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it another go CONSTITUTION advisor Kate Sullivan is preparing to release her revised recommendations – and insists comments and PAGE  5 suggestions from the public will be scrutinised. inside

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A CANADIAN father-of-two shot during a terrifying armed robbery outside a Providenciales bank says it’s a “miracle” he’s alive.

TCI bishop’s son killed in Bahamas plane disaster

THE SON of an eminent TCI pastor and community leader was among eight killed in Tuesday’s Bahamas plane crash.

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Royal Jewels robbed in midmorning attack PAGE  4

TWO armed men attacked and robbed Royal Jewels on Leeward Highway on Thursday around 10.45am and escaped with a quantity of watches and rings.

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NATIONAL

Good Samaritan prayed for gunshot victim – whilst Bank’s employees shut door and refused to assist

By Samantha Dash A FRENCH Canadian man who survived a gunshot to the stomach and his terrified girlfriend are sending a big thank you to a tall dark man they nicknamed “Guardian Angel”.

Olivier Charriere, aged 27, and Marina Dutil were the victims of a brazen daylight robbery outside the Royal Bank of Canada last Friday.

Charriere was shot in the stomach while going to the aid of his fiancée who was held at gunpoint by a man demanding cash.

The couple claimed that for eight minutes after Charriere was shot, employees at the bank shut the door and refused to come outside to render any assistance.

“A man came before the bank open,” Ms Dutil said.

“I don’t know who he is or where he came from, but we would like to thank him in person.”

The terrified woman said that a black, tall, well-dressed man came and pressed on the bullet wound and said, “In the name of Jesus protect this man” and said a prayer for the wounded man.

When he was finished, he just left.

He did not say his name.

“Thanks a lot,” Ms Dutil added and said that after the prayer, her fiancé was calm and at peace.

Charriere, who is in constant pain, said that they went to do some banking around 2pm on October 1 and he parked the jeep in front of the bank’s door.

Ms Dutil went to the ATM machine and withdrew $400 and, as she was about to get back into the jeep, they saw two men run from behind the building with guns.

One made a beeline for Ms Dutil and the other went around the back of the jeep and approached Charriere.

They described the men as young black men weighting about 150 pounds, around 5’ 10” tall and carrying small black handguns.

They wore black clothes, black masks and latex gloves.

The robber yanked Ms Dutil’s hair and put a gun to her temple and said, “Gimme your cash” while trying to grab her bag but she refused to give it to him and said no.

As the other bandit approached the driver’s side, Charriere said he looked at him in the eyes and the criminal slowed his pace and hesitated.

“I then looked at the other guy and said if you touch my wife I’m gonna kill you so run away now,” Charriere said.

He then got out of the jeep and made after the robber on his side but the thief ran away shouting, “Kill this bastard, kill this bastard”.

The father-of-two then ran towards his fiancée to help her and when he was about four feet away, the one with the gun to Ms Dutil’s head shot him in the stomach.

Realising that he was shot, the brave man thought it wise to remain standing and not fall to the ground since the men were still there and could have hurt his fiancée.

“Please don’t kill me, I have two children,” begged the scared motherof-two.

Bravely, the wounded man told them “Run now” but the robber was intent on picking up all the cash that had fallen out of Ms Dutil’s bag.

The two thieves then ran through

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the bushes in the direction they came from and escaped.

“There needs to be a law that obligates people to help someone whose life has been threatened,” Charriere stated and expressed anger at the bank staff for protecting their money and not a human life.

He also believed that had the police cordoned off a wide area in the bushes maybe they could have caught the culprits.

The bullet went in through the right side, travelled over to the left and angled downwards.

Police spokesman Sergeant Calvin Chase said an investigation was underway.

Anyone with information should call 911 or Crimestoppers on 1800 TIPS.

Thankful to be alive – Olivier Charriere and Marina Dutil, targeted in last Friday’s terrifying armed robbery outside Royal Bank of Canada in Providenciales.

Shooting victim “lucky to be alive”

By Gemma Handy A CANADIAN father-of-two shot during a terrifying armed robbery outside a Providenciales bank says it’s a “miracle” he’s alive.

Olivier Charriere, 27, is on the road to recovery after stepping in when gun-wielding assailants put a pistol to his fiancee’s head after she withdrew cash from a Royal Bank of Canada ATM. The hero dad, who moved to the TCI with partner Marina Dutil just nine months earlier, was gunned down last Friday in yet another incident of violent crime currently plaguing the Islands.

Speaking exclusively to the Weekly News from hospital on Thursday, he said: “The bullet went straight through my body. I am very lucky my stomach wasn’t touched, nor my pulmonary or heart.

“It’s a miracle. Today, I can walk, I can breathe, I can eat. Wow, if you had told me that five days ago I would not have believed you.”

Mr Charriere, who hails from just outside Montreal, said the robber was shaking like a leaf when he pulled the trigger.

“The bullet could have gone anywhere. I just feel very lucky to be alive.

“I saw the sun this morning and the trees and the wind and I was like wow. I have never felt like that in my life.”

Mr Charriere was full of praise for hospital staff who have tended to him for the last week.

“Dr Valentine saved my life; he opened me up, cut out some of my intestine and stitched me back up again.

“I have been treated very well, the

people are very nice, they have done a great job.”

But the couple had harsh words for bank staff who locked the door and refused to open up as Mr Charriere lay bleeding in the car park.

“It happened so quick that I didn’t realise I’d been shot. I stayed standing up for maybe two minutes, then I crashed down in front of the window of the bank.

“Marina was knocking on the door for help. The people in the bank were just pulling their hair saying ‘we have called the police’. They would not help us.

“I have never seen that in my life.

I am very frustrated that no one came and helped. I feel let down by human nature.

“I don’t understand how you can protect money before life.”

Mr Charriere said despite the horrific attack, he is not angry at the robbers, just perplexed.

“They can destroy their own lives but no one has the right to destroy the lives of others.

“I have two kids, Marina has two kids. I am 27 years old, I still have all my life in front of me but they decided that someone’s life, at just 27, is worth less than $400?

“They shot me to buy crack or some new rims for the car?”

Ms Dutil, a marketing agent for disability charities, said the couple are now trying to decide whether to stay in the TCI or return home to Canada.

“Right now I just want to go home. It seems dangerous here now; we used to go to the beach snorkelling but I am too afraid now. I am paranoid to go outside and I can’t stay alone at home anymore when night comes.”

She said she was grateful that her seven-year-old son Emmanuel wasn’t with them at the time of the shooting.

“When he saw Olivier he said ‘oh my God, he has a big hole Mommy’.

I explained that Olivier had been protecting me and he said ‘he’s my hero because he was protecting my mommy’.”

Ms Dutil said RCB chiefs had since visited her fiance in hospital.

“The director came with a big basket of food and cheese. I said, yes, it’s appreciated now but we needed help when we were in front of your bank and you locked the door.”

RBC branch manager Toure Holder described the October 1 incident as “unfortunate” and “indicative” of the recent crime surge in Providenciales.

“We extend our best wishes to the client and family that were impacted and we are praying for them. We are not able to comment specifically on the incident as it is under investigation by the authorities,” he said.

Mr Holder added that RBC had an obligation to protect its staff and customers.

“RBC takes seriously threats to the security and protection of its employees, clients and operations in Turks and Caicos and around the world.

“We regularly and proactively review our security measures to mitigate against incidents where we are compromised.

“We have identified and implemented additional measures to augment the security measures already in place at the branch.”

See Ms Dutil’s letter on page 11

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Sullivan to announce revised recommendations

By Gemma Handy CONSTITUTION advisor Kate Sullivan is preparing to release her revised recommendations – and insists comments and suggestions from the public will be scrutinised.

London-appointed Ms Sullivan has fielded a wealth of criticism since taking on the weighty task of rewriting the country’s supreme laws.

Proposals to allow some foreigners to vote, reinforce the role of the Governor and alter the way MPs are selected, are among the major gripes.

The furore reached a pinnacle last month when Ms Sullivan was mobbed at Provo Air Center, along with Governor Gordon Wetherell, by Islanders infuriated at what they view as attempts to further marginalise the indigenous population.

A town hall meeting on September 9 saw copies of her report set alight while hundreds of residents continue to sign petitions rejecting her suggestions and accompanying consultative process.

In a statement released last Friday, Ms Sullivan thanked all who participated “constructively” in the second round of public meetings staged across the Islands.

“Those of you who also listened on Radio Turks and Caicos will be aware of the detailed discussions on the 48 initial recommendations I published in July,” she said.

Kate Sullivan thanked all who participated “constructively” in recent public meetings.

“I will now review those initial recommendations in light of the comments and suggestions I have received.

“I will publish my revised recommendations in the TCI as soon as possible and ensure that they are widely available to assist in the ongoing public debate on constitutional and electoral reform.”

Britain has maintained from the outset that Islanders will be fully consulted on forthcoming reforms.

But that has done little to alleviate concerns among those who claim their views put forward in the first round of meetings were sidelined in the ensuing recommendations.

Advisory council members are now demanding meetings be scheduled between the interim administration and both political parties to chew over the issues.

The council said it was imperative that indigenous people be given the chance to provide a “consensus view”.

The report of the All Party Constitution Commission – made up of prominent native Islanders – would also come under the spotlight. The Commission made 27 suggestions for reform, compared to Ms Sullivan’s 48.

Meanwhile, only time will tell which of Ms Sullivan’s suggestions look set to be given the official green light and which will be confined to the scrap heap.

The proposal to afford the Governor power to prorogue the House of Assembly – instead of the Premier – ruffled some feathers.

As did recommendations to enable him to continue not to be obliged to act on Cabinet advice. Instead of having to refer issues of discord to the Secretary of State in London, he would order the matter to be reconsidered locally.

Some feel such a level of autonomy entrusted to the Governor is not a significant enough progression from the current interim arrangements.

Ms Sullivan suggested introducing a ‘statement of governance principles’ with the Governor responsible for

Tension over constitution reform reached new heights last month during angry scenes at Provo Air Center.

enforcing compliance.

The automatic right to jury trial would be axed if the draft form is rubber-stamped. There would also be tougher penalties for public officials accused of misdeeds while the position of the deputy Governor would no longer be limited to Belongers only.

Ms Sullivan also set out a clear blueprint for the award of Belongerships, which have traditionally been bestowed arbitrarily.

She said it was wrong to think expats were “lining up outside the election office”.

“A lot of people don’t want to become Belongers because they are

desperate to vote but think it’s an important side of the commitment they have made to the TCI and they want to see that commitment recognised,” she added.

Suggested stipulations include the applicant being legally resident in the TCI and having held a permanent residence certificate for five years.

Also, that they hold British overseas territory citizenship, are of good character and are neither under sentence or bankrupt.

Log onto http:// turksandcaicosislands.fco.gov.uk/cer to read the full report. Copies are also available at the Governor’s offices in Waterloo, Grand Turk, and the Hilly Ewing building in Provo.

Tourism bosses “optimistic” for upcoming season

By Gemma Handy TOURISM chiefs are “cautiously optimistic” about the upcoming winter season – and have pledged to do all they can to ensure more Belongers benefit from the thriving industry.

Their comments followed PDM calls for a national recruitment drive to ensure more native residents get a slice of the pie in the country’s mainstay.

The party is urging company bosses to “be mindful” of the plight of local people in the current economic clime and employ from within the TCI as much as possible.

Despite being the bulwark of the economy, there is still a dearth of Belongers working in the sector.

Caesar Campbell, chief executive officer of the Islands’ Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA), told the Weekly News: “There’s certainly not enough Belongers, I would like to see more.

“In the past individual hoteliers have engaged in recruitment drives

to employ Belongers so they are obviously interested in hiring them.

“I would encourage more Belongers to get involved, there are opportunities for employment in so many fields.

“It’s not just front desk or food and beverage departments, there are opportunities for accountants, managers, human resources personnel, you name it.”

Mr Campbell said it was hard to predict tourist figures for the soon-to-commence season due to holidaymakers’ tendency to book last minute.

“But we are optimistic about having a successful winter season in light of JetBlue’s new service from New York starting in February.”

JetBlue Airways will launch yearround daily flights to and from New York’s JFK Airport from February 17. From February 19, there will also be high season Saturday flights to and from Boston. Tickets go on sale this month.

PDM leaders welcomed the recent news that visitor arrivals were up 25

per cent for the first half of 2010.

“We are encouraged by the employment opportunities this means for hard working Turks and Caicos Islanders who want to become gainfully employed in the tourism sector,” they said in a statement released on Wednesday.

They called on the HTA to encourage members to hold recruitment drives across the TCI, particularly in Grand Turk and South Caicos.

“We are calling on the entire tourism industry, which has weathered the economic storm, to be mindful of the plight of Turks and Caicos Islanders and do all that they can do to employ and recruit from within the TCI. “Life has never been more challenging for families in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The PDM views the tourism industry as a beacon of hope to curb unemployment during these challenging times.

“We further warn that the marginalisation of our local labour force is not right and it does not augur

“There are many opportunities for Belongers in tourism” – Caesar Campbell.

well for peaceful co-existence.”

Aspiring Tourism Minister Sean Astwood said: “Tourism has sustained our people for four decades and we intend to keep the tourism industry front and centre as the main driver of our economy.

“It is important that all persons

play their role in making sure that it survives the next four generations.”

He added: “The tourism season will soon begin and we have made sacrifices as a people over the years to ensure that tourism growth stays on track with such efforts as the development and expansion of Providenciales airport; now is the time to prepare for the upcoming season.”

Ashwood Forbes, the party’s labour and immigration spokesman, said: “Running concurrently with the devastating impact of the recession, occasioned by the closure of businesses, the loss of jobs and increase in the cost of living (especially the increase in fuel tax) is a lack of direction by the Government for the labour market in TCI. “The tourism industry needs to be looked at positively as a place of employment for Belongers and I encourage all tourism providers to take our people seriously when they apply for employment.”

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

Lower living costs?

IT IS now two months since customs tariffs were adjusted to ease the pressure on consumers’ pockets.

The Government slashed import duty on essential goods to their lowest rates in almost 20 years.

Tax was cut on staple foods, baby goods, pharmaceuticals, dietetic products, feminine hygiene and personal care items, burglar and fire alarms, to name a few.

We asked readers whether they thought retailers were passing the savings on to customers. What effect, if any, have you noticed on your living costs?

Crying shame

“Oh my goodness I have been waiting so long for this question to come up. My response is no, no, absolutely no! The retailers have seemingly increased their prices.

“In order for the average person to receive the benefits of the duty reduction, they would have to import the goods themselves, as the retailers have not decreased their prices at all.

“The Government should have first implemented a price control system before reducing the duty rates.

“This would have encouraged fair pricing of merchandise by retailers. I cry shame on the retailers for robbing the poor people of the little they have.”

Audit needed

“I can honestly say I haven’t noticed any reduction in my cost of living at all. However I would hope that others, especially those in the greatest need, are experiencing a reduction in their monthly living expenses.

“I would like to know that Government has audited and ensured all retailers have adjusted their prices downward to reflect the reduced customs duties.”

Patent pirates

“If there has been a tariff cut it has gone directly into the pockets of the suppliers. My last trip to IGA was an eye opener.

“While we expect higher prices, it was appalling to see prices 300 per cent higher than in the US and Canada.

“This was on Provo and I can only sympathise with residents of North and Middle Caicos who must have to sell off their children just to put food in the mouths of the rest of the family but let’s put the blame squarely on the shoulders of those most responsible for these high rates.

“The shipping companies have doubled their shipping costs because of the privatisation of the ports of entry and stevedoring to name just a few.

“PPC has to be taken down a major notch because of highly inflated electrical costs.

How they can charge 41 cents a kilowatt when Florida averages just .10 per KW is beyond me.

“Where the hell is the Government’s regulating agencies on these matters? Why are they turning a blind eye to the obvious?

“We will never survive as a country unless somebody takes responsibility and attacks these pirates with a vengeance.”

Planning needed

“The reduced duty rates are an advantage to residents who shop overseas and ship a quantity of materials and supplies back home.

However with household income down or non-existent this is affecting only those wealthy enough to shop and ship.

“Provo Stevedoring still has the monopoly on freight handling and shipping rates are high keeping import costs high.

“We need to return to the old system of each carrier handling their own freight. We did not need another monopoly which feeds off the average resident. When will this be addressed?

“With the grocery stores empty but with the high overhead of excessive power rates and minimal staff the prices have gone up not down on food stuffs.

“The adjusted customs duties may help at some distant future point when the economy is not injured by the indecision and uncertainty that this interim Government has brought to the mix.

“The customs rates have been dropped on electric vehicles but who can afford to recharge the batteries when PPC charges twice as much as any other Caribbean location for power?

“Those big toxic batteries will be put on the troubled dump and become another problem as well as bringing in the heavy expensive replacement batteries. Not well thought out.

“Medications here are still sold at a tremendous profit. Supplied from Canada they ought to be less than the generics in the USA but they are double the US cost here.

“With the high taxation and regulation of the US economy, which is the world’s largest, American and British investors ought to be looking our way.

“However here we are raising taxes, increasing regulation and failing to regulate what we need to – the two biggest monopolies, PPC and Provo Stevedoring. Where is the planning and thoughtful management?

Time will tell

“I haven’t noticed much difference since taxes were cut. One or two items that I buy regularly are much cheaper than before but, overall, it hasn’t seemed to make much difference to my grocery bill or cost of living.

“I have no idea if retailers are passing on the savings as the reduced duty items are not part of my lifestyle, but I would hope that they are passing on those savings. It would be too pathetic if they are not.

“By now, most old stock imported at the higher rates should have been sold, so lower prices should follow. We’ll see.”

Congrats in order

“May I say that the credit for this bold move goes to the Governor as well as the Belonger appointees to the advisory council.

“I was pleasantly surprised to walk into IGA and saw their sign that they would reduce prices in anticipation of this decision to reduce tariffs and to pass the savings onto the consumer. I have not checked to see whether this is the case.

“I must say that when I shopped at the new Quality Supermarket on the bypass road from Leeward Highway to Five Cays, that $20 went a long way.

“I do believe that the Government should pass laws that would make it illegal for merchants to increase prices when customs duties are going down and for it to be made imperative that when reductions in duties are made that the storekeepers must reduce prices by those same amounts.

“Consumers need consumer protection laws here in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Our people need protection.

“The Government should consider TCI a different place and really consider price controls on important bread basket items. Goods such as baby goods, pharmaceutical items, dietetic products and feminine hygiene should all fetch serious and further reductions in customs duties.

“However, as long as these Islands still have the stevedoring monopoly, there will be unnecessary increases in the cost of living all around.

“The TCI was always high priced because there is no deep water port; containers and bigger vessels find it difficult to come here and do business.

“Next we have the 25 cents a gallon tax on fuel, only to find that people were stealing and wasting those monies. So that tax on fuel was a waste of time and should be removed. This added unnecessarily to the cost of living.

“The list of taxes went a long way to hurt the people. So while the reduction in customs duties in the last budget on basic items was a brilliant idea, the cost of living in the TCI was already artificially high and people needed relief in the taxes imposed before the British Government took over. The last Government really raped the people of the TCI. “While I say that the reduction in the cost of living seems slight in some areas, it is still hard to get along and there should be cuts in taxes across the board and the removal of the stevedoring monopoly at South Dock, a revaluation of the hospital deal so that the artificial cost in the output of health care could be reduced so that premiums could come down. Some employers refuse to hire because of this.

“A word of congratulations goes to the consultative forum for approving the reductions in customs duties.”

Whose benefit?

“The people should be educated on the government-mandated rights for lower prices on basic food basket items, personal care and hygiene items, children’s nutrition and care items, medications and safety measures items.

“The people should demand that the Government make it mandatory that a posted price list of these items be visibly posted in all stores and pharmacies that provide these consumer items.

“Merchants believe that the reduced rate is for their benefit and not the consumer.”

GST tax needed

“I think the Government should remove the import tax and impose a 10 per cent GST (goods and service tax). This would make more sense and we could see the changes right away.”

No relief yet

“No one is checking the prices on the shelf.

The Government either maximised profits for the store owners or gave us a ‘six for a nine’ by increasing the fuel tax.

“In doing this the storekeepers couldn’t pass off the customs tariffs because it costs more to get the goods here.

“The Government is simply playing economics but relief is coming to the TCI no time soon!”

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TCI bishop’s son killed in Bahamas plane disaster

By Gemma Handy THE SON of an eminent TCI pastor and community leader was among eight killed in Tuesday’s Bahamas plane crash which has plunged the two countries into mourning.

“Hang in there” says Lord Jones

By Paul Baker TURKS and Caicos Islanders will not be abandoned by Britain.

That’s the promise of Lord Nigel Jones following the decision to postpone local elections next summer.

He said: “My message to Belongers and Islanders is to hang in there. You have some very good friends in Parliament over here in Britain who are not going to abandon you and who you can contact at any time.

“We have a new coalition Government which, with Liberal Democrat input, is going to be a lot more interested in events outside the UK than the last Government was.

“It’s also a Government that is unlikely to spend so much time picking quarrels and invading countries the Americans do not like.”

The former Liberal Democrat MP also moved to reassure TCI-based Britons, who have contacted him to express concerns that they may become targets for anti-British protestors.

“I urge all Britons and foreign nationals to hang on in there too,” he stressed. “You also have friends over here who want things sorted so that we can visit you over there to renew old friendships and make new ones while enjoying the incredible environment of TCI. “The recent troubles over finance and crime must be sorted out so you can live your lives in peace and confidence that your efforts will be properly rewarded.

“Keep up contact with us here in London so that I and others who are on the case have up-to-date information.

“Rest assured I will be fighting everyone’s corner – Belongers, Britons and all other TCI residents – at the highest level.”

He added: “Hopefully we will see a speedy end to all this and we can all enjoy a couple of days’ well-earned rest together on Grace Bay Beach!”

Clarence ‘Nat’ Williams died along with six other passengers and the pilot in what has been described as one of the worst air disasters to strike the Bahamas in recent history.

The group were on their way to San Salvador’s homecoming celebrations when an engine fell out of the charter aircraft minutes after taking off from Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport. The plane plummeted into Lake Killarney.

The 38-year-old sound engineer was the son of Provo-based Bishop Clarence Williams, the national overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy and a member of the TCI Integrity Commission.

Mr Williams, who worked with popular Bahamian music group Visage, had been scheduled to set up equipment for the five-day festival this week.

He leaves behind wife Schenecea and their two-year-old daughter.

Eyewitnesses watched in horror as catastrophe hit the doomed Cessna 402 at around 12.20pm on Tuesday.

The plane’s wings were broken off in the smash and the roof split open.

Several good Samaritans immediately swam the quarter mile out to the submerged craft, according to a report by Rogan Smith in the Bahama Journal.

They later pulled the bodies ashore.

One man, who identified himself simply as ‘Pete’, told the Journal: “I, along with a couple of guys came running over, jumped in the water and swam out to the airplane to see if we could give some sort of assistance to whoever might have been in the plane.

“But when we got out there, the

Emergency services rushed to the scene on Tuesday. (Photo by Torrell Glinton of JCN)

Nat Williams was the son of eminent TCI pastor, Bishop Clarence Williams.

only thing we could do was bring them in. The one I brought in was not alive.”

Pilot Nelson Hanna is described as a 20-year industry veteran with more than 10,000 flying hours.

The owner of aviation firm Acklins Blue Companies (ABC), he was a frequent visitor to Provo Air Center where staff described him as a “pleasure” to work with.

A company spokeswoman told the Weekly News: “He would often fly clients into the FBO. The last time

The Cessna 402 plunged into Nassau’s Lake Killarney. (Photo by Torrell Glinton of JCN)

was two or three months ago but before the low season he was here quite frequently.

“He was a really terrific person, very genuine – what you saw was what you got.

“He was always smiling, honest, upfront and straight speaking. He was a pleasure to be around, he was God’s gift to us.

“It’s very sad, I am still in shock,” she added.

The other victims have been named by family and friends in the Bahamas as Corey Farquarson, a Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) worker for the San Salvador plant, Devaughn Storr, Delton Taylor, Chet Johnson, Sasha Mildor and Lavard Curtis of gospel group Shabak.

BahamianAssistant Commissioner of Police, Hulan Hanna, said seven people were pronounced dead at the scene. The eighth died later in hospital.

A convoy of hearses transported the victims’ remains to Nassau’s Princess Margaret Hospital where desperate relatives gathered for news of their loved ones.

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham extended his sympathies to the families saying: “On behalf of the Government and people of our nation I extend deepest condolences to the families and friends of each of the individuals who met their untimely deaths.

“All relevant government agencies are lending their assistance in this tragic matter.

“Further, a thorough investigation of the crash will be conducted by the relevant authorities.”

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) released a statement on Wednesday saying it was “deeply saddened” by the tragic loss of life in the Bahamas, an “invaluable” member of the CTO. “With a population of just over 300,000 people, this tragedy will undoubtedly touch every national in the Bahamas. The entire CTO family is deeply touched by this disaster as well,” it read.

“We offer our sincerest condolences to the families of all of those who so tragically lost their lives in the crash and to those who are grieving their loss.”

CHAOS: The truck span off the road and crashed into the back of five parked cars

Multiple cars damaged in wet weather crash

A LARGE truck crashed into six parked cars when it span off the road during a downpour on Monday afternoon.

All of the vehicles, which were parked outside Alverna’s Craft Market and the Indian Kitchen in Grace Bay, were damaged in the incident but luckily no one was injured.

The metallic blue Ford Ranger truck was seen driving from Seven Stars in Grace Bay towards the Leeward Highway roundabout at about 3.30pm.

According to eye witnesses the driver attempted to overtake a vehicle on the wet road and lost control.

The truck span off the road and crashed into the back of five parked cars causing its back right wheel to come flying off.

The badly damaged vehicle then came to a sudden halt behind a silver ‘Sail Provo’ Honda minivan.

Fortunately all of the car owners were in the restaurant at the time of the crash and no one was injured.

This was the second incident within a week involving multiple

cars on the same road.

On Friday, October 1, at about 10am a police car careered into the back of a line of five parked cars outside Neptune Plaza.

According to Sergeant Leorick Reynolds, of the road traffic department, the police car was pursuing a vehicle.

The vehicle turned suddenly in the road and the police car had to swerve to avoid crashing into it, instead careering into the parked cars and onto the pavement.

Thea Lowe, whose car was

damaged in the incident, told WIV4: “I was sitting at my desk when I heard the sirens for the police car come on.

“I noticed the tree that I can see from my window - it fell. I heard lots of noise, bang, like that, just one sound.

“When I looked through the window I saw that it was a chain reaction, when one car hit the next one it just continued on down the road.”

No one was injured in the accident and police are in talks with the car owners about some form of compensation.

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NATIONAL

Election delay blasted by regional leaders

By Gemma Handy BRITAIN’S decision to delay general elections in the TCI has invoked the wrath of regional leaders who dubbed it “totally at odds” with the pursuit of good governance.

The controversial postponement of next year’s anticipated ballot was blasted by both Caricom and Bermuda’s Premier Ewart Brown – a close friend of corruption-accused ex-leader Michael Misick.

Mr Brown said he was “deeply saddened” by what he described as the “continuing, dreadful delay” in restoring full democratic rights to Islanders.

The leader of the fellow British overseas territory said: “Historically, governments and government leaders throughout the world that have taken the step of suspending free, democratic elections have been roundly condemned and sanctioned.”

In a statement released this week, he said such a move would have been internationally condemned had it been a country like Zimbabwe delaying elections.

“The world and the UK Government in particular would refer to the move as barbaric and characterise its government as a cruel dictatorship.

“Bermudians and the people of Turks and Caicos share deep historical and familial ties and it is my fervent hope that free elections and a Government duly elected by the people will be quickly restored to that country,” the 64-year-old leader added.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom), of which the TCI is an associate member, also expressed concern about the UK’s continued influence over the territory.

The organisation has been outspoken against the return to direct British rule since the takeover in August 2009.

“This decision will result in

Bermuda’s Premier Ewart Brown is a close friend of former leader Michael Misick.

the continuation of the imposition of direct rule from London for an undetermined period and, consequently, in a delay in the return to constitutional government,” a press release stated.

Caricom chiefs said imposing direct rule was totally at odds with the development of good governance, including improved fiscal and administrative management.

“That objective cannot be met by the continued disenfranchisement of the Turks and Caicos Islanders, by the denial of their inalienable right to shape their own future nor by the artificial widening of the voter base.”

Caricom renewed calls for a return to local rule, saying good political and fiscal governance could not be handed down but must be molded by Islanders themselves.

The organisation previously described the UK takeover as a regressive and counterproductive step.

Last year it expressed “profound concern and deep disappointment” at London’s dissolution of the TCI Government in the wake of the Commission of Inquiry.

Britain’s Overseas Territories

Jet makes emergency landing A SUSPECTED fuel leak caused pilots of a Miami-bound American Airlines jet to make an emergency landing at Providenciales International Airport last Friday.

The Boeing 737-800 plane set off from Puerto Plata International Airport in the Dominican Republic at 2.20pm and soon afterwards the crew noticed that something was awry.

According to John Smith, director of the Airport Authority: “The American aircraft reported an emergency in flight which resulted in a landing in Provo.”

He said that the fault was caused by a “possible fuel leakage”.

The plane touched down in Providenciales at 2.55pm in what Mr Smith described as a “successful, uneventful landing”.

Fire services were on hand and all the passengers got off the aircraft safely.

Minister Henry Bellingham announced the election postponement during last month’s trip to the Islands.

He said it followed “strong advice” from the Governor along with advisory council and consultative forum members.

“The UK Government has considered all the interim Government’s work over the past 12 months; all the challenges that remain, not least economic stability.

“Suspension of parts of the constitution will continue until progress is made towards embedding reforms and financial stability in TCI.” Mr Bellingham said he planned to issue a statement before the end of the year on the remaining milestones which had to be met before elections can take place.

While he said they would be held “as soon as practicable”, he refused to be drawn on a timescale.

“It would be a great mistake to have elections before the country is ready. It will be when the time is right.

I understand people’s frustration but if we rush things we will be doing the people of the TCI a disservice,” the Minister added.

Governor Gordon Wetherell said his “personal estimate” was that the polls would be scheduled for 2012.

The delay sparked widespread protests among Islanders and also incurred indignation from political leaders poised to hit the campaign trail.

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Govt worker charged for alleged forged purchase orders SHERNIKA Rochelle Gibson was arraigned in Providenciales Magistrates Court before Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner for three counts of uttering forged documents and three counts of forgery.

The allegations are that during the month of September 2008, Gibson signed several Turks & Caicos Government Purchase Orders and presented them to Price Club for a quantity of groceries.

She claimed that the groceries were in aid and assistance towards the hurricane victims.

At the time of the alleged commission of the crimes, the accused was employed by the fire department and was compelled to resign after the allegations were brought.

Gibson was granted $10,000 bail and told to return to court for a preliminary inquiry date in February 2011.

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

Economics Column

Pastors and politicians I AM told by one who knows that the way to interpret this alliance is unity in adversity, and unity in front of foreigners, especially the British.

The Christian churches can only endorse the settled economic policy of both parties; that is to go down the isolationist and corporatist road to relative poverty. The churches must applaud when earthly powers turn away from greed and wealth accumulation. Furthermore, any influx of foreigners from outside the Caribbean would be very unlikely to reinforce the Christian foundations of the Islands.

We might call this the alliance for comparative poverty. One may admire any community that prefers a moral and cultural policy to one which targets wealth accumulation.

But my guide to the religious culture of the Islands tells me that the alliance may also be founded in resentment arising from the failure of the entitlement culture of recent years.

In this alliance the British are seen as robbers, come here to steal the wealth of the country or its cultural heritage, or both. The first idea is comedic; the second has the ring of truth.

What the British, or at least the FCO, most want is to find a smooth way to dump the OTs and bid them adieu and farewell. It is a reprise of the Africa policy of the 1960s.

These headlines came in the same week as the latest press release from Nemesis Bellingham. As long as he keeps on spouting empty drivel we have little to fear. But it will be very scary when he starts taking decisions based on his deeply flawed understanding of what is happening here. Poverty, hunger and failing businesses are the daily reality.

History is liberally sprinkled with examples of the collapse of closed societies, and the inverse case; the success of open societies. But for a brief period, the elites of closed societies enjoy power and wealth.

Imagine a Florida coastal community of 30,000 people, over half of which are foreigners. The local government taxes residents about 30 per cent a year of their income for local services, and over one year’s worth of the community’s entire annual income is owed to banks in Miami.

There’s an economic catastrophe and the foreigners start leaving. What would happen if it closed itself to outsiders and introduced a system of licenses and economic and political preferences for its own residents?

Outsiders would walk on by.

The background to all this is that this week the two-year Treasury bill rate fell to 0.043 per cent p.a. and the two-year Treasury Inflation Proof Securities bond is at 0.441 per cent. This whilst the consumer prices index (not the inflation rate) is 2.7 per cent per annum.

The significance of this coincidence for the TCI will be obvious to the leaders of the alliance. For our general readers what it means is that the wealth of the US middle class is falling by the month. Whilst the first stage of the economic crash is over, the prolonged second stage is underway.

Prisoner granted bail for burglary and vehicle interference AN INMATE of Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk appeared in Providenciales Magistrates Court and begged to be released on bail.

“I have a four months and couple week’s pregnant woman,” Jeron Merveile told Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner this week.

He was eventually granted $6,000 bail.

It was alleged that on August 9, Merveile entered and burgled a South Dock home stealing two cellular phones.

Whilst at the same home, he then interfered with a red F150 truck with intent to steal therein.

Merveile, aged 20, denied those allegations but admitted that on July 31 at Five Cays he interfered with a black Nissan Titan truck with intent to steal therein.

When released from prison sometime in November, Merveile will have to report to Five Cays police station every Friday between 8am and 5pm.

He is slated to return to court on March 7 2011.

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WITH Samantha Dash

Teenager fined for drugs A TEENAGER was fined for possession of cannabis when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner in Providenciales Magistrates Court this week.

Larry Francis, aged 19, pleaded guilty to the offence and was given the alternative to pay a fine of $300 in six weeks or spend one month in prison.

It was said that on October 1, the police received a call reporting a burglary in the Glass Shack area.

Around 12.30am police ranks arrived at the scene and spoke with a person in the area who gave them the description of a young man that was seen in the area.

Police officers then drove around

Glass Shack and spotted a young man fitting the description they received.

They stopped the young man to question him and saw when he threw something that was wrapped in a white paper to the ground.

A police rank asked Francis what was wrapped in the paper and he replied: “A joint.”

The officer retrieved the discarded paper and promptly arrested the teen.

“Please officer, don’t arrest me for that small joint,” Francis begged.

“I know I’m guilty but I don’t want to go to jail,” he added.

The illegal substance weighed 0.6 grams and the defendant said he would try to pay the fine in the time given.

Teens charged for alleged car theft TWO young men appeared before Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner in Providenciales Magistrates Court this week accused of taking a motor vehicle without authority and were granted bail.

Trimmane Clarke and Rodney Munnings, both 19, were separately charged and both denied the allegation against them.

It was alleged that on June 29 at Airport Road the two men took a grey Nissan motor car without the authority of the owner.

Clarke was granted bail in the sum of $3,000 while Munnings was granted his pre-trial liberty in the sum of $2,000.

They are scheduled to return to court on February 23 2011.

Jamaican gets bail for assaulting his girlfriend A JAMAICAN national accused of assaulting his girlfriend causing her bodily harm and malicious damage to property was granted bail this week

by Chief Magistrate Joan Joyner.

Kenric Charles Wallace originally pleaded guilty to the allegation but later returned to the defendants’ dock and told the magistrate that he was nervous when he pleaded guilty to the charge.

It was said that on September 21 at Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Wallace assaulted his girlfriend and

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in the process damaged her gold chain worth $500 and her cellular phone value $150.

The charges were re-read to the accused and he entered a not guilty plea thereby activating trial proceedings.

The magistrate was informed that Wallace and his girlfriend Natasha Wellsel are living together and the prosecution requested no bail conditions to be ordered.

Wallace was granted $3,000 bail and was told to return to court on March 2 2011.

Arnold Ewing not guilty – Victim refused to testify A MAN accused of attempting to have sexual relations with a 14-yearold girl was this week set free in the Supreme Court because the child refused to testify against him.

Arnold Ewing faced a jury of six men and one woman but was released after Justice Richard Williams instructed the jurors to return a not guilty verdict.

It was alleged that on Saturday October 25 2008, Ewing attempted to carnally know the high school student and that he indecently assaulted her.

Defence attorney Oliver Smith represented Ewing and Senior Crown Counsel Angela Brooks presented the Crown’s case.

She told the court that the law in the TCI does not allow girls under 16 years old to consent to sexual intercourse and likewise does not allow anyone to attempt to have sex with them either.

The law is aimed at protecting the child and the responsibility is on the man to ensure that when he wants to have sex he must do so with someone who is over 16 years old and with her consent.

On the day of the alleged commission of the offence, Ewing allegedly called the teen over to his house to discuss a matter of blackmail.

He told the young girl that someone had a number of photographs of her and they were demanding money for the pictures.

The teen took along her smaller sister.

Upon arrival at the accused’s home, Ewing called the victim into his room and locked the door.

Her sister remained in a front room of the house.

During their conversations, Ewing

Arnold Ewing

asked the young girl if she was afraid of him and she answered “No”.

“I am going to show you that you are scared of me,” Ewing allegedly told the girl and threw her onto the bed.

The teen fought against the man but he held her down tightly and managed to take off her pants.

He then allegedly performed oral sex on the child and attempted to penetrate her.

She reportedly shouted for her sister who tried desperately to open the door but could not.

The court heard that Ewing let the victim go and she got dressed and left with her sister.

When she arrived at her home, she told her mother what had happened.

“The victim will tell you what Mr Ewing did to her,” Ms Brooks told the jury but they never got to hear the victim’s story.

“I don’t want to testify,” the teen told Justice Williams.

Tenderly, the judge explained that sometimes in life people have to do things that they do not want to do and encouraged the child to answer

the questions put to her.

She appeared agitated and adamantly repeated: “I don’t want to do it. I don’t want to testify.”

She continued: “Because even though he made a mistake, I’m willing to forgive him.”

“Plus he has children and I will not like to see them affected by this,” the teen rationalised.

The victim said that she is trying to forgive Ewing day by day.

“In the beginning, it’s like you want to kill him and then you want to throw him in jail. But as you get older you realise he is still a father,” the teen told the court.

The child said that she felt bad after the incident and speaking to her mom about it she felt better.

She testified that the incident did not change her life in any way but that she has not spoken to the defendant since.

When questioned gently and patiently by Ms Brooks, the child refused to say what the incident was, where it took place and whom it involved.

“I don’t want to go through all of this really and truly,” she reiterated.

She told the court that she did not feel responsible for the incident or that it was her fault and that no one influenced her not to give evidence.

After the jurors were released, Justice Williams had some words for the social worker present with the victim during the trial.

The judge believed that had the department effectively counselled the child then he would not have had an “unfinished trial”.

He insisted that as a “care judge” he wants a report on any subsequent action being taken by the Social Department.

Haitian man sentenced to eight years for manslaughter – was found not guilty of murder A Haitian man accused of murdering another Haitian two years ago was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter instead and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Amos Le Brun was tried in Grand Turk Supreme Court by a jury of seven persons, who brought back the verdict after one and a half hours of deliberations.

The Crown’s case, as put by Principal Crown Counsel Jo’Ann Meloche, was that on September 22 2007, Le Brun intentionally killed Wilcam Berlus.

Le Brun hit the deceased with a steel bar in the head with such force that it caused his death.

Berlus was found on his knees with his face in the palm of his two hands and two wounds at the back of his head.

Pathologist Doctor Hutchins testified that the deathblow was with such force that it pushed the skull into the brain.

He told the court the wounds had to have been inflicted from behind and with extreme force since you could not get that kind of injury from

throwing a steel bar.

Ms Meloche concluded that Le Brun intended to kill Berlus since a person would have to have intent to use the amount of force that was used.

Le Brun, who was defended by attorney Courtenay Barnett, took the stand and testified in his defence.

He told the jury that he acted in self-defence and explained his side of the story.

The court heard that a few months before the incident, the deceased had pulled a gun on one of the defendant’s relatives.

On the day in question, Le Brun was working on a car and the

deceased approached and accosted him.

The accused claimed that Berlus attacked and hit him about his body with a steel bar and threw stones at him.

After the deceased bent down to pick up more rocks, Le Brun claimed that he defended himself by picking up the steel bar, which he threw at his attacker.

The bar hit the man in the head and he fell dead.

Ms Meloche pointed out that the dead man had a blow to the side of his head and that was contrary to the defendant’s story.

Barnett argued that after he was

hit in the head, the victim could have fallen and hit his head which would have explained the second injury.

There were no eyewitnesses to the crime but Le Brun was arrested at Providenciales International Airport where he was attempting to board a flight out of the country.

Le Brun, who was the longest remanded inmate in the history of the TCI, will be deported after serving his sentence.

Mr Barnett told the Weekly News that he filed an appeal questioning whether or not a murder trial should have a 12-member panel or a seven-member panel, among other grounds.

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

Red carpet not red tape

We will not be pushed aside

Dear Editor, I have read numerous articles written by regular writers to the TCI Journal about the lack of or little investments in the TCI economy since the interim administration took over the reins of Government. It is my belief that they are partly correct.

I put to these writers that Turks and Caicos has an agency charged with the responsibility to not only process investment related proposals, but to aggressively promote Turks and Caicos as a country open to inward investment.

The question one must ask is, is this agency carrying out the above mandate? The answer is no.

What is really happening is TCInvest is famous for laying out a labyrinth of red tape rather than red carpet and if you look at our competitors in the Caribbean region they have competent teams of individuals knocking on doors of potential investors to aggressively get their business.

I am imploring the British Government to aggressively find competent individuals to head TCInvest and send the current leader and other incompetent employees home on early retirement so that we can began to attract serious and honest investors who are interested in investing in these Islands.

Should the British accomplish the above they would no longer be blamed for doing nothing about attracting investment to the country, but they would have done something that the PNP and PDM did not have the testicular fortitude to do: get rid of TCInvest head and other incompetent individuals and bring competent and result oriented persons to attract inward investment that this country needs.

Lastly, if 10 persons would write in and refute my claim of the need for a shake up in TCInvest and the need to replace the current CEO and other incompetent persons in that organisation then I will stop writing to the TCI Journal.

Yours sincerely,

Dear Editor, I have read the Governor’s second quarterly statement and must say that I am amazed at the sheer gall of the man.

Page one of his document clearly states: “UK Ministers will need to be satisfied that constitutional and electoral reforms meet their objectives and properly reinforce reforms already made.”

He then continues on the second page in the first paragraph to state: “It would be wrong to view the exercise in the same light as the 2006 constitutional review. It will be a consultation process rather than a negotiation.”

It is amazing that with all our cries for democracy as the indigenous population to have our voices heard and our opinions valued, the current governing body not only turns a deaf ear by not recording what is discussed during the constitutional talks but here in black and white the Governor blatantly shares with the populous that this is in fact the written plan of the interim administration and the UK Government by extension.

I am hereby making a statement to His Excellency that I pray does not fall on deaf ears for peace in this country.

We will not now or ever stand for your methods of “consultation” unless the expressed wishes of our people are taken into account fully and are reflected in the constitution that is of the people, by the people and for the people. I also want His Excellency to know that this will not be negotiated.

There will be no negotiation to satisfy UK Ministers and their objectives when it was their poor governance that has led to this current state of affairs.

This is our country and we have rights that will not be pushed aside. If you are unwilling to receive this, then God will have to help us all, because we will be heard and our expressed wishes will be carried forth in this country.

William William

Euwonka Selver

The ship is on the rock Dear Editor, The road may be rough, the road may be tough, the hills may be hard to climb, but there is no doubt in my mind Britain is going to do what they have to do.

Tuesday of last week made the Brits know that they have to save us from ourselves.

All of the energy that we used that day we should have used to stop our greedy politicians and use our voters power to pull them down.

Let me tell you how bad we are in this country.

The other day when all of those poor people were getting killed in Jamaica and America wanted the Jamaican drug dealer, the Jamaica Gleaner was up here interfering in our business, trying to show the rest of the world that the Brits are doing us so much injustice.

Here in the TCI was one of the biggest businessmen and he only had the business for his own people.

The Gleaner came here and got gab seed to tell the outside world about what’s happening in the TCI. But I told the Gleaner in an interview with me to tell the rest of the world how he tied us up in court for eight years and

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then came with pocket change for the potcakes, like we are not as good as his family.

He must tell the world how he doesn’t want to work with this union and wants to keep the poor people as slavery.

We lead a man to the tiller for the people, we don’t need gophers like we had in the last six years only to serve Belongerships, land and PRCs, to take the country’s money and put the country on the market and mash it up.

They did not only corrupt the country immorally, they demoralised the body of Christ.

If you read Ecclesiastes 11: 13-14 it gives the whole conclusion of the matter: ‘Everything done in secret, good or evil will be revealed.’

We need leadership with transparency, good governance and God-fearing personnel at the helm of the TCI. Angela Tucker

Setting goals brings the right team Dear Editor, There were two young men who decided to venture out of their village of birth and seek fame and fortune in this wonderful world of ours.

They saved up their gold, they packed their clothes and they headed down to the great port.

Along with them streamed many men and women, some strong some weak, some fat some slim, some rich some poor, some wise some stupid, all looking for a ship to board.

Now in this great port lay many ships, some big some small, some beautiful some ugly, some clean some dirty, and to these ships the people of the world went.

Well our two young men walked down the wharf trying to decide which ship to board.

They passed the great Microsoft its destination, to make and market the best and finest software, the captain Bill Gates.

They went on past the great red ship Coca Cola, its destination to be the greatest beverage company in the world, the captain Muhtar Kent.

Ship Tyson was next, its destination to be the number one meat producer in North America, the captain Don Tyson.

They saw the beautiful rundown ship Cuba which seemed to have no destination, and upon talking to some of the crew discovered there was a new captain Raul and also a policy change from ‘all Cubans are equal’ to ‘all Cubans are equal but some are more equal than others’.

They passed ship Haiti which was very rundown and they were told it had not left port since the war of independence many years ago.

Ship Monaco was tiny but clean and well run, its destination the playground of the super rich, captained by Prince Rainer.

Ship Chick-Fil-A was full of activity, its destination was selling the finest chicken fillet sandwiches, the captain S Truett Cathy.

They came upon ship Turks and Caicos it was beautifully rigged, and well put together.

The infra structure appeared sound, a few projects appeared to have halted but the place was peaceful.

So they inquired, the reply was: “We have just experienced some unexplained phenomenon, due to these phenomenon our captain, first mate and navigator have been changed.

“The new team has been quarrelling and squabbling as they work out what our next port of destination will be.

“The unexplained phenomenon are being investigated by the world’s best investigators, and hopefully we will soon announce where we are headed.”

Our young men passed many ships that day, some were under construction to go to destinations never before reached.

They sat down to discuss what they had seen and observed so as to make the right decision.

“You know the ships that had clearly defined destinations had people trying to get on, and the people on the ships, appeared happy, prosperous, positive, as they actively worked to get to the port of destination.

“The ships that did not have set destinations appeared to be rundown, and people were trying to get off and those remaining did not look as prosperous, happy or active as those upon the ships with destinations.

“It may be wise for us to write down our goals and then board or build a ship that will allow us to reach our destination.”

The other replied: “This is wise advice.”

I encourage our leaders to set our destination so that ship Turks and Caicos will attract the right crew for a happy and prosperous voyage.

God bless, John Wildish

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

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Life worth more than money Dear Editor, Myself, Marina, and my fiancé Olivier have been visiting Providenciales for eight months.

On October 1 we went running errands early in the afternoon and stopped by the Royal Bank of Canada on Leeward Highway to withdraw some cash.

I went inside to withdraw $400.

When I went back outside and tried to get in our car, a cabriolet jeep, two men of black race with masks on their faces and dark clothes ran to me and grabbed my handbag.

My handbag was on my shoulder and one man was pulling to get it while the other one grabbed and pulled me by the hair and put a gun to my head.

I was very afraid and I gave him my bag and screamed: “No, please!”

I was very afraid I was going to die.

My fiancé saw the gun pointed at me and went to defend me. He got out of the car and ran very fast towards the man who threatened me with the gun.

He screamed at him: “Don’t touch my wife, man!”

Olivier was very mad to see a man attacking me.

One of the two men got scared when Olivier came and did not hesitate to shoot at him.

Then they picked up the money that fell on the ground and ran away into the bush.

Olivier fell down in front of the bank, a bullet in his tummy.

I went fast to ask help at the bank, and I saw the security guard.

The bank door was closed and I was screaming and knocking on the door and no one helped me.

I was screaming at the people that I was seeing inside that my fiancé was shot and he was losing a lot of blood. Nobody came to our help.

They answered to me: “Wait, we called the police.” I think these people were afraid too.

But what we are very sad about is that it took at least five minutes before someone came to our help.

Can you imagine if Olivier got shot in the heart? He would be dead at the front door of the bank.

Protecting the investors’ money is more a priority than helping a person in danger of losing their life.

We are still shocked that here $400 is more valuable than human life. A father of two kids!

The damages of this day are very hard for us. Olivier is in the hospital with some tubes hooked on his body, and without our close family.

The dream of this beautiful island is transformed into a nightmare now for us.

It is easy to be afraid. We do not want to be paranoid but our heads constantly remind us of the horrible thing that happened - like a bad scary

movie.

We thank God that Olivier is alive and that my son was not with us at that time to witness this horrible scene.

Why so much violence? It must change! How many victims of crime are needed for things to change?

We deeply want to thank a beautiful man of black race, very tall, sweet and calm, who came before the arrival of the police and ambulance.

He put his hands over Olivier and prayed for him. That calmed Olivier immediately, who before that was screaming that he was dying.

Thank you sir, if you recognise yourself please know that for us you are a guardian angel. You will be forever in our hearts.

We so much would like to thank you in person dear angel.

We are from Canada. Turks and Caicos was the most beautiful place on earth to live, with its beautiful beaches, nicest people, the weather of a dream.

And in five minutes everything fell down for us.

‘Beautiful by nature’ is true for the beauty of the nature, for the island scene, but not for the security of the visitors.

We were thinking of coming to live here, now we just want to stay alive.

Thank you to the marvellous people who supported us in this difficult time, I will not name them because I am afraid to forget anyone.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

To our friends, neighbours from here or elsewhere, please all of you pray for Olivier, for him to retrieve the peace in mind, and that his body heals, that our life returns to normal.

May the Lord bring back these beautiful islands to serenity, security for each one of us.

May this violence stop. We are not judging the people from here, but please do something to stop these tragic events from happening again.

I repeat a life is much more valuable than $400.

May the Lord bless you, may the love win over the violence.

By grace, hurry up to give a firearm to the security of the bank, by grace save the people more than money.

Thank you for your sweet emails, phone calls and to those who came to visit us here at the hospital.

May the Lord protect you all.

Marina and Olivier

Police investigators search for clues around the shattered glass door

Royal Jewels robbed in mid-morning attack TWO armed men attacked and robbed Royal Jewels on Leeward Highway on Thursday around 10.45am and escaped with a quantity of watches and rings.

The bandits, armed with a rifle and a baseball bat, approached the locked glass door and demanded that the security guard let them in.

During that time, one of the men had the gun partly hidden behind his back.

At the guard’s continued refusal to let them in, the gun-toting bandit fired a shot shattering the glass door and the two men entered the store.

The terrified employees ran to

the back of the store and the two bandits fired shots at the glass cases and helped themselves to the jewellery.

They then exited the store and made good their escape.

Luckily, no one was injured.

Police investigations are in progress.

COMMENTARY

How long is a rope?

NEW Minister Bellingham has dropped the bomb well in advance.

The elections promised to take place 10 months from now are cancelled. Reason: “TCI will not be ready.”

Nineteen months ago we completed the inquiry.

Conservative Sir John Stanley found it was needed a year before it finally convened.

When our Governor tells us he has only been directly responsible for affairs in the TCI for one year that is true.

It took months after the takeover was called to enforce it.

Had we gone forward with elections in July 2011 the ball would have been in the hands of London based movers and shakers for well over three years.

Stanley spoke in March 2008.

July 2011 is 40 long months later.

Now it will be longer.

How long? How long is a rope?

It is interesting that Bellingham was frustrated over TCI politicians asking for milestones to lead us to elections. The term “milestone” denotes distance, or points in time.

Bellingham’s milestones repeat those in the inquiry’s findings of

By David Tapfer 19 months ago but have no target dates, no schedule.

London has dragged its feet for years. Where is the first reform?

Where is the first prosecution?

Minister Bellingham is frustrated and he has held his job for less than six months.

How about those who voted to return the PDM government in 2003 and saw their election certified then taken away by a British judge listening to suspicious witnesses? How about 43 per cent of the voters who saw the problems in 2007 and tried to stop Misickism in its tracks?

Now that’s a whole lot of

frustration - up to seven years of it!

A new broom sweeps clean they say. Let us see how well this new British Conservative broom works.

They just might start by setting a firm schedule, a time table. Not more bureaucratic grist.

Balancing the budget is a milestone which may be impossible given the debt taken on by this interim government.

Something serious has to happen to create anything resembling a balanced or surplus budget in the three years specified.

Ms Garlick tells us she will bring the important prosecutions in 18 months or October 2011.

As her investigations move forward the problems she is finding have moved from “big” to “huge”.

She might be busy for years more at a half a million dollars per month.

Sullivan will not reveal her salary to bring 48 suggestions then admits the 2006 constitution could be “our” choice.

Finished by Christmas she says, but will TCI accept her final draft?

We will just have to see how long the rope is.

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Airline donates to high school BIG-hearted employees from American Airlines jetted to the Turks and Caicos Islands this week to give local students a boost.

Six members of the companysponsored Caribbean Employee Resource Group took three days out to provide much needed resources for Clement Howell High School.

On Tuesday they dropped by the Blue Hills school with 17 boxes of supplies from a specially provided wish list.

Katrina Harris, 20-year employee of American Airlines, explained to staff and students about the group.

She said that for the past 15

years, American Airlines has offered employees the opportunity to join company-sponsored Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

A diversity advisory council is made up of representatives from each of the ERGs and comes together monthly to provide cross-cultural insight on policies, communications and initiatives.

These groups form to highlight identity and advocacy, and provide opportunities for professional development, community involvement and business contribution.

Ms Harris, secretary of the Caribbean Employee Resource

Group, then presented principal Lloyd Fearon with the gifts.

Goodies included printers, irons, video recorders, paper, baskets, mouse pads, binders, cutlery, water bottles and much more.

She said she was “proud and happy” to be able to visit the school to assist them with a donation.

Mr Fearon thanked the team for choosing Clement Howell High School for the donation.

“We promise that we will put the equipment to good use,” he said.

Following the presentation a group of students sang a thank you song and said thank you to the guests.

PRESENTATION: Katrina Harris, secretary of the Caribbean Employee Resource Group, and principal Lloyd Fearon

Alexandra gets $5m facelift – Mango Reef restaurant relocates to popular resort DJ Liquafox, Cashtro and Young Heat from hip-hop group 5 Star Generalz, Arnold Simmons of rake and scrape group The Island Boys and Agent J

Island music has a voice – Fuzzfest Live to showcase local musicians PROMISING local bands that have long been flourishing behind the scenes will be given the chance to take to the stage this autumn at the first ever Fuzzfest Live beach bash.

Put together by radio DJ duo Agent J and Liquafox, the free live music festival aims to showcase the best of Turks and Caicos talent.

Hip-hop, R&B and rake and scrape are all on the programme for this unique event that promises to cater to every taste.

This week Agent J and Liquafox of 93.9 Island FM, who have pledged to keep their real identities secret, explained how the idea for the festival came about.

“About two months ago we decided to put together a radio show for a bit of fun – and we got a great response.

“The Fuzz quickly became a platform for local artists to get their voices heard and their music on the air.”

The comic pair quickly received heaps of praise for their off-thewall commentary on film and music along with their focus on local talent.

They soon began to think of their next step and decided it would be a great idea to give the groups a chance to play to a live audience.

“We wanted to establish a voice for the TCI music scene and this seemed the perfect opportunity for everyone to come together.

“So we got together with a couple of the groups that we’d interviewed and talked about doing a live show.”

The bands were all in support of the idea, quickly jumping on board, and Fuzzfest Live was born.

Lex Dani Gilbert, also known as Young Heat, of hip-hop group 5 Star Generalz, told the Weekly News that the show will give talented young people the unique opportunity to showcase their music.

“We don’t really have anything

like this in the Turks and Caicos Islands and it’s about time it happened.”

Arnold Simmons, of rake and scrape group The Island Boys, added: “It brings the community together and encourages other people to get on board to promote artists.”

The show will take place on Saturday, October 16, at Flamingo Café, formerly known as Ricky’s, on Grace Bay from 2pm to 8pm.

It is set to feature half hour sets from R&B trio Leeward Heights, hip-hop groups 5 Star Generalz and Corna House Entertainment, and rake and scrape veterans The Island Boys.

There will also be food, drink, beach games and sets by reggae DJ Viper and indie, dance and hip-hop DJ Liquafox of 93.9 Island FM. Listen to The Fuzz on 93.9 Island FM from 7pm until 8pm every Saturday or visit www. thefuzz.tc

ONE of Grace Bay’s most popular resorts has undergone a multi-million dollar revamp to turn it into an even more desirable holiday location.

Renovated apartments, new furniture, and an expanded restaurant are all part of the Alexandra’s new design.

Chief executive officer Washington Misick said: “Our location in the cove of famous Grace Bay Beach together with our new strategic partner Mango Reef, and our existing partners Spa Sanay, and Caicos Dream Tours combines convenience, value and comfort to create the most desirable vacation address in Grace Bay.” The Chelsea, the first of the four buildings built at the resort located directly on Grace Bay Beach, has undergone a complete refurbishment, at a cost of more than $4m.

Kitchens received a complete package of new GE Select stainless steel appliances, to complement the new granite counter tops, and the new bathrooms also now boast granite tops, new double sinks, and soaking enclosed shower/tub units.

The balconies have been outfitted with new cushioned teak furniture assuring guests can watch the waves in comfort.

New designer furniture and Serta Platinum pillow top mattresses replaced all the original furniture and bedding.

And as one of Provo’s most famous rendezvous, offering some

of the best value for food, drink and entertainment, Mango Reef is relocating to the Alexandra Resort.

It will occupy spaces formerly known as the Sunset Deck, and the Orchid Restaurant, which are currently undergoing a $500,000 expansion, and refurbishment.

Mango Reef, which is currently located at the Royal West Indies, has been in operation for the last six years under the ownership and management of French nationals Isabelle Martin and Chef Florent Sourmont.

Ms Martin said: “The Alexandra’s location and beachfront dining facility are fantastic and afford great potential, we are excited to be relocating here.”

Mango Reef will offer a combination of inside and alfresco dining directly on Grace Bay. A wedding coordinator will also be on staff allowing the Alexandra to host a variety of weddings and banquets.

Spa Sanay is in its third year of operation at the Alexandra Resort, and has become a pillar of the property’s amenities, as has the very successful watersports operation – Caicos Dream Tours, with a presence on the property since 2005.

The Alexandra’s always fun, free form pool complete with swim up bar is being completely resurfaced and landscaping is being done throughout the resort from the boulevard style entrance to the extended parking lots.

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OVERJOYED: Melissa beams as she opens the envelope telling her where she and her new hubby are headed

Today show viewers choose TCI honeymoon AMERICAN sweethearts Melissa and Jeremy got the surprise of their lifetimes when they were selected to be married live on morning television.

And to add to their delight, they were this week told that they would be jetting off to the Turks and Caicos Islands for their honeymoon.

Last month the young couple entered a competition to become the recipients of Today’s spectacular annual wedding giveaway.

They earned the most Facebook votes and became the 11th couple to receive a free wedding from the popular NBC show.

Jeremy Gebhardt, 22, spent a number of years in Iraq and Afghanistan on tours of duty with the army, while his girlfriend Melissa McMillin, 21, pined for him at home.

Now on September 30 the couple finally got the chance to stand together as husband and wife.

Under the theme ‘modern love’ viewers selected everything from the wedding cake to the honeymoon location.

They picked the Rockefeller Plaza for the wedding, the Hudson Terrace for the

reception, old Hollywood style for the bridesmaids and a champagne lace Paloma Blanca dress for the bride.

By an overwhelming majority they chose to send the delighted newlyweds to the Turks and Caicos Islands on their honeymoon.

Melissa beamed when she opened the envelope telling her that she and her new hubby were heading for a luxurious seven-day vacation to a private villa on Parrot Cay. “We’re so excited! We can’t wait to go to a beach,” she said live on air.

Karen Whitt, president of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association, said she was “absolutely thrilled” that Turks and Caicos Islands were selected as the honeymoon destination for the Today show’s annual wedding.

“The destination was selected by Today show viewers from amongst other notable honeymoon destinations including Brazil, Thailand and Portugal.

“This win highlights the fact that the Turks and Caicos Islands have what it takes to compete with other top rated tourist destinations and definitely boosts our destination marketing efforts!”

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Tougher training for real estate reps

By Gemma Handy ONE of the TCI’s most lucrative industries has received a boost thanks to a new training course aimed at improving standards among real estate agents.

The first batch of 27 agents has successfully completed the threeweek intensive course which sets out the basics of the business, along with best practices, procedures and operations. It also includes a code of conduct for agents and brokers to adhere to.

The course was developed by the Turks & Caicos Real Estate Association (TCREA) in response to forthcoming legislation requiring agents and sales reps to be licensed for the first time.

Dee Agingu, chair of the Association’s marketing committee,

told the Weekly News: “This is the first ever local training opportunity for all TCI agents. Following completion of the course, examinations are required for all agents to ensure a continuing high standard of expertise and professionalism within the industry.”

The Real Estate (Brokers and Salesmen) Licensing Bill 2009 was given the green light following a third reading in Parliament in June 2009. It must now be officially signed off by the Governor to come into force.

Ms Agingu said the TCREA, which represents most large real estate companies and brokers in the country, decided to take a proactive approach to the pending legal changes.

She said all agents would now be required to take the test to become an

official TCREA member.

“Completing this course puts everyone involved in the industry on the same page and it also gives sellers and buyers that bit more confidence when dealing with members of the Association.”

Ms Agingu, a sales executive for Sotheby’s International Realty, added that she hoped the training manual created by TCREA would eventually be used by the community college to assist youngsters interested in getting a foothold in the sector.

In addition, the new Bill will see the establishment of a specially appointed board to act as an industry watchdog.

It will be responsible for supervising business practices along with granting and revoking licenses for personnel.

Oseta Jolly receives fire safety boost OSETA Jolly’s new science labs will be protected in the event of a blaze thanks to a donation from First Caribbean Bank.

This week the bank gave two fire extinguishers to staff at the government primary school in Blue Hills as a gesture of support.

Sherma Hercules, First Caribbean’s country manager and head of corporate banking, said: “First Caribbean is delighted to be part of ensuring that the future leaders of the TCI remain safe.

“We encourage good fire prevention and control practices, as well as good health and safety practices, not only at Oseta Jolly but at all schools throughout the islands.

“We at First Caribbean pray that the students never have to use the extinguishers but we are happy to know that they now have access to the equipment should the need arise.”

Students at Oseta Jolly presented representatives from the bank with a plaque to show their appreciation for

the donation.

Principal Rachel Handfield said: “We were very grateful for the donation of the fire extinguishers from First Caribbean Bank.

“We did not have any in place and we needed them available to protect our students and our lab in case of any accidents.”

Oseta Jolly became the first government primary school in the country to open up a science lab on June 10.

“It’s exciting,” Ms Hanfield said, “we have just started a science club for grade six students and we are hoping to put on an exhibition sometime next year. We are making good progress.”

However the school is still in need of further supplies and continues to look for corporate and individual sponsors.

“We still need more models of body parts and some other items.

We are using what we have, and will progress as we continue to do fundraisers and get support.”

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Job fair for Turks and Caicos Islanders DOZENS of jobs are up for grabs at Beaches this tourist season for Turks and Caicos Islanders with talent and commitment.

This week the human resources department is gearing up to host what they are calling the ‘biggest job fair’ this year.

The four day event is for Belongers only and will kick off on Wednesday, October 13, at the resort’s Caribbean Village conference room.

It will continue on Thursday, October 14, as well as Wednesday and Thursday the following week.

Lorenzo Seymour, human resources trainee manager and local talent recruit, has been actively promoting Turks and Caicos Islanders at the resort.

Earlier this summer he successfully spearheaded a recruitment programme which saw more than 50 students and new graduates secure temporary and permanent positions.

Lorenzo said: “We are in the process of building our staff for the upcoming high season and are looking for local talent to fill several positions.

“The job fair is our way of ensuring the Turks and Caicos Islanders are given first preference to any available position at the resort.

“We’re really looking to

interviewing some of the best talent Turks and Caicos has to offer.”

Applicants can send in resumes via fax or email to the human resources office to secure an interview time on the mentioned days.

All applicants must have valid identification, proof of Turks and Caicos status, a clean police record, and a good command of the English language.

In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays, and weekends.

Positions available include servers, dining room supervisors, bartenders, pool servers, beach servers, bar porters, room attendants, housemen, public area attendants, housekeeping supervisors, grade one, two and three cooks, executive sous chefs, assistant pastry chefs, security officers, videographers, shop attendants, gift shop assistant managers, kids camp Sesame and pirate island attendants, beach and pool attendants, dive instructors, store room controllers, mini bar stockers, telephone operators, receptionists, and stewarding.

For more information applicants can call the Beaches human resources department at 946-8000, email mmvaughn@ grp.sandals.com, or fax 9414870.

POSITIVE ATTITUDE: Lavern Skippings, Gansevoort events and marketing manager, and Clement Howell guidance councillor Tenisha Graham

ENGAGED: Pupils listen intently to the presentation

Students prepare for work experience PUPILS at Clement Howell High School received some words of advice on how to approach their upcoming work experience this week.

Experts from a variety of professions spoke to the teens on how to foster a positive work attitude.

The presentations came as the students got ready to take part in the school’s annual programme which allows them to get a feel for a variety of careers and in turn choose a suitable career path.

Clement Howell guidance councillor Tenisha Graham explained that the school likes to use outside professionals to reinforce lessons that the teachers have attempted to instil throughout the year.

“We have invited individuals from various organisations such as Inspector

Duncan and Sergeant Nigel Couch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police force, Lavern Skippings of the Gansevoort and Blythe Clare of the Turks and Caicos Tourist Board to name a few,” she said.

“These organisations and individuals are always happy to accept and support educational initiatives like this one.”

This week Lavern Skippings, Gansevoort events and marketing manager, spoke to the students on developing a good work attitude.

During her presentation she stressed the importance of a positive approach which she said sets the tone for interaction and determines failure or success.

She also encouraged the students to think positively, generate enthusiasm, foster a positive attitude,

surround themselves with positive people and realise that change starts within themselves.

Lavern said: “If the students are as enthusiastic about work as they are to participate in presentations they will surely work wonders.”

Celia Wilson, Clement Howell’s special education teacher, said she was very happy with Lavern’s presentation.

“She commented on a lot of the things that I have been trying to teach the students, such as having respect for themselves and others as well as having the confidence to positively interact with others at school and in the work place,” she said.

Students that listened to the presentation also had the opportunity to win gifts from the luxury resort on Grace Bay.

Rosie’s new restaurant is a delight

By Gemma Handy FANCY starting the day with ackee and saltfish, a traditional British fryup or perhaps some all American pancakes and eggs?

How about tucking into Kentucky style fried chicken, a mouth watering steak sandwich or panini, pasta or pizza for lunch?

Rosie’s Delight is the latest eatery to spring up in downtown Providenciales, serving up a host of island food and culinary creations from across the globe.

Come dusk, the sociable restaurant area transforms into a fine dining venue with everything from blackened New York sirloin to catch of the day or Rosie’s pineapple grilled chicken to tempt the tastebuds.

Rosie’s threw open the doors to business last month, from the ashes of Danny’s in Butterfield Square.

Manager Karel Rodney promises all tastes – and time limits – are catered for in this “one stop shop” of delectable comestibles.

Manager Karel Rodney (left) and executive chef Bryan Dunkley.

The interior has been extended and redesigned to include a snack bar offering fast food for those on the go, as well as a seated restaurant for diners who prefer to take their time.

Traditional Caribbean dishes have been given a health conscious twist and

Food on the go: Rosie’s offers a variety of delicious snacks and fast food.

there are also a variety of smoothies, kids’ meals and ice creams.

Sweet-toothed guests can choose from 10 sumptuous desserts including tiramisu, lemon meringue pie, black forest cake, carrot cake and apple and banana crumble.

Karel told the Weekly News: “Rosie’s is the old Danny’s with a new flair, a new name and a touch of class.

“It’s an authentic local restaurant in a prime downtown spot, with reasonable prices to suit everyone’s pocket and a team of 13 friendly

staff.

“We have received tremendous feedback so far.”

Rosie’s Delight is open Mondays to Saturdays from 7am to 10pm.

From November 1 it will be open seven days a week.

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DIRECTOR HONOURED: Current band director, Pastor Barry Morris names Bro Winston McNeil Capron ‘the best director the band has ever seen’.

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STELLAR SERVICE: Awards are presented to founding members and long standing members of the Bahama Brass Band, Grand Bahama Segment

Bahama Brass honours pioneers THE MUSIC was fantastic and roused residents to their feet in two nights of marching, dancing and focus on the spirit behind the ministry of the Bahama Brass Band as it commemorated 50 years of existence with a duo of concerts in the Turks and Caicos.

While those who filled the halls of the Horse Stable Beach in North Caicos and the Tropicana Show and Supper Club in Providenciales were there for the rhythmic display by the

Grand Bahama segment of the band, they were thrilled to pay homage to the pioneers.

Winston Capron was born in Providenciales, but moved to Grand Bahama in 1962 for an opportunity at the boom which had come to Pineridge in Freeport.

Bro Capron is no stranger to anyone who has followed the Bahama Brass Band, as his lively conducting and spirited dancing is often more entertaining than the music.

Capron humbly received his accolades Saturday night as a 47year member of the Grand Bahama Segment.

Prominent businessman Ruben Hall II was also praised for following in his father’s footsteps.

In truth, quite a number of the sons of founding member Ruben Hall Sr are a part of the legacy started in 1960.

Mr Hall, who moved back to the Turks and Caicos over 20 years ago, was once public relations officer,

House of Prayer convention welcomes Holy Spirit IT WAS the first annual gathering of the Saints Prayer conference and believers convened at the House of Prayer in Long Bay Hills; the church was pastured by Rev Edwin Lightbourne Jr who explained the intention of this inaugural event.

“God has called me to have this conference and he wants the church to be praying and fasting and empowered with the word of God because he is going to be using us to do mighty work in this land, especially here in Providenciales.”

With the theme ‘Empowered by the Holy Ghost through Prayer’ a speaker out of Jamaica guided residents in a time of solemn acknowledgement of the need for more Holy Spirit power.

“In the service there is actual

praying. Actual tearing down of strongholds and coming against demonic forces. In the service we are praying for our families and praying for our churches but especially praying for the nation.”

Those services are led largely

by Rev Orane Johnson who hails from Ocho Rios, Jamaica. He gave his life to Jesus Christ at the age of 17 and Rev Johnson is currently pasturing at the Jamaica Bible Church in St James.

“We believe these prayers are going to cause the nation to come back to God. We have fallen away from God and He has caused us to be in this area where we are right now as a nation.”

Rev Lightbourne emphatically continued: “It is the only way there

is going to be healing in this land.”

The conference was infused with discussions on good health, the importance of the family, spiritual welfare and on Sunday the conference continues with a luncheon to follow.

“The country has turned to land and money and high life and we have put God on the backburner.

“God is a jealous God and he has allowed people to come and speak a word to the people that we ought to repent.

“And if we don’t repent, it is going to get worse; worse before it gets better, but in order for it to get better we have to pray, call on the name of the Lord, and repent from all of the evil things people are doing.”

business manager and youth band director.

Another honouree on concert night was E Benjamin Williams.

“At the tender age of 14, I became a member of the famous Grand Bahama segment of the Bahama Brass Band, called the Grand Bahama Brass Band at that time.

“I was the youngest in the midst of much older men and I began with a drum set snare on a stand for concerts, and around my neck for parades.

“I travelled extensively but the most memorable trip was to the annual National Convention in Nassau, climaxing with a Sunday afternoon parade onto the beach on West Bay Street for baptism; it was unforgettable.”

Percy Williams is called a quiet chap, out of Blue Hills, who was inspired to join the Bahama Brass Band after hearing the music while in South Caicos as a young man.

The 1960s saw Turks and Caicos Islanders migrating to nearby Bahamas for work and that work led to Williams joining the band and also giving trumpet lessons.

So much of a teacher was Percy Williams that, even when he returned to the TCI in 1977, he started a brass band for the Church of God of Prophecy in Provo.

“We have fond memories of him playing and can still envision him with his signature swagger while marching.”

Bishop Emmanuel Dean was in fine form, and while no amount of cheering from the crowd could get him to render one of his famous trumpet selections, he was delighted

to accept the prize and see the legacy continued.

Bishop Dean says he first heard the Bahama Brass Band while working another famous pine yard in The Bahamas, in Abaco.

It was 1969 and he decided to learn the trumpet, he says: “The music has never left me.”

It is no secret and no great feat to imagine the sprightly Bishop Hoplyn Parker as a Bahama Brass Band member.

The journey to joining the band began with his surrender to Jesus Christ in February 1962 in Spring City, Abaco.

Bishop Parker now preaches in a church, but back then he was a street preacher who soon joined the Church of God of Prophecy’s Bahama Brass Band and there he played a leading role.

Today Bishop Parker owns a musical instrument store, Parker’s Variety, proving that he too still believes in the harmonies of heaven.

Christoval McDonald Hall remembers his father teaching him the trumpet; he calls his father a “gifted musician”.

McDonald Hall was among those honoured Saturday, October 2, for his long service and sacrifice which spans nearly 40 years as a member of the Grand Bahama segment.

“I was able to travel extensively with the band; most notable for me were trips to Canada, Jamaica and New York,” he said.

‘Music with Spirit’ is what Church of God of Prophecy members call it; Pastor Barry Morris, current director, has promised to keep the legacy alive for decades to come.

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New dates for postponed play EAGERLY awaited play ‘A Tribute to the Family’ is now officially back on track and the new dates have been announced.

Professional theatre group The Grand Bahama Players will now be performing in North Caicos on Friday, October 29, and in Providenciales on Saturday, October 30.

The actors’ much anticipated visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands was postponed last month following a fiery protest at Provo Air Centre.

Host Cynclair ‘Lady C’ Musgrove said: “Due to the unease brewing in the country, the potential threat of unrest, combined with circumstances far beyond my control, I was forced to make the difficult decision to postpone rather than have the group travel under such uncertain conditions.”

But the experienced events organiser said that the delay has been a “blessing in disguise”.

“I have been tested and now my test has become my testimony.

“I have renewed my commitment to being a community organiser so that others can experience times of family fun and laughter.

“Now more than ever before, we as a people need a relief from our everyday lives filled with disappointments and despair.”

The Grand Bahama Players are jetting down from The Bahamas to perform the family friendly production foe the first time in the TCI. Written by Gea Pierre, the play examines the depths of a mother’s love and celebrates the joys and

this week

Saturday, October 9 to Thursday, October 14 Saturday, October 9  Shape those muscle groups you never knew you had during an early morning resistance training session at IGA Sports Centre.

The session begins at 8.30am and costs $12 for one or $100 for 11.

MIXED EMOTIONS: As with every Grand Bahama Players production audiences can expect to be both bursting with laughter and moved to tears

triumphs of family.

It follows the story of widow Agatha Brown as she struggles to raise her three children during a time when family was built on trust and respect.

As with every Grand Bahama Players production audiences can expect to be both bursting with laughter and moved to tears.

This is the second time that the group will have performed in the Turks and Caicos Islands after previously visiting in December 2003.

At that time The Grand Bahama Players staged a powerful and thought provoking play ‘E Mussee Ga Da T’ing’ in commemoration of

World Aids Day. The tremendous support from the corporate community along with the Turks and Caicos Friends of the Arts Foundation allowed the poignant story of the effects of Aids to be shared in Providenciales and Grand Turk.

This month the theatre group will be performing twice, in both North Caicos and in Providenciales.

The first performance will take place at Horse Stable Beach on North Caicos on Friday, October 29, from 8pm.

And the second performance will be at the Tropicana Club in the Bight, Providenciales, on Saturday, October 30, also at 8pm.

 Mums and Tots Dance Party classes are held every Saturday at Saltmills’ Athletic Club for mothers and their little ones.

Children can play, do yoga, sing and dance! Mums can sit, relax, join in the yoga or just read a book and sample some tea.

Mums and Tots classes begin at 10am and cost just $10.

Call Shara Bowen on 244-1103 for more details.

Sunday, October 10  Legs eleven, two little ducks, garden gate, two fat ladies – who knows if one of these numbers could see you winning big bucks this weekend.

The Rotary Club of Providenciales has restarted its weekly Bingo game and it is now taking place at Williams Auditorium on South Dock Road.

Held Sunday nights at 7pm sharp, come out and join the fun while helping to raise funds for Rotary’s community projects.

The game is open to those aged 18 and over only.

Monday, October 11

“Scientific device” washes up in Middle Caicos – and vanishes again GEOPHYSICIST Prof. Dr. Ernst Flueh of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (Kiel University/ Germany) is an educated and well travelled man.

Having led many a scientific expedition to the far corners of the planet, he was confident that few things would take him aback.

Yet when a few weeks ago he received an email from an American tourist, informing him he had found one of the Professor’s ‘ocean bottom seismometers’ (OBS) on a beach in Middle Caicos, even this seasoned scientist needed a moment to digest the news – as well as find a map, to establish where exactly Middle Caicos is.

The reason for the Professor’s profound astonishment is easy to explain with a short background story. In January 2007, Prof. Flueh led a one month scientific expedition aboard the German research vessel Maria S. Merian into the waters of the eastern Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.

The aim was to study the seismic risk and tsunami potential of the Antilles subduction zone, which scientists believe to be severely under researched and an area prone to host another “mega-disaster” some day.

Having embedded the OBS device (also known as an ‘underwater earthquake station’) in a depth of 5,000 meters for a two-week period to collect data, the scientists attempted to raise it back to the surface and – to their great distress and disbelief – failed.

After many futile attempts – and although still being able to communicate with the OBS – they eventually returned to Germany.

Later that year, another expedition returned to the same area, by now however it no longer sent out signals and was considered lost for good.

Three and half years later the OBS washes up on the beaches of Middle Caicos and a new chapter in its voyage begins. “Where exactly is Middle Caicos?” Is there a

German Embassy or representative there?” Who can organise a salvage operation?”

Scientists in action are men and women with many questions, questions which ultimately all found their way into the inbox of resident German Consul, Titus de Boer, who admits, “my initial reaction was - is this a joke?”

Eventually however the Consul and professor spoke on the phone and two searches for the ‘mystery device’ were organised and carried out on Middle Caicos – without success.

Despite detailed descriptions and location maps provided by the American finder and the Institute, as well as intense efforts by local volunteers and consular staff, the OBS remains missing.

The German Consulate is now appealing to the public, especially in Middle Caicos, to contact the Consulate, should anyone find the device.

Questions can be addressed to german.consul.tci@gmail.com

 Today is Columbus Day which is celebrated as a national holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The day recognises the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas, specifically the Bahamas.

This holiday has been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century, and officially in various countries since the early 20th century.  Girls and boys aged 11 to 19 years old are invited to take part in a fun singing group.

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

For more information call 3317176.  Get rid of the Monday blues with an intense non-traditional aerobic routine with Anca Vasile.

The exciting class takes place 7pm at IGA Sports Centre and includes fun and interesting choreography.

Classes cost $12 for one or $100 for 11.

Tuesday, October 12  Step it up this Tuesday evening with a fun fitness class at IGA Sports Centre.

From 6.30pm you will be taken through a number of step combinations mixed with conditioning exercises like squats, push ups and triceps dips.

Classes cost $12 for one or $100 for 11.

Wednesday, October 13  Are you in need of inner peace?

Restore mind, body and soul with David Bowen’s yoga class at the Athletic Club in the Saltmills Plaza.

Come along on Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 7am, Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm or Saturday at 9am.

Classes begin at 6pm. Call 3439555 to reserve a space.

Thursday, October 14  Burn off your week’s excesses during with an energetic kickboxing class at IGA Sports Centre.

The class begins at 7pm and will include 45 minutes of kickboxing drills followed by 15 minutes of conditioning exercises.

Classes cost $12 for one or $100 for 11.  Celebrate good health with wellness coach Benneth Williams every Thursday evening.

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

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

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

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

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 29th of October 2010.

Location

Title No. 60900/243,Leeward Going Through, Providenciales, comprising 0.86 acres. The Land is located in the Leeward Going Through Section of Providenciales, on the south side of Grace Bay Road in the Leeward Palms Sub-division. A complete single storey residential development exist on the land. The development consist of a single storey building, comprising the following facilities: Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, Kitchen, dining room, living room, covered decks. The gross floor area of the development is approximately 956 square feet, plus decks of approximately 341 square feet.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Eugene Mc Donald Gardiner

Approximate Area

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0.86 acres Title No. 60604/106, Norway and Five Cays, Providenciales, and comprising 0.08 acres Property (3,485 sq. ft.). The multi-level building is situated in the community of Norway & Five Cays, near the new subdivision, with an excellent view of the eastern shores of the Island.

The Multi-Level Residential Building comprises a total of approximately 5,408 sq. ft. and provide the following accommodation: Ground Floor: Living Room, Kitchen, Two Bedroom, Two Bathrooms and a Retail Store space with Bathroom.

Upper Floor: Nine apartments, each comprising: Bed/Living Room/kitchenette, Bathroom and Closet.

Four comforting reasons you’ll be glad to select this property:

Location

Good accommodation for construction workers.

Strategically located, excellent view and natural ventilation.

Good property value with long term income prospect.

Ease of conversion of additional space to living accommodation.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Colin Reynold Williams

Approximate Area

0.08 acres

Location

60501/83, Blue Hills & Stamers Run, Providenciales.

Approximately 4,800 sq. ft two-storey apartment building containing 4 x 2 bedroom units. The subject property is set back from the Blue Hills Road and offers sweeping ocean views from both levels.

Title

Absolute

Proprietor

Catherine Virginia Handfield

Approximate Area

0.45 acres

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

FAX: (649) 946-4661

One Server

P & D CONSULTING is looking to fill the following positions on behalf of our clients:

needed

Ernest Williams is looking for a

Labourer

One person needed for mornings, nights and weekends. Knowledge of POS System and wines is a must. 5 years experience with international guests. Positive friendly and can work well with others.

Belonger only.

to work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour Contact 241-1737 J&W Construction is looking for a

Labourer

to work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact 941-7247

Contact 941-8408 in the mornings for an interview

5774

P & M VARIETY STORE Is currently seeking a qualified applicants to fill the following position of a

Domestic Worker To clean the store and keep it tidy. For more detailed information please contact our office P& A, IBO Building Downtown behind the ballpark, Providenciales.

Monday thru Friday 10am5pm.

Taylor’s Variety Store 6 Domestic Worker

– must work on holidays and weekends Salary $5.50 per hour

6 Sales Agents – salary $6.50 per hour

6 Labourers – salary $6.60 per hour

1 Cook salary – $5.50 per hour

Contact 941-7597

1 Security Guard

Call

1 Sales Manager

advertise

Contact 649-232-1199 or 441-0225

5817

today to

946-4664

OR EMAIL tcnews@tciway.tc

– salary $7.50 per hour – salary $8.00 per hour

Established High Volume restaurant requires

Manager Qualifications: @@ Min 15 years experience in a restaurant management position @@ Sommelier Certification and experience building extensive wine lists @@ Human Resources & Management experience, experience in training new staff members @@ Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, and QuickBooks, as well as POS systems with an emphasis on accounting systems for restaurants @@ 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 driver’s license, and be willing to work 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays Salary $400.00 per week plus depending on experience level Please send detailed resume and cover letter to

bistroshannon@yahoo.com.

Only applicants that send a resume will be considered.

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION Construction will commence under the DDP and Building Permits, PR10419 for Beach Cleaning and Grading Fronting on Parcels 16-23 and 25-27, Block 60901, (Emerald Beach, Providenciales) on September 10.

Construction will take approximately 6 weeks to complete.

Call

PUBCO LTD.

ASSISTANT BAR MANAGER

• Must have 5 years experience in F&B Management experience • Bachelors in Business Administration or equivalent • Must have experience in cost analysis and inventory controls • Must be able to operate Micros POS front and back office or similar POS • Must be able to work from 9:30pm – 4:00am 6 days per week.

advertise 946-4664

Email resumes to info@dannybuoys.com 5773

Project Description: The work includes removing large conch shells and rocks as well as grading vertical scarps along the beach.

Work Areas: Work will commence at the east end of the Project Area (Emerald Point) and proceed west, with work occurring in three segments: Segment A (Parcels 26 - 27), Segment B (Parcels 22 - 23 and 25) and Segment C (Parcels 16-21). The beach will be closed in the active work segment between 7am and 5pm, Monday through Friday.

Engineer for the Project: Coastal Design and Engineering (CDE). All questions shall be directed to Karyn Erickson or Christin Perkinson at 941-7309.

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today to OR EMAIL

tcnews@tciway.tc

VACANCIES Required For High-Volume, fast-paced themed Restaurant, located on Grand Turk.

Assistant Manager The successful candidate will possess all the following: - At least 10 years, verifiable experience in full service restaurant - At least 2 years of business education at the college/university level - Complete micros or equivalent systems and programming experience - Proficiency in Excel, WORD, Microsoft Accounting or accounting program equivalent - Excellent mathematical, communications & training skills - Ability to create and work to a comprehensive, item line budget - Willingness and ability to work long hours including holidays and weekends - Excellent, proven cost control skills - Excellent, verifiable references Salary commensurate with experience

GOVERNMENT VACANCY JOB TITLE:

GENDER AFFAIRS COORDINATOR

Servers

With great personalities, Energetic and motivated wanted!

Successful candidates will possess the following:

DEPARTMENT: GENDER AFFAIRS

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONBILITIES:

- Ability and willingness to work a flexible schedule, as required by management, including holidays and weekends - Experience working in a full service, fast-moving restaurant - Excellent “people” , service and communication skills including great eye contact - Good physical health and ability to move fast and turn tables - A team-player and “can-do” attitude - Ability and willingness to participate in candidate orientation as a part of the application process - Ability and willingness to participate in rigorous, on-going training Starting salary $5.50 per hour

An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Gender Affairs Coordinator. The incumbent in this position must be able to formulate policies on gender issues; develop rehabilitative programmes for inmates for re-entry to society and establish mentoring programmes for youths of the TCI. The incumbent must also sensitize the public on gender issues; develop awareness programmes for the media; implement skills training as well as adult literacy classes. The candidate must also be able to design apprenticeship programmes for disadvantaged youth; conduct needs analyses and collect statistical data in communities to determine which are the vital areas that should be addressed in order to improve the communities throughout the TCI. Other duties include conducting training sessions with staff; visiting homes to assist in conducting counseling sessions; preparing monthly reports on relevant matters concerning human rights and gender issues as well as attending international workshops on human rights and gender issues.

Bar Tender and Cocktail Server Requirements:

• Prior experience in a luxury restaurant • Offer beverage suggestion and take guest orders • Excellent communication skills • Be polite and courteous to guests and colleagues • Knowledge of beverages, cocktails and wine list • Serve food and beverage to customers • Keep the work station clean and tidy • Understand and follow the laws and guidelines foe beverage service as per policy and local ordinance and laws.

• Closing out the guest’s bill applying cash and credit card in accordance with established procedures.

Starting salary $5.50 per hour

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE The applicant must have a Bachelors Degree from an Internationally Recognized University, in the field of Psychology. The position required at least seven (7) years professional experience working in this field, with at least three (3) years experience in a managerial role. The candidate should also have training in Counseling, Gender Issues and Human Right Laws.

RENUMERATION PACKAGE: SALARY: $34,920.00 - $38,880.00 PER ANNUM TELEPHONE ALLOWANCE: $1200.00 PER ANNUM

Cooks Wanted

For more information on the Job description Please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Extension: 10321 E-mail: recruitment@gov.tc and Jaastwood@gov.tc. All resumes should include contact information and two letters of reference as well as a Police Certificate and should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Facsimile: 9461582.

Experienced cooks. Must have verifiable work experience and good references. Successful candidates will be team players, dependable and understand food cost controls. Must be available to work flexible schedule including holidays and weekends.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 7th October 2010 5777

If you possess these skills and qualifications, contact management at 649-332-5939 Monday to Friday, between 8am and 5pm. Send resume to info@onelovetci.com.

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discipline and self esteem. When your self esteem increases, it makes you feel good and that stimulates a positive self-reinforcing cycle of even more discipline, confidence and action.

fitness Tip 

Bonehead bloopers

Mistake 5: Playing favourites Most people have a favourite body part or exercise. But playing favourites in your training can lead to big problems. Strengthening and stretching some muscle groups but not others can cause poor posture, muscular imbalance, dysfunction, strains, pulls, tears or ruptures.

- and their kickbutt counterparts

Where are you going wrong with your workout?

AS MOST fitness trainers will testify there are several common workout errors – poor form, overtraining, overloading weights, not stretching and not warming up, to name but a few.

Here are some of the biggest mistakes seen in the gym – and some solutions to rectify them.

Mistake 1: Winging it Aimed at those of us who have no written goals or plans, no training journal and no way of ‘keeping score’. It’s when you just show up

at the gym day after day and do whatever strikes your fancy, whatever machine happens to be available, or whatever you’ve become habitually accustomed to doing.

Solution: Develop a strategic plan Strategic planning is a never ending process and includes assessing where you are now, where you want to go and how you will achieve it.

Decide what steps you need to take, along with a method for measuring the results.

Mistake 2: Repeating the same workouts Doing the same exercises with the same number of repetitions at the same weight means never challenging yourself to go that step further.

French toast A delicious way to start the weekend.

Solution: Strive to progress Increased strength and fitness come when you place demands on your body above and beyond what it has experienced in the past. If you can’t add more weight, it could be as simple as one more rep with the

same weight or perhaps an extra minute of cardio or a half per cent steeper treadmill incline.

Mistake 3: Starving yourself A calorie deficit is the only way to lose body fat. However, the caloric deficit must be kept small. When calories are cut too much, or held too low for too long, your body thinks you are starving and sets into motion a series of metabolic and hormonal events which ultimately result in muscle loss, slow metabolism and plateaus.

Solution: Eat more, burn more Exercising more means you can eat more. This is a more effective fat loss strategy than eating less and exercising less. If you are trying to lose weight, a good method is a small decrease in calories accompanied by a large increase in activity.

Mistake 4: Skipping scheduled workouts A great body doesn’t happen overnight.

Successful body

Solution: Train for functional balance Train every muscle group equally.

Front to back movements must be balanced with rotational and side to side movements. Always stretch, strengthen and build to the point of total body balance.

Adding an extra rep when weight lifting or an extra minute of cardio will lead to increasingly better results.

transformation is the cumulative result of dozens or even hundreds of successful workouts. Each workout brings you one small step closer to your goal. Each workout missed takes you one small step backwards.

Solution: Be disciplined and consistent Every time you successfully complete a scheduled workout, you build your

Mistake 6: Comparing yourself to others Always trying to one-up the next person is bonehead behaviour.

Comparing yourself to others is a great way to lower your self esteem and stay perpetually frustrated, unhappy and dissatisfied.

Solution: Compare yourself to nobody but you Never try to be better than someone else but never cease trying to be the best you can be. Improve yourself.

Work on progress and forward movement. Become better than you used to be.

health Tip 

Ingredients:

• 1 large egg • Quarter cup milk • 4 thick slices bread • 2 tbsp honey (warm in microwave to spread easier) • 1 tbsp butter • 1 tbsp vegetable oil • Half tsp baking powder • Quarter tsp vanilla powder • Quarter tsp salt Method: • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, baking powder and vanilla powder.

• Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

• Soak bread slices in the egg mixer until saturated. Fry bread slices on both sides until golden brown.

• Serve the French toast with drizzled honey and fruits.

Say cheese THEY say the eyes are the window to the soul. But the mouth is the window to your body’s health.

The state of your teeth and gums can offer vital clues about your overall wellbeing.

Oral health is connected to many other conditions beyond the mouth.

Sometimes the first sign of a disease shows up in your mouth. In other cases, infections such as gum disease can cause problems in other areas of your body.

Your mouth is normally teeming with bacteria. Usually you can keep them under control with good oral health care, such as daily brushing and flossing.

Saliva also is a key defence against bacteria and viruses. It contains enzymes that destroy bacteria in different ways. But harmful bacteria can sometimes grow out of control and lead to periodontitis, a serious gum infection.

When your gums are healthy, bacteria in your mouth usually don’t enter your bloodstream. However, gum disease may give them a port of entry.

Sometimes invasive dental treatments can also allow bacteria to enter the blood. And medication or treatment that reduce saliva flow or disrupt the normal balance of bacteria in your mouth can lead to

oral changes too, making it easier for bacteria to enter the bloodstream.

Some researchers believe that these bacteria and inflammation from your mouth are linked to other health problems in the rest of your body.

Here are some of them: ■ Cardiovascular disease. Research shows that heart disease, clogged arteries and stroke may be linked to oral health.

■ Premature birth. Gum disease has been linked to premature birth. This is why it’s vital to maintain excellent oral health before you get pregnant continued

Brush and floss regularly to safeguard your smile – and your health.

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How does your garden grow With our green-fingered guru Denis Belanger

GARDENING 

Madagascar periwinkle MADAGASCAR periwinkle (catharanthus roseus), also known as just periwinkle is a member of the apocynaceae family, it is a cousin to the true vinca genus but has more flower colours and outperforms by a mile during the summer months.

It is a genus of eight species of herbaceous perennial plants, seven endemic to the island of Madagascar, the eighth native to the Indian subcontinent in southern Asia.

M. Periwinkle is a semi-woody evergreen perennial that has the hearts of the Islands’ gardeners. A plant that will grow through the drought conditions and the heat of summer, the only thing this plant doesn’t like is too much fertiliser or too much water.

Since it grows best in poor, well-drained soils, our Turks and Caicos sand is an almost perfect environment. You’ll see this plant growing along fencerows and on uncultivated land.

The seed is small and spreads easily during rains, therefore, you may find one in your yard, even if you’ve never planted them before. If they are planted in your yard, they will self-seed in loose soil and I’ve even had them come up in mulch.

Periwinkles tend to get leggy if left to their own devices. If you would like a fuller plant, you should start pinching the branches early in the season.

Periwinkles will grow and bloom

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Turks and Caicos sand is an almost perfect environment for the periwinkle to thrive.

in full sun or partial shade. It is extremely drought resistant when established.

Periwinkle likes to be kept dry and is not at all tolerant of overwatering which causes problems in irrigated beds with rich soil.

Most of the wild periwinkle

Say cheese continued

and during your pregnancy.

■ Diabetes. Diabetes increases your risk of gum disease, cavities, tooth

Natural tooth whitener FOR a fast and cheap way to brighten your smile, crush one ripe strawberry into a half teaspoon of baking soda and mix to a paste.

Spread on your teeth with a soft toothbrush, leave for five minutes, then brush thoroughly with toothpaste.

Apply weekly to remove discolouration.

loss, dry mouth and a variety of oral infections. Conversely, poor oral health can make your diabetes more difficult to control. Infections may cause your blood sugar to rise and require more insulin to keep it under control.

■ HIV/AIDS. Oral problems are very common if you have HIV/ AIDS. Common symptoms include ulcers, dry mouth and related painful mucosal lesions. Mouth problems are caused by either fungal, viral or bacterial infections and, in some cases, one of the first signs of AIDS may be severe gum infection. You may also develop persistent white spots or unusual lesions on your tongue or in your mouth.

■ Osteoporosis. The first stages of bone loss may show up in your teeth. Systemic loss of bone density in osteoporosis, including bone

varieties are either rose pink or white but there are hybrids in every shade from red to pink to grape.

They are excellent groundcovers for dry areas where you are finding it difficult to grow other flowering plants.

Periwinkles are usually grown from seed but can be propagated by rooting cuttings taken in spring or summer. They can become invasive if unwanted seedlings are not kept pulled.

The volunteer seedlings transplant quite easily, although they may wilt for a day or two. The best time to transplant them is in the early evening.

Periwinkles are a wonderful groundcover, due to their dark, glossy leaves and long bloom period.

Although periwinkle leaves may curl in the heat, they unfurl themselves as soon as the temperatures drop or the dew falls on the plants.

If you’re looking for a heat tolerant, easy to grow plant for your summer garden, you can’t beat Madagascar periwinkle. It is inexpensive and since it doesn’t need much fertiliser or maintenance; it is economical as well.

in the jaw, may create a condition where the bone supporting your teeth is increasingly susceptible to infectious destruction. Your dentist may be able to spot this on a routine clinical examination or with dental X-rays.

■ Other conditions. Many other conditions may make their presence known in your mouth before you know anything’s wrong. These may include Sjogren’s syndrome, certain cancers, eating disorders, syphilis, gonorrhea and substance abuse.

Resolve to practice good oral hygiene. The American Dental Association recommends using a fluoride toothpaste to brush your teeth at least twice daily; flossing each day; sticking to a healthy, balanced diet with no snacking between meals; getting regular checkups and cleaning.

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Money Tip

With Mary Hamilton of Meridian Trust

How to save money at home – the FYI on DIY WITH a toolbox and a little (OK, sometimes a lot of) patience, simple household repairs may be tackled yourself.

First, you need to have the right tools for each job. Start with the basics: hammer, pliers, Phillips and flat screwdrivers, adjustable wrench, box wrenches, a saw and a cordless drill and bits. Before you start, it is also advisable to read up on each job in a detailed ‘how to’ DIY book.

Here is a list of some easy DIY projects which could save you the cost of calling out a professional.

Patch wall holes/cracks. Along with the basic tools, you’ll need a wide putty knife, sandpaper and filler (wood filler, spackling, joint compound).

Paint. Doing it right takes time, but almost anyone can do it.

You’ll need a paint tray, bucket, ladder, three brushes (trim, small and large) and a roller. Don’t forget drop cloths to protect your furnishings and floor.

Replace door hardware. Use the basic toolbox, a sharp chisel, a marking pencil and wood sealant.

Unclog a drain. If drain cleaner doesn’t work, get a plunger and bucket. Still clogged? You may need to buy a drain auger or ‘snake’.

Seal up a sink. Fix your marred porcelain basin with epoxy adhesive and a toothpick.

Follow the mixing instructions on the package and make sure the sink is dry.

Repair a leaky faucet. This may call for a seat-dressing tool, a flashlight and pipe compound.

Add a kitchen backsplash.

Sanding and tile work is required, but the project can give an older kitchen a fresh look.

Preventive maintenance They say prevention is the best cure. Timely preventive maintenance on your home can save you thousands of dollars on repairs. Here’s a short list of projects to get you started.

Clean gutters/downspouts several times a year. This prevents rain water from going

‘over the top’, which can destroy fascia board and roofing. You will add gallons of free water to your cistern to boot. A clogged downspout can leak into the basement and foundation.

Lubricate the garage door track.

For about $6, you can extend the life of the door’s motor with a can of WD-40 or lithium grease.

No grounds. Never put coffee grounds in the kitchen sink.

They’re small enough to pass through the disposal, but heavy enough to sit in pipes and clog drains. Throw them in the garden or a compost bucket instead. And never flush cat litter down the toilet.

Trim branches. Make sure shrubs and trees do not touch or extend over your home’s foundation, exterior walls and roof. The branches will rub, block sunlight and hold moisture against the structure, causing rot and decay.

Partially drain the water heater.

A water heater drains from the bottom, so getting rid of a gallon or two every six months removes much of the gunk that can reduce the life of the unit.

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A tribute to Charity Harvey-Higgs – Part two

BELOVED great-grandmother Charity Harvey-Higgs sadly lost her life aged 81 following a stabbing in her Middle Caicos home this summer.

In a touching tribute Charity’s daughter Leonora Missick speaks fondly of her mother, friend and mentor.

R stands for righteous - The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and through good times and bad Mar hung on to Christ.

One particular time I really knew Mar was holding onto God’s hands was when her second oldest son, Carveston, was killed in Grand Turk in a motorbike accident.

She herself almost passed but she clung closely to those sentimental values passed down by her mother Harriet. Like in Timothy 11: 1-5 Lois passed on such training to her daughter Eunice.

She believed the just shall live by faith. She took the motto of peace as her guide.

In her own words she would remind folks who hung on to old grudges not speaking to each other that God had made us human

beings to care for each other and often reminded people that God did not make us animals, and that God expects us to live like human beings, especially if you are serving him.

She would not stop until the broken relationship was made good.

I stands for imitating Jesus Christ. She believed in imitating Christ we must be humble like Jesus (Philippians 2: 3-8) and often spoke to people in both the church and the community on humbleness.

She said we must love and be obedient, and to follow Jesus’s lead we must walk as Jesus walked.

She believed that she was predestined to become Christ-like and she proved that this could be done by using Paul in the New Testament as her example, for he too imitated Christ.

Very often she insisted that Christians, especially adults, not be immature and stop thinking like children.

She often sympathised with their way of thinking.

She would say: “They still need milk, they are not ready for solid food according to Hebrews 5. They are still babes, I am sorry for them.”

I remembered having a little confrontation with someone travelling from one island to the other, I turned to Mar for help.

Like always Mar would ask you to relate to her what happened, while she listened very carefully.

She was bright, she was fast, so sometimes she would take away the conversation, you see she already saw where the conversation was going.

This time she said: “I understand but you see sometimes people come from a different background with perhaps little or no home training.”

Then adding a bit of humour she would say: “Maybe they are just not up to it.”

Of course this would be yet

another ‘lecture’; you see it was her joy to teach people things, so she seized every opportunity.

T stands for time. It was time to be thirsty for Christ and she would often say that Jesus would give of the water of life freely.

For Mar every day was Christ day; every day Christ could come.

So every day she was anxious that people would make good with each other.

But in one of her short sermons she said: “No one knows the day nor the hour that Jesus would come like a thief in the night.”

This practice was passed on from Mama Harriet.

Mar believed a thousand years in God’s sight is like an evening that passed, Jesus can come now.

Y. Based on the foregoing, you would have now concluded when it comes to Christ, Mar was a ‘yes to God’ woman.

She was always preparing to go home to be with the Lord.

She said yes from her youth, she said yes to life and give herself of total service to him.

Leonora Missick

This included the night she said yes to the enemy.

She fought a good fight and kept the faith.

Mar Charity was willing to lay down her sword for a well deserved crown.

Farewell Mar, I know that your soul is resting in peace.

In the words of well wisher Sigrid Lightbourne: Which one of Charity’s children will carry on her great works?

The answer is found in the words of the songwriter Alicia Keys: “We will find a way to make it through these many nights without her, we will hang on to the good times we had.”

My brother Sam and I pledge our continuous unselfish services to these communities and all our brethren do the same.

But please may all the nation join in. Remember that you are Mar Charity’s children too.

TCI’s first middle school opens A NEW type of educational facility has opened up in Providenciales offering pupils a smooth and comfortable transition from primary to high school.

TCI Middle School, located in downtown Providenciales, is the first to cater solely to years seven, eight and nine.

It offers small classes based on the British curriculum taught by experienced teaching professionals.

The school opened its doors at the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre this September and has already welcomed nine youngsters.

Principal Mark Dunbavand said: “Parents wanted to have another option, and felt that having finished primary school at the age of 11 they didn’t always want their children to go straight into an environment where there were 17 and 18 year olds.”

Mark explained that although they hope to attract more pupils, classes will be kept small to allow teachers to address each child’s individual needs.

“We don’t want classes of more than 10 or 12 pupils really as we can focus on personal learning and enable them to progress far more quickly.

“We’re going for quality not quantity and with small classes we can offer so much more.” Classes are based on the British curriculum with additional history, music and Spanish lessons, along with community activities.

There are currently two full time teachers at the school and two part time teachers who assist with Spanish and music.

Mark said that in the future he hopes to gain International Baccalaureate status which will enable the pupils to go on and study

INDIVIDUAL FOCUS: TCI Middle School offers small classes based on the British curriculum

in any other school in the world with the same status.

TCI Middle School is temporarily located at the Edward C Gartland Youth Centre for the 2010/2011 school year.

Centre director Roxann Wake-

Forbes said: “It was a decision that the board met on and decided that it would not only benefit the school but also the youth centre.

“The children are of the right age criteria that matches the centre, and the centre’s not used in the day.

“So we’re still able to provide exactly the same services at the youth centre - 2pm until 6pm - and the school is also able to benefit and provide this opportunity for the kids.

“It’s fantastic that we can work together on this.”

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Regional News Jamaica PM: $125 million to fix storm damage KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — It will take at least $125 million to repair flattened farmland, rutted roads, broken bridges and eroded beaches across storm-staggered Jamaica, the island’s leader announced Tuesday.

During his first address to parliament since the outer bands of Tropical Storm Nicole ripped across Jamaica last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding delivered a preliminary repair bill while cautioning lawmakers that a more detailed assessment was still being carried out.

“The cost to repair the damage and provide assistance to those severely dislocated will impact significantly on

the country’s delicate fiscal situation,” Golding said.

Nicole fizzled out over the Atlantic last week after maintaining storm status for just six hours, but not before the broad system’s outer bands triggered deadly floods and landslides across Jamaica that killed 13 islanders and left at least two more missing over four days. Some rural communities are still marooned by impassable roads, so the death toll could rise.

Workers are repairing thousands of water-logged buildings, cracked pipes and crumbling streets across the tropical island, where many residents were taken by surprise by the ferocity of

the rains and the extent of the damage.

Cleaning up the torn infrastructure may be a much quicker task than repairing the financial damage caused by the storm to Jamaica, which was granted a $1.27 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund earlier this year.

Golding said Finance Minister Audley Shaw plans to brief IMF officials in Washington on Thursday on the damage and the impact it is likely to have on the island’s two-year program to recover from mounting government debt and the effects of the global economic crisis.

“These discussions will determine the extent to which

the program will be adjusted to take account of the expenditure that must be undertaken as a matter of urgency to effect repairs and reconstruction,” Golding said.

In an e-mail to The Associated Press, Gene Leon, the IMF’s senior resident representative to the island, said “once the Jamaican authorities have assessed the damage, we will discuss together how we may assist, noting the exceptional and unpredictable nature of this event.”

Losses of crops and livestock stood at roughly $6 million.

The education and health sectors across the Caribbean country each suffered over $1 million in damage. Golding

Residents of Harbour View look toward a collapsed bridge that links the parishes of St. Thomas and Portland to Kingston, Jamaica.

said his preliminary repair bill includes about $20 million to mend roads “as well as structures that pose a danger to life and property.”

Jamaica’s banana companies were focusing on replanting plantations of the staple fruit flattened by Tropical Storm Nicole.

DISCOUNT LIQUORS AND WINE CELLAR is looking for:

Grace Bay Club is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner.

Cook

• Middle level culinary skills • Dependable, proactive, organized, team player.

• Education from a formal culinary programme • At least two to three years cooking experience; preparing international breakfast, lunch and dinner in regional cooking environment.

• Sanitation certificate.

• Ability to plan, organize and execute meal plans • Must speak and read English fluently. Additional languages an asset.

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

Front Office Receptionist

• Must be educated at least high school level with a good command of English • Must have a pleasant telephone manner and good general communications skills.

• Must be computer literate and familiar with Opera system & Microsoft Office package use • Must be willing able to work in shifts and on holidays and week-ends.

• Able to implement and carry through role with little or no supervision • Minimum 3 years experience with 3-5 star property • A passion for delivering exceptional levels of guest service Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

Kid’s Town Counselor

• Must have basic First Aid • Must be able to swim proficiently and perform basic water rescue • Must enjoy the outdoors and water sports and be willing to teach and demonstrate activities effectively and with enthusiasm • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays and some evenings • Minimum 3 years experience with 3-5 star property Salary Range: Commensurate with experience Interested persons can contact our Human Resources Department no later that August 20, 2010

@ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1050 Fax (649) 946-5758 Email: veronica.clare@gracebayclub.com P.O. Box 128, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI.

Description of position: • Promote all the products carried at our wholesale and retail operation • Maintain a complete sales history and purchase pattern of our wholesale customers • Visit our wholesale customers n the trade on a regular basis in an effort to increase sales and awareness of our products • Help grow retail sales by doing in store promotions and assisting customers • Assist in streamlining inventory in an effort to maximize inventory turnover

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ratio while maintaining adequate products to service the trade efficiently Assist Operations Manager in setting up proper inventory purchasing cycles in an effort to maximize the use of the business’s cash flows Assist n financial controller in devising an appropriate inventory control system for the safe custody and control of the company’s inventory Any other duties within your abilities as delegated by Management Salary in the range of $50,000 per annum

Closing date for application is Monday, October 18th, 2010 Applications must be submitted to: The Manager Discount Liquors & Wine Cellar Email: discount@tciway.tc or fax: 649-946-4871

New Turks & Caicos Islands Hospitals

Assistant to Chief of Medical Services

The Cheshire Hall Medical centre has a requirement for an experienced and qualified assistant to the Chief of medical Services.

Duties will include the initial setting up to meet all administrative targets within the Medical Department against firm time lines, and in addition to experience coordinating Visiting Consultants requires an understanding of Medical Records and coding systems.

It is unlikely that anyone with less than ten years experience in a busy tertiary care hospital will have the in depth knowledge for this position.

Starting Salary in the region of U$ 1,950 per month depending on qualification.

How to Apply Applications should be made by submitting to Interhealth Canada a comprehensive CV showing your qualifications and experience. Copies of qualification certificates should be attached. Submissions should be made by hand to Reception at Cheshire Hall Medical Centre or by email to:

Recruitment@Interhealthcanada.tc Please ensure that a contact telephone number or email address is included on the application

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Sales and Marketing Representative

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Master Brewer/ Sales Supervisor

Happy birthday Edric!

Must be willing to work extended hours. Earning a salary of $6.00 per hour

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Interested and qualified persons should contact Serge Tuyssuzian, Provo Beverages Ltd, P.O. Box 417, Industrial Park, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Tele/Fax: 649-941-3637.

Please have ready available proof of qualifications for submission and management perusal

PROVO BEVERAGE LTD.

Of the following items:

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Sanitation Worker @@ Must be willing to work six (6) days per week @@ Must be trustworthy and reliable @@ Salary $6.00 per hour @@ Hours are from 8:30am – 4:00pm some extra hours may be required Contact Operations Manager between the hours of 9:00am-3:00pm

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For enquires prior to date of said auction contact the Magistrate’s Court’s Office Tel: 941-3071 / 941-3984

This advertisement is authorised by Alvanetta C. Williams, Bailiff of the Supreme Court, Providenciales

GILLEY’S ENTERPRISES

or email discount@tciway.tc

GERALD WILLIAMS

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Description of suitable person: • Must have a hospitality background • Must be hard working and efficient • Must have a positive attitude • Must be able to work 6 days a week, weekends and holidays if needed • Must be prepared to work as requested by your Supervisor Hours are from 6:30am-3:30pm *Some long hours maybe required also holidays

Contact: Mr. Tate Forbes between the hours of 9:00am-3:30pm at 946-4472 or email: gilley’scafe@tciway.tc

ADMINISTRATOR

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Please fax resume to:

To work 5 days a week.

Deadline October 30th, 2010

vacancies

The Institute of Professional Studies is seeking full and part-time Lectures for the following areas:

Provo Electric

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Interested applicants must possess at least a Bachelors in the related area graduate degree preferred 3 years experience teaching at College level experience with online learning

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Coxco

Construction Ltd

Labourer is looking for a

• Responsible to discuss menu for banquets and conferences • Responsible for a respectable food cost • Responsible for purchasing food and negotiating prices Salary $10.00 per hour

Salary commensurate with experience systems please submit applications no later than Monday October 18, 2010 to infor@tcips.com

at telephone 946-4536

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Chef

Description of job: • Responsible for ordering all provisions pertaining to food and cleaning supplies and kitchen equipment • Responsible for scheduling kitchen staff and their vacation periods • Responsible for supervising general cleaning and maintenance of kitchen equipment • Taking food inventory at the end of each month • To make sure your cleaning staff keep your kitchen in good clean and healthy order

• Culinary • Psychology • English

Labourer

Individual must have a minimum of 10 years in the beer business and the relevant qualification as a Brew Master. Salary depending on qualifications and experience.

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Is looking for suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions: • 2 Electricians • 1 Office Supervisor

Hole in the Wall Restaurant • 1 Chef • 1 Domestic Worker

Super Kyle Max Services • 1 Customer Service Rep Salary will commensurate with qualifications

Resumes can be faxed to 9413425 and the Labour Department, Providenciales as soon as possible

Position:

Prior experience is required working on large Construction projects.

Position is part time. Salary $150.00 per week. Only Turks Islander need apply.

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Terry Selver SEEKS

Live In Housekeeper

Main duties will be taking care of an elderly lady, cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Must be able to speak English, Salary starts at $800 monthly and is based on experience.

Work will 6 work days a week.

Deadline for applications is October 20th 2010.

Interested persons should send applications via fax at (649) 941-4034 C/o Alliance Realty Ltd. Only applicants selected will be contacted.

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World News Europe calls on China to let currency appreciate BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders on Tuesday urged China to let its currency rise and narrow a trade deficit that has strained relations, while promising Asian countries in return more power in global financial institutions.

China did not, however, commit to new currency action at a summit that highlighted how the global financial crisis had shifted the economic balance of power eastward.

At the end of a two-day EuropeAsia summit dominated by the timid economic recovery, all 48 partners agreed that “in the interest of greater stability, we intend to move together.”

On the sidelines of the summit — held amid careful decorum, chandeliers and old-world mansions and palaces — China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his Japanese counterpart Naoto Kan had what they claimed was a chance meeting in the sprawling corridors. Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month.

Most of the summit though, centered on the global recovery.

After Europe acknowledged that Asia should be granted more power in the traditionally Western-dominated institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, it wanted Beijing to move on the currency front.

The leaders of the 16 nations that use the euro met with Wen early Tuesday and urged China to allow

its currency to appreciate, stressing that a weak yuan is hampering global growth by creating trade deficits in the U.S. and Europe.

Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the eurozone, EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao that the yuan’s “effective exchange rate remains undervalued.”

China is under mounting pressure to loosen its tight grip on the yuan’s value, which it keeps artificially low against the dollar and other key currencies, as Beijing’s trade partners worry about their trade deficits with the world’s biggest exporter and second-biggest economy.

The summit conclusions said that “all ASEM partners have to play a part in addressing economic distortions and weaknesses in policy.” The EU trade deficit with China stood at a staggering €133 billion last year.

Earlier, Juncker insisted that “given China’s important role we do think that a significant and broadbased appreciation” of China’s currency would “promote a more balanced growth to the benefit of both China and the global economy.”

Echoing strong U.S. concerns, the three urged China to stoke more domestic demand — a stronger currency would provide Chinese households with more power to purchase and import goods.

Juncker said Europe had welcomed

China’s June 19 decision to make the yuan’s exchange rate more flexible but added that has not worked well enough.

The euro-yuan rate is “not exactly what we would have hoped,” said Trichet.

In response to recent market speculation about a possible currency war, in which countries try to lower their currencies to gain trade advantages, Juncker said, “this would be most destructive as would be any form of trade protectionism.”

The yuan has weakened against the euro in recent months, which could affect exports from the 16 countries that use the euro at a time when the region is struggling to maintain growth amid government cuts and worries about sovereign debt in some countries.

The EU said it would be prepared to give up some of its power base at the IMF to emerging countries, a concession that could cost it two seats on the governing board and the right to have a European heading the Washington, D.C.based organization, which hands out billions of dollars in loans around the world.

At the moment, EU countries occupy nine of the 24 seats.

The summit conclusions said that “IMF quota shares must be shifted to dynamic emerging markets and developing countries by at least 5 percent from overrepresented to underrepresented countries.”

Druidry recognised as religion in Britain LONDON (AFP) – Britain has recognised druidry as an official religion for the first time, thousands of years after the Celtic pagan faith emerged in Europe, the country’s charity commission said Saturday.

The Druid Network, an organisation representing the religion in Britain, was granted charitable status in a decision that not only gives it tax breaks but also lets the religion take its place alongside more mainstream beliefs.

“This has been a long hard struggle, taking over five years to complete,” the Druid Network said in a statement after its application to be registered as a charity had been accepted by the Charity Commission.

In its ruling on the group’s application, the commission said it accepted that druidry was an “ancient pagan religion” in its own right involving the worship of nature, particularly the sun and the earth.

Druid rituals involve

Druids perfom a pagan Samhain blessing ceremony at Stonehenge, southern England, in October 2005. Britain has recognised druidry as an official religion for the first time.

“commonality of practice” across the faith including solar and fire festivals, ceremonies at various phases of the moon, seasonal festivals and rites of passage in life.

There had also been some official recognition already, it added, including a provision by Britain’s Prison Service for the practice of druidry and the attendance of a pagan chaplain at services.

“The board members concluded that The Druid Network is established for exclusively charitable purposes for the advancement of religion for the public benefit,” the Charity Commission said.

Druidry emerged in ancient Ireland and Britain and spread further afield during the Iron Age, especially into France, but became largely supplanted as Christianity took hold across Europe.

It has gained recent popularity because of its pantheistic nature and concern with ecology.

IMF sees global economy gaining, US growth slowing WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will likely strengthen the rest of this year and in 2011 as China and other emerging powers offset weakness in the United States and Europe.

That’s the latest outlook of the International Monetary Fund, which predicts the world economy will expand 4.8 percent this year and 4.2 percent next year. That would far surpass last year’s 0.6 percent decline, the worst since World War II. The IMF’s forecast for worldwide growth this year is 0.2 percentage point more than its previous estimate in July.

The international lending agency predicts the U.S. economy will grow 2.6 percent this year, below its previous estimate of 3.3 percent, and 2.3 percent next year.

The IMF’s forecast, released Wednesday, points to lingering weakness in the United States and Europe after the worst recession since the 1930s Great Depression.

The agency says the global economy will require a balancing act: Countries with huge trade and budget deficits such as the United States will need to boost exports. And countries with big trade surpluses such as China must reduce their dependency on exports and boost domestic demand.

The forecast was prepared for the annual autumn meetings of the 187-nation IMF and its sister lending organisation, the World Bank. Finance officials

from the Group of 20, representing the world’s richest nations and fast-growing developing countries, are scheduled to hold talks Friday.

Obama administration officials said they planned to press other G-20 countries such as China to honour commitments they’ve made to reduce their huge trade surpluses, which come at the expense of other countries. Such trade imbalances contributed to the global downturn.

The prediction of 2.6 percent growth for the United States this year is historically weak coming after a recession. But it marks a sharp reversal from the 2.6 percent decline in U.S. activity last year. That was the steepest drop since 1946. The U.S. forecast is down from a 3.3 percent projection the IMF made in July.

But the U.S. economy slowed sharply in late spring and summer this year as the European debt crisis shook the confidence of investors and businesses. The IMF’s forecast of 2.3 percent U.S. growth for 2011 is down from its 3 percent estimate in July.

Growth prospects are even weaker in Europe. The 16 nations that use the common euro currency will see their economies average 1.7 percent growth this year and 1.5 percent next year, the IMF says. Still, both those forecasts are upgrades from July, following a debt crisis that began in Greece and had threatened to widen throughout Europe.

Police: Florida gunman also killed his father GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) — Authorities say the man killed before a gunman drove through his Florida neighbourhood on a shooting spree, wounding five other people, was the suspect’s father.

Police say the 24-year-old gunman, identified as Clifford Miller Jr., shot himself Monday after taking aim at five others in the 13-minute rampage. Police believe he targeted each of the

victims.

Three of the injured men remain in critical condition, and two others are in fair condition.

At a news conference Tuesday, Gainesville police said Clifford had a relationship with the victims, but the motive remains unclear.

Police say Miller is also responsible for the death of his 52-year-old father, Clifford Miller Sr.

Swedish premier forms minority gov’t STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has formed a minority government after his center-right coalition lost control of Parliament in last month’s election.

Reinfeldt presented his government on Tuesday, after his four-party alliance won 173 of 349 seats in the Sept. 19 vote — two

short of a majority.

The Red Green opposition also lost ground in the election and the far-right Sweden Democrats managed to enter Parliament for the first time, holding balance of power with 20 seats.

The new 24-member Cabinet includes seven new ministers, with four leaving their posts.

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World News Chile president sees miners rescued before Oct. 15 SAN JOSE MINE, Chile (AP) — Chile’s president said Monday that his government is “very close” to pulling 33 trapped miners to safety and he hopes to be there in person to see the rescue before leaving on a trip to Europe.

It was Sebastian Pinera who told the miners after they were found alive Aug. 22 that they would be saved by Christmas, and his government has assembled a team of hundreds to support them while three simultaneous drilling operations pound escape shafts through a half-mile of rock.

The drilling has gone well enough to move up the date since then, but rescue leaders have been cautious: Only last week, they estimated a late-October pullout.

Now the president has changed the expected date again, to before his Oct. 15-22 trip.

“We are very close to rescuing them, and I hope to be able to rescue them before leaving for Europe,” he told a group of Chilean radio broadcasters Monday. “We are trying to adjust

the two schedules.”

“For me it is very important to share this moment — not only with the 33 miners, but with their families and all Chileans,” Pinera added.

The miners also are getting ready for their big day. For the last two weeks, they’ve been sending keepsakes up in the same capsules that carry food, clean clothes, medicine and other supplies down through a narrow borehole to their underground cavern. Letters from their families, signed Chilean flags and other things they don’t want to leave behind are coming up out of the hole each day, said Alberto Iturra, the chief of a team of psychologists supporting the miners.

Told of Pinera’s statement, rescue chief Andre Sougarret said he understands how anxious everyone is to rescue the men, who on Monday completed 59 days underground since the Aug. 5 collapse of more than 700,000 tons of rock sealed off the lower third of the mine.

Italian PM under fire again, for Holocaust remark ROME (AP) — The head of Rome’s Jewish community joined the Vatican newspaper and others Tuesday in sharply rebuking Premier Silvio Berlusconi for a joke about Jews, money and the Holocaust which was caught on videotape.

The joke was one of several controversial comments Berlusconi made while chatting with fans outside his residence on his 74th birthday last week. His comments were captured on video and broadcast this weekend on the website of the left-leaning La Repubblica newspaper.

On Saturday, the newspaper of the Italian bishops’ conference slammed the gaffe-prone premier and a day later the Vatican newspaper said his comments were “deplorable.”

Berlusconi apologised — sort of — saying what he had said wasn’t a sin or an offense, just a joke and that the bad taste was in those who published it.

In an open letter published Tuesday by Italy’s leading Corriere della Sera newspaper, Jewish community leader Riccardo Pacifici deplored Berlusconi’s “imprudent jokes” and called on him to sever alliances with politicians showing “nostalgic feelings about fascism.”

“We want to hope that the antifascist conscience of the premier will know how to prevail,” said Pacifici, emphasizing that no

Death toll from Asian floods nears 110

TELUK WONDAMA, Indonesia (AP) — Helicopters dropped food to isolated villages and security forces helped clear debris and search for survivors as the number of people killed by floods and landslides across Asia climbed Wednesday to nearly 110.

Three-quarters of the deaths were in eastern Indonesia, where days of torrential downpours caused mud and debris to crash into hillside villages, damaging thousands of homes. Twenty-six fatalities were reported in Vietnam.

On the nearby Chinese island of Hainan, 64,000 people had to be evacuated.

The greatest panic was caused when a river burst its banks in the hardest-hit Indonesian village of Wasior early this week, sweeping away residents in a fast-moving wall of sludge, rocks and heavy logs that left thigh-high water in its wake.

“Many people didn’t have time to save themselves,” said one woman, Ira Wanoni, adding that others were screaming “Flood! Flood!” as they tried to scramble to high ground.

“It was such a sad scene,” said Arbi Korain, whose three children were all at school at the time. “My wife and I climbed onto our roof.

We just sat and watched as cars, motorcycles ... and bodies ... drifted past.”

With roads and bridges across West Papua province impassable

Residents walk past buildings damaged by flash flood in Wasior, Papua province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. Heavy rain unleashed flash floods and mudslides, killing dozens of people in a remote corner of the country that rescuers were still struggling to reach days after the storms began, officials and witnesses said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Abdul Muin).

or completely destroyed, it took days for help to reach many of the victims.

It wasn’t until a navy ship arrived Wednesday, carrying soldiers, police and health workers, that the extent of the damage became clear, said Sutrisno, the deputy head of the National Disaster Management Agency.

Eighty-three bodies have been pulled from the mud and the

wreckage of crumpled homes, he said, adding that with 80 percent of the houses in six villages suffering damage, the death toll was expected to rise.

Another 90 people were hospitalized, many with broken bones. Some had to be evacuated by helicopter and, as hospitals in the district of Manokwari became overwhelmed, others were taken by ship to neighboring provinces.

FBI: Stripper, drugs, guns and judge don’t mix

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi

Italian government has been a bigger supporter of Israel than Berlusconi’s.

Berlusconi is known to throw political correctness to the winds, as when he raised eyebrows in Washington by describing then President-elect Obama as “young, handsome and even tanned.”

Just recently he drew criticism for another joke about Hitler returning to power.

“Berlusconi’s problem is not that of anti-Semitism but of bad manners.

He tells crude jokes about Jews, women, politicians, and so many other topics that come to mind. He should comport himself in a manner befitting a prime minister, apologize, and move on,” Elan Steinberg vice president, American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, said in an e-mail.

ATLANTA (AP) — The 67-yearold federal judge’s wild relationship with a stripper started with just a lap dance, prosecutors said, but quickly escalated into escapades of prostitution and gun-toting drug deals involving cocaine and prescription pills.

Senior Judge Jack T. Camp, a veteran jurist who had achieved a status that allowed him a lighter caseload, now finds himself in a peculiar position, in front of one of his peers, and with lawyers combing through his decisions, wondering whether they have grounds to challenge them.

“I don’t know whether the allegations are true or whether they infected the decision making, but it’s incumbent upon me to raise these issues,” said Gerry Weber, a civil rights attorney.

Camp, a Vietnam War veteran who was appointed by Ronald Reagan, built a reputation for handing out stiff sentences, including for drug convictions. He could face years behind bars on drug and gun charges.

The judge’s attorney has said he intends to plead not guilty.

Senior U.S. District Judge Jack T. Camp.

The stripper, who previously had a felony drug trafficking conviction, had been secretly working with the FBI since the spring to build a case against the judge. In exchange, prosecutors pledged not to charge her.

Camp’s relationship with the dancer, who was not identified in court documents, began earlier this year. A day after receiving his first dance, he returned to the Goldrush Showbar for more dances, and added sex and cocaine to his tab, authorities said.

Over the next few months, the two used cocaine and other drugs together, sometimes at the strip club, and the judge would paid $40 to $50 to join her getting high, according to a sworn statement.

In June, the judge followed the stripper to a house in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta to buy drugs, carrying a semiautomatic handgun with him he later told her he brought to protect her, the affidavit said.

The relationship finally unraveled Friday. Camp told the stripper he would try to help with her criminal record and advised her to tell a potential employer who had rejected her application that “it was a minor offense and that one of the judges on the court can explain that to him,” according to the affidavit.

A few hours later, the dancer asked Camp to follow her to the Publix grocery store parking lot in northeast Atlanta to meet a drug dealer. When she said she feared for her safety, authorities said he responded with a dash of bravado: “I not only have my little pistol, I’ve got my big pistol so, uh, we’ll take care of any problems that come up.”

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2 bedrooms, burglar bars, A/C, washer, dryer, in excellent condition at the junction of Flamingo Crossing, Long Bay. Rent $850 per month.

Interested parties may contact 242-3634.

First and last month deposit.

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Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

Website: tcweeklynews.com

own!’ – Only at Bayview Motors!

New Work Trucks:

2009 Daihatsu Delta 3 ton Long Bed - $ 34,900.00…now $ 33,900.00.

2008 Daihatsu Delta 2 ton Dumpster - $ 34,500.00…make offer! 2008 Daihatsu Delta 2 ton Short Bed - $ 26,500.00…make offer!

New Pick-up Trucks:

2010 FORD F-150 SuperCab - $ 35,900.00. 2010 FORD Ranger XL - $ 25,900.00. 2009 FORD Ranger XLT $ 22,900.00 now $ 21,900.00

New SUV:

2010 Suzuki Jimny - $ 19,900.00.

2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara - from $ 22,900.00. 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara Limited - $ 30,500.00. 2010 Daihatsu Terios - $ 25,900.00. 2009 Toyota RAV4 - $ 37,500.00…now $ 35,900.00. 2009 FORD Explorer XLT - $ 36,500.00 now $ 34,900.00! 2009 FORD Explorer EDDIE BAUER - $ 40,900.00 now $ 38,900.00!

New Automobiles:

2010 Suzuki Alto - $ 11,900.00. 2010 Suzuki Swift - $ 17,900.00. 2010 Suzuki SX4 - $ 21,900.00. 2010 Daihatsu Sirion - $ 22,900.00. 2006 Daihatsu Copen - $ make offer!

New BUS:

2010 FORD Econoline E-350 15 passenger - $ 41,900.00. 2009 TOYOTA HIACE 15 passenger - $ 36,500.00 now $ 35,500.00

USED VEHICLES:

2006 Daihatsu Charade - $ 5,499.00.

2005 Hyundai Accent - $ 6,499.00.

2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer - $ 10,900.00. 2007 Isuzu i-370 Crewcab P/U`5,900.00

Mac Motors

New Vehicles with Factory Warranty; 2009 FIAT 500 Sport BZ 1.2 2Dr Auto (Bossa Nova White) *248033* - 29,700. 2009 FIAT Panda Dynamic 1.2 Auto (New Orleans Blue) *323248* - 22,900. 2009 FIAT Grande Punto 1.4 Auto (Ambient White) *466162* - 26,500. 2009 FIAT Bravo Dynamic 1.4 Auto (Steel Grey) *196447* - 35,500. 2008 Land Rover Discovery III SE TDV6 (Keswick) *469067* - 68,000. 2008 Dodge Caliber SXT Sport App. 2.0L (Surf Blue) *599952* - 27,000. 2009 Dodge Journey SXT FWD 3.5L (Silver Steel) *535698* - 37,000. 2009 Dodge Durango 4x2 SLT 4.7L V8 (Silver) *703733* - 40,000. 2009 Jeep Patriot Sport 4x2 (White) *186265* - 32,000.

2009 Dodge Dakota SLT 4x4 (Deep Water Blue) *765339* - 35,000.

Certified used vehicles;

2006 Jaguar X-Type Estate Manual Trans, 2.0L Diesel, AVALABLE FOR LEASE - 39,000. 2006 Land Rover Freelander TD4 Atacama Sand 22,500. 2007 Dodge Ram Mega Cab 5.7L V8 4x4 Hemi (Red) Very LOW MILES!!! - 41,000. 2008 Dodge Ram Sport 1500 5.7L V8 Hemi 4x2 (Sunburst) - 36,500

Mac Motors

FULLY FRANCHISED DEALER FOR LAND ROVER, JAGUAR, DODGE, JEEP, CHRYSLER & FIAT SALES / WARRANTY* / SERVICE / DIAGNOSTICS / BODY REPAIRS FREE First Service with New Vehicles Finance available for qualified buyers *Land Rover / Jaguar : 3 Years Factory Warranty *Dodge / Jeep / Chrysler : 2 Years Factory Warranty *Used : 3 Months Warranty on 'Certified Used Vehicle’

for sale 10m 2010 Torch is for sale for $950.

The kite is in very good condition with only one small tear, which was repaired.

Also selling 130cm Momentum for $400.

It comes with new foot-pads and fins.

The board has some scrapes on the bottom. Contact 342-2941

services Earn money now.

Sell Avon 346-1434 / 246-1434

The Flower Girl Bed and Bath Shop Bed and bath sets and Lingeries For more information, call us at 649-9464894 or 649-2313788, you may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@yahoo.com ******************************** We now accept Upholstery jobs.

Have your cushions re-covered at excellent prices Drape fabrics are also in stock For more information, call us at 6499464894 or 649-2313788, you may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@ yahoo.com The Flower Girl Bouquets, Mix and Tropical Arrangements for all occasions Price ranges from $15.00 and up For more information and reservation, call us at 649-9464894 or 6492313788, You may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@yahoo.com *********************** Easter Baskets and Easter Dresses available For more information, call us at 649-9464894 or 6492313788, you may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@yahoo.com ********************** Cards for all occasions, Gift Sets for men and women Designer Vases on display.

For more information, call us at 6499464894 or 649-2313788, you may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@ yahoo.com ************************ Fresh and Silk flower Arrangements available for centerpieces And decorations in all sizes ************************* Customized Gift Baskets for her and him…tell us what You want and we’ll do it for you! ************************* Decors and flowers for wedding from ceremony to Personal flowers and all through the reception ************************* Sympathy Wreath and Casket Sprays available in different sizes *************************** Inspirational Gift Items and baskets in different designs On display For more information, call us at 6499464894 or 649-2313788, you may also e-mail us at flowergirlprovo@yahoo.com

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Waiter Waitress Contact 241-2866

5803

Must be able to speak and write English.

At least 2 years in the hospitality industry Salary $5.00 per hour.

The Miramar Is looking for a

TEACHERS NEEDED

HOSPITALITY

CAREER?

Certification provided by American Hotel & Lodging Association. 5-week programme. Local classes begin October 4, 2010.

THREE GARDENERS/LABOURERS

5796

Please contact the Miramar from 9am – 1pm at 946-4240.

Contact 946-4957

Please email resumes to branditz@yahoo.com

Please call 332 4280 to arrange an interview.

POSITION AVAILABLE

One Stop Laundromat

5801

Is looking for a

Domestic

Worker To clean the store. Must be able to speak English.

Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 241-2866

Chief Financial Officer

SOMMELIER

Contact 241-2866

KUBERS LTD. D.B.A. GOLDSMITH

IMMEDIATE OPENING

Providenciales Telephone: 241-7734

A busy fine dining restaurant in one of Providenciales luxury resorts is inviting application for the following position:

Working public holidays and weekends you will be responsible for organizing and training wait staff to ensure effortless and seamless service each night and upgrading their skills and knowledge on wines and fine dining service.

The candidate will be responsible for managing and rotating liquor and wine inventory and expected to work within established beverage costs whilst taking monthly liquor and wine stocktaking.

Working closely with the Chef you will be expected to develop good working knowledge on the menus to explain in great details to guest.

Extensive wine knowledge is required to contribute to ever changing wine list and an ability to pair both New World and Old World Wines with the menus is essential good “soft sell” techniques are essential computer literacy in MS Word and Excel is mandatory Salary based on qualification starting base $300 per week

Contact 649-231-4482

• To set up and organize office procedure for accounts, billing and invoicing • Must be fluent in the use of QuickBooks, Excel, and Word • Must be able to perform multi-tasking duties with high tolerance, cheerful and with very good customer relations • Must have valid driving license • All applicants must have a good working relationship with owners by providing excellent management of the equipments and property • For vehicle insurance purposes all applicants must be 25 years of age or over Salary $5.00 - $9.00 per hour

• Must have a minimum of 5 years landscaping experience at a commercial level • Must be willing to carry out work such as heavy lifting, digging and plant waste removal • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays • Must have a clean Police Record • Starting salary $6.00/hr

• Must have a minimum of 5 years landscaping experience at a commercial level • Must be willing to carry out work such as heavy lifting, digging and plant waste removal • Must be willing to work weekends and holidays • Must have a clean Police Record • Pay $5.00/hr

To clean, cook, wash, etc. Salary $5.00 per hour.

SALES PERSON-PAINTER/ LABOURER/ DOMESTIC WORKER

ONE LANDSCAPER

Applicants must be willing to work holidays and weekends. Salary $6.00 per hour

Domestic Workers

BCS/CS

Turquoise Landscaping Ltd. is looking to hire:-

Labourer

is looking for 2

• Primary School College- trained teachers with a minimum of 8 years experience • Applicants must possess a first degree or higher and be creative and hardworking • Applications must be in no later than October 11, 2010 SALARY NEGOTIABLE

Become a Certified Hospitality Supervisor (CHS).

To register or for more information, contact Cindy Flanagan at 649-332-5271

ROAD SIDE QUALITY TRADING

Richmond Hill Preparatory School

5806

is looking to fill the following positions:

LOOKING TO ADVANCE YOUR

5782

BUSY RESTAURANT ON PROVO

FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

THE SANDS/HARTLING GROUP

Cleaner

Salary starts at $5.00 per hour. Only Turks Islanders need apply

Experienced Assistant Manager Is required for the running of programs at the Youth Centre. Must be available to work holidays and weekends.

REQUIREMENTS: • University degree or Diploma in psychology, counseling, social work or similar field • At least five (5) years experience working in a related field • Computer literate in Microsoft Office programs • Excellent skills of working with children ASSETS • Administration management or other office experience • Strong written, verbal and communication skills Deadline for applications is October 13th 2010 Belongers only need apply Email your resume to roxann@tciyouthcentre.tc or contact 331-9602

Requirements: • • • • • • • • • • • •

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BA/BS Degree or equivalent.

Accounting Designation (CA, CMA, CPA) At least 10 years post qualification experience.

At least 10 years management/supervisory experience at a property of similar size and quality.

Experience in Condo Hotel environment, including STRATA Association set up.

Extensive Resort pre-opening experience.

Ability to liaise with investors at high level.

Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically, Excel, AccPac, Quickbooks and Visual One. Complete understanding of Executive Committee level functions.

Sound knowledge of both European and American Accounting Plans.

Solid training in all areas of Accounting from A/P, A/R, General Ledger, Credit, Collections, Audit, Inventory control, Payroll, Budgeting, Costing, P&L preparation and analysis, etc.

Ability to inspire, develop and train people for promotion.

Duties Include: • Overseeing the overall finance departments of multi companies.

• Assisting executive management, ownership and related associations with the production of financial reports, detailed analysis and business outlook.

• Directing departments in the preparation and consolidation of financial budgets and projections.

• Prepare, present and provide interpretation of operational reports as they impact group business finances.

• Developing and maintaining chart of accounts and master lists.

• Actively involved in yield management and revenue enhancement.

• Coordinating internal and external audits.

ONLY TURKS AND CAICOS CITIZENS & BELONGERS NEED APPLY Interested applicants should apply to The Sands, by delivering, faxing (946-5199) or emailing (tsmith@thesandstc.com) a current resume to The Sands, HR Department by October 13th.

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

PHONE: (649) 946-4664

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

MARKETING (ADVERTISING) & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

SALTMILLS RESTAURANTS

Description: To market and direct the sale of products and services offered by the company(s) and communicate information about the firm’s activities

Saltmills Restaurant Ltd is seeking applicants for the following position:

Assistant Manager The successful candidate will have the requirements listed below along with an outgoing professional manner. They will be able to assume responsibility for the day-to-day management and continued growth of this thriving business here in Providenciales Requirements/Duties:

• • • • •

FAX: (649) 946-4661

PROVO AUTO SUPPLY/ BAYVIEW MOTORS

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

• • • • • •

October 9 - 15, 2010

Must have minimum of five years experience in similar position Understand all the aspects of the hospitality industry Proven training abilities and a hands-on approach required Good communicator with the ability to work under pressure Attention to detail and flexibility to manage multiple projects Fluent, both written and spoken, in multiple languages, English, French and Spanish are a requirement Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential Ability to manage staff effectively Accounting management experience, budgeting, managing account preparation of financial accounts, including profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flows experience is essential.

Three to five years hospitality sales and marketing experience in restaurants Expert computer skills and knowledge of micros POS system, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

Required Skills: • Bachelor’s Degree of Advertising & Public Relations, Business Administration or other applicable degree in Marketing from an accredited University • Four years post qualification experience preferable in an Marketing (Advertising) & Administrative related field • Experience in webpage design, online marketing and social media advertising an asset • Excellent communication, writing and computer skills • Customer service skills and good oral and written skill required • Able to work with minimum supervision • Valid Turks & Caicos Driver’s license • Goal oriented and self motivated Compensation: Starting salary approximately $28,000 per year but commensurate with experience

Please send resume via email to: mariec@bayviewmotors.com Applicants with required qualifications will be contacted for an interview

BCQS Limited seeks

BELONGERS PREFERRED Salary is in the range of $7-9/hr

A Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Apply in writing by no later than October 11th 2010 to: saltmcafe @hotmail.com Only the suitable applicants will be contacted.

Saltmills Restaurants PO Box 196, Providenciales.

Or Fax: 1 941 7739

The successful applicant must possess • BSc in Quantity Surveying or RICS-recognised qualification.

• Five years post qualification work experience.

• Computer literate with experience in Word, Excel, MS Project & Vector BQ System.

PIZINZESAS

Duties will include and candidates should have experience in: • Pre and post conrtact Quantity Surveying duties • Marketing appraisals • Feasibility studies An annual salary of $42,000.00 plus performance related commission is offered for this position.

The suitable candidate will be aged 28-40 years old and be able to work under his own initiative and be able to see through projects from concept to completion.

This position is available immediately and closing date for application is September 30, 2010.

BUSIN E AL S R O F

Apply in writing to BCQS Limited, P.O. Box 158, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands or fax to 946-7184.

Contact Simon Taylor on email: bcqstc@tciway.tc

THIS IS IT! ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY THE BEST BUSINESS AVAILABLE IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS. TREMENDOUS PRODUCT, EASY OPERATION TRAINING FROM TOP MANAGEMENT.

CALL RICK AT 649-331-2481 OR EMAIL INFO@MOTHERSPIZZA.TC 5757

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EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

Career Opportunities Grace Bay Club is currently seeking qualified candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner. Our ideal candidates must love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of our organization.

A man pulls a vendor stall away from a street market at the end of the work day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa).

Haiti is still the poorest country in the region.

Director of Engineering Position has overall responsibility for building and plant maintenance and protection, grounds landscaping and maintenance, guest and associate satisfaction and the financial performance of the department. Position oversees the development and implementation of departmental strategies and ensures implementation of the company’s service strategy and brand initiatives. The position ensures engineering operations meets the resort’s target customer needs, ensures employee satisfaction and maximizes the financial performance of the department. As a Senior Leader, develops and implements resort-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the target customer and property employees. Ensures long term asset protection and effectively manages capital expenditures to maximize the return on investment to the owners.

Job Requirements • Extensive knowledge of building trades; electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing and general building practices • Knowledge of life safety systems • Strong project management skills • Knowledge of purchasing, inventory controls, supplies and equipment • Knowledge of overall hotel operations as they affect department • Working knowledge of hotel laws governing operations • Strong organization skills • Ability to effectively manage labor productivity • Financial management skills e.g., ability to analyze P&L statements, develop operating budgets, forecasting and capital expenditure planning • Ability to use standard software applications and hotel systems • Strategic planning skills • Ability to take constructive action without relying on directions from others • Ability to network and build relationships to grow the business • Strong problem-solving skills; encourages new innovative solutions when appropriate • Strong communication skills (verbal, listening, writing) • Strong customer and employee relation skills Education or Certification • Experience in hotel or lodging related engineering operations – 10+ years • Bachelors Degree or higher preferred • Certifications as required to comply with local and national codes Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience

Interested persons may contact our Human Resources Department No later than October 15, 2010 @649 946 5050 Ext. 1050 Fax 649 946 5758 Email: veronica.clare @gracebayclub.com P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, B.W.I.

FAX: (649) 946-4661

Handfield Builders Limited is looking for a Labourer. The successful candidate must have at least 5 years experience. Must be able to assist carpenters and masons and perform physical labour duties such as lifting of blocks, mixing of cement etc. Candidate must have a clean police record, and able to work on own initiative. Must be able to work weekends and holidays if required. Salary is US$6/hr.

RL Employment Services is now accepting applications for the position of Assistant Manager. Duties include managing the operations of an HR consultancy firm, processing all applications for Immigration documents & payroll management services, liaising with clients both locally and internationally, etc. Applicants must have a First-degree in Business Management, at least 5 years experience in managing an HR consultancy firm, must be computer literate especially in Microsoft Office, must be punctual, responsible and have the ability to work on your own initiative, have a valid TCI driver’s license & clean police record. Salary is $21600-31200 per annum commensurate with qualification and experience.

Interested persons can submit resumes to Earl Handfield, RL Employment Services, PO Box 666, Providenciales or email to readylabor@hotmail.com or call 946-8049.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Pursuant to the provisions of the Registered Land Ordinance, Temple Mortgage Fund Ltd., The Temple Financial Centre, Providenciales HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that it will cause to be sold by public auction the following properties:

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

REGISTERED PROPRIETOR

10401/279 East Suburbs Grand Turk

Residential property with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms The property consists of approximately 2000 Sq. Ft. of living space

Carolyn A. Sturrup

50200/40 Sandy Point North Caicos

Ocean Front residence with 4-bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Guest House & Pool with over 5000 Sq. ft. of living space

Maverick Holdings Ltd.

10102/35 North East Suburbs Grand Turk

Ocean Front Residence with Guest House comprising of Three bedrooms 3 bathrooms with over 2000 Sq. Ft of living space

Wealthy A. Saunders

10401/248 East Suburbs Grand Turk

Residential property comprising of three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with approximately 1900 Sq. Ft of living space

Karen F. Forbes

The auction will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday 15th October 2010 at the offices of Temple Mortgage Corporation Ltd., Temple Financial Centre, Leeward Highway, Providenciales. Conditions of sale may be obtained from Temple Mortgage Corporation Ltd., The Temple Financial Centre, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, telephone (649) 946-5293, fax (649) 946-5289.

Interested persons may bid by way of sealed tender delivered not later than 4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 14, 2010 addressed to Temple Mortgage Corporation Ltd., Temple Financial Centre, Leeward Highway, Providenciales clearly marked “ AUCTION BID-OCTOBER 15TH 2010.” Should the bid meet the reserve price and constitute the highest offer, the property will be considered sold to the person making the bid.

Note that a 10% deposit is required immediately from the successful bidder at the auction.

Note that Temple Mortgage Corporation Ltd. accepts no responsibility in respect of the receipt or otherwise of sealed bids and prospective purchasers are encouraged to ensure safe delivery of sealed bids to Temple Mortgage Corporation Ltd. in good time and further to attend at the auction to ensure that the bid is properly made.

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For Advertising information call 946-4664 | FAX: (649) 946-4661 | Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

DOCK DIRECT LTD.

946-4996 Mob.331 0645 Black Gravel – 3/8ths.....3/4"

Limestone Gravel – 3/8"....3/4"...1"

Screened Top Soil – Mulch

Everything In Bulk or in 50lb bags. Self Delivery or We can Deliver

Creative D e s i g n s

S t u d i o

231-3788

BEDROOMS ONLY

$750 COMPLETE

Government Houses Wheeland Christmas Special, “All windows installation included” 3-bedroom $1,200.00 2-bedroom $1,095.00

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October 9 - 15, 2010 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

Domestic

Dishwashers

Dotti Stubbs Is looking for a

Worker

NEEDED Gardner Must be able to work 6 days a week including Weekends & Holidays. $5.00 per hour.

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

Fax Letters of Reference & Clean Police Record to 941-3346

5791

Deadline for application is October16th, 2010

Gardner

Needed

Belongers only need apply

Closing date: September 23rd 2010

For residential home.

Contact 243-8350 5783

All applications must be submitted by October 7th, 2010

Dishwashers required for our food and beverage operations. Weekend, holiday and shift work. Late hours.

Wages range $5.00 to $5.50 per hour, plus service charge and tips

Contact Kelo Penn at Point Grace P.O. Box 700 or email: accounting@ pointgrace.com or fax: 946-5097

Call 244 9612 5781

5634

Jean Taylor Seeks

ONE

LABOURER Salary $5.00 per hour Interested persons should contact

231-2708

Call today to advertise

946-4664 OR EMAIL

tcnews@tciway.tc

Janine & Simon Taylor C/o BCQS Limited. P.O. Box 158. Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Professional couple in search of a

ROTARY BINGO Bingo will start on Sunday August 1st at Williams Auditorium Doors open at 7:00 PM

domestic worker Between the ages of 25-35 years old. To look after three small children. Total working hours will be 44 hrs. weekly, Monday through Saturday, with hours to be agreed on. Must be willing to work some nights and weekends, occasionally. Expected to cook, clean, etc. Pay scale from $1,300 - $1,600 per month

Interested persons should forward CV and references to P.O. Box 158 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands or janineoverlid@tciway.tc for consideration.

Closing date: September 30, 2010

“You can’t win. . ” ! y la p t ’ n o d u o If y Jackpot amount is

$5,050

in 36 numbers.

All proceeds benefit the Rotary Club of Providenciales’ community projects NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING DURING BINGO.

@@ Attractive incentive @@ Great part-time job for school kids or adults looking for an extra income

Contact: The Publisher

Turks and Caicos

Weekly News

Call: 946-4664

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

CLUB SODAX

GRACE BAY CAR RENTALS FPN/CS – G&J CONSTRUCTION

is looking to fill the following positions:

1 Cook

POSITION AVAILABLE

1 Waitress

Salary $5.00 per hour

LABOURERS NEEDED

– salary $6.50 per hour

Must be able to work 5 days per week.

Contact 941-4540

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDERS ONLY

5543

Labourer Chef

To work 6 days per week.

From 5:00pm – 12:00pm.

Salary $5.50 per hour.

Must be prepared to work extra hours on weekends.

5811

Belongers preferred

Contact 649-244-7130

Contact 941-5367 is looking for a

To work 6 days per week. Must have 8 years of experience in food preparation and cooking.

Must be able to work holidays and weekends. Salary starting from $500.00 - $550.00 bi-weekly

5818

To work 4 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact 243-0948

Technician

Barmaid

Is looking for a

is looking for a

is looking for a

POT OF GOLD BAR

THE PEARL RESIDENCE & VILLA

JEREMIAH MISSICK

J & D OFFICE SUPPLIES

To work Monday thru Saturday. Salary $1,500.00 per month.

• Must have 5 years experience • Must be reliable and honest Please email resumes to branditz@yahoo.com Interview will be scheduled if qualified you will be hired Contact us from August 18th – August 31st

- salary $5.50 per hour

FAX: (649) 946-4661

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Belonger only need apply.

Contact Goldray Ewing at 331-4337

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October 9 - 15, 2010 FAX: (649) 946-4661

EMPLOYMENT / SERVICES / NOTICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION REGISTRY OF COMPANIES

NOTICE OF STRIKING OFF

Take Notice that in exercise of the Powers conferred upon me by Section 173 of the Companies Ordinance 1981, I have as of the 1st day of September 2010 to the 30th September 2010 struck off from the Register of Companies the undermentioned companies listed. The reason being is that there is reasonable cause to

believe that those companies are not carrying on business or are not in operation.

JOHN B. JAMES C.P.M. REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

TURKS AND CAICOS THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1981 DATE INTERVAL STRUCK OFFS

Starting Date: 01- Sep - 10 to 30- Sep- 10 Exempt

001010/E/L SARNANO LIMITED 009503/E/L NATIONAL PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS LTD.

010241/E/L MARCUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION 012783/E/L DADI INTERNATIONAL

HOLDINGS LIMITED

013154/E/L SIDERTRADE LIMITED 013633/E/L SAWENI RESORTS LIMITED 014105/E/L TRIARCH INTERNATIONAL 014429/E/L EXCHANGE COMMODITIES LIMITED 014660/E/L RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL S.A. 014726/E/L PIONEER SERVICES LIMITED 014874/E/L HAMILTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 015032/E/L SWIFT TRADING CORP 015145/E/L BETA TECHNOLOGIES INC. 015527/E/L MORFASO CAPITAL

INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

015939/E/L PALMER INVESTMENTS LIMITED 016163/E/L WILLIANSON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 016262/E/L GENESIS SERVICES LTD. 017209/E/L HESHA LIMITED 017212/E/L ECO-FINANCE CORP. 017213/E/L ACORN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 017354/E/L SOMERFIELD INVESTMENTS 017425/E/L NZ INTERNATIONAL 017593/E/L CRANBROOK SERVICES LIMITED 018580/E/L BRANCH HOLDINGS LTD. 018954/E/L KREDIT- BESITZ AG. 018992/E/L INTO 2000 (ASIA/PACIFIC) LIMITED 019064/E/L GARLAND VENTURES INCORPORATED 019168/E/L PARAGON PLUS COMPANY LIMITED 019213/E/L LONG TERM LTD. 019751/E/L RED INC. 019797/E/L 2000 A.D. 020095/E/L S. W. HOLDINGS LTD. 021078/E/L SET ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS 021459/E/L SEAFORTH COMMODITIES LIMITED 021528/E/L HUNG RING INVESTMENTS LTD 021816/E/L CHARING-WEBER

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS LTD 022397/E/L INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL

SERVICES LTD. 022441/E/L VELOX LIMITED 022454/E/L CLOVER ENTERPRISES INC 022500/E/L ULTRANET CORPORATION 022630/E/L AKITA TRADING SERVICES 022809/E/L FOCUS STRATEGIES LTD 022868/E/L NEWBRIM CORPORATION 022956/E/L INLEX CORPORATION LIMITED 023049/E/L BRAND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT

LIMITED 023531/E/L KEANES DEVELOPMENT INC. 023610/E/L SILVERSWORD PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES LIMITED 023680/E/L EUROSKAND CORPORATION LIMITED 024092/E/L PINEAPPLE HOLDINGS LTD. 024104/E/L EQUINE HOLDINGS LTD 024289/E/L GOLDSTAR CAPITAL CO. LTD

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ECO RESOURCES Limited ALTEZA CORPORATION CAMERON COURTNEY ASSOCIATES LIMITED ARENA INVESTMENTS LTD LONDON MANAGEMENT GROUP LTD. SANTANA INDUSTRIES LIMITED Kimato Corporation Ltd. LA SOLANA PROPERTIES LIMITED RIBE INC. MORGAN LIMITED CARDINAL TRADING LIMITED PROVENTEK HOLDING LIMITED DARLIAN RUIMING WOODEN INDUSTRY CO. LTD. Torquay Holdings Ltd. GLENVIEW TRADERS LIMITED PRIDEROCK SERVICES LIMITED MALBYRNE SECURITIES LIMITED SPANNER HOLDINGS INC. Invictus Corporation Ltd. Azure Properties Ltd. SCI Con Technologies Inc. KMI TRADING LIMITED G & D TRADING & CONSULTANCY CO. LTD. Zvest Ltd. INTERNATIONAL FOOTWEAR LTD. NC INVESTMENTS LTD. CUMULUS HOLDINGS LTD. FIDUCIARY CONSULTANTS LTD. ChungSongCho Ltd. RUBYRED INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ENTIRENET INTERNATIONAL LTD. ASHWELL SERVICES LIMITED CALDWELL HOLDINGS LTD. WIRELESS ENTERPRISES SA. NET LOGISTICS INC. WILMAND HOLDINGS LIMITED LUNDSMARK INC. POLO MANAGEMENT CORPORATION KISUMU HOLDINGS LTD "FAITH HOLDINGS, LTD. " SWANCOVE OVERSEAS S.A. EXCEL CORP. LA DIOSA REINA INC. DULCE AQUA CAPITAL LIMITED BAYBRIDGE CAPITAL CORP. JADE STONE LIMITED SMARTCARD SOLUTIONS LTD INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS COLLEGE NORTHROP HOLDINGS CORP. CLANRON CORPORATION LTD. KONDOR CORPORATION LISVANE INVESTMENTS LIMITED E. HULI LTD. MARLIE JORDAN INC. WARSZAWA HOLDINGS LIMITED KINGSPIRIT LTD. HIGH TECH HOLDINGS LTD.

6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10

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032951/E/L 032962/E/L 033070/E/L 033116/E/L 033173/E/L 033189/E/L

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033949/E/L 034049/E/L 034157/E/L 034183/E/L 034224/E/L 034297/E/L 034298/E/L 034301/E/L 034303/E/L 034364/E/L 034366/E/L 034424/E/L

DIGITO INTERNATIONAL LTD. 13-Sep-10 BAYWEST INVESTMENTS (TCI) LIMITED 28-Sep-10 LINEAR CONSULTANTS INC. 7-Sep-10 LUGE INVESTMENTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 MARLIN INTERNATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL LTD 7-Sep-10 SOUTHLINK INVESTMENTS INC. 7-Sep-10 GB INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD. 13-Sep-10 TRES FLORES LTD. 13-Sep-10 SILVER INVESTMENTS INC. 7-Sep-10 GLOBAL VENTURE ENTERPRISES LTD 28-Sep-10 ZENITH PUBLICATIONS INC. 13-Sep-10 SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 HERCULES HOLDINGS LTD. 13-Sep-10 CYBER-SHORE LTD. 13-Sep-10 CARPE DIEM MANAGEMENT LIMITED 28-Sep-10 Frontier Corporation Ltd. 6-Sep-10 MARS INVESTMENTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 FALLON ASSET MANAGEMENT 28-Sep-10 NINE STAR UNIVERSE LIMITED 13-Sep-10 WAVES AND SURFERS PARADISE LIMITED 13-Sep-10 BEACH BLANKET BUNGALOW LIMITED 13-Sep-10 GAC CREATIONS LTD 28-Sep-10 EQUITY INVESTORS GROUP LIMITED 28-Sep-10 CARILLION ENTERPRISES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 STARWOOD HOLDINGS INC. 7-Sep-10 MEDIA SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 15-Sep-10 SPLOTT INVESTMENTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 FAIRCLOUGH HOLDINGS LTD. 7-Sep-10 REDWOOD CAPITAL CONSULTANTS INC. 7-Sep-10 WOLVERINE INVESTMENTS INC. 6-Sep-10 NYLL 28-Sep-10 STREETS OFFICE SUPPLIES LTD 28-Sep-10 WASAL LTD. 28-Sep-10 CHARDON LIMITED 28-Sep-10 COOPER ISLE LTD. 13-Sep-10 ISLAND ROADS LTD. 13-Sep-10 YOUNGS GATE LTD. 13-Sep-10 ROUND HILL CAPITAL LIMITED 28-Sep-10 ALMIZAN ENTERPRISES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 BOTEL INDUSTRIES INC. 13-Sep-10 MANN CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 MOLENA DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 WAVELAND TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 28-Sep-10 ORIENTAL INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS (TCI) LTD 28-Sep-10 UNION CAPITAL INC. 28-Sep-10 LIME STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED 28-Sep-10 KATALYST CAPITAL GROUP LTD. 13-Sep-10 BAR ENTERPRISES LTD. 9-Sep-10 URSUS ENTERPRISES LTD 28-Sep-10 QUAIL CAPITAL INC. 7-Sep-10 PYGMY FALCON INC. 7-Sep-10 KESTREL RESOURCES INC. 7-Sep-10 WARBLER HOLDINGS LTD. 6-Sep-10 GALACTIC SERVICES LTD. 28-Sep-10 FIRST CORPORATION 28-Sep-10 LEE & KIRK INTERNATIONAL

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CONSULTANTS LTD. 6-Sep-10 CARMICHAEL HOLDINGS LTD. 13-Sep-10 NEW STAR VENTURES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 RADCLIFFE COMPANY LIMITED 28-Sep-10 REIS HOLDINGS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 SINCO LIMITED 28-Sep-10 YAUBON CORPORATION LIMITED 28-Sep-10 HIGHLAND INTERNATIONAL SA. 9-Sep-10 JONSTE LTD 28-Sep-10 TAC GROUP WORLDWIDE LTD 9-Sep-10 SOUTHERN BEVERAGE COMPANY 7-Sep-10 MORZINE PROPERTIES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 BAKER INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 YOUNGS MARSH LTD. 13-Sep-10 MONTERAY LEASING COMPANY LTD. 13-Sep-10 888 MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED 28-Sep-10 INDIGO GROUP INC. 7-Sep-10 INTERWEB MARKETING LIMITED 28-Sep-10 MLCN HOLDINGS 13-Sep-10 TREVIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 CONNECT - 123 28-Sep-10 CAPITAL CORP LTD. 7-Sep-10 PENDRAGON TRADING LTD 28-Sep-10 WOLSELEY CONSULTANTS LTD 28-Sep-10 ASHTEAD LIMITED 28-Sep-10 AVIALL INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 Zencor Technology Ltd. 6-Sep-10 COMEPLAY INC. 28-Sep-10 RED DWARF ENTERPRISES LTD. 15-Sep-10 ANMI INVESTMENTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 CENTRAL MARKETING AGENCY LTD 28-Sep-10 DREAMCAST LTD. 28-Sep-10 Pelican Equities 6-Sep-10 BARANDINO LIMITED 28-Sep-10 VIDRIANI INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 PASTEL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 Speyside Humbersfeld Inc. 28-Sep-10 PARK AVENUE TRUST COMPANY 14-Sep-10 BLACKWOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 STOPWELL INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 CYBER TRADING LIMITED 28-Sep-10 PERMANENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED 28-Sep-10 CIRE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 OCEAN TRIUMPH SHIPPING INC. 7-Sep-10 K-SEA INTERNATIONAL INC. 7-Sep-10 ECOGLOBAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 PRODIGUS PRIVATE LABEL LTD 28-Sep-10 TRI COUNTY INVESTMENTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 JAMBOREE INVESTMENTS 13-Sep-10 KES CAPITAL LTD. 13-Sep-10 SALVANA HOLDINGS LTD. 13-Sep-10 PLAYA GRANDE 7-Sep-10 DUSTIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD 13-Sep-10 HYDRA TRADING LIMITED 28-Sep-10 Hilversum Ltd. 6-Sep-10 IMAGIQUEST GLOBAL LTD 28-Sep-10 AFRICAN HOLDINGS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 HITS WIRELESS 13-Sep-10 FRIENDLYPAY LTD 13-Sep-10 DAS INTERNATIONAL INC. 13-Sep-10 MAYLOR DEVELOPMENTS INC. 13-Sep-10 SUNKIST HOLDINGS LTD. 13-Sep-10 TIDAL MANAGEMENT LTD. 13-Sep-10 EMERALD CONSULTANTS LTD. 13-Sep-10 OWEN METAL COMPANY INTERNATIONAL 13-Sep-10 ULISSE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 28-Sep-10 DIVINSKY CONSULTANTS LIMITED 28-Sep-10 EAST FORTUNE HOLDING LIMITED 28-Sep-10 ZEPHYR SERVICES INC. 6-Sep-10 VITARA VENTURES INC. 6-Sep-10 THE GREAT SAILFISHING COMPANY 13-Sep-10 SECURE NETWORX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 28-Sep-10

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036701/E/L 036703/E/L 036733/E/L 036742/E/L 036786/E/L 036787/E/L 036804/E/L 036834/E/L 036837/E/L 036838/E/L 036874/E/L 036905/E/L 036906/E/L 036927/E/L 036955/E/L 036966/E/L 036994/E/L 037006/E/L 037013/E/L 037022/E/L 037043/E/L 037114/E/L 037178/E/L 037198/E/L 037205/E/L

037239/E/L 037310/E/L 037321/E/L 037387/E/L 037388/E/L 037415/E/L 037416/E/L 037502/E/L

037678/E/L 037834/E/L 038057/E/L 038076/E/L 038130/E/L 038145/E/L 038146/E/L 038147/E/L 038334/E/L 038469/E/L 038470/E/L 038471/E/L 038594/E/L 038604/E/L 038612/E/L 038619/E/L

PREMIERE REGARD LTD LIONSIGN CORPORATION GLOBAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD SAN MIGUEL PARTNERS LTD HESS FINANCIAL CORP. MELLENIUM INVESTMENTS LTD. HAY LAKEHOLDINGS LTD. KARGI CORP. MIRAGE SYSTEMS INC. ETERNAL HOLDINGS LIMITED UNITY ENTERPRISES CORP. RAM TG LIMITED TCI PUBLISHING HOLDINGS LTD. NEWCOURT INVESTMENTS LTD. FIANO LTD. JBR INC. R & E HOLDINGS LTD. GONE FISHING LTD. MIA HOLDINGS LTD. LOGAFRICA LIMITED INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONSORTIUM LTD. ORANGE PACIFIC LTD. Ranger Consulting Ltd. JFC HOLDINGS LIMITED REEF RUNNER LTD. INDOCHINE RESEARCH ADVISORS LTD. WEST END FINANCIAL GROUP PLC. T&T IMPORT AND EXPORT LTD. CPI INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS INC. GLOBAL ENERGY 51 INC. STANS ENERGY CORP TCI. Sterling Auctioneering Services Ltd. Cedar Corporation Ltd. Lignum Corporation Limited SUNRISE RIDGE LTD. VERDAD PUBLISHING LTD. RD3K2J CONSULTING INC. MORIC LTD. KJM INTERNATIONAL INC. INSERVICE LIMITED QUEUE INVESTMENTS LTD. PEA SOUP INC. B.E.F.T. LTD MARS INCORPORATED CARMICHAEL INVESTMENTS LTD. FUTURE TRADING CORPORATION LIMITED PEAK LIMITED NEWGENERATION LTD UPRISING CONSULTANTS LTD. Aristos Ltd. Great Budworth Capital Ltd. CROMHILL CORPORATION LTD. CTRC HOLDINGS LTD. FIRST LONDON FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. ADN TRUSTEES LTD Game Theory Ltd. LIFE LTD. VANTAGE POINT INTERNATIONAL Nipej Ltd. PRIMAVERA HOLDINGS LTD. MATCHWINS INC. RTGC LTD. DERIVATIVE CLEARING CORP Can Investments Ltd. Carmichael Management Ltd. Palmer Industries Ltd. CANNON MANAGEMENT LTD. Beazley Consultants No. 258 Limited Beazley Consultants No. 239 Limited Beazley Consultants No. 246 Limited

13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10 28-Sep-10

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Type: Ordinary Companies

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MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 004158/O/L DIRECT DEVELOPMENTS LTD. 006412/O/L LUCAYAN RUM COMPANY LTD. 006553/O/L OMNI DIRECTORS LIMITED 007303/O/L RIVER INVESTMENTS LTD 008033/O/L RICHMOND CAPITAL LTD. 008214/O/L PROVO GOLF CLUB (PARCEL 186) LTD. 008596/O/L GORDON PROPERTIES LTD 008951/O/L NU DIRECTIONS LIMITED 008981/O/L SHADWELL HOLDINGS LTD. 009271/O/L WEST CAICOS UTILITIES LTD. 009324/O/L SAND DUNE LTD. 009373/O/L TRUMPTON LTD. 009829/O/L ISLAY CAY LTD. 009855/O/L RICHMOND COMMONS LTD. 010053/O/L DICRA LTD. 010104/O/L VERAZ HOLDINGS LTD. 010576/O/L MOSIAC HOLDINGS LTD. 010708/O/L CHAMPION (CARIBBEAN) LTD. 010761/O/L PELICAN WATCH LTD. 010918/O/L PURE ADVENTURE

TURKS & CAICOS LTD. 010919/O/L INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS LTD. 010930/O/L SALT CAY LANDING LTD. 010964/O/L MAC PROPERTIES LTD. 011012/O/L ISLAND TRIATHALON SERIES LTD. 011034/O/L SEA DUCED LTD. 011296/O/L SOUTHSHORE RESOURCES LTD. 011328/O/L NOTTINGHAM BAY HOLDINGS LTD. 011471/O/L AMARANTA (LONDON) LTD. 011514/O/L AMARANTA (COSTA RICA) LTD. 011709/O/L K.K. AND T'S AUTO

RENTAL SERVICES LTD. 011810/O/L G & H HOLDINGS LTD. 011960/O/L ASL (TCI) CONSULTING LTD. 012568/O/L HOT PRODUCTS LTD. 013206/O/L DOVE'S SECURITY SERVICES LTD. Type total

15-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 8-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 7-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 6-Sep-10 13-Sep-10 9-Sep-10 12-Sep-10 12-Sep-10 16-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 15-Sep-10 29-Sep-10 35

Total companies struck off

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Photographer Paradise Photography is looking for an experienced photographer with the following: *5 years of professional photography experience, which includes working for a photography business/company *formal schooling/coursework in photography and work apprenticing *solid base and knowledge of lighting and lighting ratios experience with portrait work, including headshots solid portfolio demonstrating experience *experience photographing wedding and processing wedding images using artistic filters *demonstrated knowledge and ability with posing groups and individuals *high level of client relations skills, including experience with online postings of galleries and fulfilling client photo orders *knowledge of file transfer protocols and other internet based mediums *demonstrated skill in shooting and processing RAW images using professional grade raw processors (e.g. Photoshop) Salary: Commission base only Additional: applicant must have professional camera gear and computer equipment/programs to process files

REQUIRED

Commonwealth Business Development Ltd seeks to employ a Senior Tax Analyst to serve as advisor to our clients on international taxation issues, including the application of the recent Turks and Caicos Islands – Canada Tax Information Exchange Agreement. Candidate should have at least 10 years of professional experience in international tax related matters.

In addition to the above, the successful applicant must have a Master’s-level university degree in taxation as well as further relevant professional qualifications (such as C.M.I. designation) or taxation experience.

Remuneration shall be on a percentage of consultancy fees billed.

The candidate should also be willing to hire and train a Belonger personal assistant. Responsibility for payment of this assistant will be the sole responsibility of the Analyst.

Furthermore, the Candidate must be willing to spend part of the year and potentially relocate to our or our clients’ other international offices.

Appropriately qualified Belongers are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please send applications by email to: commonwealthbusiness@ yahoo.co.uk with a copy to the Labour Department, Butterfield Square, Providenciales. Closing Date: October 22, 2010.

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Nail Technician Essential Requirements: • Gel and acrylic extension • Fiberglass application techniques and maintenance • Paraffin therapy • Hand and foot treatment, manicure and pedicure • Bacteriology, sanitation, disinfections procedures • Airbrush Salary $6.00 per hour and must be able to work weekends and holidays Send resumes to Reychell Nail Studio located at Sammy Been Plaza on Airport Road, Providenciales or contact 245-2247 Preference will be given to Belonger

2 Labourers To work 5 days per week.

Salary $5.50 per hour.

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1 Tile Layer • Must be trustworthy and reliable • Must be able to work independently • Must be willing to work flexible hours

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Deadline is October 29th, 2010 5822

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Bartender Contact 231-2397 or 231-6717

On behalf of our Client Villa Del Mar is looking for a

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To work 5 days per week. Salary $6.00 per hour.

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Houseman/ Maintenance Worker Must have experience in the hotel industry. Willing to work nights, weekends and holidays. Salary based on experience.

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GOVERNMENT VACANCY JOB TITLE: DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONBILITIES: An exciting opportunity awaits you in the Turks & Caicos Islands Government Service for the post of Director of Agriculture. The incumbent in this position will have wide-ranging leadership responsibilities for enhancing the food security, nutrition and health of the Turks and Caicos Islander by promoting the development of Agricultural Production and Marketing within the TCI. The incumbent must also develop a strategic three-year program containing sub-projects for establishing crops and reproducing livestock, as well as for commercializing and privatizing agriculture in accordance with the TCI Agriculture Policy and in consultation with Agricultural Task Force. The candidate must also be able to prepare an annual work-plan of activities and project to be undertaken during the year and provide quarterly updates to the Permanent Secretary; source and purchase farm supplies and establish reliable systems for distributing these farm supplies in a timely and cost efficient way. Other duties include delivering training to staff; developing programs especially aimed at assisting locals to establish agricultural enterprises and develop strategies for increasing local and foreign investments in Agriculture. The incumbent should be able to develop and implement program (s) for sourcing finances and providing credit to farmers; develop land lease programs for providing land to committed and interested farmers or implement public relations program to revamp the image of agriculture in the TCI to attract more individuals to the field of Agriculture.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE The applicant must have a Masters degree from an Internationally Recognized University, in Agriculture or Agricultural Economics. The position requires at least seven (7) years professional experience working in the field of Agriculture, three (3) of which must be in a managerial role. The candidate should also have good knowledge of Project Development and Management, Farm Management, Vegetable Farming, Orchard Crop Farming,, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Extension and Agricultural Engineering.

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Salary $5.00 per hour.

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Must have at least 5 years experience in all type of hair care services including colors tints, cuts, perms, shaving and rounding up, etc. Salary $300 per week.

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For more information on the Job description Please contact the Office of the Public Service Management Telephone 649-946-2801, Extension: 10321 E-mail: recruitment@ gov.tc and Jaastwood@gov.tc. All resumes should include contact information and two letters of reference as well as a Police Certificate and should be addressed to the Permanent Secretary/ Office of the Public Service Management, Church Folly, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands Facsimile: 946-1582.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20th October 2010

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Europe holds on to win thrilling Ryder Cup NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — Graeme McDowell capped an unforgettable year for himself by securing the Ryder Cup for Europe in the very last singles match on Monday.

McDowell rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole, then closed out Hunter Mahan to give Europe the 14½ points it needed to reclaim the precious gold trophy.

It was the first time since 1991 that the Ryder Cup was decided by the final singles match, a thriller made possible by the Americans getting big wins from its best players and a stunning comeback by 21-year-old rookie Rickie Fowler.

Leave it to McDowell, the U.S. Open champion, to deliver another career-defining moment.

Under far greater pressure than he faced at Pebble Beach, he turned back the American rally with a birdie putt that seemed to take forever to reach the hole until it tumbled into the cup and set off a ground-shaking

Europe’s Graeme McDowell

roar at Celtic Manor.

“Graeme McDowell was put there for a good reason — he’s full of confidence and that showed,” European captain Colin Montgomerie said. “That birdie on 16 was just quite unbelievable. Quite unbelievable.”

So was the finish.

Europe, ahead by three points going into the final round, took the early lead in eight of the nine matches and appeared on its way to another rout on home soil. It all turned so quickly.

Tiger Woods holed out from the fairway for eagle during a sevenhole stretch that he played in 7-under par. Steve Stricker won the opening match and Phil Mickelson built a big lead to win late. Then came Fowler, the first PGA Tour rookie to play in the Ryder Cup, winning the last three three holes with birdies — including putts of 15 feet on the 17th and 18th — to earn an improbable halve against Edoardo Molinari.

That gave the Americans 13½ points, and they only needed a halve in the last match to retain the cup.

Just as Fowler was being mobbed by his teammates, Mahan made a nervy birdie putt on the 15th to cut McDowell’s lead to 1 up.

India batsman Sehwag wins ICC test player award

BANGALORE, India (AP) — India batsman Virender Sehwag won the International Cricket Council’s test player of the year award on Wednesday.

While his teammate Sachin Tendulkar received the prestigious Cricketer of the Year title, Sehwag was recognised for his feats in the elite form of the game after scoring 1,282 test runs at 85.46 in 10 tests in the 12-month voting period to August.

India won six of the tests and drew two.

Tendulkar, Sehwag and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also made the ICC’s test team of the year, which featured three South Africans, two Englishmen and two Australians.

England fast bowler Steven Finn won the emerging player award and South Africa batsman AB de Villiers won the one-day player of the year award.

Virender Sehwag

Romario elected to Brazilian Congress RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — World Cup winner Romario has been elected to Brazil’s lower house of Congress.

Romario was elected with nearly 150,000 votes in his first attempt at running for public office since retiring from football in 2008. He was the sixth-most voted for candidate in Rio de Janeiro state.

The 44-year-old Romario has promised to focus on improving conditions for many of Rio de Janeiro’s poor children. He joined the Brazilian Socialist Party last year.

A former Barcelona striker, Romario led Brazil to the 1994 World Cup title and was voted the world’s best player that year. He scored 55 goals in 70 appearances for his country.

Former Brazil’s soccer player and candidate for the Federal Congress, Romario, right, holding a child, is pictured by a supporter as he campaigns in Sao Joao de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Bebeto, Romario’s teammate in Brazil’s 1994 squad, was also elected

in Sunday’s elections, but to Rio’s state Congress.

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Hodgson hails proposed Liverpool buyout LONDON (AP) — Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is delighted the Boston Red Sox owners want to rescue the heavily indebted club, despite a looming court battle by the board to force the club’s current owners to sell.

A 300 million-pound ($476million) bid from Red Sox owner New England Sports Ventures has been accepted by three members of Liverpool’s board ahead of an Oct. 15 deadline. By that time the club must have repaid its debts, or be taken over by its main creditor Royal Bank of Scotland or seek bankruptcy protection.

“It’s very positive and of course

I’m delighted,” Hodgson said Thursday. “It’s been going on a long time and I know how hard the board have worked to set things up.

“I know it’s not easy for them because the owners have other ideas in terms of the sale of the club and what is achievable.”

American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr. said the offer “dramatically undervalues” Liverpool, as the proposed sale would leave them with a loss of 140 million pounds on their investment in the club. They are challenging the legal authority of the board to approve the takeover.

Halladay pitches second ever postseason no-hitter PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay threw the second nohitter in postseason history, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game 1 of the National League division series on Wednesday.

Don Larsen is the only other pitcher to throw a postseason nohitter. He threw a perfect game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series against Brooklyn. The 54th anniversary of Larsen’s gem is this Friday.

“It’s surreal, it really is,” Halladay said. “I just wanted to pitch here, to pitch in the postseason. To go out and have a game like that, it’s a dream come true.”

Halladay took the Year of the Pitcher into the postseason. The All-Star right-hander, who tossed a perfect game at Florida on May 29, dominated the Reds with a sharp fastball and a devastating slow curve

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Roy Halladay

in his first playoff start.

The overmatched Reds never came close to a hit. Halladay allowed only runner, walking Jay Bruce on a full count with two outs in the fifth, and struck out eight.

Halladay spent 12 seasons with Toronto, far from the postseason. A trade last offseason brought him to the defending two-time NL champions, and gave him this chance.

Croatian Blanka Vlasic wins European athlete award LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic has been voted women’s European Athlete of the Year.

Vlasic earned the honour Thursday by winning her first European outdoor title in Barcelona, world indoors gold at Doha, Qatar; and all seven Diamond League meetings that staged her event.

Her jump of 2.06 metres indoors at Arnstadt, Germany, in February was the highest all year.

The 26-year-old Vlasic also won the European award in 2007. It is organised by the European Athletics governing body and voted on by national federations, fans, media and an expert panel.

British heptathlete Jessica Ennis was second, after adding European

Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

gold to her world title. Verena Sailer of Germany, the European 100-meter champion, was third.

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Bolt’s team beat Gayle’s on faster run-rate during Digicel cricket

President of SpeedZone Track & Field Club, Jimmy Mathlin signs agreement as LIME’s Regional Head of Sponsorship, Sheldon Keens-Douglas looks on.

LIME makes sponsorship deal with Grenada’s track and field club LIME- the Caribbean’s leading full-service Telecommunications company, recently announced that it had concluded a deal to sponsor the Grenada-based SpeedZone Track & Field Club of Grenada.

The partnership will cover the club’s training equipment, uniform and gear needs and provide for the establishment of an educational

Scotland, Wales record 1st wins at 2010 Comm Games NEW DELHI (AP) — Nikki Kidd and Alison Bell scored two goals apiece in Scotland’s 6-1 win over last-place Trinidad and Tobago in the Commonwealth women’s field hockey competition.

Thursday’s victory is Scotland’s first in Pool A following a 1-1 draw against host India and a narrow 2-1 loss to South Africa.

Wales recorded its first points from Pool B when it beat Malaysia 2-1.

In a men’s Pool B match, Canada goalkeeper Antoni Kindler made some spectacular saves and held England to a 1-1 draw.

The Scottish women were in charge early, with Kidd scoring off clean strikes from penalty corners on either side of halftime, while Bell’s field goals came in the space of six minutes in the second half.

environment at the club headquarters through the donation to the club of five computers, LIME Internet access and other LIME products and services.

SpeedZone is considered one of Grenada’s pre-eminent track and field clubs and has produced a significant number of the island’s track and field talent since its formation in 2005. The Club’s membership roster boasts rising 100m and 200m track stars Melika Lewis, Divon St. Paul and Ali McIntyre. SpeedZone also lists among its members the world’s fastest 400m sprinter, Kirani James who currently holds the 2010 NCAA and World Junior titles.

THE SECOND Digicel-sponsored Chris Gayle Pro 15/15 cricket tournament took place on Saturday at the Kaiser Sports Ground in St. Ann, Jamaica. Thousands of cricket fans braved the rainy weather to see the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, and a host of West Indies cricketers such as Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Xavier Marshall, take part in the 15 over game to raise much-needed funds for the Heart Foundation of Jamaica.

Highlights of the day included Usain Bolt’s magnificent catch off one of Chris Gayle’s big hits which brought the crowd to their feet, as well as an impromptu performance from Jamaican dancehall artiste, Beenie Man. Digicel also added to the excitement with a host of competitions and giveaways taking place throughout the day.

Chris Gayle said: “we’ve had a really good turnout despite the rain and I’d like to thank the fans for coming out in support of this initiative – all the proceeds of which go towards the Heart Foundation of Jamaica. I would also like to give a special thanks to Digicel for its support and to Usain Bolt, Beenie Man and all of the cricketers who gave their time for a worthwhile cause.”

Usain Bolt said: “this is the second year that I’ve taken part in this tournament and I’m delighted to be here. I love to give back to Jamaica in any way I can – and obviously a day of cricket with West Indies cricketers is a fun way to do so. It’s great for the fans to see other celebrities come out to play different sports and support each other like this.”

Also speaking at the event was West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne

The fastest man in the world Usain Bolt bowls while WI skipper Chris Gayle looks on at the non-strikers end.

Bravo, who said: “i’m thrilled to be here today to support Chris in this initiative – particularly as last year I was unavailable due to cricket commitments. It’s a fantastic

opportunity for fans to come out and rub shoulders with their cricketing heroes – and all for a good cause.

It’s something I’m very happy to be a part of.”

LIME sponsors region-wide CG highlights on CMC LIME, the Caribbean’s leading full-service telecommunications company, has teamed up with the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), to bring viewers and listeners across the Caribbean daily highlights of the Commonwealth Games which opened in New Delhi, India

on Sunday last and which will run until October 14.

The agreement provides for CMC to package and broadcast one-hour of highlights each day on both radio and television to some 18 countries in the Caribbean via its affiliation with CaribVision and regional terrestrial television stations.

Adlington wins 800, Coutts wins 3rd gold in pool NEW DELHI (AP) — Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington shook off the effects of a stomach virus affecting some swimmers to win the 800 meters at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, while Alicia Coutts of Australia won her third individual gold medal in New Delhi.

Coutts won the 100-meter butterfly to go with her previous golds in the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle. It was the sixth straight time that an Australian woman has won the 100 butterfly.

Adlington, who won the 400 and 800 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, powered away early in the race and led by four seconds after 450 meters.

Her lead over fastest qualifier Wendy Trott of South Africa was just two seconds with 100 meters to go, but Adlington held on for the win in 8 minutes, 24.69 seconds, with Trott

Australia’s Alicia Coutts bites her gold medal as she poses for photographers after winning the 100 m butterfly during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis).

England’s Rebecca Adlington swims on her way to winning the gold medal in the 800 m freestyle during the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis).

taking silver.

“It’s not about the time, I just

wanted to get out there and swim my own race,” Adlington said.

“My coach told me to stick with the pack and hold off till the end.

But I was feeling so confident that I didn’t want to hold back and I just went for it from the start. I saw Wendy was close by with 100 meters to go but I knew I was too good and I knew she couldn’t catch me.”

Chad le Clos of South Africa won his second gold medal with victory in the 400 individual medley, adding to his 200 butterfly gold from Monday.

Natalie du Toit of South Africa won the 100-meter Paralympic 100 S9 event Thursday, adding to her gold over 50 meters on Tuesday.

Brent Hayden gave Canada another gold medal with victory in the 100 freestyle in a time of 47.98 seconds. Simon Burnett of England was second in 48.54, while pre-race favorite and fastest qualifier Eamon Sullivan of Australia took the bronze in 48.69.

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Sports National Clarke wins men’s 100 at Commonwealth Games NEW DELHI (AP) — Jamaica didn’t even need Usain Bolt at the Commonwealth Games to remain the team to beat in the men’s 100 meters, with Lerone Clarke winning the marquee race Thursday.

Clarke was near the front of the pack from the start at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, and crossed the line first in 10.12 seconds.

Mark Lewis-Francis of England was second in 10.20 and Aaron Armstrong of Trinidad and Tobago was third in 10.24.

In the women’s 100, Sally Pearson of Australia crossed first, finishing in 11.28 seconds.

Pearson, the Olympic hurdles silver medalist, and Laura Turner appeared to false start. Turner was given a red card, but the Englishwoman successfully argued her case and stayed in the race, competing under protest. She finished eighth in 11.57.

Osayemi Oludamola of Nigeria was second in 11.32, and Natasha Mayers of St. Vincent and the Grenadines crossed third in 11.37.

Most of the biggest names in track and field have withdrawn from the competition in New Delhi for various reasons, including Bolt, Caster Semenya and Jessica Ennis.

Workers were still putting the finishing touches to the competition

Jamaica’s Lerone Clarke competes to win gold in the Men’s 100m final during the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India, Thursday.

track hours before the first event started Wednesday.

In the morning session, Jamie Adjetey-Nelson of Canada took the early lead in the decathlon, winning two events and finishing second in another to amass 2,583 points.

Adjetey-Nelson won the second of two 100-meter heats in 10.87 seconds. He was the only one of the 14 starters to get under 11 seconds in the first discipline of the 10-event competition.

In the long jump, the Canadian leapt 7.37 meters to finish second. He

then won the shot put with a throw of 15 meters.

Adjetey-Nelson led Brent Newdick of New Zealand by 96 points in the decathlon. Newdick, who competed at last year’s world championships in Berlin, had the best long jump at 7.42 meters and has 2,487 points.

Bharat Inder Singh of India was in third place with 2,484 points ahead of the evening session’s two events, the high jump and the 400 meters.

The other five events will take place Friday.

Conrad Williams of England had the best time in the men’s 400 heats, running 45.78, and Mark Kiprotich Muttai of Kenya was the only other competitor to get under 46 seconds by running 45.90.

In the women’s 1,500, all three Kenyans reached the final. Viola Jelagat Kibiwott had the fastest time of the day, finishing in 4:08.76. Nancy Jebet Langat won the other heat in 4:13.62, and Irene Jelagat was second by one-hundredth of a second.

Kyle Pettey of Canada won the gold medal in the men’s parasport shot put, throwing 11.44 meters to break his own world record, while Katrina Hart of England won the women’s parasport 100 in 14.36 and Simon Patmore of Australia took the men’s parasport 100 in 11.14.

Canada’s Marie-Pier Boudreau-Gagnon, left, Chloe Isaac perform their free routine to win the gold medal in duet synchronized swimming at the Commonwealth Games at the Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Center in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano).

Canada wins both golds in Comm Games synchro NEW DELHI (AP) — Canada continued its unbeaten streak in synchronized swimming at the Commonwealth Games when MariePier Boudreau-Gagnon won the solo competition, then teamed with Chloe Isaac to win the duet.

Canada has never lost a synchro swim competition at the Commonwealth Games, winning 13 gold medals in 13 events across six games back to 1986.

Jenna Randall of England took silver in the solo and Lauren Smith of Scotland the bronze.

Randall and Olivia Allison won

silver for England in the duet while Eloise Amberer and Sara Bombell of Australia took the bronze.

“It’s my last chance to get a gold medal (before retirement), so I am really happy that I did well,” Boudreau-Gagnon, who had 95.334 points, said after her solo win.

“Both my coach and I liked the song,” a Muse cover of Feeling Good, by Nina Simone, BourdreauGagnon said. “We thought it was a little bit emotional and that was what I was trying to express.”

Randall finished with 90.000 points and Smith with 80.084 in the solo.

Josh for Sports

Be totally prepared for “Fatal Storm” FATAL Storm is a book about an annual sailing competition which begins at Sydney Australia and ends at Hobart, Tasmania. This book is a must read. It is written by Rob Mundle who is an experience journalist, television personality and sailor.

He has covered the Sydney-Hobart race 30 times and has participated three times. He has also covered the America’s Cup, three Olympics and he writes a weekly column for the Australian.

The race covers 650 miles and shows that any serious yachtsman or yachtswoman must prepare totally for the sport of sailing for in unforeseen freaky weather conditions lives can be lost.

The 115 boats leaving Sydney Harbour on December 26, 1998, expected rough weather, but the gale that caught the boats well at sea in the pre-dawn hours of December 27 was so much more than routine.

The freak, unseasonal, storm brought hurricane strength winds

and waves six stories high, this resulted in the worst sailing disaster in modern sailing competitions.

Seven boats were abandoned at sea while five sank. 57 sailors were rescued, some plucked from the decks of their broken vessels and some from the sea. Six sailors, however, died.

According to Sir James Hardy (five-time America’s Cup skipper) from Mundle’s late night television update on the Sydney to Hobart race, he had spoken to Methodologist Roger Badham and reported that the race fleet which was then flying down to the New South Wales coast could find themselves sailing into a severe depression which was at the time forming in Bass Strait. It had the signature of a hurricane, but, worst yet—the western winds it was expected to generate would oppose a strong current.

He had said that he knew that it could have only mean strong waves and horrific sailing conditions.

This he pointed out caused him to

By Joshua Gardiner

reflect back to August 1979 when he was helmsman on the Australian Admiral’s Cup Yacht “Impetuous” which claimed the lives of 15 fellow yachtsmen.

He said that after they rounded lands end—the South Western tip of England—they received weather forecast to expect north-western changes with the wind gusts of 3040 knots. Yet at about 10 pm the first gust was at 60 knots and later rose to

80 knots.

The carnage that resulted seemed unbelievable until they saw on television the size of the waves and the strength of the wind. He remarked that Australia is indebted to the rescue personnel and that they learnt from the tragic events and applied the knowledge gained to future offshore races.

Sir James said that the most fitting epitaph to the tragedy comes from the great Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon: No game was ever worth a rap For a national man to play Into which no accidents, or mishaps Could possibly find its way

HISTORY Since its inception in 1945 the race stood as an Australian Sporting icon.

Each year from the start on Boxing Day until the yachts reach the finish line 630 nautical miles away, Australians devour news of its progress via newspapers, television and radio.

Like so many other extreme sports, ocean racing contains an element of danger. Maybe that’s a part of its appeal to the world; stripped by proliferating rules and regulations of much of its primitive spirit of adventure. The notorious water of the Tasmania Sea and the Bass Strait are part of the challenge and only adds to the excitement for competitors and spectators alike.

THIRD CALL FOR TCI OCEAN BOAT RACE This is now the third time that I am clamouring for the promotion of an ocean race from Grand Turk to Provo. There can be two formats: yachts and power boats.

This represents a great avenue to promote TCI worldwide. The TCI or Provo Sailing Club could organise the race.

SPONSORSHIP Seek sponsorship from American Airlines, Ted Turner, Bill Gates or any other billionaire.

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faizool deo Filipino Basketball League’s final:

Sayao’s experience key for Grace Bay Car Rentals and Sales POWER forward Jovan Sayao will be one of the most experienced players, if not the most experienced, when he steps onto the court of the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Centre Sunday night.

The now Grace Bay Car Rentals and Sales starter has played in the three previous leagues, the second of which he lead then team HAB to the title after dominating the paint.

The former MVP has to mirror that performance when his new team takes on the undefeated Beaches side in the best-in-three finals.

Sayao has been able to govern in the previous leagues, but Beaches have dominant power players of their own. The likes of Andy Barrina, Vergel Secoya, Arnold Tolentino and Junel Baybay have sometime or the other in the 2010 league led their team to victory. Baybay and Barrina have been game winning players.

Their guards have also come to the fore with Denver Lim showing

the next team in terms of their ball handling capabilities and height.

Grace Bay Car Rentals and Sales are a more experienced side. Along with Sayao’s know-how in the league, Don Dela Rosa, Bryan Dulatre and Aaron Palacio have reached the finals (2nd and 3rd league) but those were in losing causes.

Guard Paul Zaguirre and most of the bench players played with GHE last year, but lost to Hartling Group.

Junel Baybay will be the key for Beaches. He has been one of the most dominant big men in the 2010 Filipino Basketball League.

Jovan Sayao is expected to lead the charge for Grace Bay Car Rentals and Sales.

his abilities, especially in their last two games.

Jolito Taranza and Ronald Hernandez have also proven to be

obstacles for their opponents (they did so early in the league).

Overall the Beaches’ bench players are also more advantageous than

EXHIBITION EVENTS Prior to game one of the finals there will be two crowd pleasing events with the three-point shootout and a skills challenge competition (obstacle run). According to information from the league officials these challenges are opened to all the players from the eight participating teams.

Money Gram and HAB will also play for the third place position.

The Grace Bay Car Rentals and Sales will look to stop Beaches’ unbeaten run when they play game one of the best-in-three finals on Sunday night.

Former British and Irish Lions prop Paul Wallace charges into the South African defence; South Africa vs. British and Irish Lions, Third Test, Ellis Park, July 5 1997. (Picture taken from www.scrum.com)

Former Irish rugger for President’s Dinner FORMER Irish Rugby Union player Paul Wallace will be the feature guest of the Turks and Caicos Islands Rugby Football Union’s (TCIRFU) President’s Dinner which will be held later this month.

The event which is a fundraiser will take place at the Provo Golf

Course in Providenciales on October 22nd.

According to information from the local rugby union a raffle and silent auction of rugby memorabilia will raise money for its pitch development and the TCI junior rugby programme.

Wallace, whose position was tight head prop for Ireland, also played for the British and Irish Lions.

Tickets are $85 each for a twocourse buffet meal and table wine.

For tickets contact James – sales@turquoiseridge.tc or 2323082.

Chrysalis Fitness 5K and 10K fun runs billed for later this month THE Chrysalis Fitness 5K and 10K fun races will take place on October 24th from 7:30h.

The event, which raised just over $1000 for the Salvation Army last year, will start from the Grace Bay Scotiabank Parking Lot. Last year 35 participants competed.

Information from the organisers indicates that there will be different age divisions for both distances this year.

Persons who are unable to run the distance will also be allowed to walk.

There is a $35 entrance fee.

To register call Leslie @ 232-8633 or email leslie@chrysalisfitness.com

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