Turks and Caicos Weekly News- Issue 29

Weekly News Volume 25 | No. 29 | July 23 - 29, 2011

Price $1.00

Turks and Caicos

FOR ADVERTISING CONTACT:

tcnews@tciway.tc

inside



the national newspaper of the turks and caicos islands

Chalk Sound land owners demand action

Ravaged road wreaking havoc IT’S long plagued residents forced to use it but now pothole-ridden Millennium Highway is said to be having a crippling effect on local businesses too.

LAND owners at the centre of the Chalk Sound debacle have taken their crusade to be allowed to keep their homes ...

PAGE 

ON THE WEB tcweeklynews.com

7

PAGE  4

Getting juiced

– An investigation into synthetic marijuana

A NEW dangerous and lifethreatening trend is spreading like wildfire among teens ... PAGE  13

Barmaid shot and

killed at work

– after being shot, still manages to telephone friend for help

A YOUNG barmaid was murdered in front of her horrified co-worker shortly before 10pm on Wednesday night following a robbery at her Blue Hills work place.

PAGE  5

Tax dodgers told ‘pay up’ TAX defaulters are being warned to pay up – or face the consequences.

PAGE 

4

2

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

3

4

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

NATIONAL

Tax dodgers told ‘pay up’

By Gemma Handy TAX defaulters are being warned to pay up – or face the consequences.

That’s the no-nonsense message in the second financial statement issued this month by Permanent Secretary Delton Jones.

First under scrutiny are resorts and restaurants who dodge accommodation tax, a vital source of revenue for the cash-strapped Government.

A detailed analysis of the payments they make is now in full swing with action poised to be taken against those who fail to cough up in full or on time.

“We are also working with the police to ensure that all businesses are displaying an up to date business licence, and taking follow up action where necessary,” Mr Jones said.

The recent release of the two statements follows widespread calls for greater transparency regarding the country’s finances. They are a precursor to the first quarterly report since the budget, due early next month.

Mr Jones goes on to discuss the forthcoming value added tax (VAT) which he says has proved successful in other parts of the region.

“In many instances the revenues raised by VAT have been much better than expected.”

He said the new tax, being introduced in April 2013, would provide a “stable source of revenue” and promote competition and economic growth by imposing a single flat rate on most goods and services.

A series of short-term levies was outlined in April’s budget to boost coffers over the next two years.

They include a water consumption tax, business licence hikes, increased fuel tax, and a customs processing fee, among others.

Plans for a toll on power bills was ditched amid public uproar.

“We are continuing to develop and discuss other proposed changes, including a carbon tax on the electricity suppliers and changes to the system of work permit fees,” Mr Jones said.

“We believe the package of measures included in the 2011/12 budget will look after the long-term interests of the economy and balance the competing needs of families, consumers, employees, different business sectors and the public sector.”

Crippling government debt racked up under the former administration

has notoriously had the country in an economic stranglehold.

“Arrears were made worse by the Government’s inability to pay local businesses on time, leading to a vicious circle of non-payment of taxes and an inability to enforce debts due to Government,” Mr Jones continued.

“We are now paying our bills as they fall due, thanks to the UKbacked financing package, and we will use the opportunity this provides to ensure that all monies due to Government are paid on time and in full.”

The Permanent Secretary said next month’s report would show the

“progress” being made to restore the Islands’ finances.

He said the creation of a “more efficient and fairer” tax system played a crucial role.

“It will also help us to build reserves to let us repay TCIG’s high level of debt, invest in the future and cope with the shocks to which all small economies are vulnerable.”

Mr Jones added: “The Government’s approach is designed to minimise any unnecessary burden on citizens and businesses and make the revenue system fairer.

“This work is essential to build a prosperous and vibrant future for

Delton Jones said firms which fail to keep up with business licence renewals were next to be targeted.

the Turks and Caicos Islands so that it can thrive and fulfill its strong potential as a place to live, work, visit and conduct business.”

Ravaged road wreaking havoc Business owners urge action on Millennium Highway

By Gemma Handy IT’S long plagued residents forced to use it but now pothole-ridden Millennium Highway is said to be having a crippling effect on local businesses too.

Drivers who regularly traverse the road – the main artery to arguably the most densely populated area of Provo – are all too familiar with the vast craters which line one long stretch.

Recent bad weather has made some sections almost impassable with vehicles swerving from side to side to avoid the largest holes.

Fed-up business owners who claim it is severely damaging their livelihoods are demanding the Government take action.

Mike Hryniuk, manager of North West Point resort, says it is deterring repeat visitors from returning to the

Published by Turks & Caicos News Company Ltd. Cheshire House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales P.O. Box 52, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI W. Blythe Duncanson – Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Gemma Handy – Associate Editor Faizool Deo – Sports Samantha Dash – Court Cord Garrido-Lowe – Graphics/Production Editor Dilletha Lightbourne-Williams – Office Manager Email: (Advertising) tcnews@tciway.tc, (News) tcweeklynews@yahoo.com, (Talk Back) tcweeklynews@gmail.com Tel. 649-946-4664 (office), 649-232-3508 (after hours) Website address: www.tcweeklynews.com

Resort manager Mike Hryniuk is lobbying the TCI and UK Governments for action on repairing Millennium Highway.

hotel to which the ravaged road is the only access.

“At least 80 per cent of my guests comment about the state of the highway,” he told the Weekly News.

“People are very concerned about driving down there, especially at night or when it’s raining and they can’t see pedestrians properly.

“I have personally witnessed numerous near misses especially with school kids who walk along the side.”

Mr Hryniuk said negative publicity about access to his resort had even made it onto Trip Advisor and other internet forums.

“We maintain the dirt road to the resort so it’s always in quite good shape but we can’t do anything about the highway.

“It’s so bad it’s keeping people from coming back to stay with us.

They don’t want to go back and forth on that road, it’s too dangerous.

“It’s a really big concern for us, I have definitely noticed an effect on bookings.”

Mr Hryniuk continued that he had lost a number of significant contracts with airlines and other organisations

due to the state of the road.

“They are sending their staff to other resorts instead which are just as far out but much easier to drive to.”

He said he was writing to both TCI and UK government officials outlining his concerns and pushing for action.

Mr Hryniuk added: “I have been out there for four and a half years now and that road just gets worse and worse and worse.”

Todd Foss, of Grace Bay Car Rentals which has a contract with North West Point resort, said the highway was having a disastrous effect on his vehicles.

“We spend a lot of time and money assisting tourists with blown tyres and accidents, which is not a positive experience for them and an expensive endeavour for our company.”

Mr Foss said the company used to fork out to pay for potholes to be filled out of corporate goodwill.

“However there simply became too many areas needing repair and we just could not keep up with the need.

“Millennium Highway is an important route for many local residents and tourists alike. It

deserves to be brought back to a safe and reasonable condition,” he added.

Arthur Robinson, of Petro Plus gas station situated in one of the worst affected sections of the road, said he had received several complaints from fuel companies threatening to charge extra for the gas they supply due to the state of the highway.

“It’s becoming difficult to get fuel trucks to come out because the road is so bad; it’s taken a toll on their company vehicles,” he said.

Mr Robinson added: “A lot of residents who come into the gas station complain about the state of the road too.”

In December the Government said it was “aware” of the problems and had named fixing the road as the “highest priority”.

A spokesman told the Weekly News that the increase in traffic and heavy rains at the time had resulted in a considerable amount of damage to the road’s surface.

“This is exacerbated by the increase in development along the highway, much of which does not include adequate provision for drainage.”

He added that resurfacing was due to commence in mid-2011 and urged drivers to take care in the meantime.

Requests this week for an update went unanswered up to press time.

Some parts of the road are impassable, causing cars to swerve side to side.

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

5

NATIONAL

Barmaid shot and killed at work – after being shot, still manages to telephone friend for help

By Samantha Dash-Rigby

A YOUNG barmaid was murdered in front of her horrified co-worker shortly before 10pm on Wednesday night following a robbery at her Blue Hills work place.

Dominican national Santa Suarez Ramirez, 29, became TCI’s first murder victim of the year after unknown assailants shot and killed her at the Sailing Paradise Bar & Restaurant on.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ramirez was shot in the head after refusing to comply with the robber(s) demands.

The co-worker is still in shock.

A female source close to the dead woman said that after she was shot, Ramirez managed to telephone her asking for help.

The woman rushed to her friend’s aid but police ranks, who had already arrived, denied her entrance for fear of crime scene contamination.

She tried repeatedly to call Ramirez but got no answer. Ramirez was declared dead at the scene.

The woman said that the robber did not enter the restaurant with the gun in plain sight and she believes that is why her friend is dead.

Instead, he empty-handedly demanded the cash and after Ramirez refused to hand over the money, he whipped out a gun and shot her at point blank range.

If Ramirez had seen the gun beforehand, she would have handed over the money, the grieving woman believes.

As word of Ramirez’s shooting spread throughout Providenciales, hundreds of people converged on the scene.

Amidst the sea of curious onlookers, loud wailing echoed into the night as other Dominicans openly grieved the loss of their “good friend”.

“My only friend in Provo,” one woman repeatedly lamented.

Another worked herself up into a frenzy, ducked beneath the crime scene yellow tape, evaded several officers and sprinted towards the place where her friend lay.

Police ranks eventually caught up with her and she collapsed into their hands.

She was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

“Oh God. Why, why,” was the heart wrenching pleas of another.

“Aye Santa. Me see you no more,

it’s big. Wow. Why, why.”

Police cordoned off the crime scene and had a hard time restraining the people who were intent on seeing the body of their friend.

While police are currently looking for suspects and witnesses, they are asking people to come forward who know anything about the crime.

Deputy Police Commissioner Brad Sullivan declined to divulge much about the circumstances surrounding the shooting and explained that too much information on the streets could hinder the investigations.

He further explained that that would help persons coming forward with information to say what they saw and not what they may have read or heard rumoured.

The police who have pledged to do everything in their power to bring this to a successful conclusion denounced the “senseless act”.

“It should not have happened,” Deputy Sullivan said.

“It’s not acceptable in this society and we are appealing to the public to step forward with any information.”

He expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and disclosed that the force will be stepping up

Santa Ramirez was a great person, everyone loved her, said friends.

police presence in Blue Hills and other areas.

He declined to say how many times Ramirez was shot but confirmed that it was a robbery gone bad and not a targeted killing, as was rumoured.

Friends gathered at Ramirez’s home said that Wednesday was her day off but she was called into work because there were many customers.

She left for work around 7am in a

very gay mood and was supposed to leave at 10pm.

The robber(s) took none of the cash that was in her pocket or her cell phone only $500 that was in the cash till.

The dead woman was described as a very nice person.

“She was everybody’s friend,” one friend stated and burst into tears.

Ramirez, who lived in the TCI for five years, had a sister diagnosed with cancer in the DR and regularly sent money to pay for the chemotherapy.

The police are following a number of leads and up to press time, no one was arrested and charged for the crime.

Ramirez leaves to mourn her parents and siblings in the DR. Manager of Sailing Paradise Robin Foglia has set up a bank account to raise funds to send Ramirez’s body back to the DR for burial.

For more information on this contact 941-7331.

Anyone with information on this tragic incident should call police on 941-3327, 946-4259 or 911.

Or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-TIPS (8477), www.crimestoppers.com or befriend Crime Stoppers Turks & Caicos on Facebook.

Final constitution published

By Gemma Handy

IT’S taken over a year of tough debate – marked by a number of angry protests and fiery scenes – but this week, TCI’s new constitution was finally published in its definitive format.

The Order in Council outlining the supreme laws of the land was laid before the British Parliament hours before being made publicly available on Wednesday.

Governor Gordon Wetherell declared it a “substantive achievement” of the first milestone on the road back to elected rule.

“The preparation of the new constitution was a considerable undertaking,” he said.

“It took over a year of widespread public consultations in which many Turks and Caicos Islanders took part and its finalisation followed the visit

to the UK by the TCI delegation last month.

“While consensus on all the provisions was not possible, there was substantial agreement on the important issues.”

Mr Wetherell – who leaves the Islands for good next month – said he believed the end result was a “robust” constitution for the TCI. He added that Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham remained “confident” that the country could meet the remaining milestones in time to set a date for elections next year.

The new constitution is likely to be effected by incoming Governor Damian ‘Ric’ Todd, set to take up the mantle in September. This will be done when London deems conditions for setting elections have been met.

The other milestones, as outlined in December, include introducing

Governor Wetherell said he believed the end result was a “robust” constitution for the TCI.

new ordinances to regulate political parties, better manage public finances, and boost integrity in public life.

Also, that public finances are

stable and on track to a fiscal surplus

by April 2013; establishing a clear path to Belongership; “significant progress” with civil and criminal investigations; civil service reform; and implementing a new Crown land policy.

Last month’s crunch constitution talks in London between British Ministers and the seven-strong local delegation were largely reported to be successful.

The TCI team may not have struck a deal on all counts but the discussions saw a number of significant amendments on some contentious issues including the powers of the Governor and the electoral system.

There was some welcome compromise on the level of authority afforded to the Governor who will have to consult the Secretary of State before exercising many of his

reserve powers.

Proposals to alter the voting system from the traditional ‘first past the post’ to a more complex mixed member proportional setup had also prompted strong debate.

London backed down amid claims of hypocrisy following the recent UK referendum which overwhelmingly backed maintaining ‘first past the post’ in Britain.

Pastor Bradley Handfield was delighted that the UK accepted his suggestion of a religious preamble to cement the TCI’s status as a Christian nation.

The document also specifies the Deputy Governor must be a Turks & Caicos Islander.

Visit http://www.legislation.gov. uk/uksi/2011/1681/made to read the new constitution in its entirety.

6

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

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

Lip service to transparency?

TENSIONS ran high last week amid repeated requests from media for disclosure of details of the Shore Club settlement agreement.

The Government struck a deal with developers the Hartling Group to ensure the project – which will create 250 jobs – could go forward.

But the Governor has repeatedly refused to give details of the deal or accompanying figures, saying it could not have gone ahead without TCIG signing a confidentiality clause with the company.

Does the economic and employment boost the development will provide outweigh the need for public disclosure here?

We asked readers – do you think the interim Government is transparent enough?

Set the record straight “Very disturbing. Secret deals with developers

characterised the former Government. For the interim Government, which was to be a model of transparency, to enter into a confidential settlement with a developer who may have acquired property through questionable means, seems hypocritical.

“If there was no wrongdoing, there is no reason for the details to be withheld. If there was, there should be a public accounting so the people of the country can be assured that they have been justly compensated.

“Jobs are important but openness and governmental credibility are more important at this juncture.

“The clear inference here is that the Government held its nose and traded clemency, or questionable special concessions, for jobs.

“If that isn’t true, both the Government and the developer should be anxious to set the record straight.”

Who has them silenced?

“One of the principle promises of the interim

Government was transparency. This Government was brought in to replace one which hid just about everything except their highly questionable lifestyles.

“Governor Wetherell started out by signing the now notorious health care contract but would not let anyone see it. Who in London told him to sign it and hide it ?

“No audit for the hospital building contract.

No audit for the TCI Bank failure when 4,000 TCI families lost their savings!

“No audit of the National Insurance Board when millions of workers’ dollars were lost by the bank. No investigation into the failures of the Financial Services Commission to prevent these abuses.

“Almost no word from the SIPT; we don't expect the details but tell us something other than ‘Helen is working hard’. No investigation into the PPC rates. No audit for Provo Stevedoring.

“The Shore Club secret deal smells bad. We have a highly suspicious deal cooked up by a Government which had to be removed for alleged secret abuses. Now this revised deal is secret.

“It seems this Governor is determined to bring some development to the TCI no matter what.

“Where is the Integrity Commission? Who has them silenced? It looks like we have replaced one secret Government with another.

“What could be hiding in any of these deals and missing audits? Just because a Government announces tenders pending, it is not enough. Tell us the ‘whys’ behind the bid awards.

“When the people’s land, the people’s money,

the people’s tax dollars and the people’s ecology is at stake, there needs to be an open book or forget it.

“What secret deal made since 2003 has worked out? Not Interhealth, not TCI Bank, not Middle Caicos, not Nikki Beach, Royal Reef, St Charles resort, Dellis Cay, Salt Cay or South Caicos. So why now?”

Why should Governor care?

“The Governor couldn’t care less what the people are saying because he is gone soon.

“When the new Governor comes he will tell the people that he was not present at the meetings and can't comment on what took place and for what reason.”

Prejudice or racism?

“Examples of Beaches, West Caicos, Wymara and this list is long of resorts, supplying, purporting to hire natives and the record is that they instinctively seek agreements to bring in non-residents.

“One may conclude that the job market is not the most welcoming place for Turks & Caicos Islanders, who used to be Belongers, and in the history of these Islands they will simply be ‘used to be’.

“So the economic boost of 250 jobs would be great if at least half of those jobs go to Turks & Caicos Islanders so that TCIs will not end up as ‘used to bes’.

“One is also worried that with the SIPT and the asset recovery people going after Richardson Arthur, a native of Middle Caicos, and Clyde Robinson, a native of Grand Turk, that the Hartling Group is getting off scot free. Is this prejudice or racism?

“One cannot call the now Governor racist because his record of preferring TCI Belongers to non-Belongers is far better than under the former PNP Government.

“Yes the former PNP Government actively participated in racism against their own people and actively overruled the Immigration Board so nonBelongers could get jobs over their own people.

“While it’s ironic, this situation begs the question that something wrong or preferential is being done here.

“The real issue here is whether the promise of 250 jobs by the Shore Club will go to Belongers or whether they will seek to bring in foreign labour before trying to recruit locally.

“I am not concerned about the agreement being ‘secret’ because all Governments in the world prefer to function behind closed doors.

“What is concerning here is, how come the TCIs are being prosecuted? Why are Clyde and Ritchie the ones to be sued for the monies?

“How could there be an agreement with the Hartling Group when they may have been involved in these transactions as well? This cannot make sense. It is wrong, wrong and very wrong.

“Will Turks & Caicos Islanders sit down on this and take the jobs and be quiet in the hope that they will get jobs? Will there be demonstrations, will the airport be closed?”

North Korea comparison “The interim administration is certainly not transparent enough. There is a constant battle to get any specifics on many things as a member of the media.

“I find this administration hypocritical and, despite their churning out of a considerable number of press releases daily, there is a complete disregard for what we really want and need to know.

“This administration is actually far worse than the previous Government when it comes to getting details.

“It is amazing to have to expose the level of dodging I personally encounter with the Government. God forbid if you send a list of questions, you are told that it’s too many, to prioritise with three.

“In a time and a nation where challenges number far more than three issues on any given day, it is in my view absurd to place such restrictions on media curiosity and/or diligence.

“Recently, when I did get a response to one of my three questions, I got the same press release which is so general in its content that it makes the UK financial advisor seem to say, ‘and that's all you're ever going to get’.

“Wow. Turks and Caicos has to repay this bail out loan, yet a breakdown on who is being paid what so that as a nation we are able to see exactly where these funds are going is denied time and time again.

“Could these astute advisors do this at home?

Skirt issues? Deny distribution of pertinent facts? Constantly blame the past governments?

Enter into secret deals? Limit media as we aim to do our jobs and establish accountability? Bar cameras from the court house?

“Certainly not. The interim administration needs to rethink its approach, and this is not just my opinion. There is a general frustration; I've even seen Governor Wetherell's Government likened to North Korea.

“The fact is this, UK direct rule changed things forever. It is a new day in the Turks and Caicos where media has now even constitutionally being given more power to delve deeper.

“However, we do not want to wait to be able to conduct ourselves professionally by giving the masses meaningful stories; we expect transparency now.

“By the way; I'm still waiting on answers to my other two questions.”

Why the secrecy?

“I wonder why there is a non-disclosure deal.

What do the developers and the Government have to hide? Either it's a straight deal, or it's not.

“I thought that the Shore Club deal was under investigation because the head of planning was somehow involved in the land acquisition. If that's been resolved, why the secrecy?

“Regardless of all the above, five five-storey buildings on beautiful Long Bay beach is a shame. But Grace Bay is sold out so now they have to start on Long Bay. “Yes it's jobs for now. But when it's done it will create noise pollution, water pollution, light pollution and more immigration allowances to staff it.

“I think it's way too big for that quiet, once pristine beach. It's a shame but, I suppose, inevitable.”

Total madness

“Public disclosure is the first and foremost thing that the Governor must address. The reason he is running the country right now is due to

a complete lack of public disclosure by the previous Government and the FCO! “To continue that tradition now is beyond stupidity, it is total madness! Enough!”

Press freedom vital

“This is still our country and we need to know exactly what is going on. The wool has been pulled over our eyes before and now we see where it has led us.

“We need to know and we should continue to request and badger then until they let us know the details of the Shore Club agreement.

“The Bahamas had projects during the previous administration. The current administration, under the leadership of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, has informed the Bahamian people of the progress of the Baha Mar project, even when the developers were not sure that they would qualify to borrow the money.

“Doesn't Governor Wetherell see what is being discussed in the British House this week?

Please give the press fair and accurate freedom to inform the citizenry.

“We also need to know what capacity the citizens will be hired into; maids, janitors etc.

Governor Wetherell, we need to know!”

Give it a rest

“When the TCI people needed to ask for transparency everybody had no need or did not care! TCI got robbed out of billions! Then it was Belongers who had a record for being corrupt!

“Now you have a Government that has a reputation for not being corrupt, my people now want disclosure!

“Just give it a rest folks; the British have much better checks and balances.

“When you had your moral right to demand openness, all of you basically went to sleep!”

Duty to the people

“This is the exact reason why the PDM had freedom of information in its 2007 platform, proposed it again during the 2010 All Party Constitutional review and supported its provisions in the draft constitution.

“Leaders of any Government (elected or installed) must recognise that they operate with the consent and on behalf of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“Once that principle is clearly understood then there should be nothing that is withheld from the people of the country. You must, after all, recognise that you work for the people.”

Same old stuff

“Corruption by another colour still smells stink; why are we putting up with this?”

Breeds corruption

“No, the Government should not be able to do secret deals for real estate development. It just breeds more corruption.”

 Become a contributor Want to become a contributor or have a suggestion for a Talk Back topic for us? What questions do you think we should be putting to the public? And what are your thoughts on it?

Call our news team on 946 4664 or email tcweeklynews@gmail.com

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

7

NATIONAL

Chalk Sound land owners demand action

By Gemma Handy LAND owners at the centre of the Chalk Sound debacle have taken their crusade to be allowed to keep their homes to British Minister Henry Bellingham.

Many Islanders who spent life savings on their dream houses had building permits revoked last year after it emerged that the land they occupied fell within national park boundaries.

Almost 100 people and firms were granted land in Chalk Sound by the former Government for residential and commercial use – illegal in protected areas.

The ousted administration had planned to declassify the park’s boundaries to enable development to take place but this was never done.

Now, after a two-year battle, the beleaguered victims are demanding the Overseas Territories Minister, who visited the Islands last week, take action on their behalf.

Members of the Chalk Sound Home Owners Association say repeated letters of appeal to the Governor and Attorney General appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

They say they have not even been provided with requested evidence that their specific plots fall within the park’s boundaries.

Most people affected by the scandal have since vacated their homes with just a handful still occupying their properties.

But that has not stopped them from hoping they will eventually

Scores of people and firms were granted land within Chalk Sound National Park boundaries.

be allowed to return and resume construction.

“We, the Chalk Sound home owners, have been struggling for the past two years trying to save our homes and lands for which we have legal documentation,” they said in a statement.

“We are a group of law abiding citizens that did nothing wrong and are being disenfranchised from developing our land and occupying our homes.”

Some of the properties affected are currently being assessed as to their value with a view to compensation eventually being distributed.

“It is our understanding that all relevant information has been submitted to the Governor a number of months ago and there has been no progress on concluding this matter,” the statement continued.

“The group is, therefore, asking

Electricity bills drop slightly HOUSEHOLDERS are being informed that power bill rates will drop only slightly this month – despite the significantly lower cost of fuel.

Electricity provider Fortis TCI has announced a 2.5 per cent drop in its controversial fuel factor.

However the company says the price would have dropped by a total 4.8 per cent had it not been for the four per cent customs processing fee implemented by the Government in April.

July’s bills will reflect a fuel factor of $0.2366, down from $0.2425 in June.

Ruth Gardiner-Forbes, of Fortis TCI, said: ““For the period April 19 to June 14, customs processing fees on fuel purchased from Fortis TCI’s fuel supplier were understated due to a revised basis of calculation provided by the TCIG’s Customs Department.

“As a result, this became an additional cost of fuel for the company.

“In order to minimise the impact of

this additional cost in the fuel factor, Fortis TCI has decided to distribute the total amount of understatement over the next two months.

“The full four per cent customs processing fee should be reflected in the fuel cost each month going forward,” she added.

Mrs Gardiner-Forbes reminded customers that the price of fuel used to generate electricity does not correspond directly to the current market price because of the supplier’s distribution chain. The price therefore charged to Fortis TCI reflects the effective price when the fuel was purchased by the supplier.

Allan Robinson, of Fortis TCI, added: “Customers are encouraged to continue their efforts to manage their energy consumption and maximise the value of energy they use.

“Although we can’t control global fuel rates, we can make simple changes in our daily lives by being more energy efficient to help keep costs at a minimum.”

Visit www.fortistci.com for more information on saving electricity.

Mr Bellingham to consider this matter based on its merit and not on hearsay and innuendos propagated by others that, for some reason, would rather see Turks and Caicos Islands Government pay out millions of dollars in compensation to land and home owners instead of regularising the area in question.”

They added: “It has always been

our intention to find a solution to this matter and move on with our lives but no one seems to have our interest at heart and no consideration for the time, money and much effort that has been expended on this and we feel that the time for resolution is long overdue.”

Last year, names of those who had bought land in Chalk Sound were released to the public along with

prices paid and plot sizes allotted.

In addition to ordinary Islanders, the list included a number of eminent lawyers, planning bosses and environmental chiefs.

Its disclosure added further fuel to the fire as allegations of corruption by those in positions of authority ran amok.

It was revealed that 197 acres of park land had been dished out to 96 individuals and companies to undertake development inconsistent with the law. All plots distributed were ultimately signed off by the Governor or Deputy Governor.

Crown land advisor Jon Llewellyn previously said former Environment Minister McAllister Hanchell – under investigation for corruption – had been informed at the time by department staff that the plots fell within the protected area.

“The decision was taken to proceed, the plan being to declassify the boundaries of the national park system after the fact to enable building to take place.

“Unfortunately the Government at the time did not do this.”

Single dad’s appeal for new leg RAISING children as a single parent in the thick of a recession is tricky enough.

But for one Providenciales father, that plight is all the more problematic.

Since losing his left leg in a boating accident 20 years ago, James Jennings has been barely able to work.

The plucky dad, whose children are aged 12, seven and five, scrapes together a tiny living diving for conch and other seafood.

The 46-year-old also cares for his elderly mother who has lived with the family in their Five Cays home since Hurricane Ike destroyed her South Caicos property in 2008.

Between them they receive a meagre $80 a month in welfare.

Mr Jennings is now appealing for the health service to help him out by providing him with a prosthetic leg.

Currently mobile only on crutches, which rub his arms and chest causing abrasion, sores and pain, Mr Jennings believes it would greatly improve his employment chances.

“If I got a new leg I would be able to work; I could stack shop shelves or push trolleys,” he told the Weekly News.

A Ministry of Health spokesman advised Mr Jennings to register with NHIP as an uninsured person.

Single dad James Jennings scrapes together a meagre living diving for conch.

“This would allow him to access the hospital to be assessed and the

necessary referral sent to NHIP for their attention.”

8

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

NATIONAL

‘Complacency at our peril’ PNP leader blasts non-transparency, urges Islanders to push for the return of democracy

By Gemma Handy ONGOING ambiguity over a precise date for elections has incurred the wrath of PNP leader Clayton Greene.

The former Speaker of the House urged Islanders to continue to

“agitate” for the return of elected government, in a statement issued on Sunday.

Mr Greene spoke out days after his reticence following London’s constitution talks sparked public anger among some party supporters.

While Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham confirmed the long awaited ballot was “on track” for 2012, during last week’s visit to the Islands, he remained defiantly taciturn on exactly when.

John Hartley is a retired CEO. He was educated in economics and econometrics at Manchester University and Harvard Business School. He is an occasional contributor at invitational economics seminars at Brazenose College, Oxford.

Economics Column

Deregulating a guest worker economy WITH the Euro and US Dollar teetering on the brink of the abyss, in both cases because of political incompetence, let’s take a look at one of the root causes of our own difficulties and the political response.

This week the Chamber of Commerce held a productive and constructive meeting with some members of the consultative forum charged with exploring possible routes to growth.

It would be wrong to jump the gun about any conclusions that may come out of their wide consultations. I expect though that most people who attended that meeting agree that getting rid of the ‘permit economy and culture’ is high on the wish list of most island businessmen.

The urgent need for deregulation has been a theme of this column from the outset. On the other hand, it seems clear that many Belongers are angry that during the great bubble their political leadership allowed a large influx of guest workers.

Many feel overwhelmed by foreigners, many of whom come from very different cultures from ours, particularly with respect to language, history and political economy and practice.

Processes of social and cultural transformation, for better and worse that started over two centuries ago in the English speaking world, have barely begun elsewhere, and certainly have not taken root.

Many of the permits that choke the economy are designed to hold back the feared immigrant tide.

And there is the real political challenge. The dreadful British up in London (in fact never before have the Islands had such democratic access to Westminster. We even have a dedicated group of MPs we can go to) are not the challenge.

The actual political choice is this: open TCI

society to the world and prosper, or stay closed and stagnate, or possibly collapse.

There are no examples of a depopulating country avoiding economic collapse.

I cannot find a successful and stable guest worker society. The chaotic oil rich gulf Middle East is comparatively wealthy, but not compared, for example, to the North Atlantic community.

Fiscal stability, a key milestone, as planned, depends on four per cent annual growth in GDP. One assumption in the plan is an increase, yes an increase, in the working population. What is more, that increase is assumed to consist of fairly high value workers.

The other underlying assumption is a rise in investment. That can only be foreign investment.

Finally, as we all know, we have over $400m of sovereign debt. Say 60 per cent of GDP. That is entirely manageable in a growing economy under normal circumstances. But our circumstance is not normal because the economy is shrinking and all the debt is due to foreign institutions, so it must be repaid out of export earnings.

A rapid increase in the skilled workforce, attracting foreign investment in to the exportable goods and services sector, and navigating the choppy waters leading up to self-determination are huge challenges that can only be answered by a dynamic open economy.

So far HMG have failed to resolve this dilemma, and our political elite have not risen to the challenge.

By the end of the summer break we will certainly know the outcome of the global crises in Europe and the USA. Our crisis will still be with us.

Clayton Greene said the civil service should not be a revolving door for expatriate ‘expertise’.

Mr Greene accused the Minister of back-tracking on the “certainty” he previously displayed that elections would take place next year.

“In the circumstances, we make it clear that we have no confidence that elections will be held in 2012 and we encourage every Turks and Caicos Islander to continue to be vigilant and agitate for the return of representative Government to our country,” he said.

The party leader went on to blast the seeming lack of transparency in keeping the population updated on relevant progress.

He said the interim administration was failing to “meaningfully” inform people on issues affecting their daily lives, “and their ability to survive let alone thrive in these Islands”.

Mr Greene revealed the Minister had shunned a request to provide the PNP with details on vital steps made towards the much-touted ‘milestones’.

But he welcomed a promise that the Governor would instead give “detailed and regular updates” on the path back to elected rule.

“We look forward to this and expect that the Governor would be forthright in identifying the key deliverables attached to each milestone and whether in each case they have been met, and where they have not been met give an indication as to when we can expect that they will be met.”

The attorney also spoke about the contentious issue of Belongership bestowal, saying such grants should only be given by elected representatives.

“The Progressive National Party supports the establishing of a clear path to TCI status and we believe that once an individual has qualified and has expressed the desire to acquire the status, the decision as to who should get the same should be random.

“The grant of TCI status ought not to be considered an entitlement and there will be those who, for objective and defensible reasons, may be denied the grant.”

Mr Greene said the party had impressed upon the Minister the need to ensure civil service restructuring was accompanied by training of indigenous Islanders.

“So that we can be satisfied that the service is continuing to represent,

for Turks and Caicos Islanders, an opportunity for public service and meaningful employment.

“We do not want our civil service to be a revolving door for expatriate ‘expertise’.”

Expectations that the National Insurance Board chief is to be replaced by a foreigner has led to some anger. The appointment has still not been confirmed by the Government, despite repeated requests from the Weekly News.

“When we see Turks and Caicos Islanders being replaced by nonnationals at the highest levels without the need for explanation or justification we are deeply concerned,” Mr Greene said.

“This type of attitude is counter productive and is not conducive to the development of a public service that is motivated, that is sustainable, and that is able to meet the needs of a growing and increasingly complex society.”

The party leader said exiting public service boss Mark Capes had revealed 50 civil servant positions had been deemed “surplus to requirement” but that many had been redeployed in other departments.

“We continue, however, to be concerned that Mr Capes’ plans for the service are being kept secret and that persons are not being given sufficient notice that their employment is being terminated.”

Mr Greene also pressed for information to be released on the establishment of the Electoral Boundaries Commission and the mapping out of the revised constituencies.

And he called for precise methodology to be produced to support Mr Bellingham’s declaration last week that “billions” of dollars were missing from the treasury.

“Absent an ability to justify his figures, the statement should be completely retracted. Our party has, and continues to be, vilified by this interim administration.”

Mr Greene added: “As we did when we met in London, the party again impressed upon the Minister the need for the administration to view the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands as their partners in the process towards the return of a democratically elected Government.

The administration has not, as yet, begun to do that.”

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

& CrimeCourt

9

WITH Samantha Dash-RIGBY

Re-trial ordered for Stephenson Morris F CHAMBERS law firm recorded its second victory in this sitting of the Court of Appeal when the Judges ruled in their favour and quashed the conviction against their client Stephenson Morris.

Morris was tried and convicted in Grand Turk Supreme Court before Chief Justice Gordon Ward for three counts of obtaining property by deception.

It was alleged that sometime between September 29 and October 3 2007, Morris collected from Sandeep Jagger $800 by pretending to be a real estate agent with properties for sale.

Jagger testified in court that he gave ‘Steve Moore’ $500 and another $200 as down payment on a property.

‘Moore’ requested $2,000.

Eventually Jagger became suspicious and informed police of his dealings with ‘Moore’.

Between them, they set up a sting operation and gave Jagger $1,200 in marked bills to hand over to the real estate agent.

As Morris was about to leave with the $1,200 in his possession, the police, who were hiding nearby nabbed him.

Morris, who defended himself, said that that is not true.

Jagger made sexual advances towards him on two separate occasions and because he refused, he is now making up these allegations against him.

However, the aggravating factor that caught the COA Judges’ attention was the fact the Justice Ward recalled Jagger after he had given his evidence and forced Morris to re-examine him.

Sometime after Jagger had finished his testimony, Morris took the witness stand to tell his side of the story.

At the end of his evidence, he was stopped and made to return to the defendants’ dock and “put his case to the complainant”.

He was told by Justice Ward, “You did not put your case properly”.

He was interrupted from being a witness and forced to address his

Woman charged with crimes of fraud A woman has been charged with forgery and is set to face Providenciales Magistrates’ Courts to answer the allegation against her.

The woman, whose name has not been released, will appear in before Magistrate Clifton Warner on Tuesday August 2 to face the charge of forgery and two counts of uttering

forged documents.

Police revealed that they received a report on May 18 and charges have now been laid against the woman.

While they remain mum on the woman’s name, they admitted that she was released on police bail pending her arraignment.

POLICE REMINDERS WITH CALVIN CHASE DETECTIVE POLICE SERGEANT SOME people may consider it wise or even fashionable to drive around with illegible registration plates on their vehicle, but this is against the law.

The law clearly states, if any registration plate is not fixed, carried, exhibited or displayed, or is in any way obscured, or the lettering thereon not distinguishable, the driver of the motor vehicle shall be guilty of an offence.

It further states that identification plates shall be maintained in such condition that the registration number shall at all times be legible in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.

The fine is $50.

mind as counsel then return to the stand and become a witness again.

Defense attorney Lara Maroof of F Chambers felt that this interruption of Morris’ evidence was prejudicial because he was distracted from his evidence and forced to focus to reexamine Jagger again.

Then return to the witness stand and be cross-examined by the prosecution.

“The unorthodox and highly prejudicial interruption prevented

Morris from telling his story in his own way especially since he did not request to re-call Jagger and in fact objected to do so,” Maroof said.

In so doing, Ms Maroof submitted that Morris did not receive a fair trial and moved for the conviction to be quashed and the sentence set aside.

Justice Elliot Motley said that the Judge cannot force anybody to crossexamine and that was what Justice Ward did.

Instead, he should have reminded defendant to put his case during the first time he was cross-examining Jagger.

Justice Edward Zacca agreed that the best course would have been to wait for the defendant to finish his evidence and then recall the complainant.

The COA Judges, including Justice Richard Ground quashed the conviction against Morris and ordered a re-trial.

Provo's BEST

HOUSE BARGAIN

Was $569,000,

Profe e.g. Heaslsionals are weltchCare, ome.

Ask Rent-toa-bout Use your Own! ho allowan using ce

" !

H CAS 0 0 0 , 5 9 3 $ Now MUST GO Available with 100% Owner Financing*!!!

Newly constructed 4-bedroom home, 3 baths, with extra bedroom lockoff apartment, has to be seen to be believed as to value, all in an upscale, secure, progressive community which offers ongoing future enhancement of property values. BCQS valued at $510,000 just last year in Feb 2010 but talk to us for a steal of a deal!

Call 431-1591 or 941-4444 *Rent-to-Own or upfront bank financing arranged for qualified purchaser.

10

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

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

Letter of the week

Belongers only need apply?

Dear Editor, I find it most necessary to make reference to a recent ad for jobs at a local resort. The ad boldly states, ‘Belongers only need apply’.

This is nothing but a lexical ossification of words and an impoverished phrase!

I wish to draw particular attention to the position of resort manager which lists the minimum requirements of applicants as the following: bachelor’s degree from a Swiss hospitality school a must, Lausanne preferred; eight-plus years luxury resort experience required, international deluxe brands only; minimum fluency in three languages, including English and Spanish; experience in at least three countries within five-star luxury brands.

Belongers who possess bachelor’s degrees in hotel management from reputable institutions in the US, coupled with long years of international experience in the business, are still being overlooked as general managers and other top positions at resorts in the TCI. Just why this is allowed to happen is a question that’s being asked over and over.

As far as the ability to speak three languages is concerned, the TCI is an English speaking nation, and I hardly believe it’s imperative that second and third languages are necessary to be a resort manager.

Needless to say, there are some TCIs of Haitian and DR descent who are bilingual, but still seriously lacking other essential credentials for the job. I wonder if the previous resort manager spoke three languages as listed in the ad!

You will find very few, including expatriates, with work experience in (at least) three countries within five-star brand resorts, coupled with all the other outlandish stipulations.

So for any employer to expect to find a Belonger possessing all these requirements is highly unlikely.

I doubt there are any expatriates in the TCI with such experience.

Who are they kidding?!

I am very aware of the quality this resort is and the effort made to maintain its five star standards, but still the requirements are way too exaggerated and are obviously there to intentionally disqualify Belongers.

I insist that all expatriate

managers in top positions in any business in this country should have an understudy to inherit his position after expiration of his work permit.

Belongers are being laid off almost daily with no opportunity in sight to become employed to gain an honest income to support their families, yet there are expatriates who sit comfortably in their ivory towers, quite secure without fear or intimidation of job loss in this country today, and in positions that Belongers are more than capable of holding.

We are most certainly beginning to feel disenfranchised in our own country, and there is nothing being done. It’s worse now than it’s ever been, as at least under the former PNP administration there was some hope in reporting your grievances.

Now no one seems to give a heck if we live or die.

I wonder how much investigation is made by the authorities to verify the qualifications, certification and experience of the current expatriate managers of the resorts to verify if they actually possess all the credentials listed in the ads, before considering the work permits.

There are many foreign resort managers in the TCI who have hardly held general manager positions in major resorts before they came to these shores, and do not possess the credentials listed in the ads.

Their strategy is obviously to purposely deceive the public, knowing full well that it’s almost impossible to find a Belonger with the credentials advertised.

It’s common knowledge that white expatriate managers are hired before possessing valid permits.

Meanwhile, there are newspapers advertising that ‘Belongers only need apply’ while the expatriate managers are already hired as they patiently and quietly wait for their work permits to be approved.

Are we so foolish as to accept this much longer and will the authorities continue to close their eyes and pretend that it does not exist?

Another pitiful practice here is the lack of response from resorts that advertise job openings. After responding to newspaper ads and submitting all requested information such as resumes, references etc,

LETTERS SHOULD BE KEPT TO A MAXIMUM OF 450 WORDS

often times the applicant never hears from these companies again if even to confirm receipt of the documents.

And an interview is absolutely out of the question. How can one ever have a chance to be hired if a job interview is not imminent?

We are completely shut off and the authorities don’t seem to give a heck.

I’ve been asked by visitors to our shores why there aren’t more local or native TC Islanders in the top positions in the resorts as they really want to enjoy a totally island experience during their visit here.

I, truthfully, was unable to give

a plausible answer, or my personal assessment, or the real answer which I’m sure they might have found incredulous.

The fact is, TCIs are not being given fair opportunities in the job market, particularly the hospitality industry, and they continue to be overlooked and treated like third world citizens when applying for top jobs.

I dare say that if this trend continues, one day there will be a revolution of sorts in this country opposing the current unfair practices and effecting change to create fair

employment opportunities for us.

God knows what will happen upon the return of our young people currently studying hotel and hospitality management abroad.

What will their opportunities be?!

Unless changes are made now, they will encounter the same challenges.

Wake up, people, and smell the roses, because the bouquet is dwindling. Or should I say it’s being taken away and fast!

A concerned TC Islander

COMMENTARY

No respect for mothers BRITAIN is our mother country.

Everywhere you go you see pictures of Queen Elizabeth. We were in awe of her grandson’s wedding this year. We call our Governors ‘His Excellency’ even if they do not deserve it.

Here in the TCI we have a mother land also: Middle Caicos island. We used to be called Grande Caicos and deservedly.

We are the largest and most beautiful island. Yes I know all about Grace Bay but have you seen the natural beauty off Bambarra Beach?

In the 1930s Grand Middle Caicos (GMC) was the island with the most people and thus became the mother island. So many GMC family members moved to Grand Turk then Provo when jobs became available. They would love to come home to live.

Like an old mother we are usually forgotten. Last week we were not only forgotten but were avoided by Minister Bellingham. Perhaps he could not bear to see the causeway.

That bridge which is holding on by a thread and when (not if) the next serious rain storm hits the seniors and children of GMC

By David Tapfer will be cut off.

Britain let the former Government build this dirt causeway mess and now Britain avoids it like the plague. Our mother country has forgotten our mother island. Our Governor it seems guided the Minister to the uniquely fertile Kew Farm, well away from the causeway. Shame!

During this year’s Grand Middle Caicos Crab Fest only a portion of the heirs of GMC showed up and there was a tremendous crowd. If all with roots in GMC had shown up it would have drained the other islands.

Now we learn Grande Caicos will be rolled into the North Caicos election district because of our small population. The fact is the

population would be bigger if we had development.

The only development on Middle is little but gorgeous Blue Horizon. The last Minister of Works produced nothing for Middle after being elected three times. Fact is this fellow stopped the Half Creek Development in its tracks until the courts set him straight but possibly too late.

Middle and North Caicos are the platform for future development. That causeway is the first vital link to bridging all the Caicos islands.

Residential and retirement development plus small resorts will stabilise the economy of the entire TCI but who is paying attention to this potential? Proper bridges between the islands and TCI will be another Florida Keys.

The mother country, like the previous administration, avoids doing the right thing.

Grande Middle Caicos (GMC) and North Caicos deserve attention but we have not received it from the former administration or from our mother country.

How then can we respect them?

Please note that all submissions are subject to editing in keeping with defamation laws and newspaper style. Letters should be accompanied by the author’s full name, location and phone number. Names will be withheld if requested.

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Letters

continued

Nation living in fear Dear Editor, I am deeply concerned about the more than 300 per cent increase in crime we have been facing under the rule of this interim administration.

Faced with a lack of facilities, manpower and/or expertise, the police seem to solve very few crimes.

Since the economic recession and increased unemployment, robberies happen almost daily in this beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos affecting all facets of society. We have become a nation living in fear.

I question whether or not the increase in penalties is going to create more violent crimes as opposed to deterring such activity.

For example, a few years ago armed robbery could have fetched a person a few years in jail.

Now with stiffer penalties in the Firearms Ordinance to use a gun during a robbery, the offender could face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment; or a simple can of pepper spray a five-year sentence minimum, or maximum of 15 years.

In this light, a robber would sooner

kill and hope for sloppy police work to clear him if caught, as opposed to risk being identified by the victim to suffer the same life sentence.

With no democratically elected government, the country seems lawless under the interim administration, who fails to put pressure on the Governor (their appointee) to ensure that he takes his constitutionally enshrined responsibilities of defence, external affairs and internal security, including the police force seriously.

We have not reached the level of crime as that of our neighbouring Caribbean community. I personally believe that it is not too late to curtail the current situation, but it is obvious that we need people who care about the country in office.

I pray God that it’s not too long coming when I can mark my X. Euwonka Selver

Open letter from Civil Servants Association (CSA) Dear Editor, In the past few days there has been reassignment of several posts at the executive level within the interim administration.

The CSA wishes to extend its thanks to those outgoing members of the administration for whatever positive contributions they have made towards the betterment of the lives of civil servants and the civil service in general.

The CSA would like to congratulate Mr Eugene Otuonye on his appointment as director of the Integrity Commission and thank him for his service as chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC).

In the same vein the CSA wishes to congratulate Mrs Cynthia Astwood on her appointment as chair of the PSC. It is our sincere hope that she serves in this capacity with fairness and integrity and with concern for the well-being of both civil servants and the civil service as a whole.

The CSA looks forward to working with Mrs Astwood in her non-conflicting role as PSC chair to address the myriad issues and injustice that civil servants are currently experiencing.

However, we must note that it may be difficult for the former Chief Secretary to remain unbiased in her new role, as she has much intimate and personal knowledge of many

11

civil servants whom she supervised during her tenure as Chief Secretary and acting Governor.

The CSA wishes to congratulate Mr Mark Capes for his promotion to the ranks of Governor, to preside over St Helena, the Ascension Islands and Tristan Da Cunha.

The CSA would like to stress that it was not an easy road for the civil service during the reign of Mr Capes, as much was taken away and not given back.

During the past months many civil servants lost jobs, had salaries and allowances reduced and rights to gratuities taken away.

The CSA trusts that Mr Martin Stanley, Mrs Cynthia Astwood and the new in-coming Governor will find value in treating civil servants with dignity, respect and a concern for their welfare, as these are the critical determinants of an efficient, effective and a productive civil service.

The CSA will continue to work with all current and new members of the interim administration as the shuffling of portfolios continues.

We are however mindful that work without progress is a wasted energy and we will continue to seek alternate ways to make progress in correcting issues affecting civil servants.

CSA

Juliette bids farewell Dear Editor, As you may know, Sunday July 31 is my last contracted day with the Turks and Caicos Islands 911 emergency communications centre and I leave these Islands on August 10.

Having lived and worked in the TCI for the past three years I have made many valuable friends and established very good working relationships with many. I have had the wonderful experience of working alongside some outstanding people in various areas – public and private sector – but particularly those I worked closely with from the mapping, police, fire, health, Airports Authority, disaster management and planning departments, Crimestoppers, various security companies, banks, insurance companies – so many of you!

Three years is not a very long time but it was long enough for me to have been touched and hopefully positively touched in return, the lives of some in these Islands.

I am particularly grateful to those professionals in the private sector who stepped forward (even when I was persistently knocking on their doors) to support the efforts to establish a 911 system in the TCI and who are now receiving some return on their investments.

Each situation or interaction brought different challenges and different blessings, but I believe I learned something from each and am the richer for having met all of you!

Although I have had various work experiences in many places around the world, I will especially miss the interaction with my coworkers at 911 – those many nights that my phone would ring to tell me about a serious incident or to ask for advice on a new situation and I jump out of bed answering my home phone with ‘911, what’s your emergency?’.

I will miss your calls of ‘Ms J’. I think you are special and have made a difference to emergency response in the community and I urge you to continue to work hard, strive to be the best that you can be, keep up your high standards and continue to earn the respect and appreciation of those you serve.

I have enjoyed the uniqueness of each of you - even when I had to be the ‘boss’ and make decisions that may not have suited you. I am grateful for your obvious demonstrations of love and appreciation.

I hope that whoever is your new manager will respect you and do not diminish your worth as emergency responders – your training and

certification puts you on a higher level than most so I hope you do not become the forgotten team.

Keep up your team spirit and cherish each other. Always remember you are a team and when one of you disrespects another you disrespect the team! You are in this job because I think you are the best and only the best for 911!

I am thankful that you have embraced the fact that with only one 911 centre in these Islands, you have to be number one – the best centre and you are!

I ask all of you reading this note to appreciate the staff in this department because while you are asleep or enjoying a social event, a family gathering or simply relaxing on a public holiday, they are working to assist other emergency agencies in keeping your community safe and maintaining vigilance to ensure emergency response reaches you in the quickest possible time.

Sincere appreciation to the former Commissioner of Police Mr Edward Hall and former Deputy Mr Hubert Hughes for making it possible for me to be here and to the Ministers at the time who supported my tenure.

The various heads of emergency services who were a part of the 911 board when I arrived and all who helped to make 911 a success.

My former colleague Elery James to whom I extend continued good wishes and I pray that you will go from strength to strength as you will remain grounded in the Lord.

Tracey Grant and her colleagues at survey and mapping who have worked hand in hand with 911 to get the maps up to date and the street

addressing project to the stage it has reached.

The Chief Fire Officer who has been a loyal and faithful supporter and friend. All the street addressing committees in the various communities who helped to name all your streets.

Wendal Swann and the ‘gang’ – what will I do on my Friday nights at the end of the month without our gettogethers? Who will I argue politics and world events with now? I will really, really miss you all!

I also must thank Pastor Bradley for the words of inspiration and wisdom and for the comfort in the storm – of Community Fellowship Centre!

Soley – you are one of the most humble and kindest persons I have ever met. You have done more for 911 than anyone will ever know. You are greatly appreciated.

This has been a different experience than any I have ever had but it has been most satisfying even if there is much work left to be done. A very challenging project it has been but the rewards have been many and I am eternally grateful.

I cannot name everyone but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your help, donations, support, guidance, encouragement, and yes – criticism – that have challenged me to always do my best and I wish everyone continued success and best wishes as I leave you to begin the next journey of my life. God bless and keep in touch.

Juliette Gooding, 911 project manager

Thanks to L’Raye Cinema Dear Editor, My mates have asked me to say a huge thank you to Derek and the gang at the L’Raye Cinema for bringing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part two to TCI so quickly.

It was great for us to see it at the same time as everyone in the States and the UK. And what a movie!

Fantastic. Well worth seeing. I am going to miss Harry, Hermione and Ron. Can I also say a big ‘well played Jacko’ to my big brother Jack McKnight who came off the bench for TCI against the

Bahamas in the World Cup match and brought the TCI crowd to its feet with a wonderful piece of sheer soccer skill.

I am still trying to work out how he dummied all those defenders but Jack still won’t show me!

Charlie McKnight (age 9)

12

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

NATIONAL

PPC changes name to Fortis TCI

Wildlife enthusiasts flocked to join the tours.

Bird Week declared great success WILDLIFE enthusiasts enjoyed a host of activities in Grand Turk during Bird Week.

This month’s initiative was declared a great success for the National Museum and partners, the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum.

After almost nine years of planning, bird trails to track the capital island’s intriguing feathered friends are now a reality thanks to a grant from Carnival, TCInvest and the Government’s Infrastructure Fund.

There is both a walking and a driving tour with clearly marked trail signs, placed on downed telephone poles donated and installed by Turks and Caicos Utilities.

The week of events included an ‘early bird’ walk with students and

TCI now has the prestigious distinction of being the first country in the Caribbean to have a sanctioned bird trail.

Students were delighted to see majestic flamingoes during their walk.

teachers from HJ Robinson High School and experts Dr Mike and Ann Pienkowski showed the students the wonderful birds found along the salinas.

After the walk students went on to the botanical garden, next to the museum. The DECR loaned five pairs of binoculars for this event.

The driving tour on Thursday evening was a sold-out event.

Twenty-two adults and two children rode on a bus donated by Caribbean Tours International, who also supplied 22 pairs of binoculars.

With Dr Pienkowski leading the group, even the novice birder was fascinated by the amount of different birds seen very close.

Flamingoes took off from Town Salina just as the bus was approaching, giving the group a firsthand look at these beautiful birds in flight.

An osprey sat on the remnants of a windmill, posing for the group to take photos. Black Necked Stilt fiveday old chicks were seen wading in the Great Salina while their mother watched on.

There were ducks aplenty at

South Wells and egrets, pelicans and herons at North Creek. One very brave cattle egret even walked in front of the bus for over 100 yards as if urging participants to follow.

The group later went to Jack’s Shack for a meal. Jack donated some of the proceeds of the evening to the museum.

Friday morning saw the official opening of the bird trails with the ribbon cut by Lillian Misick. Guests then proceeded into the Osprey Beach Hotel where Dr Pienkowski gave a short presentation about the importance of the trails. All participants received an osprey commemorative lapel pin.

Trail cards can be purchased at the museum and other select outlets for $5 each. Proceeds will enable the trails to be maintained and more cards printed.

Museum staff thanked supporters Carnival/TCInvest/TCIGovernment Infrastructure Fund; Caribbean Tours International; DECR; Jack’s Shack; Misick’s Bakery; Osprey Beach Hotel; Turks and Caicos Utilities; and UKOTCF.

ELECTRICITY firm PPC has announced its renaming to Fortis TCI Limited.

Parent company Fortis Inc is the largest investor-owned distribution utility in Canada, serving more than two million gas and electricity customers.

Its regulated holdings include electric utilities in five Canadian providences and two Caribbean countries and a natural gas utility in British Columbia.

Fortis TCI boss Eddinton Powell said: “Fortis TCI Limited’s new branding elements closely align the company to the Fortis Inc brand while still maintaining its local identity.

“In 2006, Fortis Inc purchased PPC Ltd and over the last five years, PPC has grown significantly; infrastructurewise, the high level of service provided to customers and empowerment of its human resources.

“It is a natural progression to now carry the name of its owners. The two parts of our new name say it all.

“Fortis, which is derived from our parent company, Fortis Inc, and TCI which represents the country, community and people we serve. We are indeed a local company with an international perspective.”

The new Fortis TCI Ltd logo has two main graphic elements.

The ‘E’ encircled by rays, depict energy, warmth and the wide reach of Fortis TCI Limited and the Fortis Inc word mark depicts three waves, showing electrical power and connectivity.

A more noticeable change is the company’s mascot, Electro Gecko, who now carries the ‘E’ in his hand instead of a light bulb, signalling the company’s future exploration of new forms of energy.

“Our brand is more than just our logo, it is reflected in every area of contact with our customers.

“Of equal importance, our brand is also emphasised in our core values (commitment to customer satisfaction, good corporate citizenship and continuous improvement), our behaviour and our attitudes.

“We will therefore continue to provide our customers with the best and most reliable electricity service.

“Our Average System Availability Index (ASAI), which exceeds 99.9 per cent, is on par with North America.

“Also, our customers and business partners can rest assured of our continued commitment to the highest ethical standards and integrity.

Our name has changed, but our high standards remain,” added Mr Powell.

Fortis Inc owns non-regulated hydroelectric generation assets across Canada and in Belize and upper New York State.

It also owns hotels and commercial real estate in Canada.

Fortis Inc shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol FTS. Additional information can be accessed at www.fortisinc.com or www.sedar.com

Tenders invited for Supreme Court work TENDERS are invited for the design and extension of the Supreme Court building in Providenciales.

The site will be available for inspection by appointment only.

Contractors are advised to inspect the works before submitting their bids.

The Government is not liable to accept the lowest or any tender bids offered.

Tender documents are available upon request from the Engineering and Maintenance Service (EMS) Office.

Contacts are Mark McAulay on

946 2526 ext 10909 or Mr Norman Watts on 946 2526 ext 10902.

Tenders should be submitted in a sealed envelope by 12am on July 22 clearly marked and addressed as follows: Tender for the provision of design services and technical documentation for the extension of Supreme Court building – Providenciales.

They should be sent to the chairman of the Tender Board at the NJS Francis Building in Pond Street, Grand Turk.

Tenders will be opened publicly on July 22, immediately after the closing time.

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

13

NATIONAL

Getting juiced SPECIAL report

by Kin-z Francis A NEW dangerous and lifethreatening trend is spreading like wildfire among teens of various ages.

Teenagers from various parts of the world primarily in America and Europe have started the consumption of what is marketed as ‘synthetic marijuana’.

As the name suggests it’s not the real thing but rather a man made alternative.

If it’s not real marijuana what’s the harm?

Sure it may not be the real thing, but it’s known to be four times more potent and contains risks that may be dangerous as well as deadly.

Shocked? Even more surprising is the fact that this drug is legal and readily available over the counter.

It’s sold in stores across America and Europe as ‘herbal incense’ or ‘herbal smoking incense’ with several names denoting the different varieties.

Some of the names include: K2, Ninja, Nitro, Spice, Chronic, Voodoo Spice, Panama Red, Genie, and Purple Haze.

According to anonymous interviews by the Weekly News, ‘K2’ is said to have the biggest effect.

The K2 variety has been banned across the states and parts of Europe.

This ‘fake weed’ is a blend of dry leaves sprayed with synthetic THC (tetrahydocannibinol), the chemical in marijuana that gets the user ‘high’.

The synthetic THC was originally manufactured to treat multiple sclerosis and chemotherapy patients.

Another key substance is an analgesic chemical called JWH-O18.

JWH-O18 binds itself to CB1 receptors in the brain which can cause short term memory loss, paranoia, anxiety, confusions, sedation that may lead to coma, throat burning sensation, ‘aching’ lungs, vomiting, hallucinations. Overdose may also cause seizures or convulsions.

Apart from these two ingredients,

Judges to be replaced THE IMMINENT departure of the Chief Justice and two Supreme Court judges is prompting a shuffle in TCI’s courts.

Chief Justice Gordon Ward will bid farewell to the Islands in November. Richard Williams leaves next month to take up the position of judge to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Geoffrey Martin OBE, temporarily appointed as a Supreme Court judge in September, will also vacate the post in August.

Mr Ward said advertisements for the three positions were only sent out recently and had not yet closed.

“It is unfortunate that it has not been possible to appoint replacements in good time.”

A suitable candidate has however been found to replace Magistrate Burris in Grand Turk, who left in early May. The new appointee is likely to start work within the next few weeks.

“The backlog of cases was not large and Magistrate Warner has been attending on Grand Turk one day each week and occasional additional days to keep the listing up to date and ready for the new magistrate,” Mr Ward continued.

The Chief Justice’s last day of service has been extended until November 4 to “keep disruption to a minimum”.

He said plans for the future included having two Supreme Court judges, in addition to the Chief Justice, “to meet the increasing case load and further reduce delay”.

“My proposal is for both judges to sit on Providenciales and for one to be principally responsible for the civil and commercial cases and the other to take a more generalised list,” he continued.

“However, neither will be totally limited to a particular type of work. The Chief Justice will continue to sit on Grand Turk with a mixed list but, inevitably, with a preponderance of criminal work for the immediately foreseeable future.”

Mr Ward added: “I have asked the FSC to recommend that the Governor appoint two experienced High Court judges to sit on Providenciales in the interim.

“It is hoped that the acting judge who will largely take over Justice Williams’ list can start on August 15 and the acting judge take over the civil work on September 12.”

little is known about the structure of synthetic marijuana because the ingredients, unlike other consumer products, are not printed on the package.

Making the substance illegal is difficult, because the minute one synthetic drug is outlawed; and manufacturers are already concocting a new one.

US researchers in a no win case say that, ‘real marijuana is a lot safer than synthetic marijuana, but that doesn’t mean that people should start smoking it’.

If this trend is mainly taking place in Europe and America, why should the Turks and Caicos Islands be worried?

The truth of the matter is that the US has an influential impact on those of us living here.

We copy their fashion, their music, their television shows and even make use of their social networks. Some of us even vacation there at various

times throughout the year.

The invention of the internet has made the world seem extremely small so it would be futile to say that teenagers in the country don’t know about the use of synthetic drugs.

Interviews with various teenagers in Providenciales brought forward shocking results.

Most of the participants in the interviews heard about the drug from friends, with a handful hearing about it on television shows.

One young man said that he first heard about the drug in the movie ‘Pineapple Express’, where two of the characters spoke about getting “juiced”.

‘Juiced’ is a colloquial expression used to describe the mixture of marijuana components with other drugs, like cocaine.

Many persons weren’t familiar with the name ‘K2’, but after a further explanation of the substance, they identified it as ‘purple haze’ or

‘chronic’.

Several websites were visited that highlighted the different products and the different brands available for sale.

The manufacturers of these drugs don’t make them under controlled circumstances and they don’t let the consumer know what is going into their body.

These drugs are being manufactured as ‘natural’ when in fact there is likely nothing natural about the effects they are purported to have on the body.

A 17-year-old young lady, who we will call ‘Mary’, talked about her experience with the drug.

“I went out with some friends one night and two of the boys started smoking, so me and the other girls were telling them that we wanted to try some,” she said.

“Now we never smoked before and they started saying ‘this isn’t weed, this is high-grade, ninja is not for little girls’. But anyways we convinced them to let us try it.

“I went first, and took three pulls.

“I started coughing and for the rest of the night my head was killing me and my lungs were burning. I was so close to throwing up.

“After my friends saw how messed up I was they didn’t want to try it anymore.”

Mary’s first experience frightened her away, however, how many persons would view the side effects as a small price to pay in order to feel good?

Persons should warn each other of the harmful effects of drugs and be aware of what goes into their bodies at all times and ask themselves if they are ready to deal with life long consequences just to get that momentary ‘high’.

Jojo delights tourists

Jojo was spotted just next to the national park boundary marker at Smith’s Reef.

ONE regular TCI holidaymaker was delighted to get up close to one of the country’s most beloved national treasures recently.

Ian MacLean sent the Weekly News this stunning photo of Jojo the dolphin taken at Smith’s Reef on Saturday.

Mr MacLean, a Brit who has been visiting Provo for the last seven years, said it was his first ever sighting of the creature, a long-standing resident in the island’s waters and known well to local divers and snorkellers.

“He swam with me for around five minutes,” he added.

“His scars are evident but otherwise he seemed in good health.”

14

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

NATIONAL

Thai yoga massage hits TCI LOOKING for the perfect way to harmonise body, mind and soul? A Providenciales gym is promising to do just that through the ancient practice of Thai yoga massage.

The Athletic Club in the Saltmills Plaza is offering one-on-one sessions in this dynamic bodywork credited with helping boost the immune system, tone the muscles and fight disease.

Combining yoga with massage and performed on a mat in comfortable clothing, the therapy was born centuries ago in the temples of Thailand.

The practitioner guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures while palming and thumbing along the body's energy lines and pressure points.

Nancy Mizinski, of the Athletic Club, told the Weekly News: “In Thailand they actually go for a Thai yoga session before going to the family doctor.

“Through stretching, holding and leaning the practitioner’s body weight into various parts of the client’s body, clients find their blood circulation, flexibility and posture are greatly improved.”

It is also said to help detoxify the body, increase blood circulation, lower blood pressure and improve breathing as well as posture, balance and body alignment.

Thai yoga massage can ease arthritis and back pain, strengthen joints and alleviate degenerative diseases.

Used by many of today’s top athletes, it also lengthens muscle fibres and helps the body regain its flexibility to restore its range of motion.

Sportsmen and women find it can help prevent injury, decrease recovery time, reduce soreness due to lactic acid build-up, eliminate knots and muscle tension, and ease

CAPAA C o r n e r

In 1994 the Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission signed onto The Convention of the Rights of the Child. There are fifty four (54) Articles in this Document.

Bi-weekly CAPAA will update you on one of these rights with a comment.

Article 10

1. In accordance with the obligation of States Parties under article 9, paragraph 1, applications by a child or his or her parents to enter or leave a State Party for the purpose of family reunification shall be dealt with by States Parties in a positive, humane and expeditious manner. States Parties shall further ensure that the submission of such a request shall entail no adverse consequences for the applicants and for the members of

chronic pain.

Nancy added: “You can expect the effects of a Thai massage to last about a week. It's more important to develop an awareness for how your body is feeling, and not to let the tension and pain build up before going for your next session.

Maintenance is more effective than chasing crises.”

The Athletic Club is offering 30-minute sample sessions as well as 50, 70 and 90 minute sessions.

All are by appointment only. Call 441-8686 or 442-4852 for more information.

Extension of conch season IN LIGHT of the short notice given on the extension of the closed season for lobster by one month (until September 1), the Governor has accepted

the recommendation of the Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) as a one time measure to extend the conch season to August 15 2011.

Derelict machinery owners warned

RESIDENTS of Grand Turk are advised that the presence of derelict vehicles on premises is an offence.

The Public and Environmental Health Ordinance states that: “Any accumulation or deposit upon any land, any abandoned machinery, equipment, containers or other materials whatsoever, and whether or not of a kind similar to any of the foregoing, without the consent in writing of a health officer, shall be considered a nuisance.”

The Health Department will shortly begin assisting in the removal of old machinery and vehicles.

Persons are asked to make the most of the opportunity, ensuring that all machinery is removed from their properties.

After this time all derelict machinery present on properties will be dealt with by the department

according to the law.

Persons are further advised that the Ordinance states: “If a health officer is satisfied that a nuisance exists upon any premises, he/she shall give notice to the person by whose act, default or sufferance the nuisance arises or continues, or, if the person cannot be found without unreasonable delay, the owner or occupier having charge of the premises, to abate such nuisance within a time and in a manner specified in the notice.”

Anyone who fails to comply within the specified time commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500, six months imprisonment or both.

A further fine of $10 is charged each day that the offence continues.

Call 946-2801 ext: 50306 for more information.

Fishing licences Thai yoga massage is said to boost the immune system, tone the muscles and fight disease.

Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Association Your source for information on the rights and protection of children their family.

2. A child whose parents reside in different States shall have the right to maintain on a regular basis, save in exceptional circumstances personal relations and direct contacts with both parents. Towards that end and in accordance with the obligation of States Parties under article 9, paragraph 1, States Parties shall respect the right of the child and his or her parents to leave any country, including their own, and to enter their own country. The right to leave any country shall be subject only to such restrictions as are prescribed by law and which are necessary to protect the national security, public order, public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others and are consistent with the other rights recognised in the

present Convention.

CAPAA Comment

Sometimes families separate for various circumstances, but parents should encourage as much as possible maintaining the bond, by ensuring regular visits to both households as much as possible. We believe that the best environment for children is one in which the child shares love with their mother and father and maintains a harmonious relationship, distance may impact the frequency of visits, but should never be seen as a cause for permanent separation.

Any questions please call National Youth Hotline @ 1800-534-8256

FISHERMEN are reminded that the current licence period expires on July 31.

Commercial fishermen are further reminded that in order to continue fishing after that date they must obtain a valid fishing and vessel licence.

All foreign fishermen’s licences also expire on July 31.

All applications by the guarantor/ applicant for a foreign national to assist in commercial fishing must be submitted to the DECR by August 1 in order for the Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) to review the applications on August 5.

Applicants / guarantors must: complete an application form requesting someone to assist him/ her in commercial fishing; provide two passport size photos of the foreign national; and provide a current national insurance certificate of the foreign national.

A copy of the following must also be submitted: the NIB card of the foreign national; the applicant’s passport; the assistant’s passport; a police record for the person assisting in commercial fishing.

Anyone found fishing without a valid licence faces prosecution.

Higher fees for passport services

WITH immediate effect there has been an increase in fees for the processing of all passports and passport services.

New passports fees are as follows: adult’s passport $150, child’s passport $75, emergency passport $150, amendment of passport $25.

The replacement of a stolen, lost or damaged passport: adults $150, children $150.

The extension of passports: application fee $25, approval fee $50, identity document $5.

Additional fee for expedited passport service (within 48 hrs) is $100.

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

15

NATIONAL

this week

Friday, July 22 to Thursday, July 28 Friday, July 22  Get into the weekend mood with the intense and electrifying Tae-Bo class at Graceway Sports Centre from 6pm to 7pm. Free for gym members, $12 for non-members.

For more information call 4426349 or email info@graceway.com  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 946-8666 for details.

Look for the sign and join the fun

Market Day boasts bargains galore

By Kin-z Francis EVERY first and third Saturday of the month Provo’s Market Place comes as alive as a flea market.

The event begins at 9am and lasts until about 2pm.

Local vendors set up their stalls, selling everything from shoes, straw work, bead work, produce and even art pieces.

Visitors can shop and look at the various items while they listen to the sounds produced by a live DJ or stop and buy some delicious local cuisine from the stalls of vendors like Carol Skippings who sells conch fritters and Johnny Cake or from the stall of Donnie Williams of the Healthy Treat Deli.

Johanna Wolfe is the organiser of the event and hopes to help stimulate the local economy with this venture.

“My dream is to have vendors fill the parking lot and the sides of the Market Place. I want the place streaming with people,” says Johanna when asked about her vision

for the future.

Johanna also owns a consignment shop where people can purchase ‘gently used’ items for affordable prices.

Her consignment goods are on display each market day.

Some other vendors who can assist you in finding steals for your money include: Yvonne Ewing of Memoirs Clothing store, who specialises in the provision of new or gently used clothing articles for affordable prices, Barbara Smith who specialises in Avon makeup and children’s clothing, and Jane Swann who sells novelties, clothing, jewellery and artwork that can make wonderful gifts.

All vendors wishing to take part can do so free of charge until September when the Market Place will begin charging vendors a $20 fee for a space and extra for a table.

The next Market Day will be held on August 6 and there will be a lot of school supplies up for grabs.

Saturday, July 23  Revel in the sound of smooth jazz by talented performer Perry Delancey on Saturday nights from 7pm at the Regent Palms. Call 946-8666 for details.

Everyone can find something here

So don’t be shy, mark your calendar for August 6 and head down to the Market Place for a fun shopping experience.

Win tickets to see Rihanna

LIME has raised the bar for the summer with its sponsorship of ‘Rihanna Loud in Barbados’.

The latter is part of a three-year marketing deal the multi-award winning singer has signed with the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA).

The partnership between the telecoms firm and the BTA will see the pop superstar performing at the Kensington Oval on August 5 for her first performance in the Caribbean in five years.

Customers across the region can win VIP tickets to the concert, airfare to Barbados, hotel accommodation and transportation.

“Rihanna’s Caribbean concert is definitely the event of the year because right now she is one of the hottest entertainers on the planet and LIME is extremely proud to present this historic event,” said LIME spokeswoman Grace Silvera.

Adrian Elcock, BTA chairman, said: “The BTA is extremely excited to have LIME on board as its corporate partner in delivering the Rihanna show to the people of the Caribbean.

“We believe that our partnership with Rihanna demonstrates Barbados' support for its global superstar, and we want to showcase her amazing talents, at home in

Kids can enjoy a Friday night camp out each week at Grace Bay Club from 5pm to 9pm. For $45 per child, youngsters can tuck into dinner under the stars and s’mores, take part in activities and watch a movie.

Email morgan@gracebayclub. com or call 231-KIDS (5437) to reserve a space.

Barbados, to the world.

“As such we know that LIME would make an excellent partner in helping us to communicate that message to the world.”

Within two days of the announcement the organisers sold nearly 25,000 tickets for the event.

TCI customers can enter for a chance to win by either signing up for a new BlackBerry plan or upgrade their existing BlackBerry data plan, purchasing a BlackBerry Smartphone or texting ‘Rihanna’ to 5463 for $1 per text.

Visit www.lime.com for more information.

will run on Provo, Grand Turk and North Caicos.

Call Nixon Dickenson, acting National Youth Director, on 946-2801 ext: 40610 or 242-6981 for more details.  Start your week with a fun and calorie-burning Tae-Bo class at Graceway Sports Centre from 6pm to 7 pm. Free for gym members, $12 for non-members.

For more information call 4426349 or email info@graceway.com  Girls and boys aged 11 to 19 years old are invited to take part in a fun singing group.

The TCI Youth Chorale rehearses every Monday at 6pm at the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre, downtown, Providenciales.

For more information call 3317176.

Tuesday, July 26 Come and hear the Island Boys duo play at Opus restaurant in Ocean Club East this Tuesday from 7.30pm to 10pm.

 Mums and Tots Dance Party classes are held every Saturday at The Athletic Club in Saltmills Plaza 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.

Wednesday, July 27

 Fresh Bakery and Bistro and the farmers from North Caicos invite you to come and support North Caicos agriculture at the first Fresh farmers market.

There will be a variety of locally grown vegetables and fruits along with the well known Fresh Bakery and Bistro products.

The event is on from 9am to 1pm opposite Casablanca Casino.

 Are you in need of inner peace?

Interested in a healthy lifestyle and a toned and flexible body?

Then you need David Bowen’s yoga classes at The Athletic Club in the Saltmills Plaza.

Come along on Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 7am, Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30pm or Saturday at 9am.

Call 941-8686 for more details.

Sunday, July 24  Feeling lucky? Win cash at the Rotary Club’s weekly bingo night every Sunday from 7pm at Club Pillows opposite the Verandah resort in Grace Bay.

Monday, July 25  A week-long youth camp starts today, courtesy of the Ministry of Health, Education, Youth, Sports and Gender Affairs.

The annual youth selfenhancement camp gives youngsters the opportunity to make friends while trying horseback riding, snorkelling, karate lessons and hiking, along with visiting and learning about TCI’s national parks.

Registration is $10 and the camp

Correy Forbes and DJ Cliff will be providing entertainment at Mango Reef Restaurant at the Alexandra Resort this evening.

Come along between 6.30pm and 9pm for some great island tunes.  Enjoy the easy listening sounds of live duo NaDa at the Regent Palms on Wednesdays from 7pm. Call 9468666 for details.

Thursday, July 28  Celebrate good health with wellness coach Benneth Williams every Thursday evening.

Come along to Williams Block, suite number six, on Lower Bight Road, Providenciales, from 7pm.

There you will get a free wellness consultation and an hour of fun.

For more details call Benneth at 246-0300 or email hls_com@yahoo. com

Got an event you wish to advertise?

Call us on 946 4664 for a free listing.

Lifestyle...

16

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

fitness Tip 

Halfway through 2011 – How are your new year resolutions looking?

IT SEEMS like yesterday but really it’s more than six months since everybody was focusing on new goals, making new plans and hoping for the best year ever.

Today we are already past the halfway mark to 2012 and most of that enthusiasm has vanished.

So how are those new year resolutions looking for you so far?

Are you on track with your goals?

If you wanted to lose 40 lbs, did you lose 20 already? If you wanted to drop from a size 14 to a size 10, are you wearing a size 12 by now?

If you wanted to be able to swim a mile, are you swimming half yet?

If you are just a little bit behind, adjust your plan and do your best for the second half of this year.

If you completely gave up on your goals, just remember that you planned what you planned because

JELLO POPSICLES

FITNESS EXPERT Anca Vasile

deep inside you desired it, and just because it wasn’t easy you shouldn’t quit.

You’ve probably done that before and didn’t get the results you wanted, so why do it again? Just remember, keep doing the same thing and you

will keep getting the same results. So stop quitting!

One very important thing you have to do is measure your progress in order to keep track of it and adjust plans if necessary.

Measuring it is the only way to know how far you’ve got and how much you have left.

And when you reach a goal, in my opinion, the biggest reward is that your self confidence gets a boost and you become ready to set other, bigger goals for your life.

You get the confidence that you

can achieve whatever you really want!

We should not forget, 50 per cent

of this year is gone forever! Don’t waste a single second to follow your dreams!

health Tip 

Sumptuous soursop I LOVE this fruit very much and I sure do believe that you do too. OK here we go, this week is the soursop.

Inside its thin, leathery, green flesh is a large mass of ceremony pulp, usually intermixed with 50 to

How about getting your kids to help make this fun summer treat?

Ingredients:

• 1 (3 oz.) pack Jello, any flavour • 1 (14 oz.) pack unsweetened Kool-Aid • Half cup sugar • 2 cups boiling water • 2 cups cold water

Method:

• Dissolve Jello, Kool-Aid, and sugar in boiling water. Add cold water.

• Pour into ice cube trays or popsicles molds. Insert sticks.

• You can wait until mixture is partially frozen to insert sticks. Freeze until firm, about two to three hours.

• Makes 20 to 24 pops.

Soursop juice is said to help heal liver ailments.

By Phillip Simmons 100 black seeds.

What are the health benefits of this fruit? Soursop fruit has various nutrients beneficial to human health such as large amounts of vitamins C, B1, and B12. Soursop fruit is rich in carbohydrates, particularly fructose.

Soursop fruit, leaves and seeds are useful as a natural remedy to treat a variety of diseases.

The seeds, which have emetic properties, help treat vomiting and nausea.

The leaf decoction is effective for head lice and bed bugs. The juice of the fruit can be taken orally as a remedy for urethritis, haematuria and liver ailments.

Also the juice, when taken during fasting, is believed to relieve liver ailments and even leprosy.

It is also used to speed the healing of wounds; the flesh of the soursop is applied as a poultice, unchanged for three days.

A decoction of the young shoots or leaves is regarded as a remedy for gall bladder trouble, as well as

coughs, catarrh, diarrhoea, dysentery, fever and indigestion.

Mashed leaves are used as a poultice to alleviate eczema and other skin problems and rheumatism.

TIGHTWAD

Tip

Lacklustre lettuce?

TIRED of pawing through the crisper drawer only to pull out tired looking tomatoes and lacklustre lettuce?

If you line the bottom of the fridge crisper drawer with paper towels it will help to absorb the extra moisture that causes vegetables to rot and extend the life of your veggies.

July 23 - 29, 2011

Lifestyle...

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

How does your garden grow

GARDENING 

Frangipani – a common sight in TCI PLUMERIA is the classic Hawaiian leis tree. Its flowers are the ones used to form the colourful, tropical flower necklaces (lei).

Native to tropical America, from southern Mexico, northern South America and the West Indies, plumeria is rated a small tree, to about 15 to 25 feet and is seen in a variety of solid colours. There are more than 300 named varieties of plumeria.

The flowers are about two inches long, arranged in five petals, and are waxy and fragrant. It blooms in spring and through all the summer months.

The tree itself is multi-branched and holds thick foliage. The young tree has green wood on the trunk and branches which become more grey as it matures. Plumeria is related to oleander, periwinkle and allamanda.

Plumeria-frangipani is deciduous, losing all its leaves in winter. It can look awful without its leaves. If you feel your plumeria requires pruning you should wait until the dormant period is well along then cut for shape. Water should be at a minimum during all dormant months.

This tree prefers full sun or shifting shade and hot weather during blooming months. Not too fussy for soil conditions, plumeria can grow fairly close to the beach, but without full wind. Enriched soil is preferred and good drainage should be provided.

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

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.

Q: What foods are good sources of vitamin D? A: Vitamin D is very important in that it helps with optimal absorption of calcium and phosphorous; two minerals needed for strong bones and teeth. It also helps to regulate the amount of calcium in the blood.

Vitamin D is commonly called the ‘sunshine vitamin’ because the best source of this vitamin is the sun—something we have ample amounts of around here. However, you should still be mindful of wearing sunscreen when spending long hours outside.

Vitamin D is not naturally found in many foods so it’s important to choose wisely so that we get enough of the vitamin. Sometimes we see foods that are ‘fortified’ with vitamin D; this means that the vitamin has been added to the food.

Some good vitamin D foods include: fatty fish such as tuna and salmon; most milk; and many types of orange juice, yogurt, cheeses, cereals, breads and soy drinks.

Plumeria-frangipani is deciduous, losing all its leaves in winter.

The Turks and Caicos native frangipani is a plumeria obtuse and is common throughout the Islands.

It grows on rocky areas and doesn’t seem to mind salty areas.

Plumeria species may be easily propagated from cuttings of leafless stem tips in spring. Cuttings are allowed to dry at the base before

Make-up Tip 

About face I’VE got an oversized see-through makeup bag perched on a table by the window, and I’m happy to share its contents with you, revealing the tricks of the trade I’ve learned and applied over many years of cosmetic experience.

I’ll start this first article with some tips on applying (and storing) mascara.

Depending on the brand, this little eye opener can either enhance your baby blues/browns/greens, or give them a resemblance to a sunflower – all spiky and startled and angular.

To soften the look and make your lashes plump – whether they’re in abundance or skimpy, few and far between – you’ve got to work that mascara wand to its best advantage.

First rule of thumb, never ever pump the wand in and out of the tube, assuming that you’re accumulating

YOUR DIET

17

more product onto that teddy bear brush. Not so! Pumping will only accelerate the drying out process, sucking air into what should be an

Never pump the mascara brush in and out of the tube.

planting in well drained soil.

Cuttings are particularly susceptible to rot in moist soil.

Propagation can also be by tissue culture from cuttings of freshly elongated stems or aseptically germinated seed. Pruning is best accomplished in the winter for deciduous varieties.

By JOAN LAFONTAINE beauty expert

air-tight container.

Now hold the wand horizontally, running it back and forth over top lashes, then with the tip only, do the same movement just on the top edges of the lashes.

Repeat (if desired) on lower lashes, and immediately take a clean mascara brush, which you’ve saved from the last tube and thoroughly washed in warm soapy water, and brush the still damp lashes back and forth.

This prevents that ‘clumpy’ look which gives the impression of having no more than six or seven lashes.

Repeat application, repeat brushing. And if you don’t have a clean brush at the moment, use a baby’s toothbrush, making sure to wash it well after each use.

Your lashes will seem to have multiplied and frame your eyes with a soft, flattering look.

Q: Is lactose intolerance the same as milk allergy?

A: The short answer is no. Many people commonly confuse the two saying they are allergic to milk because they have gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhoea, gas and cramping.

However, milk allergy and lactose intolerance are quite different.

Lactose intolerance occurs when a person does not have the ability to break down lactose, the sugar in milk.

A milk allergy on the other hand is an immune response to the protein in milk where the body sees the protein as a foreign invader that it must destroy.

As you would imagine, the symptoms of a milk allergy are more severe than those of lactose intolerance and may include itchy eyes, rashes, runny noses and respiratory difficulties.

Persons with an intolerance may be able to have small amounts of milk but persons with an allergy must avoid milk altogether.

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

Call 946 8308, 242 3978 or 442 3978.

Simplify your life

ONLY keep belongings that you use/enjoy on a regular basis.

By making the effort to reduce what you own, you will naturally purchase less and create less waste in the future.

18

Regional News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

Documents lost after Haiti quake cause More Dominicans go abroad, but send the Bahamas immigration headache DOCUMENTS lost after the devastating earthquake in Haiti have caused “some difficulty” for the Department of Immigration, said government officials, who are also contending with the underground market in forged documents.

Since the earthquake, the department has received applications from individuals who claim their records were destroyed. These records include birth certificates for a mother or father, school records and even health records.

Brent Symonette, Minister of Immigration, said a lot of people are saying they can’t get the documents because of the earthquake. However, the department says it is able to use other means of authenticating the identity of an individual or establishing their presence in the Bahamas.

Mr Symonette said the Bahamas recently had informal discussions with a senior Haitian official about accessing a database of some four million Haitian nationals that was

compiled with the assistance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) for the recently-held elections.

The intent is to negotiate a cooperative arrangement for accessing the data bank in order to authenticate the identity of Haitian nationals presented in the Bahamas.

Also of serious concern for the department is forged documents.

Just two days ago, the minister said he came across a file where a letter looked much too neat for the year in which it was supposed to have been written. Mr Symonette said the stamp was even wet. Some of the forgeries are very good. Some are very clumsy. We are aware that there are forgeries, but I don’t want to portray that there are massive amounts of forged documents.

“Forgeries exist and we have to safeguard against them,” said Mr Symonette.

The Department of Immigration reports matters of suspected fraud to the police for investigation and further prosecution.

Mr Symonette said the electronic system should make the practice more difficult. The new electronic system should also help prevent a new backlog from accumulating, said Mr Symonette, because no applications are accepted by the electronic system unless all of the required documentation is there.

Revealing the department’s statistics, Mr Symonette said 1,144 applicants were granted citizenship between May 2, 2007 and June 30, 2010. In that same time, 1,165 permanent residence applications were approved; 1,506 spousal permits and 10,012 permits to reside. Between May 2, 2002 and May 2, 2007, under the former administration, Mr Symonette said the government granted 2,083 citizenship requests; 1,582 permanent residence, 2,286 spousal permits and 22,839 requests for permits to reside. He said the department does not have collated statistics on the number of rejected applications. (tribune242.com)

fewer remittances

SANTO DOMINGO: Despite that Dominican Republic was one of the countries which sent the highest number of emigrants abroad in the 2008-2010 period, its remittances fell in 5.1 percent from the effects the global economic crisis, according to a report by several organisations.

The report “International Migration in the Americas,” by the Organisation of American Estados (OAS), the Cooperation and Economic Development Organisation (OECD) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) found that reduction was lower than the 10.2 percent decline in remittances sent to Latin America and the Caribbean.

The report even notes that in the cases of Mexico and Dominican Republic there was anecdotal evidence of inverse flows from remittances to the United States in 2009, since the emigrants used their savings in their country of origin, on mortgage payments in the United States.

Dominican emigrants to the OECD jumped 28 percent as an

annual average in the 2008-2009 period, compared with the 20032007 period. On average emigrants increased from 45,460 people to 58,280 annual in that period.

The United States received the most Dominican emigrants as an annual average, with local immigrants increasing from 30,050 to 40,650 in the period, while Spain, where the increase in the number of local immigrants as an annual average went from 12,360 to 14,300 in the period.

Condition The fall in the remittances received

by Dominican Republic was lower than the region as a whole, although Dominican emigrants are concentrated in the United States and Spain, two countries hit especially hard by the 2008 financial crisis.

Exception Latin America’s exception was Haiti, a country the World Bank estimates received US$1.5 billion in 2010, 15% more than in the two previous years, resulting from the reaction the earthquake in that country.

(Dominican Today)

Sixteen members of staff have already lost their jobs in the Atlantis room scam.

Workers sacked in Atlantis room scam A NUMBER of Atlantis workers have been sacked after bosses at the resort allegedly uncovered a major stealing ring.

It is believed 16 members of staff were fired after being accused by hotel chiefs of stealing by reason of employment. It is claimed that hotel guests would be offered a room upgrade but instead of charging the difference on a credit card, those running the scam would take cash and pocket it instead of turning it over to the hotel.

A source said: “What they did was go to a guest and ask them if they wanted a better room. If the

guest did, they would charge them a fraction of what an upgrade would normally cost, but tell them they would have to pay cash.

“If the guest agreed, the employee would pocket the money and split it between the maids and the bell men for their silence. Everyone was happy, the guests got better rooms and everyone got paid, except for Atlantis.

“They had the whole thing worked out. This has been going on for a long time,” it was claimed.

HIGH-RANKING It is understood more terminations

are expected next week as executives uncover further details about the ring.

Among those believed to be fired was a person in a highranking position, several front desk employees and a handful of maids.

Linda Moxey, the officer in charge of the Paradise Island police station, said she has no knowledge of the terminations. However she admitted the company usually deals with their matters internally and rarely file police reports.

Ed Fields, Atlantis senior vice president of public affairs, said he had no comment. (tribune242.com)

Red Jet will head to Trinidad after all, sources told the Sunday Sun in Barbados this week.

REDjet set for Trinidad

AFTER several months of uncertainty, regional air carrier REDjet has been given the green light to fly into Trinidad and Tobago.

Sources close to the “REDjet talks” confirmed to the SUNDAY SUN that the low-budget carrier would touch down at Piarco International Airport within the next few days.

Reports out of the twin-island republic stated that a compromise had been reached between Trinidad and Tobago’s Civil Aviation Authority and Airone Ventures Limited, parent body of REDjet Airlines, following a court matter in the Port of Spain High Court last Friday. (TS/ Nationnews.com)

July 23 - 29, 2011

Regional News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Cholera death toll at 76 in DR after more deaths CHOLERA has killed a total of 76 people in the Dominican Republic since November with the five fatalities reported over the past week, the Public Health Ministry confirmed Friday.

According to official figures released by the ministry, the number of suspected cholera cases has risen to 10,760 after

1,014 new cases were registered in the past week.

Most new cases were reported in the southern province of Elias Piña and on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. The ministry said health authorities were also checking 182 deaths to decide whether or not they were caused by the epidemic. (Dominican Today)

Puerto Rico agents seize 49 bricks of cocaine from Dominicans A team effort amongst U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) components resulted in the seizure today of 49 bricks of cocaine hidden inside a fiberglass vessel intercepted 12 nautical miles northwest of the western island of Desecheo.

During a Border Security patrol, a CBP aircraft detected a Dominican “Michera” type fishing vessel, approximately 30’ long, stationed in the Mona Passage, without navigational lights and two individuals on board.

The vessel rendezvoused with another 20’ long, fiberglass commercial vessel with two individuals on board. The subjects on the “Michera” vessel were observed by the CBP aircraft handing what appeared to be bags to the persons on the other vessel.

Both vessels departed, with

the 20’ vessel taking an eastern route towards Puerto Rico. A CBP marine unit intercepted the vessel 12 nautical miles northwest of Desecheo island.

The vessel was brought to shore where a CBP Field Operations X-ray revealed a hidden compartment. 49 bricks of suspected narcotics were found which field tested positive to cocaine.

Custody of the narcotics and the two suspects was transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for further investigation.

CBP Field Operations, Border Patrol and Air & Marine components work together to detect and prevent that dangerous narcotics enter through our borders. (Dominican Today)

Chavez touches down in Cuba for cancer treatment VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez has arrived in Cuba, where he is expected to continue cancer treatment.

The president was met by his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, at the airport in Havana on Saturday night, according to Cuban state media. The Cubadebate website published a photo of the two men shaking hands amid a group of photographers.

Chavez returned to the Caribbean nation less than a month after he left, following treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.

It is not clear how long he plans to stay in Cuba, where he has said he will begin chemotherapy.

“It’s not time to die. It’s time to live,” the president said before boarding his plane in Venezuela.

Earlier Saturday, the ailing leader said that doctors, in the aftermath of surgery, have not found malignant cells in any other part of his body.

He underwent surgery to remove a

19

New energy policy aims to reduce Bermuda’s greenhouse gas emissions BERMUDA’S nine-year plan for a new energy policy was this week unveiled, as Government released the White Paper on Energy.

Drafting of the long-anticipated policy document began with the creation of the Department of Energy in April 2008.

Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Walter Roban warned that implementing its policies “will be extremely demanding, and will require nothing short of a national energy transition”.

The White Paper, he added, is “an excellent example to other smallisland jurisdictions”, and the first of its kind among the British dependent territories.

“We are pretty much ahead of the game,” he said.

In an announcement attended by the Energy Department’s team, Mr Roban added: “It is noteworthy that this paper was produced inhouse, without the use of foreign consultants, by a completely local staff.”

At its core, the document is to guide the Island into a more sustainable energy policy.

The Minister said it outlines the path to “an alternate future not bound by fossil fuels, but one where we conserve energy, use energy more efficiently, and harness indigenous renewable energy resources”.

The two most critical issues driving the policy document were energy security and climate change, he said.

“The primary threat to energy security in Bermuda is what has been described internationally as peak oil the time at which the world’s production of oil peaks, and thereafter enters a period of terminal decline,” he said.

Mr Roban described Belco, which powers the Island using fossil fuels, as “a partner in the move to make

this White Paper a reality”, and “not a bogeyman”.

Turning to the issue of climate change, he said: “Climate scientists have made it very clear that greenhouse gas emissions must peak within the next few years, and then decline to less than one ton per person, on average, by 2050, to avoid dangerous changes to the global climate.”

Bermudians currently produce 14 tons each.

The goal is to reduce emissions below ten tons per person by 2020.

“Fortunately, the technologies required to achieve the goals of the White Paper exist today and most are already affordable, so our goals can and will be reached,” Mr Roban said, citing compact fluorescent lights, solar water heating and solar photovoltaic panels as examples.

Bermuda has a “policy vacuum” with fossil fuel use, the Minister continued, and legislative changes would be addressed.

These include amendments to the Energy Act 2009 to cut the Island’s greenhouse emissions.

It will also require transferring responsibility for Bermuda’s energy to an independent regulatory authority.

A Belco spokesman said the company was pleased to be included in the Minister’s remarks, but had no comment at this time.

With the policy paper’s emphasis on renewable energy, the White Paper drew a quick response from Alternative Energy Systems founder Tim Madeiros.

Mr Madeiros praised its “very aggressive goals” encouraging the use of solar energy.

“With Government incentives and expedited planning policies, as well as the Belco net metering policy and new financing options for solar energy customers, I believe the goals outlined in the paper are achievable,” Mr Madeiros said. (Royalgazette. com)

Cocaine-filled sub seized off Honduran coast HONDURAN naval authorities have seized nearly three tons of cocaine packed inside a submarine off the country’s Caribbean coast.

Honduran Defense Minister Marlon Pascua said that bust also netted five arrests.

Posing a challenge for authorities is the fact the submarine remains submerged. However Honduran Navy surveillance has been charged with monitoring the vessel. Officials say the vessel is floating 50 feet under the surface of the Caribbean off the Honduran coast after the crew tried to sink it.

“We intend to recover the drugs, and we are asking for aid from friendly countries to recover the vessel,” Pascua told local media.

“It is important to have proof so that the full weight of the law can be applied to these people,” he added.

In the last few years, the instances of homemade submarines used in the trafficking of drugs has grown off Central America and Mexico as drug traffickers seek new routes to smuggle narcotics into the United States. (allheadlinesnews.com)

Twenty arrest warrants issued in high-profile Mexican homicide case Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves Saturday as he leaves Caracas to go to Cuba for chemotherapy.

cancerous tumor last month.

Still, he said there is always the risk that cancer cells could reappear and so it is necessary that doctors take an aggressive approach.

Hours before Chavez left Venezuela, the president delegated some of his powers to his vice president and finance minister -marking the first time in his more than 12 years in office that he ceded authority.

A JUDGE has issued arrest warrants for 20 people wanted in connection with the kidnapping and killing of the son of poet Javier Sicilia, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said Sunday.

The warrants were the latest advance in a high-profile case which has captivated the Mexican public and drawn attention from the country’s top officials.

“These subjects are suspected in kidnapping, homicide and other crimes against Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega” and six others, the Attorney General’s Office said in a statement.

Sicilia has become one of the

most outspoken opponents of Mexico’s drug war and widespread drug-related violence since his son’s slaying in March. The poet has led large demonstrations in Mexico City and the violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez. He has also vocally criticized officials’ handling of the case.

In a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon last month, he asked for a moment of silence for the victims of what he called “an atrocious and senseless war.”

Police found the lifeless body of Sicilia’s 24-year-old son and six others crammed inside a car in the

central Mexican town of Cuernavaca on March 28. Masking tape was wrapped around their heads, faces, wrists and ankles.

Authorities believe all seven victims suffocated, and they have said members of Mexico’s Pacifico Sur cartel are suspects. At least several suspects have been arrested.

Attorney Julio Hernandez, who represents Sicilia, said Sunday that police still had not detained one person directly involved in the case, state media reported. Authorities are offering a reward of 300 million pesos ($25.5 million) for his capture.

(CNN)

20

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

21

22

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

23

24

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

25

r d

l e

e

g

d w

l

26

World News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

South Africa marks Mandela’s 93rd birthday with call to help others NELSON Mandela turned 93 on Monday surrounded by family, as South Africans paid tribute to his legacy by performing at least 67 minutes of public service.

Sixty-seven is the number of years the former South African president devoted to public service.

Mandela -- affectionately known by his clan name Madiba -- was spending the day in Qunu, where he grew up.

South Africans held various activities to honour a man credited with helping bring together a nation separated by apartheid.

Early Monday about 12 million students sang a special “Happy Birthday” song in unison nationwide before they started their lessons.

A group called “Bikers for Mandela” rode around the country for eight days doing volunteer service, including painting playgrounds and planting trees. Their trip was scheduled to end in Pretoria on Mandela Day. Mandela rarely makes public appearances, with his last sighting at the closing ceremonies of the World Cup in South Africa last year.

He was briefly hospitalised in January for an acute respiratory infection, and continues to receive medical care at home.

Under South Africa’s apartheid regime, Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being convicted of sabotage and attempts to overthrow the government. He was released in 1990 and became president in 1994.

The United Nations joined his

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, poses with family members in his hometown of Qunu, South Africa, July 17, 2011. Mandela celebrated his 93rd birthday July 18, 2011. In 2009, Mandela’s birthday was declared an international day devoted to public service. (Peter Morey Photographic/AP Photo)

foundation in urging the world to perform 67 minutes of public service.

“Together, the best way we can thank Nelson Mandela for his work is by taking action for others and inspiring change,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said last week.

“Tutor a child. Feed someone less fortunate. Care for your environment. Volunteer at a hospital or community centre. Be a part of a global movement to make the world a better place,” Ban said.

U.S. President Barack Obama,

whose wife, Michelle, met Mandela last month, said the icon is “a beacon for the global community” and for those who fight for justice.

“Madiba sets the standard for service worldwide, whether we are students, shopkeepers or farmers, Cabinet ministers or presidents,” the president said in a statement. “He calls on us to serve our fellow human beings, and better our communities.”

The United Nations designated July 18 as Mandela Day in 2009.

(CNN)

IMF says that huge Greek debt ‘on knife edge’ GREECE’S enormous debts are sustainable but on a “knife’s edge,” according to the International Monetary Fund.

A 110bn-euro (£96bn) rescue package for Greece is being implemented but investors still fear a default.

Given the situation, Greece must stick to its reform programme, IMF Athens mission chief Poul Thomsen said.

His comments came as UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he was “incredibly worried” about the Greek debt crisis.

Greece under Prime Minister George Papandreou has passed several rounds of austerity measures, including tax increases, pay cuts, privatisations and public sector redundancies, to get aid from the IMF and the European Union.

Poul Thomsen, the IMF’s mission chief to Athens, said that Greece must now implement these reforms.

“Policies must be applied as planned, or the sustainability of the debt will be placed in doubt,” he told

Greek newspaper Ethnos.

“The Greek debt is sustainable but it is, as we say, on a knife’s edge.”

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday on a visit to Athens that “the US strongly support the Papandreou government’s determination to make the necessary reforms to put Greece on a sound financial footing”.

Greece has more than 350bn euros of debt, and the IMF warned last week than it needs an additional 100bn euros in aid on top of last year’s bail-out to avoid a default.

The eurozone members will hold a special summit on 21 July to discuss the debt crisis and provide fresh aid for Greece.

‘Direct impact’ Mr Clegg told the BBC on Sunday that the crisis is “immensely serious”.

“This has a direct impact on British jobs and the livelihood of people in this country,” he said.

“I believe we should play an active role behind the scenes, because we

are not a member of the euro, to help eurozone members make the reforms necessary to make a strong, prosperous eurozone in the future.”

The Irish Republic and Portugal have had bail-outs since Greece received its aid package, and markets last week suggested they were worried that Italy will be the next.

On Friday, the European Banking Authority (EBA) said eight out of 90 European banks have failed stress tests designed to ensure they can withstand another financial crisis.

None of the tests included what would happen to the banks if Greece defaulted on its debt.

Five Spanish banks failed, as well as one in Austria and two in Greece.

The news came just as Italy’s parliament approved a 70bn-euro austerity package.

According to the Bank for International Settlements, UK banks hold a relatively small $3.4bn (£2.1bn) worth of Greek sovereign debt, compared with banks in Germany, which hold $22.6bn. (BBC)

July 23 - 29, 2011

Phone-hacking scandal leads to corruption probe of UK police A POLICE review board will investigate allegations of corruption and other issues involving British police in the wake of allegations that journalists paid police officers for information, Home Secretary Theresa May said Monday.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary will examine “instances of undue influence, inappropriate contractual relationships and other abuses of power” between police officials, reporters and other parties, May said.

The inspectorate is a division of the Home Office that inspects and reviews police forces in Britain to ensure they operate according to standards.

It is to offer May recommendations for preventing such issues in the future.

May told Parliament that she also will consider additional resources and powers for the Independent Police Complaints Commission, which is providing independent oversight of the investigation.

She also has asked Elizabeth Filkin, former parliamentary commissioner for standards, to evaluate ethical considerations that should guide police relationships with the media.

The management board of the Metropolitan Police has also agreed to new standards regarding to its officers’ relations with media, including recording meetings between police and reporters and publishing information on the Internet.

“Mr. Speaker, there is nothing more important than the public’s trust in the police to do their work without fear or favour,” she said.

May’s statement came shortly

after the British police officer who ruled two years ago that there was no reason to pursue an investigation into phone hacking by journalists resigned Monday, the second top Metropolitan Police officer to quit in less than 24 hours.

Assistant Commissioner John Yates -- who has since called his decision “crap” -- was due to be suspended when he quit, the Metropolitan Police Authority said.

The resignation came the day after Britain’s top police officer, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson, resigned in light of close links between the police and journalists they were supposed to be investigating.

Murdoch closed News of the World last week, less than a week after it came out that reporters working for him had illegally eavesdropped on the phone of a missing girl, Milly Dowler, and deleted some of her messages to make room for more. She was later found dead.

Closing the paper has not put an end to the scandal, which has exposed the close links the British press has with both politicians and the police.

Media baron Murdoch apologized to the British public with fullpage advertisements in national newspapers Saturday and Sunday.

Police in the United Kingdom have identified almost 4,000 potential targets of phone hacking in documents recovered from a private investigator working for the paper.

The FBI is also investigating News Corp. after a report that employees or associates may have tried to hack into phone conversations and voice mail of September 11 survivors, victims and their families.

Casey Anthony’s attorney: we need to start respecting the verdict IN AN exclusive interview Sunday with Geraldo Rivera on Fox News’ “Geraldo at Large,” Casey Anthony’s attorney, Jose Baez discussed his reaction to the public outrage surrounding the verdict.

“We need to start respecting the jury verdict and decisions that the juries make,” Baez told Rivera.

The comment comes a day after Casey Anthony was released from an Orange County, Fla., jail 12 days after she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

Anthony, 25, who had spent years in the spotlight’s glare including two months of nationally televised trial proceedings was escorted outside by two sheriff’s deputies early Sunday armed with semi-automatic rifles.

She swiftly boarded an SUV and rode out of public view -- with $537.68 in cash from her jail account.

Anthony’s whereabouts remained a closely guarded secret Monday, known only to a select few as she tries to start a new life. One of her lawyers says an elaborate plan was made to protect her from people with “the lynch-mob mentality.”

Her options for starting a new life could be limited by lawsuits pending against her, the scorn of multitudes who think she was guilty of the killing and a criminal record from her convictions for lying to police.

Her attorney Cheney Mason told NBC’s Today Show on Monday that he’s confident in Anthony’s safety, but declined to answer questions about where she was.

July 23 - 29, 2011

World News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Violence Persists in Afghanistan as NATO Force Changes Generals KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. David H. Petraeus handed over command of the Afghan war on Monday, leaving behind a country racked by deep political instability whose fledgling security forces are fighting a weakened but deadly insurgency that kills coalition troops and Afghan civilians and officials nearly every day.

His successor, Gen. John R. Allen, will confront those challenges — and many more — as he guides NATOled forces through the handoff of security control to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 — a process that is still in its earliest stages.

“There will be tough days ahead,” General Allen said in prepared remarks, which he delivered at a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force here, “and I have no illusions about the challenges we will face together.”

His first day in command offered a grim snapshot of those difficulties.

Three NATO soldiers were killed on Monday by an improvised bomb in eastern Afghanistan, and another died in a separate incident in the south, NATO forces . said in statements.

Elsewhere in Kabul, Afghan officials gathered at the presidential palace to pay tribute to the second powerful political figure to be assassinated in less than a week. The politician, Jan Mohammed Khan, was a former governor from the south and a close ally of the president who was gunned down at his home Sunday night.

To gain entry, the two killers pretended to be members of Mr. Khan’s tribe, seeking his assistance as a tribal elder, Afghan officials said on Monday. Mr. Khan gave one of the men 3,000 Afghanis — about $60 — before they began shooting, the officials said. A member of Parliament was also killed in the attack.

The two gunmen in turn were killed by Afghan security forces, though one of them held the police off for nearly eight hours. The police finally set off a bomb in the room inside Mr. Khan’s home where the gunman had taken refuge.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, as they did for the assassination last Tuesday of President Hamid Karzai’s powerful half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, who was shot dead by a close associate.

On Monday, a Karzai spokesman lionized both of the slain men as national heroes, dismissing as defamation the widespread criticism of both men’s unsavory alliances and suspected ties to the drug trade.

The spokesman, Waheed Omer, said

their deaths were part of a concerted attempt to disrupt Afghanistan’s security.

“The enemy is trying to remove these personalities,” he said. “They want to remove them in a very systematic manner.”

At the handover ceremony, General Petraeus offered similar warnings about the dedication of the insurgents, whom he said were willing to carry out “barbaric” and indiscriminate attacks against civilians.

Indeed, the United Nations recently said that civilian casualties in the last six months had risen sharply compared with the same period a year ago. It blamed 80 percent of the killings on antigovernment forces like the Taliban.

“We should be clear-eyed about the challenges that lie ahead,” General Petraeus said, adding later: “There is nothing easy about such a fight.”

Still, as General Petraeus prepared to depart for Washington to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, his overall assessment was hopeful.

He said that Afghan and NATO troops had pushed back Taliban fighters in their southern strongholds of Helmand and Kandahar provinces. And he said that there were fewer insurgent attacks on security forces in the last two and a half months than in the same period in 2010, “even though there are over 80,000 more Afghan and I.S.A.F. forces this year, and we have been on the offensive.”

He also cited as signs of progress the transition of seven cities and provinces to Afghan-led security.

The central province of Bamiyan — home to the ancient Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban a decade ago — was handed over on Sunday, and officials said that more areas would begin the formal transition this week.

Most of the seven areas included in the first round are relatively stable, or have handled their own security for years with little help from NATO forces. Afghan officials in Kabul and some of the seven areas have acknowledged that the change will be more symbolic than substantive, at least in the short term.

In Kandahar Province, the police chief of the Registan district was killed along with three bodyguards when an improvised explosive device detonated under their vehicle as they were driving to the Shurabak district. Three more bodyguards were injured, said Sher Shah Yousufzai, the chief of security for Kandahar Province.

27

Judge rejects Berlusconi objections in sex case THE JUDGE in Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s trial on charges of sex with a minor rejected all defense motions Monday and scheduled the next hearing for October 3.

Judge Giulia Turri dismissed defense motions one by one in a hearing attended by neither Berlusconi nor the woman at the center of the accusations, dancer Karima el Mahroug -- nicknamed “Ruby the Heart-stealer.”

Berlusconi’s attorney, Niccolo Ghedini, slammed Turri. “It is shameful. It is a ruling without any logic,” he complained to reporters after the proceedings. “It is not possible to hold a fair trial here. The judge rejected all of 16 objections.

How is this possible?”

Berlusconi drew the most international attention for the headline-grabbing allegations that he paid for sex with the dancer, and then tried to pull strings to get her out of jail when she was arrested for theft.

It’s illegal to pay for sex with a minor in Italy. Both the prime minister and the dancer admit he gave her money, but deny it was for sex.

Separately, he is also fighting charges of bribing British lawyer David Mills to secure favourable

The next hearing for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s trial on charges of sex with a minor is October 3.

(CNN)

testimony in legal cases.

Mills denied receiving bribes and his conviction in the case was overturned last year. Mills is the ex-husband of former British government minister Tessa Jowell.

The Mills case has been in and out of court for years.

Berlusconi at one point passed a law shielding top government officials from prosecution while they’re in office, and then saw it struck down by judges.

Berlusconi denies all charges.

The court adjourned the Mills case until September 19.

Berlusconi did not appear at the Ruby trial on Monday. Ghedini said the prime minister “had other institutional commitments.”

Berlusconi’s political fortunes have been mixed in the face of the trials.

His ruling coalition suffered a major defeat in local elections in Milan and Naples at the end of May, with voters backing left-wing candidates in both cities.

Milan’s turn to the left is a powerful setback for Berlusconi.

Milan is his hometown and his political stronghold, and it has been led by a center-right mayor for the past two decades But less than a month later, Italian lawmakers approved a vote of confidence for his economic reform package.

Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament approved the package in a 317-293 vote on June 21.

The measure -- which aims to boost growth in Italy, particularly in the southern regions -- wasn’t a vote of confidence on the Berlusconi government but only on the reform package itself.

But the vote showed that Berlusconi has a stronger majority in the lower house than his critics thought. (CNN)

Taliban in Pakistan’s ‘police killing’ video FOOTAGE appearing to show the execution-style killing of 16 policemen in the restive north-west of Pakistan has been released by the Taliban.

The video shows policemen lined up on a hillside with their hands tied behind their backs in front of gunmen who berate them and then open fire on them.

The incident is said to date from June when militants crossed the Afghan border and captured police.

Pakistan’s army spokesman told the BBC the video appears to be authentic.

A note released alongside the video said that the policemen were captured during a cross-border raid from Afghanistan in June in Pakistan’s volatile Dir district.

The bodies were discovered by locals once the militants had left.

The BBC received mobile phone footage from a policeman in Dir showing local residents discovering the corpses.

DISTURBING FOOTAGE The area is regularly targeted by insurgents and hundreds of militants were reported to have descended upon the town of Shalato in a remote corner of Dir close to the border with

Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

At least 25 Pakistani troops were also killed during the prolonged clash. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack.

The footage released by the Taliban is disturbing. The policemen are lined up on the left with only a few moments to live.

On the right, a local Pakistani Taliban commander accuses them of being the enemies of Islam and says God wants him to punish them.

He also talks about Pakistan’s security forces lining up six “children” from Swat and shooting them, referring to footage that emerged last year which appeared to show six young Taliban suspects being led into a forest and killed by soldiers - the army claims that video is fake.

Then his gunmen open fire and the men are seen collapsing as they are sprayed with bullets. Later, a militant is seen firing shots into the soldiers’ heads to ensure they are all dead.

The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says incidents like this make Pakistan bristle with anger when it is told that it is not doing enough to fight militants. But, our correspondent adds, Pakistan’s army also stands accused of abuses.

Human rights groups say there is considerable evidence that Pakistan’s army has also conducted summary executions of suspected Taliban militants - an accusation the army denies.

“They are merciless terrorists and this is the threat which we are up against. We have suffered the most at the hands of al-Qaeda and its affiliates... At the same time Pakistan has delivered the most against [them],” Maj Gen Athar Abbas, Pakistan’s army spokesman, told the BBC. The army believes the attack was carried out by Pakistani Taliban fighters from Swat, who fled across the border into Afghanistan during the army’s offensive there two years ago.

They have since regrouped and have been coming across the border to carry out attacks on isolated checkpoints like the one in Dir manned by the men who were killed.

Correspondents say that securing the long and porous border dividing Pakistan and Afghanistan has been a major challenge for the two countries.

Many of the militant groups that operate on either side of the border are closely linked. (BBC)

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Services Auto sales real estate

Classifieds G & G CONSTRUCTION

WANTED

Is looking to fill the following positions:

Live-In Nanny/ Domestic Worker

Must be able to work 5 days per week Salary $5.50 per hour

5298

Contact: 247-8177

Labourer Contact: 241-2962

PAINTING SPECIALIST Applicant must have 10 – 15 years skill & experience.

Experience in wall paper, venetion plaster, Color mixing, stucco finishing, interior &exterior.

Salary $600 per week. Only Turks Islanders need apply.

July 23 - 29, 2011

946-4664 Fax: 946-4661

Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

Website: tcweeklynews.com

MAUREEN GIBSON

Labourer

Providenciales Telephone: 231-1205

Sales Clerk

- Must Love Children - Must be Honest, Reliable and Trustworthy - Tolerance for Dogs and 1 house-cat - Ability to drive (with drivers' license) a plus Salary: $550.00/month

TC INDUSTRAL SERVICES LTD

5305

Job Listings

5318

28

Call today to advertise

946-4664 OR EMAIL

tcnews@tciway.tc

Is looking for a

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 242-0540

STUDIO APARTMENT FOR RENT $650.00 per month Gated Community Furnished

Contact: 231-3788

CATHERINE WILLIAMS IS LOOKING FOR A

VACANCIES PROVO ELECTRIC

WAITRESS TO WORK 6 DAYS PER WEEK SALARY $5.50 PER HOUR.

Hole In The Wall • Waitress

Salary must commensurate with qualifications

FLOWERGIRL Is looking for a

Resumes can be faxed to 941-3425 and the Labour Department, Providenciales as soon as possible

5321

5314

CONTACT 241-2212 OR EMAIL: KATHERINE.625@HOTMAIL.COM

• Electricians • Laborer • Clerk

GRAND TURK LIQUORS Is looking to fill the following positions:

2 LABOURERS

To work 5 ½ days per week Salary $6.00 per hour Hours: 8:30am-6:30pm some extra hours may be required

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! the largest readership in the turks & caicos

DOMESTIC WORKER TO CLEAN THE SHOP

CONTACT 231-3788

1 SALES CLERK To work 5 ½ days per week Salary $6.00 per hour Hours: 8:30am-6:30pm

Contact: Joey Missick at 946-2262 or 246-0663

5295

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

Job Opportunity New owner of Comfort Suites Ports of Call Resort in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands seeks qualified

Resort Manager

With minimum CHA certification and 5-plus years related experience. Require hands-on experience developing and coordinating guest services, including recreation and social activities.

All qualified candidates are invited to submit their resumes to Janie Leyden-Ondrey through janie@papkeproperties.com

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

29 FAX: (649) 946-4661

The Sands is now accepting applications/rĂŠsumĂŠ for the following position. Only highly self-driven & motivated, personable and professional individuals, who have the desire to serve others, need apply:

Pool & Beach Attendant Responsibilities @@Greet all guests and assist with towels, umbrellas, questions, and/or water sports equipment. @@Complete setting up and breaking down of all guest lounge areas as designated by management and to ensure that all pool chairs and tables are in a clean and orderly fashion. @@Constant walk-through of pool area and beach area to make certain it is clean (no trash on the grounds) and tidy. Inspect entire pool area replacing any missing items and/or repairing (when possible) any items needing attention. (I.e. umbrellas, Hobie Cat, chairs, etc.) @@Pool & Hot Tub Cleaning (i.e. vacuuming, filtering, scrubbing, sifting, chemical testing, checking skimmers, etc.)

Requirements @@A secondary diploma is an asset @@Experience as a Pool & Beach Attendant is preferred @@Must be able to work long hours in the sun

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, or via e-mail: tsmith@thesandstc.com .

Applications must be in by July 29, 2011.

30

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

July 23 - 29, 2011 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

COCO BISTRO RESTAURANT

Royal West Indies Resort

in GRACE BAY is looking for the following positions:

Cook

Is looking for motivated proactive individuals to join its “Resort Team: and contribute to this growing Condominium Resort. Candidates MUST want to actively participate in creating an excellent and professional guest experience

• He/ she must be able to work weekends, nights and holidays • Must be able to work 6 day per week • Must be willing to scrub ovens and other kitchen equipment • Must have at least 8 years experience and have a good knowledge of butchery, sauces, soups, stocks fish cookery and meat cookery • Must be willing to work on a hot grill nightly • Must be able to understand and speak English • Must be physically fit, dependable and hard working Salary $7-$9 per hour

Cleaner/ Housekeeper Labourer Requirements: • Must speak English and the ability to write and read English • Fit and able for heavy lifting • Personality suited for the hotel industry • Must be customer friendly • Willing to work split shifts, holidays and weekends • Wages: $5.50 per hour

Domestic Workers & Laborers

Deadline: August 15th, 2011

5309

• Must be willing to do any job required in and around the restaurant • Must be able to work 6 days per week Salary $7.00 per hour All resumes CV’s, letters of references along with a clean police record must be forwarded to fax: 649-946-5368 Belonger only need apply

5299

Contact: Royal West Indies Resort at Ph:649-946-5004, Fax: 649-946-5008.

ALL SAINTS EVANGELICAL INC.

Bryant’s Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Is looking for a

Career Opportunity

Government Vacancy BAILIFF of the Supreme Court (PROVIDENCIALES) SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Bailiff of the Supreme Court. The successful incumbent will be expected to perform the statutory functions of the Bailiff of the Supreme Court which include serving Court documents, juror summons and foreign processes. This involves locating and identifying the persons to be served. He/She is also expected to execute writs of seizure and sale, by identifying and taking possession of the judgment debtor’s property; arranging for the transportation, storage and sale of seized items; reporting to judgment creditors and preparing all necessary documents relating to such matters. The Bailiff must also maintain proper inventory and accounting records as well as assist the Court Security Officers when required and perform any other duties assigned by the Judges, Registrar, and Deputy Registrars.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:

• The Position requires a High School Diploma with 5 CXC/GCE subjects including Mathematics and English Language • In addition to a Diploma the incumbent will need Paralegal Training. The successful candidate will need good communication skills and a high level of confidentiality and integrity.

REMUNERATION PACKAGE:

SALARY: $24,732 - $28, 512 PER ANNUM ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 PER ANNUM

For more information on the Job description, please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Facsimile: 649-946-1582 Extension: 10318, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc. All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Serving Officers should apply through their Heads of Department. Belongers only need to apply.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! the largest readership in the turks & caicos

Is seeking a Male High School Graduate who is interested in making Air Conditioning their future Career Field.

Domestic Worker

Please fax or email resume to Fax: 946-4283 Email:bac@tciway.tc Tel : 941-3650

To work 3 days per week. Salary $50.00.

Contact: 241-4586

5343

5319

PRECIOUS TREASURES DAYCARE, PRE AND PRIMARY SCHOOL

vacancies INVITES applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions:

DAYCARE:

Trained Daycare Supervisor Experienced Daycare Assistant

PRESCHOOL:

PRESCHOOL SUPERVISOR

Qualification:

• A Teaching Diploma or Degree from a recognized institution with emphasis on Early Childhood education • At least Five years experience in similar position • Must be able to train other staff under her control • Mature and possess a caring and loving disposition • Clean Police record PRESCHOOL TEACHERS PRESCHOOL TEACHER ASSISTANT

Primary:

Trained Primary Teachers Grade 1-6

Qualification must include but not limited to the following: • At least three years experience in similar position • Appropriate Teacher Training qualifications

• Possesses mature, caring and loving disposition • Clean Police Record • Willing to work long hours and on public Holidays

CLEANERS:

• Person to keep the classroom and toilets clean at all times • Be willing to work until late evenings and on non school days if required

COOK:

• Person will be responsible to prepare daily lunches for the students and teachers • Candidate should possess a valid drivers license

LABORERS:

• Person will be responsible to maintain the school surroundings and do minor repairs and maintenance Please apply in writing with full resume to:

The Administrator Precious Treasures School P.O. Box 293 Providenciales Applications should reach no later than July 30th, 2011

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

31 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES Call today to advertise

TURKS & CAICOS INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (TCIPS)

SECONDARY EDUCATION DIVISION Invites suitable qualified individuals to fill the post of

946-4664

Teachers

OR EMAIL

tcnews@tciway.tc

FOR SALE

For Grades 7-11 for September 2011 for the following subjects: Mathematics, English A&B, Social Studies, Information Technology, Business Subjects, Sciences, English as a Second Language, Religious Education, Physical Education.

BETTY COX is looking for a

Requirements:

• Must have at least 5 years teaching

Real estate opportunity

Call 245 6620 or email gemmahandy@gmail.com

ADVERTISING DEADLINE FOR ALL ADS IS 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY CALL 946-4664 OR EMAIL tcnews@tciway.tc

Cosmetologist To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 242-7753

5202

Beautifully maintained, substantially improved, fully furnished.

Situated on 0.25 acre lot, it’s close to Blue Hills and has interior open plan living/kitchen/dining room, and central air throughout.

Offers over $155,000. Motivated seller.

Applicants should be submitted to:

Director, TCIPS, Butterfield Square, Providenciales. Email: wjackson@tcips.com

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

TCI STRUCTURES LTD

1 TECHNICIAN, DOMESTIC WORKER • PREPARE STRUCTURAL DETAILS FROM DESIGNER • PRODUCE REBAR SCHEDULES FROM DESIGNER • ANY OTHER DUTIES AS MAY BE ASSIGNED • CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING • FLUENT IN ENGLISH • MUST HAVE 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE Salary Offering: $10.00 & $5.00 per hour.

Closing date for application is the 29th July, 2011

Applications should be emailed to jamtcis@tciway.tc

5304

Two-bedroom, one bath home in the centre of phase one of Priton Developments in Wheeland.

experiences • a first degree is preferred, teaching diploma required • strong record of success at the secondary level • expert knowledge of the CSEC/GCE curriculum • closing date for applications is August 5th, 2011

CHINSON RESTAURNT GROUP

Job Opportunities CHINSON RESTAURNT GROUP invites applications from suitable qualified persons to immediately fill the following positions: POTWASHER & CLEANERS:

@@ General cleaning of Kitchen and Pastry rooms and some prep work

Laborers:

@@ General cleaning and maintenance of the three restaurant locations @@ Preferable male candidates with excellent physical health record @@ Qualification must include but not limited to the following:

BAKERS:

@@ Must be able to obtain sanitation certificate @@ Must have at least four (4) years experience in the preparation of Jamaican pastries to include all bread products

COCO BISTRO RESTAURANT

PASTRY CHEF:

in GRACE BAY is looking for a

HEAD CHEF

@@ Successful applicant must have at least (5) years experience in culinary arts @@ Must be familiar with the production of Jamaican Pastries especially wedding and birthday cakes and decoration using air-brush technology @@ Caribbean Cuisine Cooks @@ Must be able to obtain sanitation certificate @@ Must be able to cook without supervision Jamaican and other Caribbean Cuisine.

CASHIERS:

• Must have at least 10 years experience as a chef with reference in an up market restaurant doing large numbers • Must have a good knowledge of all aspects of cooking • Must have attended Catering College and received graduating documents • Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel • Must be willing to work 6 days/night a week including weekends and holidays • Must be a team leader and work well under pressure • Must have a food handlers certificate • Must be willing to be a hands on Chef and do any duties required to run a professional kitchen • Must be able to understand and speak English, physically fit, dependable and hardworking Salary $30,000 per annum

All resumes/ CVs, letters of references along with a clean police record must be forwarded to fax: 649-946-5368 Belonger Only need apply Deadline August 15th, 2011 5311

@@ Must be able to work remain calm and work under pressure @@ Ability to multi-task is essential @@ Must be very honest @@ Must enjoy customer service

ACCOUNTING CLERK:

@@ Applicant will be responsible for preparation of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank Reconciliation, purchasing and inventory control @@ Must be knowledgeable of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Outlook, QuickBooks and possess good written and communication skills @@ Pleas not that CRG is very Customer Service driven and so all successful applicants must be: @@ Willing to work split shifts, long hours, on weekends and Public Holidays @@ Possess clean police record @@ Be dependable, organized and team oriented Salary is commensurate with experience and qualification

Please apply in writing with full resume to: The CEO Chinson Restaurant Group P.O. Box 293 Eden Courts, Leeward Highway Providenciales Applications should reach no later than July 30th, 2011

32

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

July 23 - 29, 2011

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

FLOWERGIRL

MY DEES

Edith Hall Is looking for a

Is looking to fill the following positions:

FAX: (649) 946-4661 ELIZABETH FORBES KEW, NORTH CAICOS Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Female Driver With own transportation must be able to work from 9am – 3pm

contact 231-3788

1 Labourers

All applicants must be able to work and live in North Caicos, must be able to work from Monday – Saturday.

Salary $250.00 per week Belongers Only need apply.

Fax resumes to 649-946-7311

COSMETOLOGIST

NEEDED To work 5 days per week salary $5.50 per hour contact: 241-8971

5326

2 Sales Clerks

• Must be computer literate

Domestic Worker To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 231-6102

Labourer Salary negotiable

Contact: 243-6881

Turks and Caicos

Weekly News the national newspaper of the turks and caicos islands

ON THE WEB tcweeklynews.com

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

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

Position available March 1, 2010

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

Position available March 1, 2010

REPORTER TRAINEE Preferably a High School graduate or someone with an extremely good command of the English language for court and community reporting.

Ability to drive and use a camera a desirable asset.

Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience.

Position available March 1, 2010

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

Position available June 30, 2011 Forward applications to: The Publisher Duncanson Publications Ltd. P.O. Box 52, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Email: tcnews@tciway.tc NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Preference will be given to Belongers and Legal Residents Closing date for applications is November 14, 2008

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

To work in North Caicos Must be able to work 5 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

• Must make sure the kitchen area is well kept and maintained, help prepare food • Must be able to work shift work • Salary $7.00 per hour

Domestic Worker

5301

• To work 8-5 salary $5.00 per hour • Maintenance Man • To service and up keep all the units and systems of the facility • To work 8-5 salary $7.00 per hour

Hairstylist To work 6 days per week salary based on commission

Contact 231-0882

Economist/Statistician PURPOSE To establish a research unit within the Financial Services Commission to deal with financial statistics.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES The holder of this position will carry out the following duties: • Undertake research and data collection operations, analyze and evaluate data and develop official FSC statistics for dissemination.

• Prepare reports of statistical evaluations and make necessary recommendations based thereon.

• Maintain a database and update same with all information relating to the banking sector and other specified sectors.

• Ensure the accuracy, timeliness and consistency of data collected in relation to financial institutions.

• Develop and design survey questionnaires and other statistical data collection methodologies • Perform other functions which may be relevant to the position or as may be assigned by the Managing Director.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED • Sound knowledge of banking law, financial markets and financial instruments; • Sound knowledge of mathematical, statistical and research techniques; • Sound knowledge of database management • Very good analytical skills • Proficiency in the use of computers • Good oral and written communication skills • Very good knowledge of economic and financial analysis EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE • MSc. Economics with a minimum of two (2) years’ work experience in the field of statistics Or • BSc. Economics and five (5) years’ work experience in the field of statistics.

OTHER INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE POST This position falls within Grade 4 of the Commission’s pay scale. Actual salary payable will be determined by reference to the degree of qualification, experience, knowledge base and other criteria that the Commission may assess.

The duties for the above post may be carried out at either of the Commission’s offices in Grand Turk or Providenciales.

Applications should be received no later than August 31, 2011 and may be emailed to dmorrison@tcifsc.tc or faxed to 1-649-941-8379 July 22, 2011

Labourer • Must be willing to work six (6) days per week • Must be trustworthy and reliable • Salary $6.00 per hour • Hours 8:00am-6:00pm Contact: Finance Department 941-4871 or email: discountfinance@tciway.tc

The Meridian Club On Pine Cay

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION The Financial Services Commission, a statutory body of the Turks and Caicos Islands Government responsible for the licensing and regulation of financial services businesses, is seeking qualified applicants for the post of

GILLEYS ENTERPRISES Is looking for a

Kitchen Helper

Contact 649-332-5533

FAX: (649) 946-4661

5294

2 Labourers

Is looking for a

Acting on behalf of our clients: Da Conch Shack, TCI House Pastry, Coral Gardens:

5307

Is looking for

Contact 232-7317

WILFREY & TONY

WARD CONSULTANCY

LEW & JAN CONSTRUCTION

5317

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

33

Turks & Caicos Islands British West Indies Email: manager@meridianclub.com Ph:649-941-7011 Fax: 649-941-7010

Positions Available Executive Chef at The Meridian Club on Pine Cay

Salary: $40,000 - $50,000/year depending upon training, experience, work record and capability.

Duties: include hands-on meal preparation and oversight of other meals, 3 meals daily seven days per week; ensuring preparation and presentation of fine, 5 star cuisine; scheduling, training and managing kitchen and wait staff; ordering and meal planning; ensuring sanitary food handling and storage practices; catering special events and supervision of ordering, inventory control and waste management for restaurant and small commissary operation.

Qualifications Required: - Minimum of Degree in culinary arts at accredited college or university - Minimum of 5 years experience as Executive Chef or equivalent in 5 star restaurant.

- Minimum of 5 years experience in supervising and managing kitchen and wait personnel - Must be skilled in handling all duties specified..

- Must be willing to reside on Pine Cay, a small private island, on a full time basis..

- Must furnish health certificate or be willing to undergo medical examination to ensure freedom from communicable disease.

- Must be willing to work weekends, nights and holidays Starting Date: October 20, 2011.

Note: The Meridian Club offers breakfast, lunch and dinner to its guests and members. Proficiency with seafood preparation a must. Creativity and flexibility and ability to get along with long-term staff essential.

Executive Pastry Chef at The Meridian Club on Pine Cay Salary: $10-12/hr or more depending upon training, experience, work record and capability.

Duties: must be able to create a large variety of tasty desserts, breads and pastries from scratch ( 4-5 different dessert offerings must be available each day for lunch and dinner and pastries for breakfast). Must be able to do other food preparations and assist in meal preparation. Must assist Executive Chef in overseeing and training kitchen staff, as needed.

Qualifications Required: - Must have degree in culinary arts from an accredited college or university - Minimum of 3 years experience as Pastry Chef in 5 star restaurant.

- Must be skilled in handling all duties specified.

- Must be willing to reside on Pine Cay, a small private island on a full time basis..

- Must furnish health certificate or be willing to undergo medical examination to ensure freedom from communicable disease.

- Must be willing to work weekends, nights and holidays Starting Date: November 1, 2011.

Contact Person and Contact Information: Beverly Plachta, Resort Manager.

Fax to 649-941-7010 or email to manager@meridianclub.com a copy of resume with your contact information (mailing address, e-mail address, phone number) Resume must include min. of 3 references with contact information and how you knows these people. Also include copy of passport, police report.

All qualified applicants will be interviewed within 2 weeks.

5303

July 23 - 29, 2011

34

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

Who can do all aspects of nail care.

Cosmetologist Must have at least 5 years experience. Must be able to work 6 days per week salary $5.50 per hour

Contact: 245-8191

Been Landscaping Ltd

Barbara Francis Is looking for a

Requires a

Labourer

landscapers and laborers

Domestic Worker

To work 5 days per week salary $6.00 per hour. contact 245-4161

Salary $6.00 per hour

• for commercial and residential installations • Must have at least 10 years experience in the commercial field.

• Salary negotiable depending on level of experience.

Please fax resume to 941 7626

Carpenter Salary $10.00 for commercial and residential projects.

Please fax information

to 941 7626

5357

is looking for a

Domestic Worker

Looking for a hands-on manager with 15+ years management experience in running a very high quality, paint and collision department. Must have hands on experience in all aspects of current paint and collision repairs; estimation (both manually and with electronic estimating programs; must be computer literate; must have experience with computerized garage management systems and parts ordering systems; excellent communication skills (both written and oral); must be able to manage, schedule and direct shop workflow and understand fully the policies and procedures of insurance claim submissions and approvals

5306

Government Vacancy CLERICAL OFFICER

5344

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

BODY SHOP MANAGER

BERNARD GERBEX

To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.50 per hour.

Contact 247-1558

Been Construction

Requires qualified

On behalf of our client Hartman Handfield is looking for a

Domestic Worker To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

5349

Massage Therapist

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

5342

B & L ENVASAGE SALON Is looking to fill the following positions:

July 23 - 29, 2011

Contact 946-5759

5313

Government Vacancy COURT INTERPRETER

(Providenciales)

(Providenciales)

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Clerical Officer within the Judicial Department. The incumbent in this position must be able to support the efficient day to day running of the Judicial Department. He/She will provide a direct link between the public and the Court Office by working on the reception desk, answering telephone calls, dealing with queries from members of the public, processing and recording incoming and outgoing mail and documents as well as ensuring that all enquiries are channelled to the right persons in a timely manner. He/ She is expected to prepare receipt vouchers; assist with typing, input and retrieve data from the computerised record systems, filing, faxing and photocopying. The incumbent is also required to perform any other duties as may be required.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The position requires an individual who has studied as well as spoken the English language for a minimum of six (6) years. Applicant must be eighteen (18) years or older, preferably with a Turks and Caicos Islands High School Graduate Diploma.

The position requires a High School Diploma with at least three (3) CXC/GCE passes or equivalent including a pass in English Language. Applicants must be eighteen (18) years or older, preferably with a Turks and Caicos Islands High School Graduate Diploma; Candidates must possess a high level of self-confidence, tact, discretion and confidentiality. The post holder must also be computer literate.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

REMUNERATION PACKAGE

SALARY: $18,900 - $20,520 per annum ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 per annum

REMUNERATION PACKAGE:

SALARY: $14,148 - $16,740 PER ANNUM ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 PER ANNUM For more information on the Job description, please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Facsimile: 649-946-1582, Extension: 10318, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc. All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Serving Officers should apply through their Heads of Department. Belongers only need to apply.

For more information on the Job description Please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Facsimile: 649-946-1582 Extension: 10318, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc. All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Belongers only need apply.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011

ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Court Interpreter. The incumbent in this position must possess the ability to translate fluently and simultaneously French/Creole and Spanish into the English Language in a Courtroom setting, as well as being able accurately to translate documents in a timely manner. He/She must have the ability to concentrate and follow verbal instructions as well as assist with clerical and administrative tasks or any other related duties as may be required.

ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED 5327

5329

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

Catherine Williams Is Looking For A

DAVID RIVERA

DRY CLEAN USA

Is looking for a

Is currently seeking

Worker To work 6 days. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 946-5759 5336

Bartender To Work 6 Days Per Week. Salary $5.50 Per Hour.

Contact 241-2212 Or Email: Katherine.625@ Hotmail.Com 5341

Godfrey Been

Labourer To work 6 days per week. Salary negotiable

NEON HOLDINGS LTD.

Is looking for a

IS LOOKING FOR A

DOMESTIC WORKER

Please fax information to 941 7626

5344

Worker

WORKING HOURS: 8 HOURS PER DAY WAGES: $5.50 PER HOUR MUST BE PREPARED TO WORK EXTRA HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS DUTIES INCLUDE: YARD CLEANING, WASHING WINDOWS AND SMALL MAINTENANCE AROUND THE PROPERTY

contact 245-4161

CONTACT: (649) 941-7923 DURING WORKING HOURS5361

To work 5 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

5342

Salary starts at $5.00 per hour.

Must have 5 years sales experience.

Salary starts at $5.00 depending on level of experience.

Barbara Francis

Domestic

Sales Assistant For retail store

Contact: 649-242-0288

5347

Requires a

With 2-5 years experience as a presser knowledge in textiles and chemicals operational knowledge of machines Must ensure that dry cleaning standards and practices are used with client’s linen/ garments Salary: $5.00-$7.00 per hour Application giving full details of qualification and experience addressed to: Office Manager Dry Clean USA Providenciales or fax: 649-946-5627

Requires a

domestic worker

G&J Retail

TWO PRESSERS

Acting on behalf of our client Jeannette Penn is looking for a

Domestic

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

Please fax information to 941 7626

5355

C & S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

35

5346

Heavy Duty Mechanic Applicant must have at least six years experience with concrete equipment, hydraulic and heavy equipment, be able to provide their own tools, prepared to work late days, evenings, and weekends as the job dictates. Please reply with a clean police record and references to CBMS Ltd.

5352

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! the largest readership in the turks & caicos

Government Vacancy

BAYVIEW MOTORS & PROVO AUTO SUPPLY

COURT STENOGRAPHER

Is currently looking to employ three (3) experienced certified

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICAN/ MECHANIC Salary commensurate with experience.

This individual must possess the following:

• Adequate tolls to perform his duties • Must be able to work with little or no supervision • Must be experience using computerized diagnostic equipment • Must possess a valid drivers license • Must be a holder of automotive repair certification ASE or equipment • Salary ranges from $16.00-$30.00 flat rate hours • All applicants must posses a valid driver’s license • Willing to work weekends and holidays • Must be able to drive a manual vehicle • Must be computer literate Please submit all application between 9am-5pm Monday – Friday

BAYVIEW MOTORS LTD. LEEWARD HIGHWAY PROVIDENCIALES OR EMAIL: mariec@bayviewmotors.com Belongers only need apply

(Providenciales)

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Court Stenographer. The incumbent in this position must be able to take accurate records of proceedings in the Supreme Court as well as being expected to type judgments, rulings, notes of evidence or any other required documents from manuscripts, notes, dictations or tape recordings. He/She will also provide secretarial support as may be required as well as perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Deputy Registrar, Registrar, Judge or Chief Justice.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The position requires an Associate Degree or equivalent in court reporting or at least five years’ experience in shorthand including the ability to take 220 words per minute and equivalent typing and computing skills

REMUNERATION PACKAGE

SALARY: $24,246 – $26,676 per annum ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 per annum

For more information on the Job description Please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Facsimile: 649-946-1582 Extension: 10318, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Belongers only need apply.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011

ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED 5348

5332

36

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

July 23 - 29, 2011 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES

COCO BISTRO RESTAURANT

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

RESTAURANT

Butterfield Gold

One (1) Customer Service Representative Individual must possess good command of spoken English, customer oriented, have had prior work experience as a supervisor and/or work unsupervised. Must also be prepared to work shift hours, evening, weekends and holidays.

Individual must have prior knowledge and experience with minimum of four years experience of the supermarket industry to be able to understand and meet customers’ needs and expectations in this industry. Must have working knowledge of Point of Sales systems to extract, tabulate and collate information that would enable one to source, order and maintain inventory levels of specialty products to provide best possible service for customers.

Qualifications: Minimum of five CXC passes (grades I to II), including English Language, Mathematics, Computer literate with knowledge of word processing programs, Qbooks, Wages: Commensurate with experience starting from $1,600.00 per month

Island Pride Supermarket

One (1) Labourer Physical, able-bodied individuals capable of lifting heavy loads Wages: starting from $6.00 per hour

One (1) Cashier To operate a cash register and check stand to provide the store’s customer with the most friendly, accurate and efficient checkout service possible; to perform stocking and other duties as assigned, according to company policy; to ensure that the work shift contributes to the financial best interest of the store.

Wages: $6.00 per hour

Rosies’ Delight Restaurant

One (1) Domestic Worker For general cleaning & other domestic duties Wages: $5.50 per hour

Island Pride Fuel

One (1) Domestic Worker For general cleaning & other domestic duties Requirements for all Applicants: • Hardworking team player with excellent people skills.

• Willingness to work, weekends and holidays as required.

• In addition to the performance of the essential functions employees may able required to perform supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor.

Only Belongers apply for these positions. Application forms available from Butterfield Gold Human Resource Department. Only applicants selected for interview will be notified.

Submit applications to by July 22, 2011 to:

Butterfield Gold Ltd., Human Resource Department Town Center Mall, Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211

in GRACE BAY is looking for a

MANAGER Maitre D Hotel

• Must have at least 10 years experience in an up market Restaurant • Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel and Publisher and QuickBooks with some accounting skills • Must have a good knowledge of wines and spirits • Must have a good background in food knowledge • Must be able to work 6 days/nights a week including holidays 11 hours a day • Must be a team leader and work well under pressure • Applicants must be able to understand and speak English, physically fit, dependable and hardworking $35,000 per annum

All Resumes/ Cv’s, letters of references along with a clean police record must be forwarded to fax: 649-946-5368 Belonger only need apply Deadline August 15th, 2011

5310

CORAL HOUSE

Villa Attendant/Butler

Required for luxurious rental villa in Providenciales Qualifications and experience

This position requires a high level of relevant experience either within a five star hotel or private villa. A self motivated, highly service orientated individual who uses own initiative. The candidate must have a good command of English and excellent communication skills and be prepared to work long hours, week-ends and holidays. This is a live in position and candidate is expected to be hardworking, trustworthy and a team player.

Summary of duties and responsibilities

• General maintenance and cleanliness of the villa so attention to detail is essential.

• Housekeeping responsibilities with an awareness of cost control and energy saving.

• Knowledge of spreadsheets for accounting and record keeping purposes.

• Assist private chef with shopping and meal preparation when necessary so a background knowledge of culinary skills is helpful.

• Understanding of the needs and requirements of demanding guests is of paramount importance.

• This position requires some manual work such as assistance with guests luggage, some landscaping, pool maintenance etc.

• Clean driver’s license is necessary.

• This position reports directly to the Villa Manager.

Remuneration

Salary $1,000 to $1, 300.00 a month Accommodation & food allowance provided Applications must also apply in writing with resumes to:

Foluso@thesource.tc OR: 241 - 7734 Villa Manager, P.O. Box 143, Providenciales

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

37

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

I, Craig (no middle name) McNeil (single) of 3, One Loft, Providenciales, intend to marry Laura Ainsley Miller (single) of 3, One Loft, Providenciales, at Pallanza Town Hall, Italy on September 7th 2011. Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the marriage should without delay notify:- Registrar General, Turks and Caicos Islands Government, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and/or The Governor’s Office, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands

IS LOOKING FOR A

DOMESTIC WORKER/ HOUSEKEEPER WORKING HOURS: 8 HOURS PER DAY WAGES: $5.50 PER HOUR MUST BE PREPARED TO WORK EXTRA HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS ABILITY TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND ITALIAN IS A PLUS

CONTACT: (649) 941-7923 DURING WORKING HOURS

5362

NOTICE

NEON HOLDINGS LTD.

TCI SPORTING VENTURES

FAX: (649) 946-4661

TURKS & CAICOS SANITATION LTD. is looking to fill the following positions:

2 DIESEL MECHANICS/ DRIVER

With auto electrical and welding skills with over 5 years experience expected leadership ability any additional skills will be a plus

PLUMBER/ DRIVER

With electrical skills and additional skills will be a plus

WATER & SEWAGE ENGINEER

With over 5 years experience must be able to draft contract and write proposal for water and sewage

2 LABORERS/ DRIVER PUBLIC AREA SUPERVISOR

A minimum of two years experience and excellent communication skills, as well as computer skills is required (Microsoft Work, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, QuickBooks) as well as prior supervisory experience must be fluent in English, must have experience in customer service.

NAUTIQUE SPORTS is looking for a

Shop Manager

LEWIS ASTWOOD is looking for a Domestic Worker & Caretaker

• Must have a Marketing Degree and Tourism education • Must be fluent in at least 2 languages • Must be personable and outgoing • Must have knowledge of retailed versed in QuickBooks, Excel and Website Design • Must have social networking applications • Must have telephone etiquette • Must be very flexible in scheduling

Contact (649) 231-0436 or astwoodl@yahoo.com

5337

Contact 941-7544 or submit CV’s on resume to natiquesport@tciway.tc

Government Vacancy Government Vacancy PERSONAL SECRETARY TO SUPREME COURT JUDG (Providenciales) SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Personal Secretary to a Supreme Court Judge, within the Judicial Department (Providenciales). The incumbent in this position must be able to provide the necessary administrative and secretarial support to the Judge to enable him/her to discharge his/her duties effectively and efficiently. The successful candidate will be expected to make appointments for the Judge; handle all telephone calls and inquiries, receive, stamp and distribute all incoming and outgoing faxes and mail. He/ She will have key responsibility to type Judgements and Rulings from the Judge; transcribe notes from drafts/existing documents or dictation; maintain the Court’s computerised Library; as well as prepare bundles for the Court of Appeal sittings. The incumbent will also be required to assist the Senior Deputy Registrar in the management and operation of the Supreme Court Registry and perform any other duties as may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The position requires a Diploma in Business with at least (3) three years’ experience. The applicant must also possess a high level of self-confidence, tact, discretion and confidentiality as well as be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

REMUNERATION PACKAGE:

SALARY: $21,060 - $22,680 PER ANNUM ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 PER ANNUM For more information on the Job description, please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Facsimile: 649-946-1582 Extension: 10318, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc. All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Serving Officers should apply through their Heads of Department. Belongers only need to apply.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011 ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED

COURT SECURITY OFFICER (Providenciales)

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Court Security Officer in the Judicial Department (Providenciales). The incumbent will manage, coordinate and provide essential security and safety for the judges, court staff and court users as well as safeguarding court property and equipment and court documents. He/She will conduct ongoing assessments of security issues and risks and will take steps to address the identified risks. The incumbent will liaise closely with judges, magistrates, court staff, prison officers and police officers on security related issues and concerns. He/She will be responsible for escorting and ensuring the safety of jurors as well as perform any such other tasks as directed by the Judge/Magistrate/ Registrar.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The position requires a High School Diploma with at least three (3) CXC/GCE passes or equivalent, including a pass in English Language. Applicants must be eighteen (18) years or older, preferably with a Turks and Caicos Islands High School Graduate Diploma and a valid drivers license. The candidate must have at least two (2) years working experience and have high levels of self-confidence, tact, discretion and confidentiality. Training in selfdefense and security procedures would also be an asset. He/She must also possess the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing and exercise good judgment in the application of established policies and procedures.

REMUNERATION PACKAGE

SALARY - $21,060 – 22, 680 per annum ISLAND ALLOWANCE: $2,160 per annum For more information on the Job description Please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Extension: 10318 Facsimile: 649-946-1582, E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc All resumes must contain contact information as well as be supplemented by two letters of reference and a police certificate. It should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk. Belongers only need apply.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th August 2011 ONLY SUITABLE CANDIDATES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED 5330

5337

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

Horse Eye Jack’s

WORKER NEEDED

R estaurant Is seeking to employ a

Restaurant Captain

• Must be able to work 6 days per week split shifts, holidays and weekends included • Must have at least 5 years experience working in a busy restaurant • Must have knowledge of local and international cuisines and wines a valuable asset • Must be honest, hardworking, friendly, and trustworthy • Salary $7.00 per hour

To work Monday thru Friday. Salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 242-0716

is looking to employ a

5367

ISLAND VILLA MANAGEMENT Is seeking to employ the following person:

Waitress

Contact: 649-941-4955

NOTICE I, Laura Ainsley Miller (single) of 3, One Loft, Providenciales, intend to marry Craig (no middle name) McNeil (single) of 3, One Loft, Providenciales, at Pallanza Town Hall, Italy on September 7th 2011. Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the marriage should without delay notify:-Registrar General, Turks and Caicos Islands Government, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and/or The Governor’s Office, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands

ROBERTS AGENCY

NORWANI On behalf of our client Norwani Import is seeking to employ a

Is looking to fill the following positions:

PricwaterhouseCoopers Ltd. requires three

Qualified ACA, ACCA, CPA or ACMA

Domestic

Domestic

Salary $150.00 per week.

salary $5.00 per hour

Worker Worker To work 5 days per week To work 6 days per week.

Contact: 946-8289

Contact: 946-4086

5364

To work 5 nights per week. Salary $5.50 per hour.

5365

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

DOMESTIC

CASABLANCA CASINO

July 23 - 29, 2011

Contact: 946-8289

5365

For Audit Senior roles experience in audit required Salary range: $40,000-$50,000 per annum apply to joseph.p.connolly@tc.pwc. com or Fax: 649-946-4892 no later than August 16, 2011 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

5354

3 Laborers 3 Domestic Workers 2 Cashiers 2 Beauticians 3 Gardeners Salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 241-2043

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

Job Opportunity Senior Litigation Solicitor

Regulation 7 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission Regulations, 1990

A senior litigation solicitor is required for a busy firm based in Providenciales. The successful candidate will be a qualified solicitor with at least ten years post qualified experience in appropriate litigation disciplines – commercial, corporate, construction, insolvency, negligence, compliance, fraud and related matters. Excellent communication skills and ability to manage files and work independently is essential, together with requisite experience in preparation of cases to instruct counsel and direct client relationsExperience in mediation/A.D.R. will be a considerable advantage.

Please send applications in writing to the Managing Partner, Miller Simons O’Sullivan, P.O. Box 260, Butterfield Square, Providenciales, or email to mslaw@tciway.tc.

NOTICE An application, PR 10904, by Sandollar Investment Ltd. for the development of office spaces, convenience store, car wash building and a gas station has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration of Development Permission on Block 60716 Parcel 12, Cheshire Hall & Richmond Hills, Providenciales.

Anyone wishing to make any 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.

Notice date: July 5th, 2011

5351

5353

38

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Sports International

39

Maiden World Cup crown for Japan’s women

Cavendish will now focus on making it through the mountains.

Cavendish wins 19th Tour stage MANXMAN Mark Cavendish secured his fourth win of this year’s Tour de France, and 19th overall, with a well-timed sprint at the end of stage 15.

Quick Step rider Niki Terpstra had a 12-second lead with 5km remaining but he was soon swallowed by the peloton before the HTC team put Cavendish in a position to attack in the final 200m.

He now has a 37-point lead over Jose Joaquin Rojas in the points standings, while Frenchman Thomas Voeckler retains the race leader’s yellow jersey.

The other overall leading positions remained the same, with a gap of one minute and 49 seconds separating Voeckler and second-placed Frank Schleck of Leopard-Trek with Cadel Evans of BMC, 2:06 behind the leader.

But once again, Cavendish and his team HTC-Highroad grabbed the headlines.

The 26-year-old’s victory on the 193-km stage from Limoux to Montpellier was his 19th Tour success in four years.

The win took him to equal seventh on the all-time list of stage winners, alongside Francois Faber, with the only other entrant above him from the last 25 years the seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, who won

THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY

22 stages between 1993 and 2005.

Cavendish is also on course to take the green jersey for the first time in his career. He took 10 points in the intermediate sprint which took place with 46.5km of the stage remaining.

Rojas claimed nine points and Philippe Gilbert, 71 points behind in the race for green, took eight.

“In the first half we worked with Europcar then in the second half we worked on our own,” said Cavendish.

“The fact we got through yesterday makes it even more gratifying to win here. It was a difficult and technical finish today. The guys kept together.

They’re an incredible group, I’m so so proud of them.”

Earlier, Katusha’s Mikhail Ignatiev was part of a five-man breakaway group before he broke from that party with 22km remaining and with Quick Step’s Niki Terpstra for support.

Ignatiev was caught with 5km to go leaving Terpstra as the lone man before he was reeled back by a combination of HTC and GarminCervelo and the lead huntsmen of the the chasing pack.

Gilbert, FDJ’s Anthony Roux and Vacansoleil’s Marco Marcato made a break with 3km remaining but their efforts were in vain as the peloton caught the trio and prepared for the frantic finish.

The Pinnacle on Grace Bay

Is looking for a

JAPAN won the Women’s World Cup for the first time on Sunday, denying the United States a record third title after twice coming from behind in the final and then winning a penalty shootout in Germany.

The U.S. conceded equalisers at the end of the regulation and extratime periods, then Japan had a player sent off before the Americans missed their first three spot-kicks.

Japan missed their third, but Saki Kumagai blasted the winner high into the net for an unassailable 3-1 lead to make her team the first from Asia the first to win the four-yearly soccer event.

The Japanese had won only three matches in five previous tournaments, and have never won the Asian title.

But, despite their preparations being affected by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated their homeland in March, Japan qualified second in Group B with two wins from three matches.

They then denied the hosts a third success by winning the quarterfinal 1-0 in extra-time before beating Sweden 3-1 in the semis.

The U.S. had last reached the final at home in 1999, winning the tournament for the second time after triumphing in the inaugural event in China eight years before then.

And Pia Sundhage’s team had looked set to end that long wait for another trophy, dominating the first half in Frankfurt as top scorer Abby Wambach hit the underside of the crossbar with a scorching left-foot shot and Lauren Cheney headed over when unmarked.

Cheney was replaced at halftime

by Alex Morgan, who broke the deadlock in the 69th minute when she latched on to a long pass from Megan Rapinoe and fired in a leftfoot shot that gave Japan goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori no chance.

But Japan equalised with nine minutes of regulation time left through Aya Miyama following some disastrous defending by the Americans.

The midfielder scored her

Triple S Construction

5356

To work when needed. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 232-5538

5359

WARD CONSULTANCY

KITCHEN HELPER

Is looking for a

Contact: 941-8671

KRISS Akabusi says he expects Dai Greene to break his 21-year-old British 400m hurdles record.

Greene came within a whisker of Akabusi’s mark of 47.82 seconds, set at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, by running 47.88sec in Split, Croatia, in 2010.

“I don’t think it’s a matter of if, it’s when [Greene breaks the British record],” said Olympic silver and bronze medal winner Akabusi.

“And I’ll be very happy for Dai... to assume the mantle.”

Greene beat former world

$5.00 PER HOUR SHIFT HOURS

• Must be able to work flexible hours

• Must be willing to work weekends and holidays Salary negotiable with experience

Akabusi backs Dai Greene to break British record

TRAINING WAITRESS

Domestic Workers

Musician

second goal of the tournament after U.S. captain Christie Rampone uncharacteristically gave the ball away and teammates Alex Krieger and Rachel Buehler were unable to clear the resulting cross.

Wambach put the U.S. in front again in the 104th minute, collecting her fourth goal in six matches at the tournament to put her second on the alltime World Cup scoring list with 13.

The striker, whose extra-time equaliser against Brazil took their

ACTING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS BAR & GRILL FAIRWAYS, YOSHI’S SUSHI RESTAURANT / BAR

Is looking to fill the following positions:

Laborers

The Japanese women’s soccer team celebrates after winning the World Cup final against the U.S. in Frankfurt on Sunday.

(CNN photo)

Labourer To work 3 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 231-0209

5360

quarterfinal to a penalty shootout, nodded home from close range after Morgan found space down the left and provided a perfect cross.

But Japan refused to give up, and Homare Sawa levelled again with a near-post flick-on from Miyama’s left-wing corner that deflected into the net off Wambach.

That strike was the midfielder’s fifth of the tournament, earning her the golden boot award.

The drama continued as Japan defender Azusa Iwashimizu was harshly sent off for fouling Morgan on the edge of the area in the final minute, but her teammates scrambled the resulting free-kick clear.

The U.S. made the worst possible start to the shootout when Kaihori blocked Shannon Boxx’s attempt with her trailing leg, then Miyama put Japan 1-0 ahead.

Carli Lloyd skied her shot over the bar, but Hope Solo gave the Americans a chance when she saved Yuki Nagasoko’s weak effort.

However, Kaihori then denied Tobin Heath before Solo got her hand to Mizuho Sakaguchi’s low shot but could not keep it out -- 2-0 to Japan.

Wambach coolly slotted in her attempt, as she did in the shootout win over Brazil, but Kumagai clinched a famous victory. (CNN)

KITCHEN HELPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING THE STAFF UNLOAD SHIPMENTS OF FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO BE USED IN THE KITCHEN ETC. $7.00 PER HOUR SHIFT HOURS

CONTACT: 332-5533

champion Bershawn Jackson at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on 10 July, holding off the American to win in 48.20sec.

In the process the 25-year-old Welshman beat the stadium record set by Ed Moses, one of the greatest one-lap hurdlers of all time.

Greene is already the European and Commonwealth champion and is a genuine contender for gold at this year’s World Championships, which begin on 27 August in Daegu, South Korea. (BBC)

“Water Sports Company is looking for certified

Kite Boarding

Instructor Applicants must have IKO level 2 or higher and minimum of 5 years kiting experience. Belongers only need apply.

(649) 232-2804”

40

Sports International

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

Clarke eyes more major titles after Open triumph DARREN Clarke has set his sights on winning more majors after his maiden triumph in the Open at Sandwich.

“I want more. I don’t want to just rest on one,” said Clarke, 42, on Monday after staying up all night celebrating.

“I had quite a few pints and quite a few glasses of red wine and it all continued until about 30 minutes ago.”

Clarke became Northern Ireland’s third major winner in the last six events, leading to calls for the Open to return to the region at Royal Portrush.

He won by three shots after going round in level par to win the Open at his 20th attempt on Sunday, his five-under par total seeing off Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson who finished joint second.

The victory also catapulted Clarke up to 30th in the world rankings from 111th. England’s Luke Donald remains world number one, ahead of countryman Lee Westwood despite both players missing the cut at Sandwich.

“I’ve looked at the trophy all night and sort of semi figured out it’s mine,” added Clarke, the Open’s oldest champion since Roberto de Vicenzo, 44, at Hoylake in 1967.

“I probably won’t get any sleep until tomorrow at some stage. [You] have to enjoy it when you can. It’s

Darren Clarke is very excited about his golfing future.

been a very good night.

“I have 294 [text] messages and the writing is far too small for me to look at them in this state, so I may look at them tomorrow at some stage and figure them out.”

Clarke’s success follows Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy’s US Open triumphs and has led to renewed calls for the Open to return to Northern Ireland for only the second time in the event’s history.

Royal Portrush hosted the event in 1951 and is one of only 14 courses to have staged the prestigious British major.

Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club

(R&A) - which organises the Open championship - told BBC Radio 5 live the possibility of Royal Portrush hosting the tournament in the future would be investigated.

“We’re not oblivious to these things. We’re going to have a look at Portrush and see how it shapes up in terms of, one, the golf course… secondly the infrastructure around the course…and thirdly...whether the championship would be a commercial success in that part of the world”.

He added that they would probably have a look at this “in the latter half of this year”.

Clarke, who will next be in action at the Irish Open in Killarney on 28 July, backed calls for the event to return to Northern Ireland.

“From a personal point of view, it [Royal Portrush] is one of the finest links courses in the world and I’d love for them to host the Open.

“At the moment they (the R&A) can’t see a way of having it there, so it’s very tough.

“I wish there was some way around it and I hope at some stage in the future they will find a way around it because the golf course is every bit as good as any of the Open venues.

“It’s good enough to be in the Open rota. Hopefully they will figure a way around the logistics if they possibly can.” (BCC)

Daryl Harper accuses India of bullying & criticises ICC RECENTLY retired Australian umpire Daryl Harper has accused India of “bullying”, just days before the start of their Test series against England.

Harper pulled out of his farewell Test this month after criticism from India players and a “lack of support” from the International Cricket Council.

“I thought someone had to make a stand, so I did,” Harper told BBC Sport.

India said they had “no comment to offer” in reply to Harper’s claims, and the ICC have yet to make a response.

“I never tolerated bullying when I was a teacher,” Harper said, “and I don’t think bullying should be allowed to continue here.”

Following the first Test between India and West Indies in June, which India won by 63 runs, captain Mahendra Dhoni condemned Harper’s performance.

Dhoni said: “If the correct decisions were made the game would have finished much earlier and I would have been in the hotel by now.”

His comments went unpunished

Harper retired from Test umpiring earlier this month.

by the match referee Jeff Crowe.

Indian newspapers also reported that “a very senior member of the side” had claimed that the entire team did not want Harper to officiate in the final Test.

“We don’t want him - you can quote it as the reaction of the entire Indian team,” was the alleged remark.

Harper had been due to officiate in the third Test a few days later but pulled out.

In an interview the 59-year-old Harper said: “There were a number

of factors... but the main one was what I deemed was a lack of support from the ICC. “I wanted some action to be taken when there was some unwarranted criticism of me. But no action was taken after the Test match and I felt that if the ICC were not going to take some action then I thought I would.

So I packed up and went home.

“There were five or six articles that were very derogatory that were not good for me and not good for cricket.”

Harper also feels that the behaviour of India’s players is not in the spirit of the game.

“Cricket umpires have to have thick skin these days,” he said. “I don’t think I’m easily intimidated but you must respect the officials and I don’t think that was the case. It’s just the Indian way at the moment.

“It doesn’t matter if it is Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Australia, England or India. The same conditions should apply and when I look back at before that third Test match I was starting to think ‘maybe I should wait and see who is playing’ then I thought ‘this is a bad day, this is not a game I want to be involved with at the moment’.

Dani Pedrosa led home world champion Jorge Lorenzo and his Repsol Honda teammate Casey Stoner at the Sachsenring. (CNN)

Pedrosa wins in Germany SPANISH motorcyclist Dani Pedrosa won the German Grand Prix on Sunday to leave the MotoGP championship battle finely poised going into the second half of the 2011 season.

Titleholder Jorge Lorenzo reduced Casey Stoner’s overall lead to just 15 points after nine races, with the Spaniard overtaking Pedrosa’s Repsol Honda teammate at the last corner to claim second place.

Pedrosa missed three races with a broken collarbone, but last year’s championship runner-up has now climbed to fifth -- 74 points behind Stoner -- with his third victory at the Sachsenring circuit in motorcycling’s elite class and fifth overall, having placed eighth on his return in Italy.

Underlining his reputation as one of the fastest starters in the sport, the 25-year-old surged ahead of polesitter Stoner as the race developed into a battle between the three main protagonists.

Each of them held the lead, but Pedrosa made the decisive move on

lap 21 of 30 when he powered past Lorenzo’s Yamaha.

Andrea Dovizioso retained third place overall, 36 points behind Australian teammate Stoner, as he came home fourth ahead of American Ben Spies and fellow Italian Marco Simoncelli.

Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista gave Suzuki a notable seventh place as he headed off the Ducatis of former world champions Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi.

Rossi, seven times the sport’s No. 1 rider but struggling in his first season with his home team, is still fourth overall -- four points ahead of Pedrosa and 13 clear of Hayden.

Meanwhile, Stoner and Lorenzo have revealed that they will not take part in the rescheduled Japanese Grand Prix in October.

Both ride for Japanese teams, but do not want to take part at the Motegi circuit -- which is some 100 kilometres from the Fukushima nuclear plant damaged during March’s earthquake and tsunami.

Howard says there is a “huge possibility” he plays overseas THERE is a lot of risk in Dwight Howard playing overseas during the lockout — he has two years, $37.5 million on his existing deal that can be wiped out if he gets injured.

What’s more, he has said he is going to opt out of that last year, meaning he would be a free agent, getting a max deal (whatever that is in the new labor deal) from wherever he ends up. Get injured and he is not cashing in on that $70 million or more payday.

But none of that stopped Deron Williams, and Howard said it may not stop him either.

In an interview with the Associated Press Howard sounded serious about playing overseas during a lockout.

“I’m not at liberty to talk about it,” he said, “but there’s a huge possibility about me going to China or me going overseas to play basketball.”

“If I decide to go overseas, the main thing is for me to continue to get better, not to do the things that

Dwight Howard might play overseas.

I normally do, but do better at the things I’m not good at,” Howard said. “So I can use that talent to go overseas, working on my skills and staying in great shape.”

I don’t think it makes any sense for Howard (or other name stars to go overseas), the risks are too great.

Unless you don’t like money. And it doesn’t really help the Magic, who have enough problems.

July 23 - 29, 2011

Sports International

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

41

Jamaica tops medal table at CAC Champs Guyana has dominated the regional tournament, both in the male and female divisions for over five years.

Guyana win overall Caribbean junior squash title TEAM GUYANA won the overall title in the Digicel Caribbean Areas Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships last week at in that country’s capital.

The home team finished first with 20 total points, while Jamaica placed second with 13, Trinidad and Tobago third with the same amount of points, Bermuda fourth with eight points, the Cayman Islands fifth with eight points, Barbados sixth with seven points and the OECS with the same amount of points on seventh. The

Bahamas scored one point to place third.

The Guyanese captured both the boys and girls title to go with five of the eight individual titles up for grabs.

Guyana has now won seven straight female team junior titles and six consecutive male titles.

In the finals of the team’s competition, the home team defeated Jamaica 4-1 in the girls’ category and Trinidad and Tobago by a similar margin in the boys’ category.

Jamaica captures U-15 WICB title JAMAICA had a late scare against Trinidad and Tobago, but managed to compose themselves for a four wicket win and the West Indies U-15 cricket title.

The eventual winners made 78-6 chasing 77 all out by T&T. With the victory Jamaica amassed 40.1 points, with T&T second on 34.6 points and Guyana on third.

Cuba beat the Bahamas in WBC AFTER the Bahamas National team scored a big win on Tuesday, downing Beijing Tigers 6-5 for their first win ever at the World Baseball Challenge, they fell to powerhouse Cuba with a 24-2 blowout on Thursday on Day 7 of the 2011 event at the Carrie Grey Park, British Colombia, Canada.

On Thursday, everything changed.

The 5-0 Cuban National Team took the bats to the Bahamas (1-4), banging out 22 hits including six home runs and scored 24 runs led by right fielder Alfredo Despaigne who cracked two home runs and drove in four runs.

On the mound the Cuban ace pitcher Roberto Carrillo tossed a three hitter, allowing only one earned run, no walks and struck out nine batters.

For the Bahamas, Pinch hitter Aneko Knowles crushed a home run in the fifth inning while Stephen Curtis and Dale Davis were the only

other batters to muster a hit.

Ahmad Williams suffered the loss after pitching two innings, giving up six hits, seven earned runs and two walks.

The Bahamas used a total of six pitchers.

Cuba’s potent offence jump on the Bahamas in the second inning.

Cuba’s Despaigne and Rudy Reyes launched home runs off Williams to take a 8-0 lead.

Then in the fourth inning the lid fell in on the Bahamas as Cuba scored seven more runs off relief pitcher Patrick Knowles Jr. including a two run homer by first baseman Jose Abrieu and a three run shot by catcher Yosuani Alarcon to take a 15-1 lead.

Cuba then went on two score nine more runs in the fifth and six innings before the game was halted in the seventh inning because of the mercy rule.

MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico – Steeplechaser Korene Hinds, the women’s 4x400m Relay quartet and sprint hurdlers Vonette Dixon and Eric Keddo propelled Jamaica to the top of the overall medal standings of the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Championships, which concluded on Sunday (17) in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Trailing behind Mexico on Saturday, the Island’s four wins on Sunday took them overall crop to 10 gold, six silver and 10 bronze for 26 medals in total, enough to lead over Mexico (7-6-7), Trinidad and Tobago (6-3-5), Bahamas (5-2-3) and Cuba (5-2-0).

A three-time World Championships medallist, 35-yearold Dixon produced the highlight of the day with her impressive 12.77 win in the 100m Hurdles, a season’s best that that now ranks her a tied 11th on the 2011 world lists.

Dixon brought the CAC 100m Hurdles title back to Jamaica for the first time since 2003, when she was third at only 17 years of age.

Colombia’s Brigitte Merlano and Lina Flores were pushed to join the sub 13-second club as the former improved her national record to 12.89 and Flores clocked 12.94 for bronze.

Second at the 2011 CAC Games on the same track, Keddo savoured the gold this time in the 110m Hurdles with a personal best of 13.49. Local Hector Cotto equalled his national record of 13.54 in second, ahead of Colombia’s Paulo Villar (13.60).

Facing local favourite and CAC Games champion Beverly Ramos, Hinds’ experience prevailed as she ran 9:54.67 to grab the 3000m Steeplechase gold, better than her second place in the 1500m on Friday. She was also close to the Championships record of 9:54.01 set by countrywoman Mardrea Hyman in Nassau 2005, when she was second.

Ramos had to be content with the silver medal in 9:58.11.

Jamaica sealed her overall victory in the 4x400m Relay, as 400m Hurdles winner Andrea Sutherland, 400m winner Shereefa Lloyd, 800m bronze medallist Natoya Goule and Patricia Hall joined efforts to stop the clock in 3:29.86, well ahead of the Dominican Republic (3:34.73) and Trinidad & Tobago (3:34.84).

Hall also anchored the 4x100m Relay squad to silver on Saturday.

Bahamas had a brilliant day with all its five gold medals won on Sunday. Bianca Stuart took the Long Jump (6.38m) and Trevor Barry (2.28m) improved from second to gold in the High Jump, ahead of Antigua and Barbuda’s defending champion James Grayman and Saint

Lenford Green won the 400M hurdles.

Lucia’s Darwin Edwards, both with 2.25m.

Nivea Smith (22.80) and Michael Mathieu (20.60) dominated the 200m, the latter beating defending champion Rondell Sorillo of Trinidad and Tobago by just four hundredths of a second.

In the final race of the Championships, Bahamas narrowly beat Trinidad and Tobago for the 4x400m gold (3:01.33 for 3:01.75).

Three of the man who featured in the silver medal winning team in Cali 2008, finally celebrated gold, the first one for Bahamas since Nassau 2005.

Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu and 2001 400m World Champion Avard Moncur were now joined by starter Latoya Williams. Jamaica held on for third in 3:02.00.

Other notable winners on the final day were Trinidad and Tobago’s Cleopatra Borel in the Shot Put (19.00m) and Haiti’s Samir Layne in the Triple Jump with a season’s best of 17.09m, better than his bronze medal performance at the CAC Games on the same track last year.

Mexico’s Gabriela Medina, in her second season after maternity, took the 800m in a personal best of 2:01.50, confirming her goal to break Ana Gabriela Guevara’s 13-year-old

national record of 2:01.12. Cuba’s 2006 CAC Games champion Andy Gonzalez improved from silver in Havana 2009 to gold here in 1:48.15.

Puerto Rico added two more gold in the Half Marathon, thanks to Michelle Coira (1:21:07) and Luis Collazo (1:07:08).

Venezuela’s Milangela Rosales produced the second championship record of the 2011 edition as she walked the 10,000m in 47:19.91, half a minute faster than her previous national record and 10 seconds better that the 18-year old mark of 47:29.6 set by Mexican Eloisa Perez in Cali ‘93.

The 23rd CAC Championships, being held in Puerto Rico for the fourth time and back here since 1997, drew a participation record of 503 athletes (287 men and 216 women) from 32 countries. Nineteen nations achieved at least one medal.

In its 44 year history, the CAC Champs has witnessed the emergence of the region’s best talents, who have gone on to enjoy success on world stage. Just to name a few: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, Grace Jackson and Veronica CampbellBrown, Bahamas’ Pauline DavisThompson, Cuba’s Ana F. Quirot, Javier Sotomayor and Dayron Robles, among many others.

DR to host 2012 IODA World Sailing Championship THE SANTO Domingo Yacht Club in Boca Chica is holding the Pre-World Optimist Sailing Championship for North America from 11-17 July. The First International Optimist Regatta, as it is also known, is being organised by the Dominican Sailing Federation.

The event is helping prepare Dominican hosts for the 50th International Optimist Dinghy

Association (IODA) World Sailing Championship, which will take place at the same yacht club facilities 1526 July 2012.

According to Andrea Garrochategui, the organizing committee president, 70 competitors aged 8 to 15 from 17 countries are participating, including 10 Dominicans. (Dominican Today)

42

Sports National

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011

Quality Supermarket/Vita Malt T20 cricket:

Jaguars open with win THE GUYANA Jaguars showed that they are still one of the top teams in Provo after recording a 69-run victory over the Jamaican All-Stars.

Former captain Sean Khan led the attack with an unbeaten 49 as the side rattled up 171-6 in 20 overs in the Quality Supermarket/ Vita Malt T20 cricket competition.

Marcell Morris and Sheldon Henry assisted with 31 and 29 runs respectively.

Medium pacer Robert Johnson led the bowling attack with an impressive 4-31 from four overs.

When the All-Stars batted they were bowled out for 102 runs in 15.5 overs.

Bowling for the Jaguars, 16-yearold Jawellin Sealey took 2-16 runs from three overs, while spinner Munesh Bhagwandas took 2-6 runs from two overs and Gimmel Davis 2-28 runs from 3.5 overs.

Douglas Brown scored an aggressive half-century

Quality Supermarket/Vita Malt T20 cricket:

Sean Khan scored a match winning 49 runs for the Jaguars.

Grand Turk Cricket:

Charles score century in losing battle ERRION Charles batted his way to a well played century, but his team Jones’s XI lost to Henry’s XI in a practice clash recently at the Parade Ground in Grand Turk.

The T20 practice game was a warm up for the capital’s cricket competition.

Jones’s XI won the toss and batted their way to 187-6 from their allotted

overs.

Charles scored 106 runs before edging a ball to wicket-keeper Michael Baptiste. Winston Quelch, who showed he is more than an administrator, chipped in with 36.

Shawn Gayle was the leading wicket taker for the bowling side with 2-44.

In reply Henry’s XI chased down the total for the loss of two wickets.

Marlon Turner was the leading scorer in this effort with 93 while Skipper Earl Henry supported well with 64.

The next game is scheduled for Saturday July 24th at 1:30pm. The Association is asking all persons who play cricket to contact Howard Dickenson on 232-0986, Ralph Doughty on 231 2041 or Winston Quelch on 331 3607.

Brown’s half-century fails to save Jam Turk DOUGLAS Brown, who has a few hard-hitting Provo Cricket League records, was his usual aggressive self, but it was not enough to save his team, Jam Turk from the allround performance of Police.

Playing at the Downtown Ball Park on Saturday last, in the second week of the Quality Supermarket/Vita Malt T20 cricket competition, Brown was in a no nonsense mood, after he crashed the boundary ropes four times and went over six times

in his score of 62, but with little support his team ended on 143-8 from their 20 overs.

Ira Baptiste, Damian St. Ange and Prosper Adams had two wickets each.

In reply the lawmen eased to 144 in 14.3 overs with Karim Jack on 32, unbeaten runs. Sabuton John (31) and Garvin Bruno (30) also reached their 30s.

For Jam Turk Jeffrey Bascoe, Glen Campbell and Joel Palmer took one wicket apiece.

Josh for Sports

Lacrosse America’s fastest growing sport?

Continue from last week:

By the 17th Century the Native America game had attracted spectators. The first European settlers were spellbound by this strange and exciting new sport. The Europeans were Jesuit Missionaries who had come to America from France to spread their beliefs in God. They had never seen anything like this sport played by the natives. They were fascinated by the athleticism and bravery of the players, as well as by the speed at which the game was played. Most intriguing to them was the equipment. The Jesuits thought the type of stick for the staff carried

by Catholic Bishops referring to the game itself as La Crosse (“The Cross”) and the name stuck.

Before long, settlers went from passive observers of the game to

By Joshua Gardiner

active participants.

The first non Native American to play lacrosse were probably the Canadian from Montreal in the early 1800s as the Canadians learned the sport from Native American tribes. They applied new rules and regulations they felt were necessary to keep things “civilised”. They were not comfortable with the free-

wheeling nature of the game— things like the lack of boundaries, the random goals and the unlimited number of players allowed to participate at any one time.

By the mid-1800s, a Montreal Dentist named W. George Beers was at the forefront of a movement to organise lacrosse and to introduce the sport to the rest of Canada.

Beer and others helped lacrosse to grow quickly in popularity among Canadians. Clubs were created and games were organised and played before spectators.

Official rules were established.

The number of players was standardised and permanent goals were created. Eventually the game became so popular that it was declared Canada’s national sport.

Soon the sport spread south to the United States and east to Europe

as Canadians travelled to other countries to play exhibition games and show off their sport.

All the while the natives continued to play their usual game.

ORGANISED LACROSSE In the 19th Century lacrosse began to evolve from just a Canadian game, as in the US, Eastern cities and schools began to establish clubs and teams. In 1877, New York University became the first American College to field a lacrosse team. A few years later prep high schools followed suit.

Phillips Academy in New Hampshire and another school in New Jersey also established lacrosse programmes for their students in 1882.

As the game caught on, more and more teams were formed; rivalries soon emerged between high schools and colleges. Clubs from various cities travelled long distances to play

foes from other states or across the border in Canada.

Women’s teams were formed in 1890s. By the early 20th Century the game had become so popular that the players and others who loved lacrosse decided to create an organised body to oversee the sport’s development. Before long, the US Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (USILL) was established. The international community got its first taste of the sport when it appeared as an exhibition sport in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.

The USILL continued to act as the governing body in the US until it was replaced by the US Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in the 1920s.

The modern game is steadily growing in popularity worldwide. In the US alone an estimated 300, 000 people play it.

July 23 - 29, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

43

Some current TCI footballers have potential to play in five World Cups – National Coach Gary Brough Paula Virgil-Stubbs (middle) is now TCI’s first certified female umpire.

Virgil-Stubbs becomes TCI’s first female softball umpire SOFTBALL enthusiast Mrs. Paula Virgil-Stubbs became TCI’s first certified umpire recently and she promises to use her new found authority to better the game on the islands.

The administrator and longtime player of Silver Deep joined a number of other participants (all male) in taking the test. Among the names include current head of softball in the TCI Godfrey Been, who has moved to level two.

“I am happy to be the first certified female umpire in softball…softball is a great sport and it’s my favourite.

Being an umpire puts you are in control of the game, and you must know the rules so you have to always

keep in the books or on the field to keep it fresh. I am yet to call my first game, but am looking forward to doing so very soon.”

Virgil-Stubbs, who is vicepresident of the local federation, holds a number of other portfolios off the field. She is also the public relations officer of the ECASC, a regional softball body, and the official scorer of the Provo Softball League.

Been is the first vice-president of the ECASC while Santana Rigby is also on the committee.

The dynamic player, VirgilStubbs, will now try to get her International Softball Federation (ISF) certificate.

TURKS and Caicos Islands senior football team can just get better, opines National Coach Gary Brough, who pointed out that the island chain will reap the benefits of a young squad in the future.

He said that both the association and players now have to continue working on TCI’s football development.

“If these young men continue to progress both mentally and physically, learn from their mistakes and remain committed to the TCIFA’s programmes there is no reason why some of them could not play in the next five World Cup campaigns over the next 20 years. TCIFA is investing in the future and developing the youth of TCI is the only long-term sustainable solution.”

TCI lost to the Bahamas in their home-and-away game this month.

Brough echoed president of the TCIFA Chris Bryan, who stated last week that the local association examined the bigger picture when they fielded a younger team.

“It was a conscious decision, in line with our long term development plans to field a national team that

Jack McKnight (right), one of the juniors on the senior squad, in action against the Bahamas.

included many of our U-20 players in the squad. They have gained invaluable experience in preparing and playing international football at a very young age. We sacrificed short term gains for long term results.”

The national coach pointed out that half of the 18 players used were teenagers, while another was just 20.

He said that the young players: “Let no-one down.”

TRANSITION Brough added that transition was not easy for many, but that it was essential to TCI’s development and constant growth.

“The transition from short-term

Brooks and Cenary for US football camp – Aim for university scholarships NATIONAL female captain Pekiera Brooks and team-mate Sarah Cenary will travel to the USA next week to participate in the prestigious Cornell University Advanced Summer Soccer Camp. The camp will be held in Ithaca, New York.

Information from the local association in the TCI indicated that the “Ivy League university has one of the strongest sporting traditions in the US and head coach Danielle LaRoche is one of the most experienced and qualified coaches in her field. LaRoche was impressed with many of the young TCI players she encountered here when she was a guest coach during last year’s

TCIFA’s Women’s International Festival.”

The US coach indicated to the TCIFA that both Brooks and Cenary impressed her with their technical skills, tactical knowledge and enthusiasm.

The camp will last for one week and during this time the players will be exposed to high levels of coaching which will help them in their goal to obtain a scholarship to play football at a top US university in 2012.

Technical Director Matthew Green was full of praise for both players saying: “they have represented the country well on many occasions and are an asset to our association.

They give up a lot of their time to help in our youth programmes and I am pleased that they have this opportunity to showcase their talents overseas. Both players are very talented and have a big future ahead of them. Several colleges are already interested in their services for next year and this camp will hopefully open more doors for them. The TCIFA is committed to developing young players and we are pleased to create this opportunity for the two.”

Green added that: “the TCIFA’s main focus is on youth development and opportunities like this for TCIFA’s players will increase as the association’s long term development plans come to fruition. Brooks is currently playing for a US Select team in Brazil (as part of the “People to People” programme) after impressing

Sarah Cenary: Sarah Cenary continues to impress. Here she collects a trophy from the TCIFA’s Technical Director Matthew Green for her outstanding performance at the beach soccer competition.

“band aid” solutions every five years a World Cup campaign comes around using many players who have no permanent connection with TCI, to a long-term solution involving a group of young players who have lived their entire lives in TCI, was never going to be an easy transition, but is one that had to be made at some point.

“This was easily the most representative TCI team to have ever played at full international level.

We will simply have to be patient, continue to invest in youth, continue to work hard and when success eventually comes, as it will, it will be all the more enjoyable.”

US Club coaches when she was a guest player in the Disney Classic Tournament in Florida last December.

Both players are very excited about the Summer Camp and realise that this a great opportunity for them to impress several US College coaches who will be in attendance. Brooks said that: “This is a great opportunity for Sarah and I to prove that we have the talent to succeed at the highest level. We have benefited from the TCIFA’s coaching programmes over the last few years and playing internationally has given us the confidence to play at college level”. Cenary added that the camp: “Will give me just the boost I need to come back and prepare for our World Cup games in October. Hopefully more players can follow in our footsteps as we have many talented young players in the country”. many talented young players in the country”.

44

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

July 23 - 29, 2011