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Cancer care

closer to home

Cancer care is coming closer to home for the people Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) with the implementation of an oncology programme at the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and Professor Arthur Porter ...

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Deputy Permanent Secretaries appointed The appointment of six new Turks and Caicos Islands’ Government Deputy Secretaries (DSs) was ratified on Thursday by the CEO Patrick Boyle, and the Public Services Commission.

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Integrity Commission

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In the first effort, Chairman of the Commission of Integrity, Sir David Simmons, disclosed that of 169 requests, 159 submissions have been made to the Commission– 94 per cent of the total declarations.

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PDM calls for elections on August 1st

The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) is calling for elections to be held on August 1st this year and party Leader Derek Taylor maintains that it is past time that the will of the people be expressed.

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After a day of family reading time, story telling

by David Bowen and several other book week integrated activities, the children paraded around dressed like their favourite book characters.

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Cancer care closer to home – Quality service that equals care in developed countries, Professor Arthur

By Vanessa Narine

practitioners.

Cancer care is coming closer to home for the people Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) with the implementation of an oncology programme at the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre and Professor Arthur Porter maintains that the programme will be able to deliver quality care, which can be equated to services offered in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

Porter, who is leading this initiative, told the Weekly News in an interview on Sunday that the local programme is part of a network of services throughout the Caribbean, which includes the Bahamas, Antigua, St. Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago.

According to him, a chemotherapy department will be established in the TCI and when needed persons here needing radiotherapy will be sent to the Bahamas.

The Professor pointed out that for the comparatively small population here it is unwise to have a complete facility established, adding that optimizing on the benefits of a network is the best way forward.

“At these Caribbean centers, these hubs, we have doctors placed and we are able to exchange experiences as we aim to provide the best care to patients,” he said.

Porter noted too that the advances in information technology put developments in cancer treatment only an internet away from the community of oncology

PACKAGE The Professor explained that here in the TCI, the oncology programme will make use of technology to improve the local quality of care through the delivery of a package of services.

He said the programme will not only feature the availability of chemotherapy, but pointed out that the himself and other consultant medical practitioners will be here once a month to hold clinics, as well as host lectures, which will form part of the programme’s public education component.

“Education, prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, this is what we are looking at,” Porter said.

He added that there are four main types of cancer, prostate, colon, lung and breast cancer and pointed out too that, while women are more likely to come forward early, men are not.

Porter stressed that the package of services, in particular the education component, is expected to make an impact and advance a change.

He maintains that education is the greatest success in addressing cancer, as the more equipped people are with information the more likely they are to get treatment early and the more likely they are to live longer productive lives.

“Education gives the greatest output, more then the fanciest equipment,” the Professor said.

Porter stated that the majority of cancers people get they should not,

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Professor Arthur Porter

these can be avoided, and if they have it then early identification can help – which makes education particularly quintessential.

He noted too that the improvements of technology make treating cancer more effective, and pointed out that cancer in children used to be considered as a death sentence, but now have a 90 per cent survival rate.

BETTER LIVES However, Porter acknowledged that

Professor Karol Sikora

even with technological advances, a tremendous amount of empathy and good bedside manners are key to ensure patients are able to beat cancer.

According to him, these days patients are not only able to survive the cancer, but live better quality lives.

“Before when we treated breast cancer, for example, the signs were visible with scarring or so. Now I say to patients sometimes I can’t remember which side I treated…

we are making many advances,” he said.

Porter’s colleague Professor Karol Sikora is also here and he added that there is no quick fix for cancer patients, but there is hope with the advances that are being made.

According to him, the approach of the programme to be implemented makes it easier for the patient and their families.

Sikora and Porter agree that the ultimate goal is a global network of care.

Deputy Permanent Secretaries appointed The appointment of six new Turks and Caicos Islands’ Government Deputy Secretaries (DSs) was ratified on Thursday by the CEO Patrick Boyle, and the Public Services Commission.

The new Deputy Secretaries are Cherylann Jones, Desiree Lewis, Ezekiel Hall, Ian Astwood, Sharon Taylor and Virginia Clerveaux.

The appointments are the next strategic step towards restructuring and improving the delivery of public services to the people of TCI, as one of the first tasks for the new Deputies is to play a key role in supporting the five new Permanent Secretaries in the establishment of five new larger ministries.

The selections were made following a fair, objective and transparent process and the candidates selected were judged as the strongest candidates when assessed against the published requirements.

The appointments were advertised in December 2011 on the TCI Government website and in TCI’s three local newspapers with a closing date of 15th January 2012 This was extended to 30th January, following the announcement of the

new Ministerial structure .

A total of 61 candidates applied and the selection panel met on December 8th, 2011 to consider the applications, reviewing them against the experiential requirements and competences published in the candidate specification.

Eighteen applicants were selected for the short list based on the strength of their applications. On the evidence of their applications, however, he remaining applicants were not considered by the panel to be a strong enough fit against the required profile and were informed that they had been unsuccessful.

The shortlisted applicants were called to attend an assessment center process in February and two applicants withdrew for personal reasons ahead of the process, so ultimately 16 candidates attended the assessment centers.

The assessment centers comprised of a written exercise, a group discussion and an individual interview. Each center was overseen by two Permanent Secretaries who were responsible for scoring each exercise and the interviews, using a marking sheet for consistency.

The five Permanent Secretaries

met on February 24th to review scores and determine the composition of the final short list.

Seven applicants were selected for the final interview stage, based on the strength of their applications and their performance at the assessment centers.

The final stage of the selection process was a full panel interview on February 28th. The remaining applicants were each asked a set of standard questions designed to assess their fit against the role requirements. On completion of the interviews, the panel members met to review their marks for each candidate and they agreed on a final rating for each.

David Richards (OCT Associates Limited), an executive search consultant experienced in senior civil service appointments in the United Kingdom, including permanent and deputy secretary appointments, was engaged to provide supporting services and advice .

Richards provided administrative support and process advice to ensure that the panel followed a fair, objective and transparent process but was not responsible for panel decisions and judgments.

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159 file with Integrity Commission – First letters of compliance sent out – Chairman says funding not yet ideal

By Vanessa Narine In the first effort, Chairman of the Commission of Integrity, Sir David Simmons, disclosed that of 169 requests, 159 submissions have been made to the Commission– 94 per cent of the total declarations.

The Commission held its first press conference last Friday Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies’ Conference Room, where Simmons was joined by other members of the Commission.

The Chairman noted that the funding provisions are not yet ideal, but stated that in light of the challenges of having the body made operational, the return of 94 per cent in the first call for declarations is laudable.

The first letters of compliance have gone out this week.

According to Simmons, 169 persons in public life were written to and of this number, 122 have satisfied the Commission that declarations have been fully made, 27 persons shall be subject to further assessment and 20 persons fell into

a miscellaneous category, which means they were either exempted or included in error.

Information regarding the sectors that the remaining six per cent of persons belong to was not disclosed and the Chairman stressed that all information coming to the Commission is confidential.

He stated that the member of the Commission can be prosecuted for breeching the confidentiality clause and made it clear that confidentiality of documents filed with the Commission are treated with utmost priority.

Simmons noted that several security measures are in place to ensure that the hard copy documents are securely kept and for electronic documents, he said the Commission has in place the best software in place to ensure these are secure.

He reiterated that there need not be any concerns about confidentiality.

NOT IDEAL The Chairman noted that the Commission’s funding currently, while improved, is not ideal.

He noted that the Commission was set up in May 2010 and after having no support staff for almost a year, with a local islander and an Englishman on attachment, there are now three persons employed to ensure the Commission’s mandate is accomplished.

“We were set up without adequate funding,” he said, adding that the Commission is funded by the Overseas Territory Programme Fund (OTPF).

The Chairman said this will have to change, particularly since under the Integrity Commission Ordinance will see increased functions for the Commission when a Constitution is put in place.

Particular functions he pointed to was the formulation of a Code of Conduct for persons in public life and the enforcement of that code.

Simmons stressed that the Commission is no position currently to undertake such functions and is not averse to assuming these responsibilities, but the Commission must be adequately resourced.

Public energy costs will not rise this year

– Governor declines Fortis request for price hike RESIDENTS can breathe a sigh of relief this week after Governor Ric Todd confirmed that electricity costs will not rise over the next 12 months.

On Tuesday he revealed that he and the Electricity Commissioner had declined Fortis TCI’s request last August to raise prices for residential consumers, businesses, small and medium hotels.

Only large hotels will face a price hike -those defined as using more than 4.2 million kWh per year will have their rates increased to 21.5 cents per kWh. This move will see commercial rates on South Caicos reduced too.

Governor Todd said: “I have listened to the feedback of the

people of the TCI who have made it clear to me that an increase in their utility charges will not be welcomed as they continue to adjust to the new taxation measures introduced late last year.”

As part of the agreement the Governor agreed to extend Fortis TCI’s service coverage to the smaller cays between Providenciales and North Caicos and to East Caicos.

The company will eventually extend the power grid to connect to South Caicos and improve the resilience of the power supply across the service area.

One further aspect of the agreement with Fortis TCI is the standardisation of electricity

tariffs across the Fortis TCI service territory.

Initially, commercial electricity rates on South Caicos will fall from 31.6 cents to 28 cents per kWh. And by next year residential rates will be aligned across the service territory to 26 cents per kWh - the rate currently charged on the other islands.

At that time, commercial rates on South Caicos will be further reduced from 28 cents to 27 cents per kWh. This rate rebalancing is designed to help to stimulate economic growth and development on the island of South Caicos.

The tariff changes will come into effect on 1st April 2012.

Chairman of the Integrity Commission Sir David Simmons

Relative to the status of work currently undertaken, the Chairman said the work of the Commission is being streamlined and in March the officers will be engaging is broader based public education.

The Commission’s website, he noted, is expected to be up by first half of this year and will facilitate interaction with the public and make the declaration process less cumbersome to both the Commission and persons in public life.

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE Asked about the Commission’s independence, considering that it is the Governor’s office that administers its funding, Simmons maintained that there is no conflict.

He stressed that the financial independence is not in jeopardy.

According to him, the Commission

compiles its budget and it is sent to an Appropriation Committee, made up of a cross section of stakeholders – once an elected government is in place it will be government and opposition members.

This body approves the budget and the funds are subsequently made available.

Simmons said for 2011 the Commission’s budget was approximately $300,000, adding that the next budget will be for a higher sum considering that more work will be done this year.

The Chairman maintained that the Commission’s independence and impartiality will not be shaken.

He pointed out that the Integrity Commission has the powers of the Supreme Court, but said the approach being taken by the Commission is inquisitive, not adversarial.

Andrew Ashcroft resigns from BCB

ANDREW Ashcroft, son of billionaire Conservative peer Lord Michael Ashcroft, has resigned from his post as managing director of British Caribbean Bank.

In October last year BCB Holdings agreed to spin off non-Belizean financial services businesses.

For the year ended March 31, 2011, the non-Belizean businesses had a loss of

$8.1m and net income of $11.1m.

Both Andrew Ashcroft and Philip Johnson declared they would resign from the BCB Holdings Board and Cheryl Jones will become chairman from the date of the demerger.

According to reliable sources, the Weekly News has learnt that the demerger has become effective and Mr Ashcroft has stepped down.

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

Did Provo meeting achieve its purpose?

THE Governor was in for a rough ride when he turned up for the public meeting at the Gustavus Lightbourne Complex in Provo last Wednesday evening.

Do you think he deserved all the verbal abuse he received?

Do you think the meeting achieved the purpose for which it was called?

Disappointing The Governor had no panel of department heads or experts to assist him in answering questions.

He did not have the information available to answer anything factually and as such was ill prepared.

It is a shame that he does not take the cares and concerns of the citizens of this country seriously.

He came across as racist and very condescending in his address. I was extremely disappointed.

People did themselves a disservice Remember the childish poem punch line “names will never hurt me.”

Those calling names and just being obnoxious and showed they not only disrespected the office of the Governor, but also themselves.

Where were these folks when the countries assets were being stolen, when the last government controlled all of the media except this newspaper and some internet sites?

These same folks were supporting the mess that brought the British down on us.

At least two of the people being ornery are on their way to court.

When authority is torn down anarchy begins.

While we disagree with the methods and choices the Governor has made we still respect his right to make those mistakes.

When elected government takes over the mistakes can be corrected.

This meeting did not speed the election day, it delayed it.

Instead of hurling insults if the posters asked for something specific they would be more meaningful.

I believe the process shows us in the worse possible light and those in the Governor’s face need to be ashamed but I am afraid they lack the character to feel shame.

Where were the alternate plans, the petitions for a needed reform and suggestions for things the Governor and others way out in Grand Turk overlook every day?

Governor Todd showed courage knowing he was about to meet the Airport Road shutdown crew.

All that was missing was the guy with the fancy shoes laying on the floor and throwing a childish tantrum.

We believe if most of those complainers got together and one by one provided logical reasons why a certain decision was wrong they could have made an impression and possibly made a difference.

Considering there was only 150 people out of 25,000 people in Providenciales and that only a portion of the group was nasty tells Governor Todd this was not representative of the population; it was after all the same old troublemakers Perhaps Todd will avoid Provo in the future as he learned and they learned nothing.

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TCI still at risk for cholera infection – Health Ministry ups campaign as preventative measure

BY Vanessa Narine It has been two years since the 2010 outbreak of cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic and to date persons in the islands are still affected, which is why the local Ministry of Health and Human Services is upping a campaign as a preventative measure.

Dr. Jamillah Berry, Health Planner with the Ministry, at a press briefing on Tuesday maintained that the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are at risk and added that the Ministry is working in collaboration with several partners to step up public awareness, training and education.

To this end, the prevention of cholera has been put on the Ministry’s front burner with the launch of the Cholera and Healthy Hygiene Awareness Campaign through several activities during March.

The campaign aims to promote the prevention of communicable diseases in the TCI and will focus on four major sectors: the hotel and tourism industry, schools, churches and vulnerable groups.

“The goal is to prevent cholera from reaching the islands,” she said.

According to Berry, the initial campaign activities will target the Hotel and Tourism Industry and Primary and Secondary Schools throughout March at locations in Provo, Grand Turk, North and Middle Caicos, Pine Cay, Parrot Cay, South Caicos and Salt Cay. Cholera Awareness and Healthy Hygiene activities for the Hotel and Tourism Industry are a part of their Health and Wellness Programme, which was established in partnership with the Ministry of Health/National AIDS Programme. This Campaign is one of many Health and Wellness Programme initiatives with the Hotel and Tourism Sector Activities will include facilitation of healthy hygiene and food handlers training workshops for hotel and restaurant employees; establishment of universal protocols for food handling in hotel and restaurants; and incorporation of healthy hygiene and food handler training into hotel and restaurant new employee orientations and continuing education programmes.

The Ministry is also expected to launch a Cholera and Healthy Hygiene Awareness Campaign in the Primary and Secondary Schools in

Dr. Jamillah Berry, centre, with other stakeholders at Tuesday’s press briefing

partnership with the Department of Education this week.

The Health Planner stressed that children are most at risk since they are less likely to practice good hygiene to prevent the spread of cholera, adding that they are an even more vulnerable group because they spend and extended period of time in one place with many other children.

The Education Department’s activities that are scheduled include: a skit/ PSA contest; Cholera/Health Hygiene Awareness workshop for pre, primary and high school teachers; Cholera/Health Hygiene Awareness presentations/hand washing demonstrations in classrooms; and Cholera and Healthy Hygiene Awareness Day. The Health Manager acknowledged too that there is a

community component, which will roll out in later months, but for now the focus is on at risk groups, the schools and hotels.

Berry stated that if the disease does reach the islands the approach would be early identification, treatment and containment.

NO CONFIRMATIONS When asked she noted that there have been no confirmed cases of the disease here.

Berry added that the Ministry current maintains surveillance to ensure that possible cases are easily identified.

The Health Manager explained that health facilities, as well as hotels, report once a week on diarrheal cases to the Ministry, as

well as surveillance of the imports - efforts that will be boosted by the planned campaign.

She acknowledged that illegal immigration poses a challenge to ensuring that the disease does not make it into the country, but said the Ministry is working with Immigration authorities.

“This will be ongoing,” she said, adding that the main thrust of the work will be seen in the summer months.

Berry noted that the budget for this campaign is some ₤300,000 and stressed that there is an established plan in place in the event of an outbreak.

According to her in the event of an outbreak, the emergency facilities of the health care system will be quickly overwhelmed and the Ministry is looking to have a Cholera Treatment Centre.

The United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DFID) is supporting of this initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Human Services.

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria releases a toxin that causes increased release of water in the intestines, which produces severe diarrhea. Cholera occurs in places with poor sanitation and people get the infection by eating or drinking contaminated food or water.

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PDM calls for elections on August 1st – Taylor says past time for people’s will to be expressed

By Vanessa Narine The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) is calling for elections to be held on August 1st this year and party Leader Derek Taylor maintains that it is past time that the will of the people be expressed.

“We (the PDM) are ready to lead the people to better times,” he said at a press conference last Friday, which followed a meeting with members of the PDM earlier in the day.

Taylor said the matters discussed included the milestones, the civil service, investments, the Pathway to Citizenship, border control and the milestones.

He noted that the milestones, whose completion the Governor maintains is the benchmark for a return to elected power, is at the discretion of the United Kingdom’s ministers, while the will of the people is not heeded.

“This is wrong,” he said.

According to him, there are many problems facing the Turks and Caicos Islands, adding that the PDM is willing to work with all stakeholders to find resolutions.

He acknowledged that when the British stepped in the situation was dire and if left to continue the country would have been brought to her knees, but maintained that they

have had enough time.

“We needed the Interim Administration to prevent a crisis,” Taylor said.

He added that looking and the changes from 2009 to date, the total dynamic, it is time to move on.

“We have waited and now it is time to move on,” Taylor stressed.

He noted that the people have received no clear answers form the Governor at his public meetings and enough is enough.

The PDM Leader stressed that the date proposed is a realistic one and maintained that the TCI people have had enough.

LATE ACTION The criticism was raised that the PDM has been quiet on many issues for many months while many actions, adversely affected many, have been taken by the Interim Administration.

“We are determined to go forward in a peaceful way,” he said.

Taylor pointed out that the TCI came through an Interim Administration before and moved on to progress “ we can do it again; we can put the country back on track.”

Pressed for a response, the PDM Leader broke his silence on several controversial matters that have gripped the TCI society.

He made it clear that when it

Grant gets gov’t IT post A COMPUTER whiz has been awarded a top government post as part of the latest reforms.

Lorenzo Grant is TCIG’s new Information Technology Director and will be responsible for introducing a host of improvements.

Mr Grant has more than 30 years of experience in information and communication technology (ICT).

He obtained both a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from the City University of New York.

He then went on to work as a research developer for Bell Laboratory, New Jersey USA, project manager for AT&T Communications, New Jersey, USA, managing director for Fiscal Services Limited, Kingston, Jamaica, and most recently, regional ICT consultant based in Miami, USA. Mr Grant has also worked with many governments in the region on ICT projects.

As managing director for Fiscal

Services Limited he headed the Government of Jamaica’s central ICT agency.

There he was responsible for implementation of their Value Added Tax, customs and financial management systems.

He also provided ICT consultation for the Government of Belize where he did a comprehensive review of their SIGTAS, Smart Stream and ASYCUDA systems.

Mr Grant has continually kept up to date with technology advancements by attending industry seminars and technical training courses.

He has also written an industry paper that was published by The World Bank Group, Governance and Public Sector Sites - 2001 called ‘Jamaica Customs Automated Services Online’.

And in 2005 he was the recipient of an industry award from the Latin American Leadership Forum, Project of the Year for the ‘Jamaica Tax Payment Online’.

PDM Leader Derek Taylor, second from left, with other senior party members

comes to the Special Investigative Prosecution Team (SIPT) investigations, justice must take its course.

According to him, the PDM has pointed out time and time again the shortcomings of the previous regime.

Taylor, commenting on the Pathway to Citizenship consultations, noted that the TCI welcomed people into the country as part of the global village.

However, he stressed that the ultimate decision as to who should live among the TCI people should be left up to us.

The PDM Leader maintained that the TCI people must be engaged; all stakeholders must be engaged, for the TCI to move forward successfully.

“I believe that minds can meet

and we can move forward together,” he said.

Taylor said the party is willing to work with all stakeholders to make the TCI a better country.

BRITISH FOOTPRINT Asked about the possibility that the British want to keep their footprints on the TCI when it comes to governance, the PDM Leader pointed out that the British position had always been to grant independence once it was clear that that was the desire of the majority of the people.

However, Taylor stressed that independence must be the expressed will of the people, all factors considered, not independence for the sake of independence.

“We are accountable to the

people,” he said, adding that this must be considered, if there was a push to seek independence from the United Kingdom.

According to him, the TCI has to reach that stage of progress where it is ready for independence, and not seek it prematurely.

Taylor stated that the PDM will be increasing its engagements with the public.

He stressed that the PDM has a record of accomplishment to stand by and noted that what the TCI needs is a clear path for the development of the people, development that happens in an environment that reflects honestly, accountability and transparency.

“The PDM is much alive,” Taylor said.

Boosting support for small businesses TCI’s top retail bankers gathered together recently to discuss ways to support small businesses across the islands.

Governor Ric Todd organised the summit on February 23which was hosted by the Bankers Association of the TCI. He said it was important to “reassure small business operators and entrepreneurs considering entering the commercial world that there are sympathetic people in the local banking industry ready and willing to assist them in developing their businesses and achieving their goals.”

The summit concluded that there is already considerable support available to small businesses and entrepreneurs in the TCI. This includes advice, training and support from the TCIG Small Business Unit and the strong determination of the retail banks to support and lend to sound small businesses.

Anton Faessler, president of

the Banker’s Association, said: “The banking industry welcomes the Governor’s initiative and is delighted to confirm that retail banking operations across the islands are able to offer a range of services specifically designed for small businesses and start-ups.

“These include tailored loans, lines of credit, business banking and financial advice.

“We welcome customers old and new to contact us to discuss their particular requirements in more detail.”

The summit, which was also attended by Lillian Misick, Chair of the Consultative Forum, concluded that there could be better coordination and mutual support between TCIG and the retail banks working with the Banker’s Association.

The agreement to put in place a mechanism to enhance coordination between the TCIG Small Business Unit and the retail banks, aims to provide active assistance to small

businesses in preparing them to meet requirements for seeking financial support from local banking institutions.

This new system will include specialist representatives of the Banker’s Association; officers from the TCIG Small Business Unit and representatives from the Governor’s Office.

The key objective of the mechanism is to provide practical support in the form of training, mentoring and advice to existing and prospective business people.

By providing such additional support it is hoped to enhance the capabilities of the small business sector, improve the professionalism of their business planning and modelling, and ultimately make small enterprises across the TCI more attractive, credit worthy propositions for the banks.

The summit agreed to meet again in June to assess progress and review the situation.

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TCI looses a treasure – Tributes pour in as family and friends mourn the loss of Nichelle Farrington “Today I want to be the best Nichelle Farrington I can be…I want to be in movies, I want to do directing, I want to do editing, screen writing, as well as acting and commercials and advertisements…I want to come home and be an asset to my country.”

In 2010 when she was interviewed

by PTV, on her return to the TCI after her studies in the United States, Nichelle Farrington was brimming with ideas – a promising, talented and determined woman.

At 24-years-old, the sun set on Nichelle’s life much too soon when she succumbed to injuries from an accident on Sunday evening on the South Dock Road in Provo.

Nichelle is TCI’s second road fatality for this year. The accident was a two-vehicle collision involving a white Kia Reo and a black Nissan Terrano. Nichelle was the driver of the Kia. The driver of the black Nissan has reportedly been released from hospital after being treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries, while the other passenger in the vehicle received minor injuries. Both vehicles received extensive damages and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Traffic Enforcement Unit in Providenciales are continuing investigations into the cause of this vehicular collision.

The young woman’s death shocked her family and the many friends who have fond recollections of the ambitions young woman.

Her mother, Crissy Pratt, told the

The damaged vehicles

Nichelle Farrington wanted to change the news culture in the TCI and make am impact on the world

media that her daughter’s passing is indeed a shock to her and her family, but posited that Nichelle left her footprints wherever she went.

“My daughter left her footprints on this earth,” her mother said.

Nichelle has six other siblings and her brothers who spoke to the media noted their shock, adding that their family is trying to cope.

A graduate of Clement Howell

High School in 2004, the vibrantly ambitious her career started when she was 17-years-old when she joined WIV Channel 4 news.

Following her stint there, she pursued her education at Nova South Eastern University, in Florida, on a scholarship and completed her degree in Mass Communication. On her return Nichelle worked as trainer for news reporters at the People’s Television

(PTV) station.

In her 2010 interview, Nichelle tells of how she wanted to be able to change the news culture in the TCI and make am impact on the world.

This eager desire to share her passion with the world is poignantly clear in the two books she authored; the first an anthology of poetry and diary entries titled ‘Heart of a Scorpion’ and the second, a

children’s book, called ‘Jeremy and the Wedding Ring’.

In one of her poems she writes, “I solemnly swear to keep the fire burning for each year God has me here.”

She did keep that fire burning, touching the lives of everyone she met, pushing herself to take her moment in time, never limited herself and kept on dreaming.

Nichelle is expected to be laid to rest next Saturday.

New police public relations officer appointed A NEW TCI police public relations officer has been appointed amidst the disgruntled murmurings of a few TC Islanders and in contrast, the expressed relief of some local journalists.

Paul Baker, former Interhealth media officer and seasoned journalist, was sworn in as a special constable on Wednesday, February 29, in readiness for his new post.

Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar formally introduced Baker to the media and by extension the public, at a press briefing on Thursday.

Baker, a British national, began his tenure yesterday March 1 replacing Police Inspector Calvin Chase who held the position for a number of years.

While some journalists welcomed Baker’s appointment as an efficient means to prompt and detailed disclosure some Islanders were quite unhappy about it.

“This is painfully and utterly sad,” one Islander wrote in an email, which was widely circulated throughout the TCI. “Another white man in a key position in the black society,” the man fumed.

The concerned man questioned whether the job was advertised and whether a police officer will understudy Baker.

The email ended with a prayer for leadership and direction in the TCI and hope that one day this developing nation will “develop its own people”.

Commissioner Farquhar confirmed that the position was advertised “some time ago” in the print media.

“I’m a real believer in following process and so with this we advertised for the position,” he revealed.

After interviews and background checks the Commissioner is confident that the right selection was made.

He was not involved in the

interview process at all.

Meanwhile, journalists are thrilled with Baker’s appointment.

Former Weekly News reporter and current TV WIV4 anchor Gemma Handy stated: “I very much look forward to working with Paul.

“The appointment of a dedicated police press officer is long overdue.

“Not only will this new position ensure the media are kept fully abreast of important details of crimes to disseminate to the public in a timely manner and help bring the perpetrators to justice, it will also enable us to highlight the many positive actions of our hard working police officers which all too often go unreported,” she said.

The Commissioner described Baker’s appointment as a “positive and progressive step” for the police.

He explained: “Police work is newsworthy and so it is essential that continued 

Police Commissioner Colin Farquhar congratulates Paul Baker on his appointment

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Five Cays man gets six years for drugs charges while girlfriend walks free A MUTUAL agreement between the prosecution and defence team resulted in the abrupt halt of a drugs trial in the Providenciales Supreme Court this week.

One of the defendants was sentenced to six years in jail.

The trial involved a young Five Cays couple jointly charged with possession of cannabis, cocaine and a single bullet.

It was also said that they intended to supply the illegal drugs to others.

After two full days of proceedings, Delano Ferguson, 28, finally agreed to a plea bargain. He decided to plead guilty and let the mother of his children Ciarra Cox aged 23, go free.

It was less than two weeks ago when Ferguson and Cox were both tried and found not guilty of other drugs charges in the Supreme Court.

However, things went differently this time around. Cox was declared not guilty while the jury returned guilty verdicts against her boyfriend.

The trial began on Monday, February 27, before Justice Joan Joyner and a jury of six women and one man.

Raised voices, flared tempers and intense arguments by and between Crown counsel Angela Brooks and defence attorney Clinton Clarke peppered the proceedings.

Clarke represented Cox while

defence attorney Benson Harvey represented Ferguson.

As the trial steamed into the third day, tensions peaked as overwhelming evidence stacked up against Ferguson and the decision was made to cut the trial short.

After an in-chambers hearing between the lawyers, Judge Joyner instructed the jury to return formal verdicts.

The evidence led by the Crown during the trial suggested that on June 28, 2009, police officers converged on the Five Cays dwelling of Ferguson around noon. They knew that Cox lived there too.

Two Buick cars, a white and a grey, were parked nearby.

Sergeant Nigel Gilkes walked around to the back of the apartment to see if there was a back door. There was none. Only an opened window from which emanated a strong scent of cannabis.

He stated that he heard one of the officers at the front door call out to Ferguson but later during crossexamination, he said he did not hear the officers calling the young man.

When he returned to the front door, he met the officers speaking with Ferguson.

Another police officer testified that Ferguson stuck his head out the window and when he saw who it was

Ciarra Cox

he told them to “hold on”.

One minute passed and after persistent knocking from the police, Ferguson eventually opened the door, walked outside, and locked the door behind him. The scent of cannabis was strong.

He then began to behave aggressively when the officers informed him that they wanted to conduct a search. He demanded they obtained a search warrant first.

He shouted to Cox to lock the windows and not to open the door, as he continued to struggle with the police.

At that time, Gilkes left and returned shortly after with a warrant.

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we communicate what we do, both accurately and effectively.

“Good public relations are crucial to any organisation but particularly so in the police service where openness and transparency are key.

“From dealing with serious crime to educating young people, our officers and staff are involved in many different projects and so we have plenty of important and positive things to say.”

Baker will be responsible for developing a programme to “to look at how we can communicate with the community” via different means, the Commissioner stated.

“Whether it is by social media, the police website, or meeting with community leaders and getting a good communication going,” he said.

“Working with the community is at the heart of what we do and both the public and the media play significant roles in helping to solve crime and promote our islands as safe and pleasant places to live, work and visit.

“We are delighted to welcome Paul to the service and his extensive knowledge and experience will

further help boost public confidence in the Royal Turks and Caicos Police and the work we do.”

The top cop explained that the position was offered to someone outside the police force because he would rather have his police officers focus on policing.

“Chase is a great police officer, a great investigator but he had too much on his plate.

“I don’t need him doing public relations. I’d rather have him doing police work.”

Inspector Chase said: “I have a lot of other portfolios which may not allow me to dedicate as much time to press relations.

“The police force is looking at public relations in a different light and wants to take it to another level.

“It needed someone on a full-time basis,” he ended.

Baker, aged 45, brings a wealth of experience to the role having worked in public relations and journalism for more than 25 years.

Married with two young children, he began his career working on regional daily newspapers in England.

He has since held a number of editorships and has written for

national newspapers, television and radio.

He boasts extensive public relations and communications skills and has worked as a consultant to InterHealth Canada since the new hospitals opened in Provo and Grand Turk in April 2010.

“It’s a challenging role,” Baker said, “but one I am very much looking forward to.

“There is a great deal of good work being done by the police that goes unnoticed and it’s vital that we share these positive stories.

“There are many similarities between the police service and the hospital in terms of the need for honesty, openness and accountability and ensuring that the community has confidence in the service provided and those delivering it.

“The public are the police service’s biggest asset when it comes to solving and preventing crime and so excellent communication between the two is paramount.”

Baker will spend the next few weeks familiarising himself with the inner workings of the police force before diving head first into his new role and begin implementing his ideas.

Then Cox exited the apartment and locked the door behind her. She later opened it and allowed the police to search the premises.

When the police entered and searched the 13 feet by 20 feet apartment, they found a total of 5.45 ounces of cannabis, 4.85 grams of cocaine, a small scale, a large scale and numerous dime bags, the court heard.

Ferguson directed the police to a box he pulled from under the bed, which contained cannabis. This, he said, he received from Sgt Gilkes – a claim the police officer denied in court.

However, more drugs were discovered hidden all over the dwelling.

More were under the bed, on the top of the kitchen counter, in a kitchen cabinet drawer along with cocaine and a bullet, on an overhead cupboard, in a clothes basket, in a suitcase in the closet and just like the previous trial, in a Nestle Nestum can.

During the search of the two Buick cars, nothing illegal was found in the white car. However, in the glove compartment of the grey car, the police found a box of matchsticks and a white clear plastic bag with cocaine.

In addition, they found cannabis in the middle console.

Both defendants remained mum on the findings and were both arrested and charged.

After his testimony, Constable Leron Albert faced scorching cross-examination from attorney Clarke, who tried to create doubt in the jury’s mind that Cox lived at the apartment.

He implied that she was not living there but was only spending a period of time with her boyfriend and so could not be held accountable for the illegal find.

“It was his house and his car,” Clarke said after the trial, reiterating that there was no evidence against his client.

On Wednesday morning attorney Harvey petitioned Judge Joyner to re-arraign his client and Ferguson changed his plea to guilty for the drugs charges. The Crown withdrew the possession of ammunition allegation.

Judge Joyner then addressed the jury and they convicted Ferguson and acquitted Cox, who is currently pregnant.

The young mother of two wept freely as she listened to the verdicts.

The Weekly News understands that the pair is scheduled to appear in the Providenciales Supreme Court in two weeks to face further drugs charges. We will publish a full report.

Crime-free 24-hours in Provo

FOR the first time in a long while, police in Providenciales have not received a single report of serious incident, a recent police press release revealed.

“During a 24-hour period between February 29 and March 1, there were no reported serious incidents in Provo.”

As the latest police figures confirm, the incidence of crime continues to fall in the TCI and the police feels confident that this is ‘another significant step forward’ in the service’s highprofile fight against criminals.

Deputy Commissioner Brad Sullivan added: “Police patrols have been stepped up in all areas of Provo and these latest figures are encouraging.

“When you compare them to just a year ago, it underlines the progress that the police service is making.

“This is another significant step forward in our daily fight against crime and those who commit crime in the island.

“To have had no reported

serious crimes within a 24-hour period underlines the excellent work being done by our officers.

“Residents are entitled to live and work in a crime-free environment and go about their business without fear of becoming a victim of crime.

“Hopefully these latest figures will further boost public confidence.”

Meanwhile, officers in Providenciales arrested two men on suspicion of causing malicious damage to property, following separate complaints made on November 8, 2011, and February 8, this year.

A man was also arrested in connection with an alleged burglary which occurred last month.

Police in Grand Turk arrested a man following a report of a bus being maliciously damaged on the Parade.

Officers also arrested a man for breach of bail conditions, while a man was detained for the offence of malicious damage to property.

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We welcome letters from all members of the public on a variety of topics.

An analogy in balancing the budget Dear Editor, One of the eight milestones that are required to be met before elections can be held in the Turks and Caicos Islands this year is the balancing of the budget.

That milestone is a working budget and ‘working’ means moving target; and when you have moving targets, they are very hard to hit.

Here, no different, and so is the budget of the TCIG. Some time ago, I had graciously volunteered to assist the country in balancing the budget, but of course, as expected, and perhaps for selfish and national security reasons, my cry and effort went on deaf ears.

The budget is still not balanced and I am now renewing that offer, pro bono! TCIG let me help!

TCI readers, in simple terms I present ‘An analogy in balancing the budget’.

What is meant by ‘balance budget’ or as preferred ‘a surplus’?

Budgeting 101!

First, what is a budget? Simple, it is revenue source identification and an expenditure cash outlay of anticipated revenues.

Budgeting 101 says allocations (revenues streams) must equal or surpass (surplus) your expenditures (recurring bills).

Note recurring bills here because the idea is sustainability, continuity and continuance.

From hereon can the TCIG maintain itself without any borrowing or influx of capital from the UK or any other means to sustain the TCIG spending?

What is so difficult about this?

Remember, moving target?

For starters, how does the TCIG determine the allocations and expenditures? Use a ‘zero’ based

approach.

Simply put, for expenditures start with nothing (zero) and identify the required needs (planned recurring expenditures) such as a costs/wages and salaries for the Governor, PSs, civil servants, supplies, trucks, lights, water, cost to run the hospital and other costs.

Then simple again, for allocations start with nothing (zero) and identify all known and planned sources of revenue streams such as duties, license fees, customs, fines, grants, collections from the hospitals and other collections.

Now the TCIG has identified all expenditures and allocations,that is all the monies going out and all the monies coming in.

And common sense will tell you that these two MUST equal for there to be a balance moving target, the budget!

People, what I just explained surely is not rocket science!

Expenditures = Allocations, means you have everything covered. That is what is called a balance budget.

If allocations are less than expenditures then you have a deficit.

If allocations are more than expenditures then you have a surplus.

So how do you now get a surplus?

Just as they are doing, determining what expenditures can be cut (poor DJones), or what areas of further increase (happy A Williams) in allocations can be put in place (taxes).

That is simple people. Increases to raise monies without the people getting an in-hand benefit are called taxes.

What the interim government is doing is every time there seems to be equilibrium (balance) the ‘levels’ are changed and hence the budget will

never be in balance or surplus, there will always be tax increases and this milestone will never be met.

If this milestone is never met, according to Governor if this one of the milestones is not met, then all milestones are not met, and hence there will not be an election in the Turks and Caicos Islands during 2012!

TCIG, do tell me, the stakeholders of the TCI, as well as the world different!

If the TCIG does need assistance help is on the way just for the asking!

We love our country and we professionals, stakeholders and people of pride will help!

Kindest regards, Edward E Smith Formerbudget administrator at MiamiDade County public schools

Address the need of our youth, beyond lip service When a young person passes, it is said that their promise and untapped potential passes with them.

Such is the case with the recent passing of Ms. Nichelle Farrington, who by all accounts was an intelligent, ambitious, and hard working young lady, who with her whole life ahead of her. Her loss is not only that of her family and friends, to whom I wish my sincere sympathy, but a loss to the TCI and the world. We have lost a talented leader, entrepreneur and a poet. Her passing, for me has highlighted and brought to the forefront a focus like no other event could have, to begin a dialogue on how we can truly address the needs of the Youth of this Country beyond the “Lip Service” given by so many in the past and present day.

It is often said, to know the true measure of a Nation, look at how they treat their poor. I say the true measure of a Nation is in how they treat their youth. In many countries, including ours, once a nation falls on hard financial times it is Education and Youth Programming that are the first to be cut.

The only difference is in the TCI while in recent times the Education budget has received cuts, the Youth Department only received a paltry $10,000 for Youth Programming, even in our best of times.

The TCI Youth Parliament, the Youth Department’s flagship Program, which has represented the TCI regionally and won several regional debates, is sponsored by Grace Bay Car Rentals to hold sittings of the Youth Parliament.

The neglect by the TCIG is shameful and clearly, the future of this country has to be a priority. With all that is going on in our country, the voices of young people must be heard and taken note of. Our youth have a great contribution to make, as seen with the Youth Parliament discussion on the Pathway to TCI Citizenship.

Who represents the interest of the Youth in the Advisory Council and Consultative Forum?

I know of a few members that hold youth issues close to their heart, but more can and should be done.

If the TCI Youth Ambassador can be a part of the delegation to London to discuss a New Constitution for TCI, why not have him sit on one of those bodies?

If the Director of Culture can sit on the Consultative Forum, why not have the Director of Youth Affairs?

He or She who feels it knows.

We must recognize that development of productive citizens of our country begins long before they are eligible for a scholarship. It gets ever crucial from pre-teen years

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onward, but unfortunately we are so focused on having students excel on exams that we often fail to see the need to build well rounded students that are socially adept, know how to work in a team, and resolve conflict without physical confrontation, to name a few.

All of these essential skills are needed to be a well functioning adult in today’s society.

We also must recognize that development opportunity must be for all youth and not just for those who excel in academics, sports, debates or simply just have the right connections.

We all blossom at different rates and for different purposes. If you were to ask my classmates from the graduation class of HJRHS ’98, if back then they could envision me penning an article such as this, if 25 per cent would have said yes, that would be a surprise.

The point is, that since that time, I have had the opportunity, at the British West Indies Collegiate and McGill University to work with, and lead my peers and other youth, which has proved to be a valuable experience.

Our aim should be to create these types of opportunities right here in the TCI, as not everyone will have the privilege to attend private school or to further their education abroad.

These experiences have had a

significant impact on my life and have encouraged me to find ways to give back to my community. As a result, I have been a member of numerous community groups and taken on roles such as Youth Director of my Church, Teen Jam Co-Host, Caricom Youth Ambassador to the TCI, appointed as the youngest National Disaster Coordinator in the history of the region and The Vice President of the Civil Service Association. Taking all these roles have been some of my efforts of giving back!

We all can be leaders in our own right, but all leaders don’t have to enter or be from the political arena.

A chain is still only as strong as its weakest link, so not only do we have to build strong leaders for all aspects of a functioning society, but also a strong team- oriented supporting cast.

We have milestones that have to be achieved before we can have elections again. From prosecutions, a new crown land policy, to a surplus budget and election reform.

If we are to believe Sir Auld’s Commission of Inquiry Report saying the TCI has Systemic Corruption, why is there not a milestone dedicated to Youth Development?

If we are truly to learn from mistakes of the past and not find

ourselves under UK direct rule 20 years from now, who do you think must learn these lessons if not the Youth of our Country?

The Governor stated on Teen Jam that more funding will go into education in the next budget cycle, even if not for scholarships specifically. I would hope that would hold true for the Department of Youth Affairs as well, given that we have a great, but unfunded Youth Policy that spans two Administrations.

I feel as though we are failing the vast majority of the Youth of this country.

The loss of the talented Nichelle Farrington has made me reflect on the youth of this country.

We need to start asking ourselves whether our youth are getting the opportunities they need in order to foster their talents and learn how to be the future leaders and productive citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

As a country, we have to start putting our money and actions where our mouths are or we risk systematically killing the promise of our youth, not by what we do, but by what we don’t do.

Jamell Robinson Dedicated to the Late Nichelle Farrington and the Youth in TCI

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Customer service fail

Dear Editor, This saga started on January 5, 2011, 13 months ago when after the formalities and due payment of $125 for a driver’s license my wife was told that her permit was going to be issued in about a week.

She went back to the department when told, but it was not ready.

Two weeks later the same story, and on and on for all those last 13 months with varied excuses.

On two occasions she was told that the photo did not come out and that she needed to have it taken again.

Several more weeks and no licence, the favourite excuse being “the system is down” but that hopefully the US people who take care of the maintenance were coming.

When? Nobody knows.

Once, we were told that the system was up and that the license would be there by the end of the week.

She showed up to be told that because there was such a backlog she should come back the following week.

When she went back as told, no license and it seemed that the license had been given to someone else in error.

We showed our receipt. My wife is Chinese and we questioned how many Chinese women reside in

Turks?

A new photo was taken. The following week the system was down again.

We were told that it was okay to drive with only the receipt because the police knew that the system was down.

Our problem is that we rent a car and the rental company was unable, due to their insurance company restrictions, to rent to people who do not have a valid driver’s license.

When we go to the mainland my wife is also unable to drive.

That a system keeps breaking down all the time and that the manager does not see fit, during an entire year to install a stand by replacement system, seems to show an incredible lack of care or even arrogance towards the public.

As long term residents, we are appalled by the lack of professionalism and public responsibility displayed by the management of the Road Safety Department.

There must be hundreds of Turks and Caicos residents who have paid for a driver’s license and who are driving without one because “the system is down”.

Is that reasonable?

Name withheld by request

Why the public outrage is correct and right

Dear Editor, In 1992 Bill Clinton correctly coined the phrase: “it’s the economy stupid”.

The interim Government must now be told: “it’s the taxes caused by the PNP regime stupid”.

Recently some of the persons who supported the incoming of the interim government and the removal of the ultra-corrupt, weak minded and silly PNP dictatorial regime are now coming out in sharp criticism of the interim government.

This is not a cry to return to days of Pharaoh under the mindless PNP government but a cry to the government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg to stop crushing the people of the TCI with these unbearably high taxes.

Within three years the welcome of the Governor to the Queen’s birthday parade has turned sour but Governor Wetherell did get a huge welcome from the public when he took over the country.

Things have changed for the worse because of these taxes which cannot make any sense.

People cannot take it anymore and the policies of the interim government simply do not make any sense.

In fact who would tax a country at time of severe recession, on the heels of a sustained raid of the Treasury by the former PNP regime and after 50per cent of the pollution has left the TCI.

Economic advisors from the FCO cannot be allowed to return home to declare victory after imposing a tax regime that will bankrupt the TCI. They must know that the TCI will not positively respond to the supposed Value Added Tax (VAT) system.

There will not be any value added on goods but inflationary taxes on layers and layers of added costs.

It does not make sense but will create an underground economy.

Instead of projecting a $19m deficit the interim government must brace itself for a $100m deficit in 2013.

At best the TCI economy will collapse under the heavy weight of these taxes. There must be another way.

Now the people of the TCI are being asked to pay six per cent to National Health Insurance (NHIP).

First of the entire and former PNP regime made this scam law as only they could.

The interim government came in and now added an extra one per cent premium to make the taking of monies from the people’s pockets six per cent.

There is still no explanation of true owners of the health care scam, who is the ultimate recipient of the monies people are paying and in reality most people cannot pay.

Who is Oxford Ventures, why is their name always coming up and

why the cloud of doubt?

The cloud of secrecy and doubt over health insurance and the hospitals looms huge and instead of addressing public concerns they move to increase the premium and to prop an ill thought out scam by supporting NHIP with an additional $10m.

Can the public get and audit report of NHIP? Can the public, the world and the media see copies of the Interhealth Canada contract online?

The result of all of these unneeded taxes, the increases in NHIP and the transfer of funds is to further depress the TCI economy into greater recession.

Again there seems to be no real agenda to spur greater foreign investment and to expand the TCI’s economy. Instead they increase taxes more and more.

The CFO must know that this is bad for the TCI. People are having to decide whether to eat or pay taxes.

It is time for the Consultative Forum, the Chambers of Commerce, the private sector, and all stakeholders to unite behind a long and sustained clarion call to remove these taxes.

Tax the former ministers, tax the FCO for assisting them, tax Belize Bank but remove the taxes off the backs of the people of the TCI so that the economy can grow.

Samsune Taylor

What’s up with PDQ? COMMENTARY

Consider this; Pretty Darn Quick is what is going on in the TCI. When Direct Rule came to the TCI two and a half years ago we were told it would be with us for two years, more or less. The folks saying this were ordered here by the Foreign Office under the British Labour Government.

They set June 2011 for elections.

The FCO might tell us British politics do not make a difference, but it was British Labour who gave us slow Posten, milktoast Tauwhare and Wetherell, the upgrade. Now we have Conservatives Minister Henry Bellingham , friend Andrew Rosindell and now newly appointed Governor Todd.

Governor Wetherell that last

By David Tapfer Labour appointee took years to find out we were broke not rich. This executive approved NHIP and let John Smith and the “Bigger Better” people whisper in his ear daily.

Gordon Wetherell fiddled while TCI burned with an empty treasury and a staff full of Mike’s appointees. With

Bellingham, we got the loan, Garlick in motion and the milestones.

Wetherell, the governor-premier with bad advice never reached the first milestone. Now it looks like Minister Bellingham has given new Governor Todd orders to get all the milestones passed PDQ by using any means at his disposal. Todd has become the Pretty Darn Quick Governor.

Trust me, I am not defending the tax increases and the bureaucratic malaise, which has barely replaced the manipulative foolishness of Bigger Better but the fact is the people complaining were not heard from when Floyd Hall began what Todd is doing. The installation of an unworkable tax model is what caused bails of tea to be dumped in

Boston Harbour 236 years ago. Like all cats the British Lion seems set in its ways.

Had Bellinghan and Todd been working milestones shortly after the Inquiry stunned us, most of the country would have cheered much of what Todd is doing today.

Wetherell squandered the Inquiries political capital. Furthermore, we would have already had elections with Seymour-Parnell working for us. The CSA and in your face activists delayed elections and continue to discourage good candidates.

The British know that the longer they hold the cheque-book their liability for the economy grows.

In my opinion contingent liability kicked in about July 2008. At some point Governor Todd will have

to don his salesman’s hat and encourage Henry and Andrew to tell parliament in London and that British liberal media how the Labour governments gave Misick and Hall the 2006 constitution but forgot to check on how they handled their new found authority.

With or without elections the people of TCI can never find 35 thousand dollars each to pay off the growing left over debts, but 65 million British people can easily chip in 5 bucks each and send about 300 million down here.

Lacking this, let big Britain pick up the monthly tab for the BoyceEwing-Wetherell NHIP for the next 20 years or so.

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Reintroducing fasting Dear Editor, On September 16, 2011, the Catholic Church in England and Wales returned to the obligatory practice of abstaining from eating meat on Friday.

The allowance, after Vatican II, for self-motivated substitutions to this rule, resulted in the erroneous widespread belief that the rule itself had been abolished.

Not surprisingly, fasting gradually disappeared from the ordinary lives of many Catholics.

The Bishops of England and Wales are now re-establishing the practice of Friday penance in order to unite Catholics and restore Catholic identity.

We are now in the season of Lent and the importance of fasting cannot be understated.

Sacred scripture and Christian tradition teach that fasting is a great help to avoid sin and all that leads to it.

We first hear of the commandment to fast in Genesis where man is prohibited from eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.

After Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the garden fasting is proposed, in the stories of Ezra andNineveh, as an instrument to restore our friendship with God. In the New Testament Jesus brings to light the true and most profound meaning of fasting which is to do the will of the Heavenly Father who “sees in secret and will reward you” (Mt 6:18).

Jesus himself sets the example, answering Satan, at the end of 40 days and 40 nights in the desert: “man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Mt 4:4).

True fasting then is eating the “true food” which is doing the Father’s will.

If, therefore, Adam disobeyed

God’s directive not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil, the believer, through fasting, intends to submit himself humbly to God, trusting in his goodness and mercy.

Fasting is recorded in the early church and is frequently encountered and recommended by the saints of every age.

Today, however, fasting has lost much of its spiritual meaning.

To a great extent it has been replaced by non-religious fasting meant to look good and impress others.

While fasting does bring certain benefits to our physical well-being, it is, for Christians, primarily a means of mortifying our egoism, avoiding sin, and opening our hearts to the love of God and our fellow man.

Fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves.

Preserving our heritage one site at a time Dear Editor, It is said that those that do not take the time to understand history are bound to repeat it.

In the Turks and Caicos Islands we are surrounded by history.

From archaeological sites of the earliest inhabitants of these islands, to the socio-political tasks we all face today, history is a living, breathing thing.

As TCIslanders, we are all guilty of neglecting our heritage.

We go about our daily lives passing relics of our past, blissfully unaware of the treasures that are all around us.

As we rush along in our busy lives, we all marvel at the new buildings that have popped up throughout the archipelago, while grand old estates crumble from neglect.

There was a time when windmills turned in the salinas of the Salt Islands, channelling seawater through expertly engineered canals, sluice gates and ponds.

While today, those same ponds serve as an important sanctuary for wading birds, juvenile fish, they are merely a skeletal reminder of what they once were.

Balfour Town on Salt Cay remains today one of the last living examples of an intact, plantation era settlement in the entire world.

Time has virtually stood still

on this little island, preserving salt ponds and systems originally planned and developed by the salt barons of the age.

Estates such as the White House, Brown House stand alongside more modest Salt Raker homes, surrounding the town salina.

On Grand Turkcenturies old buildings guarded by cannons line Front Street while stately churches ring bells calling parishioners to worship.

Throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, there are remnants of the past, some well-preserved but sadly most, in a sorry state of disrepair.

While many of the historic structures throughout the TCI have been well maintained over the years, many others have been allowed to decay in place, overgrown by the bush, lost to the elements.

In many cases, places such as Cheshire Hall on Provo and Wade’s Green on North Caicos, The National Trust has been able to uncover through proper archaeological practices, a way of life that would have easily been lost.

Preserving, sometimes restoring these sites are absolutely vital for filling in the gaps, bringing forth a greater understanding of our timeline.

Slavery played a major role in the history of the Turks and Caicos

Freely chosen detachment from the pleasure of food and other material goods helps the disciple of Christ to control the appetites of nature, weakened by original sin, whose negative effects impact the entire human person.

Denying material food, which nourishes our body, nurtures an interior disposition to listen to Our Lord and be nourished by his saving word.

Through prayer and fasting we allow Christ so satisfy our deepest hunger and thirst for God. At the same time fasting helps us recognise the situation in which so many of our brothers and sisters live. In his First Letter, St. John admonishes: “How can God’s love survive in a man who has enough of this world’s goods yet closes his heart to his brother when he sees him in need” (1 Jn 3:17).

Voluntary fasting enables us to become more like the Good Samaritan.

By freely engaging in acts of self-denial we make a statement that those in need are not strangers but rather our brothers and sisters.

This practice needs to be rediscovered and encouraged in our materialistic age, especially during the liturgical season of Lent.

Lent is a time when we fast with joy, submitting ourselves to spiritual struggles in preparation for the sorrowful Passion and joyful Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

What is demanded of all Christians at this time is fasting, abstinence, almsgiving, restriction of personal desires and pleasures, intense prayer, confession, and similar penitential elements.

Lent is a sacred time of divine grace, which seeks to detach us from things material, lowly and corrupt in order to attract us toward things superior, wholesome and spiritual.

It is a unique opportunity to remove from the soul every inordinate passion so as to make room for the immense rejoicing and gladness of Easter.

Limiting ourselves to what is absolutely essential and necessary in an attitude of dignified, deliberate simplicity is a formula for patience and tolerance; it is an opportunity to acknowledge and emphasize our need for God’s assistance and mercy, placing our complete trust in His affectionate providence; it is a prescription for salvation.

Sincerely yours, Paul Kokoski

Islands, most TCIslanders today can trace their ancestry back to this time.

The brutal, inhumane treatment of slaves, on the Salt Islands, later in the Caicos Islands is well documented in the story of Mary Prince.

Her story illustrates the suffering and depravity of a people through the callous exploits of their masters.

While meticulous records were kept by the slave owners, had it not been for her writing, an alternate understanding, entire chapter of TCI history would be lost.

As TCIslanders we have come a long way, must never forget where we came from.

Taking pride in our history, heritage and culture, provides for a firm understanding of who we are, what we can become.

It truly is up to us to protect our heritage, not forget the past, lest we repeat our history.

The National Trust is the only statutory organisation dedicated to the preservation of the historic, natural and cultural heritage of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Locals, residents and visitors alike are encouraged to join the TCI National Trust by visiting www. tcinationaltrust.org or calling 9415710.

Governor not running a transparent Government

Douglas Fenimore

Euwonka Selver

I find it amazing that the Governor brags about transparency when clearly he is not running a transparent Government. For example, the post for the Deputy Director of Public Persecutions was never advertised and still has not been created in an ordinance. As a matter fact the department does not exist at this time. Having established that, can the Governor explain how Ms. Meloche is able to hold a signed contract for a position which is not yet in existence?

We also recently heard of a gentleman named Mr. Paul Baker, who was recently moved from the hospital to become the Public Relations officer to the Turks and Caicos Royal Police Force. Can someone tell me why this post was not advertised and why this gentleman was handpicked for the job? There are senior or retired police officers or other qualified Belongers needing the job who may be more experienced in this area given that Mr. Baker is coming from the medical field.

We have all read about Mr. Turner who has been paid for over a year for a post which does not exist in agriculture and which was also never advertised.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but isn’t this the same sort of behavior for which the former administration was criticized as being corrupt for? Hasn’t the Governor realized that to source the best personnel for any job its better get a large number of applicants to chose from rather than hand picking who he wants personally which is a perfect example of being non transparent.

We ought not sit by unemployed and bear witness to these travesties, its time to speak out and take a stand.

The dish of Corruption is the same irrespective of who the server is.

Let’s get together and clean up the mess that is being created.

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Member of the TCI Dominican Committee, Grace Mallory

Bikes, cars and several other vehicles joined the parade

Hundreds turn out to celebrate Dominican Republic independence – Locals taste the island’s culture

By Vanessa Narine The Turks and Caicos Island (TCI) and Dominican Republic (DR) flags flew beside each other on Sunday as throng of vehicles honked their horns through the streets of Providenciales on Sunday, as part of the celebration of the DR’s independence.

The parade of honking vehicles, some covered with the DR’s flag, made its way from Kishco Music Man, located downtown on Airport Road, and the arrangement of reds, blues and whites stunned spectators and called out other Dominicans to be a part of the celebrations as the procession made its way back to the starting point.

A simple ceremony took place once the procession had completed it “rousing” to get more people to come out and be part of the celebrations.

Several locals were honoured for supporting the Dominican community, including Deputy Director of Immigration Anthony Swann, as well as few hardworking Dominicans for their contributions to TCI society.

Hundreds turned out for the celebrations that were kept upbeat

by Dominican music and a variety of traditional Dominican foods.

Member of the TCI Dominican Republic Committee, Grace Mallory, told the Weekly News that Dominican community is very appreciative to have the support of the TCI government as they mark another independence anniversary for their country.

“Many of our people are settled

here for work or have made a family here. We celebrate our country’s independence and remember where we came from…for many of us we get a taste of home,” she said.

According to her, the Dominicans have integrated well into TCI society and share good relations with the local people.

“Some people have come here and developed close relations. For others who are working the labour relations are good…the two peoples live well together,” she said.

Mallory added that the primary challenge facing the Dominican community is the issue of immigration.

“We are hoping that these matters are sorted,” she said.

The Committee Member stated that her country is celebrating its 168th year as an independent nation and her people are proud to be able to share the island’s rich culture with TCI people.

In 1838, Juan Pablo Duarte founded a secret society called La Trinitaria, which sought the complete independence of Santo Domingo without any foreign intervention and on February 27, 1844, the Trinitarios (the members of La Trinitaria), declared the independence from Haiti. The Dominican Republic’s first Constitution was adopted on November 6, 1844, and was modeled after the United States Constitution Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba), with 48,442 square kilometers (18,704 sq mi) and an estimated 10 million people.

Part of the processing making its way along Leeward Highway

Dominicans decked out in their reds, whites and blues

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autism awareness

South Base made safe after asbestos fears GOVERNMENT staff will be working from offices at South Base this April following extensive refurbishment works.

The former customs and immigration buildings were badly damaged during hurricane Ike in 2008 making them unusable.

And fears about health destroying asbestos meant that a thorough inspection and rebuild had to take place.

This week the Ministry of Works announced that employees could be back working from the customs building at the ex US Military base as soon as April.

This will save the government as much as $380,000 a year in rental costs.

Meanwhile the other building, which formerly housed the Immigration Department, is slated for completion by the Engineering

and Maintenance Services (EMS) in August.

South Base is about 50-yearsold but the Ministry of Works found that the damage sustained by the hurricane was repairable at a reasonable cost.

Special emphasis was placed on the health protection of workers and customers who will use the buildings.

During the rebuild the ministry addressed concerns raised about the presence of asbestos in the buildings.

It called in various experts to test the materials used in the buildings, and all reports showed that no free asbestos was found in any of them.

However a different material, asbestos cement, was used as exterior cladding on the buildings at South Base.

A spokesperson for the ministry

said: “In normal use, this is a totally safe material and no special handling of the material is required as the asbestos is held tightly within the structure of the cement.

“Asbestos cement in the form of water pipes, roofing and cladding is accepted all over the world and is still in use in a very many countries.

“Only when it is sawn, drilled or damaged, then subsequently inhaled, could it be a health hazard.”

The cladding on the buildings in South Base is painted which mitigates against this situation, the ministry added.

But despite the acceptance of asbestos cement, the cladding was removed as part of the current refurbishment works.

There will therefore be no asbestos, either free or captive within those building once the renovations are complete.

Ordinance repealing definition of spouse simplifies definition, Otuonye The repeal of the definition of ‘spouse’ in the draft amendments to the Integrity Commission Ordinance does not change the definition; rather it simplifies it, according to Director of the Integrity Commission Eugene Otuonye.

At the Integrity Commission’s first press briefing last Friday, Otuonye explained that for the purposed of defining the circumstances under which the assets of a spouse much be included in a declaration the simplification was done.

The disclosure that there would be a change in the definition has caused a stir in the conservative Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) community, since the change was thought to vaguely approve homosexual unions.

The Commission’s Director maintained that this could not be further from the truth.

The Ordinance repeals the definition of spouse and replaces it to mean, “in relation to a person in public life, means a person, (a) to whom the person in public life is married; or (b) who is living with a person in public life in the circumstances of husband and wife for a continuous period of one year during the period covered by the person’s declaration.”

Otuonye noted that the previous definition was lumped together and was not as clear as it could have been for the purposes of defining the information that should be submitted

Director of the Integrity Commission Eugene Otuonye

by persons in public life to the Commission.

The Integrity Commission has arranged, through the EU Legislative Reform project, for draft amendments to the Integrity Commission Ordinance and Schedules 1 and 2 of the Ordinance, in order, among other things, to change the filing

requirements that apply to persons in public life, and give the Commission and the Governor more flexibility in administering the Ordinance.

The proposed amendments have been made public for comment and the Governor Ric Todd has directed a stakeholders’ consultation, which includes the Consultative Forum.

By Nicole Cox, a mother living with autism

Josiah, aged four

“Crime and Punishment” The Verdict

Continuation of quote from Tameika Meadows, M.Ed.:

“The “sit and watch” technique: I see teachers do this one a lot. The teacher is outside on the playground with his class, and one child begins to become aggressive with his peers. The teacher tells the student to come sit near him, and take a break from playing. The child sits down near the teacher and watches the other children play. After some time, the teacher lets the child get up and re-join his peers.

A dad is playing Monopoly with his kids. His son is caught cheating and not playing fairly. The dad tells his son he will miss his next 2 turns, because he was cheating. After his son has sat out for 2 turns, the dad tells him he can start playing again. These are all different ways to do Time Out, none of which might fit what most people think Time Out is. Time out is much more than just a timer and a “Naughty Chair”.

If you have been consistently using a Time Out technique and aren’t seeing a behavior change, its possible the “Time In” environment isn’t reinforcing enough. **Quick Tip: Understand that you may have to do Time Out with the child. In other words, if the child will not stay in Time Out, or becomes aggressive when you put them in Time Out, you may need to stay with the child to restrain them or block them from leaving Time Out. So in a way, every time you send the child to time out you are putting yourself in time out as well. It is not uncommon for punishment techniques to lead to anger, retaliation, or aggression. Be aware of that in advance and decide if that is something you are able to handle. Remember, the time out can not end if the child is engaging in inappropriate behaviors (hitting, spitting, screaming, etc.). Please refer to my punishment post for more information about possible side effects of punishment techniques.”

So, as we can all see, time out is much more than banishing your child to their bedroom to play video games for the rest of the evening.

In fact, it is quite the opposite! A well- executed time out protocol can be amazingly effective in decreasing behaviors and allowing for teaching of both social and academic skills. More and more we are being encouraged to abandon corporal punishment and seek noninvasive methods of discipline for our children. The common cry is that other methods simply do not work. The more accurate report would be that other methods don’t work fast enough or require more thought and action than we have the time or energy to expend. It takes patience and self-control to follow through with a proper time out procedure. I would never dictate to any parent which means of discipline they should use for their children. However, I would challenge any parent to give a serious attempt at implementing correct time out strategy and see if their other methods of punishment are as needed after consistent application.

It may be just the thing to set up the environment of learning you seek!

For more information on autism email: DawnProgram@gmail.com Next Week: “Sibling Rivalry”

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Land commissioner appointed A SHAKE-UP in government has led to the appointment of a new Commissioner of Lands.

Tatum Clerveaux, former Deputy Commissioner of Lands, will be taking on the role.

She will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and coordination of the various land management departments, and will answer directly to the Attorney General.

According to Mrs Clerveaux, she is “excited about the new responsibilities and challenges that come with the post”.

She added that she“welcomes the opportunity to steer the land management arm of government along the path of good governance”.

The move comes as part of the government’s efforts to implement the Crown Land Policy and usher in a new structure for the TCI Civil Service.

In order to streamline the process the government recommended the appointment of Tatum Clerveaux.

Mrs Clerveaux has held the position of Deputy Commissioner of Lands for the past four years.

During that time she has played a major role in the reform of Crown land administration and management.

This includes the establishment of the Crown Land Unit, enactment of the Crown Land (illegal Occupation) Ordinance, establishment of the Illegal Settlement Task Force and a new strategy to address illegal development.

More recently Mrs Clerveaux has been instrumental in the development of the new Crown Land Policy and formulation of the Crown Land Bill, as well as the establishment of new transparent and equitable procedures for the allocation of Crown Land.

Prior to her tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Lands, she worked as the Assistant Commissioner of Lands where she understudied, the former Commissioner of Lands.

Mrs Clerveaux also served as a scientific officer within the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources, and advised on numerous policies in the areas of natural resources management, environmental quality and growth and development of the islands.

Friday, March 2 to Thursday, March 10 Email:tciredcross@tciway.tc

Tatum Clerveaux will be responsible for the overall strategic direction and coordination of the various land management departments

Mrs Clerveaux holds an MSc in Natural Resource Management from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill.

She also has a background in estate management, having received training in Land Registry Law and Practices at the College of Law, UK.

Prison officers receive first aid accreditation The Prison Service now boasts better equipped officers following the completion of a First Aid Training last Thursday.

A total of 12 officers were provided the opportunity to gain additional skills, which would enable them to provide further assistance to inmates during their incarceration.

The participating officers included, senior Officers Jennings and Jackson and Officers Chase, Lewis, Coleman, Monize, Gordon, King, Andrews, Turenne, Thompson and Eze. The training was organized through the TCI Red Cross and facilitated by the Red Cross’ Phillippa Lake and Mr. Kevin Garland, Assistant Divisional Fire Officer.

Further training is expected to be rolled out in March this year.

The certification covered aspects of general first aid recovery and resuscitation procedures, such as heart attacks and minor injuries.

Superintendent, Ian Sargent said, “Prison staff work in an environment that face daily challenges. To be able to equip staff with the training and tools to deal with incidents is crucial.

“It is also rewarding to know that staff trained in first aid can take

their skill into the community. My gratitude is conveyed to tutors Mr.

this week

Garland and Ms. Lake for making this training possible.”

Friday, March 2  Danny Buoy’s is Provo’s premier live music and sports destination, serving lunch and dinner daily from 11:30am.

It is the perfect place to escape from the heat and hang with friends, all in smoke free air-conditioned comfort.

Happy Hour specials from 4-7pm Monday-Saturday

 Get into the weekend mood with the intense and electrifying Tae-Bo class at Graceway Sports Centre from 6pm to 7pm. Free for fitness members, $12 for non-members.

Visit www.gracewaysports.com for more information or call 442-6349.

 If you’re looking for a serene and relaxed way of starting your weekend, bring your yoga mat at Graceway Sports Centre every Saturday at 9am and let David Bowen lead you into the wonderful world of yoga!

Amazing fees for an amazing class!

More info at 442-6348”  Mums and Tots Dance Party classes are held every Saturday at Graceway Sports Centre for mothers and their little ones.

Mothers, bring your little ones to dance, jump, twist and shake! Children have fun learning movement basics to fun music and mums get a light exercise while spending quality time. Mums and Tots classes begin at 10am and cost just $10. Dads are welcome!

Call Shara Bowen on 244-1103 for more details.

Sunday, March 6

 Craig Archibold gets the party started at the Regent Palms from 7pm on Friday nights with the sound of classic Caribbean and Motown tunes. Call 9468666 for details

Saturday, March 3

 Rotary Bingo has a new home at CLUB PILLOWS in the Bight next to Smokey’s (Opposite Veranda Resort) EVERY SUNDAY! Doors open at 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 10

 The Weekly Community and Farmers’ Market organised by TCI Red Cross is on at the organization’s headquarters, opposite Lime on the Leeward Highway in Providenciales, from 10am to 2pm.

Persons will be able to purchase freshly grown produce and locally sourced items.

For more information on the Weekly Community and Farmers’ Market call (649) 247-8911. With regard to the TCI Red Cross’ services or how you can volunteer or donate, contact our Provo office on (649) 941-8056 or email redcrossprovo@tciway.tc OR for Grand Turk call (649) 946-2761 or

 Weekly Foreign a Fare night every Thursday at the Bohio Dive Resort (Grand Turk) from 6:30 p.m. Each week different dishes from a different region in the world.

Previous nights have included: Italian, Spanish, English, Indian, Chinese, Moroccan, South African and Thai.

For details, call 946-2135 or go to www.bohioresort.com946-2135

Got an event you wish to advertise?

Call us on 946 4664 or email tcweeklynews@ gmail.com for a free listing.

Demonstration of the CPR Technique

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The Dentist and you  Mark Osmond BDS (Lond) LDS RCS (Eng). Mark Osmond Dental Clinic - (649) 432 3777, drmosmond@gmail.com or Find us on Facebook

Filling the gap Gaps from missing teeth, whether due to trauma or extraction, are something that nobody wants.

Missing a tooth or teeth not only impacts your appearance (especially if the gap is at the front) but will also affect you in other ways. Your remaining teeth are vulnerable to drifting, it may cause problems with how you chew, your speech can be affected and it can even affect the appearance of your face.

However, there is good news.

There are several options available

Mediterranean Vegetable & Walnut Salad

A nutritious treat; this salad is high in vitamin A (as beta carotene), vitamin C, folate and fiber.

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts • 1/2 cup prepared, reduced-fat balsamic Vinaigrette dressing • 1 tablespoon minced, pitted ripe olives • 1 can no-salt-added chickpeas • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced • 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced • 4 cups spinach • 4 cups arugula leaves Instructions: 1. Heat walnuts in a dry skillet over medium-high heat 1-2 minutes until walnuts are slightly toasted.

2. In a small bowl whisk together Vinaigrette and olives.

3. In a medium bowl combine chickpeas, bell pepper, carrot and onion; toss with 3 tablesoons Vinaigrette.

4. In a large bowl toss spinach and arugula with remaining Vinaigrette; divide equally among 6 salad plates.

5. Top with vegetable mixture and sprinkle with walnuts

Dr Mark Osmond to deal with missing teeth so it is almost certain that a suitable solution is available for you.

Treatment Options

The three options available are dentures, bridges and dental implants.

Dentures are removable and are either an acrylic base or metal framework that carries false teeth.

Dentures can be temporary, partial or full. Temporary dentures would be used for example, to fill a gap whilst waiting for the mouth to heal before having a more permanent solution like a bridge or an implant.

Partial or full dentures can be used on a long term basis to replace anything from one missing tooth to an entire mouth. A partial denture may be the best option for example when the remaining adjacent teeth are in poor condition and unsuitable for supporting a bridge. A full denture would be used when there are no teeth remaining at all. There are several different types of denture

but they commonly include a metal and/ or plastic plate with acrylic false teeth attached to it.

Dentures are usually the most cost effective option for replacing missing teeth. You should be aware that because they are not fixed in place they can sometimes have a tendency to move, for example when you are eating. They will feel different to natural teeth and can sometimes take some time to get comfortable with. They have to be removed for cleaning and at night time.

A bridge, on the other hand, is a permanently fixed solution whereby an artificial tooth is attached either side to crowns on existing, adjacent teeth. Bridges are made from porcelain

and/ or metal and can have a very natural appearance. For a bridge to be a suitable treatment option, the adjacent teeth have to be healthy and solid in the jaw. A bridge is a slightly more expensive treatment option to a denture but has the benefit of a more natural appearance and you clean it in the regular way, like your natural teeth.

The closest-to-nature solution to a missing tooth or teeth is a dental implant.

A dental implant is a titanium fixture that is implanted into your jaw to act as the root of the tooth. A crown or bridge is then screwed to the fixture. Titanium has a unique quality in that bone will attach itself to it, so that once the implant is placed

it becomes firmly secured naturally by the bone growing around it.

An implant can be a stand-alone tooth or can be used to secure a bridge. For implants to be a suitable option the gums and bone have to be strong and healthy. Implants are the most expensive of the three options but will provide the most natural and longest term solution.

If you have missing teeth, one of these solutions will work for you.

The option most suitable for you will be dependent upon clinical suitability, personal preference and budget. Whichever you chose, with your gaps gone you’re certain to be eating better, looking better and smiling more!

News, thank you guys so much, I’ve mentioned the staff already but, I must singled her out, Ms. Vanessa Narine, you are doing a fantastic job, keep on writing.

To all my readers, many thanks.

Now on to this week’s topic, the benefits of our ‘Natural Foods’.

A number of researches show that fruits and vegetables are critical to

health Tip 

Go Natural Indeed, it is an honour for me to write on such significant milestone again, my reason for saying that is, because March 2012 marks the second anniversary of myself writing from research.

At this point I must pause, and say how thankful, I am to God Almighty, for yet another year of writing from research. He has been my strong tower. I also give thanks to him for two special abilities that he has given me such as reading and writing, but most of all for his ‘Anointing’, which has given me the willingness to continue to read and write, for which I am eternally grateful.

Also, special thanks to my loving wife, who has been one of my

By Phillip Simmons greatest source of encouragement in countless ways; you’ve been, and will always be as long as we both shall live, ‘My Honeydew melon, My Thyme, My Pigeon pea, and my Scallion’.

To the editor in chief of Weekly News, Mr. Blythe Duncanson, thank you so much for allowing me to write and share with the general public, the benefits of our ‘Natural Foods’.

To the amazing staff at Weekly

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YOUR DIET

ASK TAMIKA

BY TAMIKA HANDFIELD

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.

One way we can care for our heart is by eating more fiber.

Garden tips

By taking into consideration a few environmental factors and knowing a few insider tips, you can beautifully landscape in the Islands. Sunny Turks and Caicos is home to hundreds of native plants and it is a popular place to live because of its warm climate; however, growing plants in the Islands can be tough. The soil is often just quarry and the summer can get extremely hot. There is also a big insect problem.

Choose the Right Plants

Before choosing plants for your landscape design, you will want to take into consideration several factors. Review your landscaping space. Determine whether your space has direct sun or shade. Determine how much water is available in your space. Once you have determined the light and moisture in your space, you will want to pick plants best adapted

BY DENIS Belanger - NATURE SPLENDOR For all your landscaping, installation or garden maintenance needs, please call or write for a free estimate: 332-3381 or naturesplendor@yahoo.com

to those conditions that will require the least amount of maintenance.

If you are landscaping an area with lots of direct sunlight and dry soil, then you will want to plant draught resistant plants.

Attract wildlife

Be open to bringing wildlife into your landscaping choices. Some flowering and fruiting plants will attract butterflies and birds into your landscaped yard. Bringing birds and butterflies into your outdoor space can add excitement, texture and sound to your landscape design.

Go Natural continued

promoting good health. To get the amount that is recommended most people need to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables they currently eat every day.

Fruits and vegetables contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber that may help protect you from chronic diseases, compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as

part of a healthful diet are likely to reduce the risk of chronic diseases including stroke, and perhaps cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancer.

Nutrients should come primarily from foods. Foods such as fruits and vegetables contain not only the vitamins and minerals that are found in supplements, but also other naturally occurring substances that may help protect you from chronic diseases.

Use Trees

Incorporating a tree canopy into your landscape will provide your area with cooling shade, create a wildlife habitat and assist in reducing storm water run off. In fact, adding trees to your landscaping can help to increase the value of your home or lot. A single tree can save you money on your air conditioning bill by providing cooling shade. Trees can also protect your smaller plants from wind damage.

Keep in mind the direction and strength of the wind will have an effect on your landscaping.

Fragrance

Fragrant plants can make the difference between a pretty garden and an unforgettable one. Whether it’s the fresh scent of herbs or the heady perfume of tropical flowers on a warm night (Night blooming Jasmin), fragrance always adds an extra dimension of enjoyment.

Smells have an emotional impact that visual impressions often lack. People will go to great lengths to track down the source of an appealing smell.

Since fragrance is a personal matter, and because preferences vary widely, it is a good idea to sample each plant before including it in your garden.

Using these tips and your creativity, you can design a beautiful landscape for your environment.

Get your plate in shape

March is celebrated as Nutrition Month and it’s a time when Registered Dietitians focus on getting the word out on how we can return to the basics of healthy eating. I join with fellow colleagues in the U.S and Canada in wishing you a very happy and healthy Nutrition Month.

This year’s theme for Nutrition Month is “Get Your Plate in Shape” and we encourage everyone to eat a variety of nutritious foods at every meal. Trying to eat healthy does not have to be complicated, but it will take some getting used to and a commitment from you.

Making small changes can get you on your way to eating healthfully.

Make half of your grain choices whole—whole wheat bread and pasta are some examples. Switch to fat-free milk (if you can tolerate it) or low-fat milk; there are also other milks, such as almond milk, that are just as delicious and nutrient packed as regular milk. Vary your protein choices to include leaner choices such as chicken, fish, beans and peas. And a must is to cut back on sodium, solid fats and added sugars.

Food is meant to be enjoyed, but eating less is the key to properly managing your weight and disease prevention. One way to eat less is by being mindful of the amount of calories we are taking in throughout the day. Many times we eat without paying any attention to what or how much we are eating. Therefore, it is important to read food labels to get a sense of how much calories is in a particular serving of food.

Not only do we need to be mindful of the calories in food but we also need to watch out for liquid calories. This is one of the easiest ways to take in too many calories without realizing it. A regular coke has around 140 calories (many other sodas are as high as 220) and sometimes we drink up to three cokes or even more in a day. That is already over 400 calories in liquid alone. We can easily see why this can be a problem. Liquids will not fill us up so we need to eat more foods leading to excessive caloric intake.

Stay with me during the month of March for more nutritious information that can help you get your plate in shape.

You can also call 242-3978 or 442-3978 to make an appointment and get personalized help.

ACCU Medical Nutrition is based in Graceway IGA Plaza, Providenciales.

Call 946 8308, 242 3978 or 442 3978.

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Caribbean to benefit from $65M EIB loan for Climate Change fight THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is lending the Caribbean US$65 million to help small island states reduce the negative impact of climate change and decrease greenhouse gases, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said Monday.

The funding, which would be funnelled through the Barbadosbased CDB, would see the provision of technical assistance and financing through a dedicated Climate Action lending programme in 18 countries.

The CDB said projects eligible for funding from the new Climate Action lending programme include climate adaptation, renewable energy, sustainable transport, forestry, lowcarbon innovation and climate change innovation initiatives.

Preliminary studies, according to the regional bank, have identified strong demand for funding of this type to upgrade water and sewage networks to protect them from storm surge and rising sea levels, protect vulnerable transport networks, improve shoreline defences and improve drainage to reduce the risk of hurricane flooding.

The CDB said the lending programme was formally agreed

at the EIB headquarters in Luxembourg by CDB President, Dr. Warren Smith, and EIB President, Dr. Werner Hoyer, during a high-level working visit to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions.

The visit included a joint EIB and CDB workshop to discuss partnering for Climate Action in the Caribbean, and exchange of ideas concerning future cooperation with the EIB’s Vice President responsible for operations in the Caribbean, Plutarchos Sakellaris.

“The European Investment Bank recognises the challenges of a changing climate faced by small island states in the Caribbean.

Working closely with the Caribbean Development Bank, will ensure that long-term funding can make a valuable contribution to projects across the region” said Hoyer.

Smith, for his part, said the CDB hopes to benefit from considerable experience and expertise that the EIB has developed in Climate Change.

“Dealing with climate change is undoubtedly one of the most critical challenges currently facing the Caribbean and will require considerable resources to be dedicated to its resolution,” he

added.

The Climate Action lending programme will provide long-term low-cost funding for public and private sector projects that reduce carbon emissions or deal with the effects of predicted changes in the earth’s climate.

This will be complemented by technical assistance to improve specialist Climate Action expertise and assist preparation of individual initiatives. The European Investment Bank’s engagement follows the formal recognition by the European Union of the significant level of investment needed to fund adaptation and mitigation projects in the 2008 Joint EU-Cariforum Declaration on Climate Change.

Countries in the Caribbean are exposed to expected adverse environmental, social and economic effects of a changing climate and more frequent severe weather events.

The small size of Caribbean small island states, proximity of the coast to population centres, limited natural resources and economies open to external shocks further increase vulnerability.

The EIB and CDB have enjoyed a close working relationship since 1978. (Demerara Waves)

Woman accused of conspiring to murder husband in the Bahamas THE WIFE of murdered Bahamian banker, Stephen Sherman, appeared in court this week accused of conspiring to have him killed.

Renae Knowles-Sherman, 43, was arraigned and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and abetment to murder.

Two other men were arraigned with her on the same matter before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez.

Knowles-Sherman was not required to enter a plea and will be served with a voluntary bill of indictment on May 16.

The two men who were arraigned with her were also not required to enter a plea and will also be served with a voluntary bill of indictment on May 16.

Janaldo Farrington was charged with murdering Mr Sherman. He was also charged with armed robbery, accused of stealing a mobile phone and cash from Mr Sherman and of robbing a juvenile of cash.

Jermaine Russell was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and abetment to murder.

Another man, Cordero Bethel, 21, of Pinewood Gardens, was arraigned last Thursday for multiple charges of armed robbery and also being involved in the murder of Mr Sherman. During

The wife of the dead Bahamian banker, Stephen Sherman

the arraignment he passed out on the tile floor of Court Six. All of those accused of Mr Sherman’s murder were denied bail and were remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison.

A crowd of Mr Sherman’s family gathered outside the magistrate’s court complex on Nassau Street, heckling Knowles-Sherman as she was led into the courthouse.

During her arraignment, KnowlesSherman sat staring blankly, only changing her countenance to speak to her lawyer and to scoff at a policeman whose mobile phone began to ring just before the judge

entered the courtroom.

She and her co-accused sat with their hands cuffed behind their backs until the magistrate read the charges against them.

Mr Sherman, the county’s 18th homicide, was shot to death during a holdup outside his Yamacraw home shortly after 8pm on Friday, February 17. The gunman reportedly got out of a silver coloured Honda to rob Mr Sherman of his cell phone before he shot him and made his escape in the same car.

It is reported that Mr Sherman’s niece was also in the car when the attack took place. (Tribune242.com)

The end of the journey back to Haiti from the Dominican Republic marks a new start for these returnees.

Their Dominican dreams dashed

– Haiti quake survivors return home “I WALKED for three days through the jungle to get here.”

And what did Masselot Jean find when his hard trek from the poverty of Haiti to the relative riches of the Dominican Republic was over?

“I came to the Dominican Republic for a better life, but all I found was the same misery.”

On a good day, he might get a dollar or two richer working on a farm from dawn to dusk. But mostly, Jean found no work. His Dominican dream had come to nothing.

This is a common story among the thousands of Haitians who poured across the border after the earthquake in January 2010. They came to Haiti’s more prosperous neighbour for jobs, new homes and new lives.

But none of this happened. And now, thousands want to go back to Haiti to continue with their old lives, which for many were better lives.

An Assisted Voluntary Return programme run by the International Organisation for Migration is giving these Haitians the chance to go home.

So far, about 2,000 people have been returned to Haiti. But places are limited, and the programme is overwhelmed with people.

“In specific areas of the Dominican Republic, for every person that we’re going to register for a return, there’s at least two or three other people interested,” says IOM’s head of operations in the Dominican Republic, Jean-Philippe Antolin.

In the most recent convoy bound for Haiti, five truckloads set off from the Dominican border town of Pedernales. Jean was in one of them.

“I’m going back for a better life, but I don’t know what I’ll find.”

Although IOM’s programme has been expanded to include other types of migrants, it was initially set up for people displaced by the earthquake who now want to go back to Haiti.

“They came to the Dominican Republic for something good -- for work and for money,” says Roberto Francois, a Haitian working for IOM who has listened to many of the returnees’ stories, including that of Natacha Polissaint.

Her house crumbled in the earthquake. When she arrived in the Dominican Republic, she found a man who was willing to support her in return for a certain amount of intimacy. They became a couple of convenience.

Polissaint said he got her pregnant and then disappeared. She was left in a strange land with a new baby and no money. Applying for IOM’s programme was the obvious choice, although she knows things will not be easy.

“I don’t have a house,” she says.

“I’ll stay with family when I arrive.”

Polissaint’s case illustrates one of the many challenges of resuming life in Haiti. The AVR programme will take people home, but it cannot give people a home.

Instead of a new house, returnees get $50 in “pocket money” and a further $200 to set up a small business.

“A lot of people are selling clothing, shoes, unprepared food like rice and beans. ... Some people are raising goats and chickens. I’ve seen some businesses of people who prepare alcohol and sell alcohol,” says IOM’s Zoë Stopak-Behr.

But whatever they decide to do, the opportunity to start again means more than just money. It is a chance at redemption.

Francois explains why. “It’s something that’s implanted in the immigrant: They leave their country for something good, and it’s shameful to return home with empty pockets.”

The difficult task of filling these pockets will now begin. (CNN)

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Jamaica now fastest growing regional cruise market JAMAICA now ranks as the fastest growing cruise destination in the Caribbean based on the pull of the Falmouth Pier, launched a year ago, and one key official estimates visitor-spend to surpass US$100 million (J$8.7 billion) or 25 per cent more than earlier year’s levels.

Jamaica received its highest number of cruise visitors in four years at some 1.14 million passengers for 2011, or one-quarter more than 2010, according to latest Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) data.

Nearly half of those visitors docked at the Falmouth Pier with one-third at Ocho Rios and the balance at Montego Bay and Port Antonio.

This rise in arrivals allowed the island to beat 24 Caribbean countries in terms of growth arrivals at a time when nearly half recorded steep declines. William Tatham, vice-president Cruise Shipping & Marine Operations, Port Authority of Jamaica, told The Gleaner he expected the island to top the region based on the newness of the pier which attracts cruise liners.

“It’s not a surprise. We knew that building Falmouth Pier would increase 50 per cent berthing

capacity, which would have allowed us to accommodate excess vessels during the busy winter period,” said Tatham.

“Before Falmouth, we were turning away business on peak days at Ocho Rios and Montego Bay.” LINERS COMMITTED Tatham expects cruise arrivals to virtually double over the next four years before peaking, based on berthing space and commitments from Royal Caribbean but also Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line.

“They have made a significant commitment to Jamaica and that commitment is bearing fruit. Cruise arrivals will continue to climb over the next three or four years. Is it sustainable over long term? Well, the potential is for 2.0 to 2.5 million cruise visitors,” he said.

The average spend was US$87.35 per cruise passenger in 2010, according to that year’s Annual Travel Statistics published by the Jamaica Tourist Board, but it could rise this year as passengers are spending more at higher-end shops within the Falmouth Pier, Tatham said.

“There is about a US$100 spend,”

Annual report reveals: Cocaine abuse above world average in Caribbean/Central America regions THE PREVALENCE of cocaine abuse in the Caribbean and Central America is above the global average says the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Annual Report 2011, launched yesterday in Vienna. The report also notes that the increased activity of drug trafficking organisations in the region has led to escalating drug-related violence and contributed to making it one of the most violent areas in the world.

According to the report, Central America and the Caribbean continue to be used as a major transit area for the trafficking of drugs from South America to North America. Drug trafficking organisations have increased their operations in the region, posing a serious threat to the security of the region. Some Mexican drug cartels, under pressure from Mexican law enforcement authorities, have moved their drug trafficking operations to Central America, employing increasing levels of violence.

Central American countries have increased in importance as trans-shipment areas in recent years. In 2010, Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua were identified,

for the first time, as major transit countries for smuggling drugs primarily destined for the United States. The escalating drug-related violence involving drug trafficking organisations, transnational and local gangs and other criminal groups in Central America has reached alarming and unprecedented levels, significantly worsening the subregion’s security and making it one of the most violent areas in the world.

Drug trafficking, youth-related violence and street gangs, along with the widespread availability of firearms, have contributed to increasingly high crime rates in the subregion. Drug trafficking has become an important driver of homicide rates in Central America and is the single main factor behind the rising levels of violence in the subregion.

El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the countries of the so-called “Northern Triangle,” together with Jamaica, now have the world’s highest homicide rates. Corruption and limited law enforcement capacity have facilitated the use of smuggling channels and drug trafficking activities in the region.

The historic Falmouth Pier has pulled a number of Cruise Ship visits.

he said. “We have higher-end, dutyfree companies that have never come to Jamaica before, including Diamonds International. We have three or four companies that have invested from outside, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the spend is higher.”

The port executive said the statistics arm of the tourism ministry

would likely conduct a survey on Falmouth Pier and that he expects the results to confirm his assessment on spending.

“My belief is that it is higher,” he said.

The growth in Jamaica’s cruise arrivals coincided with the launch of the Falmouth Pier. It enabled

the world’s largest cruise liners to dock in the island for the first time while offering additional berthing space for vessels unable to dock at Montego Bay or Ocho Rios during peak periods.

The pier was developed by PAJ in partnership with Royal Caribbean Cruise Limited (RCCL), whose investments were estimated at US$167 million and US$102 million, respectively.

The new growth puts Jamaica, previously one of the worst performers in the region, above the formidable cruise destinations of St Maarten and Antigua & Barbuda which grew by double digits in 2011, based on travel data from Caribbean Tourism Organisation, which tracks regional cruise statistics.

Over the last five years, Jamaica placed closer to the bottom of the region, ranking 12th in 2010, 19th in 2009, 16th in 2008 and 21st in 2007.

The island’s rise, however, comes at a period when 11 of the 24 territories recorded declines year to date including Martinique down 69 per cent, Dominica down 39 per cent, St Vincent & the Grenadines down 24 per cent and Cayman Islands down 12.7 per cent. (Jamaica Gleaner)

Haiti prime minister’s resignation weakens the nation IN OFFICE only four months, Prime Minister Garry Conille of Haiti resigned Friday under pressure from President Michel Martelly.

This is a huge setback for Haiti as it continues to struggle with recovery efforts following the January 2010 earthquake.

Conille’s principal failing was his unwillingness to play ball with Haiti’s powerful insiders. Lacking the time in office to establish himself as a political player with his own network of supporters, he had no help when his enemies pounced.

When Martelly turned against him and ordered cabinet ministers to follow suit, it left him little room to maneuver.

In a rare message of commendation for someone in office for such a short period, the U.S. Embassy in Haiti noted “the efforts, insight and energy demonstrated by the Prime Minister Garry Conille during the last four months” and expressed regret that Haiti could no longer benefit from his services. Similarly, the head of Haiti’s U.N. mission said on the eve of Conille’s departure that “a series of repeated crises between the executive and legislative powers” has undermined the democratic process.

That’s the polite language used in diplomacy to say, “What a mess!”

Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

Conille’s departure once again leaves Haiti without an effective government. Martelly may be fully content to run the government by himself under de facto one-man rule in the executive, but the Constitution in Haiti requires a prime minister.

More fundamentally, democracy is about sharing power, apparently an alien concept for Martelly.

Garry Conille was not his first choice. It took five months before Martelly could be convinced to

select him in an effort to persuade the international community that a serious and responsible official would be taking over the reins as CEO of government with Martelly looking over his shoulder as president.

Armed with that reassurance, the international community and the people of Haiti could focus on what really matters: Obtaining the financing and preparation for rebuilding Haiti and creating a viable economy.

Progress has been made in that direction in the last few months, giving rise to the hope that 2012 would be a turning point, but now Haiti is back to Square One. What Haiti needs now is yet another prime minister who can attract international confidence, but that’s easier said than done.

Conille wanted to investigate spending practices and reconstruction contracts let by his predecessor, but Martelly had no misgivings over them, and that became his undoing.

As much as anything, the pressure for him to resign is a message to his eventual successor about what not to do: provide transparent governance.

Apparently, even a cataclysmic earthquake can’t make Haiti’s leaders shake the politics of the past.

(Kansascity.com)

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Jackson’s daughter said his voice was faked on last album

MICHAEL Jackson’s daughter Paris made a bombshell announcement to friends ... telling them the MJ album released in the wake of the singer’s death did not contain MJ’s actual voice ... it was an imposter.

TMZ has learned ... the announcement was made during an online video chat with several friends in 2010 ... just before the “Michael” album was released, which contains several previously unreleased tracks allegedly performed by Michael Jackson.

The video chat was recorded ... and Paris joked about the footage eventually “leaking” to the Internet.

Paris had made the announcement in the midst of rumors that MJ’s parts on the “Michael” album were

Paris Jackson said that the MJ album released in the wake of the singer’s death did not contain MJ’s actual voice.

REALLY performed by an MJ sound-alike named Jason Malachi ...

but both Jason and Sony denied the allegations.

During the video chat, Paris played one of the songs from the album, “Hold My Hand” ... and one of her friends asks why the singer doesn’t sound like MJ. Paris replied, “It’s NOT him ... the whole album isn’t even him!!

Go online ... go on YouTube and look up Jason Malachi. That’s him!!”

She continues, “I should know if it’s him or not because he would sing to me all the time.”

TMZ has learned a recording of Paris’ video message is being shopped to various media outlets ... and we’re told “Offers are on the table.” (TMZ)

Box office preview: ‘The Lorax’ should see plenty of green this weekend Ja Rule celebrates leap year birthday behind bar Ja Rule spent his real birthday, February 29th, behind bars. (TMZ composed photo)

So far the box office is up 16 percent compared to last year, and Hollywood will try to keep the good times rolling by offering two new movies that should perform well with their respective target audiences.

The weekend’s big winner will undoubtedly be the 3-D animated film Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, which will most likely score the year’s best opening so far. Project X, the foundfootage flick about one seriously outof-control high-school party, is more of a question mark due to its hard R rating.

Here are my weekend predictions:

IT’S THE first time in four years Ja Rule can celebrate his real birthday -- February 29th -- but despite being stuck behind bars, Ja won’t go hungry ... and we got the rapper’s 2,500-calorie prison birthday menu to prove it.

According to the “heart healthy menu” at the NY State prison where Ja is currently serving a two-year

sentence for gun possession -- JR can look forward to some delicious corn flakes in the morning, Jamaican patties for lunch, and turkey stew for dinner.

According to the menu, the entire day’s worth of food totals between 2,500-2,800 calories -- significantly more than the USDA 2,000 calorie guidelines. (TMZ)

1. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax: $48 million

The Lorax has all the ingredients of a big hit. Universal has been advertising the film everywhere you look, it has the name-recognition of Dr. Seuss (whose 108th birthday would have been tomorrow), it’s from the production company (Illumination Entertainment) that made the surprisingly successful Despicable Me, and it’ll benefit from all those 3-D and IMAX surcharges.

Furthermore, the PG-rated movie cost a relatively modest $70 million to produce, so it doesn’t have to put up Alice in Wonderland-type numbers to be profitable.

The last Dr. Seuss adaptation, 2008’s Horton Hears a Who!, debuted to $45 million. Horton featured the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell — more prominent names than The Lorax‘s Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, and Taylor Swift. However, Horton wasn’t in 3-D, so it should all even out. Plus with the exception of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and the wonderful The Secret World of Arrietty, there’s hardly anything in theaters for family audiences right now, so expect them

all to flock to The Lorax.

2. Project X: $19 million

Not to be confused with the same-named 1987 Matthew Broderick-Helen Hunt movie about chimpanzees, Project X follows three teenage guys who decide to throw a birthday party that ultimately mushrooms into the party to end all parties. Produced by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), this picture belongs to the found-footage style of filmmaking, which has seen recent hits in Chronicle, The Devil Inside, and all three Paranormal Activity entries. And Warner Bros. has been following the Paranormal model of marketing by hosting college screenings and building a significant online presence on Twitter and Facebook.

The tricky thing about Project X is its R rating for “crude and sexual content throughout, nudity, drugs, drinking, pervasive language, reckless behavior and mayhem — all involving teens.” The demographic

that will most likely want to see all of this, ahem, mayhem, is teenage boys, many of whom will be too young to buy a ticket to an R-rated film.

Project X will also struggle to attract moviegoers beyond the youngadult segment. Still, it cost only $12 million to produce, so any opening in the teens will be considered an excellent start.

3. Act of Valor: $13 million

The patriotic modern-war film, which stars actual Navy SEALs, debuted to an unexpectedly solid $24.5 million last week. It also picked up an overall “A” rating from CinemaScore audiences. That’d usually translate into a small secondweekend decline, but I wonder if Act of Valor is appealing to a particularly select albeit passionate crowd. The R-rated film rose only 5 percent from Friday to Saturday, indicating that moviegoers rushed out to see it on opening day. As a result, I’m going with a larger but still respectable decline of roughly 45 percent.

Rick Ross is not a suspect, at the moment, in the death of the 40-year-old man.

Cops investigating murder at Rick Ross’s Florida pad

COPS are looking to speak with rapper Rick Ross ... after a 40-yearold man was shot to death in front of his Miami Gardens home this morning ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... Ross was NOT home at the time of the shooting and at this point in the investigation; he’s not considered

a suspect.

We’re told cops found the victim lying inside a gate at the home.

Sources tell us ... investigators don’t know if the victim has any connection to Ross, but since he is listed as the owner of the property, cops want to ask him a few questions about the situation. (TMZ)

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The “Artist” takes the coveted Best Picture award THE Oscar winners 2012 were not surprising to most. Billy Crystal returned for his ninth year hosting the awards.

Most notable of the Oscar winners 2012 was “The Artist,” a black and white silent film celebrating Hollywood history, that took home five awards on Sunday, tying with “Hugo,” a 3-D family film about an orphan directed by Martin Scorsese. “The Artist,” however, won the coveted Best Picture award. It’s the first silent film to win the Best Picture Oscar since the first Oscars in 1929. It is also the first black-and-white film to win since “Schindler’s List” in 1993.

Michel Hazanavicius won Best Director for “The Artist.” “The Artist’s” French star, Jean Dujardin, won the Best Actor award for his mostly silent role portraying a fictional silent film star whose career is ruined by the advent

Revellers take to the streets in Trinidad for its annual Carnival — the biggest bacchanal in the Caribbean.

Trinidad’s Carnival gives Rio a run for its feathers

– ‘Project Runway’ winner Anya AyoungChee makes Caribbean island her stage

The black and white silent film, The Artist, took Hollywood down nostalgic road.

of talkies. “The Artist also won Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.

After a record setting 17 nominations, Meryl Streep took home her third Oscar,

for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.”

When they called my name, I had a feeling I could hear all of america going ‘Oh no, come on, her?’ but whatever,” said an overjoyed Streep.

Best Supporting Actress went to Octavia Spencer for “The Help.” Christopher Plummer won his first Academy Award last night for Best Supporting Actor. At 82, Plummer is the oldest Oscar winner ever.

Woody Allen was predictably not present to accept his award for Best Original Screenplay for “Midnight In Paris.”

In a category of only two nominations, “Man or Muppet” won the award for Best Original Song.

Other winners included:

Best Cinematography: “Hugo” Best Visual Effects: “Hugo” Best Sound Editing: “Hugo” Best Sound Mixing: “Hugo” Best Art Direction: “Hugo” Best Foreign Language Film: “A Separation” (Iran) Best Adapted Screenplay: “The Descendants” Best Animated Feature Film: “Rango” Best Documentary Feature: “Undefeated” Best Film Editing: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Best Makeup: “The Iron Lady” Best Live-Action Short Film: “The Shore” Best Documentary Short Film: “Saving Face” Best Animated Short Film: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”

SHE may have won this season’s “Project Runway,” but Anya Ayoung-Chee never designed for a runway quite like this before.

Tens of thousands of models sashayed down this catwalk. The featured outfits, made from shimmering beads and feathers, left little to the imagination. The soundtrack was frenetic Caribbean music, blaring from colossal trucks.

And sober spectators — or models, for that matter — were few and far between.

While Rio de Jeneiro is renowned for its hedonistic Carnival, this “runway” belonged to the Trinidad Carnival, the biggest bacchanal in the Caribbean — which annually grows more and more extravagant and starstudded.

This year, the Trinidadborn, New York-based Ayoung-Chee was the festival’s unofficial grand

dame, her designs stealing the show on Carnival Tuesday. For upward of $700, revelers could “play mas” — participate in the grand parade — wearing a getup designed by the “Project Runway” star.

“My costume was loosely inspired by Native American tribal wear, and adapted for the glamour and glitz and sensuality of the road,” explained AyoungChee, a graduate of Parson’s School of Design.

Turquoise Feathers, animal tooth accents, gold beads and a flowing silk cape made for a standout look in line with the designer’s signature style, which she has described as “sexy, easy and island vibes.”

“Carnival is entrenched in my psyche,” said AyoungChee, who in 2008 represented Trinidad and Tobago in the Miss Universe pageant. “Its energy, richness and sensuality influence my work in ways I am not even aware of.”

JK Rowling to pen first novel for adults AUTHOR JK Rowling has announced plans to publish her first novel for adults, which will be “very different” from the Harry Potter books she is famous for.

The book will be published worldwide, although no date or title has yet been released.

“The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me,” Rowling said.

The writer published seven Potter books, which have sold more than 450 million copies around the world.

The books, about a boy wizard, became a worldwide phenomenon and were turned

The seven Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies.

into eight blockbuster films starring Daniel Radcliffe.

When the final installment of the book series went on sale in 2007, thousands of copies sold in minutes. (BBC)

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Argentina pursuing “policy of confrontation” says UK DOWNING Street has accused Argentina of pursuing a “policy of confrontation” over the Falkland Islands.

It comes amid reports that top Argentine companies are being told by their government to stop importing goods from the UK. PM David Cameron’s spokesman said the move was “counterproductive” and was a misreading of British resolve over the disputed islands.

Tension has been rising ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War. According to the state news agency Telam, industry minister Debora Giorgi called the bosses of at least 20 firms to urge them to replace imports from Britain with goods produced elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Associated Press news agency is reporting that Argentina’s top diplomat in the UK - Osvaldo Marsico - was summoned to the Foreign Office on Wednesday to explain the import ban.

Officials are also said to be planning to discuss Argentina’s decision to turn back two cruise ships from the Argentine port of Ushuaia on Monday, apparently because they had visited the Falklands.

Mr Cameron’s spokesman told reporters at a regular briefing in Westminster: “It is clearly very sad that Argentina continues with their policy of confrontation instead of co-operation.

“We think that is counterproductive

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Two cruise ships were denied mooring in Argentina, apparently because they had visited the Falklands.

and also a complete misreading of Britain’s resolve on this issue.

“The UK is also a major investor in Argentina and we import goods from Argentina. It is not in Argentina’s economic interest to put up barriers of this sort.

“The right approach here is one of co-operation, not confrontation,” he added.

Buenos Aries has complained to the United Nations of British “militarisation” of the south Atlantic after the deployment of a new Royal

Navy warship to the Falklands and Prince William’s tour of duty on the islands.

The UK, which has controlled the Falklands since 1833, says there can be no negotiations on sovereignty as long as the 3,000 Islanders wish to remain British.

On 2 April, both nations will mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, which began with an Argentine invasion of the islands and ended in victory for a British task force sent to recover them. (BBC)

Murdoch quits News International JAMES Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, the UK newspaper business that owns the Sun and the Times titles.

The newspaper publisher has been tainted by phone-hacking allegations.

The scandal led the company to close its News of the World title in July last year.

Mr Murdoch will remain as deputy chief operating officer of parent group News Corporation, run by his father Rupert.

‘BIGGER PICTURE’ James Murdoch, 39, said: “I deeply appreciate the dedication of my many talented colleagues at News International who work tirelessly to inform the public.”

He added that the launch of a new Sunday edition of the Sun and “new business practices” put the company in a “strong position” for the future.

Last year, James Murdoch twice appeared before the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee to answer questions as part of its

James Murdoch remains in his job at parent company News Corporation.

inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, joined his son at one of the hearings.

Paul Connew, a former News of the World deputy editor, said he was not surprised that James Murdoch had stood down.

“I think you’ve got to look at

the bigger picture here,” said Mr Connew.

“Quite clearly there’s going to be criticism of James Murdoch in the culture and media select committee report, which presumably will be coming out in the not too distant future, and I think essentially he’s been moved out of the firing line.”

(BBC)

US REPUBLICAN White House contender Mitt Romney has pulled off a double win in the Michigan and Arizona primaries.

“We didn’t win by a lot, but we won by enough and that’s what counts,” Mr Romney said in Michigan.

With almost all votes counted, Mr Romney had an unassailable lead in both states over Rick Santorum in second.

Michigan was seen as vital for Mr Romney, who was born in the state, but he had struggled to win over conservative voters.

Former House Speaker Newt

Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul did not actively campaign in Arizona and Michigan, focusing on contests scheduled for next week.

In Arizona, Mr Romney had 47% of the votes to Mr Santorum’s 27%; and was ahead in Michigan by 41% to 38%.

Mr Gingrich was on course to poll 16% in Arizona, with Mr Paul on 8%. In Michigan, Mr Paul has won 12% of the vote, with 7% for Mr Gingrich.

The two primaries come ahead of “Super Tuesday” on 6 March, when Republicans in 10 states will vote for their chosen presidential delegate.

‘Creepy’ dad pawned gold teeth he took from cremated remains: police A COLORADO father accused of pawning gold teeth he took from cremated remains at several funeral homes claims he did it to provide for his eight children, police said.

Police said Adrian David Kline also swiped gold crowns from corpses before they were embalmed, the Times Call newspaper reported Tuesday.

The 43-year-old worked parttime at funeral homes in several cities, including Canon City and Lakewood, police said.

It is regular practice for funeral homes to collect the metals left behind after bodies are cremated and recycle them.

Police said Kline sifted through the ashes and removed the gold teeth he would find. He then cleaned them and brought them to several different pawn shops.

When asked where he got the teeth, police said he claimed to have retrieved them from funeral homes and was donating the money to “children in need,” the Times Call reported.

Records indicate Kline earned thousands of dollars by pawning dozens of gold teeth, police said. He admitted to taking the gold from the ashes, but denied ever removing any from actual bodies.

Kline insisted he was embarrassed

Adrian David Kline, 43, is accused of providing false information regarding gold teeth he took from cremated remains at several funeral homes, police say

for having to sink so low, police said, but was desperate to care for his large family.

He was arrested after one pawn broker thought it was “creepy” and “weird” that he brought teeth in so frequently, and called authorities, according to the Times Call.

Kline was arrested after turning himself in on Feb. 24. He faces eight counts of providing false information to a pawn broker and two counts of providing false information to a secondhand dealer, police said.

(Nydailynews.com)

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Mother lets baby boy drown; admits she hated him

Nelson one of the most inspirational leaders alive returns home from hospital.

Mandela released from hospital after treatment NELSON Mandela was released from a South African hospital a day after officials said the ailing antiapartheid icon underwent treatment for an abdominal ailment.

“The doctors have assured us that there is nothing to worry about and that Madiba is in good health,” President Jacob Zuma said in a statement earlier, referring to the 93-year-old Mandela by his affectionate clan name.

Mandela underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy, defense minister Lindiwe Sisulu said without elaborating. The procedure involves inserting a camera into the body to allow doctors a look in a patient’s abdomen or pelvis.

A family member had said Saturday that Mandela had hernia surgery, but Zuma described it as a “diagnostic procedure” without providing details.

Considered the founding father of South Africa’s democracy, Mandela became an international

figure when he was imprisoned for 27 years for fighting racial segregation.

He was freed in 1990, and three years later, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1994, Mandela was elected president and served one term as he had promised.

Mandela last appeared in public in the closing ceremonies of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

He was hospitalised last year for treatment of an acute respiratory infection, and continued to receive treatment at home after doctors discharged him.

Despite his rare appearances, Mandela retains his popularity and is considered a hero of democracy.

Mandela relocated to his childhood town of Qunu last year, but moved back to his Johannesburg home earlier this year.

At the time, Zuma said the move was because the home in his boyhood town was undergoing maintenance.

(CNN)

FROM the day her son was born, Neha Patel said, she hated him.

Recently, that hatred reached a fatal level, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators said Patel slapped Ishan, her 1-year-old son, then purposefully left him alone to drown in a bathtub half full of water at their Lakeland home.

When she returned 10 minutes later and found him unconscious, she refused to perform CPR, even though she knew the procedure, the sheriff’s office said.

Patel, 32, was arrested by Tampa International Airport Police, who found her sitting in her Toyota Sienna van in the airport parking lot.

She told investigators she planned to jump off the parking garage roof, but every time she attempted to commit suicide someone walked by.

She is now charged with firstdegree murder.

Investigators are looking into whether Patel was suffering from post-partum depression. She told deputies she “hated” her baby since the day he was born and blamed him for her “state of mind.”

Pam Crain, a Polk County Health Department spokeswoman, said post-partum depression, which is a chemical, hormonal imbalance, can be moderate to severe shortly after giving birth. It affects 10 to 15 percent of women, she said.

Symptoms include negative feelings about the baby, irritability and anxiety, Crain said. Family members should watch for signs of stress and fatigue, she said.

“It’s something that is treatable and certainly it’s something that if a woman is having any thought of

Neha Patel, 32, of Lakeland, Florida is accused of drowning her 1-year-old son, Isham Patel.

harming themselves or their baby, they should seek help immediately,” Crain said.

Patel told investigators she was home alone with her son on Thursday. The baby began to crawl toward her in the living room; she slapped him because she hated the child and wanted to discourage him from coming close to her, the sheriff’s office said.

She put her son down for a nap.

When he woke up, she put him in the bathtub, which was half full of water, and left him alone, the sheriff’s office said.

She returned and found Ishan unconscious. She refused to perform CPR or call 911, instead dressing the child and driving to the parking lot of a nearby supermarket, then returned home. She then drove to Ocala with her son and then to Tampa

International Airport, the sheriff’s office said.

She told detectives she knew her son was dead while she was driving with him because he was “blue” and “cold.”

Her husband, Rasesh Patel, last saw his wife and son when he left at 7:20 a.m. on the day of the incident to drop his 4-year-old daughter off at preschool and go to work, Polk sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Eleazer said.

While at work, he tried calling his wife at home between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., before going home at 1:30 p.m. and finding them gone, Eleazer said.

Rasesh Patel called police in the evening to report his wife and son missing, saying she suffered from depression and hadn’t been taking her medication, Eleazer said.

North Korea agrees to ‘nuclear moratorium’ NORTH Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment, as well as nuclear and long-range missile tests, US and North Korean officials say.

The US State Department said the North had also agreed to allow UN inspectors to monitor its reactor in Yongbyon to verify compliance with the measures.

In return, Washington is set to provide Pyongyang with some 240,000 tonnes of food aid.

The move follows talks between US and North Korea in Beijing last week.

Correspondents say the move could pave the way for the resumption of six-party disarmament negotiations with Pyongyang, which last broke down in 2009.

“The United States still has profound concerns regarding North Korean behaviour across a wide range of areas, but today’s announcement reflects important, if limited, progress in addressing some of these,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the move as a “modest first step in the right direction”.

She said the US would however be watching Pyongyang closely, and would be “judging North Korea’s new leaders by their actions”.

North Korea confirmed the move in a statement released simultaneously in Pyongyang.

North Korea suspended Uranium enrichment for food.

The foreign ministry statement, carried by the KCNA news agency, said the measures were “aimed at building confidence for the improvement of relations” between the two countries, and said talks would continue.

Earlier, a senior US military official said the issue of food aid for North Korea was now linked to political progress - contradicting earlier policy.

The North has suffered persistent food shortages since a famine in the

1990s, and relies on foreign aid to feed its people.

The talks in Beijing were the first since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father, Kim Jong-il, as the head of the communist state in December, 2011. (BBC)

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Job Listings Services Auto sales real estate

Classifieds TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Watson Jolly Is looking for a

WANTED DOMESTIC Domestic WORKER

Worker To work 5 days

Applicant must possess the following: Honesty, reliability and must be able to work on one’s own initiative. Must be able to work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour

contact: 231-6069

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6309

Contact: 343-8800

per week salary $5.00 per hour.

FAST SALE 1.3 Acres Of Land Ocean Drive, Turtle Tail Semi-Hilltop

946-4664 Fax: 946-4661

Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

Website: tcweeklynews.com

STUDIO APARTMENT FOR RENT

$300,000 o.n.o.

$650.00 per month Gated Community Furnished

CONTACT: 231-3788

Contact: 231-3788

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

COLOMBIAN EMERALDS INTERNATIONAL

Colombian Emeralds International, “The World’s Foremost Emerald Jeweller” with over 50 stores worldwide has exciting career opportunities.

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

Sales Associates • • • •

Retail Jewelry Sales Experience Excellent Customer Care Focus Teamwork and ability to meet company objectives Trustworthy, dependable & willing to work flexible hours including weekends and holidays • Ability to achieve goals as outlined by management

TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS HOSPITAL A vacancy exists for the following discipline. Suitably experienced and qualified Belongers are encouraged to apply:-

IM&T Manager The successful individual will be responsible for:@@ Operating and maintaining in-house applications; planning and conducting migrations and upgrades; overseeing database specific technical assignments. @@ Assisting in projects covering documentation. @@ Investigating and resolving general, but often complex, issues and queries from users of hospital IT systems and manageing and maintaining the hospital IT infrastructure. @@ Applicants must possess an academic degree in IM&T or Technical level in computer, business or quantitative field such as Computer Science, Business, Operations or Mathematics.

NORDICA DELL Colombian Emeralds International Beaches Resort, Turks & Caicos Islands Fax: 1-649-941-2333 (NO PHONE CALLS)

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FOR SALE

“as is”a 1984 GMC 5000 usg refueler

1987 International 5000 usg refueler, 1981 GMC 5000 usg refueler, and two 10K usg horizontal storage tanks. Interested parties please send proposal in closed envelope to Chevron Turks and Caicos Ltd., South Dock Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos , referencing Sale of Fleet, to the attention of Mr. Khalil, Raven, no later than February 9, 2012.

Initial applications may be made by submitting to Interhealth Canada a comprehensive CV showing qualifications and experience. The CV should be emailed to pnicholson@interhealthcanada.tc Please ensure that a contact telephone number or email address is included in the application The closing date for applications is 9th March 2012.

The closing date for applications is 5th March 2012.

Forward your CV and covering letter by e-mail to:

Chevron Turks and Caicos Ltd.

A minimum of 5 years managerial experience is required.

FOR SALE

March 3 - 9, 2012

Chevron Turks and Caicos Ltd. has the rights to accept or refuse the proposals received 6380

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Construction scaffold and roof tiles for sale CONTACT: 431-1591 OR 231-3788

March 3 - 9, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES DESSAMICE OSSE

Is looking for a

Hostess To work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

FAX: (649) 946-4661

JAMES GOLOB of North Caicos Seeks to employ a

Labourer

Security Alarm Technician

Contact: 342-4908

contact: 431-4071

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Labourer Salary $5.00 per hour interested persons can contact James Golob at 431-2035

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PRITON DEVELOPMENT LTD.

DOMESTIC WORKER REQUIRED

Domestic Worker Must have at least 3 years experience and be able to work with little supervision. Salary start at $6.00 an hour and is based on experience.

Priton Development Ltd. also seeks a

Live in Housekeeper

Experienced Live in Domestic Worker needed for busy household. Salary is $ 900.00 a month. Required to work six days a week. An experienced Belonger required for this position.

Must have at least 5 years experience. Duties will include washing and other household duties as required, Applicant must hold a valid drivers license, and Salary is based on experience.

Deadlines for applications are March 10th 2012.

If you fit the above qualifications please address your application to:

PO Box 260 Beatrice Butterfield Building Butterfield Square, Providenciales

Is looking for a

Must be willing to work 4 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

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Fax resumes to: 946-5022

SECURITY CENTER

Is looking for a

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CARIBBEAN PARADISE

6333

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

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Interested persons should be dependable and send applications via fax at (649) 941-4034. C/o Alliance Realty Ltd. 6382

PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. requires

ONE (1): Qualified ACA, ACCA, CPA or ACMA For Audit Senior roles experience in audit required salary range: $40,000-$50,000 per annum apply to joseh.p.connolly@ tc.pwc.com or telefax: 649-9464892 no later than March 8th, 2012 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands 6369

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

SHERWIN RIGBY

LOFTON THOMAS Is looking to secure a

Is looking for a

Labourer Grounds 6370

GRACE BAY SUITES Is looking to fill the following positions: • Cleaners • Maids • Life guard • Masseuse • Beach/ Pool Attendants • Bartenders • Front Desk Manager • Part-time & live-in positions available immediately Please deliver resume with salary expectations to Front Desk preference will be given to qualified Belongers

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Contact: 231-1666 Closing date: March 15th, 2012

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact: 241-3055

Museum Tour Guide-Grand Turk

• Basic knowledge of TCI history and interest and capacity to learn more upon mandatory training.

• Full fluency and literacy in English; fluency in a second language preferred.

• Comfort communicating to tour groups including foreign tourists & local school groups.

• Ability to follow clear written and oral instructions, museum code of conduct and policies, and dress code.

• High school diploma a must, and some college preferred.

• Willing to work weekends and holidays on a rotating schedule.

• Must have a clean police record Position is strictly part-time (10-20hrs weekly) and hourly wage is $8.00 per hour.

Interested applicants should email curriculucum vitae or resume and letter of introduction to: info@tcmuseum.org. May also drop resume off at Museum M-F 9AM1PM. Closing of applicants is March 12, Start date: March 19.

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Needed

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Acting on behalf of our client Damaris Smith

DOUGLAS COX Is looking for a

EBEN EZEN WATER Is looking for a

Is looking for a

1 Labourer FOR RENT domestic Labourer Driver worker To work 5 days a week including some weekends and holidays. Duties include weeding, taking care of landscaping and other light jobs that may be required by employer. Salary $6 per hour.

Contact Thashena Adderley 241-4678.

3-bedroom apartment $1100.00 per month it will be available May 1st.

contact: 232-3508

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 946-5759

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 347-8283

contact: 341-6493

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contact: 241-3019 or 342-8684

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To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Keeper

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Car Washer

Duties includes: light construction work and any other duties that may be assigned. Salary $5.50 per hour. Individual must be hardworking, honest and reliable.

IMMEDIATE OPENING:

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Is looking for a

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

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LUXURY CAR WASH

March 3 - 9, 2012

Clement Howell High School and BNC Consulting Group

Thank You

VACANCY

Clement Howell High School and BNC Consulting Group would like to thank the following individuals/organizations for volunteering their time and expertise to conduct student mock interviews. The Exit Readiness Program could not have been a success without your support.

The Sands is now accepting application, resume or curriculum vitae for the following position.

Only highly self-driven & motivated, personable and professional individuals, who have the desire to serve others, need apply:

Alvejes Desir – Fortis TCI Avi Adams – Fortis TCI Bishop Bryant Cox – Bryant Air Conditioning Blythe Clare – Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board Christine Dickenson – Scotia Bank Cora Malcolm – Provo Water Company Daylon Joseph – Fortis TCI Diane Higgs – Ocean Club Resorts Edith Skippings – LIME Foluso Ladejobi – The Source Gertrude Forbes – Turks and Caicos Association of Office Professionals James Missick – Executive Tours Junior Carter – Villa Renaissance Judy Missick – Fortis TCI Kellie-Ann Evans-Hall – International Banking Group Keisha Williams – Office of Public Service Management Lorenzo Seymour – Beaches Resort & Spa Michael Polonio – Fortis TCI Rev. Pedro Williams – Jericho Baptist Church Portia Clarke – Graceway IGA

Public Area Supervisor

Responsibilities The Public Areas Supervisor is responsible for Supervisory duties in the Housekeeping department related to the public areas. This includes inspecting guest related areas and ensuring optimal cleanliness and quality of presentation and services of and in those areas, coaching associates, resolving guest complaints, general office duties, etc.

Requirements: • High school diploma • Must have previous supervisory experience and oversee a minimum of 10 employees • Must work weekends, holidays, and flexible shifts • Must speak, read, write and understand the primary language (English) used in the workplace • Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process • Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written in order to direct and follow-up with staff and communicate directly with guests and owners • Must possess basic computational ability (Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook) • Must possess mathematics skills required for inventories, audits, and inspections • Must be able to instruct and operate all equipment • Must be able to work with chemicals • Must be able to lift, push or pull a minimum of 30 pounds • Must be able to work in open environment areas

Turks Island citizens only need to apply in person to Tiersa Smith, Human Resources Manager at The Sands Resort located on Grace Bay Road, Providenciales, the Turks and Caicos Labour Department, or e-mail: humanresource@thesandstc.com. Applications must be in by February 26, 2012.

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For the following positions resort experience is an asset but not a requirement. Applicants must have a willing, positive and personable attitude as well as be willing to work holidays and weekends.

Rhesa Cartwright – National Insurance Board Roxann Wake-Forbes – TCI Youth Foundation Ruth Forbes – Fortis TCI Sophia Thomas – TC Invest Stacy Cox – Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association Susanne Hodge – Somerset Resort Trem Quinlan – Gansevoort Val Kalliecharan – Turks and Caicos Reservations Veronica Rigby – HAB Group Wayne Farley – Turks and Caicos Islands Airport Authority Wilbert Jennings – Presidential Security Willaim John – Turks and Caicos Islands Airport Authority TEACHERS Mr. Benfield - Mathematics Mr. Gurly - Music Mr. Reid - Music Ms. Smith - English Ms. L. Wilson – Special Education/English Ms. N. Wilson - English 6369

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY

AGNES SWANN NORTH CAICOS

Is looking for a

Is looking for 4

Apartment

Contact: 241-2962

6357

Salary $8.00 per hour. Must work 4 day or when needed.

SARAH’S CAFÉ

Six (6) One (1) Bedroom One (1) Bath. Located on Millinneum Highway Contact Tel: 649 333 1723 or 649 246 6119 Email: capronis2005 @yahoo.com 6208

Labourers to work 7 days per week 8am5pm salary $5.00 per hour

contact: 246-4769

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Minister

Building for Sale

MARIE ANCLE CHERIE

Is looking for a

Is seeking to employ a

Housekeeper To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Stephen Jennings Is looking for a

Labourer 6340

Must be willing to work 4 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 241-5472

To work 5 days per week. Salary $6.00 per hour.

For more information 6343

contact: 241-2897

Domestic Worker contact: 342-8336

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Technician

Needed Company requires technician to work on financial equipment .

Salary and benefits commensurate with experience. Please email resume TECHJOBTCI@GMAIL. COM or mail to TECH JOB TCI, C/O Chalmers & Co, P.O. Box 620, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

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TOM’S BAR Wheeland

TURQUOISE DISTRIBUTION LTD. Is seeking an

Assistant Manager

The assistant manager for this dynamic company that is involved in the purchase, importation and sale of gastronomic goods to restaurants and private connoisseurs must have a good knowledge of gastronomic goods (wines, spirits and gastronomic specialties) from Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Quebec Canada. A person who is fluent in English, French and Arabic is preferred. Salary commences at $1,800 per month.

Interested persons can contact the Director at 941-5216

Seeks to employ the following persons:

2 Bi-Lingual Barmaids Waitress Salary $5.00 per hour

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contact: 345-5367

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

March 3 - 9, 2012 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES ELEANOR HALL

LABOURER

HENSEL MCINTOSH

GNIWE CONTRACTORS Is looking for 2

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

General labor @@ Able to work with little or no supervision, be physically fit, dependable and hardworking @@ Must be self motivated and able to understand, read, write and speak English

Labourer Tile Setters Labourer

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JACQUELINE DESRONVIL

International Transfer Company Limited

6328

Is looking for a

(C.A.M.) in the Turks and Caicos Islands) seeks to employ a

To work 6 days per week salary $7.00 per hour.

contact: 346-8896

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

ISLAND SPORTIQUE

Labourer 6346

BELONGERS ONLY NEED APPLY

contact; 244-9696

6350

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Is looking for a

Flower CoOrdinatoR • Must know different kinds of flowers • Must know how to treat flowers • Must know how to arrange and take care of flowers

Sales Clerk

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour must have knowledge of QuickBooks POS.

contact: 946-5378

6349

• Applicants must be willing to work on weekends • Must have basic knowledge of computers • Applicants must have a clean Police Record and have excellent communication skills • Applicants must have good typing skills

contact: 231-2683 FLOWER GIRL

Is looking for a

Transfer Clerk Please send all application to: P.O. Box 398

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact: 231-2701

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Caribbean Diamond Residence Leeward, Governors Road Turks & Caicos Islands. Tel: 649-231-4885

6335

Send inquires to:

Contact: 231-3788

INTERHEALTH CANADA TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS HOSPITAL

Vacancies Exist for the following disciplines.

Suitably experienced and qualified Belongers are encouraged to apply:-

MEDICAL

Applicants must have full qualifications and a minimum of 5 years specialist experience.

1 GP/ED (previous applicants need not apply) 1 ED 1 Internist 1 Paediatrician 1 Orthopaedic Surgeon 1 Obstetrician/Gynecologist

CLINICAL

Applicants must have full qualifications and a minimum of 3 years specialist experience.

1 x Pharmacist 3 x Registered Nurses 1 x Senior Midwife 1 x Radiographer 1 x Senior MDR Technician

ADMINISTRATION 1 x Medical Transcriptionist

Initial applications may be made by submitting to Interhealth Canada a comprehensive CV showing qualifications and experience. The CV should be emailed to pnicholson@interhealthcanada.tc Please ensure that a contact telephone number or email address is included in the application.

The closing date for applications is 5th March 2012.

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

FAX: (649) 946-4661

CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE An affiliate of A Touch of Love Ministries International Center

Position Available

Warehouse Attendant

English/Literature & Math/ Science Teacher Needed Requirements:

• Bachelors/Masters degree from reputable institution in area of discipline; Advance degree a plus • Minimum of 5-7 years teaching experience in secondary or post-secondary education • Experience with Christian education curriculum • Persons must be an active born-again Christian who believes in the work of the Holy Spirit; Submit resume and three references including one from current Pastor.

• Salaries will be based on qualification and experience.

Position Description

Candidate is responsible in coordinating receipt of cargo delivered to warehouse and stacking of same into available pallet slots. In particular, maintaining general tidiness of the warehouse and exterior property.

Reports to: President & CEO

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities

1) Primary responsibility is to perform maintain cleanliness of the ware house and exterior property.

2) Clean all company equipment.

3) Manually load client trucks with product purchased from warehouse..

4) Assist truck operator with tank transport loading and safety checks.

5) Provide yard and off-site marshaling of transport for truck operator, ensuring that hazards are avoided and motorists are aware of equipment presence.

6) Other duties and projects as assigned.

No phone calls Address applications:

Essential Requirements

Executive Board Champions for Christ International School of Excellence #5 Park Place Industrial Park Providenciales,Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI

1) Must possess a valid Turks & Caicos driver’s licence and capable of operating a vehicle with a manual transmission.

Only Belongers need to apply for this position.

Hourly pay: US$ 8.00 per hour.

Closing date for applications is March 15th, 2012.

Email: championsforchristtci@gmail.com Fax: 1-877-580-8743

Submit curriculum vitae and reference letters via e-mail to: wcoalbrooke@caribbean-energy.com

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FIRST GLOBAL INSURANCE BROKERS, LTD. T/A UNITED RELIANCE INSURANCE BROKERS (2008) First Global Insurance Brokers Limited t/a United Reliance Insurance Brokers (2008) is seeking a qualified individual to fill in the following position of:

UNDERWRITING AND CLAIMS PERSONNEL

A vacancy exists for the following discipline.

Suitably experienced and qualified Belongers are encouraged to apply:-

The ideal candidate should possess the necessary experience and must meet the following qualifications for: REQUIREMENTS: - Minimum 15 years experience in the Insurance Industry in Underwriting, Claims and Risk Management in Property, Casualty and Medical - Must have earned Insurance Degree or Bachelor’s Degree (College Graduate) or equivalent - Proficient in oral and written communication - Computer Literate - Good Negotiation Skills - Certified Insurance Practitioner - Must be able to effectively respond to Insurance Companies, Reinsurers, Brokers and Agents - Knowledgeable in the Insurance regulations both Local and Foreign particularly in London Markets - Must have thorough knowledge of the Turks & Caicos Islands Traffic Code - Technical knowledge preferably in Engineering, Electronics and Accounting OTHER DUTIES - Must be able to attend to on-call duties especially in emergency situations particularly during Catastrophes

SYSTEMS ENGINEER The successful individual will be responsible for:@@ Operating and maintaining in-house applications; planning and conducting migrations and upgrades; overseeing database specific technical assignments. @@ Assisting in projects covering documentation. @@ Investigating and resolving general, but often complex, issues and queries from users of hospital IT systems and manageing and maintaining the hospital IT infrastructure. @@ Applicants must possess an academic degree in IM&T or Technical level in computer, business or quantitative field such as Computer Science, Business, Operations or Mathematics.

Initial applications may be made by submitting to Interhealth Canada a comprehensive CV showing qualifications and experience. The CV should be emailed to pnicholson@interhealthcanada.tc

Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Applications must be emailed to: info@fgibtci.com Attn: Managing Director First Global Insurance Brokers Limited P.O. Box 117, Caribbean Place 1254 Leeward Highway Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Applications must be received by the 5th March 2012

INTERHEALTH CANADA TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS HOSPITAL

Please ensure that a contact telephone number or email address is included in the application The closing date for applications is 5th March 2012.

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

RHONDDA’S BEAUTY SALON

JEROME BROWN

MARIE JOSEPH Is looking for a

Is seeking to employ a

Is looking for a

Nail

Applicant must possess qualifications and have at least four (4 ) years experience.

Salary commensurate with qualifications

fax resumes to: 941-8673

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Labourer To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour must be hardworking and reliable.

Contact: 344-9885

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Technician

SEEKS

(3)Plumbers (3)Masons (3)Carpenters Labourer

Labourer To work 5 days per week salary $7.00 per hour.

Contact: 345-9911

Labourer

To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 649-941-5707 Fax: 649-941-5708

@@ Able to work with little or no supervision, be physically fit, dependable and hardworking @@ Must be self motivated and able to understand, read, write and speak English Send inquires to:

Interested persons should be dependable and send applications via fax at (649) 941-4034 6306

BRANCH MANAGER/ FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Caribbean Diamond Residence Leeward, Governors Road Turks & Caicos Islands. Tel: 649-231-4885

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Owner/manager

APPLICATIONS ARE REQUESTED FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED DUAL ROLE POSITION

One Limited, on behalf of Strata Corporation #95, is looking for an owner/manager who lives within the community of One Lofts and who has the requirements below. Position requires employee to be on call 24 hours/day and requires flexibility with working hours.

Candidates will need to be able to work with owners/strata committee and must have strata accounting experience and solid computer skills.

Preparation of monthly financial statements Detailed budgeting and cost control Cash flow forecasting and treasury management Monthly compilation of sums insured aggregates Liaison with outside auditors as well as manage yearly audit Perform internal audits Quarterly and yearly report submission to the FSC Implementing and documenting policies and procedures Leading and developing staff Manage all administration and human resource functions in office Branch office management Reporting to shareholders Head office reporting

This position is for a small strata corporation and is remunerated on a very limited budget. No office and no car are provided.

You must possess the following: • Must be an owner of a One Loft residence who lives in the One Lofts complex • Must be willing to be on call 24 hours, work on weekends and have flexibility with working hours • Ability to work with minimal supervision; must have good time management and ability to operate under pressure • Capability to work closely with existing vendors and owners, managing relationships professionally • Advanced experience with Microsoft Office • Strong written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills and positive attitude • Fluency in English • References required

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Applicants must be designated CPA, CA, or CGA and have a minimum 10 years management experience with at least 5 years experience at the Financial Controller level in the Insurance Industry. Applicant must also possess 3 years experience managing an insurance company at the branch level. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and major Microsoft office automation products and have strong analytical and organizational skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills. A proven strong work ethic is essential.

Remuneration is based on experience and is in the 70K+ range.

Interested Turks Islander Applicants are asked to submit your resume by e-mail to ms@tcifirst.com.

One

General labor

@@ Must have at least 3 years experience and be able to work with little supervision. Salary start at $5.50 an hour and is based on experience. @@ Deadline for applications is February 22nd 2012. @@ Must be able to work weekends and holidays if deemed necessary.

@@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@ @@

LEW 1 SHIPPING

LABOURER

PRITON DEVELOPMENT LTD.

C/o Alliance Realty Ltd.

FAX: (649) 946-4661

Seeks the following person:

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

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Please send application & resume to: info@onelofts.com or FAX: (649) 946 5452 6339

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

handyman/ labourer Applicant must be honest, reliable, hardworking must be willing to work 3 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 245-3720

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BAREFOOT CAFE Ports of Calls, Providenciales

Is looking for a

DISH WASHER Salary starts at $5.00 per hour.

Telephone: 946-5282

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SAND

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

THE MACHO TACO Is looking for a

FOR SALE TOP QUALITY WASHED SAND Suitable for construction uses Also local sand We can deliver, or load your truck PROVO BUILDING SUPPLY.

Manager

Must have at least 5 years experience in running a restaurant must be willing to work 6 days per week including weekends and holidays salary $8.00 per hour.

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Telephone: 232-3210 or 246-2526

Labourer contact: 347-3520

contact: 441-8226

is situated on Grace Bay Beach at the Luxury All-Suite Royal West Indies Resort.

Positions Avaliable

Kitchen Helper • • • •

Must have 5 years’ experience Knowledge of food hygiene and safety, Prep food for Breakfast/lunch /dinner Ability to understand menus follow recipes, basic sauces/ butchery. High level of food hygiene is • required. Must be willing to scrub, clean, mop, floors walls and equipment

Floor Supervisor/ Captain

• Posses 4 years minimum of experience in food and beverage supervisory position, • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowledgeable on Micros, must work well under pressure • Experience and knowledge of wines and wine service is crucial.

Notice dated: February 29th, 2012

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• Minimum (5) years experience as an estate or property manager • Must possess a thorough understanding of all areas of private home management and supervision of design, construction and major renovation • Must be able to monitor and manage the household budgets • Strong knowledge of operating in the Caribbean • Must be able to work well in stressful, high pressure situations • Must be computer literate • Must be able to operate Crestron Systems • Must be able to supervise day to day operations and set up yearly maintenance schedules • Must liaise with worldwide offices • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays • Must be able to liaise with worldwide FBO’s • Must be willing to sign a confidentiality agreement and undergo extensive background checks

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Manage and administrate operations of multiple properties for employer Monitor and manage the household budgets System and Procedure development Oversee and monitor the household bank account(s) Oversee major renovation, design and land altering projects, in addition as requested act as liaison between employer and contractors • Oversee security requirements • Oversee all household personnel and scheduling • Oversee all shipping and transport details

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• Minimum 2 years of food and beverage in a upscale restaurant • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowledgeable on Micros, must work well under pressure • And have a friendly yet professional demeanor, must be a team player

Salary: 120k per annum Applications must be submitted to:

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All the positions above requires working long hours nights and days public holidays and weekends Salary range based on experience

All applications are to be received by March 09, 2012

For more information on job descriptions, please contact info@pelicanbaytci.com or 231-1869 Please call for an appointment, bring along your resume and resident status

An Application registered, PR11144, by Mr. LYNDEN HALL for the development of a Gas Station/ Convenience Store and Six Office Spaces, has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Detail Development Permission and the location is Parcels 60806/10, which is on Leeward Highway, Providenciales Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Downtown, Town Center Mall, Providenciales, within twenty-eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.

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• Must have 10 years’ experience • Knowledge of food costing and controls, monthly inventory, • Knowledge of food hygiene and safety, menu planning, managing and scheduling staff, • Prep food for Breakfast/lunch /dinner • Ability to understand menus follow recipes, basic sauces/ butchery. High level of food hygiene is • required. Must be willing to scrub, clean, mop, floors walls and equipment

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Obama: I had “Linsanity” early

Asked if he was taking credit for “Linsanity,” the president replied: “I can’t take credit for it, but I’m just saying I was there early.”

the president, “is solid.”

“He claims that he could have stolen the ball,” said Mr. Obama. “Everybody who was there knows that that’s not true. The second time, he might have stolen the ball. The first time he didn’t know I had that move on me.”

Mr. Obama insisted that his opponents don’t go easy on him, saying the evidence is that “I’m always getting knocked around.”

“I don’t know what people are talking about,” he said in reference to suggestions that the other players tread lightly, perhaps out of fear of injuring the president. “Reggie Love, my former aide who played at Duke and he’s now getting his MBA, he answered anybody who said that people took it easy on me when they

played with me. He said, nobody takes it easy on Obama because if he beats them, they won’t hear the end of it.”

Later in the interview, Mr. Obama said he gave advice to Paul to pass along to his teammate Blake Griffin “to just take that 12-, 15-footer when he gets it because he’s got a good stroke, but he always looks like he’s hesitating a little bit because he wants to go inside.”

According to Mr. Obama, Paul responded, “Man, I just told him that” and went on to pass on the president’s advice. Mr. Obama suggested Griffin had taken it. “I will point out that I think he’s been taking more outside jumpers,” he said. “That’s good.”

A Chicago Bulls fan, Mr. Obama predicted he’d have a chance to welcome the team to the Oval Office in the next five years - something that would require both that he win a second term and the Bulls win a championship relatively soon. He also said that he watches ESPN’s “Sportscenter” in the morning while working out - “I don’t watch network news or cable news” - and “every once in a while I’ll sneak in a ball game as I’m reading my briefings” at night. He added that he has NBA League Pass on his iPad.

Mark Cavendish overcame illness to sprint to victory.

Mark Cavendish sprints to victory in one-day race in Belgium TEAM Sky’s Mark Cavendish overcame illness to sprint to victory in the 195km Kuurne-BrusselsKuurne one-day race in Belgium on Sunday.

Britain’s world road race champion was perfectly delivered to within 250m of the line by teammate Chris Sutton before sprinting away from the field.

“When I got to the final corner, I knew we’d win,” said Cavendish who also won two stages in February’s Tour of Qatar.

“I was ill all day and kept

Premature to judge my comeback - Ian Thorpe FIVE-TIME Olympic champion Ian Thorpe said it was “premature” to judge his comeback despite disappointing results at the Italian Winter Championships.

Thorpe finished 16th overall in the 100m freestyle and 10th in his first 200m freestyle in almost six years.

The 29-year-old Australian also struggled at last month’s World Cup meets in Singapore, Beijing and Tokyo.

Speaking in Italy recently, he said: “It’s not a concern now.

Maybe later, but now it’s too premature.”

Thorpe retired in 2006 but announced earlier this year that he was returning, with London 2012 the target.

After finishing well off the pace at the World Cup short-course meets in November, Thorpe made his longcourse comeback in Italy over the weekend.

He finished in a time of 50.84 seconds in the 100m free and one minute, 51.51 seconds - seven seconds off his best time - in the 200m free. American star Ryan Lochte won the 200m in 1:44.44 at this year’s world championships in Shanghai.

“I’m in training at the moment,” Thorpe told The Australian newspaper. “I came here to take the opportunity to race, and to race against fast swimmers. I don’t look at where I come in the race.

“I look at the time, how fast it is.

I watch it, I critique my race after it but I have no control of what the others are doing.”

Thorpe, who won 11 world titles and set 13 individual world records during the first part of his career, is focused on qualifying for the Australian team at the national Olympic trials this month, and insisted competitive racing would

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vomiting,” the 26-year-old added.

“I talked to CJ [Sutton] after the climbs and I told him you should be prepared to sprint.

“With 50km left I still didn’t feel marvellous but just kept going and was being kept out of trouble all the time.

“They controlled it at the end to deliver me and with 250m to go I kicked and that was it.”

Sky riders controlled the race from the off with Juan Antonio Flecha and Mathew Hayman joining a breakaway group.

When that group was caught with around 60km remaining, another breakaway attempt was covered

by Bernhard Eisel as Sky worked tirelessly to keep Cavendish in with a shout of victory.

Alex Dowsett, Jeremy Hunt, Eisel, Flecha, Ian Stannard and Hayman then led out Cavendish in the closing stages with Sutton sitting behind and prepared to sprint if his leader could not.

“The team worked the whole day for me,” he said. “The break went, when we got it back, they started riding immediately and just stayed there to the finish. I’m so proud.”

A clearly delighted Cavendish then tweeted after the race: “First win in Europe this year. Absolutely buzzing. Team Sky controlled it like a video game. Looks like the train is on track. So proud.”

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In a sports-focused interview Wednesday with Grantland’s Bill Simmons, President Obama said he had “Linsanity” - that is, enthusiasm for New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin - before most of the rest of the country.

“I knew about Jeremy before you did, or everybody else did, because Arne Duncan, my Secretary of Education, was captain of the Harvard team,” said Mr. Obama. “And so way back when, Arne and I were playing and he said, ‘I’m telling you, we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.’ And then one of my best friends, his son is a freshman at Harvard, and so when he went for a recruiting trip he saw Lin in action.

So I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.”

Asked if he was taking credit for “Linsanity,” the president replied: “I can’t take credit for it, but I’m just saying I was there early.”

Mr. Obama also discussed his 49th birthday party during the interview, when he invited a number of National Basketball Association stars to the White House for a game.

He said he “did a little crossover” on Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul, saying he surprised the point guard with the move; “my crossover,” said

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Comprising of a three bedroom townhouse in phase 2 of the Flamingo Park Development. The property has access to the communal facilities at the development including a pool, gazebo, pergola lounge area, paved parking, landscaping, 4 tennis courts and boundary fencing/walls.

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Leeward Going Through, Providenciales. Comprising of a two bedroom townhouse at the Provo Golf Club with kitchen and dinning area, 2 full bathrooms. The property benefits from view of the first tee and comes with half price golf membership and access to a pool which is shared between 9 units.

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5. Parcel 60611/53

Norway and Five Cays, Providenciales. Comprising of 0.25 acres of an undeveloped inland lot. The property is elevated at its roadside frontage and the land slopes slightly in an easterly direction. Any development on the land can enjoy the view of a pond located south-east of the property.

Registered Proprietor: Carline Sylvestre

6. Parcel 60503/57

Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales. The subject property provides a range of residential buildings positioned on a prominent site fronting the Blue Hills coastal Road. There is a large single storey retail store in front to f the property. Altogether the property provides a total of 33 rooms; seven living rooms, one dining room, seven kitchen, seven full baths, one part, bedrooms and 1family room.

Registered Proprietor: James Calvin Williams

7. Parcel 60400/311

Chalk Sound, Providenciales. Comprising of a high-end detached residential home. The property provides three main bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, four living/dining areas on the ground floor. There is a pool and deck area to the rear and a carport to the front of the property.

Registered Proprietor: Patsy Lee Jennings.

8. Parcel 60900/194

Leeward Going Through, Providenciales. The subject 0.65 acres development is comprised of two buildings. There’s a main two- storey residence providing a three bedroom, two bathroom house and three rental units. The adjoining semi-detached structure provides three apartment units each comprising of bedroom, bathroom, open plan Kitchen/dining/living area.

Registered Proprietor: Usril Alexander Morris

9. Parcel 60900/123

Leeward Going Through, Providenciales. The subject property is comprised of a main residential development and a guest house. The main building provides 3 bedrooms, 2 full bath, living room and kitchen. There is a deck and hot tub in the garden at the rear of the property.

Registered Proprietor: Carmen Rochelle Brown

10. Parcel 60609/68

Norway and Five Cays, Providenciales. Comprising of a partially completed two storey residential development. The property provides the following completed works; foundations, water cistern under building, internal block walls, internal concrete stair 95% completed , plumbing rough-ins, electrical first fix, formwork and rebar to upper floor ring beam, superstructure walls, concrete slabs to balconies and upper floor slab.

Registered Proprietors: Sean Gerald Rodgers and Nyoshi Natasha Rodgers

11. Parcel 60503/83

Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales.

Comprising of a two-storey apartment building.

The lower floor provides 3 (three) apartments each consisting of one bedroom, bathroom and an open plan living/dining room.

The upper floor provides a 3 (three) bedroom apartment comprising of open plan Living/dining room, kitchen, Master bedroom (with ensuite and walk in closet) Two bedrooms, and external patio.

Registered Proprietor: Georgia Rosemarie Williams

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 9th day of March 2012.

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Terms and Conditions of Sale by Auction are available by request from Scotiabank Collections Manager (649) 946-4750.

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Chisora banned by World Boxing Council DERECK Chisora has been handed an indefinite ban by the World Boxing Council (WBC) after a postfight scuffle with David Haye in which he threatened to “shoot” his fellow British heavyweight.

Chisora also threatened to “burn” former WBA champion Haye after they traded blows in a press conference following this month’s defeat to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.

The 28-year-old slapped Klitschko at the weigh-in before their bout in Munich, and spat water in the face of Vitali’s brother Wladimir -- the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion -- in the moments leading up to the fight.

Chisora’s actions prompted the WBC to strip him of his ranking and forbid him to fight for one of its titles until he completes an anger management course.

WBC president Jose Sulaiman said Chisora’s conduct was some of the “worst behaviour ever by a professional boxer” and confirmed the body would also be fining him.

“Dereck Chisora is not going to tarnish the sport for those born in the humblest beds, who become sports heroes of the world to live a life of dignity and pride,” he said in a statement.

“Boxers are gentlemen and show to the world an example of honour and fair play when after a tremendous battle they go to the center of the ring

Yelena Isinbayeva improved on her previous indoor record. She also holds the outdoor record.

Isinbayeva breaks world indoor pole vault record Derek Chisora slaps WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko at the weigh-in ahead of their fight earlier this month.

to pay respect to each other.

“The WBC is imposing a serious fine to be finally determined after the hearing to be held under the supervision of our counsel representative attorney Stephen Beverly.

“The WBC will also take off from the WBC rankings the name of Dereck Chisora and declare an indefinite suspension against fighting again for a WBC title, while demanding Chisora to take an anger management medical treatment after which his suspension will be reconsidered.”

Both Klitschko brothers condemned Chisora’s conduct but

praised him for his valiant showing in the ring, when he took Vitali the full 12 rounds in Germany.

Chisora is also facing sanctions from the British Boxing Board of Control at a meeting in March. He was arrested by German police but released without charge after his scuffle with Haye.

Haye retired from the sport after losing to Wladimir in Germany last year but appeared at the press conference that followed Chisora’s defeat to challenge Vitali to a contest.

As Haye is officially still in retirement, the British Boxing Board of Control can’t bring sanctions against him. (CNN)

OLYMPIC champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world indoor record of 5.01m at the XL Galan meeting in Stockholm.

The 29-year-old Russian athlete, who holds the outdoor world record of 5.06m, improved on her previous mark of 5.00m, set in Donetsk in 2009.

Great Britain’s Holly Bleasdale was second with a vault of 4.72m, with Pan-American champion

Yarisley Silva in third with the same height.

Isinbayeva’s win comes ahead of March’s World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

After the result, Bleasdale wrote on her Twitter page: “So 4.72!

Another consistent height! But the most important thing is the old Holly is back and ready to roll to Istanbul!”

(BBC)

USA record historic first win against Italy THE UNITED States pulled off a historic first win over Italy with a 1-0 victory in their international friendly in Genoa.

Fulham striker Clint Dempsey’s 55th-minute goal was the difference between the two sides at the Luigi Ferraris stadium.

The Azzurri had numerous chances to equalise but were denied by some good goalkeeping from Everton’s Tim Howard.

The Americans, who had failed to beat Italy in their previous 10 attempts, claimed their fourth straight win under coach Jurgen Klinsmann, while Italy suffered their second straight loss after defeat against Uruguay in November.

Elsewhere, Roberto Soldado pushed his Euro 2012 claims with a hat-trick in Spain’s 5-0 win over 10man Venezuela.

In the absence of regular strikers David Villa and Fernando Torres the Valencia man shone, and could even afford to miss a 66th-minute penalty.

Andres Iniesta and David Silva had already fired Spain 2-0 ahead before Soldado took over in the

Clint Dempsey celebrates his goal for the USA

second half. Venezuela had Fernando Amorebieta sent off before Soldado missed his spot kick.

Lionel Messi struck a hat-trick to fire Argentina to a 3-1 win over Switzerland in Bern.

The Barcelona playmaker scored twice in the final five minutes to secure victory after Xherdan Shaqiri had cancelled out his 19th-minute

opener.

New Turkey boss Abdullah Avci’s first game in charge ended in a 2-1 defeat by Slovakia in Bursa.

Substitute Sebastian Larsson scored twice as Sweden beat Croatia 3-1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (13 pen) opened the scoring before a Jonas Olsson own goal (44) levelled matters.

Greece were held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Belgium and Austria were easy 3-1 winners at home to Finland.

World number 133 Luxembourg upset Macedonia 2-1, Malta beat fellow minnows Liechtenstein by the same scoreline while Stevan Jovetic’s second-half brace gave Montenegro a 2-1 win over Iceland.

Armenia thrashed Canada 3-1 and Georgia were 2-1 winners at home to Albania while there was a 1-1 draw between Bulgaria and Hungary.

Serbia’s trip to Cyprus ended 0-0 while Moldova-Belarus and LatviaKazakhstan were also goalless.

In Africa, Morocco beat Burkina Faso 2-0, South Africa and Senegal was goalless while Tunisia drew 1-1 with South Americans Peru. (BBC)

Arjen Robben led the Netherlands to victory.

Late Robben goal stuns England ARJEN Robben’s injury-time strike thwarted a late comeback as caretaker manager Stuart Pearce’s England suffered defeat against the Netherlands at Wembley.

England looked to have rescued a creditable draw in the first match since coach Fabio Capello’s resignation as goals from Gary Cahill and Ashley Young in the last five minutes drew them level after Robben and Klaas Jan Huntelaar put the Netherlands in charge early in the second half.

Robben, who illuminated Wembley with a magnificent solo effort to put the Dutch ahead, then had the final word with another quality finish that curled beyond England goalkeeper Joe Hart to give the visitors victory.

The goals deflated a Wembley crowd that had been looking for signs of encouragement as the postCapello era started with Pearce in charge and Tottenham’s Scott Parker taking the captain’s armband from the deposed John Terry. (BBC)

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Haile Gebrselassie missed his mark at the Tokyo Marathon and is still unsure if he would compete at this year’s Olympics.

Haile Gebrselassie Olympic hopes in doubt FORMER marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie has suffered a setback in his bid to qualify for London 2012.

The Ethiopian was fourth in the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday with a time of two hours, eight minutes and 17 seconds.

He was aiming to run under 2:05 to convince the selectors of his place.

“I felt fantastic for the first 30 kilometres but then I had some problems at the end of the race,” said the 38-year-old.

The race was won by Kenya’s Michael Kipyego in 2:07:37.

Despite the setback, Gebrselassie,

who has insisted he is not going to retire as he is desperate for a place at London 2012, said he would not give up on the Olympics.

“I could run another marathon in two weeks,” added the two-time Olympic and four-time 10,000 metres gold medallist.

The pressure is on Gebrselassie to break the 2:05 barrier after three Ethiopians ran under that time in Dubai last month.

Gebrselassie’s marathon world record of 2:03:59 was bettered in September by Kenyan Patrick Makau, who won the Berlin Marathon in 2:03:38. (BBC)

Kobe Bryant is the new All-Star scoring leader. ) Photograph by: Jeff Haynes , Getty Images)

Kobe Bryant breaks Michael Jordan’s scoring record

LOS Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant broke Michael Jordan’s record for most career points in the NBA all-star game on Sunday.

Bryant, a four-time all-star game MVP, moved from fourth place to first during the game, leapfrogging

Oscar Robertson and Kareem AbdulJabbar in the first half before passing Jordan in the third quarter.

The record-setting points came on a fastbreak dunk that took Bryant over Jordan’s 262 points.

(Edmontonjournal.com)

American golfer Tiger Woods won six major championships in six years with swing coach Hank Haney, left.

In the Navy? Tiger Woods’ ‘secret dream’ TIGER Woods has done it all in the world of golf. He has won 14 majors, topped the world rankings for a record 623 weeks in a row and enjoyed a lifestyle which the majority of people can only dream of.

But it seems that the world’s topearning sportsman once thought about giving it all up -- to join the Navy. According to a book written by the 36-year-old’s former coach Hank Haney, Woods seriously considered quitting golf to become a Navy SEAL. SEALs are the special operations arm of the U.S. Navy, so called because of their ability to operate in the sea, in the air or on land.

According to Haney, Woods became infatuated with the idea of joining the specialized force.

“Tiger was seriously considering becoming a Navy SEAL,” read an excerpt from Haney’s forthcoming book on the website of Golf Digest.

One of the magazine’s journalists helped write the book.

I didn’t know how he’d go about it, but when he talked about it, it was clear he had a plan,” Haney said.

“I thought, ‘Wow, here is Tiger Woods, greatest athlete on the planet, maybe the greatest athlete ever, right in the middle of his prime, basically ready to leave it all behind for a military life.’ “ The book is based on the six years Haney spent as Woods’ swing coach, which ended in May 2010 after the former world No. 1 dropped out of the first round of the The Players Championship with a neck injury.

Haney also revealed that in 2004 Woods went on a four-day special operations training course at Fort Bragg.

“Tiger did two tandem parachute

jumps, engaged in hand-to-hand combat exercises, went on fourmile runs wearing combat boots, and did drills in a wind tunnel. Tiger loved it, but his physical therapist, Keith Kleven, went a little crazy worrying about the further damage Tiger might be doing to his left knee,” he wrote.

“One morning I was in the kitchen when he came back from a long run around Isleworth, and I noticed he was wearing Army boots. Tiger admitted that he’d worn the heavy shoes before on the same route. ‘I beat my best time,’ he said.”

Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg rejected Haney’s claims as “armchair psychology.” He suggested Haney was twisting Woods’ admiration for his late father, who was in the U.S. Army special forces.

“Because of his father, it’s no secret that Tiger has always had high respect for the military,” Steinberg said in a statement to the Orlando Sentinel.

Haney also suggested Woods put pressure on himself to overhaul fellow American Jack Nicklaus’ record total of 18 wins in golf’s four major tournaments.

“He never mentioned Nicklaus’ record, but it started to weigh more heavily at every major,” read another excerpt from “The Big Miss.”

“And Tiger’s actions indicated he believed he had less time to do it than everyone thought.”

Woods has not won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open, and is rebuilding his career following the scandal about his extramarital affairs which led to his divorce in 2010.

Stylish France overcome Germany

FLORENT Malouda scored as England’s Euro 2012 Group D opponents France stunned Germany 2-1 in Bremen.

Olivier Giroud silenced the hosts in Werder Bremen’s Weserstadion before Chelsea’s Malouda doubled the lead.

Germany striker Cacau scored an injury-time consolation but France are now unbeaten in 18 matches.

Sweden and Ukraine , who also face England in the group stage at Euro 2012, secured wins against Croatia and Israel respectively.

Sunderland’s Sebastian Larsson scored twice as Sweden recorded an impressive 3-1 victory.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic also scored while Croatia found the net through an own goal from West Brom defender Jonas Olsson, his header sending the ball looping over goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson and into an empty net.

Co-hosts Ukraine continued their impressive build-up to the tournament with a 3-2 friendly win away to Israel.

(BBC)

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Popular F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello makes move to IndyCar Barrichello has reached a oneyear deal to race for KV Racing Technology and will make his debut at the season opener on March 25 in St. Petersburg, Fla. “I am thrilled, it is something very new to me,” Barrichello said. “I’m very competitive and I’m not doing this just for fun, but I’ll keep my feet on the ground in the beginning because I’ll be a rookie despite of all my previous racing experience.”

The Brazilian, 39, will participate in all 16 IndyCar races on the calendar, including the five on oval tracks. He previously had said there was a chance he would skip the oval circuits because of safety concerns and out of consideration for his family.

“I had always promised to my wife, Silvana, that I wouldn’t race on ovals,” Barrichello said. “But we talked a lot and in the end she said that she wouldn’t interfere if this was really what I wanted to do. I think my two sons were actually the ones who helped convince her.”

Initially, Barrichello thought about racing only at the Indy 500, but realized it wouldn’t make sense to skip the other races on ovals.

“I wouldn’t feel comfortable sitting at home and watching someone else driving my car,” Barrichello said.

Barrichello drove for Williams in F1 last season but lost his spot to countryman Bruno Senna, ending a 19-year career in the series.

KV Racing co-owners Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser were also at Thursday’s news conference to announce the deal, as were Barrichello’s new teammate and old friend, Tony Kanaan. E.J. Viso of Venezuela will be the team’s other

Dylan Ayer scored three goals and made an assist for the Gators.

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driver this season.

“We are kind of pinching ourselves, it’s a dream to be bringing Rubens to our team,” Vasser said.

“We raised our level when we brought Kanaan, and now with Rubens even more. The sky is the limit for our team.”

KV Racing also announced that Kanaan’s contract was extended for another two years. He had been signed by KV Racing just before last season on a one-year deal.

There had been widespread rumors of Barrichello moving to IndyCar since he tested twice for KV Racing earlier this year on an invitation from Kanaan. He drove well and had said his move to the series depended only on finding sponsors.

“This wasn’t expected at all at first,” he said. “But it kind of evolved after the first test and now I’m really happy to be starting this new phase in my life.”

The arrival of a well-recognized name in racing such as Barrichello

is welcomed by IndyCar, which is trying to revamp its image after ending last season on a low following the death of Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“The entire series will get a boost with Rubinho’s presence, it’s another great name added to our grid,” said three-time Indy winner Helio Castroneves, a fellow Brazilian. “He will be fighting for the title, and the championship will only gain from that.”

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard went to one of Barrichello’s test sessions to meet the Brazilian personally. He said Thursday it was an exciting day for the series “and a positive step to start” the year.

“There’s not a person in the world who knows racing that wouldn’t tell you that Rubens Barrichello is one of the greatest drivers of all time,” he said in a statement. “That will create great competition and expands our international platform. There will be millions of fans that will want to see what Barrichello can do.”

Panthers dominate Midget Division THE CARIB Gaming Panthers defeated the J&W Construction Flames and the Twa Marcelin Wolf Pirates in their first two clashes of the Provo Hockey League (PHL) Playoff games at the Graceway Sports Centre.

In the fourth game last Saturday the Panthers edged past the Flames 6-5. Five players were on the scoresheet with Christian Robinson leading the attack with two goals and two assists, while there were one goal each for Luke Ryan, Rajhan Munnings, Patrick Musgrove and Serena Delancy.

Kennon Higgs and Clayon Bennett scored twice while Quinn Higgs added the other goal for the Flames. Justin Hagan chipped in with an assist.

In another low scoring battle the Panthers got past the Pirates 5-4.

Robinson scored twice and made two assists as did Munnings, while there was a successful strike for Jeffrey Been and one assist for Musgrove.

Miguel Malcolm scored three

times for the Pirates while Gabriel Diotte-Joly added the other goal and two assists. Maya Saunders also made two assists while JJ Affleck added the other.

MINI DIVISION The Sailrock Lobsters lost their first two Playoff games in the MiniDivision. In the first clash it was the Gracebay Car Rentals and Sales Owls who recorded an 8-5 victory. Dylan Brubaker and Tristan Grandsire led the attack with three goals and one assist each. Noah Reid made three assists and one goal while Jayden Fuller also made a successful strike.

Joe Canham scored four goals while Joshua Saunders added the other for the losing side.

The second loss was to the hands of the Gansevoort Gators 2-6. Dylan Ayer (also one assist) and Carson Greatrex scored three goals each for the Gators; while Joe Canham and Jaden Robinson scored the two goals and Spencer Weldon made an assist.

Federer, Djokovic and Murray move to Dubai semifinals DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Novak Djokovic beat fellow

Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 7-6 (6) on Thursday to set up a Dubai

Earlier, Roger Federer and Murray advanced by winning in straight sets

Championships semifinal with Andy Murray.

The top-ranked Djokovic, gunning for his fourth straight title in Dubai, beat Murray in a five-setter en route to defending his Australian Open title.

Djokovic broke the ninth-ranked Topsarevic twice and closed out the first set when Tipsarevic returned long. Tipsarevic rallied in the second set, holding his serve throughout and taking a 4-1 lead in the tiebreaker.

Djokovic recovered to tie it at 4.

Tipsarevic squandered a set-point at 6-5 when he double-faulted, and Djokovic won the next two points.

Earlier, Roger Federer and Murray advanced by winning in straight sets.

Federer, aiming for his fifth Dubai title, defeated Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-4 for the 12th straight time. Murray advanced by edging Tomas Berdych

6-3, 7-5.

Behind a solid serve, Federer won again this week without losing a set.

“On my serve, I was doing many of the right things,” said Federer, who had five aces and won 80 percent of the points on his second serve. “It’s quick out there, so you got to be really focused.”

The 16-time Grand Slam champion will face either eighthseeded Juan Martin del Potro or fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals.

Murray broke early in the first set, and later saved four break points to advance.

“That’s one thing I’ve always been very comfortable with, closing matches out,” Murray said. “I played three great serves to bring it to 40Love and then missed a few first serves in a row and he went for some big shots. Then once you’re

back at deuce you’re thinking, ‘God, I’ve just blown three match points.’

So you kind of just want to try get through it if you can.”

Berdych had a chance to break to take the second set to a tiebreaker.

Murray delivered a serve that was initially called out but overturned on review. Umpire Mohammed Lahyani gave the point to Murray, leaving Berdych angry because he felt the point should have been replayed.

Lahyani argued that Berdych had already played his return into the net when the call came.

“When the point end up like this, actually this is something you don’t expect at all,” Berdych said. “You just trying to be focus on the game and go point by point, and then something like that came and you know you are right. What you can do?”

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WIV Provo Premier League:

Cheshire Hall FC still undefeated

CHESHIRE Hall stayed undefeated and moved into the lead of the WIV Provo Premier League with a 6-3 win over the AFC Academy last Saturday.

Samuel Narcius led the attack for the winners with four successful strikes.

The game began fairly even in the first ten minutes, but the balance of power soon shifted to the more composed Cheshire Hall outfit who were able to be more effective with their passing game. AFC Academy had a few injuries and other players were missing or late which didn’t help their cause, but Cheshire Hall were also more positive in attack with a number of players often willing to make good, incisive runs. The breakthrough came after ten minutes with some good work from Narcius who broke down the left flank after springing the offside trap; the same player then scored two more goals, one a great shot into the corner, to make it 3-0 after 35 minutes. Lowins Saint Jean pulled one back for the Academy just before half-time.

In the second half, the Academy brought on a couple of substitutes,

in particular Fred Dorvil which gave them more purpose up front and this was evidenced by a great selfmade goal by Dorvil who ran at the Cheshire Hall’s defence and despite some close attention from two or three defenders, made good use of his power and pace to fend them off and managed to slot the ball into the keeper’s right hand corner. A second goal came out of another attack when there was a handball in the box and Dorvil duly converted the penalty.

The brief comeback by Academy wasn’t enough though and Cheshire Hall re-asserted themselves towards the end to take the three points fairly comfortably.

The undefeated side now sits on top of the scoring table with 10 points in four games (three wins and a draw), another undefeated side the SWA Sharks are just behind with seven points in three games (two wins and one draw), while the AFC Academy have four points in four games (one win and one draw), the HAB FC have three points in four games (one win) and the Pedagogue FC, yet to win a game, are on one point (one draw).

Charlie’s Corner

Charlie McKnight is still hoping to become England’s new manager and skipper.

School soccer at its best

Hi fans! I write this as I am waiting to hear if I am the new England manager and captain.

Harry Redknapp is also waiting!

Last weekend was great for all TCI sports and movie fans. First we had a cracker of a match on Saturday morning at the TCIFA soccer pitch when my team went down 4-7 in a fantastic match.

There was plenty of excitement and great goals. My pal Jamie Gray scored from a free kick, He hit straight over the wall and into the net for the last goal of the game. Earlier after scoring a penalty I belted in a 25 yarder and my school pal Zarek Swann hit one goal then made a great save at the other end to add to all the excitement.

On Sunday night I watched the Oscars. A film called The Artist won a lot of Oscars which is weird

as the film was not about a painter at all. “Well that’s Hollywood” as my Uncle Ike would say. A lady called Meryl Streep won best actress for playing an iron lady.

Now I have seen the Wizard of Oz where there was a tin man and a scarecrow but I have never seen an iron lady!

At the moment my school is practicing for the inter island schools soccer competition.

This is me in my school kit. I like playing for my school. My school pals try really hard. We may not win the competition but we will try hard. School is like that. Sometimes you can put all your effort into a subject like French and still not come out on top. On the other hand you should always expect the unexpected. So maybe my school might win after all!

The U-13 female players in action.

Over 200 players compete in TCIFA Schools’ opener THE FIRST day of the TCIFA School’s competition got off to an exciting and dramatic start as 20 teams competed in the U-11 Boys’ and U-13 Girls’ categories. Over 200 players were given a chance to compete against their closest rivals to fight for bragging rights in Providenciales.

The U-11 Boys’ group saw 12 teams compete in four groups with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. Top seeded schools: Provo Primary, Enid Capron “A” and Ianthe Pratt “A” all won their groups comfortably but Oseta Jolly “A” had to settle for second place as they fell surprisingly (2-1) to Ianthe Pratt “B”, whose team consisted of eight and nine year olds who were only playing to gain experience for years to come.

The quarter finals were dramatic affairs with two of them finishing with penalty shoot-outs. Enid Capron booked their place in Friday’s semifinals with a 4-0 victory over Provo Christian, who got through to this stage with a 5-2 victory against Wesley Methodist. Oseta Jolly “A” defeated Ianthe Pratt “A” 2-0 courtesy of two goals by Timothy Gill to make up for their earlier shock defeat.

In a recent friendly game Provo Primary had defeated Ashcroft 8-2 but this was not to be repeated in their quarter-final encounter. Provo Primary took the lead through Livingston Fedinand, but a late equaliser from Sebastian Turbyfield forced the game into extra time.

A winning goal eluded both teams who then had to face the daunting prospect of a penalty shootout. With the scores levelled and after Ashcroft had missed their crucial third penalty, Martijn Heally

stepped up and coolly slotted home to give Provo Primary the edge in what had been a memorable game.

The last quarter final of the day saw Ianthe Pratt’s and Enid Capron’s “B” teams face off against each other.

The game ended in a 2-2 stalemate with goals coming from Darren Poirret (2) for Enid Capron and the McGregor twins (Jordan and Joshua) scoring for Ianthe Pratt. The penalty shootout was an intense and dramatic affair as both teams were level after seven shots each.

However Darren Delancy placed his shot into the bottom corner and Enid Capron missed to ensure that all three government primary schools are represented in the semi-finals.

The U-13 Girls division perhaps witnessed a changing of the guard as last year’s champions Enid Capron were eliminated in the semi-finals (4-0) by Wesley Methodist who will be playing in their first school final.

Their opponents will be the British West Indies Collegiate who edged past Clement Howell in a semi-final penalty shootout.

In the group stages Wesley Methodist showed their credentials as pre-tournament favourites as the De la Cruz sisters (Yarileny and Yarileke) dominated proceedings.

However, fellow Center of Excellence members Sanardia Forbes and Crystal Stirling proved that the final should be a close run affair.

Trailing 2-0 to Clement Howell with goals courtesy of Shinaydine Pluviose and Waldine Pierre the Collegiate players had to dig deep to force a comeback. Forbes gave her team a lifeline with a well taken goal before Stirling scored the goal of the day as she blasted a long range effort

into the top left hand corner of the goal.

Both players scored in the resulting shootout to book their team a place in the final against Wesley Methodist.

Technical Director Matthew Green was very pleased with the tournament so far. “Today was a great advert for youth sports in this country. We had over 200 kids competing in two age groups and we have more to come with the Under-11-Girls and Under-13 Boys.

“Huge crowds turned up to watch the games and support the young players in action.It was great to see so many parents come out and support their children, hopefully this will attract more players to our youth programmes and leagues.”

Green added: “There are a lot of talented players in our country and events like this give them a chance to compete against other schools which can create a healthy rivalry.

Kids love to play games and compete so they need to be encouraged to do so by their families and teachers. Sports can play a huge part in the development of a child as they learn skills and qualities that will help them as they grow older, things that cannot always be taught in a regular classroom environment - team work, dedication, discipline, respect”.

Green said he was excited about the rest of the week’s activities. “The tournament has been great so far and I am looking forward to the other group games and finals.

The competition is fierce and every child is playing their heart out, but the most important thing is that everyone is having fun whether they win or lose”.

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South Caicos Harbour Boys finished as the number one regular season team.

PABA Night League:

South Caicos beat Flyers to take top regular season spot SOUTH Caicos finished the regular season as the number one team in the Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) Night League after defeating the Flyers in a battle for the top spot.

Both teams will however sit out the next round and wait on their opponents for the best-in-five semifinals. The number three to six seeded teams (only the top six teams will make it into the playoff round) will know their faith this weekend in the last few games of the regular season.

South Caicos finished 16 and 1 with the Flyers at 15 and 2, the Predators at 12 and 5, the Lions and the Knights at 11 and 5, Customs at 7 and 10 and Police at 6 and 11.

This weekend the Knights will play the Lions, Customs will battle Police and South Caicos will take on

the Predators. The Lions will then play the Flyers, only if that game is necessary.

In the much anticipated clash between the two top teams in the league last Saturday night it was the South Caicos side that set the bar for the battle with good execution on their scoring opportunities to finish the game 75-58. Jonathon Paul scored 18 points, grabbed five rebounds and made three assists.

Anthony Cash led the Flyers’ attack with 17 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals.

The Flyers warmed up for their clash with a 66-56 victory over the Predators last Friday night. Cash scored 17 points, made six assists and grabbed five steals, while Michael Taylor had an equal amount of points, seven rebounds and five steals for the Predators.

Cameron Henry’s amazing scoring fell just short for the Steelers in their narrow lost to the Lions in the opener on Friday night.

Henry scored 42 points, made four assists and nabbed four steals in the 69-67 point loss. Kino Williams led the Lions’ attack with 19 points and two assists. The Knights then defeated the Police by 30 points 77-44. Andujar Gardiner scored 14 points and made two steals for the Knights while Delano Smith led the lawmen with 11 points and three assists.

The Steelers bounced back from their two-point defeat to stop the Cobras 57-48. Henry once again led the attack with 24 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Gino Agenor was close to a triple double after scoring 20 points to go with eight rebounds and eight assists.

Delano Williams beats IAAF World Youth 100m champion, Odail Todd in the 200M sprint.

Williams promises faster times at Champs – Was not impressed with 100M start DELANO Williams, TCI’s official sprint King, feels he can run faster than his record breaking time at last weekend’s Milo Western Athletic Championships, where he broke two national TCI records.

The timing of 10.34s in the 100M and 20.53s in the 200M are now etched as the island chain’s current records in the sprint events.

Speaking from his Jamaican school, Munro College, the 18-year-old said the 100M, which was a meet record, was not his best according to his feelings on the track. “It wasn’t my best 100M. I did not get the best start as usual, but I’m working on it at the moment.”

Williams passed his 200M record (20.73s), which he achieved at last year’s Western Champs, while he broke Rodney Cox’s 100M record of

10.45s which was accomplished in Guatemala in 1990.

BETTER TIMINGS The Sixth former is hoping to better his timings in both events at Jamaica’s premier junior track meet, the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Championships.

“Hopefully I can better my times in the two events. I’m currently working on some speed techniques now, so going into the Boys’ and Girls’ Championships in four weeks I should be at my best or getting there as time progresses.”

With victories over the IAAF World Youth 100m champion, Odail Todd, in both events, the teenage TC Islander would be the favourite in both the 100 and 200 metres events.

Provo Hockey League:

Hurricanes start Playoffs with double win THE Saunders and Co. Hurricanes started the Playoff stage of the Provo Hockey League with wins against the Coco Bistro Lightning and the Gracebay Ltd Sharks, their two competitors, in the Bantam Division.

Ferdinand led the attack for the side as he scored five times and made three assists in the games.

Against the Lightning he made two goals and two assists, but it proved a team

effort in both games as Liam Delancy (also one assist) and Sebastian Turbyfield added two each and Sean Karam, Anna Holland and Benjamin Saunders chipped in with a single successful strike. Miles Hanchell also had two assists in the 8-6 win. For the Lightning Javed Shearer (also one assist) and Jack Small finished with two goals each, while Javiera Bovell (two assists) and Ricaldo Valcin added one and Jaimie Gray an assist.

The Hurricanes eased to a 7-2 win against the Sharks after Ferdinand had three successful strikes and one assist.

Bradley Ayer added two goals and Turbyfield (also one assist) and Liam Delancy added one each. Benjamin Saunders was in passing mode as he fired in three assists.

Kyle Cox was successful for the Sharks with two goals. Amory Chesterson chipped in with an assist.

Livingston Ferdinand scored five goals and three assists for the Saunders and Co. Hurricanes.

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