The Turks and Caicos Weekly News by TC Weekly News

Weekly News Volume 26 | No. 25 | June 23 - 29, 2012

Price $1.00

Turks and Caicos

FOR ADVERTISING CONTACT:

tcnews@tciway.tc

inside



the national newspaper of the turks and caicos islands

Draft immigration ordinance ready for debate PAGE  4

THE draft Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance and Regulations has been completed, following extensive consultation on the pathway to citizenship.

ON THE WEB tcweeklynews.com

NHIP is absolute

scandal 5 – CFO says

PAGE 

THE National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) is an absolute scandal and the biggest financial mess the interim administration has had to deal with...

$300 GIFT CARD Graceway IGA & Gourmet IN THE

T urks and C aicos

Weekly News PUZZLE trivia SEE PAGE 24

hotel assoc.

rejects VAT

THE Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) this week pronounced on the Value Added Tax, rejecting its implementation, which is slated for next April.

Elections PAGE 

timetable set – Politicians engage TCIG leadership team

PAGE 

22nd Fool’s Regatta a success PAGE 

Fool’s Regatta beachgoers got more than they bargained for when overcast conditions put a different spin on the day’s activities, but these youngsters were not deterred, determined to have fun

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Draft immigration ordinance ready for debate THE draft Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance and Regulations have been completed, following extensive consultation on the pathway to citizenship. Led by the Consultative Forum, the consultation saw more than 140 submissions made, including one from ‘The Men of Grand Turk’ featuring 387 signatures. Hundreds of people attended more than a dozen public meetings between November 2011 and February 2012. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Border Control and Labour, Clara Gardiner maintained that the ministry is determined that the new provisions be set out clearly in published rules and guidance for everyone to understand. She said, “This is what the people told the forum that they wanted during the public consultation. “All decisions on immigration status in the Turks and Caicos Islands will in future be made fairly, objectively, consistently and with no improper interference.” The proposed new laws to enshrine the fair and transparent process for becoming a Turks and Caicos Islander in law were provided to members of the Consultative Forum and Advisory Council on Tuesday for consideration. The provisions in the draft Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance and Regulations reflect the concerns and feedback provided to the Consultative Forum. They were welcomed by the Advisory Council at its last meeting on May 31 and stipulate that: • Belonger status should be limited to those who acquire it by birth, descent, adoption or marriage to a Belonger for at least ten years. There will be no provision for discretionary grant of Belonger status. • Routes to PRC should be standardised and simplified, with the minimum qualifying period for Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) generally being increased to at least ten years, and with a new requirement that applicants for PRC should have a

sound knowledge of the English language and of the islands. • PRCs should be available to those on unskilled work permits only where they have already held a work permit for at least ten years, when the legislation commences. The majority view in the consultation was that migrant workers filling unskilled jobs should not be able to qualify for PRC in future. Other provisions responding to the messages in the consultation address: • The introduction of a National Turks and Caicos Islander status card which will be sole evidence of Belonger status. These cards will be issued from July following the voter/Belonger registration process currently underway and which concludes on June 29. • The concerns about young people who were born on the islands and have spent all their lives here, there should be no route to Turks

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Border Control and Labour, Clara Gardiner

and Caicos Islander status, but provision for British Overseas Territories citizens, by virtue of a connection with the islands, to live and work in the islands. • Investors, no immediate route to PRC, but a new long term investors’ residence permit, up to ten years and renewable,

for people who have bought a property, without a mortgage, or have invested in a business, to the value of $500,000 or more in Providenciales, or $250,000 or more in Grand Turk, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, South Caicos or Salt Cay. • A new criminal offence, of entering into a marriage to benefit from or avoid the provisions of the Immigration Ordinance, or enable someone else to do so. • The removal of the provision under which Belonger status can be granted to the spouse, where the Belonger dies, on the assumption that the marriage would otherwise have lasted for the required period. But there is a new provision for a PRC to be granted in these tragic circumstances, where the marriage has lasted five years or more. • A new definition of ‘dependent child’, removing stepchildren

from the provisions of the ordinance except where they are formally adopted. • Provision for revocation of Belonger status, where it was bestowed under existing Section 3(4) of the Immigration Ordinance or its precursors, if the Belonger is not ordinarily resident in the islands and has been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of 12 months or more. Both the Consultation Forum and the Advisory Council will be considering the draft legislation before it is enacted in the next few weeks. Gardiner noted that the opinions of Belongers themselves have shaped the draft legislation following one of the country’s most comprehensive public consultations. She said, “The ministry looks forward to extensive engagement with the community to improve service delivery, and to increase compliance with the law.”

Benchmarks for good governance set THE Interim Administration, last Friday, made public several benchmarks for good governance that will be worked on between now and the November 9th elections. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Mr. Henry Bellingham, at last Tuesday’s press conference, committed to publishing the set of governance principles. Bellingham maintains that in the exercise of their functions, all organs of government in the Turks and Caicos Islands have a duty to give effect to the following principles: 1. All government action shall be taken in a manner designed to safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms of every person in the Islands, as set out in the Constitution. 2. The government of the Islands should involve the participation of the people. The Government

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

shall serve and take account of the interests of all the people in the Islands. In particular, any process of consultation shall be accessible and meaningful. All ordinances, regulations, policies and actions must be fair, proportionate, and capable of being implemented impartially. In particular, decision-making required by law shall be objective, and the granting of discretionary powers shall be limited to those that are necessary for good government. The Government shall ensure that its decisions and acts and those of public officials are lawful, rational, proportionate and procedurally fair. The Government shall maintain a broad and long-term perspective on the sustainable development of the Islands, and shall encourage lawful business and economic activity. The Government shall take steps to protect the environment in accordance with the Constitution, and shall promote the protection thereof. The Government shall ensure that the TCI Public Service implements policy in accordance with the rule of law and internationally accepted standards. The Government shall respect the integrity and impartiality of the Public Service and the Public Service shall be protected from partisan interference. All public appointments shall be based on merit, and all public officials shall be treated fairly. The Government shall ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct for Persons in Public Life. All government bodies shall, in order to build confidence in their operations and effectiveness, be accountable and transparent to

the public and accessible to the media. 10. Government processes, institutions and information shall be directly accessible and transparent to those concerned with them as provided by law, and enough information provided to understand and monitor them. The Government shall keep and use information in line with applicable law. Decision-makers shall provide written reasons for decisions and advise applicants of their procedural rights. 11. The Government shall act in an accountable manner, especially in relation to those who will be affected by its decisions and actions. The Government shall cooperate with and support the work of constitutional institutions protecting good governance and other oversight, regulatory and investigatory institutions, while respecting and preserving their independence. 12. The Government shall act in good faith and a fair manner that is non-discriminatory, for the benefit of all people in the Islands irrespective of race, national or social origin, political or other opinion, colour, religion, language, creed, association with a national minority, property, sex, sexual orientation, birth or other status. Services shall be made available on an equal basis, free of preference based on family ties, political allegiance, friendship or personal gain. 13. The Government shall at all times respect the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the impartial administration of justice. 14. The Government shall ensure compliance with international obligations applicable to the Turks and Caicos Islands. 15. The Government shall administer Crown Land and

other Government assets in a lawful, transparent and equitable manner. 16. The Government shall manage public finances according to established principles of value for money, affordability, propriety and regularity and in the interests of securing the sustained long term prosperity of the people of the Islands. In doing so, the Government shall also observe the principles set out in any framework document on public financial management made in accordance with the Constitution. 17. The Government shall ensure that financial decisions are made within the context of a mediumterm plan which aims to achieve and sustain an annual budget surplus. The Government shall take action to mitigate fiscal risks, and ensure that liabilities, including debts, are sustainable and fully taken into account when setting and implementing budgets. 18. The Government shall ensure that a budget is approved which secures the effective operation of Government and which is in accordance with all relevant laws and standards. Governor Ric Todd said, “Minister Bellingham thought it extremely important that the people of the TCI know that the Interim Administration is working to the highest standards of Corporate Governance. “Further, he felt that it would be useful to allow the people to see the sorts of behaviours and ways of doing business that they should expect of their future Governments too.” The new Constitution states that all future incoming administrations must agree on their own statements of Governance Principles with the House of Assembly and the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary within 28 days of taking office.

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

NEWS

Politicians engage TCIG leadership team

– Elections timetable set BY VANESSA NARINE POLITICIANS from the Progressive National Party (PNP) and the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) have been engaged with the Turks and Caicos Island Government (TCIG) leadership team. Governor Ric Todd, at a press conference on Monday, said that the meetings with the Permanent Secretaries will allow the politicians to align their priorities with how they can be accomplished. Todd explained that the meetings will better place the public sector to serve a newly elected government, as well as assist the political parties to draft their realistic manifestos that can advance the development of the

Turks and Caicos Islands. The Governor pointed out that significant work has been done in reforming the public sector and work will continue to consolidate those reforms. According to him, the Public Service Ordinance, expected to be in place in July, supports a public service that is professional and protected. “To have a well running government you need to have a civil service that is effective, professional and focused on service delivery. “Equally you need to have a public service that is protected, not from political decisions, but from improper political pressure,” Todd said. The Governor added that the

consensus from the public sector is that they want to work with the newly elected government to advance development. TIMETABLE Before that can be done, Todd stated that that there is much work to be completed to ensure that the return of the TCI to democracy is done in a fair and transparent way. The timetable of tasks to be accomplished to set the stage for elections has been established and features: 1. Publishing of the provisional Register of Electors in July. 2. Establishment of the Electoral Boundaries Commission in July. 3. Provision of support to political parties by the Westminster

Foundation for Democracy, expected back in the TCI in July. 4. The publication of the Final Register of Electors in August. 5. The passage of the Electoral Boundaries Ordinance, which will put into law the ten new electoral districts in August. 6. The passage of the Integrity Commission Second Amendment Ordinance and the legally enforced Code of Conduct in Public Life (including ministerial/political parties’ Special Advisors’/public servants’ codes) in August. 7. The issue of regulations on the polling stations and procedural matters related to the election by the Supervisor of Elections in September. 8. The establishment of the Election Campaign Monitoring Unit within the Integrity Commission, in preparation to address election complaints, in September.

9. The announcement of a candidate for the post of Deputy Governor in September. 10. The registration of political candidates in October. Also in October, independent election monitors are expected to arrive in TCI and election campaigns are slated to officially commence on October 15, with the 2011 Constitution coming into effect on the same day. Elections have been set for November 9, an announcement that has been widely welcomed across the TCI. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Mr Henry Bellingham, last week, called for politicians to ensure that realism prevails in going forward, given the challenging times in which countries are struggling and the impact of the global economic crisis the world over.

NHIP is absolute scandal, CFO says BY VANESSA NARINE THE National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) is an absolute scandal and the biggest financial mess the interim administration has had to deal with, according to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr Hugh McGarel-Groves. The CFO was addressing stakeholders at a Value Added Tax (VAT) consultation meeting last Monday when he made this statement, in response to a point made by Dr Sam Slattery. An upset Groves said, “The NHIP is the biggest financial mess I have had to sort out since I have been here…it is an absolute scandal. “I will not accept Dr Slattery telling me how to do my job. When you [Dr Slattery] sort out your responsibilities then I will listen to you. “I am not prepared to listen to this nonsense…I am getting upset at this. “He [Slattery] sits on the board on NHIP and look what has happened to the NHIP. “I really cannot accept Dr Slattery telling us how to run our government. Dr Slattery has absolutely no basis for these statements.” Slattery conceded that the NHIP is facing difficulties, adding that the reason he opposed the implementation of VAT was because of lessons learnt from NHIP – a system that saw people railroaded

into major change. However, the CFO did not allow him to continue, cutting him off to reiterate that he would not accept being told how to do his job. NOTHING WRONG Leader of the Progressive National Party (PNP), Dr Rufus Ewing, in an invited comment told the Weekly News that there is nothing essentially wrong with the NHIP model. Ewing was Director of Medical Services and has input into the decisions that saw the establishment of the NHIP. According to him, it was unfortunate that the premiums had to be increased from five to six per cent, but stated that this was understandable given the current economic situation. However, he noted that the charges that were enforced for dependents of the plan and the lack of coverage for persons who are unemployed are wrong and go against the essence of the NHIP model, which is to support the vulnerable. “It is grossly wrong that persons who are unemployed are only covered for 90 days…a process should have been put in place to ensure that those who are unemployed are actually looking for work rather than limit their coverage,” Ewing said. He maintained that the NHIP was intended to be a social health

The NHIP is the biggest financial mess I have had to sort out since I have been here - CFO Mr Hugh McGarel-Groves

insurance plan where those who have assist in paying for those who do not have, and was not designed to be funded by the people though direct taxation. According to him, the government would have had to make a significant contribution to cater for the needs of their employees, the indigent, the elderly and the unemployed. EWING-CARE Ewing told the Weekly News that personalising the difficulties of the NHIP should not be done, as is the case with the NHIP having been dubbed ‘Ewing-care’. He noted that the decisions made were made by the then government which he advised, adding that not all

of his advice was taken on board. Prior the establishment of the NHIP, Ewing’s position has been that he had felt that healthcare would be better managed from within, using a local authority to hire medical practitioners. However, he changed his position, saying that he felt a contractor had to be sought to handle healthcare. That contractor was InterHealth Canada. Governor Gordon Wetherell signed the 800-page contract in late 2008 following negotiations and decisions made by the Health Minister Lillian Boyce, Finance Minister Floyd Hall and Ewing. NHIP was established in April 2010 and Ewing had the responsibility for managing primary care in TCI, while InterHealth Canada took over the responsibility for hospital management and secondary care. The reports are that primary care patients are no longer dispensed medications but are given prescriptions which they fill at private pharmacies. Those holding a health card are entitled to a discount. However, only those earning wages or receiving benefits from the National Insurance fund can qualify for the NHIP. Participants pay upwards of $250 per month to belong to the plan. Employees and their employer pay six per cent of their wages and

$10 each for their dependents. They must pay a minimum of $50 per month plus the dependency fees. Laid off workers must leave the plan and those not locally employed are not qualified to join the plan. Ewing, in a television interview in April, claimed that the contract is being mismanaged under the interim administration. In the interview he said, “If they (the interim administration) cannot manage the contract, then simply cancel it according to the exit clause,” Ewing said during the Howell interview. The ‘exit clause’ in the InterHealth contract referred to by Ewing is reported to have penalty cost of $125m, exclusive of the $125m mortgage on the hospital buildings, which has a reported 12 per cent interest rate. If the mortgage runs its full 24year course, the buildings will have cost TCI residents half a billion dollars. The NHIP is now reported to be costing the people of the TCI $60m annually or approximately 40 per cent of government revenue. The NHIP has proven to be a tremendous burden on the government and many residents are dissatisfied with the coverage provided.

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

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

From the horse’s mouth CHIEF Financial Officer (CFO), Mr Hugh McGarel-Groves, last Monday at a VAT consultation meeting said that the National Health Insurance Plan (NHIP) is an absolute scandal and the biggest financial mess the interim administration has had to deal with. His statements were made in response to comments made by Dr Sam Slattery. Hetold Slattery that he had no grounds to tell him how to do his job when he serves on the board of the NHIP, which is a financial mess. What are your thoughts?

Why rush VAT like NHIP was rushed?

MrMcGarel-Groves should have listened to Dr Slattery who was asking - why rush this VAT just as the NHIP was rushed? I was at the meeting and I can tell you that Mr McGarel-Groves is way too close to this issue and seems to have some very personal grudges against some key players in the ‘No To Vat’ group. His standard answer is that we do not understand and that it will be okay. We do not want to institute the programme to find out it is not for us, just like NHIP. Give it time and give the people time to digest the plan.

True,true

I agree that NHIP is a big scandal and financial mess.

CFO’s statements inappropriate

While the origins and feasibility of the NHIP, the Interhealth Canada contract and the hospital’s construction costs remain in question and are a constant reminder of politics at their worst, it was in no way appropriate for the CFO to direct his off-subject tantrum towards Sam Slattery when tasked with fundamental

questions about the implementation of VAT. The NHIP scheme requires restructuring and possible consolidating some administrative aspects with NIB to rein in costs, in addition to ensuring that quality healthcare is provided for all contributors. But this is separate from VAT. It is concerning that the FCO has selected a person with such poor emotional qualities to administer during these difficult times and it is disturbing that the new CFO Bill will somehow shelter this conduct, as he will only be accountable to UK-based management. The current CFO's tenure must be cut short and a person of suitable interpersonal skills and competency must be appointed.

CFO was frank

He was right in that it is an absolute scandal and one of the biggest financial messes for this country. Hopefully the government can save it and rescue it from what I see as its eminent death. They must first start with the administration which, in my view, is too top heavy and lacks the capacity to find more creative ways to improve efficiency whilst still providing quality services to the population. The board needs to be restructured and emphasis placed on providing health services not paying for all the staff perks until they can reposition themselves. They must streamline their operations.As it stands now it lacks direction

Not the time or place

The truth is finally coming out, but the VAT consultation meeting was neither the time nor the place to for the CFO to make such statements. This man is a straight shooter and I like this about him. If he does not like you he tells it to you and if he is going do something whether you like it or not, he is going do it. However, I do not think that this is the place and the time to display this kind of an attitude.

Wrong all round

As a citizen, I do agree with what MrMcGarelGroves said, but what is missing is the fact that it was the UK that signed off on this deal against the wishes of the people. So how can it be morally right or acceptable for the population to be asked to continue to financially support a deal that is crooked and unsustainable, and accept the draconian taxes being imposed on us. Well, we are all watching to see if Helen Garlick is going to touch this one or if she will say that it is not in the public’s best interest to investigate it, just like she said about the Carnival deal in Grand Turk. Maybe too many in high office will be implicated? If so, well congratulations to the boys who aided and supported the ‘rape and pillage’ of our citizens via this scam as we all will be paying well into the next generation. Job well done boys, you were all so busy ensuring that each one of you got your share of the largess and rights to sell the pharmaceuticals.

Cancel the concept

The NHIP is a scandal and financial mess. The concept was wrong and it needs to be cancelled. We must remember who cooked this deal up. It was Minister of HealthLillian Boyce and Floyd Hall, who could not balance the chequebook of his party let alone the TCI, and Dr Ewing. Anyone attempting to access healthcare since April 2010 will have found it very poor. The NHIP has to go because it is breaking

our budget year after year. Most of the new taxes are because of NHIP. Why not apply for a new mortgage for the hospitals at a better rate? Why not audit the construction contract given to Johnston without a bid? The TCI is bankrupt, so if we cancel NHIP we cannot pay the $125m cancellation fee anyway. We still have one of those promotion booklets passed out by Desiree James.The promises made were never kept. Desiree is long gone and so is Dr Ewing who wants to show us what he can do as Premier McGarel-Grooves is a man with a bad attitude, but in this case he told the truth. Slattery starts out making sense then his comments seen on television contradict each other.

CFO’s attitude unwarranted

McGarel-Groves is a pompous man. His comments reflect the total disdain that the socialist bureaucrats have for the TCI. His attitude, especially when it was his FCO and Governor that signed the NHIP into law, is completely out of line and unwarranted.

An air of arrogance

It is clear that the CFO has taken on the air of arrogance and the ‘don’t care’ attitude of the Governor and many of their British counterparts. Overall, the British do not understand the dynamics of Turks and Caicos Islands and historically are the most unpopular, undemocratic dictators we have ever seen.

 Become a contributor Want to become a contributor or have a suggestion for a Talk Back topic for us? What questions do you think we should be putting to the public? And what are your thoughts on it? Call our news team on 946 4664 or email tcweeklynews@gmail.com

Ona Glinton’s Jyles Javier is GSAT top student JYLES JAVIER, from Grand Turk’s Ona Glinton Primary School, is this year’s top performer at the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). A total of 514 students from 22 schools throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) sat the GSATs earlier this month. GSAT determines whether a child will move onto the secondary education level of learning. In order to proceed to the secondary learning, each student must obtain a passing grade of 50 per cent or more. The exam consists of seven subjects covering areas such as Mathematics,

Science, General studies and English. All papers in general add up to approximately 630 points. This year the students, from 22 schools throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, in preparation for the exams were able to make use of ‘Go GSAT’, an online learning website. The online programme gave students the opportunity to complete practice questions, download handouts and access live tutorials in relation to topics that more than likely appeared on the examination. Last year’s performance resulted in 82 per cent passes.

Jyles Javier is happy to be this year's top studen

June 23 - 29, 2012

NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

No reason why TCI cannot handle VAT, Governor Todd BY VANESSA NARINE GOVERNOR Ric Todd has maintained that there is no reason why the Turks and Caicos Islands cannot handle Value Added Tax (VAT). At a press conference on Monday, Todd acknowledged that taxation is an emotive subject and the resistance to a new tax is understandable. However, the Governor stressed that VAT’s introduction is not about increasing taxes, but about broadening the tax base and spreading it “a bit more thinly” across the TCI. “We can have a tax that is balanced and fair without having increases,” Todd posited. He pointed out that there is some level of misinformation surrounding the new tax regime, which once in place will replace five other taxes, the Hotel/Restaurant Accommodation Tax, Communications Tax, Vehicle Hire Stamp Duty, Insurance Premiums and Financial Services Tax. The Governor contended that a common rule in tax administration is that a wider base and tax at a low rate makes for the best tax. He pointed out that throughout the consultations the main concerns have been that there will

be significant prices increases, the TCI Government lacks the competencies to implement VAT, and the number of new businesses that will be captured in under the new tax regime. Todd said that if there are increases they will be marginal increases and basic food items are not expected to attract VAT. He added that the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC), the regional expert that has supported VAT implementation across the Caribbean, has been supporting TCIG with the needed expertise. The Governor also explained that once VAT is implemented the tax base will be spread fairly between the service and the financial based sectors. Previously financial based sectors attracted less tax than the service based sectors. According to him, the VAT Implementation Team will be working closely with the Customs Department to both make collections and police the new tax system. “The education will continue,” Todd said. He added that many of those who opposed the introduction of VAT are not actively engaged with the VAT Implementation Team.

Beaches’ $2m expansion creates more jobs Beaches Turks and Caicos has recently decided to expand its Kimono’s Japanese restaurant and its kid’s camp. And the expansion, estimated to cost roughly $2m, will provide at least 50 construction jobs, as well as 35 permanent jobs upon completion. Beaches is currently the island’s largest private sector employer with 1245 employees on its payroll and the expansions comes at a time when the latest unemployment statistics of the department of economic planning and statistics suggests than eight percent of the 23,438 labour-force is unemployed. General Manager, Donald Dagenais stated that once completed the two expansion projects will require professionals from an array of fields. He said, “We will need chefs. Service professionals, management staff and stewarding practitioners for the restaurant, and for the kids facility we will need more child care professionals. So there are lots of opportunities for young people who are interested in a tourism career.”

The General Manager of the 633-room resort, is also of the view that the expansions will further heighten the Beaches Turks & Caicos product offering and make the country’s overall profile more attractive. His comments come at a time when tourism destinations pursue new methods to lure more pennywise tourist to their shores. Dagenais said, “The needs and wants of tourists are ever evolving and therefore to be successful in this business where customers are full of choice, hotels and destinations need to keep adjusting our products and services to suit the time. “For the first time, we will be able to offer large families and groups of friends up to parties of 24, a teppanaki dining experience for their special occasions. We will also take a kids vacation experience in Turks and Caicos to a whole new level with some of the improvements we are making with the expansion at the kids’ camp facility. It will be at least a third bigger than presently and will boast modern childcare offerings and the very latest safety .”

We can have a tax that is balanced and fair without having increases - Governor Ric Todd

CONSULTATION ENDS Public consultations on the Green Paper ended on Tuesday, but Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary (PS), Ms Anya Williams, told the Weekly News that the VAT Implementation Team are still holding individual stakeholder meetings. She said, “We expect the White Paper to be completed early July. “The White Paper will be a summary of what will be in the legislation; things like the rate and the threshold, basically a summary of the decisions we have made.” According to her, the feedback form the consultations has been mixed, but she noted that the stakeholder meetings in particular have been useful. “There have been contentious issues with all parties, but stakeholders

have been actively engaged by the VAT team,” Williams said. The Green Paper consultations so far have been heated debates between the VAT Implementation Team and very resistant stakeholders over the practicality of implementing VAT into a struggling TCI economy. Business proprietors argue that businesses are barely hanging on as it is without VAT. At one of the most recent meetings in Provo, Dr Sam Slattery was very vocal to point out that the current tax regime is working. Slattery acknowledged that people are escaping the process, but stressed that the business community is struggling enough with the existing taxes. He said, “We would have confidence if the interim administration showed that they can administer the current tax.” Slattery countered the VAT team’s statements that there are many people who support the implementation of a new tax regime, asking for the names of these groups that support VAT. “Let us meet the people who support VAT so we can discuss… as far as we know the tourism industry, the banks and the business community are saying no,” he said. Slattery argued that business people work on facts and if the team says there is majority support for VAT’s implementation then they should be able to point out the supporters of VAT. He said, “I am not completely

opposed to VAT, but in this jurisdiction we recognise what the interim administration does not, that there are local issues in this community that will make this a difficult and potentially difficult to collect.” Slattery added that as a group the business community recognises that it needs to pay tax. He said, “There seems to be a misguided belief that we do not think that is the case…the Roe report places us very high on compliance… we are not anti-tax…we are business people and residents who understand the culture and how this community put together. “We are trying to let the administration understand that you will end up getting egg on your face.” PETITIONS Asked about what real impacts the petition started to delay the implementation of VAT will have, the Finance Ministry PS stated that she could not speak to those; rather pointed out that ultimately the decisions taken about the implementation of VAT will be taken by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The anti-VAT group calling themselves, TCI United against VAT, has so far secured over 860 signatures of the 3,001 they are targeting. The group is calling for the FCO to delay the scheduled July 13 passing of VAT Bill, until concrete answers can be given to even the most basic questions that plague stakeholders.

TCHTA rejects VAT

– Calls for delayed implementation THE Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association (TCHTA) this week pronounced on the Value Added Tax, rejecting its implementation, which is slated for next April. And is calling for several measures to be taken, particularly to cultivate goodwill between the government and the private sector. The measures include: • That the timeline of the implementation be re-visited and extended; • That all justifying research be shared with the public; including the draft legislation; and • That the VAT Implementation Team be enlarged to include specialists in the variety of sectors that reflect the current character and future potential of the TCI economy. In a statement seen by the Weekly News, the Association stated that these measures will support prudence, given the limited analysis of the medium term and long term technical capacity in TCI. In the past week, the TCHTA has taken steps to engage the VAT

Implementation Team and other government VAT and Economic advisors. The statement said, “The TCHTA has also engaged its own consultants and reached out to other professional and community organizations, to ensure the broadest possible, most meaningful participation in the process. “While we are engaged fully, regrettably, we cannot say that we embrace the VAT initiative in the same measure. Our sense of anxiety arises not from fear of change, but from the concerns:” Among these concerns are: an unconvincing rationale for VAT; what appears to be an unduly rushed process; an unfortunate and utter lack of detailed information on the preparatory studies for VAT; lack of sight of the VAT Legislation; and short-handedness of the VAT Implementation Team; which has no hospitality expert, knowledgeable concerning the Villa/Resort Model. According to the TCHTA, the pressing concerns over the new tax regime had left stakeholders in the

tourism industry uncertain at best and skeptical at worse, that VAT is the right strategy for TCI. The TCHTA maintains that while the tourism industry is committed to working with all concerned parties for the good of Turks and Caicos Islands, stakeholders find it difficult to support the new tax regime. The statement said, “We feel strongly, given the current state of the world economy, the competitive nature and rising costs in the tourist sector, that a prudent process, based on a proper transparent assessment of government revenue needs, fairness of the tax burden and transparency is the best way to secure the economic foundation of these Beautiful by Nature Islands.” The Association noted too that the TCI will be the smallest jurisdiction in which VAT has been tried. Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary (PS), Ms. Anya Williams, told the Weekly News, that discussion ions between the TCHTA and the VAT Implementation Team are continuing to resolve concerns as early as possible.

NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Governor makes public work plan leading up to November elections GOVERNOR Ric Todd on Monday made public the Interim Administration’s work programme leading up to the November elections and stressed that much work has been done in the last three years and the focus must now be on consolidating those successes. He said, “The Turks and Caicos (TCI) has turned around its governance, financial management and economy over the three years of the Interim Administration… when we took over the Government burden of disorganized management, major debt and unpaid bills meant the public service had almost ground to a halt. “Lots of hard work has been completed by hundreds of people committed to making their country a better place in which to live and

work. While I appreciate that not every individual may be feeling the benefits of this positive turnaround, it is evident the Islands are now firmly on the road to recovery. “In publishing details of our work programme, I wish to make the people aware that we will continue to work in their best interests.” The Administration’s work programme features: June 1. I m m i g r a t i o n / c i t i z e n s h i p amendment ordinance – to Advisory Council and Consultative Forum shortly 2. Political Parties Conducts ordinance – draft to be circulated to political parties, Advisory Council and Consultative Forum, and also released on to TCIG web

Dr. Edward E. Smith, Leadership Practiotioner-Scholar

Dr. Smith announces intention to run At-Large DR. EDWARD Smith, this week, announced his intention to run AtLarge in the upcoming elections and outlined his position in several areas, which make up his platform. The Leadership Practiotioner-Scholar said, “Time and experience have verified to a demonstration, the public utility of the many needs for internal improvements, be they labour, immigration, migration, taxation, governance, rights, law and order, citizenship, employment, or unemployment. “That the poorest and most populated areas would be greatly benefitted by the opening of good roads, more schools, and the need to have potable water within their reach and limits, is what no person will or ever deny. “These are basic needs for living! But yet it is folly to undertake works of this or any other kind, without first knowing that we are able to finish them--as half finished work generally proves to be labor and resources lost.” Smith, who has written extensively on several issues of concern, stressed that his case is thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of this country. Currently, he is not aligned with any politic parties.

From left, Director of Strategy in Governor’s Office Philip Rushbrook and Governor Ric Todd

site for public review 3. Electoral Boundaries Commission – Commissioners to be confirmed 4. TCIG reform – Consolidation of statutory bodies 5. TCIG Reform – Financial oversight under the Public Financial Management Ordinance extended to all remaining statutory bodies with the issuing of sponsorship letters by 6. Economic stability and investment – Green Paper presenting a discussion on Economic Development options for TCI – to Advisory Council then for public consultation 7. Economic stability and investment – 4th Rider to the 2004 9EDF Financing Agreement to EU – first step to releasing frozen funds (3.88m euros) for road and disaster preparedness July 1. Publish provisional Register of Electors 2. VAT ordinance 3. Electoral Boundaries Commission 4. Public Service ordinance and revised General Orders 5. Permanent Lands Registrar appointed 6. First 9EDF request for disbursement sent to EU – end July 7. Westminster Foundation for Democracy assistance to political parties 8. Coastal Radar Station - expected to be operational August 1. Economic Development Strategy published after Green Paper responses and consultation completed 2. Final Register of Electors published 3. Electoral Boundaries ordinance – to put into law the 10 new electoral districts 4. Permanent Chief Economist in post 5. Second Milestones Progress Summary published and family island visits by the Governor 6. Crimes and Criminal Procedure Ordinances completed 8. Finance Managers appointed in

each ministry 9. Integrity Commission Second Amendment ordinance + legally enforced Code of Conduct in Public Life (including ministerial/ political parties’ Special Advisors’/public servants codes) September 1. National Audit Office operational 2. Court construction works at Myrtle Rigby Building completed 3. Economic stability and investment - Second 9EDF request for disbursement sent to EU 4. Economic stability and investment - Complete Part 1, 10EDF Single Programming Document for the EU 5. Elections – Supervisor of Elections - Issue Regulations on the polling stations and procedural matters related to the election 6. Elections – Integrity Commission – Election Campaign Monitoring Unit set up in preparation to address election complaints 7. Announce candidate as the new Deputy Governor

October 1. Economic stability and investment – Full 10EDF Single Programming Document submitted to EU (once accepted worth 11m euros in tranches during forthcoming financial years) 2. Independent election monitors arrive, election campaigns officially commences on 15th October with the 2011 Constitution coming into effect 3. Political candidates register Governor Todd stressed that there is much to do before an elected government takes over. He said, “We will continue to make ourselves further available to both political parties to help them refine their thinking, policies and manifestoes by providing them with the facts and figures of Government. My door is always open to Derek Taylor, Dr Rufus Ewing and their teams.” TCI elections are slated for November 9th. (VANESSA NARINE)

LIME gives scholarship to GSAT top performers LIME has congratulated the students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test and two of this year’s top 10 students have been qualified for LIME’s Scholarship / Grant Program for 2012/2013. This year’s top student Jyles Javier came from Ona Glinton Primary School and Alan Joy of Oseta Jolly Primary School captured the spot as top male and top student at Oseta Jolly Primary School. There are currently 12 students on LIME’s scholarships or grants. General Manager of LIME, Mr. Drexwell Seymour noted that the company’s investment in the GoGSAT online program assisted many in their preparation for the examinations. Seymour said, “LIME began this partnership in 2008 with

the Education Department and GoGSAT to provide access to all students who would sit GSAT in the Turks & Caicos Islands.” He continued, “LIME wanted to provide an avenue for scholarships for students as they entered secondary school since nothing was in place for that age level and the company’s partnership with the rewards served as an incentive for students to aim for excellence.” Director of Education, Mr. Edgar Howell has spoken about the positive impact that the GoGSAT’s online program has had on the performance of students who sat GSAT. Six of the ten students in the top 10 national performers at GSAT came from the LIME adopted schools Ona Glinton and Oseta Jolly Primary.

June 23 - 29, 2012

& CrimeCourt

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

with Samantha Dash-Rigby

Bight man jailed on drug charges JUSTICE Joan Joyner this week sentenced a man to two years imprisonment after he was found guilty of drugs charges. Sherman Hutchinson, 34, of the Bight,Providenciales, was tried and found guilty of possession of cannabis and possession with intent to supply after a two day trial. A jury panel consisting of five women and two men after hearing the evidence against Hutchinson returned the unanimous verdict following less than one hour of deliberation. For the Crown, Prosecutor OreikaSelver said that at around 6.57pm on Monday November 21, 2011, police officers stopped and search the accused and found 48 grams of the illegal substance in his possession. Hutchinson’s second cousin Livingston Churchill Hamilton was the first witness to take the stand and give evidence.

He testified that on the date in question he called Hutchinson and invited him to “hang” with him. He then drove from his South Dock residence and picked up Hutchinson who then drove them from the Bight to Kewtown to pick up Hamilton’s son. While parked in Kewtown a police vehicle pulled up at the side of them and police officers informed them that they were carrying out a routine check for anything illegal. After exiting his vehicle, Hamilton told the officers that he had nothing illegal. “I knew I had nothing illegal,” he told the jury. After body searching him, the police found nothing illegal on him and then turned their attention to Hutchinson. But before searching him the police asked him if he had anything illegal.

Registration process must end next week REGISTRATION must end on June 29th, according to Director of Strategy in Governor’s Office, Mr. Phillip Rushbrook, who noted that there is much to be done. On Monday at a press conference he said, “The process is proceeding as we designed since April this year…registration has to end next week because we have to have to prepare the register, give people time to challenge that register in the claims and objections period and then use the final electors’ list to set the boundaries…there is much work to be done.” Rushbrook acknowledged the birth certificate fee as an area of contention, but stressed that the fee has been reasonably reduced from $40 to $20. This week the Interim Administration announced that those who are unemployed who have not registered and still wish to do so, will have the $20 fee for birth certificate waived. Rushbrook noted that this is an opportunity that should be seized, adding that there is a number of birth certificates that have already been processed, but not collected. Persons who have applied for birth certificates to facilitate registration are being advised to collect them at Sam’s Building in Providenciales, Franklyn Misick’s Building in Grand Turk or at the District Commissioner’s

Office in South Caicos, North Caicos, Salt Cay and Middle Caicos. “The team in working very hard to get everything in place,” Rushbrook said. To facilitate those who have not yet registered, the Ministry of Border Control and Labour and the Elections Office, also announced this week, that registration centres will be open on all islands from 9:00am to 5:00pm from Monday to Friday. Also, registration centres will be open on Grand Turk and on Providenciales this Saturday, June 23, during the hours of 9:00am to 2:00pm. The Director of Strategy maintained that the processed being followed for hosting elections are internationally accepted as best practice to ensure free, fair and transparent elections. Rushbrook noted that there are a few Ordinances to be passed over the next two months, which will provide framework for free and fair elections. “We will make sure the provisions of those are enforced,” he said. According to him, there will be international monitors present in the TCI to observe the conduct of the November elections. “There is much work we have to do, but we are making progress,” Rushbrook said.

When he did not reply they conducted the search of his person and in his left coat pocket they found a white plastic bag with the drugs. Hamilton said that he became frustrated because “I didn’t expect him to have drugs in the vehicle with us. I did not know he had it,” he emphasised. The officers then searched the vehicle and after finding nothing illegal, they arrested and handcuffed the pair and took them into police custody. During cross-examination by defence counsel Benson Harvey, Hamilton testified that the vehicle did not belong to him but to his friend Debra Ewing who had travelled to the US to seek medical attention. He said that he called and asked the defendant to hang out with that night because he was home alone and bored.

He admitted that his driver’s license was suspended but he had taken risks and had driven the vehicle many times. “I knew the risks. If was ever caught I would face the consequences,” he stated. However, during his testimony, detective police constable Jerry Grant said that when he asked the two men if they had anything illegal on their person or in the vehicles, the defendant replied: “I don’t have anything illegal to declare.” Hutchinson opted to exercise his right to remain silent and so did not offer any evidence in court neither did he call any witnesses. After the jury found him guilty Hutchinson’s lawyer mitigated on his behalf. Harvey informed the court that Hutchinson had been working at K106.3fm as a manager for the past

two months. He revealed to Judge Joyner that sometime in 2005, Hutchinson worked with the DECR and had found some 14 packages of cannabis. He turned it in to the police. “It is rather sad that at that time he had proved himself an honest citizen and turned the drug in but is now found guilty of drug possession.” The attorney then begged the court’s leniency for his client. The judge learnt that at the Magistrate Court level, the Crown asked for the matter to be tried in the lower court but Hutchinson elected to be tried by a judge and jury. He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for simple possession and 24 months for possession with intent to supply. The sentences are to run concurrently.

Haitian man tried for uttering a forged TCI driver’s license HAITIAN national Robert Jean Joff faced trial in the Providenciales Supreme Court this weekfor uttering a forged TCI driver’s license. He was set to hear his fate on Friday, June 22,(at time of press) when the jury was expected to deliberate and announce their verdict. At the end of Thursday, June 21, the defence closed their case and closing submissions were expected the following day (Friday). Joff was tried before Justice Joan Joyner for uttering a forged document in that on October 31, 2011, at the Road Safety Department in Providenciales he presented a forged TCI driver’s license to officer Lavert Taylor. For the prosecution Crown Counsel Leanna Brooks said that Joff knew or suspected that the driver’s license was forged. Drawing from his 13 years’ experience working at the Road Safety Department, Taylor testified that there are two ways to obtain a TCI driver’s license. The applicant must be 17 years or older and must past three tests or as a citizen of a Commonwealth country, foreigners can obtain a TCI driver’s license using the driver’s license from their home country. “No other agencies in the TCI can issue a TCI driver’s license,” he stated. Taylor said that in October 2011 he was at the front desk at the Road Safety Department when Joff approached and handed in a driver’s license renewal application along with a receipt for $150 and other

supporting documents. Taylor collected the driver’s license, accessed the computer database and entered the relevant information in order to process the application. However, no record was found under the driver’s license number. He then tried entering Joff’s name but still nothing came up. Then the officer decided to peruse the card and noticed several things were wrong. The name and address were in all capital letters and the quality of the card was not the same of those issued in 2007, the purported issuing date. In fact, the layout matched the one being used now by the department. Additionally, the date of birth and expiry date did not match and the serial number was used as the actual driver’s license number. Taylor told the jury that he realised that the license was false and asked Joff where he got it. At first, the defendant remained mum but at the officer’s insistence he finally replied, “I get it from Grand Turk.” Taylor threatened to call the police but Joff told him not to call the police and said that he got the license form a man named ‘Maurice’. The officer said that no one named Maurice ever worked at the department. During cross-examination by defence counsel Finbar Grant, Taylor said that the card was issued in 2007. However, the colour and layout of the card is not consistent with those printed in 2006 and 2007 but of the ones being issued now.

He testified that although he does not know how the cards are printed, he knew that the ones issued in 2006 and 2007 were the same. “It is only about two years now, they started using a different but similar card,” he stated. He agreed with Grant that the system used for licensing had experienced a lot of trouble over the years and between 2007 and now the system has crashed several times. However, information sent from Providenciales to Grand Turk via the database system does not change although sometimes pictures are crossed with other applications. The officer explained that the database could be subject to two types of errors, human error and the database itself. “All capital letters could have been a human error,” he added. The witness said that from the moment he saw the driver’s license he suspected something was wrong but he had to check it out first to be sure. He told the jury that after Joff told him that he got the license from Grand Turk, he called the office in Grand Turk and had the supervisor check the filing cabinet and the database, however no record of Joff’s license was found there. During re-examination by Crown Counsel Brooks, Taylor stated that driver’s licenses cannot be printed when the system crashes and that all licenses are verified before given out to persons. The case continued at time of press.

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

We are re

ady

Beaches T urks and C aicos Reso a robust Ju rt Villages ne and July & Spa is lo . oking for w ard to The all-in clusive lux ur y resort occupancy is currently and is exp running a e c t i the next ei ng an aver t 100 per ght weeks. age of 93 cent percent oc cupancy o ver Following a tempora r y closure allowed th of Beache e resort to s Turks an u n opened on dertake a d Caicos Wednesda s a n which i t i z a t ion progra y, June 13 m, the res th . ort “We are n ow prepar ed to offer best that th visitors to is fantastic this wonde r e sort has to Manager B rful count offer,” Don eaches Tur r y the ks & Caico ald Dagen ais, Gener s said. al The resor t continue s to cond monitoring uct a com and educa prehensive tion progra , sanitiza m for gues tion, t a n d staff. “As we go f or ward we will mainta and safety in the alrea that has be dy high sta e n typical of t Dagenais. ndard of h his resort f ealth or the past 15 years,” Mr.

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

NEWS 11

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

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

We are one Dear Editor, I am grateful for the opportunity to write a message to the people of the TCI. My prayer is that as I write God will instil in me the wisdom, knowledge, understanding and discernment as a child of the most high God to deliver what he has instructed me to deliver. Martin Luther King Jnr as we know him was a preacher and an activist who stood for righteousness. Moreover, King was a man who believed that the best way to solve a problem was not through violence but through peace. I support that statement with one of his quotes of December 11, 1964, where he states: “Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.” Hence the reason why Martin Luther King Jnr became my role model. One may ask, is there any hope for the Turks and Caicos Islands? My answer undoubtedly is YES! Like King, we must begin to dream a dream in order to restore hope. Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow in the Turks and Caicos Islands, I still have a dream. This dream is rooted in unity, prosperity, hopes and love for ourselves and our neighbours. I have a dream that the Turks and Caicos Islands will return to it a state of normalcy despite our setbacks. I have a dream that Turks and

Caicos will go back to the state where we honestly and sincerely fear God. Going back to the days when people respect Sundays and continue to remember the Sabbath to keep it holy. I dream of a day when we return to a God fearing nation. I dream of the day when we can unite as one. I dream of the day, like Rev Luther, that our “nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. “We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that regardless of Haitian-TCI, Dominican-TCI, English-TCI, African-TCI. We are one. Turks and Caicos Islanders! I have a dream that our churches, whether it be Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist or Methodist, can unite and reach a common goal – that there is one heaven, one God. I dream of the day when Christians can redefine Christianity and really live by biblical principles and uphold standards. I have a dream of the day when our political leaders and elected members can share a common goal that they are elected of the people, by the people to serve the people. I dream of the day when this nation, under God shall have a new birth of freedom. I have a dream that one day our politicians will realise that political differences when advocating for the nation is the one thing which hinders

much progress in this country.This is because when a politician brings an important motion, they want it to be party affiliated. Political differences cannot help to develop this country because any development is meant to benefit the whole nation regardless of which party affiliation. Even government strategies should not be fuelled by political party’s differences. In order for Turks and Caicos to go further and achieve its 2012 objectives, politicians need to change their mind-set and look at institutional policies that will bring up instruments that support economic diversification. Our leaders need and must prioritise the constituency they represent. I have a dream that our leader will stand for what is right and demonstrate every level of integrity, taking out self-interest and stemming out every level of corruption. I have a dream that God will raise up a God- fearing leader. I have a dream that our people will stand together not as Turks Islanders or Caicos Islanders but as Turks and Caicos Islanders! We are moving forward. I have a dream that it would not be about PNP or PDM, but it would be about the issues. Moving ahead - I have a dream. The future of our country is looking bright. Is there still hope? Yes there is. I have a dream! Ronlee James, Optimistic youth

Mortgage security set aside Dear Editor, It is possible that the Attorney General representing TCIG and itspeople, may apply to the court to have the mortgage security made between Star Platinum Limited and Temple Mortgage set aside. The AG is arguing that the mortgage binds the government even though the land title at Joe Grant’s Cay, on which the security rested, was improperly transferred from the Crown. The Crown successfully reversed that improper transfer and had the lands returned to it. Now the government is agreeing to be bound by a mortgage and a security over its lands even though the Crown was successful in proving to the court that the lands were improperly taken from it. People who know what mortgages are all about do not agree. Many observers see this bad precedent being set so that the government may take the same approach to the 2,500 acres on Middle Caicos where Belize Bank, British Caribbean Bank (BCB) has a mortgage. It is being said that when Temple gave the mortgage to Star Platinum that Temple did not know that the security ie. the land title, was improper. The AG’s response as published would suggest, subject to clarification, that they, the Crown, are relying on the rules relating to the law of illegality. It is agreed that if Temple were not aware that the title to the land was bad, ie. illegal, that Temple ought not

Open letter to the CFO Dear Mr CFO, It has been said to whom much is given that much is expected. In this way MrCFO you have been cast with enormous power and responsibility. Your job is to see that the books are balanced, the new minister prepares the budget and you approve. There is so much to do before we get there. Yet before the interim government had to get here there are a number of things that irk us and have been making our lives harder. That is the Stevedoring deal at South Dock,Providenciales, causing consumer prices to increase some four times. Now there is the Interhealth Canada deal, the National Health

Insurance deal and many other inflationary deals. The interim government has so far increased our taxes, increased the payments to NHIP by a further one per cent and are paying some $60m annually to Interhealth Canada. All of this even before the interim government with gas tax was inflationary. Next is the agenda to change the burden and incidence of taxation by shifting the burden of taxation off developers, tourists, visitors, land sales, customs duties and off onto the backs of the wider population as a whole with a newer tax. There are plans to remove a

SPACE IS LIMITED!

number of taxes though not all, such as the communications tax and a few customs duties. There seems no commitment to remove the Stevedoring deal at South Dock,Providenciales, or the Interhealth Canadadeal. Yet our payments and taxes are increased to pay for these to date. We are paying over $6 dollars a gallon for gas and $0.75 cents goes to the government. The shift in taxation, mentioned earlier, is being accomplished by Value Added Tax (VAT) which may be 15 per cent or 17 per cent. You expect that with the removal of customs and a few taxes to be replaced by VAT that prices may go down.

You have been met with cries from the public that people want price control to force prices downward to the extent of the removal in taxes. Many fear that merchants will increase their prices, cause inflation and there will be more suffering. Mr CFO, please seriously consider and implement price control in these islands. We need laws enforced that will give you the power to maintain a consumer price index and to monitor prices. Please abandon the free market economy notion because that cannot work here. We need relief all over. You must control prices. Finally Sir please review the

to be caught with this obligation. And the question then is on whom the risk should fall. It should now fall on Star Platinum and not the Crown. It is suggested that ‘illegality’ is not the sole issue here and that issues also relate to risk allocation and where the risk should lie. The security, the quality of the title and the ‘law of mistake’ continue to arise. One would think, per the AG’s response, that Temple does not live in the TCI and is not aware of the many scam deals that the former PNP government entered into. Temple musthave been aware of the land deals etc. that the government was doing and they had a right to check the title. Anyhow the TCI Government proved to the Supreme Court that the title on the land at Joe Grant’s Cay was bad and defective and got the land back. On this same bad and defective title rests a security in the form of a mortgage with Temple that the government is now saying that it is bound by, even though the government never had access to the funds, never signed the mortgage and was in no way party to the loan with Star and Temple. One cannot buy into this idea that the government is bound even though its strongest connection to the Temple loan security is a defective title that they were able to undo. Sincerely, Fabian James

17.5 per cent rate of return on Fortis prices. You are collecting revenue in good times but the consumer is hurting. We need relief. The whole PPC and Fortis deal requires review and the monopoly with that 17.5 per cent over our heads removed. The answer is price control so that inflation cannot be artificial or manufactured. In the Bahamas the Consumer Prices Commission has the power to go in stores, monitor prices, shut the place down and close shelves if prices controls are not adhered to. The TCI needs the same here. Samsune Taylor

Please keep your letters to a maximum of 450 words or we may not be able publish it.

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

The Audacity of Hope COMMENTARY

The “Audacity of Hope” is the title of a book by President Obama. Obama promises the American dream through the actions of government. While government sets the stage for people to fulfill their ambitions and achieve their dreams, it is now proven this cannot come from government giveaways or social welfare programs. Public assistance is a necessary entity only for those unable to help themselves and not for those who decide not to. Growing up my dad was terminally ill, my one sibling mentally challenged. Dad worked his last years in a wheelchair carried to the office by his dad, Granddad Tapfer. I remember them both on fathers’ day and during the year. Grandfather Herman, mom’s dad, looms big in

By David Tapfer my memory; he was a skilled, patient man, one to look up to. Hope and faith were the ethics, which I was brought up, despite what fate had brought my family. Minister Bellingham spoke to hope through vision. His message was late and I fear not heard. He said politicians need to present

TCI waters for sale Dear Editor, Today, unfortunately, I was unable to keep an appointment in the bid for the presidency of the TCI Community College in Grand Turk due to inability to defray the high cost of the airline ticket. So in reminiscing here at the airport I thought I would make a trip fishing at the local seaside. But horror set in when I realised that I did not have a fishing license and, even if I did, I needed permission from the new owners of the waters around the islands! The water around the TCI is about to change hands, or at minimum, the new owners will have as expected all and full rights to the use of the water around the islands. Some may say there goes Dr Smith again with his wild ideas! The old man sounds cuckoo, but do spare the lost soul a little space and explain who, why, where and when will the rights to the sea around the TCI be transferred for a one-time $7.5m! Let us first look at the players. Provo Water Company (HAB = 54 per cent), Provo Water Company (TCIG = 46 per cent), and Turks and Caicos Water Company (salt water to potable water converter, and seller to Provo Water Company). Ok, the TCIG sees or believes there is opportunity to sell, does, and now PWC-HAB owns 100 per cent of Provo Water Company, and still TCWC converts and continues to sell to PWC. The big question is, where does TCWC get is water from to convert? It sounds like it is part of the under layer which is salt water and a resource seemingly owned by the TCIG. The next big question is the sale

for the $7.5m includes the right to harvest the sea/salt water for conversion. If it did, the TCIG is had! This diagram clearly shows that with the population of say, 35,000 persons, each taking two showers per day and using five gallons of water for each, and for 365 days per year, at a water sales rate of the standard consumer rate of $.035 per gallon results in gross sales of $4.9m the first year. Year two using the same exercise shows $5.3m. Projections for population and unit cost result in a whooping gross sale of $69.5m over a ten year period, not hardly the $7.5m proposed sale. The TCIG should reconsider such a move. It is most definitely not in the best interests of the people of the TCI, not at this time or ever. Looking at the imbedded chart, it clearly shows that the $7.5m will be more than recovered in less than two years of the sale. And TCWC from then will have unfitted rights to the natural resources of the TCI absolutely free. I did not dream this! This needs a reality check. Even if the TCIG sells its shares in PWC, why is it that the TCIG is not collecting for the sales of its resources? A little birdie just told me that if the resource officers catch me getting sand from the beach, I will be prosecuted. Then why is TCWC excluded? I invite all others to join together to formulate a strategic way forward in assisting our dear county on the right path. Regards,

SPACE IS LIMITED!

Edward E Smith

clear visions and platforms for leadership. This in my view has long been missing. There are two ways to campaign. One is by going negative and the other by providing real vision. Negative has been with us for a long time because those bigger better promises made were mistruths and unsustainable promises. During my short lived political career I was on the platform committee for the PDM when Floyd Seymour was leader. I remember meetings with Floyd while other committee members stayed home. Here was a man with a vision and the knowledge to make it come true. I have found it amazing that certain PDMs did not back him. Floyd eventually had to take care of his personal business. Also amazing is the fact that at this time when Floyd is most needed his political

assassins are back in the PDM fold. PDM leadership passed to Doug Parnell, also a visionary willing to use his valuable time and resources working on behalf of all the people. He put together the march for rights, the allparty constitutional reform group and the celebrated national conversation run by Sharlene Cartwright Robinson. He sponsored mission after mission to Britain. Parnell as leader looked like a winner so he had to go. The big lie did the instant trick. For those who do not know “dismissal with prejudice”(not racial prejudice), results from a judges decision that the plaintiff, in Parnell’s case the US SEC, should NOT have filed on him. The SEC can never bring the dismissed case back to court. The taint is on the SEC, this is the way the SEC operates. The SEC has this reputation,

charge first, and then back off. Remember also Doug is possibly the only current politician who has passed the needed clearance by the AG's office. Both Floyd and Doug are fathers and family men, married to beautiful and intelligent TCI women. Far different from our former Premier. With leaders of their caliber, hope would not be an audacity but a reality. We all know where our problems came from. The principle problem leader is on the lam and his associates are about to be judged. Their heirs want to put the whole country on the lam with calls for independence. Dare we now embrace the audacity of hope?

Your vote is your voice Dear Editor, With the announcement of November 9, 2012, as the date for general elections, registering to vote is now more urgent than ever. Everyone is saying they are excited that an election date has been set. I am hoping that the number of persons registered to vote will quickly begin to reflect this. Simply having a locally elected government should not be enough for us as a society. Having a government that cares and does right by its people is what Turks and Caicos desperately needs in November 2012. We need an informed electorate to make this happen. Have you ever heard the saying ‘your vote is your voice’? It is a phrase normally used during political campaigns to urge the disenchanted or persons not interested in politics to get involved in the political process. Voting gives you a voice on important issues that will shape the future of these islands. A person’s vote determines who will be elected to implement those policies that will directly affect them. While it is becoming harder and harder to trust some politicians, the reality is on November 9, 2012, the next government will be elected whether people vote or not. However, I believe that it is imperative that all eligible voters should be a part of this process. The right to vote is one of the most important responsibilities that every citizen of this country has. On November 9, 2012, citizens have the power to determine the

next government, citizens have the power to elect a government that shares the vision they have for Turks and Caicos moving forward, citizens have the power to elect a government that will implement policies that will make Turks and Caicos better place for future generations. However that power lies within their vote and we all know registering to vote is the only way we can do that. Think about this, in South Africa, not until the end of apartheid in 1994 did black people obtain the right to vote. Imagine that! There are still places around the world where people are still denied this right, so how dare we as a society be apathetic of the importance of a right that persons throughout the world are willing to die for. The world will be watching us on November 9, 2012. They will be watching to see how we will progress after suffering under a bad government for seven years and an uncaring interim administration under direct rule for the past three

years. The voter’s registration process remains open until June 29, so there is roughly two and a half weeks left to register. Citizens must use this time to ensure they and anyone they know that is eligible to vote is registered. Some people might be convinced today that they have no intention to vote in November; however during the course of the political campaigns they might find themselves agreeing with some of the positions of one of the political parties after the voter’s registration process is closed. By then it will be too late to let their voice be heard. If they are not on the list by June 29, 2012, they will not be voting in November 9, 2012. Remember registering to vote doesn’t mean a person has to, it just means they can if they want to. No-one will get a do over. Everyone must get registered and let their voice be heard! Sean R Astwood

Send letters to tcweeklynews@gmail.com

Please keep your letters to a maximum of 450 words or we may not be able publish it.

14 NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Alexandra Resort in receivership Fortis launches – Fifth TCI resort summer taken over by BCB programmes

THE Alexandra Resort and Spa (ARS) was put in receivership by British Caribbean Bank (BCB) formerly Belize Bank earlier this month and is the fifth property in the Turks and Caicos Islands that the banking giant or one of its affiliates has taken control of in recent months. The others properties include the Sporting Club in Ambergris Cay, St. Charles Resort in North Caicos, the Turks and Caicos Club and the Leeward Resort, originally Nikki Beach. ARS developer, Mr. Washington Misick, said, “I am disappointed that BCB chose receivership rather than a number of possible work-out options available to it.” However, he noted that BCB has given its assurance that business will continue as usual, that all employee jobs are protected, and that every effort will be made to enhance the going-concern value of the business. Misick said, “I have agreed to assist where necessary in the interest of all stakeholders…this property, together with the associated concessions, employs up to 120 persons, it contributes millions of dollars to government revenue as well as to NIB and NHIB.

The Alexandra Resort and Spa is now in receivership by British Caribbean Bank

“Although now made more difficult by BCB’s decision, I continue to work hard to retire the debt and implement the turnaround and growth strategy that has been presented to BCB. “The Alexandra, for me, is as much a legacy project as it is a business: it is the only locally owned development on Grace Bay, the Turks and Caicos’ Gold Coast. It is for this reason that I have poured my soul and resources into it, over the last twelve years. I genuinely consider it a national imperative to have local ownership in the islands’

only major industry. I hope that others will follow my example, despite increasing obstacles, and that Turks and Caicos Islanders will be able to maintain a modicum of ownership interest in the industry.” ARS, like many other properties, according to Misick, has been hit hard by the international phenomenon of high levels of inventory; penal interest rates, and sluggish sales. The Alexandra Resort and Villas Limited is the development arm of Alexandra Resort and Spa (ARS). Its subsidiary Millennium Management Ltd. (MML) manages the resort.

TCI’s brightest students will learn how to conduct themselves in a busy workplace during a series of new summer classes. FortisTCI has announced the start of two new student programmes to begin this summer. On Friday principals from high schools throughout the country joinedstaff from TCI Community College and the Ministry of Education to discuss the scheme. They gathered at the FortisTCI conference room on Leeward Highway to hear the benefits of the Student Summer Employment Programme (SSEP) and the Summer Internship Programme (SIP). Judy Missick,director of human resources atFortisTCI,said: “It is a wonderful occasion to be able to open our doors and our workplace to contribute to the human resources development in the Turks and Caicos Islands. “Establishing these programmes has been a goal of ours for a long time and we are proud to have the infrastructure in place to

accommodate them.” SSEP has been developed to expose participants to the utility industry while also encouraging growth in young adults pursuing their respective career paths. SIP reaches out to high school students within the TCI and will give them a chance to be exposed to a professional working environment for two full working weeks. The focus of the programme is to show participants how to interact in a highly developed workplace while also showcasing professional fields they may not have been exposed to. Ruth Forbes, vice president of finance and chief financial officer at FortisTCI, said: “There is nothing more valuable than investing in human resources. “This is why we are taking the opportunity to invest from an early age, because we know that one day those that walk our halls and our property as interns and student workers are potential future employees.”

June 23 - 29, 2012

NEWS 15

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Sailors get more winds than they bargained for

this week

Friday, June 22 to Saturday, June 30

- 22nd Fool’s Regatta a success BY VANESSA NARINE SAILORS in the 22nd annual Fool’s Regatta prayed for winds to guide their sails past the finish line, but got a bit more than they bargained for when a slightly overcast day turned into something of a small windstorm with a drizzle of rain. This year’s Regatta, held at Kid’s Park, drew the support of hundreds – unfortunately more tourists and expatriates than Islanders. The activities kicked off at 10:30hours with the kids’ Lockland Trading Trophy race, one of seven races that saw the participation of over 50 sailors, aged from as young as 13-years-old. Several young sailors who spoke to the Weekly News agreed on their love for the sea and the opportunity to gain skills that allow them to be able to maneuver the waves. Vice commodore of the Provo Sailing Club, Mr. David Douglas, in an invited comment said, “The response this year was good…we have been doing this for 22 years and the kids are what keep us going, their appreciation for what we do.” There was fun to be had by all, who enjoyed the live music and the attraction of the hot-dog tent, among other local foods that were on sale. However, long before the day’s activities were scheduled to be completed massive high winds picked up, accompanied by a little rain – putting a very different spin on the day’s activities than expected. Some grounded sailboats that still had their sails up were turned over by the magnitude of the winds and soon enough the mass of relaxing beachgoers turned into a flurry of activity – with parents quickly packing up to get their young children out of the stinging sand that was blows about by the wind. Despite that though, some of the older children and even adults stuck around to watch the spectacle that was the ocean, as the high winds played with the waves and rain clouds darkened the skies. The passion of the Provo Primary steel band drew the attention of the remaining beachgoers as they pounded out popular tunes in the wind and all, with the tent being held down by volunteers. When the wind calmed down, the activities though interrupted, concluded with the awards ceremony. The remaining beachgoers who were not part of the awards took up other fun activates, some going back to the water, although it was a bit cold. Probably the most interesting were a group of young children who took up a game of tug-o-war. All in all, especially given the circumstances, this year’s Fool’s Regatta was a success.

Friday, June 22  Danny Buoy’s is Provo’s premier live music and sports destination, serving lunch and dinner daily from 11:30am.

Adult sailors get ready to push off as the compete for the top prize

It is the perfect place to escape from the heat and hang with friends, all in smoke free airconditioned comfort. Happy Hour specials from 4-7pm Monday-Saturday  Get into the weekend mood with the intense and electrifying Tae-Bo class at Graceway Sports Centre from 6pm to 7pm. Free for fitness members, $12 for non-members. Visit www.gracewaysports.com for more information or call 4426349.  Craig Archibold gets the party started at the Regent Palms from 7pm on Friday nights with the sound of classic Caribbean and Motown tunes. Call 946-8666 for details

Some of the boys from the Provo Sailing Club

Saturday, June 23  2nd Annual Battle of the Bands Competition presented Fun starts from 7:00pm at the Turtle Cove Marina. Come and enjoy local and international music from local talented artist and choose who you think is the best local talent of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Dine on location and international cuisine from your favourite restaurants on the island. This event is surely to be top rated. Don't miss out!

or donate, contact our Provo office on (649) 941-8056 or email redcrossprovo@tciway.tc OR for Grand Turk call (649) 946-2761 or Email:tciredcross@tciway.tc  If you’re looking for a serene and relaxed way of starting your weekend, bring your yoga mat at Graceway Sports Centre every Saturday at 9am and let David Bowen lead you into the wonderful world of yoga! Amazing fees for an amazing class! More info at 442-6348”  Mums and Tots Dance Party classes are held every Saturday at Graceway Sports Centre for mothers and their little ones. Mothers, bring your little ones to dance, jump, twist and shake! Children have fun learning movement basics to fun music and mums get a light exercise while spending quality time. Mums and Tots classes begin at 10am and cost just $10. Dads are welcome! Call Shara Bowen on 244-1103 for more details.

Wednesday, June 27  Demo night at Royal Flush gaming parlor (old players club) located in Turtle Cove. Fun starts from 7 to 9 come try out our new poker-pro tables, get all the key info, free practice rounds, drinks and cash games. Seats are limited and must be reserved. Call 332-5078 Schedule is subject to change.

Thursday, June 28  Demo night at Royal Flush gaming parlor (old players club) located in Turtle Cove. Fun starts from 7 to 9 come try out our new poker-pro tables, get all the key info, free practice rounds, drinks and cash games. Seats are limited and must be reserved. Call 332-5078 Schedule is subject to change

Saturday, June 30 A still crowded beach after the weather took a turn for the worse

Provo Primary steel pan players played on despite the high winds and drizzle

 The Weekly Community and Farmers’ Market organized by TCI Red Cross is on at the organization’s headquarters, opposite Lime on the Leeward Highway in Providenciales, from 10am to 2pm. Persons will be able to purchase freshly grown produce and locally sourced items. For more information on the Weekly Community and Farmers’ Market call (649) 247-8911. With regard to the TCI Red Cross’ services or how you can volunteer

 Middle Caicos Crab Fest Come and experience TCI culture on display: Island cuisine, live music, various contests and much more. For information contact crabfestmiddlecaicostci@gmail. com of 245-7354/ 344-4525.

Got an event you wish to advertise? Call us on 946 4664 or email tcweeklynews@gmail.com for a free listing.

Lifestyle... 16 NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

fitness Tip 

Exercise for travelers Its vacation time again and everyone is excited about it. However, while traveling is fun, simply getting to a vacation destination or back home —whether by plane, train, bus or car—often involves extended periods of immobility. Hours of inactivity associated with air travel—first in the airport waiting lounge and then on the plane—may leave you in stiffness or in pain before your vacation has even begun. To help combat potential problems associated with traveling like swollen legs, stiff back, neck or knees, try these suggestions below:

Best Ever Pinto Beans

FITNESS EXPERT Anca Vasile

• Avoid sitting while waiting to get in a plane or train; try to move , walk or stretch before you will have to sit. • While sitting, place a tennis ball under your feet and keep rolling it applying slight pressure on it. That will give you a free reflexology massage, while activating blood circulation. • From time to time, stand up and walk if in the plane or train and do some easy moves and stretches. Do not worry who is watching you. Your health is more important and you will be able to enjoy your vacation from the moment you stepped on ground. Here are some exercises to follow while sitting: • Figure-Four Stretch: Place one ankle on top of opposite knee. Hinge forward at hips, keeping spine neutral. Hold for 15–30

seconds, feeling a deep stretch on outside of hip. Repeat on other side. • Shoulder Shrug and Roll: Inhale as you lift shoulders up toward ears. Exhale as you roll shoulders back and down, opening chest and letting shoulder blades come together. Continue sliding shoulders down the back, away from ears. Repeat 3–5 times. • Neck Stretch: With chin slightly tucked, let right ear drop toward right shoulder. Hold stretch for 3–4 breaths, letting weight of head stretch left side of neck. Gently release stretch and repeat on other side. When standing exercises you can do includes:

• Footwork: Stand with feet parallel, 2–3 inches apart, balancing weight equally on both feet. Come up onto balls of feet, and slowly lower heels to floor, keeping weight centered. Repeat 20-30 times. • Prancing in Place: Use same start position as in exercise above. Come up onto balls of feet. Lower one heel to floor while keeping other heel raised. Alternately press one heel up as other heel comes down to floor. Repeat 30 times. • Knee Lift: Keeping hips level, raise one knee until thigh is parallel to floor. Maintain neutral spine, and balance in this position 15–30 seconds. Place foot back

on floor and repeat balance on other side. (You can also balance on standing leg, slowly raising and lowering knee, touching toe to floor.) • Roll-Down: Bring chin to chest and slowly roll down, one vertebra at a time until spine is flexed forward, arms hanging toward floor. Bend knees slightly and roll up, stacking vertebrae one at a time, bringing head up last. Repeat 2–3 times. These are just few suggestion, but you can do literally whatever you know. Many times your body will know what it needs to do to get better. Enjoy summer friends and mostly enjoy your vacation.

Pinto beans, like other beans, are rich in fiber. A cup of cooked pinto beans provides 62% of the recommended daily intake for fiber. Soluble fiber forms a gel-like substance in the digestive tract that combines with bile (which contains cholesterol) and ferries it out of the body. Research studies have shown that insoluble fiber not only helps to increase stool bulk and prevent constipation, but also helps prevent digestive disorders like irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulosis. Its contribution to heart health

lies not just in their fiber, but in the significant amounts of folate, magnesium, and potassium these beans supply. In addition to its beneficial effects on the digestive system and the heart, the dietary fiber found in pinto beans helps stabilize blood sugar levels. Last but not least, I give thanks to God for his 'Peace that surpasses all understanding' and leave you with words of wisdom from Mother Theresa, who said, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

health Tip  Servedthe Southern way - with cornbread and steamed greens, this recipe will undoubtedly tantalize your taste buds. Ingredients • 1 pound dried pinto beans • 6 cups water, or more as needed to cover • 1 smoked ham hock • 1 teaspoon kosher salt • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • 1 (6.5 ounce) can tomato sauce Directions 1. Cover pinto beans with water in a large bowl. Soak beans for 4 hours, changing water every 30 to 45 minutes. Drain. 2. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large pot. Add pinto beans, ham hock, and kosher salt to the pot. Pour in more water if needed to cover ingredients by at least 1 inch. 3. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans are just tender, 2 to 3 hours. 4. Remove ham hock from beans; cut meat from the bone, chop the ham, and return to pot. 5. Stir tomato sauce and brown sugar into the beans. Continue to simmer until beans are tender and flavors are blended, about 1 more hour. (Nutritional Information: Amount Per Serving Calories: 352 | Total Fat: 8.2g | Cholesterol: 23mg)

Wonders of pinto beans This week we will look at the wonders of Pinto Beans, an incredibly healthy food. Pinto beans have a beige background strewn with reddish brown splashes of color. They are like little painted canvases, à la Jackson Pollack; hence, their name "pinto," which in Spanish means ‘painted’. When cooked, their colored splotches disappear, and they become a beautiful pink color with a delightfully creamy texture. According to research Pinto Beans originally from the land of Peru, in the 15th century made its way across the Atlantic to Europe. Pinto beans are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber, as are most other beans. In addition to lowering cholesterol, pinto beans' high fiber content prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly

By Phillip Simmons after a meal, making these beans an especially good choice for individuals with diabetes, insulin resistance or hypoglycemia. When combined with whole grains such as brown rice, pinto beans provide virtually fatfree, high quality protein. But this is far from all pinto beans have to offer. Pinto beans are also an excellent source of molybdenum, a very good source of folate, and a good source of protein and vitamin B1 as well as the minerals phosphorus, iron, magnesium, manganese, and potassium.

June 23 - 29, 2012

Lifestyle... The Dentist and you 

YOUR DIET

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

Dental Myths

In the clinic, I am sometimes asked some rather strange questions or hear some strange statements around the subject of how people care for their teeth. Some of these things are ineffective but harmless but some things can actually do more harm than good. Over the next couple of articles, I wanted to consider, and where necessary correct, some commonly held misconceptions or misunderstandings concerned with dental care or treatment. MYTH: There is no need to take care of children’s teeth as they all fall out and are replaced by adult teeth anyway. TRUTH: This is absolutely wrong. Firstly, neglecting your child's teeth will result in dental decay and cavities. This means your child will be in pain and there is a strong likelihood that the child will require several visits to the dentist for cleaning, fillings or extractions. Losing baby teeth prematurely can impact a child's ability to eat or speak. It can also be the cause of orthodontic problems in future. Secondly, a child who has reached the age of 5 or 6 years and has not been taught good dental habits is unlikely to change their habits overnight when their adult teeth start to come through. Over time this poor care is likely to result in decay, cavities and pain. The time to start good dental practices is as soon as a baby's teeth start to come through. MYTH: I must not brush my teeth if my gums bleed TRUTH: Bleeding gums is a sign of gum disease and it is advisable that you visit the dentist. In the immediate term do not stop cleaning your teeth but brush them gently with a soft bristled brush. You should not ignore the symptoms of bleeding gums as this can lead to periodontal disease and ultimately tooth loss.

NEWS 17

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Dr Mark Osmond MYTH: Placing a tablet of aspirin beside an aching tooth can ease the pain. TRUTH: This is not advisable. Using aspirin topically (ie. directly onto the site of the pain) can damage the soft tissue in the mouth. Instead, take a painkiller such Tylenol or Advil and seek treatment from a dentist. MYTH: A decayed tooth should be pulled out. TRUTH: Not necessarily. Often teeth can be saved and restored even if the cavity is quite large. If the decay reaches the nerve, the tooth can still be saved with a root canal treatment. It is only if the tooth is beyond repair that the best option is to have it removed. If you have a decayed tooth you should visit your dentist for a dental check-up. During this your teeth with be examined and your dentist will recommend the best course of treatment.

(Part One)

MYTH: It is better to remove wisdom teeth because they usually cause problems. TRUTH: Historically it was the practice that the majority of people had their wisdom teeth removed. This however is not the case anymore. Wisdom teeth should only be removed if they are consistently causing problems and there is a sound clinical reason to do the surgery. MYTH: Regular bicarbonate of soda can be used to clean and whiten teeth. TRUTH: This is not true. Bicarbonate of soda can be very harmful to teeth due to its very strong abrasive effects damaging the tooth enamel. Special whitening toothpastes which contain bicarbonate are specially developed and contain much smaller particles that, when used correctly, will not damage teeth. Please look out for the second article on this topic that will follow in a couple of weeks. If you have any questions relating to any of these points or teeth in general, please contact Mark Osmond Dental Clinic where we are happy to assist you.

ASK TAMIKA

BY TAMIKA HANDFIELD

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

How do I know if my child is overweight for his/her age? Childhood obesity is a “touchy” subject. Howeve, it is one that should be addressed by health care professionals so that families (parents and children) can get the help they desperately need. Research shows that few parents can correctly identify when their child is overweight or obese. Therefore, the best indicator is talking to your child’s pediatrician or primary care doctor. These health care providers have clinical parameters and tools that are used to determine whether a child is at risk of becoming overweight. One such tool is a Growth Chart. Growth Charts show how your child is growing compared to other children of the same age and gender. Children’s heights and weight gain are recorded on the chart each time a visit is made to a pediatrician, which allows a growth pattern to form. If there is a deviation in the pattern, your pediatrician will tell you and discuss treatment measures. Treatment measures may include changing the eating behaviors and physically activity patterns of the child but NEVER putting the child on a diet. Childhood obesity is a problem that can only be remedied if the entire family is involved. That is, everyone in the family has to make changes in the way they eat and increase their exercise. Getting everyone involved is extremely important because the child does not purchase and prepare his own food and will only have access to the foods available to him at home. Try to avoid buying junk food and sugary drinks but ensure the child has access to a variety of healthy foods. Many parents have a difficult time labeling their child as overweight but if you do think your child has a weight problem, below are some tips to help you: 1) Show unconditional love--do not play the blame game because this only helps to lower the child's self-esteem. 2) Be good role models--let your children see you making healthy food choices 3) Make it easy for your child to eat healthy--avoid foods such as chips and cookies but ensure the house is stock with healthy foods like 100% fruit juice, low fat yogurt and fruits. 4) Reduce the amount of time the child is watching television-children are more likely to eat the high fat foods advertised on television. Ensure they have plenty of time to go outside and play. 5) Do NOT put the child on a diet--this can be the starting point for an eating disorder later in life. Get the child involved in activities that he or she likes and watch portion sizes.

ACCU Medical Nutrition is based in Graceway IGA Plaza, Providenciales. Call 946 8308, 242 3978 or 442 3978.

Regional News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Caribbean tears into UK government over APD CARIBBEAN tourism leaders have torn into the UK government for its policy on air passenger duty, which they claim is crippling travel to the islands. Their comments came as a poll of travel agents carried out by TravelMole revealed that travellers are altering their plans to avoid or reduce the amount of air passenger tax they pay. Almost two-thirds of agents who responded to the week-long poll on TravelMole.com said their customers were flying less or choosing to fly to cheaper destinations because of APD. Speaking at the annual Caribbean Tourism Summit conference in Jamaica, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Ricky Skerritt said no other tax was having the same negative impact. David Scowsill, president and CEO of the World Travel and Tourism Council said: “We now have empirical economic research that this tax costs the UK 91,000

Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Ricky Skerritt said that: no other tax was having the same negative impact on the region.

jobs and could add £4.2bn to the economy if it were withdrawn from its astronomical levels.” The Caribbean claims it is one of the destinations hardest hit by the tax because of the way it is structured passengers pay more to fly to the islands than they do to travel to

Hawaii, which is further from the UK. Scowsill said he had discussed with Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways’ parent IAG, how the “mood and strategy for an antiAPD campaign will and must change as the Chancellor George Osborne is not listening to rational argument”. Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation also hit out at the tax. “APD has continued to batter any improvement in tourism figures,” he said. “It is a cancer that is spreading cross embattled European economies and unless we fight it now it will become the norm for all governments and a barrier to travel.” Skerritt added: “No other tax is having the same negative impact as APD and the UK government despite numerous research papers and briefings are simply not listening. We now, in collaboration with other organisations will have to get much more serious on how we address this issue.” (Travelmole.com)

‘Charge parents for child’s crimes’ – Says Branville McCartney PARENTS in the Bahamas should be charged before the courts and held responsible for their children’s illegal activities, DNA Leader Branville McCartney said this week. Mr McCartney said if parents are found liable for their children’s actions when they are young, they will do a better job at raising them. He said there are laws on the books that allow for this type of action and the new government needs to enforce them. “In the Child Protection Act under section 125 an order can be made where a minor is found guilty but the parents are responsible. The parents pay a fine, damages or costs. Holding parents responsible for their children’s actions is a start to combating the crime problem. The law is there for it. In the Education Act under sections 24 and 25 parents can be held responsible for their children not going to school. We have a lot of children that are not in school. If they are not doing what they are supposed to as a parent there are consequences for it. We do not have a disciplined society, we need to get disciplined. We need to ensure there are consequences,” he said. “We need to catch these things from young. A parent won’t be saying ‘my good son’ if they are found liable for their sons actions. They won’t be saying ‘my good son’ when

The next elections will be a tough test for Michel Martelly’s as the country struggles to rebuild.

Haitians abroad get more rights with new constitution A NEW constitution has been published in Haiti, giving some two million citizens living abroad the right to own land and run for public office. President Michel Martelly said the new text would allow Haitians to hold dual nationality. “This matter was creating division between the diaspora and people here in Haiti,” said Mr Martelly. Remittances from Haitians living in the US and Canada have a huge impact on the economy of the Caribbean country. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Americas. Its capital, Port-au-Prince, was hit by a devastating earthquake in January 2010. Thousands of people still live in tent cities. The new constitution was

approved by parliament in May 2011. President Martelly initially opposed the right of Haitians to hold dual nationality and tried to persuade legislators to change the text. But he finally bowed to international pressure and signed it. “All Haitians are Haitians,” he said after the signature at a ceremony at the presidential palace. Marleine Bastien, a leader of the Haitian community in the US, told the AP news agency that she was pleasantly surprised by the decision. “I think it was overdue,” said the founder of Haitian Women of Miami. “It show that he understands the great positive impact that the diaspora can play in the future of Haiti.” (BBC)

Paedophile has ‘harsh’ sentence cut in the Bahamas

Branville McCartney said parents would do a better job in raising their children if they are found liable for their children’s actions.

they have to pay that fine. Those are only two examples. The law is there. We need to do something.” Mr McCartney said until the government starts holding parents responsible we will see a decrease in crime. Something he said the present government seems not to understand. He said: “I thought the PLP would have had this in order. They campaigned on crime. They need to act on this. With them it’s just the same old same old. They are just going through the motions. I am talking as a citizen. I want the government to get on it. I want them to deal with crime. I do not feel safe. Something needs to be done.

We have a government that won handsomely. I think the Bahamian people must put their feet to the fire. We expect good governance. We just ended an election where they had promises upon promises. They said they will do certain things. The government must take the lead. They have the responsibility. They need to deal with it.” Mr McCartney said the recent announcement by the Minister of National Security, Dr Bernard Nottage that he will be holding town meetings on crime is a clear and “disturbing” indication that the PLP does not know what to do about crime and the fear of crime. (Tribune242.com)

A CONVICTED paedophile left the appellate court in the Bahamas earlier this week with a reduced sentence after winning his appeal to lower the “harsh” life sentence given to him. Albert Alexander Whyley, 60, of Freeport, Grand Bahama will now serve 30 years at Her Majesty’s Prison for the February 6, 2011 sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl. The sentence takes affect from the date of his conviction, which was in September last year. Appellate court Justices Anita Allen, Stanley John and Abdulai Conteh made the ruling following an hour of debate on whether or not Whyley’s actions could be deemed the “worst of the worst” to warrant life imprisonment and his condition, paedophilia, which he was diagnosed with after he admitted to having sexual urges about children since his incarceration. Whyley, a clergyman and former policeman, was convicted of having unlawful sexual intercourse with the minor. While he had maintained his innocence throughout trial, a probation report compiled after his conviction revealed that the father of 11 children admitted his guilt,

expressed remorse for his actions and a desire to apologise to the victim and family for the pain he caused. He was sentenced to life imprisonment last November by Justice Hartman Longley, who made the sentencing based on the report of a psychiatrist who diagnosed Whyley as a paedophile and a possible threat to children. In recent proceedings, Whyley’s attorney, Carslon Shurland, argued that the sentence given to his client was “harsh, excessive and inappropriate in the circumstances” and that Justice Longley erred in principle when imposing the sentence. He said that his client should if anything, notwithstanding the aggravating circumstances, should have been given a maximum of 14 years in jail, as he was charged under chapter 99, section 10(a) of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act. However, the appellate court president, Justice Allen, said the Act has since been repealed and changed and life imprisonment was the next punishment for a repeat offender such as Whyley who had been convicted on the same offence in 1993.

June 23 - 29, 2012

Regional News

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Jamaica telecoms sector could see fierce competition as LIME slashes rates by up to two-thirds

CSEC is the Caribbean’s premier high school examination. Students from all across the region are tasking with writing the exam to complete their secondary education.

Thirty percent of CSEC candidates got no subject at acceptable grade – CXC THIRTY percent of the candidates who sat the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) in the 2011 May to June sitting obtained no subjects at acceptable grades. This statistic was disclosed on Monday by the senior assistant registrar, examinations administration and security division of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), Susan Giles, as she made remarks during the launch of 15 study guides produced by CXC and British-based publishing house Nelson Thornes, targeting

CSEC and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). According to a concerned Giles, with the cost of education to regional governments rising exponentially, there must be some correlation between candidate performance and the money being spent. Giles also stated that the council’s engagement in teacher training workshops across the region had revealed there was a struggle with the paradigm shift from teachercentred to learner-centred education. (Barbados Nation)

Further rate cuts could follow Thursday’s announcement by LIME to slash its rates by up to two-thirds. Effective yesterday, LIME mobile rates will fall between 40 and 62 per cent. Crossnetwork rates will drop from J$12 to J$6.99 for prepaid and post-paid, while on-network rates will drop from J$8 to J$2.99 and J$1.99 for prepaid and post-paid, respectively. Regulatory rate drops and a massive write-off of mobile assets allowed it to offer those rates, management stated. “This plan is sustainable,” reasoned Rochelle Cameron, head of legal and regulatory affairs at LIME, at the head office in Kingston on Thursday. Digicel, the mobile market leader, gave no indication Thursday night whether it would also be moving to drop its call rates. In a media release, Mark Linehan, Digicel CEO, noted his company’s previous rate drops. “Digicel also led the way again by lowering retail rates twice so far this year and introducing innovative pricing such as our one-rate option,” said Linehan. Our set rates In the meantime, the drop

Bahamas opposition names Shadow Cabinet THE opposition Free National Movement (FNM) announced its shadow cabinet over the weekend, with party leader Dr Hubert Minnis taking responsibility for Health and National Security. Deputy leader Loretta Butler-Turner will be the shadow minister of Social Services and National Insurance, while Central Grand Bahama MP Neko

Grant will take shadow responsibility for Works and Urban Development. Senator Desmond Bannister will be shadow minister of Education, Science and Technology, while Senator Zhivargo Laing will be shadow minister of Finance and Financial Services. South Abaco MP Edison Key will be shadow minister of Agriculture, Marine

Jamaica to do away with outgoing immigration By the end of the year, persons leaving Jamaica will no longer be required to go through immigration lines. President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourist Association (CHTA), Josef Fortsmayr, revealed this information at the joint CHTA Tourism Summit and the Tourism Outlook Seminar now on at the Ritz Carlton Rose Hall in

Montego Bay. Outgoing immigration has been a major issue, particularly among tourism stakeholders who have complained about the long lines especially during peak hours on the weekends. “Now that we have sorted out that problem, we now need to make arriving into the island easier,” said Fortsmayr. (Jamaican Gleaner)

Resources and Local Government, while St Anne’s MP Hubert Chipman will be shadow minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. The other appointments include: · East Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest - shadow minister of Grand Bahama · Montagu MP Richard Lightbourne shadow Attorney General and minister of Legal Affairs · North Eleuthera MP Theo Neilly - shadow minister of Tourism, Transport and Aviation · Senator Kwasi Thompson shadow minister of Environment and Housing · Senator Heather Hunt shadow minister of Youth, Sports and Culture It was also announced that Dr Minnis will be the spokesperson in the House of Assembly for Youth, Sports, Culture and Environment, while Mr Chipman will speak on Education Science and Technology, Mr Turnquest on Finance, and Mr Grant on Housing.

in LIME’s call rates coincides with the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) setting interim wholesale and retail telecommunications rates at J$5 from J$9 effective July 15 and follows an earlier amendment to the Telecommunications Act. Phillip Paulwell, the minister with responsibility for telecommunications, Thursday night told The Gleaner that the decision by Parliament to amend the Telecommunications Act has now redounded to the benefit of consumers. “Competition is going to be fierce now and the market is going to me more robust and attractive for others to enter,” Paulwell said. The minister also told The Gleaner that while he is glad to see call rates coming down, “there is still room for the lowering of price on the data side”. Lime’s most aggressive move The slash in rates represents the most aggressive

move by LIME to win back market share from Digicel, the nation’s largest mobile network. LIME’s rates are so reduced that its highest rates at J$6.99 cross-network are now below some of the lowest rates on Digicel’s network. “This is an aggressive move and we promised it. This is what people were waiting for,” she said. The rates are effective today but customers must opt into the plan. The issue of mobile rates spanned a decade and involved four court battles, one even pegging Paulwell against his own agency, the OUR. The lower rates provide the loss-making telecoms with a strong marketing platform to earn a profit for shareholders. “We will not reveal our targets but let’s say that this will pull in legions of new subscribers,” said Garry Sinclair, managing director of LIME. LIME has 300,000 active customers compared to some two million on the Digicel network, according

to previously stated statistics from both providers. Cut cross-network earnings The new rate will cut the net amount earned on each crossnetwork call for LIME from $3 to $2 but, interestingly, raise its gross margin in the process. “Everything we do is to enhance shareholder value … and this offer will improve shareholder value and carve back market share,” he said acknowledging that LIME’s massive write-down of mobile assets allowed it to offer these rates. LIME Jamaica lost J$20 billion at year end March 2012, the majority of which related to a near J$16-billion write-down of fixed assets. Revenue was virtually unchanged, year to year, from J$20.8 billion to J$20.4 billion. It was the fifth straight year of losses for the company which spent billions to upgrade its mobile and broadband infrastructure to compete against rivals Digicel and Flow.

THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT Serving Since 1975 Turks and Caicos Islands

NOTICE

The pdm here announces it’s closure of acceptance of applications for At Large candidates on the 27th of june 2012. Any additional persons seeking to be an At Large candidate should submit all applications to the Secretary General via email euwonkas@ hotmail.com or delivered in a sealed envelope to any of our branches marked to the Secretary General’s attention no later than 5pm on the said date. All additional persons seeking candidacy for constituencies are asked to apply in writing to the branch chairman on respective Islands no later than 5 pm july 15 2012.

20 NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

NEWS 21

22 NEWS

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Sandals Foundation tackles hurricane preparedness In efforts to prepare for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Beaches Resort Villages and Spa and its philanthropic arm, The Sandals Foundation, along with some Sesame Street furry friends hosted a fun-filled ‘Let’s Get Ready’ Hurricane preparedness seminar at one of their local adopted school the Enid Capron Primary. The event, aimed to increase the hurricane readiness awareness levels of hundreds of students at the Enid Capron Primary featured an exclusive screening of Sesame Street’s ‘Let’s Get Ready’ movie which saw popular Sesame Street characters Grover and Rosita prepare their own families for emergencies through song,

dance and games. Across the Caribbean the Sandals Foundation has adopted a total of 27 schools including Enid Capron Primary. The foundation works closely to provide support and assistance to schools while teaching students important life skills through interactive fun-filled learning with the help of Grover, Elmo and the whole Sesame Street gang. Students were given essential information on the role of the emergency service professionals in their community and the importance of having a comprehensive hurricane kit in their homes. They were also given tips on remembering their personal details and received

Man rescued after fall EMMERGENCY services were alerted to an incident at a Provo beauty spot, yesterday. The TCI 911 Call Centre received reports of a man in difficulties at The Hole in Seasage Hill Road, Long Bay. Members of the Turks and Caicos Emergency Response Task Force (TCERTF), which is made up of volunteers from across the island, rushed to the scene along with police, fire fighters and paramedics. On arrival, they discovered a 57-year-old tourist had fallen

down and injured himself. The man was eventually brought to the surface where paramedics treated him before being rushed to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre by ambulance. A RTCI Police spokesman said, “It is believed the victim was climbing out of The Hole using a rope which was attached to a tree. “Unfortunately it would appear the whole tree was uprooted, causing the man to fall about 15 feet onto a rocky ledge.

free giveaways which included DVDs and interactive booklets. Principal of the Enid Capron Primary School, Rachel Taylor, said, “We are delighted to support such a fantastic initiative and play our part in preparing our students for the 2012 hurricane season. “This Hurricane Preparedness seminar will empower our students with the knowledge they need to help keep themselves, families and friends safe and well.” General Manager Donald Dagenais, adding his bit, said, “Getting ready for the hurricane season is serious business but there’s no reason why it can’t be delivered in a fun and appealing way. There is a real need to educate, especially the younger children, on easy ways to prepare mentally and physically for any emergencies and we believe they’ll feel much more secure learning about the things that keep us safe.” The ‘Let’s Get Ready’Hurricane preparedness seminar is the first of many interactive seminars of the Sandals Foundation, in collaboration with Sesame Street Workshop, is schedule to host this year at Enid Capron. Other Seminars will include topics such as Happy Hygiene, Healthy Teeth-Happy me and For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing, and Saving.

NEWS 23

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

CUT HERE

Turks and Caicos

Weekly News PUZZLE trivia The Weekly News now brings to you a fun way to win free gifts.

Compliments of the Graceway IGA and Gourmet Stores

$300 gift card

Shop for free at the Graceway IGA or Graceway Gourmet supermarkets for up to $300 in items of your choice!!

Prize drawing on Tuesday July 17

Simply complete the puzzle correctly, fill out your name and phone number, cut it out and drop it into the box provided at the Weekly News office, Leeward Highway. You can submit as many puzzles you can find – the more the better! The winner will be announced and a new puzzle will begin. Good luck everyone!

NAME: ................................................................................................... TELEPHONE: ........................................................................................ Remember, the more puzzles you submit, the more chances you have to win!

Can you spot and circle the 10 differences?

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

World News

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Millions remain as “slaves” worldwide – report

MORE than 42,000 people were found living in conditions of slavery around the world in 2011, but 20.9 million are still enslaved, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department. The “Trafficking in Persons Report,” released in June, is based on data provided by governments around the world. The U.S. requires it as proof that they are working to combat slavery. Anecdotes woven throughout the report offer a stark picture of the lives of millions of people stuck in modern-day slavery, forced into back-breaking labor and sexual exploitation. One girl, 13-year-old Maria Elena was brought across the border from Mexico to the U.S. with the promise that she would be able to earn 10 times as much money as she could at home. Instead, she was gang-raped and forced into prostitution, made to “have sex with up to 30 men a day.” When she finally escaped, she was arrested along with her captors. Her situation is not unusual for human trafficking victims, who “have typically been tricked, lied to, threatened, assaulted, raped or confined,” according to the report. Fifty-five percent of slaves today are estimated to be women and girls. Uta, a 7-year-old from Romania, was sent to the U.K. by her family to work as a domestic servant in an attempt to give her a life away from poverty. Instead, she was beaten and verbally abused by the family she went to work for. The same family also raped another man they had recruited. By the time Uta was able to escape and get help from the police,

Antonis Samaras of New Democracy is sworn in as prime minister of Greece.

Prostitutes, like these women shown being arrested in Guatemala City, are often the victicims of human trafficking, a new reports shows. (JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

she was “dressed in filthy clothes, had scabs covering her head, and her teeth were so rotten they had to be removed.” The couple was sentenced to 14 years in prison. In some situations, even police intervention hasn’t been enough to save these victims. One Nepalese woman, whose story is included in the report, followed a man on the promise of a job, but ended up being sold into sex slavery at an Indian brothel “where she was forced to have sex with at least 35 men each day” and beaten “with an iron pole” if she tried to refuse. When the police raided the brothel, they arrested the girls working there, and the woman was forced to serve jail time before she was ultimately sent back to the brothel. She was eventually able to escape and now lives in a shelter. People with disabilities are

among those “most at risk of being trafficked,” according to the report. A recent survey found that “women and girls with disabilities were assumed to be virgins and thus targeted for forced sex, including by HIV positive individuals who believed that having sex with a virgin would cure them.” The scope of human trafficking is so large, the report found, that it costs $20 billion per year in money and benefits withheld from the victims. The report is prefaced with a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who talked about her experience meeting trafficking victims in Kolkata, India, and noted that 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation. “A century and a half after the promise of freedom was fought and won in the United States, freedom remains elusive for millions,” she wrote.

Jimmy Carr tax affairs ‘morally wrong’ – Cameron PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has said the tax arrangements of comedian Jimmy Carr are “morally wrong”. He made the comment to ITV News after reports that Carr was understood to be a member of a legal but aggressive tax avoidance scheme. According to the Times, Carr told an audience on Tuesday: “I pay what I have to and not a penny more.” HM Revenue and Customs has said it is taking “firm action to protect the Exchequer from unacceptable tax loss”. More than 1,000 people, including Carr, are thought to be using the Jersey-based K2 scheme, which is said to be sheltering £168m a year from the Treasury. Under the scheme, an individual resigns from their company and any salary they subsequently receive is paid to an offshore trust. The individual then receives a small amount of that as salary and

Jimmy Carr is said to be one of more than 1,000 people using the K2 scheme

the rest as a loan, which because it can technically be recalled, does not attract tax. Carr was reportedly confronted over his financial arrangements during a show in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, by an audience member who shouted: “You don’t pay tax.”

His lawyers have insisted he has done nothing wrong, but the Treasury has said K2 is already being investigated. According to the Times, the K2 scheme allows someone on an income of £280,000 to reduce their tax bill from £127,000 to just £3,500. In an interview with ITV News, the prime minister was asked about Carr’s arrangement. He replied: “Some of these schemes we have seen are quite frankly morally wrong. “People work hard, they pay their taxes, they save up to go to one of his shows. They buy the tickets. He is taking the money from those tickets and he, as far as I can see, is putting all of that into some very dodgy tax avoiding schemes.” In his Budget speech in March, Chancellor George Osborne described illegal tax evasion and legal but aggressive tax avoidance as “morally repugnant”. (BBC)

Antonis Samaras offers ‘hope’ as new Greece prime minister ANTONIS Samaras has vowed to “give hope” to the Greek people, moments after being sworn in as prime minister. His party, New Democracy, has forged a coalition with the Socialists (Pasok) and the smaller Democratic Left. The deal ends weeks of uncertainty in Greece. An inconclusive election on 6 May raised fears Greece could leave the eurozone and trigger a wider crisis. But the new coalition is expected to face immediate pressure from an austerity-weary Greek public. They have endured five years of recession and are increasingly resistant to the tough terms of Greece’s huge bailout from the EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Syriza - the leftist party that came second in Sunday’s poll and strongly

opposes the austerity measures - will be a defiant voice of opposition, correspondents say. Greek stocks rose moderately in response to the news that a coalition had been formed, with Athens shares closing up 0.5%. ‘BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY’ Mr Samaras became Greece’s fourth prime minister in eight months at a brief ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, presided over by the archbishop of Greece and chanting Orthodox Greek clergy. In his first public words following his swearing in, he asked the Greek people for “patriotism and strong national unity and trust, [so] that with the help of God, we’ll do whatever we can for the people to come out of this crisis”. (BBC)

Bank of America error lets man withdraw $1.5M from ATMs, then gamble it away A BANK of America mistake allowed a Detroit man to steal more than a million dollars by making a series of big withdrawals from ATMs. And now it’s all gone. Ronald Page, 55, pleaded guilty to bellying up to the bank over and over again for 15 days in 2009, until he’d pulled out $1,543,104. But apparently unsatisfied, he pressed his luck in the casinos, eventually gambling away the entire amount, ABC News reported. Now, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit is recommending Page receive 15 months in prison for stealing the funds from Bank of America and pay back every penny when he’s sentenced June 27 in federal court, according to ABC News. “In this case, the bank’s glitch allowed the defendant to lose a significant amount of money that was not even his in the first place,” the U.S. Attorney’s sentencing memorandum, filed June 11, said. Page pleaded guilty March 7. “The fact that defendant acted on an impulse does not minimize the

Ronald Page, a retired General Motors worker couldn’t believe his luck when ATMs at Detroit casinos allowed him to withdraw more than $1.5 million over 15 days

seriousness of his conduct and the need for a custodial sentence,” the memorandum continued. His lucky streak began on Aug. 1, 2009, when prosecutors say the bank’s mistake allowed him to withdraw $312,000 from ATMs at Greektown Casino and $51,727 from MGM Grand Casino, both in Detroit. (Nydailynews.com)

June 23 - 29, 2012

World News

Texas dad who beat his daughter’s alleged molester to death won’t face charges A YOUNG Texas father who beat to death with his fists a man molesting his 5-year-old daughter will not be charged, authorities said Tuesday as they released a dramatic 911 tape of the dad frantically pleading for help before the hired ranch helper died. A Lavaca County grand jury Tuesday declined to indict the 23-year-old father in the death of Jesus Mora Flores, 47. Prosecutors said the grand jury reached same conclusion as police after reviewing the evidence: The father was authorised to use deadly force to protect his daughter. Flores was killed June 9 on a family ranch so remote that the father is heard profanely

screaming at a dispatcher who couldn’t locate the property. “Come on! This guy is going to die on me!” the father yells. “I don’t know what to do!” The tense, nearly five-minute 911 call begins with the father saying that he “beat up” a man found raping his daughter. The father grows increasingly frazzled, cursing and crying into the phone so loudly at times that the call often becomes inaudible. At one point tells the dispatcher he’s going to put the man in his truck and drive him to a hospital before sheriff’s deputies finally arrive. “He’s going to die!” the father screams. “He’s going to (expletive) die!” (Nydailynews. com)

The announcement of the ban comes in the wake of a police raid Monday that disrupted a gay rights activists’ workshop in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Police are seen here after the raid.

Uganda bans 38 agencies it says are promoting gay rights THE UGANDAN government said Wednesday it will ban at least 38 nongovernmental agencies it says are promoting gay rights and recruiting children into homosexuality. “We have investigated them thoroughly and we have found their sponsors,” said Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo. “We will ask them to step aside and stop pretending to work in human rights.” “Some NGOs, under the pretext of providing social services, are receiving funds to promote homosexuality,” he said. The organisations -- both international and local -- will lose their registrations and no longer be able to operate in Uganda. He did not name the groups on the list. “The sooner they are phased out, the better,” he said. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda, as it is in many African countries, and legislation is pending in parliament that could bring even harsher penalties for gays. At one point the bill included

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

life imprisonment and even the death penalty. That provision was dropped, under intense pressure from donor countries, but several Ugandan politicians still plan to push it through parliament. The announcement of the ban comes in the wake of a police raid Monday that disrupted a gay rights activists’ workshop in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Amnesty International and participating groups called the raid “illegal.” The police detained the participants for several hours, Amnesty said, cordoning off the hotel and questioning more than a dozen people. All were later released without charge. “This continued harassment and intimidation of human rights activists must stop and the police need to start adhering to the laws they are supposed to protect and enforce,” said Michelle Kagari, Amnesty’s deputy director for Africa. A police spokesperson would not comment on the matter. (BBC)

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces arrest, police say WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, who is seeking asylum at Ecuador’s London embassy, faces arrest for breaching his bail, police say. Mr Assange, 40, whose conditions included staying at his bail address between 2200 and 0800 BST, spent Tuesday night at the embassy. Last week he failed to reopen an appeal against his extradition to Sweden. Mr Assange, wanted for questioning in Sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations, denies any wrongdoing. Ecuador had said it was “studying and analysing” Mr Assange’s request for asylum. ‘WITHOUT MERIT’ Mr Assange’s website has published a mass of leaked diplomatic cables that embarrassed several governments and international businesses. Mr Assange fears if he is sent to Sweden it may then lead to him being sent to the US to face charges over Wikileaks, for which he could face the death penalty. Two female ex-Wikileaks volunteers alleged in 2010 that Mr Assange had attacked them while he was in Stockholm to give a lecture. No charges have been filed. Mr Assange claims the sex was consensual and that the allegations are politically motivated. Last Thursday, seven judges at the UK’s Supreme Court dismissed Mr Assange’s attempt to reopen his extradition appeal as being “without merit”. The Australian has until 28 June

Demonstrators gathered outside the Ecuadorian embassy to protest against the potential extradition of Julian Assange.

to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. His lawyer, Dinah Rose QC, said he was considering whether to do this. Swedish authorities have said the ECHR would intervene if Mr Assange was to face the prospect of “inhuman or degrading treatment or an unfair trial” in the US. ‘EXTRAORDINARY TWIST’ As part of Mr Assange’s bail conditions, securities totalling £200,000 were lodged at City of Westminster Magistrates Court. A further £40,000 put up as sureties are thought to have been provided by socialite Jemima Khan and film director Ken Loach, who each offered £20,000. Lawyers say bail would only be forfeited if Mr Assange failed to turn up for a scheduled court appearance. BBC News legal correspondent

Clive Coleman said that, as Mr Assange had broken the condition of his bail that he live at a friend’s house in Norfolk, he could be arrested and brought before a court. Gavin MacFadyen, a visiting professor at City University, London, who has been to see Mr Assange at the embassy, said his friend was “very grateful” for its help. “He’s in very good humour and the generosity of the embassy is impressive and moving,” he said. A small group of protesters, waving placards with messages including “free Assange, no rendition” have gathered outside the embassy, in Knightsbridge. Meanwhile, Ecuador - whose President Rafael Correa has previously clashed with Washington and is a fan of Wikileaks - had said it would consult the UK, Sweden and the US before deciding on Mr Assange’s asylum request.

Gym bans skinny people SORRY, skinny people -- you can’t work out here. One gym in Canada is taking the growing “plus-size friendly” gym trend to the extreme and banning too-trim gym rats from exercising at its facility. Body Exchange in Vancouver has a strict policy that only allows plus-size women to join their fitness centre. Founder and CEO Louise Green told TheProvince.com last week that the gym is a “safe haven” for overweight people. “Many of our clients have not had successful fitness pasts so I can see the anxiety before we get started and I can see the relief and happiness after we finish,” she said. “People are often too fearful to become active. There wasn’t a model that offered camaraderie.” Marty Wolff, who competed on season three of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” owns and operates the community based health club Square One in Omaha, Nebraska with wife Amy, who appeared alongside him on the televised weight loss show.

Michael Hayes, yoga teacher at Buddha Body Yoga (Enid Alvarez/New York Daily News)

Wolff told the Daily News that their facility targets “people of size” -- clients with at least 50 lbs. to lose -- or struggle with emotional eating and food addiction. He said that clients want a place where they can get fit without feeling like they’re being stared at or criticised. Wolff doesn’t turn skinny people away from Square One. In fact, he says there are non-overweight

patrons that prefer to work out in an environment with bigger people. “What we have found is that there are some sub-populations who like to work out with ‘people of size,” he told the News. Downsize Fitness, a gym with locations in Chicago, Las Vegas and Dallas, was developed specifically with chronically overweight and obese individuals in mind.

Entertainment

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Drake beefs up security with bulky bodyguards by his side after Chris Brown club fight DRAKE’S got a new kind of beef going on. The 25-year-old rapper was spotted out in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday with a pair of bulky bodyguards by his side. One stone-faced guard walked in front of the rapper, while a second musclar man followed just behind him throughout their daytime shopping trip. Despite Drake’s show of muscle, the rapper mainly tried to keep his head down. Drake kept himself covered by a hooded sweatshirt, looking up only to say the fight hasn’t tainted his image. “My image is good, man,” he told a TMZ cameraman. The rapper has called in extra protection just days after being involved in a bloody, bottle-throwing brawl with Chris Brown inside a crowded Manhattan club. The fight broke out at Club W.i.P. in Manhattan on June 14 after Drake sent Brown a note stating he’s “still f------ Rihanna.” At least eight people

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Denver Nuggets

Johnny Depp met Vanessa Paradis while he was filming Roman Polanski’s 1999 film The Ninth Gate. The couple have two children, Lily-Rose, 13, and nine-year-old Jack.

Johnny Depp separates from partner Vanessa Paradis Beefy bodyguards stood by Drake’s side on June 19. (Mark Wilkins/FameFlynet Pictures)

were injured in the melee, including Chris Brown, who suffered a gash to his chin.

Now, it appears Drake is heavily armed on the off-chance any trouble comes his way. (Nydailynews.com)

Depp’s publicist. Depp met Paradis while he was filming Roman Polanski’s 1999 film The Ninth Gate. The couple have two children, Lily-Rose, 13, and nine-year-old Jack. They have homes in France, Los Angeles and on a private island in the Caribbean. The couple never married, although Depp has been married once before, to Lori Anne Allison between 1983 and 1985.

Cheryl Cole has now had three number one solo singles.

I’m in a ‘good space’ Cheryl Cole lands recordthanks to Kanye breaking number one single West, Kim Kardashian CHERYL Cole’s single Call My Beautiful Light, which came in at number two. Name has gone straight to number tells Oprah A controversial public persona isn’t all Kim Kardashian has in common with new boyfriend Kanye West. In the second party of her interview with Oprah Winfrey (airing Sunday on OWN), the reality TV star says it’s “comforting” to be with someone so familiar with her experiences. “I can really relate to his mother passing,” she says. “He can really relate to my father passing. I mean, there’s so many similarities in our life that I feel like I’m at a really happy, good space.” She’s known the rapper for about a decade. “I don’t know why it took so long for us to get together,” Kardashian says, “but I think I needed to go through all my experiences, and some that he’s gone through.”

JOHNNY Depp has separated from his partner of 14 years, French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis. The Hollywood actor had previously denied newspaper reports this year that the pair were to split. The 49-year-old began dating Paradis, 39, in 1998 after he broke up with supermodel Kate Moss. “Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably separated. Please respect their privacy and the privacy of their children,” said

one and become the fastest-selling single of 2012. Call My Name, the first single from Cole’s forthcoming third album, sold 152,000 copies in its first week, said the Official Charts Company. The song displaced Gary Barlow’s Diamond Jubilee track Sing from the top spot, and surpassed its record sales of 142,000 copies in one week. But Barlow held on the number one spot in the album chart for a third week. Barlow, who was appointed an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, is raising money for the Queen’s Jubilee charities with the official Jubilee album - which is also called Sing. It beat off competition from Amy MacDonald’s new release Life In A

Usher’s new album Looking 4 Myself settled for the number three spot. Completing the top five were Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto at number four, and Paloma Faith’s Fall To Grace at number five. Cole has now notched up three number one singles in her solo career. The first two were Fight For This Love, lead single from her debut solo album in 2009, and Promise This from her second album in 2010. Call My Name is also the first single released simply under the name Cheryl and is taken from her new album A Million Lights. The singer earlier this week also announced that she would be going out on her first solo UK and Ireland arena tour from October.

Kristen Stewart tops a list of mainstream actresses.

‘Twilight’ star Kristen Stewart heads Forbes list of highest-paid actresses Perennial pouty puss Kristen Stewart finally has a reason to smile. On Tuesday, Forbes released its list of highest-paid actresses and the “Twilight” and “Snow White and the Huntsman” starlet tops the Hollywood heap with her $34.5 million haul from May 2011 to May 2012. In vampire terms, that doesn’t suck. The magazine credits the astronomical sum to the fact that the 22-year-old actress is integral to the wildly popular — and lucrative — “Twilight” franchise. “The star becomes indispensable,”

notes Forbes, “and the studio has to pay up.” Nipping at Stewart’s heels in the No. 2 spot is Cameron Diaz at $34 million over the same span. The curvy 39-year-old comic actress and surfer chick was seen recently in the stillborn diapercentric dud “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” But she had a $216 million global hit with “Bad Teacher.” In a distant No. 3 spot is America’s Sweetheart Sandra Bullock, who pulled in a tidy $25 million, while Jennifer Aniston squeaked into the elite roster with her $11 million earnings.

June 23 - 29, 2012

Entertainment

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Carrey drops out of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ sequel, blames studios’ tepid handling of project

'Brave' hits the target with Pixar's first female lead

JIM Carrey apparently considers Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema as “Dumb and Dumber.” The 50-year-old actor had intended to team up with actor, Jeff Daniels, in a sequel to the 1994 hit comedy, but pulled out from the project after growing “increasingly frustrated” by the lack of enthusiasm from the two studios, his rep told Entertainment Tonight. “I would have thought Dumb and Dumber To was a no-brainer,” Carrey said in a statement to ETonline. “After all it’s implied in the title.” While promoting “The Three Stooges” in April, director, Peter Farrelly, announced that he had gotten the original cast of “Dumb and Dumber” to agree to start production on the sequel in September. “It’s the first sequel we’ve ever done,” he told ComingSoon.net. Many expected the film to rake in the cash since when “Dumb and Dumber” was first released it brought in a total of $127 million almost 20 years ago. For now the future of “Dumb

VAN NUYS, Calif. – Under the watchful eye of an archery instructor, Kelly Macdonald slowly draws back the string on her lightweight recurve bow until her left hand reaches the bottom of her jaw. She takes a relaxed breath while eyeing the target 25 feet away at the Woodley Park Archery Range and releases the arrow. It sails high, landing with authority in the purple foam wall — missing her target by at least 3 feet. "Oh, for God's sake," Macdonald cries as she surveys her shot. "My eyes fail me. I think I need glasses." Fortunately, actual archery skills were not needed for Macdonald's work on Brave, Pixar's animated tale (opening today) of the Scottish princess Merida, who can wield her bow and arrow with deadly accuracy even from atop her faithful horse, Angus. "I didn't have to do archery. I didn't even have to ride a horse," Macdonald says. "I didn't have to claim to do any of those things." Instead, the Scottish Macdonald, 36, had the task of giving voice to the passionate, rebellious teen — the first lead female hero to carry a film in Pixar's 26-year history. By all accounts, she hit the bull's-eye. "Kelly has a true Scottish spunkiness in her," says Brenda

Jim Carrey isn’t smiling about the handling of the planned sequel to his 1994 hit, ‘Dumb and Dumber.’

and Dumber To,” which had been scheduled to start filming in the fall, seems uncertain with Carrey’s departure. However, the actor still managed to make another movie with New Line, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,” a comedy about dueling magicians co-starring Steve Carell due out next year. (Nydailynews.com)

Brave’s Princess Merida shoots through a major glass ceiling as the first central female character in a Pixar film, and she has mad archery skills to boot. But there have been other supporting types before her in the animated film studio’s history

Chapman, one of Brave's directors, who originally imagined the characters. "And that really comes through. Princess Merida is a girl with a great spirit. And Kelly is able to depict that. There's a sweetness and an appeal in Kelly that she infuses in Merida. Yet there's a strength. Kelly has it in spades." Though the critically lauded and immensely popular film studio has featured its share of strong female

characters, the story of Merida's turbulent relationship with her bythe-royal-book mother, Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson), breaks through as an action-filled fairy tale set along a female story line. "The fact Merida is the first lead heroine was sort of news to me well after I started working," Macdonald says. "When I do think about it, it gives me the fear slightly. But I am very proud to be that person."

Sesame Street film in the pipeline

Taken 2 Trailer: Witness Liam Neeson's Wrath...Again Taken 2 proves that no good deed goes unpunished. After successfully dispatching the creeps who kidnapped his daughter in Taken, Liam Neeson's former CIA operative, Bryan Mills, becomes the target of the family members those creeps left behind. But since his little girl, played by Maggie Grace, has already played the damsel in distress, who do the bad guys go after this time in hopes of teaching their nemesis a lesson? His ex-wife, of course! Further putting a hitch in their get-back-together git-along, Famke Janssen's Lenore is the one who gets taken—and only her ex-husband is

schooled enough in the art of cartoon violence to get her back! All the while, Mills is squaring off against the vengeful Murad, played by Croatian actor Rade Serbedzija (who recently starred in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey). We can only hope that all will end well again for the Mills family— though that probably means Murad's men are going to get a pretty raw deal. Olivier Megaton takes over from Pierre Morel as director, while producer Luc Besson again cowrote the script with Robert Mark Kamen. The sequel to the 2008 blockbuster takes theaters Oct. 5.

A NEW Sesame Street movie is thought to be in development, following reports that Fox has purchased film rights to the iconic TV show. Industry website The Hollywood Reporter says the studio will enlist Sesame Street writer Joey Mazzarino to pen the script. It follows the recent $158m (£100m) box office haul of Jim Henson’s other fuzzy creations, The Muppets. Sesame Street’s best known characters include Elmo and Big Bird. The educational children’s show, which also features the likes of Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster, combines live-action, puppetry and animation. The long-running show has won more than 100 Emmy Awards and the format is now broadcast in dozens of countries. Celebrities including David Beckham, Ricky Gervais and Julia Roberts have had cameos on the show, with performances from a host of music stars including REM, Paul Simon and James Blunt. Night at the Museum director Shawn Levy is reported to be on board for the latest big-screen outing, although Fox has made no comment on The Hollywood Reporter’s story. Levy, meanwhile, is scheduled

Children’s show Sesame Street is broadcast in dozens of countries around the world.

to start filming new comedy The Internship this summer, which will reunite Wedding Crashers stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. There have already been two Sesame Street films; Follow That Bird in 1985, featuring John Candy and Chevy Chase, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, from 1999. This latest project could benefit from the success of The Muppets, which won an Oscar for best song in February. None of the Sesame Street characters appeared in the film, as they are owned by the Sesame

Workshop, while The Muppets were sold to Disney in 2004. “We are now a whollyowned subsidiary of a very large corporation,” Steve Whitmire, the voice of Kermit, told the BBC earlier this year. “If I had my legs, you’d see a copyright on the bottom of my foot. “They [the Sesame Street characters] are wholly-owned by someone else. That’s part of it.” He continued: “I understand how this stuff works, and right now it’s working very well so I’m not complaining. Thank goodness, Disney has trusted us to do a film.” (BBC)

Job Listings Services Auto sales real estate GRACE BAY SUITES Is looking to fill the following positions: • Cleaners • Maids • Life guard • Masseuse • Beach/ Pool Attendants • Bartenders • Front Desk Manager • Part-time & live-in positions available immediately Please deliver resume with salary expectations to Front Desk preference will be given to qualified Belongers

6373

Classifieds TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

FAST SALE

FOR RENT

3-bedroom apartment $1100.00 per month it will be available May 1st.

contact: 946-4664

FOR SALE

1.3 Acres Of Land Ocean Drive, Turtle Tail Semi-Hilltop

June 23 - 29, 2012

946-4664 Fax: 946-4661

Email: tcnews@tciway.tc

Website: tcweeklynews.com

STUDIO APARTMENT FOR RENT

$225,000 o.n.o.

$650.00 per month Gated Community Furnished

CONTACT: 231-3788

Contact: 231-3788

Construction scaffold and roof tiles for sale CONTACT: 431-1591 OR 231-3788

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

BCS/CS On behalf of our clients: Mac Motors, Golden Scissors Plus, FPN, Smith/ Higgs is looking to fill the following positions:

Manager, Tailors, Painters, Laborers, Domestic Worker, Mason

ASSISTANT MANAGER • Must have experience in baking • Must have accounting background especially in profit and loss • Must have at least 5 years experience Salary commensurate with experience.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE OF JEWELRY REPAIR Is looking to fill the following positions:

Store Supervisor

Sales Person Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary commensurate with experience. Send resumes to P.O. Box 452

Contact: 941-7331

6735

6742

Kiteboard instructor needed Must be IKO certified level 2 with minimum of 3 years teaching experience.

VERNARD HANDFIELD Is looking for a

Labourer Labourer 6734

6751

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

Contact: 231-1466

Henry Clark

60904/216,217,218,221 222,351,352,514 Leeward Going Through Providenciales

7.65 acres of adjoining raw land located at the entrance of Leeward Development. Zoned – Hotel/Tourism

Clarke Properties (TCI) Ltd

The auction will be held on Thursday 28th June, 2012 at 10:00am at the offices of the British Caribbean Bank Limited, Governor’s Road, Leeward, Providenciales. Conditions of sale may be obtained from the British Caribbean Bank Limited and further inquiries may be directed to the Risk Management Unit @ 1-649-941-5028.

ALL SALES ARE SUBJECT TO RESERVE; 10% DEPOSIT REQUIRED AFTER SUCCESSFUL BID.

Is seeking suitably qualified Belongers to fill the positions outlined below. Ideal candidates must possess luxury resort experience, a professional, outgoing and friendly demeanor, and a strong command of the English language (oral and written). Salary is based on experience and qualifications.

GROUNDS SUPERVISOR The Grounds Supervisor plans and coordinates the work activities of the landscaping department, and oversees gardening and greenhouse operations, insect control, and grounds repairs. Essential Duties: • Work with resort management to develop working sketches for the refurbishment, improvement, or expansion of landscaped areas. • Plan, schedule, assign, and supervise all landscaping activities, including but not limited to, seeding, weeding, cultivating, and general care of resort grounds. • Plan and supervise cultivation, pruning, spraying, and transplanting of a wide variety of shrubs and trees. • Prepare requisitions and distribute materials and equipment for grounds maintenance work. Minimum Requirements: • Five years experience as a groundskeeper with supervision responsibility for a grounds crew. • Extensive knowledge of planting and vegetation maintenance, pesticide applications, and landscape design. • Considerable knowledge of budgets and cost estimating of landscaping projects. • Ability to lead a crew of workers and conduct training and informational sessions. • Ability to maintain favorable relationships with management, crew, vendors and suppliers. • Excellent communication and organization skills.

Essential Duties: • Effective assistance with food and beverage service and overall logistics of banquet events, including set-up of tables, linens, chairs, etc. • Carry large/heavy trays on a continuous basis throughout shift. • Follow BEO directives, take orders and produce service that is prompt and efficient • Long periods of standing/walking/bending throughout shift • Provide exceptional food and beverage service in keeping with fine dining requirements • Maintain excellent knowledge of menu items and contents, as well as preparation and garnishing methods

Is looking for a

contact: 2425052 or 345-3438

1 three bedroom residential luxury home with guest house on Pinta Lane with canal frontage and boat dock situated on 0.92 acres of land

The Banquet Server is responsible for serving, set-up and clean-up of all dining functions. This is a fast-paced position that requires exceptional interpersonal skills, strong F&B knowledge, and a keen sense of urgency.

Call 242.2927

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

60902/111 Leeward Going Through Providenciales

BANQUET SERVER

Qualified individuals please

SYLVIA MISSICK BLACK

Pursuant to court order, British Caribbean Bank Limited, Governor’s Road, Leeward, Providenciales HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that it will cause to be sold by public auction the following properties:

Minimum Requirements • Five years food & beverage experience with extensive knowledge of proper serving procedures and techniques; butler experience desired • Considerable experience with special events including weddings, catering and corporate functions • Professional appearance and mannerism along with excellent interpersonal, communication and organization skills • Ability to work in a team environment and maintain excellent working relationships • Must be able to work early mornings, late evenings, weekends and holidays as business necessitates • Closing Date: June 11th, 2012

Suitably qualified candidates should apply in writing or by phone to the following:

Bridgette Thomas, BNC Consulting Group, Ltd website: www.bnccgroup.com email: bthomas@bnccgroup.com. phone: 649-332-2565

6745

Send resumes to branitz@yahoo.com or contact: 241-1228 6748

Is looking for an

SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION TITLE DESCRIPTION REGISTERED PROPRIETOR

• Must be fluent in QuickBooks, Excel and Word • Must be able to multi-task • Must have a good police record • Must have a good working relationship with teammates Salary starting $5.00-$10.00 per hour

PIZZA PIZZA RESTAURANT

CLASSIFIEDS 31

32 CLASSIFIEDS ALVERIA B. DUNCOMBE Is looking for a

E & V EQUIPMENT LIMITED

B.E.S.T. INSTITUTE (A BAPTIST INSTITUTION)

is looking to fill the following positions:

Is seeking suitable candidates for the following positions:

LABOURER

• To maintain garden, clean yard, carry out garbage, cleaning of equipment, cutting grass, must have experience in gardening, general cleaning around the house • Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour

Farmer To work on a farm 4 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 941-7120 6728

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

WELDER

Must have experience in heavy equipment such as dozers salary $10.00 per hour

Send resume to fax: 1-649-941-8495 or drop off at E & V Equipment Limited, 53 Williams Auditorium, Five Cays Road, Providenciales

6746

Qualifications Required:

6698

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! the largest readership in the turks & caicos

JOB OPPORTUNITY

You will need proven experience in word, excel, as well as other basic software. Seven plus years of finance experience and three plus years in basic administration or the relevant education. Experience in the Red Cross or another humanitarian organization would be an asset. The successful candidate will also be sensitive to diversity, able to work crossculturally and adhere to the Red Cross principles throughout daily responsibilities, as well as provide support and work in Disaster Response. For the full job description and an application form, please contact our Provo office 941 8056 redcrossprovo@tciway.tc or our Grand Turk office 946 2761 tciredcross@ tciway.tc

Deadline for applications is 22nd June 2012. Belongers only need apply.

6743

• Assist Manager with daily maintenance and operation of utility equipment • To reside in remote location • Weekend and holidays shifts required

• Minimum 2 years experience tending a bar • Ability to work 9pm-5am shift weekends and holidays • Salary $5.50 per hour

The Red Cross is looking for a part time experienced Administration and Finance Officer who will be responsible for ensuring the fluent financial and administration management of the Grand Turk sub branch in relation to the overall TCI Red Cross, as well as providing basic admin support to the GT office and it’s programmes.

Interested individuals should send their applications to: The Principal, C/o Board of Governors B.E.S.T. Institute P.O. Box 498. 250 Bay Road, Blue Hills Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

Responsibilities:

BARMAID/ BARTENDERS

– Grand Turk. Part time 20 hours a week - $10/hour

prepare orders • Handle cash effectively to ensure all checks and balances • A trained teacher with experience in teaching multi-grades classes will be an asset • All applicants for the above-mentioned should be born again Christian preferable of the Baptist faith

Utility Operations Assistant

• Must have a minimum 3 years slot parlour or casino experience • Bartending experience preferred • Knowledge of MS Office and QuickBooks • Ability to work 9pm-5am shift weekends and holidays • Salary $7.00 per hour •

Administration and Finance Officer

• The applicants should meet the following requirements among others: • Possess a valid food handler’s permit • The ability to read and write English • Must be able to assist in the preparation of healthy meals on a daily basis for over 100 students • Must be able to manage the stock and

WEST HARBOUR DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.

ASSISTANT SLOT PARLOUR MANAGER

Turks Islanders only need apply Email resumes to glmelite@hotmail.com

4 Domestic Workers 1 Trained Teacher

• Knowledgeable in maintenance and repair of diesel generators, RO Plants, water tanks and other related equipment • Solid electrical and mechanical background • Min 4 yrs experience in similar position Only qualified candidates will be contacted for interview. Qualified Applicants should submit resume by June 30th via email:

West Harbour Development Co. Ltd. - Manager P.O. Box 766, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Email: westharbourdevelop@hotmail.com Phone: 649-941-3574 Fax: 649-946-8597 Applicants must also submit copy of application to Labour Department (Fax: 946.5648).

BIG SPLASHING #2 REGENT VILLAGE

SALE 1 Week Only

SUMMER DRESSES

$25 - $35

6749

CLASSIFIEDS 33

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

HANDYMAN/ LABOURER NEEDED

TEKORAH PRATT Is looking for a

Domestic

Worker To work 6 days contact: 241-2179

6759

per week salary $5.00 per hour.

For a private home in Providenciales. • A hardworking person needed to work six days a week. • Must speak English. Must be Fit and able. Required to work 6 days a week. • Salary is $ 1,250.00 a month. Required to work six days a week • An experienced Belonger required for this position. If you fit the above qualifications please send your resume to the following address:

PO Box 560, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

6756

EDWARD WILLIAMS

ALMINA RODRIQUEZ DIAZ

is looking for a

Is looking for a

Labourer To work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour contact: 246-5612

Domestic Worker

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact: 244-0301

6750

MACHINIST WANTED

Requirements/Responsibilities: • Mechanical Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. • Mathematics Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. • Design fixtures, tooling, and experimental parts to meet special engineering needs. • Calculate dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments such as micrometers and vernier calipers. • Machine parts to specifications using machine tools

WAGES start at $300/week. BELONGS NEED ONLY APPLY.

Interested applicants call 941-5802 or apply in writing to email: tibor@express.tc or fax 941-5803 6758

Beach House &

C aicos

A unique opportunity for Certified

Massage Therapist- Esthetician At the newly launching Beach House & Turks & Caicos. Person would be responsible for providing spa services to the Beach House standard and creating a wow experience for guests. The 21 rooms at Beach House have no numbers... Just like we don’t think of you as a number either. We’re breezy, even a bit quirky – but very serious about personal service. Opening soon we are looking for qualified therapist who would welcome the opportunity to work in a boutique resort spa.

Send resume to contact@beachhousetci.com

JSD INTERNET CAFÉ

is looking for a

Cashier

Cashier Must be willing to work 6 days per week must be hardworking and honest salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 241-6206

Is looking for a

To work 6 days per week salary $5.50 per hour

VIVA BEAUTY SALON Is looking for a

Nail Technician To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 344-4540

COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

VACANCIES Community Christian Academy invites suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of:

PRINCIPAL

For the Academic year commencing August 24, 2012. The individual will possess these MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • MUST BE a practicing Born Again Christian • Bachelor Degree in Education or equivalent from an accredited institution • At least five (5) years post qualification Teaching experience • At least two (2) years experience in school Administration • Have a working knowledge of the A-Beka Curriculum • Be willing to relocate (In the case of staff recruited from overseas, the appointment is on a contractual term for an initial period of one (1) year). COMPENSATION includes: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience + NIB and NHIP Contributions

such as lathes, milling machines, shapers or grinders. • Study sample parts, blue prints, drawings, and engineering information in order to determine methods and sequences of operations needed to fabricate products and determine product dimensions and tolerances. • Observe and listen to operating machines or equipment in order to diagnose machine malfunctions and to determine need for adjustments or repairs. • Remain in a standing position for extended periods of time. • 5 years experience required

T u r k s

CHEVETTE CAPRON

6760

June 23 - 29, 2012

6760

Suitable APPLICANTS can forward Resumes along with copies of Qualifications, two (2) Character References, and a current Police Record to be received no later than June 24, 2012 to: The Board of Directors Community Christian Academy At Community Fellowship Centre, A.O.G. Leeward Highway, P.O. Box 939 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Fax: (649) 941-3482. E-Mail: comassem@tciway.tc

Grade 1 and Grade 4 Teachers Requirements • Must be a practicing Born Again Christian • Must have at least 5 years teaching experience • Certificate or higher Teacher Education from a recognized Educational Institution. • Familiarization with A-Beka teaching program would be an asset (specifically for grade 1 teacher). • Familiarization with Primary Education within the Caribbean. Salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Suitable applicants may forward resumes to be received by June 24, 2012 addressed to: The Board of Directors Community Christian Academy At Community Fellowship Centre, A.O.G. Leeward Highway. P.O. Box 939 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Island Fax: (649) 941-3482. E-Mail: comassem@tciway.tc 6753

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!! the largest readership in the turks & caicos

34 CLASSIFIEDS

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

WANTED

FOUR LEAF SOLUTIONS Is looking to fill the following vacant positions:

JUNIOR IT TECHNICIAN

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

SENIOR IT TECHNICIAN

PRITON DEVELOPMENT LTD.

Waitress Cook

2 Labourers

– salary $5.50 per hour

Electrician

6752

SEEKS

2 Electricians 2 Plumbers 2 Masons

Is looking for a

– salary $10.00 per hour

Cashier To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 245-6962

contact: 243-6772

ALTAGRACIA RESTAURANT

BACI RESTORANTE

6754

6759

Is looking for a

is looking for a

Waitress

Must have at least 5 years experience. Duties will include washing and other household duties as required, Applicant must hold a valid drivers license, and Salary is based on experience. Deadlines for applications are June 29th 2012.

Interested persons should be dependable and send applications via fax at (649) 941-4034. C/o Alliance Realty Ltd. 6767 DINELSA BOUTIQUE Is looking for a

6790

C & J EMPLOYMENT Acting on behalf of: Charles Barber Shop, Spence Security and Tibor’s Machine

To work 6 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour. Contact: 345-5305

6772

Kitchen Helper

To work 6 days per week salary $7.00 per hour.

contact: 941-3044

6782

Barber

$5.00 per hour Cutting hair, doing styles etc.

LaboUrer $5.00 per hour

Contact: 941-8382

6792

FRESH BAKERY AND BISTRO is looking for an

KITCHEN HELPER ASSISTANT PASTRY CHEF DISHWASHER

Assistant Pastry Chef

Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour Contact: 241-9105 or email: culinariatci@gmail.com

To work 6 days per week salary $5.50 per hour. contact: 231-0110

$6.00 per hour Prevent and deter crime from happening

Priton Development Ltd. also seeks a Live in Housekeeper

Is looking for the following persons:

Domestic Worker

Security Officer

Must have at least 3 years experience and be able to work with little supervision. Salary start at $6.00 an hour and is based on experience.

CULINARIA LTD.

BEATRICE CRIAR

Nanny

– salary $7.00 per hour

Should you be interested please forward your CV to: jobs@fourleafsolutions.tc, suitable applicants will be contacted within 7 days of us receiving your application.

Is looking for a

– salary $5.50 per hour – salary $5.50 per hour

Seeking degree qualified or equivalently experienced infrastructure person with demonstrable skills/certification to at least MCSE and DDNA levels, minimum of 10 years experience, will be working at a different client location on up to 100 users LAN/WAN configurations must be able to resolve complex issues Salary range $7-9 per hour commensurate with experience We are looking to IMMEDIATELY fill these positions, Belonger Applications are preferred.

FAMUEL KOFIOWUSU

6764

KPW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Is looking for a

Gardner Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour

Nail Technician Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour.

Contact: 344-6521

6783

LE-VELE MANAGEMENT Is looking for a

Labourer

DOLPHIN SPORTS BAR

Waitresses

Must be reliable, strong, able to help clean ponds and swimming pools, hard working and willing to work under the sun all day must be able speak English previous experience beneficial

Contact: 231-6364

Contact: General Manager Mr. Thomas Telephone: 649-9418800 fax: 649-941-88016784

Is looking for 2

to work $5.00 per hour.

6795

Job Description: • Daily pastry dough preparation • Bake pastries, cakes • Convert Kg, grams, lt. • Right use for pastry machinery • Wash pastry working tools after finishing laborer • Organize pastries for delivery at early hours

Job Responsibilities: • Assist the pastry chef on duty in food preparation and presentation • Be able to work long hours and perform tasks or projects assigned • Manage all operational duties • Starting from 2:00am-7:00am • 5 days per week salary $6.50 per hour

Belonger only need apply

Submit application before July 1st, 2012 Tel: 649-345-4745

6777

Cashier/Production Facility Operative @@In order to comply with Labour Commission, we are looking for a Belonger to fill the position of sales assistant/cashier/production facility operative to work in a food facility in Grace Bay. @@Applicants must be good at Math, be presentable and have excellent customer care skills as well as a good knowledge of food hygiene practices. @@Salary $5 per hour. @@Must be available to work at evenings/early mornings/weekends depending on the rota.

To arrange an interview please contact Marsha Blanche @ Misick & Stanbrook, Leeward Highway Strictly Belongers need only apply.

6781

June 23 - 29, 2012

CLASSIFIEDS 35

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

CAICOS PETROLEUM

BEAUTY AT THE BEACH TELEPHONE: 946-5093

Is looking for

ISLAND GETAWAYS is looking for a

JID BARBER SHOP Is looking for

Is looking for a

Is seeking an exceptional

• Must have at least five years experience • Must be able to perform Swedish Massage, Stone Massage Body Scrubs & Rituals • Must possess a clean valid driver license • Must be available to work over 6 days per week showing flexibility of time • Must have managerial skills • We are a full service salon so Esthetics, Manicures & Pedicures, Waxing skills would be an advantage

6766

Teacher with Montessori certificate contact:

Cashier

343-1089 or 331-3020

GLOBAL SERVICES

Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently. Must be able to work flexible hours including weekends and public holidays. Salary $6.00 per hour. Belongers only need apply.

Maintenance Technician

Contact: 941-7986

Contact: 649-232-4232 or email: islandproperty@tciway.tc 6778

6799

BAYVIEW MOTORS AND PROVO AUTO SUPPLY

VACANCIES Is currently looking to employ the following persons

THREE (3) EXPERIENCE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN/ MECHANIC

Qualifications: • Adequate tools to perform his duties • Must be able to work with little or no supervision • Must have experience using computerized diagnostic equipment • Must be a holder of an Automotive Repair Certification ASE or equivalent • Salary ranges from $16-$30 flat rate per hour

Cashier Manager

Must be able to work 6 days per week.

Contact: 241-9194

Must speak English, Creole, Spanish and French

Contact: 946-4069

Qualifications: • Degree in finance, commerce or accounting (or equivalent) • Excellent written, verbal and communication skills • 5 years previous experience in automotive dealership • Must have significant retail lending experience • Duties & Responsibilities: • Daily input of transaction to accounting software • Account management of loan portfolio • Preparation of financial statement and in house report • Supervision of accounting department • Bank, A/R & A/P reconciliation, bank deposit, petty cash management • Purchase and billing audit • Salary commensurate with experience

6794

WANTED

Assistant Manager

• To organize and lead swim safaris, swim training, swim racing events, and tours to • northern Haiti and islands of the Turks & Caicos. Must have proven experience in • organizing and promoting all aspects of international swim races. Must have significant • open water racing experience and demonstrated ability to guide open water swim • training tours. Must be currently certified lifeguard. Must have extensive experience • organizing tours to the Citadelle Fortress

• • • •

in northern Haiti and be familiar with northern Haiti environment. Must have proven experience dealing with international clientele in an adventure tourism environment. Must have excellent oral and written communication skills, including proven ability to write print-ready press releases and strong communication experience with the media. Ability to speak French or Creole a plus.

Contact Chloe at 232-4030 or at Marco Travel

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

6763

JOB VACANCY Margaritaville Grand Turk seeks to identify a

Cost Control Clerk

2 LABOURERS

Duties: • Will be responsible for the daily maintenance of the building, stocking of the shelves and any other duties that may be assigned to you

BODY SHOP MANAGER

• Looking for a “Hands-On” Manager with 15+ years management experience in running a very high quality, paint and collision department • Must have hands on experience in all aspects of current paint and collision repairs, estimating (both manually and with electronic estimating programs) • Must be computer literate • Must have experience with computerized garage management system and parts ordering systems • Excellent communication skills both written and oral • Must be able to manage schedule and direct shop workflow and understand fully the policies and procedures of insurance claim submission and approvals

REQUIREMENT: • Degree in Accounts or related field and/or at least 5 years experience at the international level. • Able to do circulating inventory, continuous inventory & full inventory, monthly and quarterly. • Conduct bar par inventory on all bars • Ensure controls are in place delivery • Work alongside chef to conduct periodic yield test and menu cost • Conduct daily property walk to detect inefficiencies, wastage • Computer knowledge in excel and other spreadsheet programs. • Ability to work under stress. • Communicate orally and in writing. • Ability to work with minimal supervision. • Ability to work flexible hours including public holidays, weekends and night shift. • Energetic and people oriented, reliable with problem solving skills Other positions are: Stilt Walker, Entertainment Coordinator, Bartenders, Servers & Kitchen Helpers. All applications need to be submitted to the HR department by 6th July, 2012.

Belongers only need apply

RECEPTIONIST/CASHIER

Margaritaville Grand Turk. Grand Turk Cruise Center, White Sands Beach. Grand Turk

• This individual must posses the following: • Good computer skills • Good organizational and communication skills • Excellent telephone etiquette • Must have a valid drivers license and must be willing to work weekends • Must be willing to work with little or no supervision • Must be willing to take on any other related tasks • ALL APPLICANTS MUST POSSES A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE • WILLING TO WORK WITH LITTLE OR NO SUPERVISION • MUST BE WILLING TO WORK WEEKENS AND HOLIDAYS • MUST BE COMPUTER LITERATE

Pleas email all applications to: mariec@bayviewmotors.com only qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview

Person to work on call salary $6.50 per hour.

Is looking to fill the following positions:

2Salary Hairdressers $5.00 per hour. 6800

MASSAGE THERAPIST

JOJO KIDS WORLD

6769

MAXWELL DELANCY

Is looking for the following persons:

Labourers – salary $6.50 per hour Farmer salary

– $5.00 per hour Must be willing to work 6 days per week 6780

Contact: 244-3732

6785

36 CLASSIFIEDS LE-VELE RESORT ROYAL JEWELS Is looking for a

Is looking for a

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS THE CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY

SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION

Is looking for a

is looking for a

PROVO BEVERAGES Is seeking to employ a

Room Labourer Attendant Musician Carpenter Must be able to work weekends and long hours also holiday when necessary applicant must be able to work without supervision

Contact: General Manager, Mr. Thomas 232-42726784

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. contact: 649-946-4699

Must be able to work as needed salary $350.00 per month.

6773

Contact: 245-8375

6774

Sunny Reef Ltd

VACANCIES

To work 6 days per week. Salary $8.00.

Labourer

• Must be willing to work 5 days per week • Must be trustworthy and reliable • Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm Salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 231-6089

Contact: Serge at 9413637 between the hours of 9:00am-3:00pm 6775

THE CRYSTAL & GIFT GALLERY

UNIVERSAL CHURCH OF GOD ARCH OF THE COVENANT

6793

Is looking for a

POSITIONS AVAILABLE 3 Labourers 3 Gardeners 3 Domestic Workers 2 Cashiers

Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour

Contact: 343-0572

6798

is looking for If you’re looking for a career in the hospitality industry well The Windsong Resort is the place to be we are looking to fill the following positions:

WAITER

3-5 years’ experience in an upscale restaurant. Ability to read and write. Communication skills, ability to recite and promote pleasant personality.

Missionary

Must be able to speak and write English, Receive order when delivered. 3-5 years in busy kitchen. ALL Qualified applicants are kindly requested to respond to the following address below.

Sunny Reef Ltd. Po. Box 811. Providenciales

6797

Labourer Pastor Salary $350.00 contact: 244-0520

Contact; 941-7700

To work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour. Contact: 243-4457

per week

6776

Must be willing to work 6 days per week. Salary $5.00 per hour.

6779

LABOURER/DISHWASHER

Domestic Workers Labourers

6744

COOK

3-8 years in busy in Restaurant/ hotel industry, ability to read and write English. Good team player in busy restaurant. Must know French/ Indonesian cuisine.

Notice Of Sale By Public Auction JOB OPPORTUNITIES 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 Monday 9th of July, 2012.

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

0.86 acres

The Somerset Resort Management Ltd. is seeking Labour Clearance for the positions listed below. Suitably qualified Belongers who possess the requirements listed are encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates should possess luxury resort experience, be professional in attitude and demeanor and must read and speak English fluently. All positions require a flexible schedule which includes holidays, weekends and evenings, and extended hours on occasion. Salaries are based on experience and qualifications.

Beach Attendant

Outgoing, friendly and experienced swimmer. Must be energetic and enjoy working outdoors. Ability to lift heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds is required. CPR/First Aid certification is required. Applicant must have previous working experience in a five-star resort.

Room Attendant & Houseman

Possess at least 3 years of experience in five-star resorts. Strong attention to details and exceptional ability to maintain the highest standards of quality required. Applicant must be a team player with a strong work ethic. The Resort seeks courteous individuals who possess a positive demeanor with a commitment to excellence. Housemen should have the ability to lift at least 30 lbs. and push/pull in excess of 50 lbs.

Bellman

Experienced in working in a luxury resort is required. Must be professional and possess good communication skills and outgoing personality.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN TRUST COMPANY LTD.

Special Events/Wedding Coordinator

College degree and minimum 5 years professional experience in the position. Must be capable of working independently and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and excellent oral and written communications skills required. Applicant must work well under pressure while maintaining a pleasant demeanor.

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 6764

Qualified Belonger candidates can complete an application form in person at The Somerset Resort Management Ltd. or submit a Resume by e-mail at somersethr@thesomerset.com. Te: 946-5900. Fax: 946-5839. The closing date for applications is May 30, 2012. 6770

June 23 - 29, 2012

Sports International

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Mayweather knocks Woods off top of Forbes list Floyd Mayweather has overtaken Tiger Woods at the top of Forbes magazine’s list of the 100 highest-paid sports

personalities over the past year. Boxer Mayweather, currently serving a three-

WARD’S CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of our clients: Ripples Ltd., Matsuri Sushi Bar, Southwind Millwork, PJ Barber Shop, Villa Del Mar, Bottoms Up Restaurant is looking to fill the following positions:

2 1 1 1 1

Waitresses Cleaner Laborer Carpenter Cook

Must be willing to work shifts, weekends and holidays salary $5-$6.00 per hour.

Contact: 345-7512

month jail sentence for domestic assault, made $85m (£54.25m) - a figure bolstered by promoting his own fights. Golfing legend Woods dropped to third having received $59.4m (£37.92m) with boxer Manny Pacquiao rising to second on earnings of $62m (£39.57m). David Beckham is eighth on the list. He is the highest paid footballer with earnings of $46m (£29.36m). Surprisingly, Olympic champion and world recordholding sprinter Usain Bolt, who is the most high-profile star of London 2012, was only 63rd with $20.3m (£12.96m) - just a quarter of Mayweather’s earnings. He also brought in less than half of golfer Phil Mickelson’s $47.8m (£30.51m). Woods had topped the

WINKEY’S CATERING

ADVERTISE

Is looking to fill the following positions:

IN THIS SPACE!

Bartender Domestic Worker Waitress

ONLY

$33

PER WEEK CALL 946-4664

Contact: 244-4398

6786

VACANCIES Bar Tender

• Posses 4 years minimum of experience in food and beverage bar position, must have • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, knowledgeable on Micros, must work well under pressure • Also have experience in stock taking and inventories must have good cashier skills. Be a team player.

All the positions aboverequires working long hours nights and days public holidays and weekends. Salary range based on experience For more information on job descriptions, please contact on649-231-1689 Please call for an appointment, bring along your resume and resident status

star Cristiano Ronaldo earned $42.5m (£27.10m) and can lay claim to the top annual salary of any athlete in any league at $20m (£12.75m). Fernando Alonso comes in as Formula 1’s top earner at 19th with overall earnings of $29.4m (£18.7m). MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi is 20th, seven-times F1 champion Michael Schumacher is 21st, while Lewis Hamilton is 24th after earning $17.8m (£11.3m), with $15.9m (£10.1m) of that in salary from McLaren.

Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney is at 37th with $15.5m (£9.8m), while Luke Donald, golf’s current world number one, is at 48th, earning $14.17m (£9m). Only two women made it on to the list. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is 26th at $27.9m (£17.79m), while Li Na, China’s 2011 French Open champion Li Na, is 81st at $18.4m (£11.72m) after becoming the first Asianborn player to win a Grand Slam singles crown. (BBC)

Requirements: • 3-5 years experience managing children’s program and facilities with capability to distinguish age-appropriate activities and behavior; education and credentials in child development • Certified in CPR, water safety and First Aid • Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Knowledge of kids programs, logistics and related skills as well as competitor’s products and services • Experience developing annual budget in conjunction with Controller and General Manager • Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts

Duties Include: • Developing, implementing and marketing youth program facilities • Managing the operations of the kids club with wide variety of activities for all ages • Order and maintain supplies and equipment as well as operating equipment Interested applicant should apply to Regent Palms Monday through Friday and submit an updated resume, or by emailing 6787

• Successful applicant should have at least 8 years of kitchen and restaurant experience including • Knowledge of food costing and controls, monthly inventory, • Knowledge of food hygiene and safety, menu planning, managing and scheduling staff, • Plus the knowledge and experience of worldwide pastries, desserts and chocolates • Knowledgeable on Micros POS,

Forbes list since 2001 but saw a drop in his earnings of $16m (£10.21m) from the previous year and was down by half from his peak in 2009. He has suffered a tail off in endorsements since then as a result of being embroiled in a sex scandal. Miami Heat star LeBron James ranks fourth at $53m (£33.84m), the highest of 13 basketball players and on the list. Swiss tennis star Roger Federer was fifth at $52.7m (£33.64m). Real Madrid and Portugal

Youth Program and Facilities Manager

Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $5.00 per hour

Food and Beverage Manager

Floyd Mayweather earned $85M last year.

marjorie.dorsett@regenthotels.com no later than Friday, July 6, 2012. 6771

Sports International

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

Britain’s best set for this weekend’s Olympic trial

A STAR-studded line-up of Britain’s best athletes will descend on the Birmingham Alexander Stadium this weekend, for what UKA Head Coach Charles van Commenee has described as the most competitive Olympic trials in 20 years. With over 800 athletes and a close to capacity crowd for Saturday and Sunday, the Aviva 2012 Trials are the largest trials in British athletics history, and the largest British trials of any Olympic sport this year. Leading the way is Jessica Ennis (Toni Minichiello) as she hopes to capitalise on her current form which saw her break Denise Lewis’ British heptathlon record in Götzis, Austria, last month, scoring 6,906 points. Ennis will be taking on four events in a demanding weekend of action. The Sheffield star, who is aiming for heptathlon gold at London 2012 and will compete in the 100m hurdles and high jump on Saturday 23 June, followed by the long jump and 200m on Sunday 24June. Ennis is focused on pushing herself in Birmingham with the Olympics less than six weeks away. Ennis said: “I want to use the meet to give myself a real physical test over two days. Everything is focused on London 2012 for me and a packed Birmingham Alexander Stadium will be the closest I’ll come to replicating that tough schedule and environment ahead of the Games.” Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar), Britain’s greatest ever male distance runner and World 5,000m Champion, will compete over 1500m on Friday and Saturday as he puts his speed and finishing ability to the test against metric mile specialists. But Farah - Britain’s fastest man over 1500m this year with a

time of 3:34.66 - is not expecting a straightforward road to victory. He said: “The great thing about these Trials is that there are Olympic places at stake with every athlete competing for London 2012 qualification. Everyone will be fighting to finish in the top two. I’m expecting a really strong battle with the 1500m specialists.” The most exciting newcomer to the British sprint scene since Mark Lewis-Francis over a decade ago, Adam Gemili (Michael Afilaka) also confirmed this week that he will compete over 100m. Gemili is already Britain’s fastest man this year, having clocked 10.08 in Germany this month, and will join a large field that includes several Olympic, World and European medal winners including Dwain Chambers (Daniel Plummer), Mark LewisFrancis (Linford Christie), Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Michael Khmel) and Christian Malcolm (Dan Pfaff). The 18-year-old Gemili was undaunted – and even excited – at the prospect of going head-to-head with some of the athletes that he looked up to in his youth, however. “Growing up watching these sprinters on television was very inspiring and the fact that I now have the chance to line up and race against them will feel amazing. I am looking forward to it greatly and just hope that I can do well and perform how I know I can when I’m up against them.” Friday’s Birmingham Alexander crowd will also be treated to a unique meeting of some of the world’s top distance runners when Kenenisa Bekele, the defending 5,000m and 10,00m Olympic Champion and World Record holder in both disciplines, headlines the international guest stars competing

in the 10,000m final. World Champion Dai Greene (Malcolm Arnold) is looking forward to taking on the best crop of British 400m hurdlers in a generation when he lines up in an ultra-competitive field on Friday and Saturday. With four further Brits already having posted the Olympic A standard time this season, the 26-year-old will be seeking a top-2 finish to guarantee his spot at London 2012. Standing in Greene’s way will be his talented 20-year-old training partner Jack Green (Malcolm Arnold), Nathan Woodward (Nick Dakin), Richard Yates (Stephen Ball) and Rhys Williams (Dan Pfaff), all of whom have run the sub49.50 A standard this summer. Christine Ohuruogu, Britain’s only reigning athletics Olympic champion, will seek to continue her good start to 2012 which included a gold medal in the 4x400m at the World Indoor Championships in March. After two fairly indifferent years, the Londoner will be looking to lay down a marker on Friday and Saturday as she focuses on an Olympic Games in her hometown. The Aviva 2012 Trials will climax on Sunday evening, with one of the most competitive battles of all on the track as Andy Turner (Lloyd Cowan), 110m hurdles World bronze medallist in Daegu last year, takes on two young stars in the final event of the weekend. Turner will be seeking to guarantee his spot at London 2012 against Lawrence Clarke (Malcolm Arnold) and Andy Pozzi (Malcolm Arnold), both of whom lead him in the current British rankings. Commonwealth silver medallist William Sharman (Malcolm Arnold) will also be putting up a strong fight after a mediocre start to the season by his own high standards.

Exhale, LeBron. You're finally an NBA champion.

LeBron James gets his title; Heat beat Thunder to win NBA Finals

No more second-guessing LeBron James’ decision. The three-time MVP, who became the NBA’s lightning rod when he took his talents to South Beach nearly two years ago, is finally a champion as the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder at home Thursday night, 121-106, to win the NBA Finals in five games. The game was not in much doubt after the first few minutes, the Heat leading by five after the first period, 10 at the half and 24 after three — Miami outscoring Oklahoma City 36-22 in the third quarter and making the fourth little more than a coronation-ceremony-in waiting. James finished the game with a triple-double — 26 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds — to lead a barrage of Heat in double figures. Every starter had at least 10 points while Mike Miller found a perfect time to

get hot, hitting seven 3-pointers en route to 23 points. From the moment James left the Cleveland Cavaliers with his infamous TV show “The Decision” and then proclaimed the Heat would win “not one, not two . . . not seven” championships in a pep rally for the ages, he has been perhaps the most scrutinized, and vilified, figure in all of American sports. However, one label he now can shed is that of a great player who could not come through in the clutch. With the Heat’s five-game win, James joins an even more exclusive club. The Heat swept the final four games of the series after dropping Game 1 to the Thunder. The last two teams to pull off that feat were the Michael Jordan-Scottie Pippen Bulls in 1991 and the Kobe BryantShaquille O’Neal Lakers in 2001. It is the second NBA championship for the Heat, who won in 2006 behind Dwyane Wade and O’Neal.

No fairytale ending for Queen and Carlton House

The Queen’s hopes of marking her Diamond Jubilee with a win at Royal Ascot were dashed when her horse, Carlton House, was beaten by twoand-a-quarter lengths by So You Think in the showpiece Prince of Wales Stakes on Wednesday. The victory marked redemption for the Aiden O’Brien-trained sixyear-old. Runner-up in this race last year to the ill-fated Rewilding, the New Zealand-bred horse has traveled the globe in search of an elusive 10th Group 1 victory. The dual Cox Plate winner could be considered to be the horse with the biggest carbon footprint in racing, having tried his luck in Australia, France, the U.S. and Dubai. He is now expected to take a welldeserved retirement to stud having passed the £5 million ($7.87m) prize money barrier. The Queen, dressed in pink for

Sebastian Vettel could join Fernando Alonso (left) at Ferrari in 2014.

Alonso and Vettel could co-exist as team-mates, say Ferrari

The Queen’s horse Carlton House (r) missed out to So You Think in the Prince of Wales Stakes

the second day of Royal Ascot, had watched Carlton House parade before the race and exchanged a few words with Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai, who gifted Carlton House to the Queen as a yearling.

One of the best-known owners and breeders of racehorses in the country, the Queen has not had a Group 1 winner in Britain since Dunfermline captured the St Ledger Stakes in her Silver Jubilee year, 1977. (CNN)

FERRARI team principal Stefano Domenicali believes Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel could drive as team-mates without problems. His comments come after it was revealed that Vettel, the 2010 and 2011 world champion, has a precontract with Ferrari for 2014. Domenicali said: “I think they are both intelligent guys and they could easily co-exist together.” F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone claims the arrangement “wouldn’t be a

problem”. Domenicali and Ecclestone were interviewed by German magazine Sport Bild, and Ferrari published extracts on their website. Ecclestone said: “All drivers want to drive for Ferrari at least once in their career, don’t they?” Domenicali responded: “In life one should never say never!” Their remarks, as well as Ferrari’s decision to highlight them, will add weight to claims that Vettel could join Alonso at Ferrari in 2014.

June 23 - 29, 2012

Sports International

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

CLASSIFIEDS 39

Net Rockers FC Award Ceremony:

Noel-Jeune wins MVP award

The FIFA president is hoping that the introduction of goal-line technology would eliminate controversies.

Sepp Blatter eyes goal-line technology after England’s win FIFA president Sepp Blatter has renewed his call for the introduction of goal-line technology after a controversial incident in England’s 1-0 win over Ukraine helped eliminate the co-hosts. Marko Devic’s shot crossed the line in the game in Donetsk but was not given. Goal-line technology could be approved by the International Football Association Board on 5 July. “After last night’s match ?#GLT is no longer an alternative but a necessity,” Blatter tweeted. UEFA president Michel Platini prefers the system of five match officials. But he stated on Monday that he expects the IFAB meeting in Zurich

to give one of two goal-line systems currently being tested the go-ahead. If that is the case, individual associations can decide whether to use the technology in their competitions. That means UEFA could still decide not to implement the system. The Premier League has previously stated its willingness to make the change. UEFA’s chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina has defended the officiating at the tournament, claiming two similar decisions in previous games were correct. Collina said: “We made a mistake. I wish we hadn’t made the mistake but we did. Referees are human beings and human beings make mistakes.” (BBC)

JOSUL Noel-Jeune was voted as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the Net Rockers side for the second consecutive year, when the championship club recently held its award ceremony. Net Rockers dominated women’s football this year after winning the Women’s Football League and the Cup Finals. The head coach and former national team coach of Guyana, Mr. Rawle Gill, said that:“The MVP is that person who without them the team would lose a match and that person for Net Rockers FC is none other than Ms. Noel-Jeune”. Ms. Patrice Senior was awarded the Best Defender award. Ms. Senior organised the defending lineup with such outstanding precision which resulted in the club conceding only three goals the entire season. The goal scoring feats of Ms. GerlineAzemard was honoured. Ms. Azemard scored a record 11 goals during the season and was awarded the Golden Boot award. Net Rockers FC’s seasoned midfielder Carmela Giordano walked away with the Best Midfielder award. Ms. Tonacia Gill’s hard work and steady growth since the founding of the club three seasons ago earned her the Most Improved Player award while Ms. Gaya Smith was awarded the coveted Coaches’ Trophy to add to her accolades of individual awards. The Beach Bash/Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Kids’ Park, was attended by the club’s executive body, club members

Head coach Mr. Rawle Gill with some of the winners after the Award Ceremony.

and a host of family and friends of Net Rockers FC including the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association’s (TCIFA) president, Mr. Chris Bryan and General Secretary Mrs. Sonia Bien-Aime. Mrs. BienAime congratulated Net Rockers FC for its hard work and commitment to its players’ development, but did not mince any words in challenging the club to bring its enthusiasm and commitment to the TCIFA. Mr. Frits, TCIFA’s groundskeeper and support staff member, put in an appearance between his duties. It was also a day of celebrating the club’s rise to the pinnacle of women’s football in the TCI. Secretary of Net Rockers FC, Ms. BerthaLee Belle, said: “Our gratitude goes out to our major sponsors Air Turks and Caicos and Mango Reef Restaurant and our event sponsors Ms. Dinesh of Island Escapes and Ms. Tameka of

Thera Touch. Thank you so much for your unwavering support. We also want to thank all those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to organise the event. Without all of you our fun filled day at the beach would not have come to fruition”. The club did not waste the opportunity to boost its numbers and encouraged persons from Providenciales, Grand Turk, South, Middle and North Caicos who are interested in playing competitive women’s football to contact its secretary on mobile number 2416246 or via e-mail at belle@tciway. tc. The club also challenged football enthusiasts to “Like” their Facebook page “Net Rockers FC” which updates all current club activities. The squad of 22 club members was presented with trophy cups commemorating their success.

Portugal Ousts Czech Republic at Euro Soccer on Ronaldo Goal June 22 (Bloomberg) -- A late header from Cristiano Ronaldo lifted Portugal past the Czech Republic 1-0 and into the semifinals of the European soccer championship. Ronaldo's goal in the 79th minute last night in Warsaw sent Portugal through to the last four for the third time in the past four Euro tournaments. It next plays world champion Spain or France, who meet tomorrow. "We don't mind who we play," Portugal coach Paulo Bento said at a news conference. "It was a lot of work to get to the semifinals, so we'll try to recover the best we can to get out on the pitch in the best condition." Germany, the bookmakers' favorite to lift the trophy for a record-extending fourth time, meets 2004 champion Greece in tonight's quarterfinal in Donetsk, Ukraine. The winner faces England or Italy, who play in two days. Portugal had 57 percent of possession last night and a 20-2 shot

advantage, 15 of those coming in the second half when the Czechs hardly challenged. Ronaldo, who had nine shots, finally beat Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech after twice hitting the post at the National Stadium. "We had a lot of chances while the Czechs didn't have a single one," Ronaldo, who was jeered by the proCzech crowd, told reporters. "We had great unity on the pitch and that's why we've reached our goal." Slow Start The game's opening 25 minutes produced little offensively with Portugal's Joao Moutinho having the only shot on target, which Cech easily caught. Ronaldo was wide with an overhead kick and sent a free kick past the right post. Portugal striker Helder Postiga was forced out in the 40th minute with a hamstring injury and was replaced by Hugo Almeida. The Portuguese continued to control play and almost went in front in stoppage time at the end of the first

half. Ronaldo took Raul Meireles's pass over the defense off his chest, took a touch, turned and fired a shot off the post. Almeida headed over the goal from six yards (5.5 meters) out 20 seconds into the second half. Ronaldo then clipped the outside of the far post with a free kick and didn't make full contact as he shot wide after being played through by Meireles. Nani forced Cech into a diving save after the Czechs gave the ball away in their area. Almeida was then ruled to be offside as he headed Nani's cross past Cech in the 59th minute. The Czech Republic made a rare run into the Portugal end a minute later as winger Vaclav Pilar carried the ball into the area before having his cross cleared away. Cech tipped Moutinho's shot over the bar, Almeida put a header wide and Michal Kadlec then deflected Nani's shot out for a corner after the winger was free

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (left) celebrates scoring.

in the area. Ronaldo Scores Portugal's persistence paid off with 11 minutes left as Moutinho sent a cross from the right that Ronaldo headed past Cech. It was the Real Madrid striker's third goal of Euro 2012, tying Germany's Mario Gomez, Russia's Alan Dzagoev and Croatia's Mario Madzukic for the

tournament lead. The Czech Republic qualified for the quarterfinals by becoming the first team to win their group with a negative goal difference. They were trying to reach the semifinals for the second time since 2004. "It was like we were waiting for the opponent to score," Czech coach Michal Bilek told reporters. "We knew we really weren't on their level of play."

Sports National

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

London 2012 Olympics:

“Plastic Brit, fake Brit, it don’t matter to me,” says sprint sensation Delano Williams “I think all hell gonna break loose when I come to Britain, sir, but they can call me what they want!” he laughs. “Plastic Brit, fake Brit, it don’t matter to me, sir. What don’t kill me make me stronger, sir,” TCI sprint sensation Delano Williams explained before leaving for this weekend’s Olympic trials. And with that he uncorks an infectious laugh. The fastest schoolboy in Jamaica, a whirlwind blown here from the Turks and Caicos Islands by Hurricane Ike, is about to embark on an adventure he thinks will transform his life. And as this is an 18 year-old tipped by the locals here to follow in the scorching spike tracks of Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, it might just transform British athletics too. A fortnight ago, a home-grown teenager, Adam Gemili, materialised to shake up the moribund UK sprinting scene. Now, armed with the shiny new British passport he brandishes so proudly — even if they have managed to spell his name wrongly as “Delanno” inside — an excited schoolboy steps off a plane at Heathrow this week, pray for the sun and, after barely three days’ acclimatisation, seek qualification for Britain’s Olympic team by finishing in the top three over 200 metres at this weekend’s trials in Birmingham. Williams is committing himself to British athletics because his native Turks and Caicos (TCI), the Caribbean island chain where he was born and raised, does not have its own Olympic committee. Ludicrously, the IOC will not recognise British Overseas Territories, so the only way for Delano to become the islands’ historic first Olympian is to compete for Team GB. “Once they’ve called me an Olympian, I would have achieved my dream and that would be truly

Delano Williams said that he is focused on performing at his best.

an honour,” enthuses a lad who sets Olympian standards in politeness. “If I can qualify, or just make the relay team, or be a reserve — even just a waterboy. Anything!” Williams is aware of the furore, the fact that some in Britain would apparently feel outraged if a boy who only applied for a UK passport in January, received it just two months ago and has had to join a club here, Enfield and Haringey, simply to be able to compete, could win a place in the team. He explains how in Grand Turk, the TCI’s main administrative centre, the islanders are in high dudgeon about British newspaper reports suggesting he is a ’plastic Brit’. “The governor is very, very upset,” he observes. That is no understatement. Governor Ric Todd branded the controversy “nonsensical, wrong and shameful. He is a born TC Islander, he is born British and he is as British as I am”. Yet the fuss simply washes over Williams. “I never let things get to me,” he shrugs. “On the track, I’m serious. Off the track, I laugh up, I smile up! I hope the other British

athletes will be OK with me and Jodie will put in a good word.” Jodie is Jodie Williams, Britain’s world junior 100m champion he met at the championships in Canada in 2010. “She’s been a tower of strength. We’ve developed a bond since Canada. She said, ‘don’t worry’ and that she’d show me the ropes.” Delano’s mission seems impossible: how can a lower-sixth schoolboy, in the middle of his exams, who trains on three rutted football pitches watched by a grazing cow, and who never steps on a synthetic track until he arrives at a competition, beat streetwise UK sprinters on the back of a transatlantic flight and no proper prerace preparation? This is how. Williams is already a history maker who in April became the first non-national ever to win the Jamaican high school 100m and 200m double in front of 30,000 fans, all going crazy at Kingston’s National Stadium. Not even Bolt ever did that. He beat Jamaica’s own new teenage star Jazeel Murphy in the 100m and has such a range, having run a 45.4sec 400m leg at the Penn

Relays, that he would have won the schools’ one-lap championship, too, if he had entered. His potential is boundless. Williams believes in fairytales too because he is already living one, blown fatefully into Jamaica’s Munro College, nestled in the mercifully cooler air on Santa Cruz mountain some 150km from the sweltering capital Kingston. This is his Hogwarts, an oldfashioned English-style boarding school perched in a happy world of its own overlooking the Caribbean, an academic institution which for 150 years has shaped hundreds of Jamaica’s great and good, including a former Prime Minister. “This place has taught me to be a man, gave me my three Ds — discipline, dedication and dedication,” says Delano, an A-student who shares a dormitory with two friends, prays at the school’s chapel and is told strictly to put studies first. “Everything work out for me here.” Neil Harrison, his PE teacher, is the coach and father figure who brought him to his Eden. When teaching in Grand Turk, he saw this 12 year-old sprinting like the wind to retrieve a hit in a softball game and recognised the discovery of a lifetime. But after persuading his initially reluctant charge to take up athletics and guiding him to the TCI schools title, Harrison returned to Jamaica to teach at Munro, leaving the youngster, whose own father had effectively separated from the family, crestfallen. Fate brought them back together in the early hours of Sept 7, 2008, when Hurricane Ike flattened Grand Turk — not that the lad himself noticed. “I knew something bad would happen so when I heard it was on its way, I decided just to go

Williams feels “good” about this weekend’s Olympic trials

TCI’s sprint sensation, Delano Williams, is ready for this weekend’s British Olympic trials. He said he is “feeling good” about his chances. The youngster is aiming to qualify for the 200M event so that he can represent the UK at the most prestigious sporting event. Williams was forced to try for a spot on the British team since the TCI is barred by the International Olympic Association (IOC) from taking part in the Games owing to us being a

British Overseas Territory. Despite dominating the regional scene, including victory at Champs in Jamaica and a 200M win at CARIFTA, Williams always felt his starts could have been better. He told the Weekly News on Thursday that he had some good training sessions. “My training sessions have been going well in London. I’m working on my starts in the race, so I’m actually putting all the components of my race together to better it.”

The 18-year-old Williams’s only worry is the weather, which is considerably colder to what he is accustomed to in TCI and in Jamaica where he attends the Munro College, but he promises to be optimistic. “I heard it is going to be chilly, but I trained in that type of weather. I am hoping for the best. I have to run the race in a professional manner in order to qualify.” The Grand Turk born is the senior 100M and 200M record holder in the TCI.

to sleep. Only when I woke did I see the devastation,” shrugs Williams. His house largely escaped damage but school was closed for two months and mum Ruthe, who had blocked Williams going to Munro because she thought Jamaica too dangerous, reluctantly let her 13-year-old baby go on a TCI-funded scholarship. It was a wrench for Delano to leave twin sister Ashley, with whom he’s very close, and Ruthe, a beauty salon owner who had effectively brought him up alone. “His mum cried a lot when she had to leave him here,” says Harrison. “Now she cries with joy if she comes here.” Down the hill from the school, Delano shows me his football pitch training track, practically invisible with the lines needing repainting. You can, though, see “a lotta holes” as he points ruefully to the one which left him with a twisted ankle at Christmas. This is where Harrison puts him through four hours of daily hell. “It’s sooo hard I end up every session on my back but coach always tellin’ me, ’good medicine never taste good’.” The only thing that tastes worse, apparently, is Munro cuisine. “Sometimes I go to my bed hungry because the food they serve there is ridiculous. Sometimes, rice, cabbage and corned beef but there’s no corned beef in the cabbage. So, it’s just rice and cabbage. I don’t eat that, sir.” What a recipe for success, though. “Countless” US universities have courted him since Delano won the Inter-Caribbean under 20 championship recently but he plans to study sports management in Kingston after finishing school next year and is earmarked to train under Bolt’s coach Glen Mills. Stephen Francis, Jamaica’s other great sprint guru, says Delano is a “can’t miss” kid. But can he miss at the UK trials? His 20.53sec 200m makes him Britain’s fourth-fastest, but flying in late to avoid training in the cold is a gamble. The only time Delano was in Britain was for an awards ceremony in 2010. “And I can still feel the cold in my bones”. Did anything warm him about Britain? “I liked the big buses,” he grins, “And the girls, yes sir!” My guess is we will all fall for him. “You can’t help but like him,” says Harrison. “Humble, genuine, a wonderful person.” And he is Britain’s wonder now. “If I don’t make it to the Olympics, no problem, it’s a stepping stone,” he shrugs. “I’ll try again until I do. I truly believe I can be a big part of the future of British athletics.” Plastic? This boy looks 24-carat gold. (Daily Telegraph)

June 23 - 29, 2012

Sports National

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Captain Marvin’s Women’s Beach Soccer League:

Pink Mermaids perfect to title THE CAPTAIN Marvin’s Women’s Beach Soccer League came to a very satisfying end last week as the Pink Mermaids finished a perfect season with a 7-1 victory over the Blue Marlins in the Championship final. The Mermaids had topped the standings during the regular season and went into the final full of confidence. However, the Marlins had every right to feel that an upset could be on the cards, given that, with the likes ofMonae Gooden, AmelieSpeer, Jenny Fluerenvil and

Sarah Cenary, they had enough weapons of their own in the final showdown. The opening period was a very close affair and neither team was able to exert their influence on the game until player-of-the-season KadineDelphin managed to score from long range. At the start of the second period the Marlins pressed for an equaliser and were looking dangerous until Speer had to receive treatment after an accidental clash of heads with Yarileny De La Cruz.

The Pink Mermaids dominated the league.

After the restart the Mermaids began to control the game as Delphin’s expertise resulted in her team taking a 4-1 lead going into the final period. The Marlins had some early chances in the final quarter but De La Cruz made some impressive saves in goal as her team ran out worthy 7-1 winners. Dephin scored five of her team’s goals, with De La Cruz and GrietVanbrabant adding the others. Sarah Cenary scored the lone goal for the Marlins. In the opening game the Great White Sharks ensured they finished in third place with an impressive 11-7 win against the Purple Pirates. Despite a poor start to the season, the Sharks finished off with two back-to-back wins. Their overall team play and spirit shone through and the goals were split among several players: Crystal Stirling (3), Simone Smith (3), Jachelle Gardner (2), Jessica Lange (2), Kimberley

Angelo. Christina Hinds scored four goals for the Pirates with Cydnee Campbell (2) and Yarielca De La Cruz scoring the others. After the games were over Technical Director Matthew Green and league sponsor Tracey Pratt of Captain Marvin handed out several awards and trophies. Green was very pleased with the league this year. “This season has shown a vast improvement in the level of play. The referees and players are more familiar with the game and this bodes well for the future as we prepare for games in December against the Bahamas and Puerto Rico. We are the only country in the region that has regular leagues in this format so it will not be long before we can compete on the world stage.” Green was equally pleased with the overall development of the players: “Many of our young players have adapted very well to beach

Awards

League MVP – KadineDelphin Fair Play Award – Monae Gooden Top Goal Scorer – KadineDelphin Most Assists – Yarileny De La Cruz

Team MVPs

Monae Gooden - Marlins GrietVanbrabant - Mermaids Jessica Lange - Sharks Cydnee Campbell – Pirates

soccer.Players like Monae Gooden, Jessica Lange, Yarileny De la Cruz and especially KadineDelphin are very good players on the field, but they have become excellent players on the sand. They are keen to learn more about the game and train on a regular basis. Not only is women’s football looking good right now, so is beach soccer.”

Sabuton John, seen collecting the Man-of-the-Match award from cricket official Michael Pereira, led the Lawmen’s attack with a blistering 74 runs.

HAB Group/Gansevoort Resort T20 Cricket:

Police to meet Jaguars in final DEFENDING Twenty20 champions Police will meet the Guyana Jaguars in the final of the HAB Group/ Gansevoort Resort T20 cricket competition. Police defeated Quality Supermarket Kings XI while Jaguars book their place after Beaches were disqualified. Beaches, who had defeated the Jaguars in the last preliminary clash, initially won the semi-final, but then, according to cricket chief Colin Sterling, it was brought to the attention of the tournament officials that they had fielded an illegal player for the final-four clash and the result was a disqualification. FAVOURITES Police stamped their authority with a 111 run win over their opponents and are now strong favourites to take the title. Batting first the lawmen raced to 244-5 owing to a 125-run opening stand between Sabuton John and Kareem Jack. The pair belted runs to all corners of the field and by the

third over had climbed to 45. John led the attack with 74 (9X4s and 4X6s), while Jack scored 48 (9X4s). Captain Garvin Bruno continued the aggression with an unbeaten 61 (5X4s and 3X6s) batting third. Bruno is confident that his side can win the competition since he opined that all the players are playing with a lot of heart. Earl Henry, who skippered the losing side, was the pick of the bowlers with 3-43. Needing to score at over 12 runs per over, the Quality Kings were always on the back-foot since they could not put partnerships together. Seven batsmen, including Henry, fell for under 10 runs. The skipper looked aggressive as he belted two fours in three balls, but he was outdone by speedster Tony Hutchings. Jitender Ganglani (18) Kevin Hinds (15) and Lloyd Lynch (27) occupied the crease for a while, but it was always an uphill climb. Ira Baptiste cleaned up the middle and lower order with figures of 4-15 from three overs.

Bethany Baptist Church defeated the Jericho Baptist Church to take championship honours.

Bethany Baptist Church win Church Softball title BETHANY Baptist Church are champions of the Church Softball League. To get the prestigious award they had to get past a pumped up Jericho Baptist Church

in the championship game earlier this week at the National Stadium in Providenciales. Bethany won 19-8 to take the winner’s trophy, with Jericho,

Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) and Methodist Church following in that order. COGOP had defeated Methodist in the supporting clash.

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

June 23 - 29, 2012