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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 4 - 10, 2011

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 4 - 10, 2011

NATIONAL

Economic ultimatum TCI must get on track to $20m fiscal surplus for elections to take place By Gemma Handy TCI must be “well on course” to achieving a colossal $20m fiscal surplus by April 2013 in order for elections to take place. And that’s no mean feat with the current financial crisis equating to a staggering $12,000 debt for every man, woman and child living in the Islands. Overturning the country’s pecuniary woes is one of the much touted “milestones” before a return to self-government. It is hoped that the string of recently announced taxes will prompt a sharp spike in revenue. But it presents Islanders with something of an economic ultimatum – pay up or stay under British rule. A statement issued by Government on Wednesday reiterated London’s stance that the country must balance its books. However finance chiefs say that is possible within the allotted timeframe – and they believe the economy is set for an imminent revival. Permanent secretary Delton Jones told the Weekly News revenue projections were based on “econometric analysis” by external consultants and in-depth discussions with various stakeholders.

“We have a plan and I believe it will be sufficient” – Delton Jones, PS for finance.

“Our figures also reflect the collection effort we intend to make and the fact that we believe the economy will soon start to rebound. “We have a plan and I believe it will be sufficient.” Levies such as the four per cent customs processing fee and fuel tax increase have already seen a hike in

the cost of living. Mr Jones said such measures were consistent with other Caribbean countries dealing with large deficits and high debt burdens.

Many have questioned the cited urgent need for TCI to close its budget gap given the wide deficits present in so many other countries, including the UK. The PS said it was vital to move towards a fiscal surplus for a number of reasons. “We want to be able to demonstrate to creditors that we have a hold on our finances, we need cash reserves in the event of a hurricane, and we want to eventually be able to finance more capital projects. “Moving towards a sustainable surplus will also generate greater confidence among investors.” Mr Jones said methods under discussion for diversifying the economy include branching out into medical and sports tourism. The Government is also considering expanding the deep sea fishing and agriculture industries, along with developing the local craft market for cruise ship passengers. In addition, talks over selling sand to the US look poised to recommence. Wednesday’s statement described the Government as still being in the throes of “financial crisis”. “Bankruptcy has only been avoided because the UK Government provided the financial support needed to keep the public sector afloat and now, through $260m of loan guarantees, …we need to tackle the dire fiscal legacy the interim Government inherited.” The Government again warned there would be no money available to reverse previous spending cuts or fund significant new expenditure. It said there was “no alternative” to raising taxes and slashing spending.

“Like any household or business, the public sector cannot continue to live beyond its means. “Achieving fiscal stability is not only essential to avoid the spectre of default; it will also provide a major boost to the economy by allowing local businesses to thrive and restoring confidence that the Turks and Caicos Islands are a sound place for investment. “It will be tough, but we must stabilise the Government’s finances now to ensure a quick path out of the current economic difficulties to a more prosperous TCI in future. “Being well on course to achieve a fiscal surplus by the end of financial year 2012/13 is a key milestone towards setting a date for elections.” The $260m rescue package enabled Government’s huge debts to be refinanced, hacking a considerable amount off the crippling former monthly interest payments. “This provides an immediate boost to TCIG’s finances, releasing money for more productive purposes,” the statement continued. The rescue package comprises guaranteed bonds of $170m, payable in full on maturity in five years, at fixed interest of 3.2 per cent; a five-year loan of $30m, at 0.5 per cent over LIBOR, which is available if needed to repay other more expensive Government debts; and a five-year revolving bank facility of $60m, at 0.25 per cent over LIBOR, which will fund the projected deficits over the next two years. Britain’s underwriting of the loans comes with a number of conditions, including the need to achieve a financial surplus by the end of 2012/13.

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

A YOUNG TC Islander was shot five times after attempting to help a stranger in Florida. Jamal Moore – grandson of Middle Caicos murder victim Charity Higgs – was attacked when he came to the rescue of a man feigning sickness in the early hours of Monday morning. Mr Moore, 33, who lives and works in South Florida, was taking a shortcut through a local Miami neighbourhood after leaving a Miami Heat basketball game when he saw a young man holding his abdomen and motioning him to stop. The boy asked Mr Moore for the use of his cell phone to call for assistance. The boy then walked away with the phone and two more young men appeared demanding ransom for the phone. One youth then pulled a revolver and shot Mr

Moore five times with one bullet cracking Moore’s jaw, nicking a vial artery and lodging in his sinus cavity. The other shots struck Mr Moore in the right arm as flesh wounds. Moore was able to drive away and sought help three blocks away with workers at a nearby business who called paramedics. Mr Moore underwent emergency surgery and is said to be recovering. He is the son of Bethsheba Yvette Tapfer and stepson of David Tapfer, of Conch Bar, Middle Caicos. He is the grandson of the late Edith and Alex Moore of Grand Turk, as well as Mrs Higgs of Conch Bar. Mrs Higgs lost her life last year when she was attacked in her home. Miami detectives are investigating Monday’s shooting.

June 4 - 10, 2011

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‘We will cinch

the deal’

Team TCI prepares for eleventh hour constitution talks By Gemma Handy MEMBERS of the TCI delegation heading to London this month are gearing up for eleventh hour talks with Britain over constitutional overhaul. For some, it will be a last ditch attempt to persuade the UK to alter its stance on some of the draft document’s most contentious prescripts. The seven-strong team – revealed in its entirety on Wednesday – will meet with Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham on June 15 and 16. Belongership bestowal, voting eligibility and the meaty powers assigned to the Governor continue to attract the bulk of the controversy. The Weekly News caught up with group members ahead of the momentous role they will play in helping redefine the country’s supreme laws. The team comprises PNP leader Clayton Greene, PDM leader Douglas Parnell, consultative forum chair Lillian Misick, advisory council member Doreen QuelchMissick, pastor Bradley Handfield, leader of the All Party Constitution Commission Wendal Swann, and Youth Ambassador Trevon Farrington. The cost of the trip is being paid for by the TCI Government. Mr Parnell is calling on all members of the delegation to come together at public round tables next week to establish common ground. “We believe that this is a pivotal and important moment in our history and it is incumbent upon all of us, as a people, that the views of those heading to London are the views that reflect the voice of the people and what is in the best interest of the Turks and Caicos Islands,” he said. He continued that it was vital to “thrash out commonalities”, outline members’ individual viewpoints and allow the public to voice any concerns they may have.

Mr Parnell said other areas of angst in the draft constitution included sparse provisions to hold the Governor to account, along with measures to oversee public finances. “Top of the list also is integrity in public office. We want to make sure the new constitution gives the Government of the day the opportunity to govern – and the Opposition and the people of the country the opportunity to check the Government.” Mr Parnell added that the PDM would be taking an additional party delegation to London too. Pastor Handfield said he supported most of the provisions in the draft constitution. “There are just a few I think we need to reconsider. Giving the Governor so much power is the main one I have issue with.” If the draft document is rubberstamped, the Governor would retain the right to veto new legislation and override Cabinet decisions. A new provision would also entitle him to enact a Bill against the wishes of elected Parliamentarians, as long as he has backing from the Secretary of State. In addition, he would have the final say in appointing most of the members of the Public Service Commission and other officials. The pastor said he believed the forthcoming discussions would “cinch the deal” on the definitive document. “I think the British have been listening all along, it’s just that we have not been articulating ourselves in a manner, up until recently, for anybody to listen to us.” He said last month’s public powwow at the Community Fellowship Centre was the first time such a large meeting had been allowed to continue peacefully and without interruption. “The team that came here listened and people were saying the things they thought. “I think the meeting in London will cinch the deal on what will

Doreen Quelch-Missick said her inclusion in the team was a “positive step” for women.

PDM leader Douglas Parnell said the delegation should come together to “thrash out commonalities”.

PNP leader Clayton Greene said indigenous Islanders overwhelmingly rejected the draft constitution.

Wendal Swann previously slammed the Kate Sullivan-led consultation process.

Consultative forum chairwoman Lillian Misick.

Pastor Bradley Handfield is opposed to provisions outlining the Governor’s powers.

happen with our constitution. “I think we will get the constitution that God wants us to have for the salvation and redemption of our country.” Pastor Handfield added that he felt the delegation’s make-up had been chosen wisely. Mrs Quelch-Missick, who is also Human Rights Commissioner, said it was a “privilege” to be part of the team. “We are at a crucial stage in our country’s history and I fully support that, as a people, we must be engaged in any and all talks on the restructuring of our constitution. “I am confident that the team, during the negotiations, will seek a common ground for the

betterment of our people, taking into account the views of all people, not just the voices of some.” She added: “As a woman, I see this as a positive step in the right direction towards the advancement of women in our country; our women should feel a sense of pride. Finally our women are being given an opportunity to represent our country at the highest level of decisionmaking.” Mr Greene previously welcomed the chance to talk face-to-face with Mr Bellingham. “I think any time politicians get to sit down with politicians in London it’s a good thing.” The PNP leader said it was an opportunity to represent the views of

ordinary Islanders. “The country must come together on certain basic points and reinforce the positions of the people.” Youth Ambassador Mr Farrington said he believed some amendments needed to be made to the draft constitution but declined to comment further. Lillian Misick and Mr Swann could not be reached for comment. Last summer, Mr Swann told the UN’s Committee on Decolonisation that indigenous Islanders were being sidelined in Britain’s reform process. He declared it to be akin to recolonisation and dubbed the London-led consultations, headed by Kate Sullivan, a “sham”.

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 4 - 10, 2011

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

How did Wetherell rate? LONDON has now chosen a successor to Governor Gordon Wetherell, with the name due to be released shortly. We are interested in your thoughts on how Governor Wetherell has performed in the role over the last three years. What qualities would you like to see the new Governor have – and what advice do you have for him or her?

Better PR needed

“He’s had a very tough job and I am sure we have no idea just how much he has had to endure. “Having said that, he needed a coach in providing regular, concise, informative statements rather than a lot of uumms and ooos, filling valuable air time. “Also someone who insists on a good PR righthand person would improve the Governor’s and Government’s profile. “I am sure they have accomplished much but we don’t hear much about it; positive progress reports would uplift the people and rally more support for what they are doing for the good of the country and its people.”

Sense of humour

“I think that, under the initial circumstances – hurricanes and Commission of Inquiry – Governor Wetherell did very well. “But as time wore on, his seeming inability to be more forthcoming about what was taking place, as it was taking place, was very frustrating. “I do not think that communications in stressful situations is his best card. I also do not think he was tough enough. “I believe that any thinking person understood, from the start of this whole mess created largely by Mike and Gang, that it could not possibly be cleaned up in one year or two or three. “In fact, our country has been in the grips of venal, self-serving politicians since the PDM’s eight year reign began. “Couple that with Mike’s six year long gala party and you have what we now have. Too many resorts, too many illegal immigrants, too many people who have lived off the fat of corruption for too long and way too much debt. “It will take years to clean up, and one tough Gov to keep us all on the right track. I don’t know if the man/woman exists who has the will and experience and common sense to do that. We shall see. “And I wish the new Governor good luck, patience and a fabulous sense of humour to see him/her and us through the process. “What I want to see, as soon as humanly possible, is the indictment of the gang and the recovery of land and money that they have stolen from their brethren. “And I think that if, when it is all over,

the British formally apologise for ignoring our pleas for help and abandoning us to the elected governments of the 14 years prior to the Commission, it would go some way to alleviating the resentment some may feel towards the British.”

British robot

“Does it really matter who they send? It will just be another FCO robot who takes his orders from London. “Another civil servant, whose main objective is to retire with a pension!”

Better transparency

“It is my hope that the new Governor is more forthcoming with progress reports and is more transparent than Wetherell. “Additionally, I hope that the new Governor (not Mark Capes) is in control of our affairs, but above all I hope that the new Governor is receptive to the desires of the people of the Turks and Caicos and does not behave as if we are all Michael Misick.”

Sterling job

“I believe that Governor Wetherell has done a magnificent job in calming the ship of state which was wrecked by silly little greedy TCI so-called political leaders and their grubbyhanded investor friends. “This Governor came in at a time when it was sorely needed to remove the last Government, if you could call them that, and release the people of these Islands from the grip of their investor friends and restore investor confidence. “If anything is true, it was clear that Governors do not run countries, Ministers do. It is not a Governor’s function to overrule Ministers and tell them what to do, which seems to be the prevailing myth, spread by the former Government. “That if the Governor didn’t stop elected men from stealing the country blind and handing control of the country to investors then the wrong that resulted was somehow the Governor’s fault. “That’s a lie, Governors cannot overrule Ministers and if they ever did, then the Ministers should demonstrate. “What’s the Middle ground; TCI must stop electing immature jokers and start electing sensible people.

“So it will not matter what the new Governor is and what constitution the Islands will get. Once the people of these Islands elected serious men and women who can make sensible policy the Governor’s role is reduced, as it should be. “Wetherell ended Ashcroft’s control of the economy, I hope. He ended the policy of thousands of work permits, PRCs and Belongerships that our own elected people insisted on selling. “He took Labour policy from the investors and handed it back to the Labour Commissioner and the Immigration Board. Thank God! “Well he could not overturn the National Health Insurance Plan but I am hoping the new Governor would. “He could not agree to an investigation into the millions of NIS funds lost at TCI Bank. “I am also concerned about the $10m lost by national insurance and how certain people got unsecured loans from TCI and there is no investigation. “I am hoping the new Governor would look into that and into why the bank collapsed or why it was so conveniently closed. Need to see if it was a cover-up. “He needed to look into the 2,500 acres of Middle Caicos land mortgaged for $7.5m when it was worth $450m but I am sure the Ministers in London tied his hands. “I remain 100 per cent in favour of the need for the Governor to take over. “I am sure that the taxes he imposed was to pay for the waste and theft of the former ‘Government’. “It would have been better had he confiscated the country’s monies from former Ministers, reduced taxes and returned the Islands to normalcy.”

Speed it up

“Well, uhm Governor Wetherell has most, uhm has most of all performed very, performed very slowly, very slowly indeed and it would indeed, it would indeed uhm certainly be, uhm be very helpful to have, uhm to have a replacement, uhm a replacement Governor, who uhm, who does not have, who does not have to, uhm, does not have to say uhm every uhm other uhm word and, say everything uhm, say everything twice and in fact uhm, in fact sometimes say, sometimes say things three times. “I am confident then, that, uhm I am confident then that his, that his uhm successor could, his successor could potentially achieve, could potentially achieve two or uhm, two or possibly as much as three, uhm as much as three times as much in uhm, in uhm half the, half the time…..”

Career civil servant

“Governor Wetherell is, in my opinion, a good man. His principal downfall was that he was given very bad advice from someone he trusted in Grand Turk whether it be UK advisers or TCI career civil servants. “All one has to do is to look at the list of appointments that he made during his tenure. One has to question whether he was smoking a pipe or something. “His biggest downfall was inaction and the slow pace with which he implemented the radical changes that were required to rescue the TCI from the effect of years of maladministration by the previous

Government. “In my opinion he squandered all the political capital that the UK had prior to the suspension of the constitution and so he is leaving the TCI in a worse condition than he found it. “The new Governor should be someone who is a retired politician not a career civil servant. “He should listen to the people and he may want to publish the names of persons being considered for any appointment prior to doing so thereby giving the public an opportunity to weigh in on the selections. “It would be a good idea for the residents of the TCI to be told the criteria for the selections of a Governor who will be lord over us.”

Thankless job

“My impression is that the Governor has done his best in a very difficult and thankless job. He took over a financial mess soon compounded by two hurricanes and a global recession. “He also had to contend with a government structure infected with many civil servants who profited from the corrupt practices of the former government leaders and did not welcome the new order. “The FCO did not provide the resources he needed at the beginning, either in terms of manpower or funding. The associated delay in getting the SIPT up and running was very counterproductive, causing the public memory of the shocking disclosures made during the Inquiry to fade. “And, after a very brief honeymoon period, the local politicians and former leaders began campaigning against almost every initiative that he undertook, riding the tide of public discontent over the poor economy and an unprecedented crimewave to portray him and the interim administration as the source of all that was wrong with the country. “It is true enough that he could have communicated more effectively and sensitively. That is his biggest failing. “The public perception, aided by politicians and rabble rousers shouting about colonialism every time a difficult decision was made, became one of an impersonal, aloof and dictatorial administration. “On the other hand, one can hardly blame him for not wanting to be a ‘man of the people’ after the constitution burning and airport incident. “The new Governor cannot expect a warm welcome or any ‘honeymoon’ period at all given current public sentiment. “He, or she, should definitely be more communicative and consultative, but tough decisions will still have to be made. One can only hope that some of the local leaders will have the courage to support the ones that are essential to close the budget gap and get the country back on its financial feet, even though continued 

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PDM tells UK ‘pay up’ By Gemma Handy

“Britain should be made to pay” – PDM leader Douglas Parnell.

PDM chiefs have renewed calls for London to stump up cash to help lift the TCI out of the financial doldrums. Party leader Douglas Parnell is urging Britain to hand the country a similar sized grant to the one it is making available to sister territory, St Helena. The South Atlantic island – which has a population of less than 5,000 – is to receive $400m to build an airport. Mr Parnell told the Weekly News he thought London could be doing more to help overturn the TCI’s fiscal crisis. “We are reiterating our calls for TCIG to be given the same amount

as St Helena is getting just for an airport.” He added: “The TCI economy is very resilient when given the right attention and right funding.” The PDM leader has consistently demanded London take more responsibility for the Islands’ ongoing troubles. “TCI was not allowed to collapse with local leaders alone,” he said last week. “We have proven that the FCO failed as well.” Mr Parnell said Britain’s disregard of the pleas of former Governor Richard Tauwhare for an inquiry

into corruption made the UK equally culpable. “And they should be made to pay for it.” London’s handouts to St Helena and also to Montserrat were announced by director of overseas territories, Colin Roberts, when he visited the TCI in March. He said the grants would help reduce both territories’ reliance on the UK. “Britain has to pay millions and millions of dollars to St Helena every year. If we put the capital in now, eventually the burden on the UK

taxpayer comes down,” Mr Roberts said. He continued that Montserrat had been “on life support” for many years and the UK was stepping in to prevent “total bankruptcy”. But he warned that similar sized handouts would not be forthcoming to the TCI. He said St Helena and Montserrat were both deemed “poor” under international criteria which meant they qualified for UK overseas development aid. “Although there are plenty of people who are poor and suffering, TCI is a relatively rich community.”

continued they may be unpopular. “Hopefully some will also voice support for the prosecutions that are forthcoming and stop clamouring for elections before we can know whether we are electing people who are free from taint of the corrupt practices largely responsible for bringing us to this dark place.”

Serious disappointments

“It is very difficult to evaluate this or previous Governors because the FCO has been making all the decisions from the smallest to the largest; the same FCO that failed to oversee the previous administration. “Hopefully the new Governor will have the courage to make his own decisions and knowledge to evaluate where he can get good local advice. “With no elected representatives in place and ignoring the consultative forum members, or worse condemning them as Wetherell did when they could not provide instant approval for his latest deficit budget, causes much frustration among the population. “In these last weeks, most of our acquaintances are expressing serious disappointments in the Wetherell administration. Perhaps any change will be a improvement. “The unfortunate truth is the legacy of the last elected Government is so embedded in the civil service that Gordon Wetherell needed to clean house from the beginning. “Now we are two years after the Commission of Inquiry and the country is still suffering from that maladministration.”

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Hurricane season is upon us JUNE 1 marks the beginning of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season which is predicted to be more turbulent than usual. Experts say there will be 16 named storms and nine hurricanes

over the next six months, with five of them likely to be major. In response the TCI Government is putting a number of measures in place to protect property and lives. This week various government

departments released statements offering advice and information on surviving the hurricane season. The Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME) asked the public to take all

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Economics Column Delegation to London

‘Economics always trumps politics’ ANYBODY over 50 will know this famous saying of Karl Marx. His communist system that once ruled half the world was destroyed by its truth. President Clinton’s famous sign above his election campaign desk, “It’s the economy, stupid!” is of similar moment. Oversight from London is absolutely not negotiable. The Belongers and permanent residents of the TCI owe foreigners $257,500,000 – about $15,000 each, or perhaps $60,000 per household. That debt is guaranteed by the UK at ‘triple A’ rating. Even now it is not clear why the new British Government issued the guarantee, but they did. If they had not, this country would now be finished and not one voter in the UK would care a fig for the consequences. Foreign investors know this risk, and they also know how much their predecessors lost under the previous regime. What the delegates should press London for is clarification of the transitional arrangements from direct rule to partial self-determination. As usual Nemesis Bellingham and the FCO are dithering, and whilst they dither, our economy suffers. Any leadership here should also want the oversight from London that is the like for like trade off from London. It will remove the pressure they will come under from incumbent civil servants, the party political opposition one of them will face and foreign developers seeking tax breaks. Without the oversight it will be nearly impossible for any new governing elite to resist taking the brakes off spending, resuming concessions to foreign real estate projects and favouring Belonger businesses owned by relatives and friends. The delegates arriving in London to discuss a constitutional settlement with London had better keep this entirely and firmly in mind. Ours is probably the world’s smallest economy and, thanks to prior bungling and favours, also one of the most vulnerable. Firstly, there are expectations to be managed. The TCI was poor in the recent past. But poverty will be different now. The population is more than twice what it was as little as 20 years ago, and it has tasted prosperity. That taste of the good life has raised

expectations far beyond those of an impoverished fishing community on the edge of the Bahamas Bank. Secondly, more dangerous by far, TCI is now a guest worker society. The guest workers are suffering as well, and they are voiceless, and will remain so for many years to come. A glance around the world, especially towards the Gulf, shows that guest worker societies are remarkably unstable. Guest workers have no stake in the future of their host. It is too late to change that. The floodgate was opened to satiate extraordinary greed. The original colonists from Bermuda and the Bahamas, known as Belongers, are now far outnumbered, and absorbing many of the newcomers into the culture and values of the English speaking Caribbean will be a lengthy project. Thirdly, on top of heightened expectations and the instability of a guest worker society, we have the in-built volatility, and consequent instability of a micro economy. An insect tossed on the back of the elephant of the US economy. I do not support the proposed constitution. I think the prolonged and absolute suspension of democracy here has been a dreadful error, and the proposed changes are equally damaging. But it must serve for now, and it is far less significant than the, as yet unstated, arrangements for the transitional period from outright direct rule to any new dispensation. Further into the future, amendments will be required to bring more devolved self-determination to all the overseas territories including the TCI. This economy, which should have a golden future, is now crippled by huge government and private debt, over-regulation, and a shrinking and aging population. The investment boom has left behind assets that return most of their added value to North America. I have said before that we may be compared to a gold rush town, except that what we have left behind, 3,000 condotel rooms, are certainly better than a hole in the ground and an empty bar. When they get to London the delegation needs to keep in mind that their business should be to save our economy, not to protect the power base of the political class.

possible precautions. A statement read: “We would like to remind the public that regardless of any predictions, it only takes one major storm to significantly impact the lives of the people who reside in these Turks and Caicos Islands. “We would like to also remind residents of the very near misses of the 2010 hurricane season where Hurricane Earl - a category four hurricane - passed to the east of Grand Turk and Hurricane Tomas, a category one, passed directly over East Caicos. “In these cases we are talking about a matter of miles between the inclement weather experienced and tropical storm to hurricane force winds.” The statement went on to request that all resident begin preparations for the hurricane season “in earnest”. They include ensuring that minor repairs to homes and businesses are completed and that insurance policies are current and include flood damage. Persons with vehicles are also asked to check their insurance policy to confirm whether it covers hurricanes and floods or whether there is an additional charge. It is also desirable to commence plans for purchasing or repairing hurricane shutters. “The key is taking personal responsibility for your safety. This in turn will produce a more prepared TCI,” the statement read. A release from the Ministry of Home Affairs added: “If you have not yet begun your preparations, the time to commence is now. “We live in a region that is prone to tropical storms and hurricanes and therefore, despite the economic hardships that we all face, we still have to prepare in an effort to minimise our losses. We cannot afford not to prepare. “The price for not preparing is too high, as our very lives depend on our level of preparedness.” The DDME has created a new series of preparedness leaflets in

three languages - English, Creole and Spanish. They are available from local disaster offices or district commissioner offices. “Remember, government cannot help everyone or do everything, so let us be our brother’s keeper during this hurricane season. “We need your assistance and we are appealing to you to take action and get prepared now. The life you save may be your very own.” The Ministry of Housing, Works and Utilities is currently working in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and District Administration to ensure that all government buildings are protected this hurricane season. In a press release a spokesperson for the ministry said: “We are working to ensure that government buildings are fully protected with hurricane shutters and that generators are ready and fully functional; that all storm drains are clear of all debris, and all pumps, including our portable pumps, are in a state of readiness to assist with flooding and heavy rains. “We are also working to ensure that all staff members are fully equipped with the necessary tools to perform their functions before and after a storm.” The Ministry of Health has heightened its state of readiness and revised the Health Sector Disaster Management Plan. Changes have been made in hospital, special needs, and mental health services as well as updates in plans for all island clinics and environmental health. Systems have also been put in place to evaluate the TCI’s level of risk and vulnerability, available resources including human, financial, material and equipment, and other factors relating to preparation and response to hurricane threats. The revised plan was formally distributed to various health sector agencies on May 5.

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WITH Samantha Dash-RIGBY

Drive-by shooting trio guilty of attempted murder JAMAICANS Harry McKenzie Jnr and Damoy Brown burst into uncontrollable tears in court on Thursday after they were convicted for the attempted murder of a young man. McKenzie and Brown faced a 10day trial along with Lavar Walkin after they carried out an executionstyle murder attempt on Haywood McIntosh on January 17, 2010. The case was heard in the Providenciales Supreme Court before Justice Richard Williams and a six-member jury panel, which consisted of three women and three men. Brown was defended by George Missick, Walkin was represented by Ashwood Forbes and Alvin Garland defended McKenzie. At the close of the prosecution’s case last week, Brown decided to take the witness stand and tell his side of the story. He recounted the victim’s evidence that they had known each other for years and that he (Brown) used to spend his lunch hours hanging out in Kingston, The Bight. Brown insisted that the first time he saw McIntosh was just after the shooting and that he never went into Kingston. He told the court that on the day of the shooting he was at home with his girlfriend. The young woman appeared and testified that she did spend the evening with Brown whom she saw

occasionally. They went out to Horse Eyed Jack’s for drinks and later returned home. Walkin did not testify but called several witnesses who corroborated his story. During his interview with Sgt Andy Harry just after the shooting, Walkin said that he was working at Nell’s Gift Shop on Leeward Highway on that day. He closed the shop at 10pm and got into his jeep with the security guard and three friends who were waiting for him. On his way to take the guard home in Blue Hills he saw lots of cars and people crowded in the Mrytle Rigby Health Complex yard. Curiosity got the best of him and on the way back, he stopped and asked what happened. He received no positive reply so he dropped his friends off in Five Cays and then drove straight to Casablanca. He told the police officer that he did not know Brown but that he knew McKenzie from High School. Walkin said that after Mckenzie started hanging with the wrong crowd namely “Chabo Capron”, he turned McKenzie’s friendship down. Delano Forbes vouched for McKenzie testifying that the accused was at his house in Five Cays from 3.30pm to 10pm “shooting dice” on the day of the incident. He did admit however, that he did

POLICE REMINDERS WITH CALVIN CHASE DETECTIVE POLICE SERGEANT POLICE in Providenciales have been receiving complaints from motorists and citizens about the speeding of taxis who are ferrying tourists to and from the airport. Taxis are often seen dangerously cutting in and out of traffic with no care or concern for other motorists let alone pedestrians. These are great concerns to the police force and they are reminding taxi drivers of their primary concern, which is the safety of their passengers and other road users. They are asked to please stay within the required speed limit of the area they are in.

Lavar Walkin and Damoy Brown hid their faces from the camera.

Harry McKenzie broke down into tears.

not see when McKenzie left. The jury did not believe the different stories they heard and after almost four hours of deliberations, returned a unanimous guilty verdict for all three defendants. Justice Williams expressed his strong disapproval of the drive-by

Brown, Walkin and McKenzie were remanded to prison until then. During and after the jury’s deliberations, security measures were beefed up at the court and persons were body searched and scanned as a court officer searched their bags.

shooting in the residential area of Kew Town and informed the three convicts that they no longer have a right to bail. The judge then suspended sentencing until July 22 at which time he will hear mitigations from the respective attorneys.

Two bag snatchers charged TWO similar but separate incidents of alleged bag snatching ended badly for two men who were caught redhanded by off-duty police officers. The first incident took place along the tourist hotspot Grace Bay Road on Friday, May 27. It was said that around 8.25pm an off duty police officer was in the company of his wife and witnessed the crime. The officer instinctively responded by running behind the suspect and eventually apprehending him behind Danny Buoy’s restaurant and bar. The Weekly News can reveal that the man is of Haitian descent and will face the magistrate in the Providenciales Magistrates’ Court to answer the charges of theft and unlawful entry on Friday, June 3. Police press officer Sgt Calvin Chase remained tight-lipped as to the name of the defendant and the exemplary police officer. The tourist who was able to get back her handbag with all its contents applauded the policeman’s act. Similarly, another man allegedly attempted to snatch a woman’s handbag

in plain sight of two off duty police detectives in the Downtown area. His name also was not released, but police confirmed that he has been charged. It is alleged that on Wednesday, May 31, at approximately 9pm in Kew Town, the accused attempted to mug the woman but she screamed for help. The detectives, who witnessed the

crime, ran to her assistance. One of them stayed with the woman while the other gave chase and subsequently apprehended the man in the vicinity of ACE Plumbing in Kew Town. He was charged with attempted theft. The victim commended the police for coming to her assistance and being able to apprehend the culprit.

Grand Turk man charged with aggravated burglary JOED Raphel was charged with aggravated burglary and will be taken before the Grand Turk Magistrates’ Court to answer to the allegation against him. This is in connection with an early morning aggravated burglary in the nation’s capital which saw police ranks immersed in investigations to bring the culprit to justice. Police spokesman Sgt Calvin

Chase revealed that a male suspect was taken into police custody to assist them in their inquiries. Raphel was later charged with the crime. The offence was said to have been committed on Saturday, May 28, at about 4.30am in Breezy Brea, Grand Turk, and resulted in a male being hospitalised with injuries.

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Thank you for the arts Dear Editor, TCFAF wishes to thank the UNLV Department of Dance, Dean Jeffrey Koep, the spectacular Peter Jakubowski, the highly evolved Louis Kavouras, and the talented and lovely UNLV student artists – Amanda, Ashley, Candi, Hillary, Jesus, Kaili, and RJ for supporting the Dancescapes programme here in Turks and Caicos, and touching our lives with dance!

TCFAF would also like to thank Bob Hayward and Security Management Services, Betty Maclaine and her front of house volunteers, the TCFAF backstage and technical crew, Power 92.5 and 102.5 Kiss FM, PTV, the Free Press, the Weekly News, E-News, and Brayton Hall. The support for TCFAF endeavours is overwhelming! Barbara Pankhurst

Start a labour union Dear Editor, My people don’t you think it would be wise to join a labour union? Well let me help you. In Great Britain, the Bahamas, Canada, USA, Jamaica etc. a labour union is a working body of people who have a controlling body such as a president, vice president, secretary, and labour directors such as one or two members who work out in the field. Now what a labour union’s main job is, is to protect a legal workers on their job and to make sure that they are paid according to their qualification. A labour union also helps to stabilise the work permit holders so they know who is legal from illegal in the labour field. Also the labour union is a great help to the labour department because the union will have men and women on a daily routine on job sites. Okay let’s say that you are a fisherman and conch is a dollar per pound and gas is $5.50 a gallon. Also your life is in danger, your boat can sink, you can go adrift, sharks can attack you – things like that. A labour union looks at the quality of your job will make sure that you get paid according to the job. A labour union member can also borrow money from the union to upgrade their business, it also has sick benefit, it also helps the employer and employees to have respect for each other. If your boss sexually harasses you on the job and you don’t like it or don’t agree to participate and you are fired, the union will protect you.

A labour union protects its people from being victims of companies who underpay us with low wages. A labour union makes sure that if a native qualifies for a general manager’s job they will get that job. What PNP and PDM won’t do, a union will have to do it. The labour department doesn’t have to fight for your job, but a labour union will have to fight for your job. That’s what you pay your dues for. Right now if 100 people joined a labour union who don’t have jobs, you will see how quick they will be on a job. That’s why our parties such as PDM, PNP don’t want unions because it can do what the parties don’t want to do. And if you touch one you touch all because they are protected. The workers can’t borrow money from NHIP nor NIB but you can borrow from your union. If we had a labour union right now the governor and his deputy wouldn’t be able to fire a single person from the civil servant’s departments and that’s what has been killing this country for years. We have almost everything in this country except a strong labour union and I say now is the right time to do it before elections take place, so we can grow with our country. I bet if we join a labour union right now you will say what took me or us so long to see this. I tell you it is great and a great protection for you and the country. Family man Daniel Brisco

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Consultative forum sets up committee to stimulate growth

Gov’t should get payback

I do not agree that you should just give land to prospective farmers. First the prospective farmers must present a business plan detailing what capital and assets they have. Once this has been evaluated, the Government can then evaluate the plans presented, ranking them 1, 2, 3, etc and then giving Crown land to them with stipulations that it is only to be used for farming. A financial statement must be presented to the Government once a year and after the farmers have recovered their initial investment then the Government should get between 10 and 20 per cent of the profits. Richard C Brown

Helicopter tour provides breathtaking views of the TCI

Go fly

As his aforementioned instructor, I can vouch for Ben’s total dedication and exceptional ability as a pilot. Go fly with him today! Boz Robinson

Ona Glinton: An icon, a mentor and a gentle soul

Much loved lady

Mrs Glinton is one of those people that we in Jamaica call ‘good old time people’. My condolences to the family and the people of TCI; she seemed to be well loved by all. Minister Romaine Miller Jamaica

Elections on track for 2012

Welcome progress

This update should be welcomed by the TCIs and the PNP should be

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What our online readers say... proud of the progress that the UK Government has made. As I see it, the TCI has a bright future as long as Misick, who got the TCI in the problem in the first place, shuts up and stays away from office. This is certainly not colonialism: it’s an effective and efficient partnership. Since the seizure of government on 14 August 2009, the UK has taken great steps to reduce the TCI debt. They also want to see more debt reduction and a surplus. The wasteful and truly gluttonous and corrupt ways of Misick and his wacky Crown land distribution game have been abated and there are definite election dates announced. The Wise Man

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The build up and the let down I ALWAYS am amused when I hear some in the media talk about the boom times during the last internal government. We failed to see it. Yes in 2008 Crown land sales reached an all time high approaching $60m in one year. With the flips and up to 75 per cent discounts given to PNP go betweens it might have been in reality $150m. The related stamp duty would have been millions more as well. That would have handled in one year a good portion of the $350m debt left when the inquiry confirmed what most Islanders already knew. Everything fouled up. Then there was the construction boom. This consisted of the leftover developments from the PDM years and the doomed developments from the ‘pay me first’ administration. Those empty monuments are seen everywhere. The construction boom, including the drastically overpriced hospitals, was built by imported Chinese labour under the Minister of Immigration Williams. Williams said TCI workers were lazy.

By David Tapfer Had Belongers been used and Belongers put into the hospitality industry, which has rebounded now that millions are not being misspent on LisaRaye billboards, those now laid off from the civil service would have better private sector jobs and the economy would be better off for it. Keeping score on the interim administration has been a hassle. Governor Wetherell says one thing and does something else in Misick-esque fashion. Both Mike and HE have one thing in common - deficit spending. It has taken HE three years to find out the civil service payrolls and NHIP are unaffordable. Floyd Hall knew this when he was preaching property and income taxes were needed. It has long been obvious we

not only needed to correct the maladministration but also get an injection of cash. If you run a deficit you must pay for it. Inward investment cannot come when you are going farther behind every day and you do not have enough faith in your own administration to finance it, just keep borrowing and going further behind. It is well known that in all countries civil servants are a bureaucratic lot. Decisions are slow in coming or avoided altogether. In the last 25 years this problem has gotten worse as salaries of public servants worldwide escalated beyond affordability. TCI is not immune to this problem. We must remember. Our Governors, our CEO and all those advisers are British civil servants so expectations must be low. Gordon Wetherell is an upgrade from Richard Tauwhare. Some said any change was bound to be an improvement but both report to the FCO. When Britain took over expectations were high. The let down is now two years old and getting older by the minute.

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Reverend Been becomes rector GRAND Turk’s Reverend Bernard B Been was instituted as the Rector of the Church of St Monica, Providenciales, and Priest in charge of St George, South Caicos, on Thursday. The institution service took place at 7.30pm on The Feast of The Ascension, at the Church of St Monica. The ceremony and sermon were led by the Right Reverend Laish Zane Boyd Sr, Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the TCI. Scores of Anglicans from New Providence travelled with the Bishop to Providenciales for the special service. Also in attendance were the Venerable Archdeacon Keith Cartwright, Archdeacon of the Southern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Venerable Archdeacon I Ranfurly Brown, Archdeacon of the West/Central Archdeaconry and Rector of St Agnes Anglican Church, New Providence, and members of St Agnes Church. Father Bernard Been was born on January 23, 1974, on Grand Turk to the late Cynthia Been and Canon Lamuel Been. Young Bernard always possessed a great love for his church and God, and this was demonstrated in the many activities in which he was involved. At the age of 10 he joined the altar servers at the Parish of St Thomas, Grand Turk, which was the genesis of a life committed to God. He “always had an inclination” that he would become a priest, however it was the combined influences of his father the Reverend Father Charles Davidson, the Reverend Father David Webber, and the late Right Reverend Michael Hartley Eldon who influenced his decision. Equipped with the practical experience that he gained in Grand Turk, and in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, Bernard Been entered the

College of The Bahamas, Nassau campus, in September, 1999, to begin the first phase of his formal training. In 2001 he enrolled in Codrington College, Barbados, to continue his studies and to test his vocation. Three years later he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology with honours, with a diploma in pastoral studies. On June 29, 2004, Father Been was ordained Deacon at St Thomas, Grand Turk, and the same church in which he first served as an Acolyte. Father Been was then assigned to the Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King, Grand Bahama, to serve his Diaconate under the tutelage of then Canon Harry Bain (now The Venerable Archdeacon Harry Bain). On June 29, 2005, Father Been was ordained priest, and continued to serve at Christ the King, Freeport.

Reverend Bernard B Been always possessed a great love for his church and God

Additionally, while at St Agnes he also completed a diploma in secondary education from the College of The Bahamas. This qualified him as a trained teacher. Finally in November 2010, Father

Been was assigned to the Church of St Monica, Providenciales, with responsibility for St George, South Caicos. Father Been is happily married to Jo-Ann (née) Clarke of Barbados.

Pageant mum loses crown THE winner of this year’s South Caicos Regatta pageant lost her crown within hours of winning it, after organisers found out she was a mum. Phara Jean, 20, was devastated with the request to step down saying she could still be a “positive role model”. “To me, I deserve to be Miss Regatta, I was really good and the judges chose me. It felt great to be crowned, it was my fourth pageant and was my dream come true,” she told the Weekly News. “All I could think was how I would tell my baby when he grew up that he’d brought me good luck – I’d been fighting to be a pageant queen for a long time before I had him.” Haitian-born Phara has lived in Provo for last 18 years where she studied at Clement Howell High School and TCI Community College. Last year she fell pregnant and

Chamber of Commerce talks insurance PROFESSIONALS interested in learning more about the insurance industry are invited to attend a public meeting on Monday. The Providenciales Chamber of Commerce is gathering at the Sands

He excelled as an outstanding youth leader, maintaining the existing youth ministries, and introducing new ministries, including the CTK Kings Basketball Team for young boys, and the youth choir. He also excelled at the archdeaconry level, introducing the ‘Shalom’, a youth event for the northern archdeaconry. In 2007, Father Been was assigned to St Agnes Church, Grants Town, in New Providence. Here he continued to grow, first under the Pro Tem Rector, the Right Reverend, Bishop Gilbert Arthur Thompson, and then the Venerable Archdeacon I Ranfurly Brown. The parish of St Agnes contributed to his further grounding in the traditions of the Anglican Church to the extent that he developed the first St Agnes confirmation booklet.

on Grace Bay where Tony Lancaster, president of the Insurance Association, will be guest speaker. The event begins at 7.30pm. For more details call 232-6418 or email provochamber@gmail. com

seven months ago gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who she named Greguy. Phara has always enjoyed pageants and entered three in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the past. She applied for Miss Regatta 2011 after organisers called her and asked her if she was interested. Phara told the Weekly News that the contract she signed did not mention the competition was not open to girls with children. So after gaining sponsorship from Saunders and Co law firm she entered the competition. She was selected as the winner and was given a crown and a host of prizes but when she got back to the house later that night one of the committee members came by and asked her if she had a child. After initially saying no because of fear of the consequences, Phara later told the truth. She was asked to hand back the crown and prizes, which included a trip to Parrot Cay, a camera, jewellery basket, a purse and cash. “I don’t think it’s right; a lot of young girls have children. I don’t see why it’s a problem,” she said. “I think I could still be a positive role model.” Phara went on to say that committee members never asked her about herself and when she went to pay them her sponsorship money she even took the baby with her. South Caicos District Commissioner Emily Lurlene

Malcolm said: “Miss Phara Jean, who was formerly crowned as the 2011 Miss Regatta was asked to surrender her title due to circumstances

unknown to the committee. “We humbly apologise to the general public for this unfortunate situation.”

Phara Jean, 20, was devastated with the request to step down

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Bright and beautiful young ladies battled it out for the crown of Little Miss Regatta

South Caicos Regatta powers on

The position of Miss Regatta is highly sought after (pictured Miss Regatta 2010-2011)

THE ‘true spirit’ of the South Caicos Regatta remained strong this weekend – despite a number of setbacks to the annual event. Bad weather, unreliable transport and personal disputes almost put a stop to the celebration, but the community pushed on and made it one to remember. There were pageants and boat races along with dance and music, and all attendees enjoyed the day. South Caicos District Commissioner Emily Lurlene Malcolm said: “Regatta 2011 has passed and can be recorded as one of the most challenging celebrations in our history: inclement weather, poor air transportation, selfish initiatives by some members of the community to jeopardise the weekend celebration, to name a few. “Despite these obstacles the committee persevered and we are grateful for the support garnered from the civic minded individuals who remain patrons to community

activities. “To those persons who came from near and far we want you to know that we appreciate and acknowledge your support by presence, gifts or sponsorship.” The opening ceremony was the first of its kind and the stage for the day’s activities. It included greetings from Norman Saunders and Alden Durham, a pantomime by students from Iris Stubbs Primary School and a sail past in the harbour by one of the visiting yachts. Emily Malcolm brought the welcome, the Reverend Clifford Lewis offered a prayer and Bill Clare chaired the event. The crowd expressed its usual excitement as five speed boats vied for first place in the 85horsepower boat race. Andrew Parker retained his first position with Daniel Forbes in second and Ron Hall in third. The emerging of both Little Miss Regatta and Miss Regatta was a first

time event and was well received by the audience. Straudia Forbes who represented Caicos Oil was crowned Miss Regatta, and Kayanna Gibson became Little Miss Regatta 2011. The community of South Caicos enjoyed the rhythm of We Funk Junkanoo band and many joined the parade as they danced through the streets and ended at regatta village. Ms Malcolm added: “Generally the comments received about this year’s effort are encouraging and many have expressed the sentiment that it reminded them of regatta many years ago. “The true spirit of regatta was strongly eminent. “Thanks to the few hardworking and dedicated members who have served this past year. “Your efforts were appreciated and have not gone unnoticed. “The invitation is also extended to all who are willing to join us as we continue and plan for regatta 2011.”

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Bands battle wishes for top prizes Welcome home ISLANDCOM is bringing their first year to a close by spotlighting local musical talent and raising funds for two deserving causes. This June seven acts are set to take the stage in Turtle Cove Marina where the telecoms company is hosting a battle of the bands. And all money raised from the free event will go directly to Provo Children’s Home and Ona Glinton Primary School. Turtle Cove will be open to fans from 4pm on Saturday, June 25, with the first band taking to the stage at 5pm. The event is set to offer more than just musical entertainment, attendees can also treat their taste buds to a great mix of food. Delights include Mexican treats from newly re-opened Hey Jose, grilled delights from Caicos Catering, and local dishes from Hole in the Wall and Karen Higgs. Bars will also be set up serving an assortment of soft drinks, beer, wine and liquor.

Music will continue throughout the evening with DJ Liquafox and DJ Phantom keeping attendees entertained between sets. Glow glasses, necklaces and bracelets will be available as well as official ‘Islandcom Battle of the Bands’ t-shirts. Bands will battle it out until 9pm when the coveted title of TCI’s favourite band will be announced. On top of bragging rights, the winning band will take home $3,000 and an iPhone with six months of free service for each member of the band. The second place band will receive $1,000 and take home a Nokia Touch and Type with three months of free service each. Winners will be chosen by the fans and a selected panel of judges. The event will culminate with an encore from the winning band followed by a 10pm performance by We Funk Junkanoo and a special surprise to light up the skies. The seven lucky bands set to take the stage are Hoozya Daddy, Lee

Forbes and the Force, Just Spliff, Bowen Arrow, Keno and Kazz, Kew Band Link and Rasta Generation. An Islandcom spokesperson said: “Islandcom is pleased to showcase these gifted local acts and with them put on a great show for all. “Islandcom strives to actively participate in local events in order to support the community, sustain local culture and showcase local talents, especially when benefiting local charities and causes.” A limited number of tables will be available in a VIP area near the stage. Complimentary champagne and a fully stocked bar generously provided by The Wine Cellar will be available to VIP guests who purchase a table. Proceeds from the event will profit the two benefiting charities and businesses are also welcome to make donations to these great causes. If you are interested in purchasing a table or making a donation please contact Islandcom’s marketing team at marketing@islandcom.tc

Jameiko!

THE McIntosh family, the Harvey family, lovely fiancé Shenika Handfield and the Ingham family with great pride and joy would all like to welcome back Dr Jameiko J Harvey, DDS from his long school journey. Dr Harvey was born in South Caicos to Royalton Harvey and Youthlyn Forbes. He spent his entire childhood and most of his adult life in the green island of North Caicos where he was brought up by his grandparents Thomas and Josepha McIntosh. After the passing of his grandparents, the burden was left on the shoulders of his aunt Yvette McIntosh who struggled to raise him, his older three siblings and her own three sons. Dr Harvey attended Adelaide Oemler Primary and Raymond Gardiner High School, both of which are located in North Caicos. After graduating from high school he worked at Barclays Bank (First Caribbean) for a few months before attending the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College (TCICC) in Grand Turk where he majored in General Studies. Dr Harvey received his Associates Degree in General Studies at the TCICC and then went on to Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Fort Lauderdale Florida to pursue a Bachelors Degree. He graduated from Nova Southeastern University in 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Biology and a minor in Psychology. Dr Harvey commenced dental school at Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry in Nashville, Tennessee, in the fall of 2007 and has recently graduated (May 21, 2011) from Meharry Medical College with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) Degree. He is now back in the TCI and anxiously awaits the opportunity to fulfil his obligations of providing state of the art dental health care and eliminating oral health disparities among the country’s people.

Happy birthday Lamar!

The South Caicos team show how ready they are should a fire occur

Power staff learn how to fight fires STAFF members at American Electric Power (AEP) in South Caicos got the opportunity to participate in fire safety training recently. The training session, conducted by Dale Taylor, divisional officer of the Turks and Caicos Fire and Rescue Service, gave staff the opportunity to learn basic concepts and procedures of fire safety. They also got to practise the use of various fire safety equipment and protection methods.

After viewing a video of a fire that started in a stadium during a game, participants were made aware of the importance of having regular fire drills at their South Caicos location. Eustace Musgrove, PPC’s environmental and safety officer, explained: “PPC has occupational health and safety regulations in place which require staff to be trained to respond to any emergency including fires. “The training served as a refresher

as to how to use the fire safety equipment such as fire extinguishers and fire alarm systems.” He added: “We were able to test our current evacuation procedures to ensure that they are efficient and effective. “The training was well received by the seven staff members who participated and we encourage other corporate bodies, hotels and even schools to engage in fire safety awareness on a regular basis.”

HAPPY birthday to Lamar Jason Nathaniel Whyley. Birthdays give us the opportunities to stop and appreciate all the beautiful things we have been blessed with. Lamar, God truly blessed me when I had you. Though times might be rough I would not trade a second of your life for anything. You light up our lives and we want you to know that we appreciate you. Happy second birthday Pumpkin. Greetings from your mother Takera Francis, two brothers Shamar and Tamar, sister Jasmine, grandparents, aunts and uncles and especially your godparents. Send your special occasion to: Rebecca Bird, Weekly News, Cheshire House, Leeward Highway, PO Box 52, Providenciales or email to rebecca-bird@hotmail.com. Free of Charge!

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Dancescapes’ Sea of Stars sparkles By TCFAF BACK in 2008 Louis Kavouras, chair of the UNLV Department of Dance, created an ingenious work of art entitled ‘Ocean’ using nine visiting artists and more than a dozen TCI dancers. Again in 2009 Louis created the miraculous ‘Icarus’ using 18 visiting artists, and more than 17 local dancers. Last weekend Louis, along with Peter Jakubowski, production manager and resident designer for UNLV Dance, debuted ‘Sea of Stars’ on the Brayton Hall stage. They used six students and eight Turks and Caicos dancers, two of whom were only 10 years old. Sea of Stars is a scintillating piece of complicated choreography that mesmerised the audience. More than 300 crystals hung from the stage, with each dancer holding hand-lights to imitate astronomical constellations. It was the grand finale of a magnificently crafted show. Every year that UNLV

Dancescapes returns to Provo, dancers flock to Louis’s master classes to learn the new piece that he brings. This year, he explained that a Sea of Stars was inspired by his past visits to TCI, where he observed the clear night skies above the ocean. The show had remarkable choreography by both international guest artists and UNLV students, and saw the debut performance of the Bowen Dance Company with artistic director Shara Goldsmith Bowen. The littlest dancers from Nutcracker performed three interlude dances with artist Hillary Gibson. Louis, after seeing the ‘TCFAF Nutcracker 2010’ video, was moved to create these three dances for the 14 dance students (aged six to nine) who came to the junior classes at Stargazer each evening. TCFAF and Dancescapes travelled all over the island last week, presenting lecture/demonstrations at six schools - Ianthe Pratt, Enid Capron, Oseta Jolly, Clement Howell, The Ashcroft School, and Provo Primary - as well as afternoon

classes at the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre, and master and junior classes at Stargazer Studio, reaching over 1,000 local children with his message of dance. Louis began his lecture by asking the children, ‘What is dance?’ After demonstrating ballet, contemporary and jazz routines, he elicited a response from the children to explain why each dance form was distinctive and unique. After several diverse pieces, Louis asked them: “What did you like about the piece?” Free tickets were distributed to the government schools, and the teachers used Q&As to choose the most attentive students to receive a donated ticket. UNLV visiting artists were sponsored by the Turks and Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation (TCFAF) and the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre. They were housed at the Pankhurst’s Stargazer Villa and the Gartland’s Turtle Cove Villa. Very generous restaurants provided dinner each night for the dancers: The Saltmills Diner and

Café, Bay Bistro/Kissing Fish, Tiki Hut, Baci, Thai Orchid, Somewhere on the Beach, and Neptune/Las Brisas. Stargazer chefs provided breakfast and lunch for the week. Tickets were sold at the Unicorn Bookstore and the Saltmills Diner and Café. Newly elected TCFAF President Lynne Pettman said: “The UNLV Dancescapes team has for the third time ‘wowed’ all of us who have been a part of this fabulous collaboration. “Involved at every level we have had art lovers of all ages, from little

children in the primary schools, to teens at the youth centre and high school level and finally to the adults and families who came to see the shows. “The amazing energy that these dancers bring to us has touched so many people and left us all with smiles and even some tears. “Everyone please know that TCFAF is your friend of the arts and we are only a simple phone call, text, or post away, and just waiting to meet you and share even more wonderful TCI experiences with you.”

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Fresh mango sorbet

COOL down with this tasty and super healthy sorbet, packed with natural vitamins and nutrients. Ingredients: • 2 fresh ripe mangoes • 1 cup white sugar • 3 tbsp coconut milk • 1 tsp lemon juice • 1 cup whipping cream Method: • Slice the mangoes open and scoop out all of the fruit from the skins. Place the fruit in a food processor or blender. Add the sugar and blitz for one minute, or until the sugar has dissolved. • Add the coconut milk and lemon juice, and briefly blitz to combine (a few seconds). • Pour the mango puree into a bowl or container while you continue to use your processor/blender. Scrape down the sides and bottom with a rubber spatula to remove as much of the puree as possible. • Now pour the whipping cream into the processor/blender. Blitz until the cream forms stiff peaks, or is quite stiff (not runny) when dipped into with your finger. • Add the mango puree to the whipped cream and blitz for five to 10 seconds, or until you get a good mango-cream consistency. • Pour into a large yogurt container or similar size tub and place in the freezer. Allow to freeze at least six hours, preferably eight. • Serve the mango sorbet in bowls, or scoop into ice cream cones for the kids.

than an hour, though, you may need to replace the carbohydrates used to fuel exercise and the electrolytes lost in sweat. Drinking a sports drink or vitamin water can replenish these lost nutrients. You will keep your blood sugar stable and get hydration as well. If you are working out for less than an hour, water and a well-balanced meal 30 minutes after your workout will replace the fluid and energy that your body used while exercising. Drinking too much water can lead to water intoxication. This condition is rare, but can happen when a person drinks a huge amount of water in a short period of time (equivalent to drinking five to 10 two litre bottles within a few hours). You want to balance out your water intake throughout the day just like you do with your meals. Having this much fluid can cause the sodium

(salt) levels in the body to drop (a condition known as hyponatremia). The cells in your body begin to swell which can cause confusion, severe headaches, dizziness and nausea. Although it is important for athletes, or highly active people, to drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration, athletes who are active for long periods of time have a higher risk of water intoxication if they don’t replace the sodium that is lost from sweating. This condition can easily be avoided by eating a small snack or drinking a sports drink during long periods of physical activity. Watch out for the signs and listen to your body. A general rule of thumb is to drink about one cup of water every 15 minutes while exercising. Drink one cup 20 minutes before starting your workout and another cup within 30 minutes of stopping.

Drink water before, during and after your workout.

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Marvellous mangoes AS ALWAYS, let us continue to give thanks to Almighty God for his goodness towards us all. I want to draw your attention to a much seen fruit here in the Islands. As you drive on the streets or go to the supermarket you will notice this most sought after fruit. Speaking from my childhood experiences growing up in North Caicos in the early 80s, we had sloops which used to leave from Beltfield Landing in Kew. Men like Mr Thomas Gardiner, Mr Ossie Gardiner snr, Mr Robert Gardiner snr, just to name a few, used to trade with Haiti. They would carry the dried conch and in return they would receive payment with food items. A very special fruit that is the mango, back in the days as children

By Phillip Simmons we called it ‘bust gut’. I am sure many of my peers would remember this name. Mangoes provide an excellent source of vitamin C and E, plus carotene, B vitamins and fibre. They are also a good source of potassium, copper and magnesium. Mangoes contain a high concentration of cartenoids, antioxidant nutrients and various phytochemicals. Along with all of the valuable nutrients, mangoes are effective as an anti-cancer food.

Mangoes may help ward off cancer and heart disease.

They contain several enzymes that help to improve digestion. One of those enzymes is similar to the papain in papayas. Mangoes may also offer some protection against infections. Studies have shown that mangoes are effective in giardia, a parasitic

infection that is a common cause of diarrhoea. They are also credited with lowering cholesterol, improving concentration and memory power, and treating acne. Their high iron content makes them a great natural supplement for people with anaemia.

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BY TAMIKA HANDFIELD

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

Question 1:

I have well-meaning relatives who are always pushing food on my children. How do I or my children say no without hurting anyone’s feelings?

Guava varieties differ widely in flavour.

Glorious guava THE PLACE of origin of the guava is uncertain, but it is believed to be an area extending from southern Mexico into or through Central America. It has been spread by man, birds and other animals to all warm areas of tropical America and the West Indies. The tropical guava is best adapted to the warm climate of the Caribbean islands. Guavas actually thrive in both humid and dry climates. They can take considerable neglect, withstanding temporary water logging and very high temperatures. The adaptability of the guava makes it a serious weed tree in some tropical areas, but not for

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the Turks and Caicos Islands. The smaller guava cultivars can make an excellent container specimen. Guavas are evergreen, shallowrooted shrubs or small trees which grow to 33ft, with spreading branches. The bark is smooth, mottled green or reddish brown and peels off in thin flakes to reveal the attractive ‘bony’ aspect of its trunk. The plant branches close to the ground and often produces suckers from roots near the base of the trunk. Young twigs are quadrangular and downy. Guava leaves are opposite, shortpetioled, oval or oblong-elliptic, somewhat irregular in outline, two to six inches long and an inch or two wide. The dull-green, stiff but leathery leaves have pronounced veins, and are slightly downy on the underside. Crushed leaves are aromatic. The white flower is faintly fragrant. Guavas are primarily self-fruitful, although some strains seem to produce more fruit when crosspollinated with another variety. Guavas can bloom throughout the year, but the heaviest bloom occurs in the spring. The exact time can vary from year to year depending on weather. The chief pollinator of guavas is the honeybee. Guava fruits may be round, ovoid or pear-shaped, two to four inches long, and have four or five protruding floral remnants (sepals) at the apex. Varieties differ widely in flavour and seediness. The better varieties are soft when

ripe, creamy in texture with a rind that softens to be fully edible. The flesh may be white, pink, yellow, or red. The sweet, musky odour is pungent and penetrating. The seeds are numerous but small and, in good varieties, fully edible. Actual seed counts have ranged from 112 to 535. Guavas prefer full sun. They will tolerate many soil conditions, but produce better in rich soils high in organic matter. They also prefer a well-drained soil. The tree will take temporary waterlogging but will not tolerate salty soils. Shaping the tree and removing water shoots and suckers are usually all that is necessary for pruning. Guavas can take heavy pruning, however, and can be used as informal hedges or screens. Since the fruit is borne on new growth, pruning does not interfere with next year’s crop. Guavas are fast growers and heavy feeders, and benefit from regular applications of fertiliser. Apply fertiliser monthly, just prior to heavy pruning. Guava seed remain viable for many months. They often germinate in two to three weeks but may take as long as eight weeks. Foliage diseases, such as anthracnose, can be a problem in humid climates. They can be controlled with regular fungicide applications. Where present, rootrot nematodes will reduce plant vigour. Guava whitefly, guava moth and Caribbean fruit fly can be major problems in the Islands.

Dear reader, We live in a culture where food is often times associated with love and often used as a symbol of our affection. Unfortunately, childhood obesity has reared its ugly head and taken a firm grasp on many children, not only in our country, but around the world. Research indicates that this generation of children may be the first generation to die before their parents if changes are not made in the way we and our children eat. Therefore, it is imperative that your child(ren) be given practical tips to help them say no to unwanted food: Give your child the OK to say no to anyone who is pushing food on him/her. Remind them to always speak their minds in a firm yet respectful manner. Try role-playing with your child while at home on how to say no to other people. Suggest that the food be wrapped up and taken home for later or the next day’s lunch. If your child is old enough, he/she can change the conversation by telling a joke or asking the relative to go for a walk instead.

Question 2:

What does DASH mean? Dear reader, DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. This is an eating plan usually prescribed by a dietitian for persons with hypertension or high blood pressure. Much research has been done by organisations such as the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes which proves that following the DASH eating plan can lower blood pressure and bad cholesterol. The plan encourages more fruits, vegetables and low-fat or fat-free milk and milk products. However, it is important that you meet with your dietitian to get a plan that’s tailored to you and your lifestyle before making any changes in your eating.

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Politician grilled on sex claims in the Bahamas A YOUNG political candidate was recently grilled by police following allegations that he engaged in illicit affairs with male minors, the Journal has been reliably informed. The candidate is under investigation for allegedly having affairs with the boys who attend a local private school. The Journal has chosen not to print the name of the school in order to protect the boys. The Journal understands that the parents of the two boys are “absolutely livid.” Police asked the male candidate to come in last week to discuss the matter, according to one source. He was grilled for hours, but later released. Many people close to the boys are reportedly upset that police have

kept this issue under wraps. They now want to know why more isn’t being made of the serious claims. Calls placed to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Hulan Hanna were not returned on Monday. The Journal also attempted to reach Deputy Police Commissioner Marvin Dames, but was unsuccessful. A police officer, who is not authorised to speak on this matter, said “it is not uncommon for police to keep issues involving high profile persons quiet.” “He’s a politician, and while many might not want to admit it, they are treated differently. That’s the way it is,” the officer said. Over the past two years many teachers from schools throughout The Bahamas have been accused of

molesting their students. John Persaud, a 64-year-old Guyanese man who previously taught at Preston H. Albury High School, was charged with indecently assaulted a student. He is expected to head to trial on June 17 and has been placed on administrative leave. The Sex Complaints Unit of the Ministry of Education has been busy investigating reports of alleged sexual abuse claims at Grand Bahama schools. But, perhaps the case that garnered the most attention was the one involving former Eight Mile Rock High School teacher Andre Birbal. Birbal, who is a Trinidadian, was recently sentenced to 35 years in prison for molesting two of his former male students. (jonesbahamas.com)

Cholera has killed 23 persons in DR according to a local health official.

Cholera kills 23 people in Dominican Republic AT LEAST 23 people have died of cholera in the Dominican Republic since November last year, which saw an outbreak of the disease. About 1,300 people have contracted cholera since the November outbreak, a local paper says citing the country’s health officials. Health Minister Bautista Rojas

Gomez has said that the Dominican authorities will manage to fight cholera quicker than in other countries of the region, where it takes 10 years on average. In neighboring Haiti, nearly 240,000 cases of cholera have been reported since mid October, and more than 5,200 people died. (english.ruvr.ru)

Report challenges Haiti earthquake death toll Airline has finalised its acquisition of Air Jamaica. (picture onetravel.com)

Caribbean Airlines, Air Jamaica finally make deal official DAYS BEFORE the deadline for a notice of closure of one of the largest aviation mergers in the Caribbean, Caribbean Airlines has finalised its acquisition ofAir Jamaica. The deal was made official at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Clair, Port-ofSpain, Trinidad. Minister of Finance Winston Dookeran and Jamaica’s Finance Minister Audley Shaw signed the agreement, which was witnessed by Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, andWorks and Transport Minister Jack Warner. The Government of

Jamaica will now have a 16-percent stake in the Trinidadian airline and a member appointed to the Caribbean Airlines Board of Directors.Shaw indicated that the outgoing chairman of Air Jamaica, Dennis Lalor O.J., has been nominated by the Jamaican government as a candidate to be the Jamaican representative on the Caribbean Airlines board. Shaw noted from all reports he had seen, Air Jamaica was being managed much better. He stated that he has also seen a significant improvement to the Air Jamaica operations in the past months which gives further encouragement that moving forward, the merger will be

a success. Caribbean Airlines has been actively integrating its operations with Air Jamaica in the past year with an accelerated integration program since December 2010 being implemented. At the end of April, the airline gave permanent Caribbean Airlines contracts to more than five hundred Air Jamaica workers as the airline continues its integration strategy of “one airline, two brands.” The full integration, which includes an all-Boeing fleet servicing both the Caribbean Airlines and Air Jamaica brand, is expected before the end of the year. (travelagentcentral. com)

SIGNIFICANTLY fewer people died or were left homeless by last year’s earthquake in Haiti than claimed by the country’s leaders, a draft report commissioned by the US government has said. The unpublished report puts the death toll between 46,000 and 85,000. Haiti’s government says about 316,000 died. It also suggests many of those still living in tent cities did not lose their homes in the disaster. Haitian authorities have stood by the figures released last year. The draft report, which has yet to be released publicly, is based on a survey commissioned by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and draws its numbers from door-to-door surveys carried out over 29 days in January 2011. But US State Department spokeswoman Preeti Shah told the Associated Press News Agency the report had inconsistencies and would not be released until they were resolved. Analysts say the new figures could challenge the premise of a multibillion-dollar aid and reconstruction effort.

DISPUTED FIGURES The report also estimates that about 895,000 people moved into temporary settlement camps around the country’s capital of Port-auPrince and says that no more than 375,000 individuals are now still living in the tent communities. Those figures conflict with the numbers provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has said 1.5m people moved into the camps after the quake and that there are still 680,000 in settlement camps around the capital. The report, which USAID commissioned through the Washington consulting firm LTL Strategies, also says there was significantly less rubble around the country’s capital than previously thought, according to copies obtained by news agencies. The number of those killed and displaced by the earthquake in Haiti prompted an outpouring of aid for the country, including a $5.5bn (£3.3bn) pledge during a UN donor conference last year. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation on 12 January 2010. (CNN)

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U.S. Ambassador lists Dominican Republic’s evils, virtues SANTO DOMINGOU.S. ambassador Raul H. Yzaguirre on Wednesday gave failing grades to Dominican Republic’s education, state of law, anticorruption effort and energy, but praised its social diversity, landscape, attractions and the tranquility of its countryside. Yzaguirre cited a study which ranks Dominican Republic last in math, reading and science, among 16 Latin American countries evaluated. The diplomat, the main speaker in the American Chamber of Commerce Monthly Luncheon, also cited another evaluation which places the country in 66th place in math, among 67 nations which participated in the International Student Evaluation Programme. He said the country’s ability to continue reaching high economic growth rates is in doubt, as it has done until now, because what’s needed to compete is a good education, “which must be improved.” “Some economists who analyse the healthy economic growth rates will say that, to date, the Dominican Republic has obtained strange results. The country has obtained high economic growth rates beyond what it would be expected given the rate of educative accomplishments of its youth,” Yazguirre said. “I personally believe that this will not be able to continue. One doesn’t have to be an economist to know that a good education is needed to be able to compete and be successful in the global economy of today.” The U.S. ambassador, speaking to an audience of industrialists,

politicians, civil society personalities and journalists, among others, urged Dominicans to take the lead to improve their education system and noted that that the American Chamber of Commerce and the private sector work for education and that civil society has stressed the subject and spurred a wide ranging debate. “The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development, has contributed millions of dollars in aid to support the Education Ministry and its decennial programme, to improve the quality and development of the basic education in the country. Also Mother is forming alliances with the Pontifical Catholic University and Teacher to implement the Effective Schools Programme,” Yzaguirre said. CORRUPTION The U.S. Ambassador noted that despite that “everybody” complains of corruption in Dominican Republic, “I’m convinced that something can, in fact, be done.” “If the Dominican Government doesn’t enjoy the confidence of its people, it will not be able to carry out the fundamental reforms that are necessary to forge onwards. For that, the Government of the Dominican Republic must address the issue of corruption,” the U.S. ambassador said, and hailed the Government’s Participative Anti-Corruption Initiative (IPAC), propose by president Leonel Fernandez with the support of the civil society and the U.S. (Dominica Today)

No thank you - Jamaica rejects US proposed deportee programme THE JAMAICAN Government in 2007 reportedly rejected a programme proposed by the United States to deal with deportees despite previously appealing to Washington for assistance with the problem. A confidential diplomatic cable accessed by The Gleaner through WikiLeaks reveals that the Bruce Golding administration said no to the progamme which would have seen the US help to fund the reintegration of force-returned migrants. “On December 20 (2007), the Jamaican prime minister rejected the US offer for assistance for returning deportees though the pilot Deportee Reintegration Programme,” said the December cable from Kingston to Washington. It added: “This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM heads of government to discuss the programme with the US on a regional basis; and came despite heavy lobbying of the prime minister and his staff by both (the) ambassador and the chargé d’affaires.” According to the cable, as a result of Jamaican Government’s refusal of the programme, there was “no option left to the department but reassignment of the funds that would have been used for Jamaica to another CARICOM partner nation”. The cable noted that while Jamaica rejected the United States’ offer, Guyana, another CARICOM country, signed the deal which would see the establishment of a permanent

intake centre to serve as a temporary residential facility for deportees and provide them with adequate social and financial assistance to successfully reintegrate into society. The United States, in an attempt to sway Jamaica’s minister of national security, had written to him saying: “We are aware that you feel certain CARICOM entities are at risk if you agree to proceed, and that these Jamaican concerns are abetted by some individuals in CARICOM.” NO INCREASE IN DEPORTEES The embassy said “the programme does not entail any proposed or anticipated increase in the flow of deportees from the US to Jamaica”. It also noted data that show Jamaica, Guyana and The Bahamas to be receiving the most deportees from the US. “The governments of both Guyana and The Bahamas have indicated their intention to proceed with the programme, without any objection, reservation or condition related to CARICOM,” the cable stated. In a last-ditch effort to get Jamaica to agree, the embassy told the Jamaican Government it “is solely meant to benefit your country in a way you would find most appropriate to your needs, and is intended to meet a long-stated concern of Jamaica’s about the resource cost to resettling returning deportees”. A CARICOM study found that almost 30,000 criminal offenders had been deported to Guyana, Jamaica,

and Trinidad and Tobago between 1990 and 2005. More than 17,000 had been deported for drug offences; almost 1,800 for possession of illegal firearms, and more than 600 for murder. The United States is responsible for more than 75 per cent of all criminal deportations to the region. Jamaica had long been calling for assistance to deal with deportees claiming that they are a major part of the country’s crime problem although actual data do not substantiate the point. Despite refusing the US assistance, the Government accepted similar help from the United Kingdom in 2008. In 2008, local authorities were getting help from the British government in an attempt to deal with the problem of deportees who struggle to reintegrate into society. Under that programme, convicts who have served their prison terms in the UK and are deported to Jamaica benefit under a three-year scheme financed by the British government to the tune of approximately J$345 million. “The programme will build the capacity of the Ministry of National Security, the Department of Correctional Services and civil society to effectively rehabilitate and reintegrate local offenders and deported persons,” then National Security Minister Colonel Trevor MacMillan declared.

Haitian teen to return home after lifesaving heart surgery in Louisville FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Stephanie Privert arrived in Louisville from quake-stricken Haiti in a wheelchair — gaunt, penniless and weak from a failing heart. Nearly a year later — healthy after a lifesaving operation at Kosair Children’s Hospital and an outpouring of support from host families, a school and doctors — Stephanie, now 16, is ready to return home. But if it will be tough to leave her latest host family, who live in an upscale Anchorage home, and Kentucky Country Day, her adoptive private school, readjusting to Haiti may be a lot tougher. Sixteen months after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake outside Port-au-Prince killed at least tens of thousands and left 1.5 million homeless, Haiti is still struggling with cholera, unemployment, rubble

and hundreds of thousands living in tents, including her own family. But Louisville donors have raised money for her family to start to rebuild their small concrete-block home, reduced to ruins in the January 2010 quake. There’s also an effort to help fund tuition and uniforms so she can resume her education in Haiti, where most schools are private. “We hate to see that she’s obliged to return to a tough situation, but we can’t keep her here forever,” said Dr. Erle Austin, a pediatric heart surgeon who led the medical team that repaired her heart. “She’s so much better than when she arrived.” Kosair Children’s Hospital, which has donated more than $225,000 in care and services, plans a farewell reception next month to send off Stephanie and thank supporters. Stephanie is among a handful of Haitian refugees taken in

by Kentucky after the quake. Kentucky Refugee Ministries, for example, helped five Haitians who needed painstaking and expensive recoveries. The daughter of an unemployed mason, Stephanie recalled that she was watching her mother cook soup in her family’s home near Port-auPrince when the quake hit. Although it destroyed the house, the family escaped. Many neighbours weren’t so lucky, she said. But with the family living in a tent amid the squalor and destruction, Stephanie’s untreated heart condition, which had left her too weak to attend school, sharply worsened. Her family brought her to a clinic staffed by American doctors from Medical Teams International, who were responding to the quake. They determined that her

condition couldn’t be treated in Haiti or crowded hospitals in the neighbouring Dominican Republic. The doctors contacted Healing the Children, a nonprofit group with a Louisville chapter that was working in Haiti to evacuate needy children, who helped fly her to Louisville in June 2010. She arrived at the Louisville airport in a wheelchair, weighing just 70 pounds and barely able to get around. Doctors determined Stephanie had a severely leaking heart valve, possibly caused by infection, which was pushing blood back into the heart, along with severe pulmonary hypertension and lung problems. “When I got here, I really felt bad,” Stephanie said last week. RISKY OPERATION Instead of replacing her valve with a mechanical one, requiring expensive

Stephanie Privert, 16, shown with friend Debi McDonald, is scheduled to return to her family in Haiti next month. “I will miss everyone very much,” Stephanie said. (By Pam Spaulding, The Courier-Journal)

anti-rejection medication her family couldn’t afford and follow-up care that isn’t available in Haiti, or installing a pig valve that could wear out more quickly, Austin and other doctors decided to repair her heart.

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Rare Michelangelo drawing expected to fetch up to £5m A RARE Michelangelo drawing is expected to sell for up to £5 million in London next month, according to Christie’s. The male nude is one of only 24 sheets relating to The Battle of Cascina, an uncompleted work described by the auction house as “one of the greatest Western masterpieces that never was”. The only time the drawing has been seen in public was in Vienna last year. Benjamin Peronnet of Christie’s said it offered “a glimpse into the mind of a genius at the peak of his

powers”. Michelangelo was commissioned to commemorate the 1364 Battle of Cascina in a fresco at Florence’s Sala del Gran Consiglio in 1504. Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned at the same time to paint the Battle of Anghiari of 1440 on an opposite wall. Neither piece was completed and only survive through engravings and sketches. The sketch - the only study for the fresco in private hands - will go under the hammer on 5 July. (BBC)

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ goes platinum

Michelangelo never completed the Battle of Cascina fresco

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LADY GAGA’S “Born This Way” has sold 1.1 million copies since it was released last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s only the 17th album to sell a million copies in a week since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. Sales for the album wildly exceeded Universal Music Group’s estimates of 400,000, and with more than 662,000 units sold, broke digital sales records, getting a big boost from Amazon.com’s risky strategy of selling digital downloads for 99 cents. The online retailer reported 440,000 in digital sales -- a demand so high it almost overwhelmed the company’s online server. Gaga’s album is a bright spot for the fledgling music industry, selling more copies in any first week since 50 Cent’s “The Massacre” sold 1.14 million in March 2005. Her debut single, “Born This Way,” moved 1 million digital downloads in five

Gaga “Born this Way” has sold over 1.1M copies.

days. Only the fifth woman to sell more than 1 million albums in a week, Lady Gaga joins the ranks of Britney Spears (“Oops! I Did It Again”: 1.319M), Whitney Houston (“The Bodyguard”: 1.041M), Norah Jones (“Feels Like Home”: 1.022M) and Taylor Swift (“Speak Now”: 1.047M). (ABCnews)

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Depp will be a legend, says ‘Pirates’ director EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, The Mad Hatter and Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp has played his share of quirky characters over the years, and according to “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” director Rob Marshall, they’re just the types of roles that will make him a Hollywood legend. “He’s as vivid as those great stars of the past, Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable and Errol Flynn,” Marshall tells the L.A. Times. “Many, many, many years from now, when people look at this generation of Hollywood, he will be considered the great star of this era. He’s his own thing and he takes major chances every single time he makes a film.” Marshall and “Pirates” producer Jerry Bruckheimer both believe Depp would have made a great silent-movie star. “He’s like a Rudolph Valentino,” says Marshall. “He has such a command of expression without words. The humor and the feelings he can convey with his face alone is extraordinary. He’s this consummate artist who is also like the nicest, most

Rob Marshall says Johnny Depp will be considered the great star of this era.

generous man.” Marshall compares Depp to Charlie Chaplin and swashbuckler Errol Flynn, and adds, “He’s a throwback to another time. To me he is, honestly, a star from another time. He is that unique.”

Foreign Fiction Prize won by Peruvian author PERUVIAN author Santiago Roncagliolo has won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his third novel, Red April. The writer beat competition from the likes of Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk to become the youngest person to win the prize at 36. He shares his £10,000 award with the translator of his novel, American Edith Grossman. The prize is given to a living author whose book has been translated into English and published in the UK. Roncagliolo’s political thriller, translated from Spanish, tells of a Peruvian prosecutor in charge of a murder investigation. Judge and literary editor at the Independent Boyd Tonkin described Red April as “a novel that will grip, excite, disturb and challenge all its readers”. Roncagliolo said: “The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize closes a wonderful ‘British season’ for me and my book.

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“I am very happy to have won, but I was already honoured to be on the longlist, to be considered in the same league as such amazing writers.” Edith Grossman said: “Translating the work of a fine writer is sheer pleasure: the better the writing, the more satisfying the challenge for the translator. “I so enjoyed the opportunity to bring the work of Santiago over into English. His use of language is clean and sharp and perceptive, and regardless of the kind of piece he has written, that wonderful quality is constant.” The other authors shortlisted for the prize included Pamuk for his novel, The Museum of Innocence, Norwegian Per Petterson for I Curse the River of Time and Kamchatka by the Argentine Marcelo Figueras. The Sickness from Venezuelan author Alberto Barrera Tyszka and Visitation, the third novel by German writer Jenny Erpenbeck were also

At 36, Santiago Roncagliolo is the youngest author to win the prize.

nominated. Last year’s prize went to Philippe Claudel for Brodeck’s Report, translated from the French by American John Cullen. (BBC)

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The Fortis/PPC Engineering Scholarship Program PPC IS OFFErInG A FOUr yEAr EnGInEErInG SChOLArShIP FOr ThE ACADEmIC yEAr 2011/2012. RequiRements to qualify foR selection: 1. Applicants must have obtained excellent grades (2 / B or higher) in Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Level or Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Level examinations. Subjects must include mathematics and physics. An Associate Degree from the Turks and Caicos Community College with at least a 3.00 GPA, in science or in engineering, would be an advantage.

2. Applicants must provide a short essay (1,000 words maximum) on how they would be an asset to the company upon completion of the degree and return to the Turks and Caicos Islands.

3. Applicants must provide a notarized copy of the acceptance letter from an accredited university (approved by PPC) in the US, Canada, or the UK. 4. Finalist will be interviewed and one recipient will be selected from the pool. 5. A strong desire to pursue engineering as a career. 6. Candidate must be a belonger and a graduate of a secondary school in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The recipient will be bonded to the company for four years upon completion of the program and will be expected to intern at the company during holidays.

PPC can provide guidance in helping potential candidates in selecting the universities and engineering programs. The emphasis is Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to the attention of Judy Missick, Human Resources Director, PPC Limited, Town Center Mall, P.O. Box 132, Providenciales. Deadline for Submission is June 30th.

Alvejes Desir Overall the scholarship program went well. The experiences I gained at the University of West Florida while pursuing my Bachelors in Electrical Engineering Technology have prepared me to be more efficient and effective in my career. Now that I have completed my degree I look forward to contributing significantly to the PPC team.

Electrical Technician III

Join the PPC Ltd Team PPC Ltd provides a dynamic work environment for its employees; there is opportunity to grow and excel in any capacity. Ask any of our scholarship recipients how they benefited from the program.

Daylon Joseph

Teandra Thomas

I started my Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in spring of 2009. FAU was a great experience, not only did I obtain my BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, but I also placed 2nd in Senior Engineering Design (ED2). The scholarship program that PPC has is next to none and the support from the scholarship coordinators at PPC is the best.

Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Junior T&D Electrical Engineer

Still Pursuing Studies

The scholarship program was an excellent initiative. I have gained a wealth of knowledge and work experience thus far and it is only the beginning of great things to come for both PPC and I.

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World News E. coli cucumber scare: Spain Bangladesh woman cuts off angry at German claims ‘attacker’s’ penis SPAIN HAS expressed anger at links being made between Spanish cucumbers and a deadly E. coli outbreak. The country’s agriculture minister said Germany pointed to Spanish cucumbers “without having reliable data”. Meanwhile, German officials have voiced doubts about whether the Spanish cucumbers they are investigating carried the deadly E. coli strain. The outbreak has led to 16 deaths - 15 in Germany and a woman who died in Sweden after travelling to Germany. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s national disease institute, says more than 1,150 people within Germany have been affected by enterohaemorrhagic E. coli, also known as EHEC. In many instances, the gastrointestinal infection has led to Haemolytic-uraemic Syndrome (HUS), which causes kidney problems and is potentially fatal. ‘DOMINO EFFECT’ The RKI has confirmed 373 cases of HUS in Germany. German authorities initially pointed to organic cucumbers from Spain. But Spanish officials have refused to accept the blame, saying it is still unclear exactly when and where the vegetables were contaminated. Spanish Agriculture Minister Rosa Aguilar said: “We are disappointed by the way Germany handles the situation.” “We want Germany to provide, without any delay and distractions, the necessary information of its investigation so that the European Union can know what is causing the E. coli outbreak.” Speaking at an EU meeting in Hungary, she also said the issue should be treated as a “common problem” and that there should be compensation for Spanish and other

The Andalucian agriculture minister ate a cucumber to show her confidence in the produce. (BBC)

European producers affected. The Netherlands has also said it will ask for compensation. The president of Spain’s fruit and vegetable export federation has urged the government to deal with the outbreak, saying it was costing Spanish exporters $200m (£120m) a week. Asked which countries had stopped buying Spanish produce, Jorge Brotons was quoted as telling a news conference: “Almost all Europe. There is a domino effect on all vegetables and fruits.” ‘OUTBREAK COULD WORSEN’ Authorities in Hamburg said four suspect cucumbers found there last week - including three imported from Spain - were carrying EHEC, but not the same kind found in patients. “As before the source remains unidentified,” Hamburg state health minister Cornelia Pruefer-Storcks said. “Our hope of discovering the source of the cases of severe complications with HUS unfortunately has not been fulfilled by these first results.” She also defended the decision

to link the outbreak to Spanish cucumbers last week. “It would have been irresponsible with this number of ill people to keep quiet about a well-grounded suspicion,” she said. “Protecting people’s lives is more important than economic interests.” Earlier, a senior German scientist warned that the outbreak could worsen. “We hope the number of cases will go down but we fear it will worsen,” said Oliver Grieve, of the University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, where many victims are being treated. German authorities have warned people to avoid eating raw cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce. In Sweden, authorities said there were 39 suspected E. coli infections, including 15 with HUS. On Tuesday, Swedish authorities said a woman in her 50s had died in hospital, after being admitted on Sunday following a trip to Germany. Cases have also been reported in Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK. Several countries have taken steps to curtail the outbreak, such as banning cucumber imports and removing the vegetables from sale. (BBC)

Peru election: Humala and Fujimori debate in tight race PERUVIAN PRESIDENTIAL candidates Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala have cast one another as bad for the country with a week to go to the second round vote. In a televised debate, Ms Fujimori accused her rival of creating uncertainty by considering changes to the constitution and trade deals. Mr Humala recalled the corruption and human rights abuses of the government of her father, Alberto Fujimori. Opinion polls give Ms Fujimori a slight lead ahead of the 5 June

election. No candidate gained the 50% needed to secure victory outright in the first round in April, pitting the two front-runners, Ms Fujimori and Mr Humala, against one another. Sunday’s debate, their first and only, saw the two going on the attack. Ms Fujimori, 36, said Mr Humala, a former army colonel, had repeatedly changed his plans for government. “Why change the constitution? Why revise the free trade accords? Which of his campaign plans will

Commander Humala use? This back and forth is generating a lot of instability,” she said. For his part, Mr Humala, 48, reminded voters of the track record of President Fujimori’s government. “When Fujimori left office in 2000, when the congresswoman was first lady, he left the economy in recession... he left 54% of Peruvians in poverty; he caused the bankruptcy of 23,000 businesses and the ruin of a million farmers. This is the government that Ms Fujimori defends with pride,” he said.

POLICE in southern Bangladesh say a woman cut off a man’s penis during an alleged attempt to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence. The incident took place in Mirzapur village, Jhalakathi, about 200km (124 miles) south of the capital, Dhaka. Monju Begum, 40, a married mother of three, told police that neighbour Mozammel Haq Mazi forced his way into her shanty and started assaulting her. Mr Mazi, who denies the accusation, has been admitted to a nearby hospital. “We will arrest him once his condition gets better,” police spokesman Abul Khaer told the BBC. “She said she fought back and cut off his penis and brought it to our police station in a polythene bag to prove that Mr Mazi tried to rape her,” police spokesman Abul Khaer told the BBC. “She has registered a case accusing him of attempted rape,” he said. “It is quite an unusual incident.

As far as I am aware, this is the first time that a woman has brought a severed penis to the police station as evidence.” Monju Begum told police that Mr Mazi, a married father of five, had been harassing her for the past six months. ‘REVENGE ATTACK’ But Mr Mazi denied the allegations. “We were having an affair and recently she suggested that both of us can go and settle down in Dhaka,” Mr Mazi told the BBC from the hospital in nearby Barisal. “I refused and told her that I cannot leave my wife and children, so she took revenge on me.” Prof AMSM Sharfuzzaman, a senior surgeon at the Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital in Barisal town, told the BBC it had not been possible to reattach the organ. “Police brought his severed penis several hours after the incident,” he said. “We are treating him so that he can urinate normally without the penis.” (BBC)

Young man sexually assaults 85-year-old in NY A MANHUNT was underway Monday night for a depraved brute who dragged an 85-yearold woman off an upper East Side street in New York and sexually assaulted her. The attack happened early Monday morning in one of the city’s wealthiest zip codes - a few blocks from Mayor Bloomberg’s private home. The 100-pound victim was taking a stroll at 5:40 a.m. when she encountered a beefy fiend in a white undershirt, police said. He was lurking on the sidewalk at MadisonAve. and E. 83rd St., pretending to talk on a cell phone, before he pounced, said a doorman who saw surveillance video of the attack. He wrapped his bulging, tattooed arms around the elderly woman’s head and dragged her down E. 83rd St. to the sunken stoop of a five-story luxury residence. “You could see him hold her in a headlock,” said the doorman, who gave his name as Steve. “He dragged her from the corner down to the stoop of the brownstone.” “Her shirt was up,” said a woman

who works at a nearby boutique and was shown surveillance photos by investigators. “It looked like he was covering her mouth.” The sicko pulled the woman down the steps, where he forced her to perform oral sex. He stole a ring from her before he fled. A building worker on duty next-door spotted the man down the steps and thought he was urinating, the doorman named Steve said. “He went to confront him, but then saw all his tattoos so he backed off,” he said. “The guy ran away and then the woman came out.” The building worker took the woman inside and called police. “She was distraught, she was disheveled and she was bruised,” Steve said. Cops told a local shopkeeper that the woman was out walking so early because she was having trouble sleeping. She was treated at a local hospital. The attacker is described as a muscular Hispanic man in his 20s, about 5-feet-10, wearing a white tank top that exposed arms covered in tattoos.(nydailynews.com)

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World News Mladic awaits war crimes trial in The Hague FORMER BOSNIAN Serb military commander Ratko Mladic has spent his first night in UN custody in the Netherlands, awaiting trial on genocide charges. The 69-year-old was admitted to the detention unit in The Hague on Tuesday and placed in an isolation cell. He is expected to make his initial court appearance in the next few days. Gen Mladic is accused of atrocities committed during the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s, including the massacre of about 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica. The 69-year-old was seized last Thursday in the village of Lazarevo, north of Belgrade, having been on the run for 16 years. He was flown to The Hague on Tuesday after a Serbian court rejected an appeal against his extradition. Gen Mladic has said he does not recognise the authority of the UN tribunal. When he takes the stand, he will be asked to formally confirm his identity and enter a plea to

each of the charges against him. The former military commander could decline to plead at his first appearance, instead opting to delay a formal response by up to a month. The prosecution has charged Mladic with genocide, persecution, extermination, murder, deportation, inhumane acts and cruel treatment for his alleged part in a plot to achieve the “elimination or permanent removal” of Muslims from large parts of Bosnia in pursuit of a “Greater Serbia”. He is accused of masterminding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II. He is also charged over the 44-month siege of the capital Sarajevo from May 1992 in which 10,000 people died. His lawyer had argued he was too ill to be tried. But Serbian doctors said he was fit enough to be extradited. Gen Mladic’s arrest is considered crucial to Serbia’s bid to join the European Union. (BBC)

Libya says Nato air raids ‘killed 700 civilians’ THE LIBYAN government says Nato air raids have killed more than 700 civilians since bombing began in March. Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said more than 4,000 people had been wounded, but gave no evidence to confirm his figures. Nato has denied killing large numbers of civilians, saying its air strikes are to protect Libyans from Colonel Gaddafi’s forces. Four powerful explosions were felt in the centre of Tripoli on Tuesday night, Libyan state media reported. Planes were heard flying over the capital, but it was not possible to determine the targets of the raids. ‘NO EXIT STRATEGY’ Speaking at a news conference in Tripoli, Mr Ibrahim accused Nato of killing and injuring hundreds of Libyan citizens. “Since March 19, and up to May 26, there have been 718 martyrs among civilians and 4,067 wounded - 433 of them seriously,” Mr Ibrahim said. He said the figures did not include military casualties. Foreign reporters in Tripoli have not been shown evidence of mass

civilian casualties. Asked why not, Mr Ibrahim said casualties had not been concentrated near the capital but scattered across the country. He also denied that South African President Jacob Zuma, who met Col Gaddafi in Tripoli on Monday, had discussed an “exit strategy” with the Libyan leader. “If Gaddafi goes, the security valve will disappear. His departure would be the worst case scenario for Libya,” he told reporters. A statement released by Mr Zuma’s office after he returned to Pretoria said Mr Gaddafi would not leave Libya, despite growing international pressure. “Col Gaddafi called for an end to the bombings to enable a Libyan dialogue,” the statement read. “He emphasised that he was not prepared to leave his country, despite the difficulties.” After initially backing Nato’s involvement, Mr Zuma and the African Union have called for a halt to air strikes, arguing that Nato has overstepped its UN mandate to protect civilians. Both Libyan rebels and Nato have refused to accept a ceasefire until Col Gaddafi agrees to step down. (BBC)

Yemen slides into civil war AFTER MONTHS of trying to tamp down unrest, Yemen’s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his security forces have become embroiled in a conflict that meets all the classic definitions of a civil war. He and his security forces are now fighting on three main fronts: In the capital of Sanaa, Saleh loyalists are engaged in a pitched battle with tribesmen under the direction of Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, leader of the powerful Hashid tribal confederation; Islamist militants have taken control of the southern province of Abyan; and in the southern city of Taiz, Saleh’s Republican Guard violently dispersed protesters. Yemeni government forces have reportedly killed more than 50 people since Sunday. Saleh has maintained power for 32 years through deft handling of the country’s various conflicts – reuniting north and south Yemen after a civil war, securing the loyalty of tribal leaders through a generous patronage system, and drawing aid from the West to fight Islamist militants including Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). However, analysts appear increasingly uncertain that Saleh will be able to pull out of this chaotic situation, which reflects deep divisions that go beyond the popular dissatisfaction with Saleh’s leadership, writes Khaled Fattah in a Guardian Op-Ed. Saleh cannot hold on forever, and he will find it increasingly difficult to negotiate the terms of his departure. But while his exit from the political arena will be a symbolic victory for

A Yemeni boy waits next to his family’s belongings as they evacuate Sanaa due to clashes between tribesmen and security forces there. (Photo by Saif Abduallah)

the people, his replacement with another leader will not save the country from its divisions. Yemen is a deeply fractured country that is in conflict with itself. In Sanaa, a brief truce between Saleh and Mr. Ahmar has completely disintegrated. In the most recent round of fighting, tribesmen took over the headquarters of the ruling party, as well as several other government buildings in the Hasaba neighborhood, despite heavy shelling by the government. The tribesmen were fighting partially to defend the residence of Sheikh Sadiq al Ahmar, whose home – also located in Hasaba – has been targeted by the government in recent days, Al Jazeera reported. Residents told The New York Times that it was

the fiercest fighting they had seen yet. Mr. Ahmar has emerged as one of Saleh’s most formidable rivals. Last week, Saleh ordered the arrest of Ahmar, whose tribal fighters pose the most significant threat to Saleh’s control of Sanaa. In addition, one of Saleh’s top military generals who defected to the rebel side in March, Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, is leading his forces against Saleh loyalists in the capital. Despite such defections, Saleh has retained a tenuous hold on much of the military. However, the loyalty of his Republican Guard forces could crumble if he presses them harder to shoot on their fellow citizens, reports McClatchy. (csmonitor.com)

Egyptian general admits ‘virginity checks’ conducted on protesters A SENIOR Egyptian general admits that “virginity checks” were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities. The allegations arose in an Amnesty International report, published weeks after the March 9 protest. It claimed female demonstrators were beaten, given electric shocks, strip-searched, threatened with prostitution charges and forced to submit to virginity checks. At that time, Maj. Amr Imam said 17 women had been arrested but denied allegations of torture or “virginity tests.” But now a senior general who asked not to be identified said the virginity tests were conducted and defended the practice. “The girls who were detained were

not like your daughter or mine,” the general said. “These were girls who had camped out in tents with male protesters in Tahrir Square, and we found in the tents Molotov cocktails and (drugs).” The general said the virginity checks were done so that the women wouldn’t later claim they had been raped by Egyptian authorities. “We didn’t want them to say we had sexually assaulted or raped them, so we wanted to prove that they weren’t virgins in the first place,” the general said. “None of them were (virgins).” However, Gen. Mamdouh Shaheen, a member of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Armed Forces, said the “accusations that we did virginity tests are not acceptable. We denied it then and we deny it now.” This demonstration occurred nearly a month after Egypt’s

longtime President Hosni Mubarak stepped down amid a wave of popular and mostly peaceful unrest aimed at his ouster and the institution of democratic reforms. Afterward, Egypt’s military -- which had largely stayed on the sidelines of the revolution -- officially took control of the nation’s political apparatus as well, until an agreed-upon constitution and elections. The March 9 protest occurred in Tahrir Square, which became famous over 18 historic and sometimes bloody days and nights of protests that led to Mubarak’s resignation. But unlike in those previous demonstrations, the Egyptian military targeted the protesters. Soldiers dragged dozens of demonstrators from the square and through the gates of the landmark Egyptian Museum.

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Bar Manager Immediate opening for experienced full time housekeeper. Must have resort experience , be honest and reliable and speak good English.

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INTERHEALTH CANADA TCI New Turks & Caicos Islands Hospital

Job Adverts Network Engineer

Based in Providenciales with some travel to Grand Turk. Reporting to the IM&T Manager, you will provide and be responsible for network evaluation, analysis, conceptualisation and implementation of in-house network infrastructure. To investigate and resolve general, often complex issues and queries from users of InterHealth Canada IT systems, and to manage and maintain InterHealth Canada IT infrastructure. You will have a broad range of technical experience in administering systems (PABX, VoIP, Data Networks, VLANS, VPN, routers and switches). Specialist knowledge of fibre optic installation, networking cabling and PBX design and implementation is essential. A minimum of 3 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience of working within a multi user IT environment is required and previous experience of providing IT services within a healthcare setting is preferred. Other required qualifications include an academic degree in IT related subject; Fibre optic specific qualification. Salary range commences at $36K Suitably qualified and experienced Belongers are encouraged to apply. Application packs can be picked up from the hospital reception from Monday, May 30.

Telehealth & HIS (Health Information System) Administrator

Based in Providenciales with some travel to Grand Turk. Reporting to the Telehealth/HIS Manager, you will manage the provision of a comprehensive support service, professional advice and training to the users of Telehealth/HIS systems and other IT systems. You will have a broad range of experience in administering systems (HIS, Telehealth, MIS,HRIS). You will have a strong teaching/trainer background which includes preparing, reviewing and presenting a variety of training materials. You will ensure that the Telehealth system is utilised to full capacity and HIS is used effectively across all departments and provide training, advice and development proposals based on departmental requirements. A minimum of 5 years teacher/training experience required, experience of teaching/training within a healthcare setting desirable. Required qualifications include academic degree in education, administration or relevant IT subject. Salary range commences at $30k Suitably qualified and experienced Belongers are encouraged to apply. Application packs can be picked up from the hospital reception from Monday, May 30.

Qualifications: - At least 5 years experience in the restaurant industry - University Degree - Human Resources & Management experience - Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and QuickBooks, as well as POS systems - Applicants with Sales, Advertising and Marketing experience will be given preference - Proven ability to build, strengthen and maintain customer relations - Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills Ideal applicants will have experience in high-pressure situations, with the ability to work independently, and as part of a team. All applicants must have a valid drivers license, and be willing to work 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays. Salary $400.00 per week plus depending on experience level

2 Kitchen Helpers/Labourers Must have minimum 5 years experience.

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CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

An affiliate of A Touch of Love Ministries International Center

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Teaching Positions Required Qualifications: @@Bachelors/Masters degree in Education from reputable institution @@Minimum of 5-7 years teaching experience in primary and secondary education @@Experience with Christian education curriculum @@Must provide three references with telephone numbers and addresses including one from current Pastor @@Must be an active born-again Christian who believes in the work of the Holy Spirit. @@Qualified applicants must be of good moral character and reputation; must have excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to a flexible working environment; must be enthusiastic and creative with an excellent work ethic, and a willingness to build character and Christian values in students. @@Salaries will be based on qualification and experience. No phone calls please Applications should be addressed to:

Attn: Executive Board Champions for Christ International School of Excellence P.O. Box 751 Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI Or you may Email: championsforchristtci@gmail.com or Fax: 877-580-8743

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Audio/Video Editor Main Purpose of Job:

Responsible for Preparing programs for television, advertisements, titles and graphics

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• Editing film/footage to the exact final length • Responsible for creative materials liaising with the creative team, graphic designer and the Marketing Director to ensure smooth and efficient delivery. • Responsible for accuracy and consistency of written, visual and web materials. • Work with various offices to produce production schedules for creative proofs and liaise with international offices.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills:

• Certificate or Diploma related to video editing • Eight or more years experience in Television Broadcasting (must possess relevant certification) with good production/trafficking skills and be able to work in a fast paced environment. • Skilful operator of Audio/Video Editing Systems working on both online and offline materials as well as on special communication projects • Knowledge of TV, Camera, and Lighting for Quality Control, Animations • Production experience, good interpersonal skills and creative ability, good storytelling skills, a methodical mind, and ability to communicate well. • Ability to meet deadlines and have strong organizational skills as well as an eye for detail. • Management skills would be an asset. • Required to work evenings, weekends and holidays Salary commensurate with experience.

Send Resumes to kay@acltci.tc or P.O. Box 230 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. No telephone calls please.

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PPC LIMITED STAFF VACANCY Domestic Manager of Financial Services Worker NEILAN LUCIENNE ROBINSON Is looking for a

Description

To provide a high level of financial accounting expertise on a timely and cost effective basis that allows the company to meet or exceed the annual targets set for the company. Work with the Vice President and CFO and all other managers to ensure that all necessary financial controls are operating effectively and efficiently thus allowing the smooth and controlled use of the company’s assets.

Main Duties

Accountable for company-wide accounting and financial reporting functions, including AP/AR/Payroll/General Ledger/ Inventory and Cash management. Collaborates with external auditors to provide in-depth assistance with periodic financial and inventory audits. Maintains and monitors financial policies and procedures, ensuring operational and financial compliance with Group policies Assists in the annual business plan development, budgeting process and regular forecasting. Provides timely and accurate reporting of month-end closings, and financial reporting activities

To work 3 days per week salary $5.50 per hour.

Contact 346-9809 STANLEY STAR CONSTRUCTION

Is looking for qualified persons to fill the following positions:

2 Domestic Workers

Contributes to the achievement of business objectives through the accurate and timely identification and resolution of accounting issues/opportunities. Establishes cross training as required. Monitors the succession plan of subordinates to ensure that the department operates effectively and efficiently. Provides coaching, guidance and support, set professional development plans to assist employees to reach their full potential through the Performance Management process. Manages the financial system, ensuing maximum productivity and that it meets the needs of the business today and the future. Oversees the continuous improvement of Accounting and Financial Processes and the development of the team with the goal to achieve best practices and optimal output. Ensures that all finances are properly administered and monitored, including credit control. Ensures that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place and in use at all times. Ensures that all financial reporting obligations are met in relation to submissions for funding, for grant aid, for contracts and any other initiatives. Identifies, investigates, and analyzes potential operational improvement. As appropriate, based on findings make proposal for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes, etc.)

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– salary $150.00 per week

2 Tile Layers

– salary $250.00 per week

1 Mason

– salary $250.00 per week Must be able to work 5 days per week

Contact 231-0308 ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTION Provo (241-7734)

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Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Manager of Financial Services in Finance Department.

KENNETH BROWN CONSTRUCTION Provo (241-7734)

Maintains a documented system of accounting policies and procedures Ensures that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements Maintains banking relationships Reports to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances Engages in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company Ensures that written performance evaluations of supervised employees are completed as required, provides continuous feedback on personnel performance issues, and takes immediate action to recognize achievements and address deficiencies or problems. Ensures compliance with corporate policies, government regulations and GAAP standards Develops and executes improvement plans on the financial reporting process including updating the Finance Operations Manual for new processes. Performing economic evaluations of projects and investments to improve operational performance.

Minimum Requirements

The applicant must hold a professional accounting designation, CA, CPA, CGM, CMA or equivalent Eight to ten years experience, preferably in utilities or related field. Five (5) of which must have been in a supervisory position The applicant should have experience in systems implementations and change management situations As a member of the management team, the successful applicant must understand the corporate vision and successfully gain support for and implement that vision Excellent team player and team building skills Good analytical skills Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and to work under pressure Goal-oriented Self motivated Team player

Compensation

Salary Grade 15: $79,000.00 - $98,750.00 based on qualifications and ability PPC offers a competitive compensation package for more information contact Human Resources Manager Deadline for submission of application is June 10th, 2011. Applicants must submit an up-to-date Resume and a completed PPC Application form to be considered for the position. Please submit to:-

Director, Human Resources PPC Limited. P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: jmissick@ppcltd.tc or by fax 946-4532

MASON Salary $8 per hour. Only Turks Islanders need to apply.

LABOURER

Salary $5 per hour. Only Turks Islanders need to apply.

JOHN WILLIAMS Is looking for a

Domestic Worker To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

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Gardner • 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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Pastry Chef

Point Grace is currently seeking a Pastry Chef for our food and beverage operations (breakfast, lunch, and fine dining restaurant). We are looking for a driven and passionate Pastry Chef to join our high level team. The successful candidate will come from a good working background, and be a real team player, with at least three years in a similar position. Ability to work well under pressure and good communication skills are essential; must be able to adhere to Government Health, Safety and Hygiene standards.

Housekeeper

Contact: 232 3082

To work 6 days per week 9am-4pm salary $5.00 per hour must be able to speak English. Email resume to sonyac1999@yahoo.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

Salary range $1,500 to $1,700 plus service charge and tips Belongers only need apply Closing date: June 11 2011

Bellman

Point Grace is currently seeking a Bellman. We are looking for trained and enthusiastic Bellman to join our team. The successful candidates will have several years experience in this position in a luxury hotel. Ability to work well under pressure and good communication skills, including excellent English, are essential; must have a pleasant and outgoing personality. In addition to regular Bellman duties, the jobs include, shifts in laundry, and common areas. Must be willing to work evenings, weekends and holidays. Wages range: $5.00 to $5.50 per hour (commensurate with experience), plus service charge. Belongers only need apply Closing date June 11th 2011 Please apply in writing to: Ms. Beverly Williams, Point Grace, PO Box 700, Providenciales, or by email to: Manager@pointgrace.com 7095

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

CAICOS DREAM TOURS

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

(BOAT CHARTERS – SNORKELING –TOURS AND EXCURSIONS – PROFESSIONAL FISHING)

POSITION AVAILABLE

Take Notice that I, Gordon Wetherell, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to SHARLENE ALTHEA MISSICK a national of Jamaica by virtue of marriage to a Belonger. GORDON WETHERELL

INBOUND /OUTBOUND TOUR SUPERVISOR Job Description:

• Responsible for achieving sales target and growth • Responsible for ensuring high customer service satisfaction • Conduct sales calls and visits • Respond and follow-up customer enquiries and requests • Communicate customers’ expectation internally and with vendors • Develop strong customer relationships through regular visits and timely response to their queries • Attend to clients booking or queries over the phone, fax or email • Qualifications: • Minimum degree in sales and marketing, travel and tourism or 3-5 years experience in this field • Proven track records in sales and marketing in related field • Good interpersonal and communication skills • Highly resourceful, self-driven and independent • Must have proper training certificates • Willing to work long hours

CAICOS CAFÉ LTD. IN GRACE BAY

Chef De Partie Is looking for a

Please contact John Esper @ 231-7274

@@ Must be able to work weekends, nights and holidays @@ Must be able to work 6 days per week @@ Must be able to clean the kitchen after service @@ Must have at least 8 years experience @@ Good knowledge of general restaurant cooking @@ Expert in grilling, rotisserie and saucier @@ Must be able to understand and speak English @@ Must be physically fit, dependable and hardworking @@ Salary based on experience and quality of work

7105

ADVERTISING DEADLINE FOR ALL ADS IS 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY

All resumes CV’s letters of reference along with a clean police record must be delivered to Caicos Café Grace Bay

CALL 946-4664 OR EMAIL tcnews@tciway.tc 7112

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664 OJ CAICOS GLASS-OSIAS JOSEPH South Dock Road, Providenciales. Tel: 231-6260

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FLOWERGIRL

TURKS & CAICOS AGGRESSOR II

Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor/ Video Pro Requirements as follows:

• Valid Padi /SSI /Naui Scuba Diving instructor membership & liability Insurance • PADI/ SSI Enriched Air Instructor • Minimum of 5 specialty ratings • Working knowledge of

Is looking for a

LABOURER, Female Driver DOMESTIC WORKER With own transportation must be Salary $5.00 per hour Only Turks Islanders need to apply.

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

able to work from 9am – 3pm

underwater camera systems • Computer literate • STCW95 Compliant • Be prepared to live onboard and work long hours including weekends and holidays • Starting salary $400.00 a week • Belongers need only apply

Please send resumes to tcaggressor@express.tc

contact 231-3788

Turks and Caicos

Weekly News the national newspaper of the turks and caicos islands

ON THE WEB tcweeklynews.com

POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Turks and Caicos Islands’ oldest and leading publishing house is in need of additional staff to fill the following posts:

WRITERS / PHOTO JOURNALISTS Candidates must have at least five (5) years experience working full-time for daily newspapers and/or news/features magazines, reporting on hard news, features and parliamentary/court proceedings. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience. Position available March 1, 2010

FOR MAGAZINES AND OTHER PERIODICALS GRAPHICS PRODUCTION DESIGNER/PAGINATOR This position requires someone with at least five (5) years experience working with Macintosh or PC computers. Must be skilled in the make-up of advertising and pagination. Proficiency using InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop software for print is essential. Some technical, networking and web design knowledge an asset. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience. Position available March 1, 2010

REPORTER TRAINEE Preferably a High School graduate or someone with an extremely good command of the English language for court and community reporting. Ability to drive and use a camera a desirable asset. Salary paid weekly will commensurate with experience. Position available March 1, 2010

ADVERTISING SPACE SALES PERSON Candidates must have had actual hands-on experience selling advertising space for newspapers and magazines. Ability to assist clients with the writing of copy for ads and gathering of collateral an asset. Salary is commission based. Position available June 30, 2011 Forward applications to: The Publisher Duncanson Publications Ltd. P.O. Box 52, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Email: tcnews@tciway.tc NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Preference will be given to Belongers and Legal Residents Closing date for applications is November 14, 2008

7086

June 4 - 10, 2011

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

33 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

PRESTON HARRIS

NAPA

Is looking for a

Is currently looking to employ a

Labourer Bayview Motors Ltd. P.O. Box 619 Leeward Highway, Providenciales

7053

Who will be responsible for the daily maintenance of the building, stocking of the shelves and any other duty that may be assigned to you please submit all application between 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday to:

LUEWELL CONSTRUCTION

Grants Gas Station Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Domestic Worker To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.50 per hour.

contact 246-8026

7064

CASA BLANCA CASINO

Labourer

Leeward Highway Providenciales Is looking for a qualified person to fill the position of

To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Bartender

Contact 241-8830

Contact 941-3737

7054

Hours: 2pm -9pm salary $10.00 per hour

7076

GRACE BAY CLUB

On The Run Mini Mart

Grace Bay Road Providenciales Is looking for a qualified person to fill the position of

is looking to fill the following positions:

2 Domestic Workers Salary $150.00 per week

Carpenter Salary $5.75 per hour may be required to work on holidays. Please correspond to P.O. Box 477, Providenciales

7050

1 Labourer Salary $200.00 per week Must be able to work 5 days per week

Contact: Debra Yvonne Garland @ 243-6748 between the hours of 10am – 3pm

Room Attendant Hours: 7am – 5pm salary $5.50 per hour

7071

Contact 946-5050 7077

THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH OF GOD INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT Is looking for a

Interhealth Canada TCI New Turks and Caicos Islands Hospital We are looking for the following disciplines and suitably qualified Belongers are encouraged to apply:-

NURSE SUPERVISORS A minimum of 5 years experience in a supervisory position and relevant qualifications are required.

REGISTERED NURSES AND REGISTERED MIDWIVES in the undermentioned disciplines:• NICU • Emergency Department • Operating Department/Intensive Care • Maternity A minimum of 3 years experience and relevant qualifications are required. Salaries will be circa U$25,000 dependant on qualifications and experience

Initial application packs may be collected from reception at the hospital from Monday 30th, May.

Pastor Salary $7.00 per hour

Contact 245-7557 Welma Smith Is looking for a

FOR SALE

Real estate opportunity Two-bedroom, one bath home in the centre of phase one of Priton Developments in Wheeland.

Beautifully maintained, substantially improved, fully furnished. Situated on 0.25 acre lot, it’s close to Blue Hills and has interior open plan living/kitchen/dining room, and central air throughout. Offers over $155,000. Motivated seller.

Labourer

To work 2 days per week. Salary $40.00 per day. Contact 243-0792 7110

Call 245 6620 or email gemmahandy@gmail.com

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664 Paula Jennings Ward Five Cays Is looking for a

Carpenter Hours: 7am5pm salary $7.00 per hour.

Contact 241-3333

7078

Call today to advertise

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

Qualified PADI/NAUI SCUBA Instructors Needed Successful candidate will be a PADI MSDT with current membership and insurance, resort operations experience including advanced level instruction, dive accident management, compressor maintenance, equipment and engine maintenance and repair. Captain’s license and STCW95 qualification preferred, or applicant must be willing to train. This is a tourism related job and will include all aspects of the company’s daily routine including but not limited to, teaching all levels of instruction, guiding dives, boat and vehicle operations and working the front office. The work schedule will include weekends, public holidays and occasional night dives.

SHIRLEY SMITH

ROOSEVELT OUTTEN

Is looking for a

Domestic Worker To do household chore. Must be able to work 5 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 243-5791 7055

Farmer To work 4 days

per week. Salary $100.00 per week. Contact 246-7169

7067

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Starting Salary $380 - $500 per week based on experience and qualifications.

946-4664 OR EMAIL tcnews@tciway.tc

June 4 - 10, 2011

Contact David Volkert at 946-4232 or info@ provoturtledivers.com Positions available starting June 8, 2011. Please submit applications before June 1, 2011

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PPC LIMITED

STAFF VACANCY

SECURITY GUARD

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Security Guard in the Business Systems & Information Technology Department.

Description In accordance with proven Security industry standards: Provide a professional safe and secure environment at any of PPC’s facilities located throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Main Duties • Oversee and protect PPC’s employees, customers and visitors from physical harm while on the company’s premises. • Act as a deterrent in crime and the theft of company property from wither internal or external sources. • Provide guidance and general information, in a helpful and courteous manner, to customers and visitors while on the company’s premises. • Monitor CCTV cameras, fire and burglar alarms, or any other monitoring devices installed by the company to protect its facilities and assets. • Maintain accurate logs of those that enter or exit secure areas of the company’s facilities. • Conduct physical patrols and inspections of the Company’s facilities. • Document and report any security breaches, irregularities and safety related concerns that may arise while conducting patrols. • Actively participate in any criminal or safety investigation. • Inspect and report unsafe delivery or contractor vehicles entering PPC’s facilities. • Other duties as assigned. Minimum Requirements • High School diploma. • Previous security or law enforcement education or experience would be considered an asset. • Knowledge and exposure to the operation of Security Alarm equipment, Access Control, Fire Alarm and Protection Equipment, CCTV Cameras would be considered an asset. • Acceptable knowledge and skills relating to Microsoft Family of software products (Word, Excel, Outlook). • Possess a valid driver’s license. • Must be bondable. • Excellent Team Player and Team building skills. • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. • Must be able to make quick and logical decisions based on visual observations and facts. • Must have excellent customer relation skills. Compensation • Salary Grade 7: $28,100.00 - $35,130.00 based on qualifications and ability. PPC offers a competitive compensation package for more information contact Director, Human Resources Deadline for submission of application is May 27th, 2011. Applicants must submit an up-to-date Resume and a completed PPC Application form to be considered for the position. Please submit to:-

Director, Human Resources PPC Limited. P. O. Box 132, Providenciales. Email address: jmissick@ppcltd.tc Turks & Caicos Islands. Fax: 649-946-4532

Government Vacancy Senior Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONBILITIES:

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Senior Deputy Registrar of Supreme Court. The incumbent in this position will be based in Providenciales and will be in charge of the sub-registry subject to the directions of the Registrar on Grand Turk. He /She will also be expected to work closely with the Resident Supreme Court Judge and the Registrar to establish a practical and effective system and advise of any consequential amendments to the Civil procedure rules; fix attend and open Chamber sittings in the Supreme Court; administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses; operate the recording system; assist with the summoning and management of jurors; issue process, register all fees and fines received in proceedings in the Supreme Court and perform any other related duties as may be assigned by the Registrar or Chief Justice.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The position requires the incumbent to be qualified as an Attorney-at-Law in a Commonwealth Jurisdiction and have at least five (5) years legal experience to acquire the necessary competencies to effectively respond to the challenges of the job.

RENUMERATION PACKAGE:

SALARY: $34,992 - $38,880.00 PER ANNUM PROFFESSIONAL ALLOWANCE: $6000.00 PER ANNUM For person recruited outside the Turks and Islands a two (2) year contract is offered. Other benefits offered in addition to basic salary includes a telephone allowance, housing allowance, end-of-contract gratuity of 15% of salary; return passage for family of up to two children under the age of sixteen (16) years, as well as duty free concession on the shipment of personal effects imported within six months of appointment. Applicant’s resume including contact number or email address, two letters of reference and a police certificate should be sent to the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Susan Malcolm Office of the Public Service Management, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. Fax (649) 946-1582. Email: recruitment@gov.tc Extension: 10318 APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 9th 2011 7065

June 4 - 10, 2011

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PHONE: (649) 946-4664

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

TUCKER’S HILL NURSERY & LANDSCAPING

WANTED

Video Wave Turtle Cove Is looking for a

Is looking for a

WILLIAM FORBES is looking for a

2 Labourers

Gardner

Sales Clerk Hours: 10am-

To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.50 per hour.

10pm salary. $6.00 per hour.

7070

Contact 243-3174

Contact 941-4946

7079

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

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The Death is Announced of

Nanny

Must be able to work 5 days per week. Salary $6.50 per hour.

Farmer

Contact 245-6962

contact 231-1595

7066

To work 2 day per week salary $100.00 per week.

7072

Charming Changes and Natural Wellness Products presents a

New Look, New Attitude and a Whole New You for 2011!!!!

(Exclusive Distributor for SliMor + Acai, SliMor, SliMax, FenuMor, MultiMor, Colonex, Nutricin, Mas Xtreme and Passion Power)

AVAILABLE AT THESE STORES Providenciales Graceway IGA Supermarket (Leeward Highway) Best 4 Less Liquor Store (Grace Bay) Discovery Land (Lower Bight Road) Grace Bay Pharmacy (Neptune Plaza) Flamingo Pharmacy (Graceway Plaza) Island Pharmacy (Menzies Building) NHIP Pharmacy (Lightbourn’s Plaza) Sunset Pharmacy Plus (Royal Palm Plaza) The Reychell Nail Studio & Beauty Salon Seaview Provo (Rock Plaza) Northside Quick Stop (Blue Hills) Naeo’s Smart (Five Cays Road) Pumpy’s Bar (Five Cays Road)

941-5000 343-6433 946-8242 941-4527 946-4150 941-7790 941-3751 245-9765 941-3650 242-8509

Grand Turk Dot’s Food Fair (Pond Street) J & J Supermarket (West Road) Club Ranking (West Road) Grace Bay Pharmacy (Cee’s Plaza) Ruth’s Beauty Salon (Backsalina) Bridging The Gap Professional Services (Moxey Folly) Faye Forbes (Breezy Bay)

946-2324 247-3577 247-3577 946-1266 946-2294 946-2899 241-2029

South Caicos Kisa Services (Stubbs Road) Sunset Café & Grill (Opposite Dock Landing) North Caicos T’s Grocery Store (Bottle Creek) Scorpio XIV Bar (Kew) Charmaine Clarke (Sandy Point)

946-7284 241-7651 231-3919

Norman Adonald Hamilton

Projetech Construction Management & Services Ltd. wishes to recruit the following staff:

Of Bambarra, Middle Caicos Born: February 04th 1925 Died: May 27th 2011 Location: At his residence, Belglade Parker Garden, Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands He is survived by His wife Madlin Hamilton Two Sons: Norman Hamilton of Providenciales & Albert Hamilton of Rochester New York Three daughters: Enid Pinder of Grand Bahama , Denise Searles of South Carolina & Elianise Rigby of Providenciales Brothers: Albert Hamilton of Orlando Florida, Whitfield Hamilton Baltimore Maryland & Simeon Hamilton of Grand Turk Sister: Elmena Lightbourne of South Caicos 16 Grand Children: Nieces, Nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral Services Saturday June 04 2011 at 02:00pm At Jericho Baptist Church The Bight, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Interment : The Bight Cemetery

PROJECT MANAGER Applicants for the post of PROJECT MANAGER must have a relevant professional qualification in engineering and/or construction management. They should be able to demonstrate suitable experience, at a senior level, on large commercial building projects. A proven track record demonstrating the ability to oversee the completion of projects on time, within budget and to a high standard of quality, within a demanding schedule, must be shown. Salary starts at US$70k per annum, based on qualifications and experience. This position is immediately available. Applications must be made in writing and should include career history and the names and contact details of at least two references. All applications will be properly reviewed and suitably qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview within one week of the closing date. Applications should be received by 6th June 2011 and sent to:

Steve Thompson Projetech Construction Management & Services Ltd. P.O. Box 659, Providenciales Fax: 941-5824 or Email info@projetech.tc

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

GILLEY’S ENTREPRISES

Four Leaf Solutions Is looking to fill the following vacant positions:

Is looking for a Group Controller

Seeking Infrastructure person with demonstrable skills/certification to A+ levels, minimum 12 months experience in similar roles, must be able to resolve a variety of Hardware and Software issues. Salary range $5-9 per hour based on experience.

Requirements: • Completion of a recognized accounting designation with minimum 3 years post qualification experience • Computer skill proficiency • Salary: $50,000 to $60,000 depending on experience

Please forward resume to: Discount Liquors/ The Wine Cellar Fax: (649) 946-4871 Or email: discountfinance@tciway.tc

Senior IT Technician

Seeking degree qualified or equivalently experienced Infrastructure person with demonstrable skills/certification to at least MCSE and CCNA levels, minimum of 10 years experience, will be working at a different client locations on up to 100 user LAN/WAN configurations, must be able to resolve complex issues. Salary range $7-19 per hour commensurate with experience.

7091

PATRICK GRANT

Kiteboard instructor needed

We are looking to IMMEDIATELY fill these positions, Belonger Applications are preferred, should you be interested please forward your CV to jobs@fourleafsolutions.tc, suitable applicants will be contacted within 7 days of us receiving your application.

7093

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Is looking for a

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Must be IKO Level 2 Certified with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience. Salary is commission based.

Housekeeper To work 5 days per week. Salary $5.50 per hour.

7087

Call 242.2927 if qualified

Junior IT Technician

• Implementation and monitoring of internal controls • Inventory monitoring and controls

Contact 941-8856

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 Trust Company, Caribbean Place, and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 10th of June, 2011.

Location

50500/95, Whitby, North Caicos. 6.39 acres of beachfront land located to the west of the St Charles resort on Whitby Beach, North Caicos. The subject property enjoys approximately 383 linear foot of beachfront. Suitable for commercial development. A reserve price will be fixed for the auction.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Sail Rock Point Ltd

Approximate Area

6.39 acres

Location

50102/99, 100, 101, Sandy Point, North Caicos. Three adjoining 5 acre beachfront parcels of undeveloped land on the beautiful Sandy Point Beach, North Caicos. Close to North Caicos Marina. Stunning north shore views over the coral reef. Suitable for commercial development. A reserve price will be fixed for the auction.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Caicos Platinum Company Ltd

Approximate Area

15 acres (divided into 3 x 5 acre lots)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN TRUST COMPANY LTD. Meridian House. P.O. Box 599, Caribbean Place Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082. Fax (649) 941-3223

7090

Responsibilities: • Day to day administration of all functions associated with finance and accounting • Preparation of monthly financial statements • Management of daily working capital requirements • Preparation of annual budgets • Setting up accounting systems for new businesses • Financial analysis, preparation of year end working papers

FAX: (649) 946-4661

POINT GRACE

Is seeking a

General Labourer

This position is responsible for cleaning all common areas (stairwells, patios, public bathrooms etc.), garbage removal and cleaning of garbage areas, general housekeeping duties and laundry assistance. Several years experience in a similar position is required, as well as good communication skills, including excellent English; must have a pleasant and outgoing personality. Must be willing to work evenings, weekends and holidays. Wages range: $5.00 to $6.50 per hour (commensurate with experience), plus service charge. Belongers only need apply. Closing date: June 11 2011 Please apply in writing to: Beverly Williams, Point Grace, PO Box 700, Grace Bay, Providenciales. Email: manager@pointgrace Fax: 946-5097 7096

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.

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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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

PPC LIMITED STAFF VACANCY Business Performance & Compliance Officer

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Business Performance & Compliance Officer in our Business Systems and Information Technology Department.

Description

@@Focuses on fundamental business issues – managing risk, increasing revenues, controlling costs – which the company should address in order to help it achieve extraordinary results. Identify and assist in managing risks inherent in business processes and technology systems that support business objectives, and provide management with the information needed to help them meet their strategic and financial goals and to create sustainable value over the long term. Help execute process transformation, measurably improved operational performance, and optimal organizational structuring. @@Advocate good governance, best practices and proactive management approach.

Main Duties

@@Performance Management @@Assists in the development of strategies and strategic planning. @@Assist the evaluation of proposed automated systems for feasibility and compliance with the Company’s business objectives. @@Assists Human Resources in the design and implementation of performance management and incentive framework. @@Promotes Value Based Management (VBM) approach to ensure that the Company consistently run on value (maximizing stakeholders value). @@Develop and maintain matrices to improve efficiency and productivity. @@Assists and coordinates implementation of Balanced Scorecard (BSC) or equivalent management system. @@Assists in designing and preparation of executive reporting. @@Strategic cost control and revenue enhancement @@Assists management in implementing controls relating to the following areas: @@Provide high level support to the Company’s 5-year Strategic Planning Process. @@Assist Management with special reports such as rate studies and License negotiations. @@Controlling and creating estimates. @@Planning and cost reduction. @@Financial management improvement. @@Process Improvement @@Initiates and manages projects / activities that are pertaining to: @@Organizational and procedural restricting. @@Improving process performance. @@Improving Company processes, including outsourcing solutions. @@Risk Management @@Assists management in understanding and implementation of Enterprise Risk Management program. @@Advises executive officers on current and emerging electric utility industry risk. @@Assist management in risk analysis of various aspects of business – strategic, operational, financial, or project risks. @@Coordinates documentation and implementation of emergency response plan and business continuity such as but not limited to Hurricane, Fire, Pandemic, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management. @@Sustainability advisory @@Advises the executive officers (and the board, if applicable) on the best governance practices. @@Assist in monitoring compliance with laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable to the Company. @@Performs assurance tasks and recommends improvements as needed on areas that will not impair independence and objectivity. @@Minimum Requirements @@Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. @@CPA, or CIA, or CMA or ACCA @@Business Skills – Accounting, Economics, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, Audit, Management, Information, Technology, Marketing, Operations, Statistics, Security, Safety. @@Interpersonal Skills – Leadership, Motivator, Negotiations, Consensus Builder, Team Builder. @@Personal Skills – Motivated, Innovative, Experienced, Good Communication, Consultative. @@CONCEPTUAL SKILLS: Planning, Organizing, Decision-making, Management Process, Ethical Judgment, Organizational Architect, Strategic Thinking. @@TECHNICAL SKILLS: Risk Management Process, Risk Analysis, Risk Control, Enterprise Risk Management, Project Management, Vendor Relations. @@Minimum of 8 years experience in related field – risk Management, Project Management, Accounting, Auditing. @@Advanced Information Technology Skills.

Compensation

Salary Grade 15:$79,000.00 - $98,750.00 based on qualifications and ability. PPC offers a competitive compensation package for more information contact Human Resources Director Deadline for submission of application is June 10th, 2011. Applicants must submit an up-to-date Resume and a completed PPC Application form to be considered for the position. Please submit to:-

Director, Human Resources PPC Limited. P. O. Box 132, Providenciales Email address: jmissick@ppcltd.tc or by fax 946-4532

C & J EMPLOYMENT Is looking for the following persons on behalf of our clients: Barefoot Café, Beaches and Terrell Gardiner

COLLIN WILLIAMS Wishes to employ a

Domestic Worker

– salary $5.00 per hour

Steward

Labourer

– salary $5.00 per hour

Dishwasher

– salary $5.00 per hour

To work 8am-5pm must be willing to work weekends. Salary $5.00 per hour

Cashier

– salary $150.00 per week

Store Clerk

– salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 941-8283 7083

Contact 246-0062 Closing date June 12th, 2011

7105

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

COCO BISTRO Is looking for a

Waitress To work hours given by Manager Must be able to work holidays, Tuesday – Saturday 6:00pm to close Must have a clean police record Salary $6.00 per hour

Contact the Manager at 649-946-5369

7097

Deadline June 30th, 2011

DINESHWAIRE JAINARINE

Jatana Williams Seeks to employ an

Is looking for a

Domestic Electrician Worker

To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact 242-5425

7102

June 4 - 10, 2011

Hours are 8am-5pm must be willing to work weekends contact 243-7532 closing date is June 19, 2011 salary $5.00 per hour

7104

ERNEST WILLIAMS Is looking for a

Labourer

To work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour. Contact 343-1204

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Science & Technology

June 4 - 10, 2011

AIDS: HIV treatment stops transmission INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH led by the National Institutes on Health ( NIH ) now has strong evidence that HIV treatment helps prevent transmission to sex partners. This is the first time that goldstandard research—a randomized, controlled clinical trial— successfully demonstrates the concept of “treatment as prevention.” “Previous data about the potential value of antiretrovirals in making HIV-infected individuals less infectious to their sexual partners came largely from observational and epidemiological studies,” said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) , in a press release. “This new finding convincingly demonstrates that treating the infected individual—and doing so sooner rather than later— can have a major impact on reducing HIV transmission.” According to the release, “Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy.” The study, HPTN 052, conducted

HIV finds ways to elude the body’s immune system which makes a cure very difficult.

by the U.S.-based HIV Prevention Trials Network, found a 96-percent drop in the risk of infection with the use of antiviral therapy. It looked at 1,763 couples from around the world in which one partner had HIV and the other one didn’t. Half of the positive partners were put on anti-HIV therapy immediately. The other half received therapy when they experienced an AIDS-related event such as PCP ( pneumocystis pneumonia ) or a serious decrease in

their immune-system function ( as evidenced by a drop in their CD4+ T-cell counts down to 250 ) . The positive participants had moderately healthy immune systems when joining the study ( between 350 and 550 CD4+ T-cells ) , so they did not have advanced disease. The numbers of HIV-positive men and women in the trial were nearly equal. HPTN 052 was designed to determine whether treating HIVpositive people with antivirals may

protect their partners from HIV infection. It is also looking at the optimal time to start therapy in order to prevent illness and death. The vast majority of the couples (97 percent) were heterosexuals, and NIAID emphasised that “this precludes any definitive conclusions about effectiveness in men who have sex with men.” The couples participated from 13 sites in Botswana, Brazil, India, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, the United States and Zimbabwe. They all received safer-sex counselling, free condoms, treatment for STIs (sexually transmitted infections ) , regular HIV testing and evaluations and treatment of complications related to HIV. Of 39 infections that occurred, 28 were genetically linked to the positive partner (seven were not and four are still undergoing analysis). Of these 28 infections, only one occurred in the treatment group of the study. This represented a 96-percent decrease in the risk of infection. The findings were released early (the study was scheduled to end in 2015) and, based on these results, all of the HIV-positive people in the deferred treatment group were

offered antiretroviral therapy. In early 2008, Swiss HIV experts published a consensus statement saying that HIV-positive people are nearly non-infectious if they are on effective antiretroviral therapy (considered a viral load test result of less than 40 copies) for at least six months and have no other STIs. The consensus was based in part on a relatively small study with heterosexual couples from Rakai, Uganda. There was limited data on reduced transmission via male-to-male sex. For more on the Swiss statement, see http:// www. positivelyaware.com or http:// www. aidsmap.org . There is also research showing that some men who have undetectable HIV in their blood streams ( below the level of detection on a viral load test ) still have detectable levels of virus in their semen. According to the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the concept of HIV treatment as prevention is a promising avenue for lessening the risk of infection, but is not foolproof. (Courtesy of Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network ( TPAN ) .

WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk RADIATION FROM cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organisation. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established. A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorise personal exposure as “possibly carcinogenic to humans.” What that means is they found some evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone users, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers. “The biggest problem we have is that we know most environmental factors take several decades of exposure before we really see the consequences,” said Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurology at CedarsSinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave oven. “What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to

what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain,” Black said. “So in addition to leading to a development of cancer and tumors, there could be a whole host of other effects like cognitive memory function, since the memory temporal lobes are where we hold our cell phones.” Wireless industry responded to Tuesday’s announcement saying it “does not mean cell phones cause cancer.” CTIA-The Wireless Association added that WHO researchers “did not conduct any new research, but rather reviewed published studies.” The European Environmental Agency has pushed for more studies, saying cell phones could be as big a public health risk as smoking, asbestos and leaded gasoline. The head of a prominent cancer-research institute at the University of Pittsburgh sent a memo to all employees urging them to limit cell phone use because of a possible risk of cancer. “When you look at cancer development -- particularly brain cancer -- it takes a long time to develop. I think it is a good idea to give the public some sort of warning that long-term exposure to radiation from your cell phone could possibly cause cancer,” said Dr. Henry Lai, research professor in bioengineering at University of Washington who has studied radiation for more than 30 years.

Results from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children. “Children’s skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger.” said Black of Cedars-Sinai

Medical Center. In February, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, revealed radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells. The effects of brain activity being artificially stimulated are still unknown. Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says Tuesday’s announcement, “dealt a blow to those who have long said, ‘There is no possible mechanism for cell phones to cause cancer.’ By classifying cell phones as a possible carcinogen, they also seem

to be tacitly admitting a mechanism could exist.” Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body and medical experts say there other ways to minimize cell phone radiation. The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual says users’ radiation exposure should not exceed FCC guidelines: “When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 millimeters (5/8 inch) away from the body.”

How Nazi scientists tried to create an army of talking dogs IN HIS NEW book Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities, Cardiff University historian Jan Bondeson mines obscure German periodicals to reveal the Nazis’ failed attempt to breed an army of educated dogs that could read, write and talk. “In the 1920s, Germany had numerous ‘new animal psychologists’ who believed dogs were nearly as intelligent as humans, and capable of abstract thinking and communication,” he writes. “When the Nazi party took over, one might have thought they would be building concentration camps to lock these fanatics up,

but instead they were actually very interested in their ideas.” According to the book, scientists envisioned a day when dogs would serve alongside German troops, and perhaps free up SS officers by guarding concentration camps. So to unlock all that canine potential, Hitler set up a TierSprechschule (Animal Talking School) near Hanover and recruited “educated dogs” from throughout the country. Teachers claimed a number of incredible findings. An Airedale terrier named Rolf became a mythic figure of the project after teachers said he could

spell by tapping his paw on a board (the number of taps represented the various letters of the alphabet). With that skill in hand, he mused on religion, learned foreign languages and even asked a noblewoman, “Can you wag your tail?” Perhaps most outlandish is the claim by his German masters that he asked to serve in the German army because he disliked the French. Another mutt barked “Mein Fuhrer” when asked to describe Hitler. And Don, a German pointer, is said to have imitated a human voice to bark, “Hungry! Give me cakes!” in German.

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O’Neal announces his retirement SHAQUILLE O’NEAL says he is retiring from the NBA after a professional career spanning nearly two decades. O’Neal, 39, made the announcement via a video he posted on social networking site Twitter. “We did it. Nineteen years baby. I want to thank you very much, that’s why I’m telling you first, I’m about to retire,” O’Neal said in the message. A spokesman for the Boston Celtics - O’Neal’s current team says the player has not notified them of his plans. O’Neal has been affected by injuries in the latter stages of his career during his time with Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston. He has played just 37 games this year, which is the first of a two-year deal at the 7ft 1in player’s minimum salary. He has made just three appearances since 1 February. He recently told an ESPN reporter working on a biography of him that he had considered carrying on playing despite a nagging right Achilles problem - but did not want to disappoint Celtics fans. During his 19-year career, O’Neal

Shaquille O’Neil has announced his retirement after a two-decade career.

has played for six teams - Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix, Cleveland and, most recently, Boston. He has won four NBA titles three with the Lakers and the last with Miami - and was named as the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2000. He has also been named NBA Finals MVP on three occasions. O’Neal ranks fifth on the all-time NBA scoring list with 28,596 points. He won a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, where he was a member of the US “Dream Team III”. (BBC)

Messi hails Barca teammates after Champions League victory BARCELONA STRIKER Lionel Messi has hailed the performance of his teammates after the Spanish giants beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley on Saturday to lift their third Champions League trophy in six seasons. Messi produced a scintillating performance to enhance his reputation as being the world’s greatest player, scoring Barcelona’s second goal and tormenting the Manchester United defenders throughout the 90 minutes. However, the 23-year-old Argentine preferred to pay tribute to the players around him, telling the official UEFA website: “We’re very happy to lift another trophy. It was a difficult season, but we showed how good we are. “We were the better team. To be the man of the match is the least important thing because it was incredible how we played. We were very good in all areas.” Messi added: “This team is incredible. I think we can’t really fully appreciate what we’re doing, what we are achieving. “We want to keep winning trophies and we can keep going further and further. We were superior against Manchester and deserved the

Lionel Messi underlined his reputation as the world’s greatest player with his display in Barcelona’s 3-1 victory.

win. “It is another cup for us and I managed to score a goal again. Now we’re going on holiday -- after taking the cup home to our people -- then we will start thinking about what we can achieve next season.” Meanwhile, Brazilian international Dani Alves paid tribute to fellow-defender Eric Abidal, who made a remarkable recovery from a liver tumor operation to play against United -- with the Frenchman being handed the honour of lifting the trophy.

“Even before all of this we all said that our biggest victory, our most important trophy, was the recovery of Abi,” Alves told UEFA’s website. “We put on a spectacle for everyone who is passionate about football and who loves football -- and I think that people who really like football will be very happy because they have seen a great match.” Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets added: “We suffered a bit at the beginning, and at the end, but by then the match was already decided for us. (CNN)

Nigeria thump a second-string Argentina side in Abuja

Spanish sensation Ricky Rubio has finally agreed to play for the Timberwolves.

Rubio will be in the NBA

RICKY RUBIO is finally leaving home. The 20-year-old Spanish point guard was drafted fifth overall in 2009 by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but as much as David Kahn, who had recently been hired as the team’s president of basketball operations and was charged with changing the losing fortunes of the team, tried to convince young Rubio to come to America, he was not ready to leave his homeland. He instead continued playing professionally there. Now that is about to change. League sources to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski report that Rubio has agreed to join the Timberwolves for this coming season. Two years ago he was hailed as

the next big thing. Now he’s coming off two seasons with FC Barcelona, where he only averaged 6.5 points and 3.5 assists in 22.4 minutes per game last season. Rubio has been around much more than your average rookie. The guy won the Euroleague Rising Star award in 2010 and the FIBA European Young Player of the Year award in 2007, 2008, and 2009 as well as helping to win a Eurochallenge championship in 2006, a Eurocup championship in 2008, and a gold medal during the 2009 FIBA European Championship. He’s got other hardware to show off, too, and that’s all great. But now he’s go to help the Timberwolves start winning some games. (Yahoosports.com)

Chris Tremlett was key to England’s Test victory over Sri Lanka.

Aggression key to Chris Tremlett’s success for England ENGLAND SEAMER Chris Tremlett believes he has finally become the aggressive bowler everyone expected him to be when he made his Test debut four years ago. The 29-year-old played a key role in England’s victory over Sri Lanka in the recent first Test in Cardiff. “In 2007 I tried to be quite aggressive in my Test debut against India,” said Tremlett. “Maybe that was a bit forced. “Now fast bowling and being aggressive is something that comes more natural to me. I have grown as a cricketer.”

The Surrey man demonstrated his ferocity in Wales on Monday, utilising pace and bounce to take four wickets as Sri Lanka collapsed to 82 all out in their second innings, giving England a victory by an innings and 14 runs. He also claimed four wickets on his debut against India at Lord’s in 2007, but was subsequently dropped from the squad after the series due to a lack of form and fitness. He insists that any doubts about his ability to lead the England attack have now been erased following an impressive Ashes series - in which he claimed 17 wickets in three Tests - and his display in Cardiff. (BBC)

NIGERIA WARMED up for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Ethiopia with a 4-1 win over Argentina in Abuja. The visitors paid heavily for fielding an experimental side, with Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano and Sergio Aguero all absent. A ‘B’ side trying to force their way into Argentina coach Sergio Batista’s Copa America squad were soundly beaten. Ikechukwu Uche (2), Obinna Nsofor and Emmanuel Emenike netted for the hosts before Mauro Boselli’s late penalty. Nigeria coach Samson Siasia and his men will now travel to Ethiopia for Sunday’s Group B qualifier in buoyant mood. “Let’s not take anything away from the importance of this win,” Nigeria captain Joseph Yobo said afterwards. The absence of so many big names had inititally provoked anger among some Nigerian fans but this may now be overlooked given the manner of victory.

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How Usain Bolt and Jamaica came to rule the world By Andy Akinwolere

I’VE NEVER felt an energy like this before; 30,000 people dancing, chanting, and screaming at the top of their voices. With thousands of spectators dressed in their school colours, whistles tweeting and the smell of jerk chicken tickling the noses of all the punters, one would think this was Jamaica hosting the Olympics. This is “Champs” - a school sports day like no other. And leading the Mexican waves that circle the stadium is the world’s fastest man - Usain Bolt. This is the crucible of Jamaican athletics and according to Usain: “Winning a Champs gold medal was like winning a World Championship gold medal”. Jamaica is a world powerhouse of sprinting. This nation of just three million inhabitants has won an amazing 13 Olympic gold medals for athletics. In the last five years both the Jamaican men and women have dominated the 100m event but what makes them so fast? There are many theories that explain Jamaica’s sprinting prowess. Usain Bolt grew up in the

hills of Trelawny so that’s where I go to visit his father, Wellsley. He tells me his son got fit at a young age without knowing it. “A lot of these athletes are from the hilly terrain, you know, my son he used to walk miles to school,” says Wellsley Bolt. “So therefore I think that is what it is that causes these students to run so fast.” After Usain demolished the 100m world record in Beijing, his Aunt Lilly told Time magazine his success was due to the yam - a simple vegetable made up of complex carbohydrates. Another explanation is that many Jamaicans possess something called the ‘speed gene’. Professor Rachel Irving from the University of West Indies explains that a lot Jamaicans have high levels of serotonin in their bodies. “It [serotonin] determines mental toughness. If your level is high, you have a special gene, you tend to be very determined, aggressive, determined,” says Professor Irving. “You’re able to win under almost any condition, you close out everything else. That gives you the edge”. Professor Errol Morrison from Kingston University of Technology makes the point

Usain Bolt said Jamaicans are confident people.

that because the Jamaican gene pool is relatively homogenous, “there are many potential Usain Bolts, Asafa Powells and Shelly-Ann Frasers so Jamaica will rule for many years to come”. Going back to Usain Bolt’s old school, William Knibb High School, I meet his old PE teacher who tells me that every kid here wants to run. “It’s a passion. You ask Usain, he’ll tell you that. It’s just a passion,” says Lorna Thorpe. Talking about her influence on him, Usain says: “She’s like a second mum. When I was in High School she looked out for me, she was always on me in school, making sure everything was ok, always

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focused. So she played a very big part for me”. This obsession with athletics and nurturing of talent at an early age must have something to do with Jamaica’s success at the Olympics. The most convincing argument for me is “Champs”. The Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships is a massive school sports day held once a year in Jamaica’s capital Kingston. It’s a showcase for Jamaica’s best teenage athletes and many hope success can lead to a sports scholarship and an escape from a life of poverty. Champs has the nation completely under its spell. Over 30,000 people turn up to watch these youths and today Usain Bolt is one of them because this is where it all

started for him. Amazingly, Usain failed to win any event when he first appeared at Champs in 2001 in the under 14 age group. However, in 2003, aged 16, he grabbed everybody’s attention with record-breaking times in the 100m and 200m. Eight years later, strolling around in front of the stands, Usain is trailed by his entourage and surrounded by photographers and camera crews jostling to get a shot of the man, the legend. Every year Champs goes from strength to strength, so much so that many major athletic brands have taken heed and sponsor all the schools. The day after Champs I sit down with Usain. He is a tall, graceful and intelligent individual. He carefully thinks through his answers and delivers them with the calmness of a well trained media personality. So I ask him the big question, why do Jamaicans run so fast? “It’s confidence. We’re a confident people, we love winning so we work hard.” Usain tells me. “We want to be the best at whatever we do but anything we do or anything we put our minds to we always work so hard”. From our brief chat, Usain appears to be simply a lad from Trelawny living out his dreams and enjoying each day

as it comes with a gift that will have audiences gasping for many years to come. Unlike many, Usain has stayed on the island and refuses to be tempted to train in the United States. He loves Jamaica and Jamaica loves him back. “A lot of kids say they’re going be like me. Even 5-yearold kids see me and say ‘I’m going to beat you one day’. That’s a good thing for us,” Usain says. My first trip to the Island of Jamaica is one I will never forget. The natural vibrancy of the people slaps you in the face the moment you step off that plane. I feel it is this swagger, this self confidence and assurance, mixed with a love for the sport of athletics that is responsible for producing so many great athletes in this country. What scares me, though, is that one man’s feat of running the 100m in 9.58 seconds has spurred on a new generation to dig deeper and run faster. “There’s going to be a lot of talent coming up,” says Usain, who’s not ready to give up his crown just yet. “I’ve been telling all of them ‘yeah, you’re going to be good’ but I keep trying to get in their minds saying ‘you’re not going to get me’.” The world better watch out because Jamaica is not ready to hang up her spikes anytime soon. (BBC)

Blatter will not seek revenge against FA SEPP BLATTER insisted he would not make England pay for attempting to stop him from being re-elected unopposed as FIFA president. The Football Association wanted Wednesday’s election postponed but was heavily defeated at the FIFA congress in Zurich. Blatter expressed surprise at the FA but said he would not hold any grudges. “There’s no bad feeling with the associations that didn’t vote for me,” he said. “I’m the president of all the associations and will work with all of them - and with 186 votes I’m proud. Don’t worry about the English. “The number one national association in FIFA - the FA founded the game in 1863 - have the right to be called the FA, Football Association. They should be an example, so that was a surprise.

Sepp Blatter returns as FIFA president.

“I had heard about it, and UEFA made a special meeting trying to convince them. I thought this problem would be solved so was surprised when they tried to change the agenda of the Congress and not make elections.” Meanwhile, new FIFA vicepresident Jim Boyce told BBC Sport that the FA now need to bring in new faces to “build

bridges” following the fallout. Boyce, the former president of the Irish Football Association, claimed there is a perception within certain FIFA circles that the FA is arrogant and stated that he is happy to help improve relations between the English association and the game’s governing body. He said: “England in my opinion needs to build bridges both within UEFA and FIFA. I can assure you that I will do all in my power - if asked - to help the English FA.” Meanwhile, it has emerged that at least one of the countries who voted in favour of the FA’s proposal to postpone the election did so by mistake. Vietnam voted ‘yes’ to postpone the election believing they were actually voting to proceed with the election and Blatter as the only candidate.

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Da Conch Shacks Men’s Beach Soccer League:

Northern Star FC stay ahead NORTHERN STAR FC recorded another impressive win in the Da Conch Shacks Beach Soccer League last weekend. Their 10-5 victory against the Stingray Strikers has given them a six-point lead on the points table. The scorers for Northern Star were Ralph Pierre (4), Matt Green (2), Steve Wilson (1), James Rene (1), Kenton Webb (1) and an own goal. Phil Shearer (2), Haroon Swaby (1), Rodney Davilmar (1) and Fritz Evariste (1) scored for the Stingrays. In the other fixture Provo United got back to winning ways with an

8-6 victory against the Conch Shack Shockers. A young United team was led by Herby Magny (3 goals), Junior Stevens (2), Michael Erskine (1), Jacques Etienne (1) as well as an own goal. The Shockers fought hard as Nickenson Agelus led the attack with four goals, Pierre Joseph (1) and an own goal, but it was not enough on the day as Provo United took back second spot in the standings. The league has three weeks of regulation games to play before the championship finals on the 26th June. MVP for the day was Rodney Davilmar of the Stingray Strikers.

Sailrock U-13 Boys’ League:

Simons nets four in Five Cays FC win KEVIN Simons netted four goals for Five Cays FC in a 4-3 win over the Blue Hills Sharks in the third week of the Sailrock U-13 Boys’ League. Five Cays played a good passing game with Ras Diamond making his return by creating a few chances. Blue Hills were led by goals from Jeff “T” Desvales (2) and Makenson Cadet. Five Cays went on to draw their second game 0-0 with the Leeward Knights. Prior to that game the

Knights drew with the Long Bay Revolution despite a hat-trick from Gabriel Diotte-Joly for the latter. The fast paced game resulted in both teams creating quite a few scoring opportunities, but neither could outdo the other. The Knights got a brace from Cole Nickson while Romeo Outten chipped in with a single successful strike. Blue Hills bounced back in their second clash with a 3-0 win over the Revolution. Cadet scored twice while Mordechea added the other.

Participants of the Youth Coaching Licence course.

Twenty take part in TCIFA’s Youth Coaching Licence course IN AN EFFORT to further develop youth football in the island chain the TCIFA hosted a Youth Coaching Licence course last weekend. Twenty participants were invited to attend a series of presentations and practical demonstrations in order to ensure that they have the skills required to instruct the many young players that are taking up the sport. The course (YCL) is aimed at preparing 5-12 year-old players to develop their technical and tactical skills. The course also ensures that all TCIFA qualified coaches are able to offer basic first aid to injured players as well as advise young people of the importance of nutrition and injury prevention. The participants attended three lectures on Friday evening which included a presentation by Fraser Dods of Physiologic on the importance of health and safety, nutrition and the treatment of injuries. Technical Director, Matthew Green, followed this up with two presentations on the Theory of

Coaching and the Laws of the Game. Having spent the evening in the classroom, the candidates were eager to get onto the playing field on Saturday morning to go through a series of exercises designed to prepare them to coach at youth level. In the morning session, Green demonstrated how to conduct technical sessions to cover all the major footballing skills. The participants were put through their paces as they were actively involved in the practices. The afternoon session focussed on advanced techniques and how to coach young players in a more competitive environment. Again the participants were given the opportunity to be directly involved so they could get a grasp of how much fun playing football can be. Despite the heavy rain, the attendance, commitment and enthusiasm shown by those involved pleased Green who commented: “The coaches that we have here today are very enthusiastic and are willing to learn. They have all grasped the importance of making

coaching fun and I am sure they will do very well in our programmes in the months and years to come”. Having completed the course instruction, the participants will now go away and prepare for three written exams and an assessed practical coaching session. National Women’s team player Jacinda Alfrena admitted she was a bit nervous at first but opined that: “Once I got more involved I realised that I have the ability to coach at all levels and my confidence grew as the course went on”. Green added that: “Out of the four courses that I have conducted in the Turks and Caicos, this group was the most enthusiastic and receptive and I am confident that they will all pass with flying colours. This bodes well for the further development of youth football in our country”. Individuals interested in participating in future courses at youth, intermediate and senior level should contact the TCIFA at 941 5532 or email to mgreentcifa@ tciway.tc.

Josh for Sports

The epitome of success The most successful sporting national body in the history of sports in the TCI is indeed and in fact the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) as it exists today in the year 2011. Success in my book is manifested by ones level of attainment nationally and internationally. When you examine the current state of affairs of this association, you would discover that they have grown in size by leaps and bounds. They have grown so much over the past four years that they have literally outstripped themselves [almost] by not having sufficient terrain to accommodate the demand on the number of persons/ teams needing a place/ground/field to play on. Actually, the football wildfire

that is sweeping across the TCI has literally spread throughout some of the streets and backyards of Providenciales. So successful has the TCIFA become that the mere appearance by Technical Director Matthew Green recently at some of the private primary schools caused minor distraction of classes as the kids literally bolted from their classes to greet him. This is as a result of their happiness to see the person who has given them a recreational sport that they love and fully enjoy—that sport is football. I joked with Mr. Green the other day that he will become like Pele in Brazil when he walks in public. The importance of a proper organisation with scope, vision, perspective and progressive national

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focus is exemplified by the TCIFA. The children involved experience the benefits of social interaction among their peers. This interaction takes place throughout Providenciales, from different cultures, social backgrounds and it crosses language barriers although the common language spoken is

English. Here the value of competitive sports can never be overstressed. The positive benefits of competitive sports can never be over-emphasised. These kids learn how to be competitive. They learn creativity. They learn how to lose and bounce back. They learn how to strive for excellence. They learn how to cooperate [football is a team sport]. The technical skills acquired/ learned really motivate the young players and the ultimate chance to represent the TCI internationally in the various age groups is a further motivating factor. It is true a “healthy body compliments a healthy mind”. Also all work and no play makes for a boring, dull person and invites stress.

THE ULTIMATE APPEAL The association is now calling for all parents, family and friends to come out to assist in the progress of these little ones. The needs for persons exist to be trained as officials, lines persons, coaches and referees. HARD FACTS Since the arrival of Mr. Green football in the TCI has been constantly changing face. Mr. Green is the technical director of the association. There are basically four paid persons in that organisation: technical director, secretary, groundsman and assistant secretary. The president of the federation and others are not paid. The above positions are fulltime jobs. And, I fully applaud the performance of this formidable team. (More next week)

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Sarah Cenary, who was named the MVP of the league, receives her trophy from Technical Director Matthew Green.

TCIRFU coaches with the North Caicos’ rugby players.

TCIRFU takes rugby training to North Caicos MEMBERS of the Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union (TCIRFU) recently travelled to North Caicos to work with Donnovon Garvey of the Sports Commission to aid in the growth of rugby on the Garden Island. TCIRFU’s Captain Blair Mason, Dale Hodgkins, Dean Nolan and Sean O’Neill left Provo early two Saturdays ago and were soon met by enthusiastic athletes who were keen to improve their skills. The coaches took the North Caicos players through a number of drills aimed at improving their passing, body positioning and tackling. The juniors finished a match in which Wooden Carville stood

out scoring one try and setting up another. Mason said that: “The players here in North Caicos have great natural talent and with more coaching they will be able to focus that talent on the fundamentals of rugby. As they get older and some of them come to Provo we look forward to having them train with the senior players and push for places in the national team.” This session was a precursor to the second leg of the Inter-island series in which the Provo Barbarians will bring a 1-0 lead to North Caicos. Sean O’Neill said that there was a noted improvement in the skills of the North Caicos players thanks to

the work being done by Garvey. “The last match was a close affair. The Provo players are more experienced and as the game wore on that proved to be the difference. If the guys coming over... think it will be an easy match they will be in for a surprise.” Garvey praised the ability of the North Caicos’ athletes in general and said that rugby was continuing to grow. “They love the physical aspects of the game. I’ve been taking them to the beach so they can get used to tackling on a softer surface and they’re putting in some big hits.” The Provo Barbarians will take on the North Caicos Knights on Saturday June 4th at Raymond Gardiner High School in Bottle Creek.

Central Storage U-17 Girls’ League:

Five Cays and Sharks in top-spot battle THE CENTRAL Storage U-17 Girls’ League reached the halfway stage this week as Five Cays FC and Blue Hills Sharks moved up in the league standings to take the top two spots respectively. Five Cays started the day with a 5-0 win over the Leeward Knights with three goals coming from Sharika Been and two from Evnisha Saintvertu. They followed up that win with a 2-1 victory over Long Bay Revolution. Tiffany Grant had scored for the Revolution, but goals from Jenny Fleurenvil and

Kennia Herilien ensured that Five Cays finished the day as league leaders. In the other games Blue Hills Sharks went down 2-1 to the Revolution, Mykelor Michel scored for the Sharks, but goals from Yarielca De La Cruz and Sydney Lawson ensured Long Bay moved up into third place in the league. With several players missing it was a tough day for the Leeward Knights as they were heavily defeated by the Sharks in their final game by a score of 10-

1. Caitlyn Lewis had equalised early in the game for Leeward, but the Sharks were lethal in front of goal as they ran out comfortable winners with goals coming from Michel (4), Makayla Ellis (3) and Shinaydine Pluviose (3). The league has three weeks left to run and despite some of the high scores it would be tough to pick who will be the eventual winners. MVP for the week was Kennia Herilien who attends Enid Capron and plays for Five Cays FC.

Christina Hinds scored a whopping 56 goals including six in the third place game to take the top goal scorer’s award. Here she collects her trophy from Technical Director Matthew Green.

TCIFA Women’s Beach Soccer League:

Beach Soccer Ballers win title THE BEACH Soccer Ballers overcame an energised Caribbean Predators team to take the title in the championship final of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association’s (TCIFA) Beach Soccer League. The game was decided in extratime after the Predators made a dreamlike run which saw the scores even at 6-6 after they were trailing 5-1. Sarah Cenary, who was later named the most valuable player (MVP) of the league, showed her strength in the final game. In the dying minutes Cenary gave her team the lead again as she twisted and turned her way through the Predators’ defence. That play seemed like victory for the Ballers, who dominated the league, winning eight of their nine games, but with the last kick of regulation time Simone Smith’s long range shot ensured that the final would go into extra-time. Both teams had chances to win the game as the impressive Kadine Delphin almost made a late winner for the Predators, but it was Cenary who took advantage of a defensive error to give the Ballers the 8-7 victory. In the earlier game the All Star Shrimps claimed an 8-3 win against

the New Wave Warriors to secure third place. The Shrimps took control early in the second period as Christina Hinds scored six goals to ensure she finished as the league’s top goal-scorer with 56 goals, three ahead of Cenary. Jancilia Cox scored a hat-trick for the Warriors; Gillian Vernice and an own goal rounded out the scoring for the Shrimps. MVP for the day was Jacinda Alfrena who pulled off many great saves in goal for the Shrimps. Technical Director of the TCIFA Matthew Green pointed out that the: “League has been a tremendous success. Good crowds were treated to many high scoring and competitive games and beach soccer has become an important part of the TCIFA’s development programme.” Cenary and Hinds were named MVPs for their teams: Beach Soccer Ballers and All Star Shrimps respectively, while, Kadine Delphin and Gaya Smith were awarded with the same prize for the Predators and the Warriors in that order. Yarileny De La Cruz was named the most valuable youth player while Hinds finished as the top goal-scorer and Cenary as the league’s MVP.

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CONCACAF Opening Round:

Bahamas positive against the TCI – BFA chief says overseas players will be key THE BAHAMAS football team is behind the Turks and Caicos Islands on the FIFA rankings, but that does not stop the players from feeling confident about their home-andaway series against our national male football team. The two sides will battle it out in July to see who will advance to the first round of the CONCACAF Qualifiers. The opening game according to FIFA will take place on July 2 in TCI while the return clash will be in the Bahamas on July 9. Teams are playing according to their rankings. The preliminary round will be with teams ranked from 26-35 in the region. The TCI team is ranked 30 while its opponent is one higher. The other teams within that range are: the Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Aruba, Belize and Montserrat. VICTIMS OF PREPARATION Anton Sealey, president of the Bahamas Football Association, told the Tribune on that island chain that

“with a majority of their players based outside of The Bahamas the team will once again face issues in terms of preparation.” “We are always the victim of preparation and an inability to prepare properly and adequately because most of our players are abroad and it’s very costly and almost impossible for us to assemble them for an extended period of time to train. So we end up just having them for brief periods of time together before an actual competition.” Sealey is, however, confident about his squad which consists of US-based collegiate and professional players. “Fortunately, we are coming to the end of the school year so most of the US-based players will become available to us. One or two of them who are playing professionally, Cameron Hepple and Happy Hall for example, they are in season now with their teams so they will only be available to us the weekend of the matches so we do not have any opportunity for the other guys to

The Beach Soccer Ballers claimed an extra time win to lift the championship trophy in the TCIFA Women’s Beach Soccer League.

prepare with them, but we do expect them to be a part of the team and be available to us for both games,” he told the local newspaper. The Bahamas Football Association president feels that his side can get past TCI. “I fully expect that we will get beyond the Turks and Caicos. Into the second round, it will depend on

who we draw in that round. We have improved our standing in terms of our ability in the region so I think we are in that second tier in the region. So it depends on who we draw, but I expect this team will do well.” LOCAL CONFIDENCE Our players are no walkovers. The Turks and Caicos Islands Football

Association has invested its energy on youth development and the results are obvious at the local level, with the youngsters making their mark in the Men’s Football League. Most of these young players have made the transformation to the senior level. With that in mind the Technical Director Matthew Green is also optimistic about an overall win. “We are confident that the men will compete well and stand a good chance of progressing.”

Graceway Tennis Tournament:

Ono is number one again – Grandsire still top female YOSHI Ono re-captured the title as men’s singles champion when he got past Ingo Reckhorn in the Graceway Tennis Tournament earlier this week at the Graceway Sports Centre. Ono, who had lost to Elise Crozier in the previous tournament, braved through play hampered by rain to add the men’s doubles title to his belt. He teamed with Doug Carlson to get past Reckhorn and partner John Zammit. That match was

broken during the first set due to rain with Reckhorn and Zammit up 7-6. After a break to wait out the short rainfall, Ono and Carlson came back with vengeance to take the win 9-7. On the women’s side, reigning champ Kelcy Grandsire confidently defended her title against Denise Douglas, who landed in second place. Rain forced the tournament which served off on May 20th to conclude

Yoshi Ono claimed victory in the men’s singles and he successfully teamed up with Doug Carlson in the men’s double. (Photo submitted)

10 days later. “The level of tennis was great to see. We can see the improvement of the players with each tournament,” said head coach at the centre Rey Garcia. “It is also very encouraging for us to see the tournaments growing each time.” The juniors, however, stole the show as they again impressed both spectators and the coach. Juniors doubles champions Ben Levy and Niv Itzhak held off Rodrigo Vazquez & Gabriel DiotteJoly to defend their title. Whereas the junior singles final was a nailbitter to the finish between 11-yearold Vazquez and Tristan Green. Vazquez was leading 6-0, but Greene fought his way back to tie it up 6-6, before Vazquez bounced back to win 8-6. Garcia pointed out that: “Many of the youths have been training over past months, [and are] showing great improvement.” The aim of the tournament, the second for 2011, is to increase the interest and participation in the sport of tennis on the island. Since he joined the Graceway Sports Centre in 2010, Garcia has hosted a tournament each quarter of the year. The coach is now offering free tennis lessons for juniors every Saturday. “I see so many young players with talent, and I want to help develop them through this programme,” he said. The tournament was sponsored by: Amanyara Villas, Java Island, AIB, Yoshi Sushi Bar, JSD internet café, Total Rent a Car and the United Consultant Immigration.

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