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PDM plan

payroll tax

protest Spectacular displays for Queen’s Official Birthday EXPOSED

Appalling conditions at Clement Howell High School

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The opposition is inviting citizens to come out to the NJS Francis building in Grand Turk on Monday (June 23) to show solidarity with them as they vote down the Payroll Tax Bill.

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Governor Peter Beckingham inspects the parade for the Queen’s Official Birthday in Providenciales

Margaret Ramsay-Hale is the first female TCI Chief Justice

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Appalling conditions at Clement Howell High School – Gov’t blames ‘unruly students’ CONDITIONS at the Government’s largest high school have hit rock bottom and are threatening the health and welfare of the students, the Weekly News can reveal.

Filth, mould, exposed wires, peeling walls, shattered tiles and broken furniture are just some of the major problems that have inflicted Clement Howell High School (CHHS) in Blue Hills, Providenciales.

And while the Ministry of Education admits that the state of the facility is a “serious concern,” it has passed much of the blame on to students and their destructive behaviour.

During a visit to the school’s auditorium block this week, the Weekly News documented the deplorable conditions that have long been dismissed.

Damp and mould can be clearly seen on one wall, the main support beams are bowing, large amounts of plaster is missing exposing rebar, bare wires are hanging off the wall and broken floor tiles are scattered across the floor.

At the back of the hall three exterior rooms are filth ridden and contain piles of litter and broken furniture, a smashed toilet and sink, and one boasts a huge hole in the

door.

According to principal Gerald Persaud the school’s auditorium was condemned many years ago due to dangerous structural issues and yet it is shockingly still used for examinations, PTA meetings and other large functions.

He said that it was declared unfit for use prior to his employment in 2012 because the beams were not sturdy enough and there were several large cracks in the building.

“But we had no other choice, we had no other place to hold a large function except at the auditorium.”

Meanwhile dozens of classrooms throughout the facility have broken fans, missing window slats, peeling walls, cracked tiles and damaged desks and chairs.

The interior of the central bathroom block is scrawled with offensive graffiti, has broken doors and emits a stench from its cracked toilets and dirty sinks.

Principal Persaud said that the deplorable condition of the school has been raised with the Ministry of Education many times and Government officials are “well aware” of it.

Persaud said that in a perfect world he would like to see a new

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A lot of the chairs and desks are broken, many with sharp edges

auditorium built at the school.

But added: “There’s no such thing as an ideal school in this world anymore and so we’ve got to make do with what we have.”

SERIOUS CONCERN On Wednesday (June 18) the Ministry of Education, Youth and Library Services responded to a request for further information from the Weekly News.

In its statement it said that the condition of all of the Government schools is a “serious concern”. “…and it is for this reason that we are addressing these issues as much as possible within the severely restricted resources that we have.”

It went on to say that the ongoing maintenance issues at CHHS will be looked at during the summer works programme.

The Public Works Department, a department within the Ministry of Government Support Services, has a schedule of all the works needed to upgrade the current building and infrastructure.

This will be done over the next two years, the statement read.

“It should also be noted that, the new bathroom blocks are under construction and have been during this school year.”

In its statement the ministry also addressed serious overcrowding at the school which has been an issue of major contention for a number of years.

According to Government figures there are currently 934 pupils being educated at the school which was originally built for about 300 students.

“The commitment by our Government to build a second secondary school compound in Providenciales will have a direct impact on CHHS as the numbers become more manageable, but also would allow for a holistic approach to tackling the needed repairs in stages.”

On Thursday (June 19) Cherylann Sanderson Jones, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture, insisted that the school’s auditorium is safe for use.

“My understanding from Public Works Department who is in charge of Government estates is that although the building was condemned years ago, the Government at that time was able to garner funds to restore the building and ensure that it was fit for habitation and use,” she said.

“It was deemed to be so after the works were done.

“The building like all other Government buildings are evaluated

The school’s auditorium, which was condemned years ago, is still used for large functions

The central toilet block is filthy, and emits a stench across the compound

In some classrooms tiles are broken and scattered across the floor and walls are peeling

as habitable every five years.”

UNRULY BEHAVIOUR In its recent statement the ministry blamed destructive students for the majority of the damage.

“Sadly the management of the school is also challenged by unruly behaviour of some students who continue to be destructive and are not minded to treat the school property with respect,” it said.

“Most of the maintenance issues come from students who refuse to adhere to rules and who continually destroy items on the compound and in classrooms which were repaired prior

to any start of the new school year.”

The ministry added that the Public Works Department is routinely called to the compound to make repairs to the same destroyed property time after time.

“In light of the increased levels of indiscipline in our schools, the Government will introduce a zero tolerance policy.”

The policy will address behaviours that are deemed destructive and that jeopardise the health and safety of all users of the compounds.

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PDM urge support in Payroll Tax protest on Monday THE OPPOSITION is inviting citizens to come out to the NJS Francis building in Grand Turk on Monday (June 23) to show solidarity with them as they vote down the Payroll Tax Bill.

Leader of the Opposition, Sharlene Cartwright Robinson issued the call on Wednesday (June 18), a few days before the embattled bill makes its way to the House of Assembly for what the PDM believes is certain death.

She also made it clear that contrary to statements made by Finance Minister Washington Misick during parliament last week, the Government never consulted the Opposition on the tax and there has been no compromise between them.

“We are asking all citizens to get to your MPs, say to them ‘we voted

Residents joined PDM officials, Bishop Coleta Williams, former Premier Michael Misick and a former Government minister in protest march against the Payroll Tax in April this year.

for you, now you must vote for us’.

That is the message we want to get out.

“This vote is not so much a party position as it is about individuals. All of us remain firm and our position is

this is a vote for the people; this is not a vote for a party.”

She added that the party wants all members of the house to understand that this bill would change everything for the TCI.

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suspended if they are found to be wilfully destroying school property on a continuous basis.

“Addressing the continued destruction of property on our compounds needs the commitment and involvement of not only the Government but must include teachers, principals, parents, media houses and the community at large.

“We have to work together and help stop the destruction of our already aged and worn facilities.”

Principal Persaud agreed that many of the school’s students contribute to the damage.

“I would blame the students to a large extent too,” he said. “What I have done in the past and what I continue to do, once I recognise that they are ruining the furniture I insist that they pay for it to repair it.”

SHOW SOME LOVE Earlier this year Leader of the Opposition Sharlene Cartwright Robsinson called for immediate action to address ongoing issues at the school.

“Clement Howell High is the largest high school in the Turks and Caicos - that’s over 1,000 of our youth.

The ceiling has a huge gaping hole and the fan is broken in the auditorium’s bathroom

“We really need to show them some appreciation, some love, some attention. If we allow it to linger on it’s only going to become worse.”

She said that action will cost money but it calls for a sacrifice from the Government.

“Sacrifice your travel for Christ’s sake. Look at your budget. Make it a priority.

“Approach the private sector, say

that these are our needs. Enter a joint venture. I don’t care what it is. It has to get done.”

Permanent Secretary Sanderson Jones told the Weekly News: “As usual we welcome members of the public who alert us to issues and want to become more informed and partner with us as we try to address/ solve the myriad of issues that come our way.” (RB)

“I am aware that there are members even in the Government, and of course I have gotten support from former Government ministers from the PNP side as well, who understand how far reaching and what the implications are and the effect the tax would have.”

She is encouraging citizens to come out on Monday and sit in the gallery at the NJS Francis building.

“We are encouraging them to come, and if they want to make their voices heard in a peaceful way outside of parliament, we invite them to come and make sure that the Government knows where they stand.”

The party leader said they stand firm in their position that this is not the right time for payroll tax in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

She said the right time to consider it would be after the Government has consulted properly, which they have failed to do.

“Just as the Cayman Islands rejected it last year, we should. Our position is that it takes away our competitive edge, and it is certainly not going to be something that invites investors to come when they can go somewhere else.”

Cartwright Robinson said that the party does not want anyone to think that they do not understand the financial challenges of the country.

“We are saying that there are different ways to [address] it.”

She also pointed to the alternatives, which the minister recently said can be looked at if the bill is rejected, stating that full consultation dictates that these alternatives should have been put to the people when the payroll and property tax were first touted.

“Where are these other alternatives? We are saying that the consultation was faulty and was misleading; it wasn’t open, it wasn’t transparent.”

She added that one of the biggest concerns the party has under the bill is the authority that is charged with collecting the tax, the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB).

She pointed out that for the four years the body has been in operation, they have never seen an audit and that the former Chief Financial Officer has stated that the board is insolvent.

She said the NHIB is difficult to police, and questioned why it was chosen to collect the tax.

The party leader further pointed to the monies that the Government would have to pay in contributions for civil servants – 1.5 per cent for each worker – stating that this too takes away from the whole concept of payroll tax helping to generate revenue.

Meanwhile, asked what the party’s position is on property tax, the PDM leader said it is not really an alternative, as the payroll tax was always the preferred tax.

However, she said even if it were to be seriously considered, they would have to look at how competitive it would leave the TCI. Last week, the finance minister mentioned the general services tax (GST) as a possible alternative to the payroll tax, but the Opposition Leader does not believe the Government is serious about this alternative.

This tax was also mentioned in the Fiscal and Strategic and Policy Statement (FSPS) for the last financial year, she said, but the consultations in it were minimal at best.

It was eventually scrapped by the Government.

“It was never really looked at seriously by the Government. The thing about that was that it was coming like VAT, in that they would need to inspect your books and we know that was of some concern to certain persons.

“But at the end of the day it wasn’t given any serious consideration by the Government.”

Asked if she believes the Government is serious this time with the payroll tax, she said: “I can’t believe how indifferent they are being.

“Even in their own camp; I can’t believe the vigour with which they are bringing this tax.

“We have people from all walks of life, their sitting members, former members saying this is the wrong tax, and they are still determined to bring it.”

She also assured civil servants, that contrary to rumours, they would be paid even if the assembly does not pass the Payroll Tax Bill. (DI)

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

Increase building height?

LAST week the Government announced plans to increase the allowed building height from seven to 14 storeys (150 feet).

Over the coming weeks, officials from the Ministry of Environment, Home Affairs and Agriculture plan to talk to contractors, engineers, hoteliers, environmentalists and others concerned to get feedback on the best way forward.

What are your thoughts? Do you think increasing the limit will boost development and drive the economy forward? Or will it be detrimental to the environment and detract from the country’s high end image?

Profile destroyer

This would truly be a shame to allow this.

One of the most wonderful images of our country is the pristine beaches with the low rise developments and the fact our beaches cannot be fenced off or ‘owned’ by anyone but the Crown for public access.

To start raising the building height to 14 storeys takes away from the amazing profile we have from the shore and also from the water.

We are a specialised upmarket five star country and should remain so. The ultra-rich that we attract will pay for the privilege of the non-crowded beaches, the beautiful settings of existing developments and the beautiful sky line.

Don’t let greed allow over development and condo and hotel crowding of our amazing country.

Out of place

I think it would be a shame to turn the TCI into Miami Beach. We have so little elevation that 14 stories would look ten times more out of place than the existing seven story buildings that rear up and overshadow each other on Grace Bay. However, our young and inexperienced politicians, and some of their followers, equate number of storeys with the importance of the country.

So I have no doubt they will allow it, regardless of what anyone says against this idea. And we will no longer be a very special place. We’ll be like everyone else.

This is the same kind of mentality which wants to increase taxes instead of figuring out how to effectively collect the outstanding money legally due to them by the current population.

No hope

Providenciales has gone to the dogs. I wish I had the money to leave these isles!

Wrong focus

Why are we always coming up with these hair brained plans?

Why not concentrate on solid planning,

improving services (including Government services), cleaning the place up, training people, marketing and promoting, making TCI safe?

Why do we need to come up with VAT, income tax, 14 story buildings and dolphin horror shows?

Can we please have some sort of a reasonable plan and stick to it?

Road to poverty

Clearly this is not a democracy. No one cares about what the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands want.

They don’t care if we dispose of every precious resource we have, the environment being no exception.

I won’t be surprised if this new ‘boost’ to development and the economy lands the population no further above the poverty line, since the people so rarely benefit from these hair brained schemes.

Concentrate on jobs

I disagree with increased height and further buildings in general until this country has maximised use of the Turks and Caicos Islands work force.

Stay wise

I think in the short term increasing the height from seven to 14 storeys will boost the economy. However, it will ultimately decrease the number of middle to high income visitors.

Why? The main reason why Americans and others come to stay at Grace Bay is because the beach does not have the hordes of bodies like Florida.

Why come to the high priced Turks and Caicos Islands if the beach is the same overcrowded beach tourists can experience in Florida for a lot less money?

Add to that we only have a two lane roadway along the beach strip. Cars will soon become a problem as the Grace Bay area becomes more crowded.

Equally concerning, how will we safely handle human waste? We do not have a waste water sewage system like Nassau installed.

We depend on independent septic systems with overflow tanks. Simply put, it is possible we do not have the infrastructure to support a higher density in the Grace Bay or many other areas.

Add to that, the main attraction to tourists coming to the Turks and Caicos is that it is not over crowded.

We would be wise to stay with our present height restriction and increase tourist facilities on islands other than Provo.

Concrete wall

This is a sign of desperation to attract developers after 11 years of putting their PNP hands into prospective and present developers’ pockets.

Only the leftovers which have been purged by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) are active building. This includes new and old developments alike.

Was 14 stories in the PNP manifesto at election time? We now have a concrete wall of resorts across access to Grace Bay similar to Miami or Fort Lauderdale and a host of other Florida and Gulf States locations.

This party does not believe in promoting our ecology, our history or our culture. Ms Gibbs Williams will testify to that.

Why stop at 14 stories? PNP went from three to five and on to seven and now on to 14 and maybe more.

The last PNP administration started Star Island and killed the Conch Farm with dredging. They wanted to strip the farm topsoil for Dellis Cay which is now one of numerous monuments to their faulty planning.

At the end of the day what developer will now build on the TCI with draconian taxes and costs committed for the next 20 years?

Once they get the three per cent payroll income tax passed they can use their one seat majority to ratchet it up to 10, 20 or maybe 30 per cent.

If it fails there will be property taxes or value added tax (VAT) which are all development and people killers. When does the next plane leave?

Wrong face

Increasing the height will just give the island another face.

Look how Seven Stars is looking, we don’t want all the island to look alike or even worse.

We will need to change the TCI headline ‘beautiful by nature’ if we follow this path.

It’s a trap

Stop guys! Don’t you see you are about to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Where will it end? If every developer coming to the island wants to increase the building height, soon Grace Bay will look like down town Miami.

Our high room rates will go through the window. We will become like all the other islands, our beaches crowded with tourists stepping on each other.

Tell these investors to find other beach areas to build if they want to be in the TCI that bad. We have 300 miles of contiguous beach to choose from.

Is it because no locals own the pieces they want and previous short sighted politicians prostituted away all the prime pieces of beach

land?

Now they are in private hands they intend to milk them dry by getting the same guys to be allowed to build skyscrapers.

Come on guys don’t fall for this trap - it will never stop.

Developer propaganda

The overwhelming majority of the expatriates living in Providenciales as well as the 300,000 annual visitors selected Providenciales and pay a premium to stay and live here because our low-rise, low-density beachfront resorts discourage overcrowding of our beaches which would diminish the quality of our product and reduce our popularity and the number of repeat visitors.

There’s a reason we are routinely voted the ‘Best beach in the world’ or ‘Best beach in the Caribbean’.

Long and serious consideration should be given to killing the golden goose for just one meal (limited duty on construction materials and work permit fees).

Let us not be falsely lured into believing the developers’ propaganda that drastically increasing the height limitation of ocean-front buildings will suddenly result in a significant jobs increase for Turks and Caicos Islanders, it will not.

You and I both know that as soon as the approval is given for the project, the developer will immediately begin buying work permits, not creating jobs for Belongers.

Look elsewhere

Why worry about 14 stories on Provo when North and Middle Caicos desperately need one and two story developments.

Middle Caicos has but one five unit private resort and has seen most of its population move.

It is the handful of people left here that elected Donhue as our representative. What is he doing for us?

The same thing as years of PNP representatives. Robert Hall, Mike Misick Jeffrey Hall, Royal Robinson and Clarence Selver.

Robert Hall started nothing, Jeffrey Hall started nothing and Mike’s projects all failed before barely getting off the ground.

Only Sam Harvey started something at Half a Creek and Mike and Jeffrey killed it. The developer went ahead years ago to build three miles of road, installed the power lines bought a power barge, D8 bulldozer, paving equipment and many other pieces of construction equipment.

Now over a decade later the money dried up, the barge is parked and the equipment sold or rusted out.

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Margaret Ramsay-Hale is the first female TCI Chief Justice

JAMAICAN-born jurist, Margaret Ramsay-Hale was on Thursday (June 19) appointed as the first woman to hold the post of Chief Justice (CJ) in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Ramsay-Hale who has been a judge in the TCI since 2011 will ascend to the position later this year when a replacement is found for her current post.

The announcement was made by the Governor’s Office through a press statement in which Governor Peter Beckingham said he is very pleased that Ramsay-Hale accepted the position when it was offered to her.

Beckingham made the offer after the Judicial Services Commission

made the recommendation for her appointment.

The chairman of the commission is Justice Lensley Wolfe; its other members are Sir David Simmons and Sir Brian Alleyne.

“I am certain that she will bring a great deal of energy as well as professional wisdom and experience to this very important job in the Turks and Caicos Islands,” the Governor said.

The Judicial Services Commission has also accepted the sitting Chief Justice, Edwin Goldsbrough’s offer to stay on in TCI for a few more months until Ramsay-Hale’s successor is found.

“I would also like to pay tribute to the work of current Chief Justice

Appointees are delighted with their new roles within TCIG

Government appoints senior and middle management A RANGE of new appointments within the Turks and Caicos Government were announced this week.

Deputy Governor Anya Williams introduced the new senior and middle management posts on Tuesday (June 17).

Deputy Governor Williams said: “I would like to congratulate these persons on their new appointments and would like to wish them much success as they carry out their new roles.”

TCIG has introduced a new Senior Management Understudy Training Programme designed to support the development of progression and careers paths within the civil service.

“The Management Understudy Training Programme, is a core component of our new succession plan to ensure that local people are provided with opportunities to progress within the civil service, by receiving the training and personal development to help them progress into these roles,” Williams said.

“As candidates for our 21st Century Manager Programme, our new

colleagues will be given the opportunity for training internships, either in the UK or other Overseas Territories, just like Clyde Green, our newly appointed rehabilitation manager who is currently benefitting from an internship where he is reviewing the UK’s prison rehabilitation work.”

The new senior appointments are Director of Estates Neroy Kennedy, Water Engineer Omowale Harvey, Investment Services Executive (Aftercare) Justin Misick, Assistant Commissioner of Revenue (Legal) Nasiya Misick, Assistant Director of Planning Toriono Williams, Deputy Superintendent of Prison Raymond Grant, Assistant Superintendent of Prison Meshelle Jennings, and Prison and Rehabilitation Manager Clyde Green (currently in the UK on training).

The new deputy and understudy roles are Deputy Director of Social Services Tiffany Thomas-Brown, Deputy Budget Director Peshina Williams, Assistant Accountant General Sally Jean Astwood and Assistant Accountant General Ahmed Jones.

New Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Margaret Ramsay-Hale

Goldsborough.

“He has overseen the judicial process at a difficult and demanding time for the country, and Turks and Caicos has benefitted greatly from his contribution,” Governor Beckingham stated.

Goldsbrough resigned to take up the position of president of the Court of Appeal in the Solomon Islands.

Speaking with the Weekly News on Thursday afternoon, the newly appointed CJ said: “It’s an incredible honour, one that I don’t take lightly at all.”

She stated that it is a huge position that will require hard work.

“Not only in streamlining the system, but in building the collegial bench and establishing a good

Several new senior and middle management posts have been announced

Under the tree

working relation with the Bar in order to improve the administration and effective delivery of justice.

“It is not an easy task,” she added.

Ramsay-Hale said she is deeply gratified to be the first female to be appointed to this position in TCI. “It is good to be the first female appointment, it is an incredible honour.”

Ramsay-Hale is the second female that has been appointed to a high ranking position within the TCI’s judicial system since Governor Beckingham’s appointment in October 2013.

Turks and Caicos Islander, Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles was the first with her appointment as Attorney General in February this year.

Ramsay-Hale first practiced law in the Chambers of Howard Hamilton after being called to the Bar in October 1991.

She then took up a position in the Public Bar of the Jamaica as a Crown Counsel in January 1994.

In 1995, she was appointed a judge of the family court in St James, Jamaica, and eventually moved on to the criminal courts as a resident magistrate for the parish.

In September of 1998, she moved to the Cayman Islands to serve as a magistrate of the summary court of there.

In 2006, she sat as an acting judge on the Grand Court for several months and was appointed as Chief Magistrate in 2008, where she served until taking up a judgeship in the TCI. (DI)

By Benneth Williams

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Leadership shakeup likely as PDM goes to convention – Skippings senses disloyalty within the ranks AS THE People’s Democratic Party (PDM) gears up to host its annual convention this July, former chief minister and party leader, Oswald Skippings believes that the loyalty of some in the party is misplaced.

The Opposition party will be hosting its annual convention on July 4 and 5 in South Caicos under the theme ‘committed to the vision’.

Current party leader, Sharlene Cartwright Robinson told the Weekly News this past week that they would be reviewing the work and platform of the party and most importantly, holding elections for all officers.

“Of course I expect leadership challenge, that is a democracy and that is the duty of the PDM… so we expect to have some changes, and we expect challenges of perhaps all the officers,” she said.

When the Weekly News spoke with Skippings on Thursday (June 19), he said he does not intend to challenge the leadership.

He said it would be waste of time, even if he were to do so and were successful, as the party needs be purged.

He explained that there are persons within the party who do not have the party’s interests at heart in

PDM Leader, Sharlene Cartwright Robinson

Former PDM leader and Chief Minister, Oswald Skippings

terms of the core principles on which it was founded.

“And who are not really committed to the people and serving the people of the country and who have been influenced by external forces and ideologies totally contrary to the principles of the PDM.” He said he was referring to a few people at leadership level, but declined to name anyone.

Asked for his take on the current party leader, Skippings said: “She is probably doing her best, except at this point and time her best is not good enough.”

However, he was reluctant to say who he believes can move the PDM forward and with the direction and vision he feels that is lacking.

“Really and truly I don’t want to influence the party in any way that is going to create confusion, but the party must recognise that there is something wrong and enough people within the party have to recognise that.

“And this has been going on for a while and that is why when we talk

about being loyal to the party there has to be a limit because when you are loyal to the party to the extent that you are disloyal to the people, then you have a problem and I think that is where it has reached in the People’s Democratic Movement.”

He said he has no confidence in the party right now because of the lack of competent action to help turn the country around and properly represent the people.

“The Opposition’s responsibility is to keep the Government on its toes and when the Government is going in the wrong direction, to point them in the right direction and I don’t think that is being done at the level that it should be done,” the former leader stated.

He said he would not be attending the convention and would not be voting.

Meanwhile, the PDM leader has called on all supporters to attend the caucus, which has been taken to South Caicos after a number of years. (DI)

Six struck down with chikungunya A FURTHER four cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in the TCI this week, bringing the total of those infected with the debilitating virus to six.

The Ministry of Health and Human Services made the announcement on Thursday (June 18) in a statement to press.

It also revealed that several cases of dengue fever have been confirmed over the past few weeks adding to the 30 plus cases already reported this year.

Both viruses are spread by the bite of an infected mosquito – common in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Chikungunya first hit the Caribbean when it was identified in Saint Martin in December 2013.

It has since spread to 14 other countries in the region including TCI’s neighbours, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Close to 3,600 cases have been confirmed across the several islands while health officials suspect the number to be closer to 40,000.

Over the coming weeks the ministry is inviting residents to a series of town hall meetings on the chikungunya virus.

Three were held this week in Blue Hills, North Caicos and Middle

Caicos – but were unfortunately poorly attended.

Next week meetings will take place in Grand Turk on Monday June 23, at 6.30pm at a venue to be confirmed.

On Tuesday, June 24, there will be a meeting in Five Cays, Providenciales, at 6.30pm at a venue to be confirmed.

On Wednesday, June 25, there will be a meeting at the Kew Community Centre in North Caicos at 6.30pm.

In South Caicos the meeting will be held on Thursday, June 26, at 6.30pm at a venue to be confirmed.

On Monday, June 30, there will be a meeting at Ianthe Pratt Primary School in The Bight, Providenciales at 6.30pm.

And finally in Kew Town, Providenciales, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 1, at 6.30pm at a venue to be confirmed.

These meetings will provide an update on the status of the chikungunya virus in the Turks and Caicos Islands, provide information to help communities remove breeding areas and help to manage the disease.

Symptoms of chikungunya appear between four and seven days after someone has been bitten by an infected mosquito and include fever, joint pain, rashes, headache, nausea

and fatigue.

Symptoms can last for a few days however joint pain may persist for much longer. Severe cases of chikungunya requiring hospitalisation are rare.

There is no specific medicine to treat chikungunya virus infection or disease, there is no cure and no vaccine against the disease.

The Ministry of Health and Human Services advises people in the TCI to take a number of precautions.

Residents should check around buildings for anything that could hold water, turn containers over or cover them, get rid of or cover old tires, properly dispose of all garbage/ refuse, cover boats, children’s pools, clean rain gutters and make sure they are flowing properly, and tightly cover water drums and rain barrels.

They should also wear longsleeved shirts and long pants, apply insect repellents on exposed skin liberally, use mosquito nets at night and use air conditioning when indoors or secure all doors and windows with screens.

The Environmental Health Department will treat large bodies of stagnant water on or around properties when contacted.

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Will Michael Misick and his co-accused get a jury trial?

– Judge delivers decision on Monday ON MONDAY (June 23), Justice Paul Harrison is expected to deliver a decision on whether former Premier Michael Misick and the other nine defendants accused of corruption during his administration will face a trial by their peers.

Harrison’s decision will have a very important bearing on the proceedings and will determine how the trial, which starts on October 6, will go ahead.

The Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) made the application for the accused to have a trial by judge, and not by jury.

The application was made in keeping with the Trial without a Jury Ordinance 2010, enacted by former Governor Gordon Wetherell.

The new ordinance takes away an accused’s automatic right to a jury trial.

However, this is the first time that law has been tested, as the Crown has made no other such applications for anyone else.

Legal experts in the TCI are of the firm belief that the new law was put in place specifically for the trial of Misick and his coaccused.

The defendants and the SIPT have a right to appeal the judge’s decision.

Last month, Misick pleaded not guilty to all nine charges, following which his attorney,

Former Premier Michael Misick

Courtenay Griffiths made submissions challenging the SIPT application.

Griffiths was the last defence attorney to present arguments as the lawyers for the others presented theirs earlier in the year.

Misick’s co-accused includes – former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Floyd Basil Hall, former Minister of Natural Resources McAllister Eugene Hanchell, former Minister of Education Lillian Elaine Boyce and former Minister of Works Jeffrey Christoval Hall.

The others are former PNP leader and attorney Clayton Stanfield Greene, attorney Thomas ‘Chal’ Misick, Lisa Michelle Hall, attorney Melbourne Arthur Wilson and Earlson McDonald Robinson.

They all pleaded not guilty on January 6. (DI)

Fast tracked work permits for $500 – New Work Permit Bill to be tabled this summer

PERSONS desirous of getting their work permits fast tracked can pay $500 to get it done, Minister of Labour, Don-Hue Gardiner revealed during the last House of Assembly sitting.

Gardiner was at the time responding to a question from the Deputy Speaker, Josephine Connolly who wanted to know what is the average time for work permits to be processed.

The minister informed the assembly that the Immigration Board meets every Wednesday to review fast track applications and that this process is completed within seven days.

“A first time work permit and work permit renewal applications take an average of 50 days to process, assuming the application is complete and additional information is not required by the immigration board in order to make a decision,” he said.

The minister said, when asked, that the $500 fee is not reimbursed if the work permit is refused.

Asked when the ministry would be bringing the reform strategy for work permits to the people, Gardiner

said this would be done as soon as they are physically able.

A new bill repealing and replacing the current legislative framework for the grant of work permits, would form part of this strategy.

He said that the bill has already been approved by Cabinet and has been forwarded to the Foreign Office for their review.

“Once we are able and the house gives its consent to it, we will then be able to progress with the framework to speed up the process.

“It is hoped that we should be in a position to do so at some point during the summer.”

Questioned as to why the draft bill was sent to the Foreign Office, the Labour Minister said it was done as a matter of courtesy as there might be elements in the bill that the UK government would perhaps have a certain interest in.

He added: “The problem is that I am not able to put it out in the public until I have the consent to put it out in the public, which I do not now have.” (DI)

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Gov’t officials visit New York to learn about special needs A TEAM from the Ministry of Health and Human Services spent a week in the Big Apple recently to learn how to improve the delivery of special needs programmes in the TCI. Minister Porsha Stubbs-Smith led the group to the Can Am Expertise Exchange 2014 entitled ‘Autism: A new frontier or a new focus’ at the end of May. The delegation included Desiree Lewis, Permanent Secretary for Health and Human Services, BettyAnn Been, Director of the Special Needs Unit, and Renessa Williams, Head of Secretariat for Health.

They all attended the annual event which was sponsored by One World Foundation Inc, an international, non-profit charitable corporation with volunteers from the USA and Canada.

During the opening session the team presented a plaque on behalf of the people of the TCI to Howard W Ganter, president of One World Foundation Inc, and conference host Joseph Rich, founder and past president of the foundation.

The sessions allowed the officials to increase their development and delivery of special needs programmes in the TCI. They were also exposed to international best practice methods that will help them to implement benchmarks.

Other topics covered were nutrition-focused autism interventions, applied behaviour analysis (ABA) based programming for children and young adults and

autism movement therapy.

The group went on to tour various facilities which specialise in the delivery of services to special needs clients within the TCI. They also learnt about the use of traditional martial arts as a way to enhance focus, determine strength and improve flexibility and confidence of those with special needs.

During the trip the minister was granted the opportunity to form closer ties with the One World Foundation by becoming an associate member.

This collaboration is expected to build a sustainable partnership with the foundation.

At the end of the visit, members of the delegation joined the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) to visit the Central Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, an affiliate of the Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.

A press release from the department said: “While the United States is not the first point of contact for the NHIB and by extension TCIG in its Treatment Abroad Programme, there are some complicated cases that, from time-to-time require access to healthcare in the USA. “This visit provided the ministry and NHIB with valuable information and a-point-of-contact with regard to the sourcing of medical facilities in Haiti, even as discussions begin on the provision of healthcare for irregular migrants for that country.”

The group of health officials returned to the Islands on June 3.

Two more months for businesses to pay licences without penalty BUSINESSES operating in the Turks and Caicos have an additional two months to pay for their licences without the 10 per cent penalty for late renewal.

This was agreed to at the Wednesday (June 18) meeting of Cabinet, and Governor Peter Beckingham was advised to make the necessary amendment to the Business Licence Regulations to allow this.

The change will allow businesses until August 31 to pay the required licence fee for the April 2014 to March 2015 financial year, a post Cabinet update from the Governor’s Office advised.

Cabinet also received a presentation on the draft TCI Agricultural Policy, which is aimed at providing a balanced development of the agriculture sector.

The policy will be reviewed by relevant the Government ministries and departments before its return to Cabinet for further consideration in due course.

Members were also apprised of the current work plan of the statistics unit and the establishment of the Turks and Caicos Islands Statistical Advisory Committee.

The committee’s objective is to promote the effectiveness of the Turks and Caicos Statistics

Department by advising and working with the department to produce relevant and accurate statistics about the TCI’s society and economy.

Cabinet also agreed, in principle, to advise the Governor to amend the Road Safety Regulations (Public Service Vehicle Operators) to eliminate the maximum age of 75 years allowing persons over the age of 75 to operate a vehicle once deemed physically fit by a physician.

This is subject to further advice from the Director of Road Safety and the Director of Health Services on the procedures and criteria to be applied to determine fitness to operate a vehicle.

Cabinet approved the appointments of Redono Williams and Lorniqua Gardiner to the Scholarship and Advisory Committee.

They will serve as chairman and member, respectively, for a period of one year commencing July 1.

Cabinet also approved effective immediately, the following appointments to the Prison Visiting Committee: Perry Missick (chairman), Leo Selver (member), Solomon Altidor (member), Martin Theodore (member) and Patronella Been (member).

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Top employee awarded a Bahamas getaway ONE of Seven Stars Resort’s hardest working employees, Patricia Seymour, was given a holiday to

the Bahamas as a thank you for her dedication.

The resort’s resident tailor was

Seven Star’s Employee of the Year Patricia Seymour

named Employee of the Year and awarded a vacation getaway to relax and unwind at the Atlantis Resort.

‘Miss Pat,’ as she is better known, is not only responsible for custom-fitting staff uniforms to ensure each one is presentable and well-fitted, she also performs all of the resort’s tapestry and upholstery repairs.

Whether it be stitching a torn pillow or repairing an umbrella, no detail is overlooked to ensure each element at the resort, no matter how small, looks its absolute best.

Ken Patterson, managing director of Seven Stars Resort, said: “We believe each and every one of our employees contributes to the success of our resort, and Miss Pat is a prime example of just how critical each member of the team is.”

“Although most of Miss Pat’s work happens behind the scenes, her job is essential to maintaining the Seven Stars’ experience for our guests and we can’t thank her enough for her contributions, as there is no doubt our resort would be lacking without the exceptional handiwork and attention-to-detail she delivers each and every day.”

Each month, the Seven Stars’ management team casts their votes for Employee of the Month and each winner receives $100 as a token of appreciation for their dedication and service to the property All 12 employees from the past year are then eligible for the top honour, Employee of the Year, presented at the resort’s ‘Best of the Best’ awards.

TCI’s top environmentalists awarded AWARDS were given to those most dedicated to conserving TCI’s environment this month.

The Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) hosted the annual Environmental Stewardship Awards, on June 6 - in time to mark both World Environment Day on June 5 and World Oceans Day on June 8.

A total of 28 recipients were honoured at a ceremony at the National Environmental Centre, Lower Bight Road, Providenciales.

They included individuals and organisations that contributed their time, equipment or financial assistance to DEMA throughout the year.

DEMA Director Kathleen Wood said: “It is no exaggeration to say that every person living in this country owes his livelihood to some extent to the natural environment; therefore, everybody in the Turks and Caicos should be an environmental steward.

“Unfortunately, this is not often the case. Most people are too wrapped up in their day-to-day lives to realise that the environment will not take care of itself.

“It needs our constant and perpetual assistance in ensuring that our coral reefs remain healthy and that our crystal-clear and productive oceans will remain so for future generations to enjoy and benefit from.”

She continued: “The people who were honoured at the awards ceremony recognise this fact, and in doing so, they have incorporated the concept of stewardship into their daily lives and business practices.”

The recipients honoured this year were Amanyara, Apex Development, Art Pickering, Big Blue Unlimited, Blue Haven Marina, Blue Horizon Resort, Blue Water Divers, Camille Slattery, Crimestoppers, Dive Provo, FilCom TCI Inc, Fortis TCI, KiteProvo, Dr Mark Woodring, Matt Slattery, MerAngle Ecological Services, Ocean Explorer, Ocean Vibes Scuba and Watersports Ltd, Pine Cay Project, Provo Golf Club, Provo Primary, Provo Turtle Divers, TCISA, TCRF, Ted and Suzanne Levay, Tina Randall and Turtle Cove Marina.

“The people honoured have provided boats to DEMA for

enforcement and research purposes and to help dispose of a dead whale on Grace Bay beach,” Wood said.

“They have volunteered their time and expertise to rescue damaged coral, built osprey nesting platforms, installed vessel moorings and printed educational materials for the public at large.

“They have conducted regular beach clean-ups, provided DEMA with equipment and advice, veterinary services and free dockage.

“The possibilities for stewardship are endless and the need is infinite.

“The Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs and DEMA cannot and should not carry the entire burden of stewardship in this country. We need the public’s help, and the public also bears responsibility.

“The reward recipients have set the example for others to emulate”.

DEMA is urging every person, school or organisation to sign up as a community conservation partner.

More information is available from DEMA’s environment outreach coordinator, Amy Avenant, at 9415122 or environment@gov.tc.

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Investigate the hospital overspend Dear Editor, I would like to remind everyone that there were concerns of corruption in the TCI and as a result of these concerns the British sent Sir Robin Auld down to conduct a Commission of Inquiry which he did.

Sir Robin then wrote up a report and documented some of the areas of his concern.

On page 103 Sir Robin stated: “My main area of concern in this context is the grant of untendered and/or possibly overpriced contracts to persons or corporate entities with connections”.

And then Sir Robin went on to list some examples he was concerned about, now at the top of his list was healthcare and the two new TCI hospitals.

Sir Robin stated that these hospitals were “said to have been over priced and awarded without any or any appropriate tender process, with an initial budget of $40million and costs to date of $125 million”.

Subsequent to this the public has learned that these hospitals were financed at twice the going interest rate so in real terms what the hospitals cost us is about $250 million, as the charge on the land reflected.

So what Sir Robin said was

budgeted at $40 million has somehow ended up costing our nation a whopping $250 million.

Now due to Sir Robin’s report our parliament was suspended and the British sent down a crack team of investigators to investigate matters of noted corruption within the TCI. However these investigators have not actually investigated the TCI hospitals in areas such as the tender process nor have they investigated the hospital contract with its extortionate rate of interest.

Maybe somebody, our Governor Mr Beckingham, or our elected officials, or our justice officials

Payroll tax rip off

would be kind enough to explain to myself and the public why this matter concerning tens of millions of dollars being overspent for our hospitals and noted by Sir Robin at the top of his list of concerns has never been properly investigated by the British investigators brought down to investigate due to Sir Robin’s report?

May God bless the Turks and Caicos Islands.

I am, John Wildish, Venetian Road Providenciales

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Dear Editor, Despite the warnings of the public, the cries of the people, the response from the business community, the demands from the official Opposition, the Rufus Ewing Government has ignored common sense and decided to listen to the oppressive British government with its Payroll Tax Bill.

This bill is so bad for the people of the TCI it isn’t funny, and it is designed to wipe out the native population, close businesses and cause a mass flight of local people from the Islands.

It is now safe to conclude that the elected Government is the hostage of the British government and they have decided to go along with this anti-TC Islander plan rather than resign, demonstrate and shut the Government down.

For treachery such as this, we the people of the TCI cannot sit by and be reasonable. This is no time for emotion or reason but really a hard fight is needed.

Let us look at this tax bill because the British do not make sense and they are proving to be the most evil people on the planet for their decided oppression of the TCI people.

The bill is supposed to have teeth, real teeth they say, and the plan is to define business carried on in the Islands or outside the Islands.

It means that one earns money in the US; this Government wants the right to go after it.

It smacks of dictatorship, a sudden loss of rights and a growing trend to end our democracy as we know it.

One wonders if Hon ministers

have really thought about this.

Tax rates are now coming in at three per cent but we hear of no initiative, plan or policy by the Government to roll back stamp duties on the purchase of land, the rollback of certain customs and import duties or the roll back of the gasoline tax.

We must demand for a net reduction in taxes.

The meaning of an employee will now be one who is under 16 years of age and is employed for less than 16 hours per month.

Now employers will be tempted to hire such persons. Adults will begin to lose jobs more and more.

The new bill creates a few dangerous trends as well because it is referring to shareholders in a company as employees.

This crap cannot be allowed to stand and it must be voted down. It is ludicrous and cannot make any form of sense.

They now want to tax commissions on sales, profits, rentals, shares and stocks.

This will cause a sudden and immediate flight of capital from the TCI and we would have lost our tax free status forever.

This bill must be dead on arrival because it cannot make sense even in an imaginary world. It is silly.

All in all this Government is proving that they are not prepared to stand up to the evil and treachery of the British government.

The public must now take a stand and demonstrate like never before.

Our futures are all at stake.

Thomas Wilson

COMMENTARY

Are we obliged?

IT IS very easy to use the word ‘we.’ ‘We’ are going to the fish fry, ‘we’ are going to the crab fest. Two everyday examples.

Is it fair for the Minister of Finance to say: “We are obliged” to pay off the financial obligations, run up by his party and his Premier?

In the 2007 election 44 per cent of the people island wide voted for the PDM party.

As one of them, we can testify that we did not benefit from a PNP administration, member of which who incidentally are now on the way to court.

Many who voted for the PNP did not benefit either. Roads were

paved on a PNP credit card but few can now afford a vehicle to run on that pavement.

The cost of importing an auto, buying the licence, and fuel is now beyond reason.

We don’t have pavement on the causeway or the North Caicos western access road to that famous dirt bridge.

The bridge and access road were built cheap four long years after PDM handed over the granted funds to do it right.

We did not join the parties held here in Middle Caicos - too much liquor - and we did not attend the Carifta games.

The piece of Crown land my wife

SPACE IS LIMITED!

applied for was not granted. We did not fly on the plane or visit the mansion and neither did most of the PNP supporters.

About 4,500 families, PNP and PDM alike, lost their savings, stock holdings and 15 per cent of their pension funds in this minister’s TCI Bank.

In November 2012 the election results were reversed. While a landslide of 56 per cent of the folks voted PDM, what remained of the PNP party held the Government.

As Robin Auld said “systemic weakness”.

Thanks to the Brits one island has six separate and divided election

By David Tapfer

David is a retired mobile hydraulic engineer and business executive. He has been married to Middle Caicos native Yvette Robinson Tapfer for 25 years and has lived in Conch Bar, Middle Caicos, since 2002. David formerly served as branch chairman of the PDM from 2008 to 2011

districts. Divide and conquer has been the watchwords of all the worlds dictators.

Last week the USA majority leader of the House of Representatives, Eric Cantor, lost his primary election by 56 to 44 per cent.

Why is 56 per cent a landslide win in the USA but in the TCI 56 per cent becomes a stunning loss?

Washington Misick says: “We all are obligated to pay the loan arranged by the British who rescued us”.

Debts and obligations that

continue because of the Premier’s health plan. Debts that are difficult to pay because after we pay our exorbitant electric bill, little is left over for food. Food now twice as expensive as before the election.

Perhaps our Minister of Finance will soon be obliged to just file bankruptcy. Then and only then will we be released from his party’s debts and obligations.

Meanwhile we need to ask ourselves, are we obliged?

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Congratulations students!

Dear Editor, Teachers, parents and pupils of The Ashcroft School congratulate all grade five and six pupils for their individual accomplishments at recent entrance tests for The British West Indies Collegiate and TCI Middle School.

Performances met expectation and we are delighted that families have secured their plans for schooling in September.

The Ashcroft School is very proud of its pupils; we wish all school graduates further success in September 2014.

The school is exceptionally proud of Asia Fernandez for securing the top performance for entry into The British West Indies Collegiate.

Congratulations Asia, you truly are a talented pupil; an asset to our

school!

David O'Connell, Principal at The Ashcroft School, Leeward, Providenciales

The Haitian revolution - Part 1 Dear Editor, With the Haitian Flay Day celebrations having recently ended here in the Turks and Caicos Islands and worldwide, it has made me reflect on the Haitian revolution and what could be learnt from it for us here in the TCI today.

First, let me state that I have the utmost respect for the spirit and pride of the people of Haiti and their heritage.

What they have done in the history of the western hemisphere, what they have gone and what they continue to go through is unparalleled.

Think about it, the first black republic of the world! The United States of America as a nation is only a couple of decades older than Haiti.

Haiti won its independence in an armed struggle from the colonial power of France during a time period of imperial power when monarchs and emperors ruled.

The main difference between the USA and Haitian revolutions is who led it.

So Haiti wins independence from France on the battlefield and rather than being embraced by the new republic to the north, the USA colluded with France and other European powers to isolate Haiti for over 20 years, with France eventually imposing a 150 million gold francs debt on Haiti for the cost of land, livestock, and value of lost slaves in exchange for French recognition of its independence.

As a young nation, Haiti now had to find ways to pay France back, though it was just trying to find its way as a new country.

Does this seem familiar? Had they not agreed to the pay back the debt,

the worldwide trade embargo on Haitian goods would have continued and they would not be recognised as a republic, resulting in stagnant economic growth.

Some might argue, well, that happened over 200 years ago and the world has changed so much.

To this I say, the world may have become more globalised, however, history is in an all-time state of repeating itself in obvious and lessthan obvious ways.

That said, if we look at Caribbean countries’ independence history, you will see the influence of geo-political interference in our affairs pre and post-independence.

England and the USA backed Forbes Burnham the capitalist, over Cheddi Jagan the communist, in Guyana and ensured that Burnham would be the first prime minister of Guyana.

US president Ronald Reagan sent troops into Grenada to squash the revolution lead by Maurice Bishop who favoured communism.

Also take note of Cuba and Fidel Castro. I am not even going to discuss the countless African leaders like Patrice Lamumba and many others who have tried to move their countries towards independence but were killed over the philosophies and ideologies they held and or shared.

Nevertheless, the main difference today is that the character of our leaders is assassinated.

A person cannot lead if they do not have the trust of the people whom they wish to lead. It is improbable.

Stay blessed, Jamell Robinson, Leeward Palms, Providenciales

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Ministry of Education congratulates top three GSAT performers

BY DAISY HANDFIELD RICHMOND Hills Preparatory School and Precious Treasures Primary School received the TCI’s three top Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results for the 20132014 academic year.

First place with an overall average of 88.42 was Richmond Hill’s Zobreann Brown, second place Rebecca Archbold from the Precious Treasures with an overall average of 88.16 and third also from Precious Treasures, Sean Astwood Jr with an overall of 87.11.

Rebecca came first in the country in English language with an overall of 84.00, Zobreann came first in mathematics with an overall of 97.33, Htenneb Williams from the Wesley Methodist School was top in the country in science with 95.83 and James Ward from Shining Stars Preparatory School was the top performer in general paper with 96.00.

The Weekly News interviewed the principal of the Richmond Hills Preparatory School, Lynn Smith, and the top performing student, Zobreann Brown.

Smith said that the school was proud of Zobreann and that they were not surprised because she had done well from pre-kindergarten straight up to grade six.

“It wasn’t a surprise that she has achieved this, but of course we are elated, we are very happy that she got the top mark.”

The principal said that the school has had four past students who also were top performing students of the country.

“This I think speaks very highly of the calibre of school Richmond is, the calibre of students we are preparing and the teachers that we are preparing.

“As I said, the grade six teacher has worked extremely hard with them, incognisant of the fact that all of our teachers have played a role in this.”

Zobreann said that she was very excited because she never knew that this was going to happen to her.

The youngster said that she has been studying from as early as last year and dedicated at least an hour daily to studying and revision.

She said that she was not one bit nervous about the exams because she was preparing for quite some time and she encouraged students for next year to prepare well in advance.

Minister of Education, Akierra Missick, said that overall there were some improvements in the subject averages.

She said that there was an overall increase in the number of passes in mathematics from 50 to 59 per cent, but a slight decrease in both science and the general paper.

“Unfortunately there was a significant drop in the pass rate in English language,” she added.

“The Department of Education will continue its workshops aimed

Principal of Richmond Hill Preparatory School and the top performing student for the country, Zobreann Brown

at addressing the teaching of mathematics and English in the coming year, as the eight per cent increase in mathematics pass rate is a direct result of the teaching of mathematics workshops that were conducted in this subject area.”

Missick said that as the participants and their guardians were told prior to the examinations, amendments had been made to the structure of the mathematics and

science papers.

“Further the examinations were reduced from two and a half days to two full days. Our initial assessment suggests that the students adjusted well despite the changes to the structure of the exams.

“A full report on the GSAT examinations and an evaluation of the impact of the amendments to the test will be done during the review period.”

Dereck Dean

Road safety officer arrested for corruption A ROAD safety officer has been slapped with eight counts of corruption by the Integrity Commission.

Dereck Dean is to appear before a Providenciales Magistrate court on Tuesday (June 24) at 10 am to answer to the charges.

The 42-year old Blue Hills man was arrested by the

commission on June 13 and charged with the offences which are said to be contrary to section 44 of the Integrity Commission Ordinance.

According to a press release from the Director of TCI Integrity Commission, Eugene Otuonye, QC, Dean was granted $5,000 police bail with one surety.

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The crowd at the Queen’s Official Birthday celebrations in Grand Turk

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Senior police officers strike a salute at the rugby field on Saturday

Spectacular displays for Queen’s Official Birthday

THIS weekend celebrations were held in both Providenciales and Grand Turk to recognise the Official Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. Parades took place on Saturday (June 14) in Grand Turk at the Parade Ground, and on Monday (June 16), a public holiday, in Providenciales at the rugby field in Grace Bay. Both parades lasted for about 60 minutes and concluded with a royal salute by Governor Peter Beckingham.

The events in both Grand Turk and Providenciales featured participation from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, staff from HM Prison, Customs and Immigration officials, firefighters, the ex-Serviceman’s Legion, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Pathfinders and children from various schools.

They were all accompanied by

music from the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force band.

Following the parade the Governor presented long service awards to key members of the uniformed services in recognition of their 18, 25 or 30 years of service to the Crown.

Hundreds of residents and tourists turned out to enjoy these special events to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday.

The Queen’s Official Birthday is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms is officially celebrated in those countries.

The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country, but is generally around the end of May to the start of June.

The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748.

Recipients of long service and good conduct medals with the Governor and Acting Premier Akierra Missick

The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force band provides the music

Deputy Governor Anya Williams and the Governor’s wife Jill Beckingham in Grand Turk

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Hundreds enjoy regatta fun day THERE was plenty of music, food, games and friendly competition at the 24th annual Fools’ Regatta on Saturday (June14).

Hundreds of residents and tourists attended the annual beach day which is hosted by the TCI Sailing Association to celebrate the national heritage sport.

From humble beginnings 24 years ago on Sapodilla Bay, the Fools’ Regatta has grown into the summer festival of the year.

Originally the April Fools Regatta, as time went by it became increasingly difficult to run a growing event during the height of tourist season.

So it moved to the current midJune date in the 90s, and also settled on being named simply ‘The Fools Regatta’.

In a press release director of sailing Kelly Troy said: “The name suits our light-hearted approach to racing.”

Every year the regatta features two divisions sailing on two separate racecourses.

On Saturday the smaller Laser Picos and Hobie Waves raced right off of Regatta Central in the Bight Park, and the bigger boats raced a course than runs down the length of Grace Bay. Historically, large boats would sail up to Pine Cay where one crew member had to race ashore, drink a libation, get back aboard and race back to Grace Bay. “Caicos Sloops joined the fun for the first time in ’93, and on good years we have had as many as 10 locally built sloops on the start line,” Troy said.

This year Digicel sponsored the Big Boat Race with four divisions - local sloops, beach catamaran, monohull, and multi-hull.

The company also donated a $1,000 prize to the Turks and Caicos Maritime Heritage Federation for the local sloops competition, won by JJ

The annual beach day is hosted by the TCI Sailing Association

Parker on ‘Other Lady’.

Club Med and Beaches sent boats to compete in the beach catamaran division, ‘Red Devil’ owned by Simon Wood competed in the monohull division, and ‘Beluga’ owned by Tim Ainley competed in the multi-hull division.

Beluga was one of the original participants of the event in 1990, and Ainley is one of the founders of the event.

In the dinghy divisions, seven different categories of races were completed on Hobie Waves and Laser Picos.

Phoebe Twigg had a strong showing, winning the Grace Bay Medical Trophy with crew Tibi Gula, the SWA Annual Cup with crew Zoey Joly-Diot, and the 18 and under PSC Interschool Trophy representing British West Indies Collegiate.

The 12 and under division of the PSC Interschool Trophy was won by Spencer Weldon and Maya LopesWilson.

The coveted Resort Challenge Trophy was won by Point Grace, skippered by Simon Wood.

Daniella Douglas won the most competitive event of the day, the JAL Governor’s Cup. The final race of the day is a free-

Some of the competitors enjoying the day of activity

for-all relay on Hobie Waves won

by Simon Wood, Jeff Lee, Martee Doverspike and Nik Hight.

There were also non-sailing events for those on the beach.

The Wright Fully fit Tug-OWar Challenge was hosted by John Wright himself and was a showcase of laughter and strength.

InterHealth Canada took top prizes in the tug-o-war pit.

The Great Raft Race had the entire beach up and cheering. Big winners this year were InterHealth Canada who took a clean sweep of the adult division winning first in design, team spirit, and speed.

For the youth division, Clement Howell High School won for design, Ashcroft Primary School won for team spirit, and Regents School of Austin won for speed.

Overall winner for the Great Raft Race was Ashcroft Primary School who proudly hoisted the Vindaloo Cup at the end of the day.

The day was a special one, and support from local companies make all the fun possible.

Blue Haven Marina brought their boat down for the day and were the safety boat and race committee for the dinghy and big boat races.

Digicel helped spread the news

of the event, supported the local sloops, and provided shade for everyone.

Annual contributors like Bambarra, Blue Loos, and TCI Waste Disposal Services also gave to the event, demonstrating their commitment to supporting the community.

Troy said: “The Fools’ Regatta has become the flagship event for the TCI Sailing Association as it support their four main ideals - to foster a community in the TCI, to create youth leadership opportunities, to

encourage the qualities of good sportsmanship, and to promote stewardship of the environment.

“Support from other local groups like the TCI Football Association (who run the bar and grill), the National Trust, and Shark Stanley, unite the entire island in this day of fun.”

More information on the Fools’ Regatta can be found at www. tcisailing.com, or by contacting director of sailing Kelly Troy at kellytroy@tcisailing.com or 4327245.

Every year the regatta features two divisions sailing on two separate racecourses

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Primary school principal honoured at banquet PRINCIPAL Rachael Taylor of the Enid Capron Primary School was honoured by the staff and parent teachers association in a delightful farewell banquet at Brayton Hall last Friday (June 13).

The beloved mentor and teacher who is credited with taking the school to new heights is leaving the institution this July after 19 years, seven of which she served as principal.

Vice principal Sophia Garland said that it was only fitting to throw such a celebration for the principal to show gratitude for what she has done for the Enid Capron Primary School.

Garland said: “She goes above and beyond for students as well as teachers,” and although they wish they could have done more to show their appreciation, they did the best they could.

The event was intended to be intimate and relaxing for Taylor, with invitees being people who have made an impact in her life.

It was a great evening of food, special performances and toasts in a charming, affectionate atmosphere.

Most of the performances and tributes were pre-recorded and

replayed for her to enjoy.

Past students recorded sentiments of gratitude, not only for her assistance in their academics but for personal assistance that made a positive difference in their lives.

During the evening Taylor was commended by many as kindhearted, supportive, encouraging and a great team leader.

She lives her career with the awareness that “to teach is really to touch lives, and that is what I try to do,” she said.

The elated principal said that while she was not surprised by the banquet and the appreciation shown, she was touched by the tributes and did not realise how great an impact she had on the lives of so many.

She praised the teachers for what they have done under her leadership and the PTA body for being very supportive.

A church service was also held in her honour and she was presented with gifts to always remember how much she is appreciated.

As Taylor leaves to pursue other dreams, it is not yet decided who will fill the position of principal in the upcoming school year. (KH)

Staff members present their principal with roses as she arrives at her farewell event

A section of attendees stand in recognition of the beloved departing principal of seven years

Volunteers help combat erosion on Iguana Island FORTY three resort visitors and volunteers teamed up with the Sandals Foundation on an adventure to Little Water Cay recently to plant more than 100 red mangrove seedlings.

The initiative to combat coastal erosion was a partnership between the Sandals Foundation, the Turks and Caicos National Trust and the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) and took place on Saturday, June 7.

Jonathon Sayao, public awareness manager for the Turks and Caicos National Trust, spoke of the importance of planting mangroves close to damaged coastlines.

Sayao said: “Mangroves are not only a very good nursery for small seashells and aquatic animals, but they are also a natural breeding ground for birds and most importantly it protects the island against the harmful effects of storm surge.”

This type of environmental degradation has been an ongoing problem throughout the Turks

and Caicos Islands and has not spared the sandy homes of more than 2,000 indigenous rock iguana.

Sayao said that gradually the shoreline has decreased mainly due to the dredging of the proposed Star Island and the wave currents which have caused adverse effects since about 2008.

Because the Turks and Caicos Islands’ rock iguana require a sandy area for nesting, this extreme coastal erosion has had a major negative impact on their natural habitat and subsequently their homelands are being spoiled.

Eric Salamanca, environment research and development officer for DEMA, said that it is important to use specifically red mangroves as they have propped roots and are a species of mangrove that grow can grow in water.

“The propped roots protect the coast and also protect smaller fish from being eaten by much larger fish.”

Elanor Finfin Krzanowski, public relations manager for Beaches and a Sandals Foundation representative, said that the island has suffered tremendous damage due to coastal

Due to the lack of nutrients in the sand on Little Water Cay, the mangroves may take a long time to reach maturity

erosion.

“We look forward to doing a follow up visit next month to ensure that mangroves have rooted in the sand and protective PVC piping to keep the saplings protected.”

The National Trust which

was founded in 1992 has made a commitment to defend he Islands’ natural, cultural and historical heritage and with partners like Beaches and the Sandals Foundation, they are able to use as many of their resources as possible.

With the right nutrients, mangroves can grow as much as 40 inches per year.

However, due to the lack of nutrients in the sand on Little Water Cay, the mangroves may take a longer time to reach maturity.

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Local toymaker discovers gold in the TCI A TCI toymaker revealed this week that he found a gold cup and a 1940 18 karat five star gold bar in the TCI more than a decade ago.

Bobby Walter Morris explained on Tuesday (June 17) while participating in a radio interview on TCI Butterfly Effect (105.5fm) that he discovered these treasures in 1998 while he walked the beach on Sapodilla Bay close to where he resided for four years.

He said: “God led me to this gold. You don’t find things natural; you find things when the Holy Spirit leads you to things.”

The “ancient cup” has a design of the sun inside it and Walter Morris said that he believes that it was owned by some kind of sun god from as early as King David and King

Solomon days.

He said that he thinks there is more treasure hidden in the Turks and Caicos Islands and that a lot of people who went treasure hunting back in the day in Sapodilla Bay, became rich off of their findings.

“I also had a dream that there was treasure in Grand Turk, I seen it in the dream,” he said.

“A whole pile of silver dollars somewhere in Grand Turk and I saw it in the dream.”

When he was asked why he took so long to report his findings, he said that because they were his toys and he was playing with them and that nothing could happen until it was time.

“It wasn’t the right time to reveal it to the people.”

The toymaker said that he estimates his findings to be

The 1940 18 karat five star gold bar

worth about $70,000.

“I am pricing this my way, not by the pawn shop or anybody else’s way,” he said.

“This goes back to 1940 and I am putting $1,000 on every year so this should be worth about $70,000 or more.”

(DH)

Bobby Walter Morris holding his golden discoveries

Former high school students donate cheque FORMER students of the HJ Robinson High School made a cheque donation of $1,000 to the school during special devotions.

The cheque was presented to the principal of the school Reinwald Lewis by past student Angela Williams Valerio.

After 20 years, the class of 1994 gathered together in celebration of their milestone reunion year, with activities from June 12 to June 15.

Although the weekend was a period of celebration, the class also wanted to show its appreciation to the school.

They said it provided guidance and instruction that extolled the class to strive for excellence and allowed members of the class to advance confidently to this juncture.

The former students visited their high school on Friday (June 13) to make the presentation.

They explained that the

HJ Robinson High School students gathered at devotions

Former students give back to the school

cheque served as an indication of the class of 1994’s commitment to the school and their intention to develop a partnership with the school to assist in the completion of its auditorium and other areas of academic enhancements.

During the ceremony, brief remarks were made by former valedictorian, Khalila Astwood.

These students graduated from the high school on July 3, 1994. (DH)

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2014 TCI Top Model graces the cover of Times of the Islands magazine TCI’s newest top model Brielle Swann graced the cover of local magazine Times of the Islands in their summer 2014 issue.

The beautiful contest winner is also featured in an eight-page editorial spread which hit newsstands on Tuesday (June 17).

Having being named the face of the Turks and Caicos Islands on May 2 by industry experts at the Williams Auditorium in Providenciales, the Grand Turk native took the plunge in her first of many editorial photo shoots to come.

The shoot, which took place at the

award winning Point Grace Resort, was the most picturesque location with its British colonial architecture, lush tropical foliage, fantastic vistas and lavish furnishings.

The whole set up made the perfect backdrop for the safari themed spread.

The 2014 TCI Top Model, donned outfits by Courtney Robinson Couture, Rosetta Talbot, L’été Boutique, shoes courtesy of Shoe Gallery along with garments sourced by the TCI Top Model organisers.

This provided the 5’9” Cockburn Town ethereal beauty with a fabulous array of stylish ensembles.

Published photographer Renau Destine of Double R Media, who was assisted by Galacty Vancela, photographed Brielle in and around the property, and on the resort’s white sandy beaches.

On hand during the shoot was director of production for the TCI Top Model Contest, Courtney Robinson, who was also the shoot’s fashion editor.

The creative team also consisted of Claire Parrish, advertising manager for Times Publishing, and TCI Top Model contest’s head of fashion and grooming fashion, Kerietta Simpson.

She was the shoot’s hairstylist and makeup artist, transforming the

model into a glamorous editorial queen.

The Towers of Babel “An ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place.” Gen 11:4–9.

The Towers of Babel is a collective of voices consisting of various artists prepared to display their exceptional art forms and foster the inner artist in other individuals; providing a venue for the outpouring of their undeniably unique gifts.

This group brings to the stage and page productions rarely displayed on stages in the Turks and Caicos Islands melding with some of the most unique artists the country has to offer.

For more information email towersofbabel101@gmail.com or visit www.towersofbabel.weebly.com

The motion picture

By Nessa H

The Grand Turk native took the plunge in her first of many editorial photo shoots to come

2014 TCI Top Model winner, Brielle Swann, graces the cover of the 2014 Times of the Islands summer issue

Students showcase scientific skills MORE than 40 students had the opportunity to exhibit their science projects during The Ashcroft School annual science fair in Providenciales.

The event took place at the school’s grounds in Leeward last Friday (June 13).

Parents and supporters came along to view the projects that were made by the students.

The initiative caters to students between grades three and six and gives them the opportunity to showcase their scientific skills and knowledge through a variety of projects.

The students were delighted to

Students of The Ashcroft School show remarkable talent and willingness to challenge themselves

showcase their projects and family members of the students were impressed to see what the students were up to this school term.

Principal David O’Connell said that the students were always being encouraged and motivated by their

fellow schoolmates and teachers.

Every year the science fair sees better projects and an increase in effort from the students.

Special guest at the event was Minister of Education, Akierra Missick. (DH)

Lights! Camera! ...where are you?

You’re missing in action, Missing from the big picture, You’re out there doing something that is not in your forte.

You’re being a part of someone else’s story, Leaving yours on a blank sheet, still unwritten I remember growing up were all asked, “What are your aspirations?” or “Where do you see yourself in five years?”

We always dreamt big, though our dreams were ridiculed, We never looked past the big picture because it was OUR big picture.

There were those of us who made it to the big audition, And those of us who missed the audition, The distracted ones….slowly began to fade from the motion picture, Their roles became non-existent and became a pigment of our imagination.

Or what’s left thereof.

The same ones who didn’t make the cut, in return, Became one of our biggest enemy, Always ready to talk us down to the dirt and stomp on our name, Patiently waiting in the background for the curtains to fall on us Or for us to fall into one of the trapdoors of life And lose our spot…

You see that spot? …that spot we earned to keep?

Was secretly being on surveillance By a wanna-be understudy Who had no idea how to play your role or run the scene.

You see ladies and gentleman Our society is so full of it!

Especially, those who missed the audition or fell short of being shortlisted.

Those who tried to give you a different script for the story of your life, Those who had illicit props to spice up your role, Which they claimed to be part of the dreams and aspirations of reality…

Whose reality were they referring to?

Was it from the same people who wished well for me?

Or was it those who didn’t even bother to notice me?

The nonsense being fed to these youths today, Fell short of being drawn to the truth of this life, This motion picture, Full of actors, actresses, artists, doctors, hustlers and scholars Who made it past the audition as part of the main cast Not as a spectator, just watching it pass.

It’s not a big deal really…

But just a spoonful of reality.

You miss the beginning, then in the end you will never understand the motion picture.

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GARDENING 

How does your garden grow

Royal poinciana IF YOU are looking for a tree to be the centre of attention of your garden, the royal poinciana, also called flamboyant tree (Delox regia) may be the one, with its astonishing red and orange blooms.

Delonix regia is a species of a flowering plant from the Fabaceae family, noted for its fern look alike leaves and flamboyant display of flowers and colour.

The royal poinciana is claimed to be amongst the most beautiful trees in the world.

The flamboyant tree is a native to Madagascar and related to the tamarind and mimosa trees.

The tree should be planted in full sun. It is also a fast growing tree that can reach up to 40 feet.

It spreads widely, giving it an umbrella form which will provide good shade during the warm months.

Be sure to give it plenty of room when you plant it. During winter, it

will lose its leaves which will allow the sun to penetrate through.

And once established, it is very drought tolerant, which is why this tree is very popular in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

A downside of the Poinciana is that the limbs are susceptible to breakage. They are soft wooded and so they take a beating from hurricanes.

Early pruning encourages branch growth and will compensate for the weak wood.

Poinciana flowers give rise to large bean-pod fruit. These pods look like the old fashioned razor straps seen in the barber shop, 18 inches long and two inches wide.

They hang on the tree throughout the winter, and will fall on the ground in spring.

It easily propagates from seeds.

You could just allow the pods to dry on the tree, then open the pods and

Katherine Withers Green, 27, is a mum of one 15-monthold avid pasta lover. She knows from experience that finding meals that are nutritious, quick and easy to make, and that can be frozen for a later date is tough.

These recipes are aimed at mothers looking to make the transition from baby food to ‘real’ food.

Banana bread My son will often eat half a banana and leave the rest to go soft in the fridge, so at the end of the week I use all those soft banana ends to mix up a batch of this super easy banana bread recipe.

It is delicious and makes Daddy very happy too!

METHOD • No need for a mixer for this recipe!

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Light fertilisation is recommended.

Plant as a foundation tree or, if you have the land, use three about 20 feet apart in a triangle.

The effect will be a huge protected shaded area suitable for almost all plants and people.

There is also a dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) that blooms in spring, summer and autumn.

It is a shrub growing up to 10

YOUR DIET  Tamika has a Master’s Degree in Dietetics and Nutrition from Florida International University and is a registered dietician with the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She is currently executive director of Nutrition in Demand, a non-profit aimed at increasing awareness to health and healthy eating. For more information email tamikahandfield@yahoo.com or visit www.nutritionindemand.com.

Weekly Recipe

INGREDIENTS • 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed • 1/3 cup melted butter • 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup) • 1 egg, beaten • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 teaspoon baking soda • Pinch of salt • 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

collect the seeds.

This tree is not aggressively invasive. It is generally spread by planting, and rarely by wind or wildlife.

There are no significant pests or diseases of major concern, although sometimes, caterpillar infestations can be a problem at one point during the season.

Much more rare is the yellow poinciana (Peltophorum pterocarpum). The yellow poinciana is a native from Skri Lanka and Indonesia.

It grows a little bit taller than the original one and can reach up to 50 feet.

It is easy to grow and has a beautiful fragrance, but it doesn’t bloom every year in the Islands here.

Royal poinciana is tolerant of some salt drift, not too fussy as to soil.

BY DENIS Belanger - NATURE SPLENDOR

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

• Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.

Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

• Add the flour last, mix.

• Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for one hour.

• Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

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feet tall. C pulcherrima is the most widely it is a striking ornamental plant, widely grown in domestic and public gardens and has a beautiful inflorescence in yellow, red, pink and orange.

Its small size and the fact that it tolerates pruning well allows it to be planted in groups to form a hedgerow; it can be also used to attract hummingbirds.

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BY TAMIKA HANDFIELD

Super brain foods CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the students across the country who were successful in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). You have now proven that hard work pays off.

Those students may now be taking a break, but the rest of the students in grades one through five, as well as secondary school students, are gearing up to sit their end of year examinations.

So, this week I thought I would focus on foods that children can eat that supports good brain function.

Now, it is important to remember that these are not magical foods and will not give your child any super powers during their exams (only hard word and studying can do that), but research has shown that these foods promote cognitive abilities and prevent its decline in later life.

So, what are those foods?

Fish. Fatty fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel are excellent sources of omega-3, an essential fatty acid that supports and promotes good cognitive health and brain function.

Coincidently, these fish come canned, which can greatly lower their costs. As with tuna, you can make salmon sandwiches or salmon ‘burgers’ to make it more appealing to children.

Whole grains. One of the best ways to ensure your child gets good grades is to ensure he stays awake and focused during the day.

The best way to do this is to provide the brain with a steady source of carbohydrates which when broken down in the body, gives glucose.

Foods such as oatmeal, whole wheat breads and pastas are excellent sources of whole grains and carbohydrates.

Nuts and nut butters. Nuts have longed been known for their good supply of protein, but they also provide good amounts of that fatty acid we spoke about earlier -

omega-3.

Nuts like walnuts are a pretty good source of the fatty acid while peanuts are high in Vitamin E, another nutrient that helps to prevent cognitive decline as we age.

Children usually like peanut butter, which is a great way they can get the protein and the Vitamin E. Just be sure you look for peanut butter, or any other type of nut butter, that does not have any hydrogenated oils.

Chocolate. I know many parents are probably saying, ‘yes, something my child would like to eat!’

However, not all chocolate is created equally; dark chocolate is the one that has all the antioxidant properties that helps with brain function because the antioxidants protect the brain from damage.

But, moderation is still the order of the day.

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ECO Tip 

By Easher Parker

Easher is a Turks and Caicos Islands native with a natural talent for writing and a love for all things beauty and style. If you have any questions or suggestions for a topic email easherparker@gmail.com. To find out more visit itseasher.com or follow twitter or Instagram @itseasher for fab instant updates.

Combating melting makeup IN THE Islands summer is a term that seems to be synonymous to the word ‘amplify’.

Heat and humidity for the most part, are a year round norm for us but Mother Nature really likes to turn things up once the season rolls around.

These two sweat factors don’t usually receive warm welcomes, particularly among those who wear makeup frequently.

Why? Well, they have a hand in causing makeup to smudge and melt!

Well, not literally melt. It’s more of a ‘lift and run’ type of effect.

This happens to everyone at some point but I picked up a few great tips over the years in my quest to prevent the dreaded makeup melting!

Primer, primer, primer!

It is absolutely essential to prime that lovely face this season.

I’ve learned that primer is a great base for the rest of your makeup. It locks everything in place and works to keep it that way.

If you’re looking to eliminate a few steps, you can always give beauty balm or colour correcting cream a try.

I use a BB cream from MAC that doubles as a primer. It’s light, lasting and comes with SPF! Try to keep it light If you want your makeup to be heat friendly, choose light products or opt for sheer applications.

Thick products are trouble so stay away from them for a few more weeks!

In short, primer, some light foundation, blush, mascara and an amazing bronzer work beautifully for me.

As a far as application all you need is a light hand and a good brush.

Use a fix spray Using a makeup fixative or setting spray can further help make a difference in your effort to maintain a fresh face amidst the summer heat.

While fix sprays do help to keep things together, this doesn’t mean you should be touching your face!

There are a range of options available on the market but my favourite is the Fix+ by MAC. It’s light, smells great and is packed full of skin loving ingredients.

Acquaint yourself with lip stains I have heard many recommendations on using a lips stains during summer.

The results look more natural and last a very long time.

If you feel you can bear out the heat with lipstick remember to moisturise and prime!

You can then sweep a little powder over your lips to create an even better base following the first two steps.

If you don’t have a lip primer on hand, a dab of one you have for your face or eyes can be used as a temporary alternative.

Do you have any excellent methods for keeping your makeup from melting? Don’t be shy, you can always connect with me via social media or email. I’d love to hear from you!

Lynn Robinson has lived in the Turks and Caicos Islands for 12 years and works at Big Blue Unlimited as a diving instructor, eco guide and boat captain. She is passionate about the environment and does regular beach clean ups while walking her three potcakes. Her other passion is running and can often be seen training for marathons and ultra-marathons.

By Lynn Robinson

Reduce your plastic footprint Plastic - love it or hate it, plastic is here to stay. Existing in all walks of our everyday lives it makes you wonder how humans ever managed without it and more plastic has been produced in the 14 years of this century than the last.

Sadly, in our throwaway society plastic never goes away and will be around much longer than we will, which makes it a huge problem for the environment.

Apart from plastic which has been incinerated, every single piece produced is still lingering somewhere.

Just look around and you will see plastic in all shapes and sizes littering the roadsides, tangled in the bushes and washed up on our beautiful, once pristine, beaches.

Some beaches around the world now have more tiny particles of plastic than sand, and marine life also mistake these tiny particles for plankton.

This means that the food chain is

contaminated leading to many health issues due to the chemicals that are used in production - one of the worse being Bisphenol-A, more commonly known as BPA. This is an endocrine disruptor meaning it can alter hormones and has also been linked to breast and prostate cancer, increasing levels of obesity, type two diabetes and declining sperm counts.

BPA has been banned in many baby products but is still found in the lining of tin cans and even checkout receipts.

Plastic is difficult to avoid as the majority of packaging contains plastic, adding to the ever growing problem.

It is possible however to reduce your plastic footprint by making a few simple changes and being a conscious shopper. A few examples are: -Take your own reusable, preferably cloth, shopping bags to the stores. You can also make your

own bags very easily from old t-shirts.

-Avoid using produce bags for fruit and vegetables. Most, like bananas, oranges and avocados have their own natural wrappers anyway.

-When at a bar or restaurant consider asking for your drink without a straw.

-Drink from a reusable steel bottle instead of buying plastic bottles of water, especially when living in hot climates.

If left in the heat the chemicals from the plastic bottles will leach into the water, causing many health issues.

It is everyone’s responsibility to protect this one place we have to live, planet Earth, and small changes can make a huge difference.

There are many useful resources online including plasticfreejuly.org and myplasticfreelife.com to help you on your way to improve the health of the planet and yourself.

POLICE SAFETY TIPS

Talking with kids about drugs DON’T put off talking to your children about alcohol and other drugs.

As early as fourth grade, kids worry about pressures to try drugs.

School programmes alone are not enough.

Parents must become involved, but most parents are not sure how to tell their children about drugs.

Open communication is one of the most effective tools you can use in helping your child avoid drug use.

Talking freely and really listening shows children that they mean a great deal to you. Tell them that you love them and you want them to be healthy and happy.

Say you do not find alcohol and other illegal drugs acceptable. Many parents never state this simple principle.

Explain how this use hurts people.

Drug use can cause physical harm for example, Aids, slowed growth, impaired coordination, accidents.

It also causes emotional harm - sense of not belonging, isolation, and paranoia. It can even cause educational harm - difficulties remembering and paying attention.

Discuss the legal issues. A conviction for a drug offence can lead to time in prison or cost someone a

By Audley Astwood Audley is a former police detective and broadcaster. He is currently the public relations officer for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. and has dedicated his time at work and much of his free time focusing on crime prevention and community policing.

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job or college scholarship.

Talk about positive, drug-free alternatives, and how you can explore them together. Some ideas include sports, reading and games.

Involve your kids’ friends. Calmly and openly discuss the ill effects of drug use but don’t exaggerate.

The facts speak for themselves. Have face to face conversations - exchange information and try to understand each other’s point of view.

Be an active listener and let your child talk about fears and concerns.

Don’t interrupt and don’t preach.

Through ‘teachable moments’ - in contrast to a formal lecture - use a variety of situations such as television news, dramas, books or newspaper.

Establish an ongoing conversation rather than giving a one-time speech.

Remember that you set the example.

Avoid contradictions between your words and your actions. Don’t use illegal drugs, period!

Be creative. You and your child might

act out various situations in which one person tries to pressure another to take a drug.

Figure out two or three ways to handle each situation and talk about which works best. Exchange ideas with other parents.

Educate yourself about the facts surrounding alcohol and other drug use. You will lose credibility with your child if your information is not correct.

Establish clear family rules against drug use and enforce them consistently. Develop your parenting skills through seminars, networking with other parents, reading and support groups.

Work with other parents to set community standards - you don’t raise a child alone. Volunteer at schools or other activities in your community.

Your child can learn about drugs from the streets or he can learn from you, the choice is always yours!

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Youngest ever Antigua and Barbuda prime minister sworn into office GASTON Browne, 47, became the fourth and youngest ever prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda after he was sworn into office by Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack less than 24 hours after his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) won a landslide victory in the general election.

Attorney Steadroy “Cuttie” Benjamin was also sworn into office as the ALP returned to the corridors of power that it had lost a decade ago when it was swept away by the United Progressive Party of former prime minister Baldwin Spencer.

According to the preliminary results issued by the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission the ALP won 14 of the 17 seats while Spencer, his one-time deputy, Willmoth S. Daniel and newcomer Joanne M. Massiah were able to prevent

Gaston Browne’s Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party won a landslide victory at the general election.

a total sweep of the polls.

Before a significant number of supporters and relatives, including his wife Maria Bird, Browne, a businessman and former banker, took the three oaths of office swearing to uphold the laws of the country.

An emotional Brown, who cried soon after being sworn into office, said that the composition of his new

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administration would be known soon, but added that there would be some changes to existing ministerial portfolios.

He said for example, there will now be a minister of foreign affairs, investment and tourism “so as to provide a one stop shop” for attracting investments and employment opportunities to the country.

He said emphasis would also be placed on the socioeconomic development of the youth, whom he described as “the present, the future and we have a very impressive programme for youth empowerment and it will start with a number of youths to serve in the governance of the country, in the Senate and various boards”.

Prime Minister Browne had had campaigned on a need to turn around a stagnant economy, high unemployment and crime and said his new

Resident Maintenance Technician • We are seeking a well-qualified candidate for the position of Resident Maintenance Technician. We require an all-round Maintenance Technician with strong experience and knowledge of air conditioning and refrigeration. Also but not limited to, experience in plumbing and electrical repairs, painting, pool maintenance, tool and equipment maintenance, Klargester sewage systems, woodwork and general labour. Candidate must be prepared to work weekends and holidays, be on-call evenings and will be required live on property.

• Wages range: $5 to $9 per hour depending on experience and qualifications.

Chef • We are seeking a skilled Sous Chef who can provide excellent International culinary skills, strong management and training skills and effective communication skills. The position involves working in the resort’s two restaurants, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• The successful candidate will be a chef who can bring variety, style and a high level of professionalism in order to achieve the highest possible culinary standards- an all- around of many cuisines with a background in International boutique properties.

• In addition to formal professional qualifications, the successful candidate will have at least three years’ experience in luxury resorts or award winning restaurants.

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administration would provide opportunities for putting nationals back to work, noting that youth unemployment was running as high as 40 per cent.

Browne reiterated that his new administration has set an impressive vision for Antigua and Barbuda to transform it into an economic powerhouse.

“The country is in dire straits and we must remain hopeful for a bright future.

We have the capacity to achieve that vision to make Antigua and Barbuda the envy of the Caribbean. We have the capacity to create full employment. We have the capacity to attract investment to grow this country,” he added.

He promised to remain the “servant leader” of the people saying “I will lead a team that will be the servants of the people and I will be a Prime Minister who is not divorced from the people but dedicated to serve.

“I say to every Antiguan and Barbudan that we will honour our commitment to you. We will not betray your trust. We pledge to work in your interest. We are the people’s hope and aspirations.

We will hit the road running,” he added. (CMC)

Bahamas losing 2/3 of ‘best and brightest’ ALMOST two-thirds of college and universityeducated Bahamians have moved abroad to seek jobs in developed countries, costing this nation a sum equivalent to 4.4 per cent of annual gross domestic product (GDP).

The so-called ‘brain drain’ was highlighted in a newly-released InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) report, which noted that 61 per cent of tertiaryeducated Bahamians had left this nation for jobs in Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) member countries.

The study, ‘Is there a Caribbean Sclerosis’, which attempts to determine why economic growth in the Bahamas and five other regional nations has been stagnating, effectively suggests this nation is losing its ‘best and brightest’ minds to other economies.

This, in turn, has major implications for the productivity, innovation and creativity of Bahamian

firms and the wider economy, all areas where it is suggested this nation is not as competitive as it might be.

The IDB report’s authors, Inder Ruprah, Karl Melgarejo, and Ricardo Sierra, summed it up thus: “The Caribbean countries have lost more than 70 per cent of their labour force with more than 12 years of schooling through emigration.

“This is worrisome because one of the few non-controversial stylised facts in economic growth literature is the positive contribution of education to economic growth.

Thus, migration affects the Caribbean countries’ ability to generate economic growth and jobs.”

The IDB study pegs the combined impact of this ‘brain drain’, plus the money spent on these Bahamians’ education, at 4.4 per cent of GDP. With Bahamian GDP currently estimated at around $8 billion, the ‘dollar value’ of that 4.4 per cent is around $350 million.

The Bahamas: Man ‘had no knowledge’ of alleged rape of mother A MAN accused of having sex with his mother told a jury this week he had no knowledge of the alleged incident, which, according to a physician, left the victim in disbelief, feeling withdrawn and distraught.

Responding to questions from his lawyer Dorsey McPhee, the 33-year-old accused also denied ever having thoughts about having sex with his mother.

The accused, whose identity cannot be published for the protection of the complainant’s identity, is accused of committing the crime in their New Providence home on January 10, 2012. He is accused of forcing himself on his mother.

The complainant has not taken the witness stand.

Instead, her statement was read into evidence by a female police officer who took her statement on the day in question.

According to evidence heard in court, the 65-year-old victim and her son went to bed after 10pm on January 9, both fully dressed. The woman slept in the bed and her son on a makeshift bed on the floor.

The woman said her son woke her around midnight, undressed her and had sex with her despite her attempts to push him away.

Prior to the son taking the witness stand yesterday, the Crown closed its case with the evidence of a physician who told the court that the accused had frequented hospital because of epileptic seizures.

The physician also read the contents of a medical report conducted on the complainant on the day in question.

The physician noted the woman, who was examined at 1pm, had suffered scrapes, cuts, bruising and bleeding to the vagina. Tenderness to

the vagina and anus was also noted. However, no semen or discharge was found.

The report noted that the woman was experiencing feelings of disbelief, distraught and was withdrawn.

When the accused was cross-examined by prosecutor Anthony Delaney, he only said that he and his mother were home on the night in question.

However, he said he could not recall what happened after he went to sleep and only remembers waking up in the hospital because of the medicine he received.

He also admitted that he did not take his medication for his seizures regularly as doctors had ordered him to do in the past.

“You realise you put yourself in danger by not taking your medication?” Mr Delaney asked.

“Yes, sir,” the accused answered.

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Myrie expected to be paid this week

Pressure has been growing in Jamaica in recent years for the legalisation of marijuana.

Jamaica government announces major changes to drug laws THE Jamaican government has announced plans to radically reform the country’s drug laws.

The Justice Minister Mark Golding said the cabinet was supporting a proposal to allow possession of up to two ounces (57 grams) of marijuana, known locally as “ganja.”.

Mr Golding also said marijuana would be decriminalised for religious, medicinal and scientific purposes.

It is expected parliament will approve the changes by September.

“I wish to stress that the proposed changes to the law are not intended to promote or

give a stamp of approval to the use of ganja for recreational purposes,” said Mr Golding.

“The objective is to provide a more enlightened approach to dealing with possession of small quantities.”

Correspondents say the government plans are a major victory for Jamaica’s Rastafarian movement, which considers ganja sacred.

Recent changes in drug laws in countries like Uruguay or in American states such as Colorado have also given impetus to campaigns by local farmers and some politicians for the legalisation of marijuana.

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THE government of Barbados says it will be making compensatory payment to Shanique Myrie this week, eight months after the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled in favour of the Jamaican over an illegal cavity search and deportation.

Myrie had been denied entry into that country in 2011, and the CCJ had in October last year awarded her pecuniary damages in the sum of BDS$2,240 (One BDS dollar = US$0.50 cents) and non-pecuniary damages to the tune of BDS$75,000.

Last week, Myrie threatened to file a claim before the CCJ in order to get

Barbados to comply with the ruling.

But Barbados’ Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite said the payment will be made this week “once the money is released from the Treasury.

“I’ve committed that I will speak to the Central Bank and have the money remitted to her attorney’s account, and my word is my bond. It will be done this week.”

“We’ve never had any intention of not abiding by the court’s judgment. We’ve signed on to the CCJ and I’m in full support of the CCJ,” Brathwaite told radio listeners on Monday.

But, in an immediate reaction to Brathwaite’s

commitment, Myrie’s attorney, Michelle Browne, was sceptical, saying that she has not received any word from the Barbados authorities.

“We have had a promise that she would be paid by a particular deadline, and she has not been paid any money yet,” Browne told local media as she reflected on experiences since the court award was made.

Last week, Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs Minister AJ Nicholson told the Senate that the ball was in Myrie’s court to lodge a complaint to the CCJ about Barbados’ lack of compliance despite a promise by the country’s Prime Minister Freundel Stuart three

Shanique Myrie

months ago that payment would be made.

Nicholson said that “based on the court’s directive concerning the manner for securing compliance, it is for the party, Miss Myrie, through her attorneys, and not the intervener (Jamaica), to notify the court of Barbados’ lack of compliance.

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Lucky phone customer wins gym membership for two LIME customer, Dara Thomas, was the lucky winner of a three month gym membership for two at the Wrightfully Fit Gym. Thomas and her guest will enjoy the prize along with a one hour session with personal trainer, John Wright.

Her number was randomly drawn in the ‘Get Healthy with Lime’ text competition.

Customers participated by texting ‘Gym’ to 4946 for a chance to be entered.

Dara joins Sonny Forbes as another winner in this healthy campaign offered by Lime.

Thomas said that she was one of those customers who always said that they have never won anything from the company before.

“When the text came in,

I decided to try it and I was surprised when I got the call to find out that I had won.”

Marketing manager for Lime, Rachel Harvey, said that the company congratulates Dara and all those who participated in the promotion.

She said: “In today’s time, everyone is becoming more health conscious and Lime is pleased to be a part of helping others on the journey to keeping fit.”

Customers can also participate in a text promotion that ends on June 30. Text Samsung to 4946 for a chance to win a Samsung S5.

There is also an online Facebook promotion that is being run by Lime called ‘Caption It’.

LIME's Deneise Garland presenting the cheque to the winner Dara Thomas.

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Legendary radio personality Casey Kasem dies at 82 CASEY Kasem, who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as “American Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40,” died early Sunday, according to a Facebook post from his daughter Kerri Kasem.

The news was confirmed by Casey’s Kasem’s agent, Don Pitts.

Casey Kasem was 82 and had been hospitalised in Washington State for two weeks.

“Early this Father’s Day morning, our dad Casey Kasem passed away surrounded by family and friends,” Kasem’s children -- Kerri, Mike and Julie -wrote in a statement released

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Sunday, a family member said.

Casey Kasem had been suffering from Lewy body disease, the most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s.

He had recently been the subject of a bitter court battle involving three of his children by a previous marriage and his wife, Jean.

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Pitbull receives honorary degree, takes goofy picture to celebrate PITBULL has graduated into the big leagues - and he now has the degree to prove it.

The rapper received an honorary degree from Doral College in Miami during the school’s graduation ceremony, held Tuesday.

Pitbull celebrated the honour by posing for a photo with his degree, sporting a goofy grin while giving the camera the middle finger.

“For those that didn’t believe #dale,” the music star captioned the image, which he shared on Twitter.

Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, gave a speech at the ceremony after accepting his degree. He recalled growing up in Miami and stressed the importance of higher learning.

Pitbull was kicked out of a public school because he did not have the right address.

“I remember being kicked out of a public school because I didn’t have the right address. That’s why I want better schools for the kids who

live where I grew up,” Pitbull said, according to Miami news station Local 10.

“That’s why Doral Academy was founded, and that’s why I helped create SLAM (Sports Leadership and Management Academy) in the neighborhood where I grew up a school that offers a choice for students, like me, students who need someone to inspire them, someone to believe in them.”

Pitbull is the first-ever recipient of an honorary degree from Doral College, the news station reports.

(NYdailynews) Saved as: Jillian Michael Caption: Jillian Michaels says she looks better at 40 than she did in her 20s and 30s.

Leno retired in February after 22 years as host of The Tonight Show.

Jay Leno awarded Mark Twain Prize for humour RECENTLY retired US chat show host Jay Leno is to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American humour.

The award, presented by the Kennedy Center, recognizes people who have had an impact on American society through their humour and

social commentary.

Prize spokesman David Rubenstein said of Twain and Leno: “No one was too high or too low to escape their wit”.

Leno will be presented with the prize at a ceremony on 19 October in Washington, DC.

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Rare British Guiana stamp sets record at New York auction A VERY rare 19th Century postage stamp from a former British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£5.6m) at auction in New York.

It took only two minutes for the British Guiana one-cent magenta stamp to be sold to an anonymous bidder.

The stamp had been sold three times before, each time setting the auction record for a single stamp.

It measures just 1in by 1in (2.5cm by 2.5cm), and had not been publicly exhibited since 1986.

Sotheby’s auction house said that apart from setting a new world record price for a stamp, it was also the most expensive item by weight and size ever sold.

“Every collecting area has its Holy Grail. For stamps it is The British Guiana,” Sotheby’s wrote on its website, adding the stamp is often described as the “most famous” and “most valuable” in the world.

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The British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp was sold for a record US$9.5M.

The stamp, printed on magenta paper, bears a three-masted ship and the colony’s motto, “We give and expect in return”.

It initially went into circulation when a shipment of stamps was delayed from London and the colony’s postmaster asked printers to make three stamps until the shipment arrived.

A one-cent magenta, four-cent magenta and four-cent blue were created, but only the one-cent stamp is believed to still exist.

Game of Thrones finale beats previous season’s viewers THE closing episode of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones drew 7.1 million viewers on HBO in the US on Sunday, beating the 5.4 million who tuned in for the previous season’s last episode.

Once repeats were taken into account, the finale for the fourth season was seen by 9.3 million people.

Total viewing figures, including video on demand and mobile streaming have not yet been released.

It is now HBO’s most popular series, surpassing The Sopranos.

The average audience during series four, including catch-up services, has been 18.6 million per episode. The Sopranos’ audience peaked at 18.2m in 2002, giving it the HBO record until now.

The show is engaged in a ratings war with zombie thriller The Walking Dead, which attracted 15.7 million viewers for its season finale in April.

However, broadcaster AMC said its audience jumped to 28 million once repeats and on-demand figures were taken into account.

The finale was shown in the UK on Monday night on Sky Atlantic.

Channel director Julia Barry said final viewing figures were not yet

Kit Harrington plays the courageous Jon Snow.

available, but initial ratings were “very strong, peaking at almost 1.3 million” and would rise once catchup figures were added.

“It’s a story that continues to capture more and more fans and I’m delighted to say this season has been our biggest yet,” she added.

“Audiences for season four are up by about two-thirds on the previous season, with well over two million people watching each episode, whether live or on demand.

“This officially makes Game of Thrones the highest-rating show

across all Sky entertainment channels this year.”

The final Game of Thrones episode, The Children, saw many of the show’s leading characters making key decisions which will impact them in future episodes, while several met a typically grisly end.

Season five has already been confirmed.

The TV series is based on the books, A Song of Ice and Fire

by George RR Martin, set in the mythical, medieval land of Westeros.

(BBC)

Michaels poses nude for Shape, talks turning 40: ‘I look better now than I ever have’

Mr Jace has said he will not contest an order keeping him away from his children.

Shield actor bail set at $2M for allegedly killing wife THE Shield actor Michael Jace has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife in a Los Angeles court.

Mr Jace’s bail was set at $2m (£1.2m) and he was ordered to stay away from his two children if he is released.

Prosecutors say he shot April Jace, 40, multiple times at their family home on 19 May, while the couple’s young children were present.

Mr Jace called 911 to report the shooting, according to police, and was at the house when they arrived.

The 51-year-old actor played Detective Julien Lowe in FX series The Shield.

On Wednesday, his lawyer, Jason Sias, said his client might seek a reduction of his bail at a future hearing. He is due in court next on

1 August.

Mr Sias said the actor would not contest the order keeping him away from his children.

“Mr Jace is just concerned about his children,” he said after the hearing.

Fire officials have released an emergency call from April Jace’s father, in which he reveals the actor told him he had shot his wife.

The audio recording features an unnamed caller who explains to the operator, “My son-in-law called me, and (texted) me, and said come get the kids because he shot April, our daughter.”

Her family have called her death a senseless act of domestic violence and police are looking into whether financial or other domestic issues may have been the motive.

JILLIAN Michaels is aging like fine wine.

The celebrity fitness guru turned 40 in February and while the initial reaction of entering her fourth decade was shocking, she’s embraced it with perfection -- both inside and out.

“I won’t lie. This birthday was hard,” she told Shape magazine for the July/August cover story in which she posed nude, showing off all her ripped assets.

“But when I think back on my 20s and 30s, I look better now than I ever have,” the former “Biggest Loser” coach added.

Michaels’ fit physique could make any woman question their day-to-day health regime, but for the mother-of-two it’s really about finding what works best for the individual.

“It’s important for women to have overall strength, because when you feel physically powerful, it transcends into every facet of your life,” she said, adding how boxing, yoga and pull-ups are all a focus in sculpting her arms.

But the primary reason she wants to have upper body strength goes beyond the physical.

“My best reason for having strong arms is because I love to pick up my

kids,” Michaels admitted about her two kids with partner Heidi Rhoades -- daughter Lukensia, 4, and son Phoenix, 2. The couple adopted their baby girl the same week Rhoades gave birth to their son in May 2012.

“We’re swimming in babies over here,” Michaels told People at the time.

Strengthening her back is also important because it gives her literal strength while making her psychologically stronger.

“Metaphorically speaking, it means I can carry a lot of responsibility on my shoulders -- and I do -- for my family, friends, and fans,” she told Shape.

Aside from carrying the weight of the world on her back, Michaels finds it liberating to be in shape.

“There are so many good reasons to exercise,” she said. “It doesn’t matter how profound or superficial your motives are, as long as it’s something that matters to you.”

Don Flood Jillian Michaels covers the July/August issue of Shape.

While overall health is what matters most to Michaels, she feels her “abs are the best part of my body,” adding that planks should be credited for her rock hard core.

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President Obama can ‘bypass Congress’ over Iraq action US President Barack Obama had told Congressional leaders he does not need lawmakers’ approval for any action in Iraq, the top Senate Republican says.

Senator Mitch Mc McConnell was speaking after a meeting between the president and senior members of Congress.

Iraq has asked for US air strikes against advancing Sunni militants.

Meanwhile US Vice-President Biden and Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki discussed possible “additional measures” by the US to assist Iraqi forces.

The two men considered ways “to roll back the terrorists’ advances”, a White House statement said.

On Wednesday Mr Obama met Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss the US response to recent advances by ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant).

Speaking afterwards, Mr McConnell said the president had “indicated he didn’t feel he had any need for authority from us for steps that he might take”.

Correspondents say the White House has so far avoided the thorny

The president met senior Congressional leaders including Mitch McConnell at the White House to consider his options in relation to the Iraq crisis.

question as to whether it needs Congressional authority for any military action in Iraq.

Last year the president did not seek consent for possible attacks against Syria, although he abandoned such a move once it became clear that Congress would not support it.

Earlier this month a number of lawmakers condemned the lack of congressional consultation over the release of army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban in Afghanistan in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Administration officials say the president may be able to act unilaterally in Iraq because its government has requested US air strikes against ISIS militants who have seized several key cities over the past week.

ISIS and their Sunni Muslim allies are also reported to be advancing in Diyala and Salahuddin provinces after they overran Iraq’s second city, Mosul, last week.

They have also launched an assault on Iraq’s biggest oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad. (BBC)

Iraq crisis: ISIS militants threaten UK, says Cameron DAVID Cameron has warned of the threat to the UK if an “extreme Islamist regime” is created in central Iraq.

He said Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters threatening the government in Baghdad were also plotting terror attacks on the UK. And Britain could not ignore the security threat the UK now faced from jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

Downing Street said 65 people have been arrested in the past 18 months for Syria-related jihadist activities.

A spokesman was unable to say how many of those arrested were supporters or members of ISIS. The prime minister, who was chairing a meeting of the National Security Council on Wednesday, has ruled out military intervention in support of the government of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.

He said it was up to the Iraqi security forces to “push back” ISIS fighters and also urged the Iraqi government to do more to reconcile Shia, Sunni and Kurdish groups.

But he also stressed that the UK could not ignore the security threat the UK now faced from jihadists in Iraq and Syria, and spoke of the need to help governments “close down ungoverned spaces” to stop the conditions for terrorism flourishing. He also announced extra humanitarian aid for Iraq.

The fighting between ISIS and

The inquiry heard that a criminal record could be like and ‘anchor’ to the past.

Criminal records ‘should be wiped at 18’, say MPs and peers CHILDREN who have committed minor crimes but have stopped breaking the law should have their record cleared when they turn 18, an inquiry has said.

The review, by a cross-party group of MPs and members of the House of Lords, heard a criminal record could hamper education and employment prospects.

It also found youth justice in England and Wales had “systemic failings” and an “inability” to prevent offending.

Inquiry chair Lord Carlile said courts could be “terrifying” for a child.

The Liberal Democrat peer said: “Too often children are being

left to flounder in court with little understanding of what is happening to them.”

He said crown court appearances could be a “negative and terrifying experience”, adding: “Where possible, children should not be taken before a court, and crown court appearances for under-18s should be the rare exception.”

Under current rules, criminal convictions for under-18s stay on their record for five-and-a-half years, while cautions last two years. Some offences are never removed.

As well as calling for records to be cleared at 18 for low-level offences, the inquiry said these time periods should be reduced.

111-year-old Virginia woman gets high school diploma — 96 years after dropping out

David Cameron said Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) fighters threatening the government in Baghdad were also plotting terror attacks on the UK.

Iraqi security forces, who are supported by Shia militias, has focused around the city of Baquba, 60km (35 miles) from Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, while Iraq’s largest oil refinery is also under attack.

At Prime Minister’s Questions, David Cameron told MPs: “The people in that regime - as well as trying to take territory - are also planning to attack us here at home in the United Kingdom.”

There has been no public threat from ISIS of an attack against the UK and there are no details available of any actual attack planning by it.

However, it is perfectly plausible and there are bound to be things that the intelligence agencies pick up that they share with the National Security

Council but not with us, the public.

The worldview of ISIS is vehemently anti-Western. It has an estimated 2,000 recruits from Europe, including 400 to 500 from UK, and it would take just one order from their amir (commander) to send some jihadists back to Britain to carry out an attack.

All the sources I have spoken to say that while “the blowback issue” - the threat of UK jihadists returning to carry out attacks - has not gone away, recent events in Iraq have not so far affected the underlying terror threat to Britain. This remains at ‘substantial’, the third highest on a scale of five, meaning the threat of a terrorist attack “is a strong possibility”. (BBC)

LELA Burden finishes what she starts — even if it takes a century.

The 111-year-old Virginian received her high school diploma Tuesday from Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School.

The supercentenarian clapped lightly before accepting her degree from her wheelchair. The special graduation ceremony took place 96 years after she left school.

In 1918, schools shut down when a particularly bad flu epidemic.

Officials told students to stay home so they didn’t spread germs, WTKR reported.

During the time off, Burden started working two jobs.

When Virginia schools finally reopened, a 15-year-old Burden had committed to her new work.

She never went back to claim her diploma.

Even without finishing her formal education, Burden remained sharp.

She read the newspaper every day, a ritual she maintains even at 111 years old, the TV station reported.

But to Burden, who has lived in Norfolk for 107 years, age is just a

‘I’m not old yet. I’m still a young lady,’ Burden said at her 111th birthday party in May.

number.

“I’m not old yet. I’m still a young lady,” she told the TV station at her 111th birthday party in May. While her new degree is from Booker T. Washington High School, the school wasn’t called that in 1918. The campus’ namesake was born just 47 years before Burden.

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A man was arrested as a result of the Los Angeles operation.

Anti-paedophile police fight child porn ‘epidemic’ THE internet trade in images that show child sex abuse is now “an epidemic”, according to the head of the global initiative to combat the problem.

Police officers from around the world serve on the Virtual Global Taskforce.

Its chairman, Ian Quinn, tells the BBC there has been an “explosion” in cases handled by US authorities.

The US alone has 61 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) units, each made up of state, local police and federal agents.

BBC News joined a recent operation in Los Angeles.

Twenty one officers were briefed at dawn in a parking lot in central LA. Lt Andrea Grossman, from the Los Angeles Police Department, told us they conducted such operations “three to five times per week”.

The amount of images of child sexual abuse on the internet, she says, is “beyond out of control, we’re now just getting to the surface of it”.

Their target was a man who had tried to send obscene images via his Gmail account.

The team was led by an officer holding a pump-action shotgun, backed up by others with an assault rifle and hand guns.

A suspect was detained.

The man’s computer was analysed in a mobile laboratory, housed in a large camper van parked outside the address.

But now within minutes of his arrest officers had found images of the abuse of children as young as six-years-old.

He was charged with possessing illegal material.

Blast at Nigerian football viewing centre kills men, young boys TUESDAY’S explosion at a soccer viewing centre in northeastern Nigeria claimed the lives of several men and young boys watching the Brazil-Mexico World Cup match.

There are conflicting reports of the number of people affected by the blast. An updated number is expected later on.

A hospital source said Wednesday that 21 people were killed in the explosion and another 27 were injured. The source from Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in Damaturu spoke on the condition of anonymity, because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

“All the victims are young men and boys. They sustained burns, ruptured tissues, shattered bones,” he said.

A police official placed the death toll lower Wednesday, saying 10 people had died. The hospital spokesman said its count was based on the number of bodies delivered to the facility’s morgue.

The incident occurred on the outskirts of Damaturu, in Yobe state, the sources said. The explosives had been concealed in

an abandoned motorised rickshaw outside the centre.

“Our men have deployed to the scene, but it’s too early for us to give details, said Yobe state police Commissioner Sanusi Ruf’ai.

Volatile northeastern Nigeria is the home of the Boko Haram group, the militant Islamists who abducted scores of schoolgirls in April.

A Yobe police official in Damaturu told CNN the extremist group had distributed leaflets to the viewing centers in three different languages warning them not to open during the World Cup. Maina Ularamu, a local official in Madagali, in Adamawa state, also confirmed to CNN that people in the town -- which has been the target of previous Boko Haram attacks -- had been warned against watching the football matches.

“Letters have been distributed to viewing centers in Adamawa state warning people not to gather to watch the World Cup games,” she said. “We suspect these letters to be from Boko Haram. People are very afraid and are not leaving their homes.”

UKRAINE’S President on Wednesday announced that he will implement a unilateral cease-fire to ease the crisis in the restive eastern part of the country.

Ukrainian forces are putting their arms down only shortly, President Petro Poroshenko said, referring to a time in which he expects separatist groups to disarm.

The plan offers amnesty to those who didn’t commit serious crimes, the President said. An escape corridor will be offered for those who disarm to leave Ukraine.

“We expect that hostages and seized premises will be liberated. We expect that a large number of civilians will use the security guarantees for the citizens of Donbas,” Poroshenko said, referring to Ukraine’s eastern region.

The plan would also include the closure of the Ukraine-Russia border and changes to the constitution to decentralize power.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at a news conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, said the plan sounded like “ethnic cleansing.”

Lavrov said he heard that “this temporary cease-fire is needed to

A military spokesman said this aircraft was shot down by pro-Russian separatists, killing all 49 aboard.

allow so-called separatists to leave Ukrainian territory. Well, this is probably close to ethnic cleansing -- if the Russian-speaking, ethnic Russian population is invited to leave the country because the authorities do not want to take note of their lawful demands.”

The U.S. State Department welcomed Poroshenko’s announcement.

“We certainly commend them for these good-faith efforts,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. “But

naturally, they need a partner (in Russia) in this effort.”

Ukraine’s government is carrying out what it calls an anti-terrorist operation, centered in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, to try to regain control from pro-Russian separatists.

Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a tense standoff since March, when Russia annexed Crimea and massed troops along its border with Ukraine. Moscow has since begun to withdraw those forces. (BBC)

NY City gynecologist charged with sexually abusing patients A MANHATTAN gynecologist has been indicted on charges he sexually abused six patients — most of whom were pregnant, the Daily News has learned.

Dr. Robert Hadden, 55, is accused of fondling and performing oral sex on the unsuspecting women between September 2011 and June 2012, court papers show.

The former New YorkPresbyterian Columbia Hospital doctor allegedly carried out the vile acts in his Washington Heights and Upper East Side offices, where he also subjected the women to “overly frequent and invasive breast exams” and “invasive questions about their sex lives,” prosecutors said.

“He was absolutely a predator,” said lawyer Anthony DiPietro, whose client filed a civil suit against Hadden last year alleging abuse.

Hadden was charged with five counts of criminal sex act, two counts of forcible touching and two counts of sexual abuse in the third degree, court papers show.

The disgraced doctor from New Jersey was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court on June 13 and released on $20,000 bond.

Assistant District Attorney Laura Millendorf said Hadden methodically molested the women — taking advantage of them only

Dr. Robert Hadden is accused in criminal court of sexually abusing two female patients last year while providing gynecological services.

after nurses left the examination rooms.

“Victims keep coming forward,” she added.

No one answered the door at Hadden’s plantation-style mansion in Tenafly. The six-bedroom home is on sale for $1.48 million.

Hadden’s defense lawyer, Isabelle Kirshner, called him a “physician with an impeccable reputation.”

“He has entered a plea of not guilty and awaits the opportunity to defend himself against these charges in a court of law,” Kirshner added.

Reps for New York-Presbyterian

Columbia Hospital did not immediately return a request for comment.

Hadden, who has been licensed to practice medicine in New York since 1990, stopped seeing patients in 2012 after two of his victims went to the police.

He was the target of two separate civil suits that have since been dismissed.

One of the cases filed anonymously by a Jane Doe stalled after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez ordered the woman’s lawyer to put her real name on the court papers.

That plaintiff, who is represented

by DiPietro, is appealing.

Mendez also dumped the second lawsuit brought by three victims who were identified by their initials: LK, AY and GI. Two claim to have been assaulted

by Hadden in 2012; the other had been a patient from 2008 to 2011.

One of the victims alleged that she cried out immediately following the illicit examination and reported Hadden to police in June 2012.

Hadden was briefly detained, but never faced criminal charges.

Mendez tossed that lawsuit after the lawyer did not meet a deadline to serve papers to the other side. An appeal is pending. (NYdailynews)

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Is looking for a Part-time

Labourer To work 5 days per week salary $5.50 per hour.

contact: 246-4769

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

Contact: 231-3788

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CONTACT: 231-1429

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Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond all inclusive property in the Caribbean is inviting applications from suitably qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions.

Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken. In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends.

The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that only short listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Housekeeping Department requires:

• Room Attendants/ Domestic Worker • Housemen • Public Area Attendant/Cleaner Requirements include but are not limited to: • One years experience in a hotel environment an asset.

• Physically fit The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $5.50 an hour.

Linen Room Controller/ Attendant

Requirements include: • Knowledge of inventory, stock and par levels • Computer literate • Physically fit The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $7.00 an hour.

Housekeeping Supervisor

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Supervises and may participate in housekeeping services including cleaning, mopping, scrubbing, sanitizing the floors and other surfaces as well as the refinishing, waxing and polishing of floors, tile work and other various floor and wall surfaces in stairways, hallways, restrooms, offices, laboratories, recreation and locker rooms.

The rate for the position listed above is $6.00 to $8.00 an hour.

Laundry Department requires: • Supervisor • Laundry Attendant

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Physically fit • Previous experience in commercial Laundry an assist The rate for the position listed above is $5.00 to $7.50 an hour.

Kitchen Department requires: • • • • •

Kitchen Helper Cooks (Grade 1,2 and 3) Chef Garde Manger Supervisor

Requirements include: • Must have worked in a Resort kitchen or medium to large sized restaurant • Must have over three years’ experience • No food allergies • Professional qualification an asset The range in the rates for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $10.00 an hour.

Stewarding Department Requires:

• Steward • Wedding Steward (attached to Weddings Department)

Requirements include but are not limited to: • No Food or chemical allergies • Physically Fit • Ability to carry out labour intensive cleaning task

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Physically Fit • Ability to carry out labour intensive task The rate for the positions listed above is $6.00 to $12.00 an hour

The rate for the position listed above is $5.00 to $5.50 an hour.

Watersports/ Catamaran Department requires:

The Gift Shop Department requires:

• Lifeguard

• Shop Attendant

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Ability to Swim • First aid/ CPR Certification

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Physically Fit • Ability to conduct inventory

Beach and Pool Attendants

The rate for the position listed above is $5.85 to $5.50 an hour.

Engineering Department requires: • • • • • • • • •

Supervisor Shift Leader Mechanic Senior Stove Technician Electrician or Plumber Carpenter Room Technicians Sewage Plant Operator Pool Operator

The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $10.00 an hour.

• Painter • Labour Requirements include but are not limited to: • Physically Fit • Ability to carry out labour intensive task

Requirements include: • International Dive certification required • An outgoing personality required • Strict adherence to safety procedures • Ability to swim

• • • •

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Boat Captain license (for boat captain position) • Ability to Swim • Knowledge of a boat and its handling operations • First aid/ CPR Certification

Grounds Departments requires:

Butler

Supervisor

• Requirements include but are not limited to: • Minimum 2 years supervising a team of grounds man • Experience with tropical or subtropical plants, Greenhouses and Irrigation • Physically Fit The rate for the position listed above is $6.50 to $8.00 an hour.

Offsite Properties requires: • Carpenter • Labour/ Care taker

• Dining Room Cleaner • Labour

The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $5.75 an hour.

Front Office and Concierge Department requires: Requirements include but are not limited to: • Member of the Association of English Butlers • Ability to go above and beyond for guest • Bellman • Mini Bar Stocker/ Attendant

The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $5.50 an hour.

Requirements include but are not limited to: • One year’s experience in a restaurant with seating for over 100 persons an asset.

• No food allergies • Ability to work in the sun • Physically fit

• Dive Instructor • Dive Master • Supervisor

The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $10.00 an hour.

Grounds man/ lady Grounds Keeper Requirements include but are not limited to: Physically fit Ability to carry out labour intensive task

Servers

Requirements include but are not limited to: • No food allergies • Ability to work in the sun • Physically fit

The rate for the position listed above is $5.00 to $5.50 an hour.

• •

• •

The rate for the positions listed above is $6.00 to $11.00 an hour.

Requirements include: • Assist with the maintenance of the pool.

• Keep the pool area tidy and well stocked • Ability to swim

• Deck Hand • First mate

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Knowledgeable of in related fields both in theory and practical

• Excellent customer service skills • Knowledge of wines

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Experience with inventory and maintaining stock levels • Physically Fit • Outgoing and friendly attitude The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $7.00 an hour.

Food and Beverage Department requires:

Bar Department requires: Bartenders Bar Porters Beach/ Pool Server Cocktail Server

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Ability to mix a variety of drinks alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

• Outgoing personality • Ability to work in the sun • Physically fit The rate for the positions listed above is $5.00 to $5.75 an hour.

Supervisor

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Knowledge of stock ordering and maintenance of par levels • Ability to mix a variety of drinks alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

• Outgoing personality • Ability to work in the sun • Physically fit The rate for the position listed above is $6.50 to $10.00 an hour.

Entertainment Department requires: • Kids Counselor/ Attendant

Requirements include but are not limited to: • An outgoing personality required • Certificate in early childhood education an asset • First Aid qualification an asset

Choreographer

Fun pals/Players/ Dancers/ Clowns

• Dining Room/ Room Manager • Supervisor • Shift Leader

Requirements include but are not limited to: • An outgoing personality required • Ability to sing and dance

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Three years supervising a restaurant with seating over 100 persons an asset.

The rate for the positions listed above is $5.15 to $5.70 an hour.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Human Resources Department Beaches Turks and Caicos P.O. Box 186 Lower Bight Road

and and should reach not later than June 30 2014.

The Labour Commissioner Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands 9985

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Come and join our winning team!!!

Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond all inclusive property in the Caribbean is inviting

applications from suitably qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions.

Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken.

In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends. The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that only short listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Stewarding Department Requires:

• Spa Attendant • Spa Therapist/Technicians/ Cosmetologist • Hair Braider

Stewarding Manager

Requirements include but are not limited to: o Knowledge of the clean requirements of kitchen and environs o Ability to supervise a teams located in three or more kitchens

The ideal candidate must satisfy the following criteria: • Certification in one or more of the following areas: Massage, Esthetics, Body treatments, Hair services, Tattoos and Nail services.

• Must be sales driven with proven customer service skills, upgrading of services/ retail.

The Grounds Department requires: Assistant Grounds Manager

Requirements include but are not limited to: o Minimum 2 year diploma in related field. o Experience with tropical or sub-tropical plants, Greenhouses and Irrigation

Remuneration: Bi-weekly base pay plus commission

The Food and Beverage Department requires:

• Executive Assistant Manager

• Food and Beverage Manager • Assistant Food and Beverage Manager • Restaurant Manager

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Experience in the areas of Housekeeping, Front Office, MOD and Night management.

• Due to the physical layout of the property, applicants should be in good physical condition

The Administrative Department requires:

Rooms Division Department Requires:

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Experience in managing multiple Restaurant outlets with seating of over 200 • Five (5) years relevant experience in Fine Dining, Al La Carte and Buffet

• Executive Housekeeper • Assistant Executive Housekeeper

The Administrative Department requires:

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Oversee the financial processes of budgeting, purchasing, payroll and inventory control.

• Maintain all safety and security policies. Minimum of 3 years housekeeping management

Director of Guest Services/ Guest Services Manager Requirements include but are not limited to: • Experience in solving guest concerns to resolution including compensation • Knowledge of and a ability to interact with Rooms, Kitchen, Dining Room (this list is not exhaustive) • Five (5) years relevant experience

The salary for the positions listed above is negotiable

The Photoshop Department requires:

The Kitchen Department requires:

• Photoshop Manager

Assistant Executive Chef

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Experience managing multiple photo retail outlets • Experience meeting sales targets • Ability to cross and up sell • Three (3) years relevant experience

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Maintain control of the standards for purchasing and receiving items.

• To create recipes and production methods, as well as compile new banquets methods when required.

• Oversee the training and development of all kitchen staff.

• Experience in managing over four (4) kitchens

• Executive Sous Chef • Tandoori Chef

The salary for the positions listed above ranges from $25,000 to $65,000 per annum

Photoshop Department requires: • Photographer

Requirements include but are not limited to: • To create recipes and production methods, as well as compile new banquets methods when required.

• Oversee the training and development of staff.

Information Technology Department requires:

Requirements include but are not limited to: • 2 years’ experience in field • Ability to sell and make quotas The rate for the positions listed above is $6.00 to $9.00 an hour.

Laundry Department requires:

• Director of IT • Assistant Information Systems Manager

• Laundry Manager

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Knowledge of a PBX system • A recognized IT professional qualification such as Degree/Advanced Diploma in IT or Computer Science & Technology • Due to the physical layout of the property, applicants should be in good physical condition.

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Physically fit • Previous experience in commercial Laundry an assist

Entertainment Department requires:

The Spa Department requires:

• Assistant Entertainment Administrative Manager

• Spa Manager

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Conceptualize and bring to production entertainment at the Resort

Requirements include but are not limited to: • Ability to manage Spa, Gym and Tennis Portfolios • Ability to meet sales targets in areas indicated above • Five (5) years relevant experience

Engineering Department requires: • Assistant Maintenance Manager Requirements include but are not limited to: • Knowledgeable of in related fields both in theory and practical

The salary for the positions listed above ranges from $25,000 to $65,000 per annum

Spa Department Requires

The salary for the positions listed above is $25,000.00 to $40,000.00 per annum.

Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Human Resources Department Beaches Turks and Caicos P.O. Box 186 Lower Bight Road

and

The Labour Commissioner Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands

and should reach not later than June 30th 2014

9985

34 CLASSIFIEDS ANGELA TUCKER Is looking for a

ARTHUR ROBINSON

contact: 241-2229

9939

labourer

Waitress

To work 7 days per week including weekends salary $5.50 per hour.

contact: 247-0878

To work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour contact: 946-5369 deadline for application is July 4th, 2014

0.74, 0.64, and 0.40 acres respectively

DA CONCH SHACK Is looking for a

Duties include: • Laundry, making beds, cleaning of all room etc.

• Must have at least 3 years experience in this area • Must be able to read and write English • Must be willing to work weekends and public holidays Salary $5.50 per hour.

Kitchen Helper To work 6 days

Submit application with details to Rhondda Collymore-Wilson, P.O. Box 683, Caribbean Place, Providenciales or email Omega@tciway. tc no later than August 8th, 2014

contact: 946-8877

9947

per week salary $5.50 per hour.

9952

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223 9957

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9944

TEMPLE SECURITIES LTD.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD.

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Contact: 341-8754

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

All Parcels can be sold separately.

Approximate Area

Must have at least 5 years experience in bread and pastry making. Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary negotiable.

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Parcel 16 & 17 are adjacent to each other and parcel 20 is two lots to the north, Parcel 16 comprises 0.74 acres, Parcel 17 comprises approximately 0.64 acres and Parcel 20 comprises approximately 0.40 acres. The land has good elevation with a ridge midway through the lots north to south; although not directly beach front, the property benefits from ocean views to the east. Mains utility is not readily available to the parcels boundaries.

Border Holdings Limited

contact: 242-3747

DOMESTIC WORKER

The subject property comprises vacant ocean front land located on the south coast of the Island of Grand Turk. The subject land is vacant and covered in indigenous vegetation with a sandy beach to the oceanfront section. The Town area and the Grand Turk International Airport are a short distance to the north and the town area provides retail, commercial, educational, churches, restaurants and bars. The Carnival Cruise Centre is a short distance to the west.

Proprietor

Must be willing to work 5 days per week salary $5.50 per hour.

on behalf of our client is looking for qualified applicant to fill the following position:

Title No. 10508/16,17 & 20, South Suburbs, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands. The subject property comprises three adjoining ocean view lots. The lots are regular shaped, slight undulating topography with a total registered area of 1.78 acres.

Absolute

WANTED

OMEGA CONSULTANTS

Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014.

Title

LABOURER Baker

9945

Notice Of Sale By Public Auction Location

Is looking for a

Is looking for a

9942

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

IBO BAKERY

COCO BISTRO

Is looking for a

domestic worker

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Temple Securities Ltd; is seeking experienced Investment Advisors.

The remuneration for this position is commission based only.

The following qualifications will assist the successful candidates with their applications: • Proven knowledge of financial instruments and securities markets • Canadian Securities Course or Series 7 • Certified Financial Planner or CFA designation is highly recommended • Detailed oriented with the ability to meet deadlines • The ability to demonstrate research and problem solving skills • Excellent communication skills are essential • Proficiency in Excel and MS office environment • Post secondary education is a fundamental asset • Minimum 10 years experience in a major brokerage firm • Existing Client base of $10million in assets is required • Client minimum assets should be in excess of $100,000 per client • Proven willingness to continue to build a client base

Please forward your resume in confidence to: Human Resources Manager; Temple Financial Group 228, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI Tel: (649) 946.5740 Fax: (649) 946.5739 Along with copy to Department of Labour, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands 9948

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EL RAPIDO WATER DELIVERY

UNION BARBER SHOP Is looking for a

Is currently looking to hire a

Duties: • Responsible for the daily deliver of water • Willing to work with little or no supervision • Must possess a valid driver’s license • Must be able to drive a manual vehicle • Salary negotiable

Contact: 342-3733 or 241-7064

9952

barber To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 242-2824

9950

Labourer

MARIE A. JOSEPH Is looking for a

DRIVER

Need for shore excursion operator, Grand Turk successful candidate must have an excellent communication skills, professional attitude and be organized and reliable • Must have a valid drivers license with at least eight (8) years of driving experience • Must have basic mechanic understanding • Wages commensurate with experience and skill level

Please contact: Etienne Leblanc at 432-5939

9946

labourer To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 241-4837

9938

The Pavilion formerly O’Soliel SEEKS

Waitress/Hostess

Seeking hostess /waitress to cater to our upscale restaurant clientele. English language is a must and a winning attitude.

Applicant must have the ability to work well under pressure. Must have experience with guest interaction and communication is essential and fluency in English and a second main language is required. French or Spanish.

All applicants must have a minimum of 3 years experience, and willing to work long hours, weekends and holidays and sometimes split shifts.

Interested persons should contact 941-4033.

C/o Alliance Realty Ltd.

Due to change of season we are selling lots of items at discount prices. Towels, curtains, bathroom sets, bathroom coordinates, napkins, cups and glasses, canisters, mixing bowls, serving trays and much more for your house.

DUNCANSON & CO. Barristers & Attorneys

PUBLIC NOTICE DUNCANSON & CO. Barristers & Attorneys are pleased to announce the re-opening of our Leeward Highway Office for ongoing legal services to the public. We are located in our own building across the street from the Supreme Court complex, next door to the offices of TC Weekly News and between that and the St. Monica's Anglican Church.

We specialize in:

9923

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION EQUITY LTD. pursuant to the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands, hereby give notice that it will cause to be sold by public Auction, the following property:

• Civil Litigation (Particular competencies: Judicial Review and other claims against TCI Government/Departments, Mareva and other Injunctions, Land, Trust & Bank disputes) • Property Matters, Planning Department & Development Issues • Business Law • Immigration • Labour Disputes Telephone: (649) 941-4444 Telefax: (649) 941-4235 Cellphone: (649) 245-1314 email: berynd@yahoo.com DUNCANSON & CO. Barristers & Attorneys

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

Title 60900/194, Chalk Sound, Providenciales, being comprised of a 0.73 acre parcel of land fronting on Chalk Sound on which is situated a three storey, 6200 square feet single family residence with 3 bedrooms and studio unit with bedroom, service elevator, swimming pool, plunge pool, dock and other attractive features, landscaping and brick driveway.

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Registered Proprietor: MAXWELL EARL HAMILTON The auction will be held at the offices of Twa, Marcelin, Wolf, 1276 Leeward Highway, Providenciales on Thursday July 3rd, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. For further particulars please contact Twa, Marcelin, Wolf at 649-946-4261 or at twa@twmlaw.tc

SALES!!!

9921

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ONE LABOURER

TELECOM SOLUTION

To be responsible for the upkeep of property and must be willing to work on weekends salary $6.00 per hour interested person should.

contact: 231-2621 Is looking for a

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Is looking for a

NEEDED

OASYS ENTERPRISES

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Director

To work 6 days per week salary $5,000.00 per month. contact: 332-3539 9943

PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY Is seeking highly trained professional, experienced

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 946-4055

9951

Security Officers To work 5 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

contact: 231-1000 or 333-1000

Premier Contracting Services Seeks suitable qualified applicants to fill the positions of laborers:

LaboUrer X 2

Qualification and responsibilities includes • Minimum 3 years experience in landscape maintenance • Responsible for weeding, pruning, trimming all plants on property, sweeping • Cleaning windows, restrooms and removing of trash and solid waste • Must have good knowledge of gardening techniques and ability to apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers properly • Responsible for the upkeep and general look / maintenance of entire grounds • Ability to maintain and repair irrigations systems • Willingness to perform numerous laborious tasks • Willingness to perform all other tasks in relation to general cleaning ad or labor Salary: $7.00 per hour Deadline for submission of applications is June 20th 2014 Written applications along with relevant qualifications and references should be addressed to the attention of:

9940

domestic worker

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Edith Cox Suite 200 Graceway Plaza Providenciales

dck TCI, Ltd.

dck TCI, Ltd.

Project Manager

Project Executive

Is filling a Project Manager position for a large-scale resort development.

dck TCI, Ltd. is filling a Project Executive of Construction position for a large-scale resort development.

Responsibilities: Development of baseline schedule including sequencing, duration, logic, cost/manpower loading, etc., including subsequent scheduling maintenance. Initiation and development of cost report from bid estimate.

Analysis and negotiation of owner and subcontractor change orders, pay requests, cost proposals, time extension requests, etc. to ensure accuracy and compliance with contract requirements, monitoring and control of construction through administrative direction to ensure project is built on schedule and within budget, and through subcontractor performance, e.g. quality control, safety, scope of work, coordination with other trades, etc.

Liaison with Owner, Design Team, Subcontractors / Suppliers to facilitate construction activities. Ensure accuracy of all required reports, logs and register. Complete ownership of production status and reporting; hiring, training, retaining and developing staff.

Responsibilities: Clearly interpret, communicate, and ensure compliance with project’s technical requirements, details and specification; coordinate daily activities between home office and field; establish base-line project schedule and reporting procedures for updates to stakeholders; oversee advertisement of bids, pre-bid meetings, bid openings, evaluations, pre-award meetings, and make recommendations for awarding contracts; coordinate the execution of subcontracts, attachments and exhibits; monitor trade/subcontractor activities to ensure safety, quality and efficiency; insure accuracy of all reports, logs and registers required to record the construction function; complete ownership of financial status and cost reporting; hiring, training, retaining and staff development.

Applicant must have: Minimum of 15 years of construction management experience on fasttrack design build hospitality project of $100+ million; thorough knowledge of project management procedures, estimating techniques, design and engineering disciplines as well as cost control systems; planning skills to anticipate project needs and risks; ability to handle wide range of tasks and multiple priorities; ability to establish performance expectations and hold people accountable for results; ability to conduct meetings with subordinates, design consultants, owners and other business unit leaders to receive, discuss and present project and corporate strategies; ability to anticipate resource requirements and recruit qualified resources; excellent organizational, leadership, analytical, oral and written communication skills; commitment to execute work and professionally represent the corporation.

Apply at: www.dckww.com , click Careers and upload your detailed resume and three business references no later than June 27, 2014.

Applicant must have: Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Industrial Technology or a related Quantity Surveying/Construction Economics degree; minimum 15 years of construction management experience on fast-track design build hospitality project of $100+ million; thorough knowledge of project management procedures, estimating techniques, design and engineering disciplines and cost control systems; demonstrated skills in planning and anticipating project needs and risks; ability to conduct meetings with subordinates, design consultants, owners and business unit leaders to receive, discuss and present project and corporate strategies; ability to anticipate resource requirements and recruit qualified resources; excellent organizational, leadership, analytical, oral and written communication skills; a commitment to execute work and professionally represent the corporation.

Apply at: www.dckww.com , click Careers and upload your detailed resume and three business references no later than June 27, 2014.

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Notice Of Sale By Brama Kumaris Public Auction Raja Yoga Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014

Location

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Parcel 10709/39 is located on the south end of Salt Cay is ocean front with an approximate ocean frontage of 215 linear feet based on the block plan provided.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Russell Alexander Garland

Approximate Area

2.42 acres

Farmers

To work 5 days per week salary $7.00 per hour. contact: 244-1842

9949

FLOWER GIRL

Wanted urgently

Floral Designer

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082. Fax (649) 941-3223

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www.bkwsu.com Email: bkpadma@bkwsutci.com

The property comprises vacant land.

Is looking for 4

Meditation Centre

Telephone 946-4760 & 332-4101

Title No. 10709/39, Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos Islands.

The subject property comprises a total land area of approximately 2.42 acres.

KEW FARMS

9959

Director of Marketing JOB OVERVIEW: The successful candidate will develop an Innovation & strategic marketing plan which continues with the past successes and at the same time can bring us to a new level of brand awareness and customer loyalty. This position will help architect the customer experience by designing, coordinating, executing and measuring the effectiveness of compelling strategic marketing activities while ensuring all marketing activities are integrated and aligned within the brand standards.

Minimum Qualifications: Required

• Minimum of 5 years as Director of Marketing for a Luxury Brand within the Caribbean • Extensive knowledge of the US, Canadian & South American Markets • 3 Years online marketing experience with direct knowledge of PPC, GDS and Redirect Marketing.

• Experience in working with Keywords & SEO • Experience developing and managing budgets, and hiring, training, developing, supervising and appraising personnel.

• Demonstrated successful experience writing press releases, making presentations • Proficiency in MAC Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite including word processing • Strong oral and written communications skills, with excellent vocabulary in English.

• Out-of-town, overnight travel is required • Understanding and knowledge of Blogging • Frequent travel to/from USA and TCI

Email: humanresources@gracebayclub.com Fax: (649) 946-5758 P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Must have thorough knowledge in the floral business with 3-5 years experience.

Call: 231-3788

EXPERIENCED

SCUBA

INSTRUCTOR

REQUIRED FOR A BUSY DIVE SHOP

6 day work week including weekends and public holidays.

Salary based on experience and qualifications.

Please contact

946-5029

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The Turks & Caicos Islands Community College

Scholarship Programme The TCICC Foundation wishes to remind prospective applicants of the approaching June 30, 2014 deadline for the submission of applications.

To be eligible applicants must:

* be high school graduates with at least 4 CSEC or IGCSE passes two at General 2 or equivalent B grade or higher, and 2 at General Three or equivalent C grade or higher; * have evidence of acceptance from the Community College; * have evidence of legal status; * submit two (2) forms of identification (Passport, Driver's Licence or NHIP Card); * have two Letters of Reference one from previous school and one from a community leader; * have certified copies of examination results, High School Diploma; * submit Official Transcript * submit a Personal Statement for choice of study and future goals; * have proof of parent's/guardian's income

Applicants may log on to the College website for additional information. All applications must reach the Community College on or before June 30, 2014.

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LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Proprietors Strata Plan #41 Management Co. Ltd. Seeks to fill the following position

Applicants must posses a minimum of 5 years experience, with knowledge of plants / Chemicals and fertilizer sprays, be able to work with minimum supervision. Applicant must be horticulture and be certified in preparation and application of chemicals as well as treatment of weeds. Must be proficient in computer, can do minimal computer trouble shooting and knowledgeable in quick books for point of sale transaction and inventory software. Applicants must be willing to work outdoors with irregular hours.

Starting salary is $2,500 per month may include weekends and holidays.

Please drop all applications to Flowers by EA located at U102 Venture House, Grace Bay Road, Providenciales or Email to environmentalarts@tciway.tc c/o NatalieZaidan. Successful Applicant s will be notified by phone for interview.

Notice Of Sale By Public Auction Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014.

Title No. 10508/19, South Suburbs, Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands. The subject property comprises a total land area of approximately 0.54 acres.

The subject property comprises vacant ocean front land located on the south coast of the Island of Grand Turk. The subject land is vacant and covered in indigenous vegetation with a sandy beach to the oceanfront section. The Town area and the Grand Turk International Airport are a short distance to the north and the town area provides retail, commercial, educational, churches, restaurants and bars. The Carnival Cruise Centre is a short distance to the west.

Parcel 19 comprises 0.54 acres. The land has good elevation with a ridge midway through the lots north to south; although not directly beach front, the property benefits from ocean views to the east.

Mains utility is not readily available to the parcels boundaries.

Absolute

Proprietor

Andrew J. Newlands

Approximate Area

0.54 acres

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Notice Of Sale By Public Auction Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014.

Location

Title No. 60900/245/K64, Leeward Going Through, Turks & Caicos Islands. Unit 7302 Ocean Club, The subject property comprises a third floor unit of approximately 1,570 square feet base on information taken from the resort plan within the established Ocean Club condominium resort located on Grace Bay Beach on the Island of Providenciales.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Turquoise Investment Holdings Ltd.

Approximate Area

1,570 sq.ft.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223

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Title

Interested person must be willing to work hard, must be responsible, reliable & trustworthy. Must be willing to work with little or no supervision.

Schedule work hours are 7am to 5pm. Applicant must be willing to work on holidays and weekends. Salary US$400.00 per week

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Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223

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THE SIBONNE BEACH HOTEL Is looking for 1

D BELLE BEAUTY FASHION SALON NAIL CENTER Is looking for

domestic

worker Hair 649-946-5547

9963

Contact Sandra MacLeod:

dresser Salary: $5.00 / Hour

Contact: 649-3458282 / 649-346-8003

9968

To clean hotel room/laundry.

Must be willing to work weekend and holidays.

Salary $5.00/ hour

NATASHA CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of our clients:

Kenya Green Grass Cutter 346-1660 Straudia Gardiner Laborer 244-9978 Arnold Baron Laborer 345-6804 First Class Cleaning Services 2 Cleaners 333-1238 Deomard Clare Laborer 331-8034

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PROVO AUTO SUPPLY Is currently looking to employ a

labourer

who will be responsible for the daily maintenance of the building, stocking of shelves and any other duty that may be assigned to you This individual must posses the following: • Adequate tools to perform his duties • Must be able to work with little or no supervision • Must be computer literate

• Must be able to work weekends • Must possess a valid driver’s license Please submit all application between 9am-5pm MondayFriday

Bayview Motors Ltd. P.O. Box 619, Leeward Highway, Providenciales

9965

TURKS AND CAICOS AGGRESSOR II

1 Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor / Engineer

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REQUIREMENTS AS FOLLOW: • Valid PADI/SSI/TDI membership and liability insurance • PADI/SSI Enriched Air Instructor • Minimum of 5 Specialty Ratings • Working Knowledge of Under water Camera/ Videos and Edition

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• Computer Literate • STCW95 Complaint • Be prepared to live onboard & work long hours including weekends & holidays • Experienced in the Hospitality industry

Belongers need only apply Starting salary $400.00 a week

Please send emails to tcaggressor@express.tc or call 941-7825

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Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014.

Location

JOB ADVERTISEMENT

Title No. 60501/175, 178 & 179, Blue Hills & Stammers Run, Turks & Caicos Islands. The subject property comprises a total land area of approximately 0.95 acres. Utilities laid to boundary. Lots available for sale individually.

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

Parcels 60501/175 & 179 comprises of undeveloped lots available in the Blue Hills residential subdivision on the north side of the Millennium Highway.

Parcel 60501/178 comprises of an unfinished residential building of approximately 2,640 square feet in the Blue Hills residential subdivision on the north side of the Millennium Highway.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Gilbert Fitzroy Selver

Approximate Area

0.27, 0.42, and 0.26 acres respectively

Pastry Chef

SUMMARY: Preparing and serving deserts, pastries and other baked foods. Assists the Executive Chef and the Sous Chef in preparing and serving other type of food.

Assists the Executive and Sous chef in training and management of the team members. Helps out with the menu planning. Ensures that all deserts, pastries and baked goods are prepared and served in a timely manner. Ensuring that the kitchen remains clean and thoroughly organized at all times. Responsible for ordering supplies used for making of pastries. Ensure a high level of food quality, value, consistency, and satisfaction to the guests.

Server

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD.

SUMMARY: Provide guests with food and beverage service – restaurant, bar, room service, beach & pool. Able to work on feet all day, good math skill, and have a thorough knowledge of working in a fine dining, five star restaurant. Deliver professional, courteous, and efficient service to our Guests. Offer suggestions by using suggestive selling techniques (daily specials, cocktails, appetizers, entrees, desserts, and after dinner beverages). Follow the established table service procedures

Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223 9958

Interested applicants can contact our Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm on (649)941-7555. E- Mail cover letter outlining your interest and supporting experience in a particular position along with your Resume or C.V. to hr@wymara.com

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ISLAND SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Electrician Mechanical

Is looking for a

Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary commensurate with experience.

missionary Salary negotiable contact: 331-9649

Contact: brian@tciway.tc or 649-232-4110

Is looking for 1

Is looking for a

domestic worker Domestic To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

contact: 344-4540

Worker

Pastor

Contact: 342-4935

contact: 343-4618

To work 6 days per week Salary $5.00 per hour

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PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT

June 21 - 27, 2014 CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY

I.G

KATIUSCA RODRIQUEZ

Salary $500.00 per month

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MISICK AND STANBROOK

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Is seeking to fill the following position:

CORPORATE COMMERCIAL ATTORNEY

Imperial Laundry wishes to recruit:

General Manager Applicants must have the following: • 10 years operational and commercial experience in the laundry industry with 5 years in a management position.

• Knowledge and experience of: laundry production methods; operation and service of production equipment; sales and marketing; customer relationship management; staff training and development; project management; financial management and control, administrative management.

• Degree level qualification.

Applications must be made by 5 July 2013 to:

implrec2013@gmail.com

NOTICE

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• The successful Candidate must have at least twelve years experience in a range of complex Corporate and commercial matters.

• Salary range $90,000 to $108,000 commensurate with experience • Closing date for applications: June 30th, 2014

Applicants should please send detailed CV with the names of two referees to Deveraux Malcolm, Misick and Stanbrook, via fax (649) 946 4734 or e-mail to info@misickstanbrook.tc.

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Notice Of Sale By Public Auction Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below

by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 4th of July, 2014.

Location

Title No. 10709/38, Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos Islands.

The subject property comprises a total land area of approximately 2.40 acres.

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT BLOCK 60807, PARCEL 28, Providenciales

The property comprises vacant land.

Parcel 10709/38 is located on the south end of Salt Cay is ocean front with an approximate ocean frontage of 215 linear.

The Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 1990 Regulations 7, Schedule 2 Applications.

An application registered PR: 11906, for construction of a Cell Site have been submitted to the department of Planning for consideration of Detail development permission by ISLANDCOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD. The location is PARCEL 60807/28, which is in The Bight & Thomas Stubbs Area of 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, Providenciales, within 28 days of the publication of this notice.

Date Posted June 17, 2014 Date Notice Received by

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Wayne Newton Garland

Approximate Area

2.40 acres

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223 9961

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CERTIFIED IKO/PASA LEVEL 2 KITEBOARD INSTRUCTOR • must be qualified as a level 2 kiteboard instructor with no less than 3 years experience • must be willing to work weekends and public holidays to accommodate tourist needs Salary commensurate with experience

1. Parcel 60002/367 North West and North Central, Providenciales.

Phase two of the Priton Homes: two bedrooms, one bathroom, laundry room, kitchen, living/dining area on 0.25 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Glanedise Walkin

Diamond Development Ltd. Has a vacancy for a

2. Parcel 60900/170 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales.

Single storey with three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, one half bathroom, living room and kitchen on 0.72 ac re.

Registered Proprietor: Cherrie Romayne Forbes-Ingham

Labourer

3. Parcel 60720/20 Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hills, Providenciales.

Salary $6.00 per hour.

Contact 232-7827

Single storey detached house in Cooper Jack with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, open plan living and dining room with partially completed extension on 1.33 acres. Registered Proprietor: Michael M Williams

4. Parcel 60610/184 Norway & Five Cays, Providenciales.

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AIR COOL LTD

Electrical engineer

Single storey residential property providing two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchens, open plan living/ dining area and laundry room on 0.67 acre. Registered Proprietor: Randy McKenn Ewing

With 7 years of experience, especially in the field of repairing A/C.

Please send full resume to em@aircool.com Or contact number 3320111 9973

6. Parcel 60702/125 Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill, Providenciales

Detached two storey building: two bedrooms to the upper floor and a one bedroom apartment to the lower floor with a separated bedroom/guest room at the rear of the house accessed from the upper deck.

Registered Proprietor: Harry Turbyfield/ Carmen Fabara (Opera Investments Ltd.)

7. Parcel 60715/186 Cheshire Hall and Richmond Hill, Providenciales.

Unfinished bungalow multiplex consisting of 3- one bedroom, 2- two bedroom apartments on 0.77 acre of land.

Registered Proprietor: Ebenezer Benjamin Williams

D.S VARIETY STORE Is looking for 1

MAID Labourer To do housework and other general cleaning domestic duties. To work 6 days a week including weekends and holiday.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Contact telephone:

946-5300

9670

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Single storey residential house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, laundry room, kitchen, living/dining room on 1.00 acre. Registered Proprietor: Earl Nathan Tucker

5. Parcel 60900/175 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales.

Is currently looking to employ an

Contact: 245-1183

NOTICE OF SALE

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

Contact: 242-2927

Applicant must be honest, Reliable, hard working and Fluent in English and French Salary $5.00 per hour

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8. Parcel 60515/64 Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales.

Single storey detached dwelling house providing three bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchens, living/dining area and laundry room on approx. 0.22 acre. Registered Proprietor: Thelma Adlaide Lightbourne

9. Parcel 10308/105 South West Suburbs, Grand Turk.

Single storey residential house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, family room, living/dining room on approx. 0.25 acre. Registered Proprietor: Lester Robert Butterfield and Paula Ann Butterfield

10. Parcel 10303/33 Overback, Central Suburbs, Grand Turk.

This property accommodates three buildings: one concrete building and two wooden comprises of a single storey residential house with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, family room, living/dining room on approx. 0.20 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Henry Raymond Jennings

11. Parcel 10204/67 Township, Central Suburbs, Grand Turk.

This property comprises of a main house with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, living/dining room, laundry room and a detached wooden dwelling house comprising of one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen, living/dining room and laundry room on approx. 0.19 acre. Registered Proprietor: Kuthlyn Spencer

12. Parcel 61113/94 Long Bay, Providenciales.

Detached bungalow style residential house with five bedrooms, three bathroom, kitchen, living/dining room, and laundry room. There is a second building on lot which comprises of two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, and living room on approx. 0.49 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Ezra Ringo Tyrone Taylor

13. Parcel 60805/15/K8 The Bight and Thomas Stubbs, Providenciales.

This property comprises of a two storey townhouse with three bedrooms, three bathroom, kitchen, living/ dining room, family room and laundry room. Registered Proprietor: Alejandro Rios

14. Parcel 60505/199 Blue Hills and Stamers Run, Providenciales.

Apartment complex and Laundromat. The main building consists of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two kitchens, two living/dining rooms and an additional building with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, three kitchens, three living/dining rooms on approx. 0.20 acre. Registered Proprietor: George Seymour

The auction will be held at the offices of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 27th day of June 2014.

A reserve price will be fixed on all parcels. A deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

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Sports International REGISTERED LAND ORDINANCE CAP 9.05

NOTICE LOST LAND CERTIFICATE TITLE NUMBER SECTION ISLAND 20306/43 COCKBURN HARBOUR SOUTH CAICOS Whereas, CYNTHIA BEATRICE HALL as Administrator of the Estate of MELLICENT CLEMENTINA TUCKER deceased, Of South Caicos, Cockburn Harbour, Turks and Caicos Islands has declared that the Land Certificate for the above mentioned title number(s) registered in his/her/their name was inadvertently mislaid and cannot be found.

Take notice that I, Tresha-Gaye Ustanny, Acting Registrar of Lands, shall issue a new land Certificate for the said title six weeks of the date of the publication of this Notice in a local news paper and the Gazette.

Dated this 10th day of June 2014 Signed...................................................................

Acting Registrar of Lands Witnessed..............................................................

Schumacher out of coma and transferred to rehab FORMER F1 driver Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has been transferred from a hospital in Grenoble, France, where he had been admitted after a skiing accident last year, his management said in a statement Monday.

"Michael has left ... to continue his long phase of rehabilitation," according to his manager Sabine Kehm.

He will continue his recovery at the University hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. Officials there

confirmed that Schumacher was admitted, but gave no further details about his treatment.

Schumacher, 45, suffered severe head trauma in a skiing accident at the French Alps resort of Meribel on December 29.

PROPERTY SERVICES ATTENDANT Responsible for assisting all departments as needed, including, but not limited to: cleaning in all areas of the resort, beach and pool set up and monitoring, filling in for shuttle driver, handyman. Strenuous physical labour requires one who is able and willing to perform heavy lifting, and other physically demanding functions. Valid TCI Driver’s License required. Must be able to speak and read English. Preference will be given to someone with previous resort experience.

All applicants must be able to present a clean Police Record if offered a position. Wage commensurate with experience. Individuals must be willing to work holidays and weekends on a flexible schedule dictated by business demands.

Please drop off resumes at the Ocean Club Front Desk to the attention of the Human Resource Manager, or via email to diane@oceanclubresorts.tc Only those receiving an interview will be contacted.

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PM - Gas (TCI) Ltd. PM Industrial Gas, a leading producer and distributor of industrial Medical, recreational, and specialty gases, as well as welding And medical products and related equipment, is seeking an experienced and proven leader.

JOB VACANCIES Seven Stars Resort is seeking suitably qualified persons to fill the positions outlined below. Ideal candidates should possess luxury resort experience, be out-going and friendly, with a professional demeanor and must be fluent in English, be a team player with a strong work ethic, available for work on public holidays, weekends and evenings.

Salaries are based on experience and qualifications. Suitable candidates must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working at a 5 Star Resort in a similar role. Must have a strong attention to detail and exceptional ability to maintain the highest standards of quality required.

• Security Officer • Floor Crystallizing Specialist • Stock Controller • Housekeeping Attendant • Housekeeping Manager • Pool & Bar Attendant Closing Date June 27, 2014 Suitably qualified candidates should apply via email to Seven Stars at:

hr@sevenstarsgracebay.com for consideration Candidates must possess relevant skills, experience, and a clean police record.

ONLY CANDIDATES MEETING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE CONTACTED.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Candidates for the following position:

Operation Supervisor Duties of this position include: handling, filling and delivery of cylinders; general maintenance of premises and equipment; customer service and quality control; and safety compliance.

Requirements include: at least 5 years relevant experience, a clean police record and driver’s license with a successful drug screen; excellent health mobility, allowing for the handling and delivery of heavy cylinders; at least a high school diploma; possess a good employment track record with demonstrated superior customer service skills, supervision of plant workers and delivery drivers; importing of cryogenics; knowledge of U.S. pharmacopeia standards.

Salary: commensurate with experience.

Applications comprising a letter, resume, references, Police record etc. should be sent to: The Manager PM - Gas (TCI) Ltd. C/o P.O.Box 127, Richmond House Leeward Highway, Providenciales Tel: (649) 946-4734 0r Fax (649) 946-4732 Email: marsha@misickstanbrook.tc

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Sports National Josh for Sports

Exploits and effectiveness of my columns Part II BOXING MANY people are not aware that the sport of boxing has existed in the TCI for many decades (officially since 1977/8). Yes, the TCI Boxing Association was created in 1977.

The president was Mr. Eddie Taylor of Grand Turk.

Mr. Taylor was a very charismatic man. As a trainer he was most excited and vociferous. He excited his boxers and taught them discipline.

Our boxers would train from 4am when most were asleep.

Mr. Taylor’s claim to fame was that he slept in the same bed as Mohammed Ali when Ali was in his prime and trained by Angelo Dundee.

Among our boxers were Charles

By Joshua Gardiner

Mills and Bernard Sanches.

The Canadian Turks and Caicos Association, whose secretary was my wife (an executive secretary working at House of Parliament), had authorised me to go to Miami and order boxing equipment. That equipment never reached. Boxing died about two years after.

The next time I saw boxing in the TCI was when a world championship bout was held at the Downtown Ball Park in Provo in which Judah Job participated.

That was the time of Hon. Michael Misick.

The last time we had boxing in the TCI was some two-three years ago.

It’s time for boxing to be promoted once again among the youths of the TCI. Thus I’m calling on boxing enthusiasts to rise to the challenge.

OLYMPIC SAILING I’ve been very encouraged by the positive exploits of the Provo Sailing Club and the TCI Sailing Association as they’ve taught our young people to sail. Our youths have risen to the occasion and

are almost ready to compete in Olympic sailing events.

Furthermore, just the other day our kids were successful in circumnavigating Provo, none stop in one day. I encourage the association to make TCI the sailing mecca of the Caribbean by establishing competitions of diverse classes including a first annual CARIFTA Games Sailing Classic to be held every two years beginning in 2015.

Yes, let us be the country that implement and create the first ever in history.

will we finally be on our way to establishing the sport in a true sense on a respectable national level.

SOFTBALL Like I’ve said in the past softball had regressed since 1978, but is currently on a rebuilding programme over the past 10 years or so. Yet we have a mighty long way to go.

We’ve made numerous strides in the various regional competitions as far as participation is concerned.

But only until we have invaded the secondary schools with the game

LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN It is ironic that some 36 years later, we are schedule to again go back to Scotland to once again compete in weightlifting—this time being represented by 19 year-old Michael Francois and 26 year-old Ronald Parker.

I wish them well. I implore them not to use steroids.

Until next time love Josh

WEIGHTLIFTING Again, weightlifting needs to contract a national fever in this country. This sport reached the international level when in 1978 we competed at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland (Edinburgh). Competing for us were Mr. Hugh Wilson (deceased) and Mr. Daniel Brisco. I thought that they did a commendable job in their representation of our country.

World Cup: Defending champion Spain exits Brazil 2014

Housekeeper Salary $5.50 per hour.

Contact: 332-0771

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Domestic Worker

GRANT’S PETROLEUM Is looking for

with a call to arms, Spain shrunk away almost apologetically.

It was left to Eduardo Vargas and Charles Arranguiz to put the final nails in the coffin-- both men scoring in a high-octane first half.

There was no fightback -- no last stand, no heroics from Spain.

Those who had once thrilled and mesmerised for so long, slowly and silently slipped away into the Rio night.

This was not a mere collapse -- this was an implosion of seismic proportions.

"We cannot complain we did not deserve to go out, they were better than us," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque told Spanish TV.

Despite winning World Cup four years ago, Spain will now make a shocking first round exit.

SIMEON CAMBELL

MEPCO International (T&C) Ltd. Requires qualified and experienced

Electricians labourer

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact: 346-4666 or 941-5804

Applicants MUST have completed an Electrical Apprenticeship and have a qualification from a recognized governing body and also have at least 10 years experience on large commercial projects. Salary negotiable depending on level of experience.

Please fax resume to 941 7626

Is looking for a

domestic worker To work 5 days per week salary $5.50 per hour.

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D.S.Y. RESTAURANT Is looking for the following persons

over to Prince Felipe, the nation's footballers have now relinquished the crown they once wore with distinction.

Those fortunate enough to have a ticket for the potential dethroning came wearing red -- Chilean red.

Even before kickoff, there was a sense of something special -- a wind of change, a new era about to be ushered in.

This was a moment nobody wanted to miss -- including the 85 Chilean fans who were apprehended by military police after trashing the stadium's media center.

While the spine tingling a capella version of the Chilean national anthem galvanized those in white

contact: 241-9626

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SO goodbye.

Nobody wanted it to end this way -- the embarrassment and humbling of a side which has brought so much joy to the world.

"You cannot consider that this generation is finished," said Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso ahead of its crunch game against Chile. "On the contrary, we are still alive."

But Alonso's words rang hollow Wednesday as Spain sank to a 2-0 defeat by Chile at the Maracana -almost as if this generation has now received the last rites.

Dumped out of the World Cup after just two group games on the same day that King Juan Carlos abdicated his throne and signed it

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Garvin Bruno found form with an unbeaten 118 against KB Home.

Calvin Aaron took 5-22 to lead Jam Turk to another win.

Bruno hits unbeaten century in Police’s win – Bowlers also shine in latest cricket games GARVIN Bruno found form last Saturday after sparking his team to a huge 87-run victory over KB Home when action continued in the Turks and Caicos Islands Cricket Association T20 cricket competition at the Downtown Ball Park in Providenciales.

Along with Bruno’s unbeaten century, some credit must go to Chabbie Charley who pegged back the opponents with a hat-trick.

Winning the toss the Lawmen were in scoring mode and with Bruno leading the charge they were able to push their innings to 202-4 with the talented batsman carving out 118 runs after smashing 16 fours and five sixes. Desbourne Young

added 32 (4X4s and 1X6).

Paul McKenzie led the KB Home’s attack with 2-16 from four overs.

KB Home had to then score at over 10 runs per over to avoid another defeat (lost to Jam Turk in their previous game), but with Charley recording a hat-trick in his 4-19 runs from three overs it proved an uphill task for the batting team and they eventually bowed out in 16 overs with 115 runs on the board.

Mark Butler led the way with 29 (4X4s) while Ajay Vyas added 22 (4X4s).

FIVE-WICKET HAUL Charley’s four wickets were not the most last weekend since Calvin

Aaron also did some damage with the ball on Sunday at the same venue.

Playing for Jam Turk who have picked up speed, Aaron handed Kishco another defeat (lost to Quality Kings in their previous game). Winning the toss Jam Turk bowled first and Aaron was at his best. He stifled the batsmen to finish with 5-22 from 3.4 overs as Kishco were routed in 12.1 overs for 73.

Pawan Kumar was the main stay at the crease with 31 runs. Jam Turk then cruised to victory with the inform Dane Richie hitting eight fours in his 36.

Kishco’s Sanjay Fatnani and Lloyd Lynch finished with a wicket each.

Grand Turk fishing tournament to raise funds for HJ Robinson HOOKS will be baited in large numbers this weekend (June 21 and 22) at the Governor’s Beach when fishing enthusiasts compete for over $10,000 in cash and prize.

The second annual Fisherman’s tournament is expected to sizzle in the capital and as last year the end result is also local development.

This year organisers will use the funds raised to arm the HJ Robinson High School Computer Unit with more equipment.

“We are hoping to raise enough funds to donate up to 25 new computers for the high school and support education in our youth and future leaders,” a release from the organisers stated.

Participants will be asked to pay $100 to participate, but some of that money will go towards beers and water during the two days.

On Friday evening at the Salt Raker Inn there will be a Calcutta auction, boat wagering and a huge raffle with over 50 prizes to be won from 19:00h.

Delano Williams will hope to run a personal best in the 200M when he competes next week in Britain.

Williams ready for European Championships trials TCI born Delano Williams is “pumped up” and ready to claim his spot for team Britain when they compete at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland this August.

In order to achieve the feat the TCI 100M and 200M record holder, who now runs for Britain, must earn a place on their national team.

Next weekend (June 27-29) Williams will know his fate when he competes at the Sainsbury’s British Champs and Trials at the Birmingham Alexander Stadium.

The UWI student who also trains with the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and the Beast Yohan Blake at the Racers Track

Club will only run the 200M. PERSONAL BEST HOPE Williams, who has improved since joining the elite track club, hopes that his months of training would push him past his personal best of 20.27s which he earned in March of 2013 while still a student at Jamaica’s Munro College.

“I’m looking forward for a personal best…and also my confidence is where it needs to be to achieve my goal. I’m doing what I suppose to in training.”

The former 200M junior world champion said he is aware of the level of competition at the trial, but is just focused on executing his game plan.

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Horton and Hartling impressive at Sol Rally Barbados

Paul Horton and co-driver Kris Yearwood finished second in the Super Modified 7 with his well-prepared classic Ford Escort Mk 1.

– Hope to one day host competitive motor sports in TCI TCI was once again placed on the motor racing map when established racers Paul Horton and Stan Hartling competed in the Caribbean’s biggest international motor sport event Sol Rally Barbados earlier this month.

The established drivers who raced under the Turks and Caicos Motoring Club contested two competitive classes this year with Horton, and co-driver Kris Yearwood, competing in the Super Modified 7 division with his wellprepared classic Ford Escort Mk 1 and Harting, with co-driver Andy Proudfoot, racing in the Super Modified 12 in a BMW M3.

GOOD FINISH The rally which consisted of approximately 100 teams from 30 countries was keenly contested, but the TCI sides were up to the task.

Horton and his team-mate finished in second place while Hartling and Proudfoot finished fourth.

MOVING FORWARD Both racers remain committed to bringing the sport to the TCI, with the possibility of us hosting a major rally. “We hope that over time we can show government the positive impact that this sport has had on other Caribbean islands and how it benefits not only the government, but the youth and people of the islands,” Hartling stated through a press release.

It was pointed out that Horton has had discussions with FIA officials in

trying to establish the parameters for getting a long term plan for a phased facility. The objective here is to start with youth based motorsports and then expand. “We want to try and promote a safe venue for the youths on the island to become involved in racing and motorsports that gives them an outlet and helps them become future competitors we can mentor,” the release continued.

Horton and Hartling also extended thanks and appreciation for those that travelled to Barbados this year to support and cheer on the Turks and Caicos team.

Driving a BMW M3 Stan Hartling and co-driver Andy Proudfoot placed fourth in the Super Modified 12 division.

Davis’s strike gives Cheshire Hall President’s Cup title FORMER WIV PPL winners Cheshire Hall denied the AFC Academy the important double last Sunday when they won the President’s Cup by a slim 1-0 margin at the Academy ground.

Cheshire Hall’s Jonoy Davis was able to score early from a put back in a game controlled by the Academy, but started with a makeshift keeper.

The left back told the Weekly News that he scored because he was “determined” and “disciplined”.

The Academy team (the 2014 league winners), which included several national players including national goal scorer Marco Fenelus and another US University student Fred Dorvil, had several chances on goal, but no one converted. This is in contrast to their 10-1 win against the Trailblazers in the semi-finals.

Both Fenelus and Dorvil felt that the Academy side should have done better, and both sent congratulatory messages to their opponents.

Jonoy Davis scored the lone goal in the President’s Cup final.

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