ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th August, 2013

A Bachelor's Degree in Management or Business Administration, or equivalent education. A Master’s Degree in Public Administration or equivalent. Professional qualification in Accounting is required. Ten (10) years related working experience of which five (5) are at a senior level.

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C & J EMPLOYMENT

Hereby acting on behalf of Philippe Vixamar, Williams Construction, Catalog Gucci

Domestic worker – $5.00 per hour

Sales Clerk – $5.00 per hour

Labourer – $5.00 per hour

Painter – $5.00-$6.00 per hour

Experience required

Contact: 347-2093

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Cosmetologist

– to work at an outlet 6 days per week. $5 per hr El Tiempo Bar & Lounge

Server

– to work at a night Club 6 days per week. $5 per hr Been MEP

Accounting

– 5 days per week. $10 per hr

JOB VACANCY

NOTICE

PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER

Carpenter

– to work varies job site6 days per week. $10 per hr

Contact 231 6920 9024

GOVERNMENT VACANCY STATISTICAL TECHNICIAN DEPARTMENT: Strategic Policy & Planning Unit/Statistics Division MINISTRY: Ministry of Finance LOCATION: Grand Turk

JOB SUMMARY: The Statistical Technician is responsible for the collection, processing and analysis of statistical data to inform economic and planning decisions. He/she is expected to generate results that are deemed satisfactory when there is an efficient system to collect primary and secondary data from business establishments, households and governments to process and present statistical data in order to generate timely relevant reports. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Collects data through surveys of businesses and households. • Collects data from government departments/offices and other institutions. • Encodes data in MS excel, MS access, SPSS or other processing software. • Processes and transforms data from/to MS Office applications and publishing software. • Assists in the preparation of reports. • Updates and maintains the database. • Performs any other work related functions that may be assigned. REQUIRED COMPETENCIES: • High level of written and oral communication skills. • Good organizational, team playing and problem solving skills skills. • Excellent analytical and computer skills. • An extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. • Exceptional report-writing and time management skills.

The Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission invites applications from suitably qualified individuals to the vacant post within the Commission. Purpose and Key Responsibilities • To manage and lead in the public education on and promotion of integrity, honesty and good faith in public life in TCI; • To plan, coordinate and execute a variety of communication, public relations and media relations activities, programme and events which will foster an understanding (at various levels of the community ) of the work of the Commission and generate public support in the fight against corruption; • To build partnership and engage with the media, civil society and other public and private sector linkages to spread and promote the message of transparency, accountability and public intolerance for corruption at all levels; • To develop anti-corruption programme and organize events that target the grass roots levels including the primary and secondary schools. Qualification and Experience • A Bachelor’s Degree in Education / Public Relations / Communications / Public Administration or equivalent; • Minimum of five (5) years’ experience working in the public or private sector. Demonstrable experience in public lecture, training, and public relations or educating groups of persons as well as in public speaking and communications is a requirement. Competencies and Other desirable qualities include: • possess the highest standards of integrity, probity and understanding of fiduciary responsibilities to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands; • ability and experience in conducting interviews, eliciting relevant information and dealing with a wide range of stakeholders; • excellent oral and writing communication and presentation skills, and interpersonal skills; • ability to manage and review large volumes of data, as well as experience and skill in reviewing documentation to identify relevant materials for public education; • excellent IT competence, particularly in the use of spreadsheets, excel, power points presentation; • the ability to conduct surveys and research and to convert data and other information obtained for effective public education on Integrity, honesty and good faith in public life; • the ability to work well in a team, as well as being able to work independently and under pressure; The applicant will particularly demonstrate suitability for a role that involves driving forward good governance, integrity and anti-corruption messages in the sensitive political and fragile financial, milieu of a small Overseas Territory

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: • A High School Diploma with 5 passes in CXC/GCE to include English A, Mathematics or Info Tech. • An Associate’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics or any related discipline would be an asset. • One (1) year work experience in Data Collection, Research or equivalent. SALARY $26,940 per annum APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter and two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer) as well as copies of educational certificates and a copy of the Passport photo page. Shortlisted candidates must submit a Police Certificate. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resource Management Directorate, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Facsimile: 946-1582 or sent by email to: recruitment@ gov.tc with the subject line being: Statistical Technician. Envelopes should have the subject: Statistical Technician clearly marked on the front. Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Public Service Ordinance.

ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th August, 2013

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Remuneration Salary is $50,000 per annum (circa) but negotiable depending on qualification and experience. Application procedure Applicants are requested to submit their CV together with an accompanying letter demonstrating why they would wish to work with the Commission and what particular attributes they would bring to its work. Certified copies of qualifications as well as the names and letters of two referees must be submitted with your application. The deadline for applications is 31st of August 2013, with a view to commencing work latest by early November, 2013. Please note that only applicants selected for interview will be notified. Applicants who had previously applied for any of these posts need not apply for it again.

Applications should be returned to the Secretary, TCI Integrity Commission either by email, fax, or mail Direct mail should be addressed to Mrs. Wanda Ariza, Secretary, The Integrity Commission, Waterloo Plaza Complex, Unit 16, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The contact details are: e-mail: secretary@ integritycommission.tc; Tel. 9461941; Fax. 9461355.

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Optometrist

Kiwi Connections Ltd.

• $5.00/hr – Must be able to lift heavy material of 100lbs+ • Must be able to work weekdays and weekends - days/nights with varying schedules • Applicants Must be Bondable • Applications accepted from Belongers / Turks & Caicos Islanders Only

Call (649) 941-5613

8999

Unskilled LaboUrer

• Bachelor in Optometry qualification required and at least 5 years post qualification experience • Both hospital and community optometry practice experience and advantage • Salary commensurate with experience ranging from $50K • All applicants must be registered with TCI Health Practitioners Board

Please send CV’s to amp@tciway.tc or fax: 649-946-4942

Head of Soft Services InterHealth Canada seeks Head of Soft Services to manage all of the soft and contractual services at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and Cockburn Town Medical Centre. Base Requirements: (not exhaustive) Qualifications: (a) Degree or diploma level qualification in Facilities management or similar acceptable discipline. (b) NEBOSH advanced Health and Safety (c) BIFM Qualification. (d) Qualification in at least one of the managed service streams (e) Advanced food hygiene certificate. (f) Member of relevant professional bodies such as IH, BIFM, BICSc, HCA, IT literate – proficient in excel and word. Experience: (a) 10 year proven soft services management experience with 5 years being within the healthcare environment. (b) Experience in managing a large and diverse workforce across a number of specialties (c) Experience in the contract management and administration of soft FM services in a public private partnership framework with an emphasis on compliance and performance monitoring (d) Experience in the accrediting of healthcare facilities to an international standard (e) Ability to manage revenue and capital programme budgets covering physical assets across the Concession. (f) Sound knowledge of employment conditions, hygiene, health and safety and other relevant healthcare legislation. (g) Management of Healthcare multi service contracts essential, including soft and contract management. (h) Must have previous commercial experience and able to demonstrate management of change (Economical, Technical and or operational) across all service streams. (i) Able to manage, lead and motivate a team of staff to a high level of performance and have excellent interpersonal skills. (j) Previous full budget accountability essential including management of a large multi tasked team. Role: • Reporting to the General Manager this role carries senior and professional responsibility for a range of services provided at Turks and Caicos Islands hospital. You will manage all directly employed staff associated with soft services and actively review and improve all services within your remit • These services include all Health and Safety issues relevant to the services provided and to ensure compliance with the contract and current legislation. Other: (a) Based at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre on Providenciales but also responsible for services to Cockburn Town Medical Centre on Grand Turk. Work at Grand Turk may require stays on island of one or more days, including occasional weekends. (b) Local air travel and accommodation whilst on duty at Grand Turk provided by company. (c) The successful candidate may also be required to travel outside the Turks and Caicos Islands if the company requires

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PROVIDENCIALES TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS

JOB VACANCIES Housekeeping Supervisor

Minimum 3 years’ experience as Housekeeping Supervisor in a luxury resort. Must have good organizational and communication skills energetic and detail orientated. Solid experience in managing and controlling inventories with computer skills also. Friendly outgoing professional demeanor and immaculate presentation have proven experience in training housekeeping staff and a hands-on leadership approach.

Wait Staff/ Bartender

Minimum 2 year’s previous food and beverage service experience in a luxury/ 5 star resorts. Excellent verbal communication skills, immaculate presentation and friendly, professional demeanor. Micros skills advantageous, be a team player and able to work under pressure. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays and evenings.

Private Villa Cooks/ Kitchen Helper

Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Chef de Partie, Demi Chef, Commi Chef and Pastry Chef in a luxury resort, cruise ship, private estate or 5-star restaurant. Possess a working knowledge of Asian and Mediterranean cuisines. This is a live-in position. Extended working hours required when villa is occupied.

Private Villa Housekeepers/ Host

Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a 5-star resort, private estate or luxury motor yacht with solid food and beverage service experience. Fluent in English and possess the confidence to communicate directly with villa owners and renters. A friendly, outgoing yet professional demeanor is required. Must be selfmotivated flexible and hard-working this is a live-in position and extended working hours are required when villa is occupied.

Guest Recognition Supervisor

Responsibilities

Guest Recognition Supervisor to represent our Guest through every step of the stay: from pre-arrival to check-out, orienting the guest through the hotel, arranging transportation and tours, recording preferences, organizing birthday or anniversary celebrations, etc. This person will resolve issues promptly and to the complete satisfaction of the guest and will accompany guests through their Aman journey.

Qualifications

College Degree in Hotel Management, Multi-lingual and Cultural experienced; at least Minimum 1 year experience as a Butler or Guest Relations Officer in a luxury hotel. International Hotel Experience for a minimum of 3 years is a plus. Good computer knowledge of MS Office and POS Opera, Positive attitude with a passion for delivering an exceptional level of guest service.

Labourer

Must be reliable, strong, able to help clean ponds and swimming pools, hardworking and willing to work under the sun all day. Should be able to speak reasonable English. Previous experience beneficial.

Qualified Belongers will be given first consideration. Salary: Negotiable, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

All positions require a flexible schedule (which may include holidays, weekends and evenings) and extended hours on occasion. Salaries based on experience and qualifications.

Apply in writing together with an up to date curriculum vitae to: recruitment@interhealthcanada.tc CLOSING DATE: 23RD August 2013 (12:00 noon) 9000

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE WEDNESDAYS ONLY 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM. E-mail mstubbs@amanresorts.com

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SUNSET PENTHOUSE VIEW EXECUTIVE CONDO:

Williams Construction Is looking for 1

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IS SEEKING FOR EXPERIENCED

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SPACIOUS, UPSCALE, ONLY 2 SUITES! VERY PRIVATE! $1,650.00 US/MO • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Private, quiet Cul-de-sac with south shore views! CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, IGA, DINING & AIRPORT 2,000 sq ft fully furnished Executive condo. 10 Foot ceilings, bright open airy concept. PIPED WATER! Split Unit A/C in all rooms! Grand master bedroom with luxurious en-suite granite bathroom and a 2nd spacious bedroom with en-suite. CUSTOM Gorgeous SUPER LARGE fully equipped kitchen and all high-end appliances! Very inviting open concept bright living room TV/VCR, Stereo, Private en-suite washer & dryer. Upgraded décor furnishings, Italian porcelain and ceramic tile throughout. Lovely private enclosed covered patio. Professionally landscaped gardens extremely private and secure. Timed Perimeter lighting. By application only. Work Permits required! Immediate possession!

Labourer – $6.00/ hour

1 –Mason $9.50/ hour

Contact 347-6642

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VALERIA MISSICK Is looking for a

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Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services On behalf of his clients:

TCI Waste Disposal

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Waste Collector 1) Labourer

Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may contact Employer at 431-7889 for further details regarding employment.

Ricardo Fulford Contracting is seeking employment for the following:

1) Green Keeper

Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment.

Alexandra Fashion

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Labourer

Salary is $6.00 per hour. Interested candidate may contact 342-5776 for further details regarding employment.

Dolmen Construction

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Skill Labourer

Salary is negotiable with employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further detailes regarding employment.

Tropical Bar

is seeking employment for the following:

1) Domestic Worker

Salary is negotiable by employer. Interested candidate may apply through ricardofulford@gmail.com for further details regarding employment.

Snip & Clip

is seeking employment for the following: Salary start at $6.00 per hour. Interested candidate may contact employer at 245-7364 for further details regarding employment.

Ricardo Fulford

Immigration and Labour Consultant President of Ricardo Fulford Consultant Services ricardofulford@gmail.com (649) 346-1125

TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK. SALARY $5.00 PER HOUR

CONTACT #339-7672

To work Monday to Saturday and Holidays. Salary $6.00 per Hour

FLOWER GIRL Is looking for a Part-time

Contact: (649) 247-9370 or Iyez4u@hotmail.com

1) Barber

WAITER Supervisor

Labourer

To work 5 days per week salary. $5.00 per hour. contact: 332-3487 9042

delivery driver With own transportation who is interested in making extra cash.

Contact: 231-3788

NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands:

1. Parcel 60002/355

North West & North Central, Providenciales, this property forms part of the Phase Two of the Priton Homes affordable housing scheme which consists of an extensive residential estate. This residence has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a laundry room and open living areas. Registered Proprietor: Jameka Lashawn Williams

2. Parcel 20314/97

South Caicos, this property comprises of a detached single storey residential home with two bathrooms, kitchen, living/dining areas. There have been a number of upgrades on this property such as wall finishings & moldings, windows, along with internal upgrades. Registered Proprietor: Shantell Lehomean Harris The auction will be held at the offices of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 30th day of August 2013 A reserve price will be fixed on all parcels. A deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids. Terms and Conditions of Sale by Auction are available by request from Scotiabank Collections Department (649) 339-7100.

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Clippers’ Paul Is Elected President of NBA Players Union TWO seasons ago, Chris Paul joined the Los Angeles Clippers and brought instant credibility to a woebegone franchise. Now he will try to do the same for the debilitated NBA Players Union. Paul was elected president of the players association Wednesday after making a belated decision to run for office. He defeated Roger Mason Jr., who was elected first vice president at the union’s summer meeting in Las Vegas. Paul’s candidacy was a surprise, even to many union leaders. But his election indicated recognition by the players that their most influential voices are needed in the most prominent roles. Paul, 28, is the first superstar to hold the president’s title since Patrick Ewing in 2001. He replaced Derek Fisher, whose term expired. “Moving forward with our union, it’s not about me,” Paul said in a conference call. “It’s not about the president or the first vice president or any one person. It’s about the players as a whole, as a body, and that’s what we got out of the past two days in our meetings, is what we can do going forward to grow the game and

build the game.” The union is trying to regain its footing after nearly two years of controversy and infighting, and a damning audit that charged Billy Hunter, the executive director, with nepotism and mismanagement of resources. Hunter was fired in February. The union is just beginning the search to replace Hunter, with the goal of hiring his successor by February. Representatives from Reilly Partners, a search firm, gave a presentation to union members in Las Vegas. No firm has been retained to lead the search yet. “There’s no rush,” Paul said. “Obviously, we would love to get someone in that seat. But I think for us, we basically want to try to make sure our house is in order, make sure we have everything in the right places, so that that executive director can come right in and hit the ground running.” Mason, a four-year veteran of the executive committee, was elected first vice president after Jerry Stackhouse resigned that post after just six months. Stackhouse plans to work for the union in some capacity, an indication that his playing career may be over. (NYTimes)

Chris Paul takes over from Derek Fisher, whose term recently expired.

Domenicali challenges Ferrari to fight hard as F1 season returns FERRARI team principal Stefano Domenicali wants total commitment from his charges as the Formula One season clicks back into gear this weekend. The Italian team had a stuttering start to the 2013 campaign, the mid-season break allowing them time to regroup, recharge and refocus. Fernando Alonso currently lies 39 points behind the

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championship leader -- Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel -- who is going for his fourth straight title. And with Ferrari also a distance behind Red Bull in the constructors’ championship, Domenicali wants a positive approach once the final act gets underway in Belgium. “I don’t want to see any of you not believing in our fight back,” Domenicali said on Ferrari’s official website. “Each one of you must be the link in a chain of positivity that must drive the team along in what is a key moment in the season. We are Ferrari and history teaches us that we must never accept we are beaten. “There is much talk outside the company regarding the future, but we must concentrate only on the present, on the fight for the championship. (BBC)

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Mayweather Jr. rules out Pacquiao bout FLOYD Mayweather Jr has all but ruled out a fight against Manny Pacquiao, revealing the Filipino “blew his chance” to take him on in previous years. Mayweather Jr is set to fight Saul Alvarez in Las Vegas on September 14, but the unbeaten welterweight champion appears to have put an end to years of speculation that he will enter the ring with Pacquiao. “Manny Pacquiao had a chance to make the fight in the past and basically, that’s the best place I’d like to leave it,” Mayweather Jr told MLive. “Now, I’m feeling like I wouldn’t even give him a chance... He had a chance, he blew it, so that’s what it is.” Mayweather Jr had said in the past the only way he would fight Pacquiao would be if the latter were to move from Top Rank Promotions to Mayweather Promotions. With a tussle against Mayweather Jr not on the cards for the time being, Pacquiao is set to go toe-to-toe with

Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he does not feel he would give Manny Pacquiao a chance to fight him.

Brandan Rios in November for the vacant WBO welterweight title. There had been suggestions Pacquiao would retire following a loss to Timothy Bradley and being knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez last December, but he has insisted he still has “two or three years left” in boxing. And he is still hoping to take Mayweather Jr on one day, saying: “For me, that’s important. It’s going to be an important part of my boxing record.”

Usain Bolt now has eight gold medals and two silver medals at the World Championships, which puts him above the other big names in the sport.

Bolt seals place in World Championship history USAIN Bolt guided Jamaica to victory in the sprint relay in Moscow to become the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships. The 26-year-old added 4x100m gold to his 100m and 200m triumphs and now has a total of eight golds and two silvers. Americans Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix also have 10 medals each - eight golds, one silver and one bronze. Jamaica won in 37.36 seconds with the United States second and Canada third after Great Britain were disqualified. Britain finished third but lost their bronze after an appeal was lodged against their second changeover. However, the women’s

relay team were later promoted to the bronze-medal position after France were disqualified for a similar infringement. Bolt’s latest triumph meant he joined Americans Michael Johnson, Felix and Lewis on a record-equalling eight world titles overall. The 100m and 200m world record holder also secured a sprint triple in World Championships for the second time, matching the trebles he completed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. “It is just great,” Bolt said of the comparison. “I’ll continue dominating. I’ll continue to work hard. For me, my aim is to continue into the greatness thing.” (BBC)

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Pistorius charged with premeditated murder Adam Gemili was the second British athlete in history to run under 20 seconds in the 200M. At the World Championships he clocked 19.98 in the semi-finals of that event.

Gemili: Winning medals my aim, not setting records GREAT Britain sprinter Adam Gemili says winning medals in his career is more important than setting records. Gemili, 19, became the second Briton to run under 20 seconds in the 200m at the World Championships in Moscow. He told BBC Radio Kent: “To go under 20 seconds and be the second Brit to ever do so is an amazing feeling. “It would be nice to run a British record but it’s not a main aim. My main aim is to go to championships, perform well and try and win medals.” The Blackheath and Bromley

Harriers athlete ran a time of 19.98 seconds in his 200m semi-final heat in Moscow. That time puts him behind British record holder John Regis, who clocked 19.87 seconds in Italy in 1994. “I was in good shape going into it after quite a few injuries this year,” Gemili added. “The times I had run had not been a true reflection of the work I had been doing. “It felt quick but didn’t realise it was myself that ran that time. I looked up to the big screen and they kept showing my face.

OSCAR Pistorius will go on trial on March 3, accused of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. At a hearing Monday, prosecutors indicted Pistorius in the Valentine’s Day shooting death. Pistorius has been charged with planned and premeditated murder, which comes with a mandatory sentence of life behind bars. The indictment says “the accused did unlawfully and intentionally kill a person.” Pistorius also was indicted for allegedly violating South Africa’s firearms control act. In South Africa, people can possess ammunition only if they’re licensed to own a gun, and their ammunition must be specific to that weapon. Pistorius has acknowledged storing ammunition for a gun his father owned. Steenkamp would have turned 30 on Monday. The indictment follows the completion of the police investigation into the case. The double amputee track star killed the woman he calls the love of his life in his home. He denies the murder charge and says he mistook her for a home invader. The first phase of the trial will take place in March, but the entire trial could take place at various times across a year or more because of

If found guilty Oscar Pistorius (right) would face a mandatory life sentence behind bars for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

potential motions and postponements along the way. In the indictment, the prosecutors included a list of more than 100 witnesses the state might call. The Pistorius legal team has not released a witness list. The police investigation team “is convinced that the accused has a charge to answer,” a police statement said last week. A phalanx of reporters snapped pictures of an emotional Pistorius as he entered the courtroom Monday.

While the Olympic sprinter largely maintained his composure, an occasional tear streamed down his cheek. Before the proceedings started, he held hands with his brother and sister as they appeared to pray. The athlete’s family said in June that he would resume running using his blade-shaped prosthetic legs. Pistorius has started sprinting again for the sake of his emotional health, not for training to compete again, the family said. (CNN)

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Maria Sharapova will take the next few weeks off from tennis.

Sharapova out of U.S. Open MARIA Sharapova has been forced out of the U.S. Open with a right shoulder injury, continuing a turbulent few months for the fourtime grand slam winner. The world No. 3 is suffering from bursitis, which occurs when a small, fluid-filled sac forms under the skin. “I have done everything I could since Wimbledon to get myself ready but it just wasn’t enough time,” Sharapova said in a statement released on her website. “I have done many tests, received several opinions and it all comes down to taking the proper amount of time to heal my shoulder injury properly. It’s certainly not an easy decision to make ahead of one of my favorite tournaments, but I know it’s the right

one that will get me back on the courts soon. “I plan on taking the next few weeks off, receiving proper treatment and rehabilitation. I will miss being part of the US Open, but can’t wait for next year.” After losing to Portuguese qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito in the second round of Wimbledon in June, the Russian ended her threeyear partnership with coach Thomas Hogstedt. She then hired legendary eight-time grand slam winner Jimmy Connors as his replacement, but that was ended after just one match, her second-round defeat to American starlet Sloane Stephens at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

SALE winger Mark Cueto says he thought of retiring at the end of last season after a long battle with a knee injury. But not only is he now relishing the new season, the former England winger, who had said the new campaign would be his last, may even extend his stay beyond the 2013-14 season. “I’m so happy I’ve got this extra year,” he told BBC Radio Manchester. “If my contract had been up at the end of last season, I’d have knocked it on the head,” added the 33-year-old. Cueto, who was capped 55 times by England between 2004 and 2011, continued: “If the season goes well, my body feels good and I feel I can contribute at the right level, I’ll potentially look at another year.” Both Cueto, who was famously denied a try in the 2007 World Cup final, and Sale struggled last season, with the Salford-based club requiring a late run of good results to avoid relegation. “I remember this time last year and I couldn’t kneel on the ground for my [pre-season] photo because

Mark Cueto has placed retirement behind him and may extend his stay beyond the 2013-14 season.

my knee was that sore,” revealed Cueto, who is the Premiership’s alltime leading try scorer with 78. “I carried it all last season and, because you’re turning out week-in and week-out, people don’t realise where you’re at.” International commitments, followed by his troublesome knee, had prevented Cueto from participating in a full pre-season

schedule for several years until this summer, but an extended rest has helped him return to full fitness. “We had six weeks off and that’s probably the longest rest I’ve been able to give my body since I started,” he said. “Then I’ve done eight or nine weeks of pre-season, which has been brilliant. I feel as good as I have for a long time.”

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TCI U-15 COE Boys dominate Manhattan Boca – Show massive improvement – Coach Smith elated LAST summer TCI Centre of Excellence (COE) U-15 Boys and their overseas opponents shared the spoils (one win each and a draw). This year, despite getting the lion’s share of experience and match practices, the Manhattan based soccer club Boca, came in for quite a whipping. So impressive were our young boys that even coach of the side Oliver Smith was pleasantly surprised. “I was very impressed with the team’s performance as they played at a high level both defensively and offensively. As a coach you prepare your team to win, but I was nonetheless surprised at the margin [of victories]. It was a testament to the team’s fitness, commitment, technical and tactical ability,” Smith pointed out. With players from Grand Turk (Jose Elcius and Ronaldo Sejour) and one from North Caicos (Mckenley Amilcar) the predominately Providenciales based team did not hold back. They triumphed at the regular football games (two wins and a draw) before TCI Team 1 won the

Beach Soccer tournament (each team fielded two squads). The COE Boys were not intimidated with the Division One status of their opponents or that they had competed in the Westchester Youth Soccer League and the Eastern New York run leagues. GAME ONE The first game was a resounding 6-1 victory for the home side. Employing a strategy to press Boca in their half, the team was able to force a lot of turnovers and as such, was able to control the pace of the game and enjoyed a lot of ball possession. At the end of the first half, TCI were leading 4-0 with goals from Myrohn Pereira (2) and Wilkins Sylvain (2). The dominance by TCI continued in the second period with debutant Elcius scoring a poacher’s goal after a cross from Ras Diamond. Sylvain got his hat-trick with probable the best goal of the day: a volley after a beautiful defense-splitting pass from Cole Nickson. Boca, despite being down 6-0, continued to play hard and were rewarded with a goal scored by the brilliant Bryan Chacha.

Jeff Beljour marshalled the defence for the home team. (Photo by: Valerie Quintana)

matched. The TCI Team 1 came out eventual winners.

GAME TWO In the second game Boca made some adjustments by adding numbers to the midfield and this worked well as it limited TCI’s possession and movement. Nonetheless the boys from TCI were able to solve the puzzle by raising the tempo of the speed at which they were playing and as such was able to run out 4-0 winners. Elcius once again scored with a well-placed shot after Mckenley Amilcar had put the team ahead with a mazy run. In the second half, Pereira cut in on his right and bended the ball from about 20 yards to beat the keeper. But again it was Sylvain with a sumptuous chip that put the game to rest.

TCI’s Wilkins Sylvain finished as the top overall goal scorer. (Photo by: Valerie Quintana)

DISCIPLINED BOCA The final game saw a more resilient and disciplined Boca. They controlled most of the play in the first half and took the lead in the second from a well-executed corner kick scored by Emanuel Paulino. The match remained well poised

for a good finish with both teams playing hard and getting scoring chances. TCI were able to equalise when Evelson Jean directed a header past Boca’s goalkeeper Mohammed Thiam. The game ended 1-1. The Beach Soccer tournament was exciting with the teams evenly

MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS Smith said that the development of the youngsters “augurs well for the future of the sport.” “With this core group, we should be able to compete with most teams in the region,” Smith, who is a TCIFA executive, added. The TCI boys also impressed Boca’s coach Ray Stafford, who commented on the improvement and the beautiful style of football our boys displayed. AWARDS TCI’s Jeff Beljour, who marshalled the defence and who coach Smith feels has a great future, nabbed the tournament MVP award. Teammate Jamesly Louis, who played left back, was TCI’s MVP while Wilkins Sylvain was the top goal scorer. Sullivan Bacerdo, who performed tremendously in the midfield with non-stop running and incisive passing, was the Boca’s MVP.

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Warming up properly PART 1 ONCE again, because of the limitation of space, I’m obligated to write on a topic in more than one parts. Knowing how to warm up properly before practicing or racing is very important for all athletes. Today, we shall deal specifically with track and field athletes. A runner who does not warm up or stretch constantly can easily pull a muscle, and a pulled muscle can keep a runner/athlete out of action for a long time. Nowadays, we know much more

By Joshua Gardiner about muscles and the body than we did years ago. All coaches should be able to give their charges/athletes

complete instructions on proper warmup techniques. These procedures should be ingrained into the mindset of the athlete and should be adhered to all the time because once applied properly these warm up procedures protect athletes from injuries. The muscle must be fully stretched and loose before doing any hard training or running. The only time the warm up is not of upmost importance is when the workout is light, with perhaps just some easy running or jogging. Warm-up exercises should be done slowly. When a muscle is being stretched it should be held in the stretched position for several seconds. DON’T

JUST STRETCH AND RELEASE QUICKLY. Before doing warm-up exercises runners should get their bodies ready by slowly jogging once or twice around the track and maybe doing a few jumping jacks. That way they would not be stretching stone-cold muscles. From these, the runner can do some very basic exercises, such as push-ups and sit-ups. The exercises should be done slowly and smoothly. There is no need to do them to exhaustion. Now it’s time to begin some light stretching. START Toe touching is a good way to start.

The feet should be kept close together and the leg straight. The runner should bend from the waist until he or she is touching his or her toes with the finger tips. This position should be held for a few seconds. It is important to not bounce or bend the knees, but to go down as far as you can and by positioning your face towards your knees. Once the muscles are loosed and stretched, you can touch your fingers to the ground and eventually more of the hands will go lower. CONTINUE NEXT WEEK

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Williams says he and Bolt have grown closer – But Michael Johnson feels joining Racers would be a mistake TCI born Delano Williams, who now runs for Great Britain, should stay away from the Racers Track Club if he wants to better his timings, so opines track legend Michael Johnson. The 400M world record holder Johnson (43.18s since1999) said that Williams needs to improve his technique and it will not happen under coach Glen Mills, the coach of the fastest man on the planet Usain Bolt and fellow superstar Yohan Blake. “He’s been training with Bolt and they [Racers] don’t really focus on technique there…“They focus on pure speed and power rather than technique, but he [Williams] needs to clean up,” Johnson told the BBC. Williams, who will soon start classes (Marketing Major) at the University of the West Indies, is excited about Racers. He had told the Weekly News that he felt it was the best place for him to further develop himself. FRIENDS The Grand Turk born, World Junior 200M champion, said that Bolt has become a good friend and an

inspiration. In fact a few weeks ago Bolt endorsed Williams as a “future great” sprinter. He was also full of support for him last week when Williams ran his first senior IAAF World Championships. Williams eased into the 200M semi-finals after finishing second behind Bolt with a time of 20.72s, while he bettered his time (20.61s) in the semis; but it was not good enough to make the final cut. In the Heat with Bolt he had a lot of encouragement. “He [Bolt] motivated me and told me that I have nothing to worry about and to just do my thing,” the former Munro College student had said. For Johnson though, Bolt is in a league of his own and he does not need the kind of training that Williams does. “There’s energy [from Williams] spilling out all over the place so that’s where he needs to make the improvements,” Johnson added. Williams’s main concern however is building his experience and with a family atmosphere at Racers it is unlikely he would opt out. “I’m just following their advice (Bolt and company) and hopefully “one day I’ll be a world champion”.

Usain Bolt and Delano Williams have become friends over the last few months.

Pan American Junior Athletics Championships:

Missick set to represent TCI in Colombia

COURTNEY Missick is excited about his first major international event and promises to do his best at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Colombia. The 16-year-old is scheduled to

run the 200M in the event which runs from August 23 to 25. “I feeling stronger than before,” he told the Weekly News prior to travelling to the South American country.

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