May 2 - 8, 2015
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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
Planning Department moves to new location A SWITCH up in location saw the Planning Department in Providenciales close for the day on Friday (May 1). The office is now located at Emily House, former (Palm Co building) on Leeward Highway. The Planning Department will resume regular working hours
from Monday (May 4) at 8am, from their new location. A press release from the department on Thursday (April 30) said: “We do apologise for the inconvenience this move will cause and thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.”
The Towers of Babel Art is our language For more information email towersofbabel101@gmail.com or visit www.towersofbabel.weebly.com The children had lots of fun cooking up a variety of dishes
Students cook up a feast of TCI foods
PUPILS at the International School of the TCI researched, cooked and presented a feast at their annual food festival recently. Each class planned a dish, ingredients and designed their marketing banners. They then set out their tables, before presenting the culinary delight for the judges. On March 25 the Providenciales school welcomed two local chefs to judge the dishes, Chef Nik, who runs the restaurant Crackpot Kitchen, and Paul Quinn. The dishes presented by the little chefs included conch fritters, conch coconut chowder, conch salad, banana bread, mac ‘n’ cheese, curried conch and conch souse.
Many parents came to support the classes and also to taste the delicious foods. After much tasting and deliberation the judges chose their stand out dishes. The grade six class won the overall competition with their delicious version of conch curry. Second place was banana bread from grade one and senior kindergarten won third place for their conch salad. Local chef and proud parent Paul Quinn said: “We had a great time with Chef Nik judging the Food fest at the International School. “Well done to all. There were very high standards. It was a very tough decision.”
Pupils celebrate TCI foods during their annual festival
As part of their topic work all the students at the school have been studying the Turks and Caicos Islands in depth and recently created a ‘Living history’ workshop in order to educate and celebrate the country as part of Education Week 2015. Principal Katie Hinks said: “Community outreach is important for us all. We always try to embrace the Islands and the food culture through our studies, which allows us to truly respect difference and celebrate diversity.” The Leeward-based primary school, formerly The Ashcroft School, has about 20 different nationalities represented within the staff and student body.
Social media By Rico Smith
People aren’t connected as easily as it used to be, Nowadays emotional messages are passed via Whatsapp displays and IG post for the world to see, Whatever happen to having a good time but yet having a little privacy, Everything is exposed to the world from happy moments - to dramatic issues-basically everything done between you and me, It doesn’t take much to learn about a person from daily watching their Whatsapp display post, Or to know about a person’s personal problems of life, because once it happened on social media it will eventually show, There is lack of communication and minimum emotional conversations, So instead a person will get at you via a display post without any doubts or hesitation, Most especially confrontations of people back and forth arguing for the public, Some will not support it or might not be about it, but when the situation arrives they love it, Exposing things they like, parts of their body and quotes they try to live by every other day, Making life much easier for guys who want a piece from studying their social profile and knowing exactly what to say, Why not take the easy route and advantages of the social media, Share precious memorable moments instead of showing off clothes that get worn once a year, Advantages of advertising, businesses are used to advertise fake bodies, A very time consuming hobby that makes you forget important things including apologies, Why are we fascinated over people’s lives, pictures or someone’s personal life? Think about it, if it wasn’t so important; why would it be the first thing in the morning to check and the last thing at night, What would you do if Twitter, Facebook, IG or Whatsapp didn’t exist, Probably be a millionaire or a business owner or somewhere about to take a risk, Not discriminating the social network because without it there wouldn’t be much net worth, Which needs a lot of exposure because business needs to be published worldwide on this earth, Fake personalities and the false way of living isn’t the way it really is, People acting and doing it for the likes, because really no one likes the way they live, Why be a follower when being a leader is what we all want to be, Use the media wisely because it’s just a scheme to be watched by the system to keep track of you and me!