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ritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed 42-year-old Baroness Elizabeth Sugg as the new Minister for Turks and Caicos Islands and other Overseas Territories, replacing Lord Tariq Ahmad. Baroness Sugg’s appointment, which was announced during the prime minister’s Cabinet reshuffle last week Thursday, February 13th, perhaps explains why Lord Ahmad abruptly cancelled his widely-publicised visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands last week. Lord Tariq Ahmad will remain in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but he will now be the minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth.
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The Clement Howell High School dominated this year’s 5th annual Integrity Commission Inter-High Speak-Off Competition
Clement Howell High School wins annual Integrity Commission Inter-High Speak-Off competition
Marjorie Basden High School also participated. The moot for this Speak-Off
Melhado and their teacher at Clement Howell
Maranatha High School who came second with
New Chief Justice, High Court Judge and Chief Magistrate for TCI
honour. She stood up to an autocrat – one of Africa’s most notorious strongmen – Yahya Jammeh – whose 22-year rule only ended in 2017. Through integrity and courage, she attempted to protect the Judiciary from an overarching executive,” he said. “It’s probably best I give, as but one example, evidence provided by the Bar Council in the Gambia. Justice Agyemang was elevated to the position of Chief Justice, a very difficult position to hold in an autocratic regime. The Bar welcomed her appointment as we strongly believed in her independence and capacity to steer the justice system. During her tenure as Chief Justice, she had Madame Justice Mabel Agyemang firm control of the judiciary, as well as the (pronounced Ajiman’) will be the new support of the judges, the Bar Association Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos and the judicial staff. Continued on page 2 Islands.
2002, she was appointed a High Court Judge. From 2004 to 2014 she was seconded to the Commonwealth Secretariat as an expert to the Judiciaries of The Gambia and Swaziland where she worked as a High Court Judge. She was then appointed an expert Judge of The Gambia Court of Appeal. From 2013 to 2014 she was the Chief Justice of The Gambia. She took up her present role in 2015. Over the past few weeks, there were several negative comments circulating on social media about the new Chief Justice. Governor Dakin clarified the situation, noting that it is worth saying something about her departure from her role in the Gambia. “This is a badge of significant
The Turks and Caicos Islands has a new Chief Justice, a new Supreme Court Judge and a new Chief Magistrate. His Excellency Governor Nigel Dakin announced that Madame Justice Mabel Agyemang (pronounced Ajiman’) will be the new Chief Justice, while Mrs. Tanya Lobban-Jackson has been promoted from Chief Magistrate to Supreme Court judge, and Jolyon Hatmin promoted to Chief Magistrate. Madame Justice Agyemang, who is from Ghana, was the first Chief Justice of The Gambia. At present she is a Justice of the Court of Appeal in Ghana. She is a product of the University of Ghana and the Ghana School of Law, she was in private legal practice from 1987 to 1991 when she joined the Judiciary of Ghana. In
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for International Development from 23 April 2019 to 13 February 2020, Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) from 15 June 2017 to 26 July 2019 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport from October 2017 to April 2019. Baroness Sugg became a Conservative life peer on 30 August 2016.
Baroness Sugg previously served as Director of Operations and Campaigns at Downing Street under her close friend, former Prime Minister David Cameron and played an instrumental role in his successful re-election campaign. She was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Dissolution Honours. She was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development on 13 February 2020 and was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department
operations, finance and protocol.
In addition to her responsibility for Overseas Territories, Baroness Sugg, who is from Surrey, will have responsibility for children, education and youth (including girls’ education); sexual and reproductive health and rights, women and girls, LGBT, civil society, inclusive societies, disability; global partnerships and Sustainable Development Goals; departmental
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New High Court Judge
With respect to the new High Court Judge, Governor Dakin said Mrs.
Island Convenience Store & Gift Shop Location: Pond Street/Hospital Road, Grand Turk near the clock tower and police station Is seeking a Store Clerk Duties: Attending to customers, cashier packing goods, inventory control and stocking shelves etc. To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is new Please Contact: 946-1774 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
of Jamaica and Justice Zaila McCalla a former Chief Justice of Jamaica. “It is the JSC who sift the applicants and then choose which applicants they will interview. It is the JSC, and not the Governor, who conducts the interviews. Using the role of Chief Justice as an example the role was advertised internationally, not just regionally, and the JSC received a very strong field of applications,” stated Governor Dakin. “From this field the JSC chose to interview seven candidates. They don’t ask the Governor’s views on individual candidates either before the sift or before the interview. They did consult with the President of the local Bar and they did canvass individuals to see if there was interest from members of the senior Bar in TCI. No local candidates chose to put themselves forward this time for the role of Chief Justice. “ Governor Dakin said the JSC also canvassed his view, not in terms of named candidates but any special requirements the Governor might identify. “I said that beyond being an excellent Jurist, and having an independent spirit, TCI needed a Chief Justice with the energy and experience of taking through change in the Justice Sector. The blue print for that change has been crafted by our outgoing Chief Justice with significant support from those in the wider criminal justice stakeholder group. As a result, all those interviewed were provided with a copy of the Strategy and interviews included questions about approach and implementation.”
With respect to the new Chief Magistrate, the Governor noted that Hatmin was appointed Resident Magistrate in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2012. Prior to this he was the Managing Attorney of the Legal Aid Authority in his native Guyana, representing clients at the civil and criminal bar. He also worked as a Legal Advisor to the Guyana Sugar Corporation and was a public prosecutor for several years. He was first admitted to the Bar in 2000. “Mr. Hatmin has built a reputation for sound judgments in his role as a Magistrate and his promotion will also allow him a seat at the senior stake-holders group that will take forward reform of the Justice sector and is to be welcomed,” said the Governor. In his press release, the Governor stated that “ensuring there is a vibrant Judiciary that not only dispenses justice, but provides balance to the Executive, is an essential element of democratic lawabiding society”. He stated that in making judicial decisions the Governor has “outstanding counsel” and is not alone, and he makes his decision based on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission; a group of three very senior and experienced Judges. The Commission who advise the Governor are: Justice Sir Michael Barnett, a former Chief Justice of the Bahamas and now a Judge on the Appeal Court of the Bahamas. Justice Hilary Philips, President of the Court of Appeal
SEACOR Island Lines LLC
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Location: South Dock Road, Providenciales Seeking: Regional Business Development/Account Executive Requirements: •Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Marketing •Must have at least 3-5 years working experience in sales or/and business development in shipping company •Ability to communicate in English effectively, both written and verbal (bilingual is a plus) •Proficiency in license software such as Microsoft Office, Oracle, GDZ Salary: •45K depending on qualifications and experience Contact: Seacor Island Lines, General Manager 649 941-5411 Only Belongers need to apply Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Jungle Float TCI
Location: Lraye Cinema #21, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking one Bar Manager Duties: Manage the business aspects of the bar, taking inventory and reordering supplies, managing budgets, and setting goals. Hiring and training staff to provide excellent service to patrons Salary $8.00 per hour To work 6 days per week from 6:00pm – 2:00am Please Contact: 332-4176 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Mobile Water Park Location: Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking Water sports Operations Dive Master / Life Guard / Front Desk Agent/ Boat Captain /Crew Member •Must have 5 or more years’ experience with all aspects of Water sport management
New Chief Magistrate
Tanya Lobban-Jackson has been the extremely effective Chief Magistrate of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He noted that the Magistrates’ Courts, where the vast majority of cases are heard have had conviction rates of 80% that mirror the UK’s and they have a reputation for efficiency. Mrs. Lobban-Jackson was appointed to the post of Chief Magistrate of the Turks and Caicos Islands in August of 2016. In that post she was ex officio Coroner and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Authority. Prior to being appointed to the Magistracy, Ms. Lobban-Jackson was a Senior Prosecutor in Jamaica and Senior Crown Counsel in the Cayman Islands gaining 18 years’ experience in advocacy in the Magistrate’s Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Trained in the areas of Child Safeguarding, Human Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Case Management; she was first appointed to act as Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands in December of 2018 and has done so periodically since then. “Ms Lobban-Jackson as Chief Magistrate alongside her now colleague Mr Justice Shiraz Aziz, who remains with us in TCI, have both been instrumental in building a consensus in the TCI Judiciary that has resulted in the strategy that the new Chief Justice will drive forward,” the Governor added He said the JSC’s recommendation was that Mrs. LobbanJackson should be appointed with tenure until she reaches the age of constitutional retirement, and he has accepted it.
She instilled a culture of discipline and professionalism in the Judiciary. The attitude to work by judicial officers dramatically changed, and they became more professional and effective. Punctuality was expected of everyone and she led by example. She introduced reforms to ensure access to justice to litigants and to minimize the unnecessary delays in the dispensation of justice. She initiated the amendment of the Rules of Court to ensure expeditious determination of cases. She was a driver of innovation and reform, introducing ICT solutions to Judges for case law research amongst other things,” the Governor added. He said it was regrettable that despite her excellent and successful tenure, the President at the time unlawfully terminated her services to the dismay and disappointment of the entire legal fraternity. “At that period of the time, the then autocratic President was doing everything possible to control the Judiciary. Indeed, the departure of Justice Mabel Agyemang was sorely felt, as she left an indelible mark in our judicial sector.” He said the new Chief Justice herself asked the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that she be employed on a three-year contract and that was the JSC’s recommendation, which he accepted.
•At least 5 or more years in the Tourism Industry or other related area would be an asset Holidays and weekends or as required by the position. •Must have a clean criminal record and a also valid driver’s license Salary to commensurate with experience These position are new
Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board Deadline March 6th, 2020
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Over $2million spent repatriating illegal immigrants
JOB VACANCY Beach Enclave is a collection of private luxury villa resorts nestled on North Shore, Grace Bay and Long Bay Beach. We are seeking determined and energetic professionals who are dedicated to providing discreet yet personalized and attentive service that define the Beach Enclave experience. *Accounts Officer - To be responsible for assisting the resort’s accounting and financial management functions. To provide timely and meaningful information to the management team regarding the resort’s financial performance. Reporting to the Finance Director, the Accounts Officer is responsible for: •Executing the tasks of the Accounts Department and supporting the Profit Centres in their work, training and coaching the team. •Executing tasks relative to the Resort Operations, Home Owners Associations and Owner Statements, including: executing the night audit, maintaining up-to-date accounting records; accounts payable and accounts receivable; intercompany entries; reconciling the Balance Sheet accounts including inventories; •preparing Financial Statements within required timelines; supporting the General Manager and department heads in preparingbudgets, assisting on annual audit. •Developing high quality internal audit processes and procedures to assist management in performance measurement that is timely, accurate, and insightful. •Providing support in business development initiatives, hotel operations, real estate and other commercial projects. •Maintain proper and complete financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, ensuring that resort accounts, records and transactions are always accurate and correct. •Safeguard the resort’s assets by establishing, monitoring and enforcing internal controls. •Provide financial management tools that assist management with planning, forecasting and maximizing financial performance. •Compile budgets, forecasts, financial reports and financial trends. •Optimize bank and deposit relationships and initiate appropriate strategies to enhance cash position. •Ensure that the established controls and procedures in respect to the controller’s areas of responsibility are always being complied with.
The Enforcement agencies of the Turks and Caicos Islands are again asking anyone with information
concerning planned and landed arrival of other vessels, poachers and any suspicious movements of persons to contact the Police anonymously on 911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1-800-8477 TIPS. The public is also reminded that it is an offence to harbour or assist illegal persons and that persons found guilty engaging in such activities are liable to a fine of US$20,000 or a term of imprisonment of four years, or both in accordance with the Immigration Ordinance 2018 Revised or any law. The public is also requested to provide the Police with tips or any information related to this or any other illegal landing. We encourage the public to submit information or tips anonymously in English, French or Spanish on either to www.crimestoppers. tc or on Facebook as a fan of Crime Stoppers Turks & Caicos. Crime Stoppers tips are received in the USA.
apprehensions, the Enforcement Unit of Division B of the Immigration Department responded to the incident and transported persons to the Detention Centre where there were all processed and later repatriated to their homeland. The most recent interception brings the total landing and interceptions for the fiscal period 2019/20 to eight (8) and fifteen (15) respectively compared with 16 and 11 for the corresponding period 2018/19. This represents a significant success rate of detection by the coastal radar and the efforts of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. As at February 17, 2020, the Immigration Department Detention Centre was holding sixty two (62) persons including eleven (11) females and fifty one (51) males.
airfares, security, food etc. Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams, stated: “The matter of illegal landings continue to be a matter of high priority for my Government, as we continue our investigation into who is responsible for these acts. We would like to take this time to thank our hard working Officers of the Radar Centre, Officers on the ground and our international partners for their continued commitment to keep these islands.” Despite being less than two weeks into the month, February 2020 has been the most active period of attempted illegal entry for the fiscal period with a total of 449 persons intercepted, apprehended and repatriated from the islands from three (3) vessels. The latest interceptions occurred on February 3, 2020 when 205 persons were apprehended. This included one hundred and seventy two (172) males and thirty three (33) females. During all instances of
The continued illegal vessel landings and repatriation has cost the Turks and Caicos Islands Government in excess of US$2.1 Million from the Immigration Department alone, according to a Government press statement. For the period April 2019through February 2020, one thousand five hundred and forty eight (1548) persons have been repatriated from illegal vessels. For the similar period last year, the number was almost identical at one thousand five hundred and thirty six (1536) or less than a dozen persons. Haitian nationals continue to account for a significant percentage of those repatriated. Spending related to repatriation continue to increase. The 2019/20 budget made provision of US$2.1 million. This has been exhausted and an additional US$900K has been appropriated to cover costs related to repatriation inclusive of
Requirements •Professional accounting qualification CA, ACCA, CPA or similar, having •Internal audit experience, and •5+ years post certification experience as in internal audit and financial accounting the Candidate must be: •willing to work flexible hours including evenings as rotating Manager On Duty and weekends as needed to assist Operational team on property; •Exceptional knowledge of MS Suite and Quickbooks. Salary: $40k to 45k per annum based on qualifications and experience. *Guest Service Manager-Will be responsible for supervising the Guest Service/Butler Team to ensure that Team Members are prepared and well-informed to deliver our Guests an exceptional experience from check-in through check-out. Duties include: •Oversee the entire Guest Service/Butler operation to maintain high standards •Evaluate levels of Guest satisfaction and monitor trends, with a focus on continuous improvement •Ensure regular and Guests are recognized •Set departmental objectives, work schedules, budgets, policies, and procedures •Monitor the appearance, standards, and performance of the Butler Team Members with an emphasis on training and teamwork •Ensure Team Members have current knowledge of resort products, services, pricing and policies, as well as knowledge of the local area, and are continuously trained to learn and understand policies and practices •Maintain good communication and working relationships with all resort departments •Monitor staffing levels to meet cover business demands •Conduct monthly communication meetings and produce minutes •Manage staff performance issues in compliance with company policies and procedures •Recruit, manage, train and develop the Guest Service/Butler team •Comply with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation •Act in accordance with policies and procedures when working with front of house equipment and property management systems •Assist with other departments, as necessary •To oversee special events, coordinate service as necessary Salary: $40k to 45k per annum based on qualifications and experience. *Positions currently held by expatriate worker. Please apply in writing to Human Resources, Beach Enclave, International Drive, email: hr@ beachenclave.com P: +1 (649) 941-8887. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Potential candidates should also submit copies of their application to the Labor Board.
KALOOKI’S Location: #1 Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay Rd, Grace Bay Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Cook - Salary $7.00 p/h Cleans food preparation areas as determined by law and company policy Prepares foods to the specifications of the client Is seeking a Kitchen helper- Salary $6.50 per hour Duties: Clean kitchen areas and wash dishes and help workers who prepare or serve food and beverages These positions is currently held by work permit holder Belonger are encouraged to send a copy of their resume to the labour board
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TCI Police Force celebrates 220th anniversary of service
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Welfare Association under the esteemed patronage of His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin hosted their 220th anniversary Police Gala (1799-2019) on Saturday February 15th at Beaches Resort & Spa. During the evening remarks were brought by Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting, Leader of the Opposition Charles Washington Missick, Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and His Excellence the Governor Nigel Dakin. Also attending the event was Deputy Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams, Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and husband Lorne Robinson pictured with executive members Minister of Education Hon. Karen of the Police Welfare Association. Malcolm, Director of Public Prosecutions Mr. Eugene Otuonye, QC and Hon. Excellency the Governor. Most critically, warrants in areas that I would not go Akierra Missick, Leeward & Long Bay MP. we’ve started to build support in the at nights and many or our citizens will Commenting on this historic community and that’s absolutely critical not go at nights, but they do, and I am occasion, Commissioner of Police to us. I think that the future is very bright grateful to them. There are civilians alert Trevor Botting said: “It is our birthday for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands managing our 911 center, there is a silver something to be celebrated and we are Police Force and I think that the future commander who as we sleep we rely on very proud of the Royal Turks and Caicos is bright for Turks and Caicos as a result. to ensure that we deploy our resources Islands Police. Right now as a Force we The biggest thanks I want to give are to properly. All of these people that I’ve are looking forward and we are looking to the men and women of the Royal Turks mentioned and I can mention many the future. Since my appointment in July and Caicos Islands Police Force. We are more, are indicative of the 24/7 capability we’ve had lots of changes and I believe the very sharpe edge of law enforcement. that we deploy in these islands.” now we have an excellent team around We have some fantastic partners both Dakin added that it is not a me at the top. In terms of policing and within the TCI and elsewhere and comfortable position to be married to looking forward we have plans. It has without a doubt we’re starting to build somebody who puts their service often been a very difficult 2019 for the country a fantastic relationships between us and before their family and who has chosen and the Police Force but we are resolute with the support of the community I a career rather than a job. and determined to deal with the current know we can keep the Island safe,” he Premier Hon. Sharlene crime issues and deal with those people explained. Cartwright-Robinson said it is important that are seeking to cause harm in to our ` Meantime, Governor, Nigel as Premier and Minister of Finance Turks and Caicos.” Dakin said the members of the Police to let the Police Force know that they Botting said the Police Forces has Force work extremely hard to ensure that have the full support and weight of the received tremendous support from the the TCI is safe. government. current Government, the Opposition “We also want to say that He said: “As we enjoy our and the TCI community. wine and our food this evening there personally we will continue to support “I am delighted, proud and very are officers of the Maritime Branch out you in your work and in your efforts and grateful for the support that we are getting tonight on the ocean looking after our to say that we really love and appreciate from the Premier and her government, borders, there are officers tonight from you for all that you do. You have been the Leader of the Opposition and His the Tactical Unit no doubt executing working extremely hard and sometimes
that goes unnoticed. I quite often say no matter how people behave, we sleep better at nights, we move about this country better because we know that there are men and women truthfully that are putting their lives at risk and on the line for us every day. Let us continue to in every which way we can to support the officers so that we can live in the Turks and Caicos that we desire to live in if we all do our part.” Opposition Leader Charles Washington Missick noted that he is very happy with the direction that the Police Force is going. “When I joined the Police Force way back when, there was very little crime. My job, duty, commitment and my wish for these Turks and Caicos Islands is for us to be the safest little country in the world. At the end of the day this is a tourism dependent destination and no island is an island anymore. There are no villages so to speak. The world is that village and the way news travels is far worse than what literally happens. We want to support our Police Officers and I believe from both sides of the political aisle, that is our commitment,” he said. Special Awards were presented to 220th Anniversary Honorees, Mary Durham, Patrick Ira Sylvester Baptiste, Felix Bertram Browne, Clifford Ashton and Theophilus McTaire. Throughout the evening, a moment of silence was also taken for all fallen Comrades, Sgt Cromwell Warrican and Inspector John Sutton (February 2002), PC Price Smith (January 2005), Retired Superintendent Michael Taylor (2007), Sgt Kingsley Hamlett (2009), ASP James Callender (May 2017), PC Peter Dickenson (December 2018) and PC Mauquency Carter (March 2019) and May their souls rest in peace.
By Todeline Defralien
The Financial Intelligence Agency of the Turks and Caicos Islands is inviting applications for the following vacancy. DIRECTOR POSITION: LOCATION: PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS USD74-84,000.00 PER ANNUM (plus allowances) SALARY: APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 07th, 2020 Applications not accompanied by all required supporting documents will not be processed.This is a contract position.
The Financial Intelligence Agency of the Turks and Caicos Islands (FIA) is a key competent authority within the Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferationregime in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Its main functionsare to receive, analyse and disseminate financial information, with a view to aid in the identification and prosecution of persons involved in Money Laundering, Terrorist and Proliferation Financing and connected crimes. The Director of the FIA will be responsible for the daily management of the FIA’s operations and its staff ensuring the optimal use of human and other resources applied towards meeting the Agency’s legislative mandate, operational and financial targets; and strategic priorities of the Board. Withanemphasisonhighprofessionalstandards,integrity, confidentiality and general conduct, the Director is expected to work with stakeholders to fulfil the Turks and Caicos Islands AML/CFT/PF mandate. The Director musthave strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills and be able to prepare complex reports,present at conferences and seminarsrepresenting the FIA nationally; and at regional and international forums. The Director must have a working knowledge of both primary and secondary anti-money laundering (AML) and countering financing of terrorism (CFT) legislation, including regulations and policies.Additionally, the Director must have a comprehensive knowledge of the FATF 40 recommendations and methodology. In this role, the Director will have regular interaction with the Royal Turks and Caicos Police Force, The Attorney General’s Chambers, the AntiMoney Laundering Committee,other competent authorities, regulatory bodies; and FIA’s and FIU’s in the region and internationally. Requirements and Qualifications: •Undergraduate degree in Management,
Finance,
Law,
Law
Enforcement or related field with at least 5 years as a senior manager in an AML/ CFT/PF capacity; OR 10 years executive management in a legal, law enforcement, financial or intelligence capacity with an AML/CFT/PF background; both preferably within a FIU. •Proficiency in the preparation, recording, presentation and explanation of high-level reports to a Board of Directors and senior level administrators, to include Financial Reports, Risk Assessment and Management Reports, Internal and External Audits and related reports, staff, security and other office policies and reports; •Experience in an investigative and financial intelligence role; •Have demonstrated experience in training of staff members, public stakeholdersand the private sector through targeted outreach and awareness programs. •Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Power Point and Access. Knowledge of IBM iBase, Altia and financial intelligence analyst software is a plus. TO APPLY PLEASE SUBMIT: 1. Application cover letter indicating position applied for; 2. Copy of updated Curriculum Vitae including your contact details; 3. Two recent reference letters; one of which must be from a person who can speak to your professional capacity for the job; 4. Copies of relevant qualifications; 5. Copy of passport Bio page; and 6. A Police certificate of character no older than 6 months. Applications along with your CV and supporting documents are to be submitted to hr@fia.tc Turks and Caicos Islander applicants should also forward copies of their applications to the Labour Board. This position is not currently held by a work permit holder. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Family of Texas woman who drowned while on vacation in TCI, suing Beaches resort
ambulance, attorneys said. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. After the woman’s death, Sandals Resorts International offered the family a five-day stay at one of their resorts as a gesture of “goodwill” toward the family, according to the attorneys. The lawsuit alleges several acts of negligence by the resort and its employees, as well as wrongful death. A spokesperson for Sandals could not be reached by press time. Diane Hendricks.
While Hendricks was snorkeling, she began struggling in the water, according to the attorneys. Her daughter-in-law helped her into the boat and took off her mask, according to the lawsuit. The family claims that the snorkeling tour boat operators and instructors allegedly refused to help the woman as she struggled to breath. Attorneys say that the boat allegedly was not equipped with any life-saving instruments. The boat operator then took the family ashore to a waiting
A Texas family is suing Sandals Resorts after the matriarch of their family drowned while vacationing at one of its resorts. Dripping Springs resident Diane Hendricks was with her son, grandchildren and daughter-inlaw while staying at Beaches Resort on Turks And Caicos Island in July 2019, according to Houston-based attorneys Mo Aziz, Spence Graham and Joe Vinas. The family booked a snorkeling trip some distance in the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, according to the lawsuit.
Airports Authority mourns loss Removal of MegaOne Triton from Governor’s Beach, Grand Turk of employee Kalyn Thomas safety standards. Consultants, CWaves an expert company contracted to oversee the removal in accordance with methodology agreed, will be on hand. Residents and visitors alike are being urged to obey signs which will be placed around the area for their safety. Due caution should be taken to avoid any injury or damage to self or property. The beach will remain open for access, however; we do request that barrier lines are not traversed for safety reasons. Emergency contact details are as follow: Tel. 3384170 or email environment@ gov.tc
The removal for the MegaOne Triton from Beach, Grand Governor’s Turk has commenced on 17th February, 2020. Due to this, residents and visitors are being urged to take caution when utilizing Governor’s Beach. In September 2019 the Government through the legal tendering process, tendered the project TR 19/29 removal of Mega One Triton. This followed with the award of a contract to successful bidder, international company Koole Contractors. The removal will be done in accordance with the TCIG contract and strict adherence to international
Kayln Thomas condolences go out to his friends and family during this time. We were deeply honoured and blessed to have had him as a part of our work family. May his blessed soul sleep in peace.”
It is with deep regret, the Turks and Caicos Islands Airports Authority (TCIAA) acknowledges the passing of Mr Kalyn Thomas. A statement from the TCIAA said they have lost a dear friend and valued colleague. Thomas was employed as Chief Apron Controller since 2007 and he was described as an esteemed employee that loved his job as well as aviation on a whole. CEO John T. Smith commented “We grieve with heavy hearts not only as a work family for a tremendous individual, but we also grieve for his young family. Prior to his passing, his zeal for work and family was most evident in every conversation. His imprint on our team will live on in his memory and he will surely be missed. Our hearts, prayers and sincerest
PNP searching for candidates to run in Wheeland, Grand Turk South
Prospective Candidates shall: 1.Be a member of the Progressive National Partyingood financial standing 2 Be a registered voter 3.Satisfy the qualification for membershipof the House of Assembly under the Constitution of the Turks and Casicos Islands 4.Satisfy the Requirements of the
Coastal and Marine Design Build Limited Location: Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Is seeking: Electricians, Carpenters, Labourers, A Diesel Mechanic, Job Forman, Site Manger Project Manager and Heavy Equipment Operator • Electrician’s duties include Installing and maintain wiring, control, and lighting systems • Carpenters must be able to Install structures and fixtures, such as windows and molding • Diesel Mechanic must be able to do routine maintenance, such as changing oil, checking batteries, and lubricating equipment and parts • Labourers must be able to do general Labour work include cleaning and preparing a job site • Forman is responsible for monitoring the progress of a project and keeping it on track from a time and budgetary standpoint. • Site Manager is responsible for ensuring that a construction project is completed on time and within budget. • Project Manger duties: Organizing and motivating a project team, controlling time management, Cost estimating and developing the budget and ensuring customer satisfaction.’ • Heavy Equipment Operator duties - Operate all heavy equipment in the Marine environment. Salaries are based on Experience Labourers Salary is $7.00 per hour Must be able to work 6 days per week All persons must speak English fluently All of these positions are new positions Please 244-2212/or email: inter_island_builder@yahoo.com Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
All interested persons may submit an application in writing to the Secretary General of the party, through the respective Chairman of the Constituency Council of Electoral District 02 and Electoral Disstrict # 10 no later than February 29th, 2020. Each Application must have ten (10) signatures from members of the
Constituency Council of Electoral District 02 or Electoral District #10 based on your area of interest. The Chairman for Electoral District #02 is Mr. Ryan Williams ryanpop4@hotmail.com and the Chairman for Electoral District #10 is Miss. Jameka Williams chillistakeoutandcatering@outlook. com
Integrity Commission Ordinance
The National Executive Committee of The Progressive Nation Party is desireous of filling vacancies for Candidacy for Electoral District # 02 (Grand Turk South) and Electoral District # 10 (Wheeland, Providenciales). This follows the withdrawal of Dameko Dean as the candidate for Wheeland and Pedro Ariza for Grand Turk South.
INTERCARIBBEAN AIRWAYS HAS A VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: The successful candidate Must have following: A master’s degree in business administration, Finance or Accounting and a minimum of ten years of leadership role for a large division or company. Experience in strategic planning and execution. Knowledge of contracting, negotiating and change management. Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures. Experience in formulating policy and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures. Ability to develop financial plans and manage resources. Ability to analyze and interpret financial data. Knowledge of public relations principles and practices. Knowledge of communication and public relation techniques. Ability to develop and deliver presentations. Ability to identify and secure funding/ revenue sources. Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule and travel. Please send resume to HR@intercaribbean.com; Belongers and permanent residence card holders need only to apply.
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Lobster season closes March 1st
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An illegal vessel was intercepted on Tuesday 18th February, 2020 in the Long Bay Area of Providenciales, by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. Several persons seem to have escaped from the vessel and swam ashore before being apprehended. Immigration Officers are still undertaking operations within the vicinity of where persons escaped. While the Ministry responsible and the Immigration Department welcome the continued support of the public, residents are advised to desist from apprehending persons believed to have arrived via illegal vessel for your safety. Please report any sighting or unusual activity to 911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1-800-8477 TIPS as soon as practically possible. We anticipate the full cooperation of all concerned.
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even though these elements may seem customary, it is important to master drills and the process that goes into getting a uniform ready for inspection.” Gardiner added, “Overall, we want to reinforce standards and instill discipline and a sense of pride while building camaraderie through friendly competition”. Constable Tashauna Wilson, Sergeant Winyfer Rodriguez and Constable Philippe Jean were recognized for “Best Turn Out on Parade”. During the parade, the award for Officer of the Month - Division B was presented to Constable Tina Barnett. Sergeant Felix Brown was also presented with a plaque for 30 years of service within the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. He retires in March.
Interception of illegal vessel
Police force reintroduces divisional parades The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force held its first Divisional (B) Parade for 2020 at the Ethel Ingham Centre, on Thursday, February 13th 2020. At 7 a.m., approximately 80 police officers including Assistant Superintendents and various sections turned out for the parade that included a formal inspection of uniforms and drills under the command of newly appointed Divisional Commander B- Assistant Superintendent of Police, Dwight Gardiner. Assistant Superintendent Gardiner said, “This was something we have done in the past and are happy to reintroduce this year. There are tremendous benefits to these monthly parades. Inspections and drills are fundamental to policing and
(Providenciales) emai lto environment@ gov.tc. The DECR is seeking the cooperation of the public in the above matter. The DECR would also like to remind all fishing interests, restaurants and general public that Sunday, February 29th will be the final day of the closed season for Nassau Grouper for 2020. The DECR would like to remind the public of the following regulations related to the legal size of Nassau grouper: A minimum length of twenty-one (21) inches and a maximum length of thirtyfive (35) inches for holders of a Sports Fishing Licence; A minimum length of seventeen (17) inches for holders of a Commercial Fisherman’s Licence.
Please report any allege or suspected contravention of the Fisheries Protection Ordinance Regulations to the DECR at 338.6254 (South Caicos) 338.3176 (Grand Turk) 338.4168 (Providenciales) email to environment@ gov.tc. The DECR is seeking the cooperation of the public in the above matter. The Fisheries Protection Ordinance(Amendment)Regulation 3(I) states that “crawfish” means the spiny lobster, the slipper lobster, the smooth tailed lobster, the spotted lobster or crayfish or the species Panulirus Argus or Panulirus Guuatus or Scyllarides. Please report any allege or suspected contravention of the Fisheries Protection Ordinance Regulations to the DEC Rat 338.6254 (South Caicos) 338.3176 (Grand Turk) 338.4168
The 2019-2020 crawfish (lobster) season will be closed as of Sunday, March1st, 2020. The Fisheries Protection Ordinance (Amendment)Regulation 12(1)states:“The close season for crawfish for the year 2020 shall commence on the first day of March 2020”. A press release from the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources(DECR) said that during the closed season, any person who fishes for, purchases or is in possession of a lobster will be committing an offence that is punishable by a fine of $5,000 or six months imprisonment or both. The DECR is urging all fishers, restaurant owners, private residents and plant owners to ensure that no lobster remains in their possession as of Sunday, March 1st, 2020.
• Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holiday in direct relation to cruise ship schedule • Salary paid monthly at a rate of $6.25 to $7.00 per hour, depending on the applicant’s level of experience, seniority and continued high performance • All successful applicants are subjected for three (3) months’ period of probation ***Potential candidates who do not meet the specified requirements but show a willingness and ambition to learn our sales ethics and policies may, at the sole discretion of management, be exempt from any specified requirement and recruited as an employee in training. Diamonds International is looking for qualified Jeweler, Back office assistant, Cashiers, Sales Associates and General Manager to our Grand Turk location Requirements for Jeweler: • Clean criminal record • Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in high-end jewelry repair • Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holidays in direct relation to cruise ship schedule. • Salary paid monthly and vary at $2,000 - $3,000 per month depending on the applicant’s seniority & experience and continued high performance • All successful applicants are subject for three (3) months’ period of probation. Requirements for Back office assistant: • High communication skills • Clean criminal record • Minimum three (3) years’ experience in back office • Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holiday in direct relation to cruise ship schedule • Salary paid monthly at a rate of $6.25 to $7.00 per hour, depending on the applicant’s level of experience, seniority and continued high performance. • All successful applicants are subject for three (3) months’ period of probation. Requirements for Cashier: • High communication skills • Clean criminal record • Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holiday in direct relation to cruise ship schedule • Salary paid biweekly at a rate of $6.25 to $7.00 per hour, depending on the applicant’s level of experience, seniority and continued high performance. • All successful applicants are subject for three (3) months’ period of probation. Requirements for Sales associates: • Minimum of two (2) years jewelry sales experience with clear employment background • High communication skills and positive attitude towards customers • Clean criminal record
Requirements for Sales Manager: •Minimum of three (3) years jewelry sales experience & one (1) year of relevant experience in the operation and management of an upscale fine jewelry, precious stones and merchandising store. • Minimum of 27 years of Age and of a demonstrably mature and competent disposition • Capable of multitasking between sales, customer care and back office duties • Clean criminal record and acceptable record of employment. • Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holiday in direct relation to cruise ship schedule • Salary paid monthly and vary at $1,500 - $2,500 per month depending on the applicant’s seniority & experience and continued high performance Requirements for General Manager: • Minimum of five (5) years jewelry sales experience & two (2) years of relevant experience in the operation and management of an upscale fine jewelry, precious stones and merchandising store. • Minimum of 27 years of Age and of a demonstrably mature and competent disposition • Capable of multitasking between sales, customer care and back office duties • Clean criminal record and acceptable record of employment. • Willing to work with flexible hours including weekends and holiday in direct relation to cruise ship schedule • Salary paid monthly and vary at $3,500 - $5,000 per month depending on the applicant’s seniority & experience and continued high performance Interested applicants are required to submit a formal application in writing, addressed to the Company’s General Manager, either via email at dhershkovich@ shopdi.com Or by hand, delivered to Diamonds International at the Grand Turk Cruise Center *** All applications must include a copy of the applicants Turks & Caicos Islander Status ID, TCI passport and/or valid TCI PRC endorsed with the right to work. ***Interested TCIslanders are invited to submit a copy of their application to the commissioner & Labor
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FortisTCI president, CEO Eddinton Powell speaks at Clinton Global Initiative Action Network in Puerto Rico
FortisTCI President and CEO and Chairman of CARILEC Eddinton Powell serving as a guest panelistat the CGI Action Network in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, February 19. The panel discussed the topic, ‘Leading the Energy Transition: Small Business Growth, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.”
reduce environmental impact and can offer cost saving to our customers if done right,” Mr. Powell said. The Clinton Foundation initially launched the CGI program on post-disaster recovery following the devastating 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria that severely impacted most of the eastern Caribbean, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The goal of the CGI Action Network is to bring industry leaders together to develop longterm solutions that will create a more resilient and sustainable energy sector throughout the Caribbean region.
through the company’s Utility Owned Renewable Energy (UORE) Program, as well as the work the company continues to do to increase the uptake of renewable energy in the Turks and Caicos Islands. “FortisTCI is embracing the integration of feasible renewable energy solutions and aims to meet or possible exceed targets as outlined in the country’s Resilient National Energy Transition Strategy (RNETS). The goal of 33% renewable energy generation by 2040 not only increases resilience and sustainability profiles, but will also
topic, ‘Leading the Energy Transition: Small Business Growth, Innovation and Entrepreneurship’, and included representatives from various roles within the sector who shared their experience being at the forefront of the energy transition. The group also explained the importance of building strong cross-sectional partnerships with policymakers, investors, and innovative companies to create clean energy ecosystems. Mr. Powell spoke about the relationships FortisTCI has created
FortisTCI President and CEO and Chairman of the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) Eddinton Powell was a guest speaker and panelist at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, February 19gh, 2020. His one-on-one talk with Pegasus Capital Advisors Chief Strategy Officer David Crane highlighted FortisTCI’s focus on renewable energy and how the Caribbean is working to make a transition to more sustainable and green energy options. The guest panel discussed the
FortisTCI President and CEO and Chairman of CARILEC holds a one on one discussion with Pegasus Capital energy at the CGI Action Network in Puerto Rico On Wednesday, February 19.
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New ‘Shisha’ hookah Lounge & Restaurant creating a buzz in Grace Bay
Hours of Operation MON: 5 PM to 12 AM TUE: 5 PM to 12 AM WED: 5 PM to 12 AM THU: 5 PM to 2 AM FRI: 5 PM to 2 AM SAT: 5 PM to 2 AM SUN: 11 AM to 12 AM Happy hour is from 5-7pm daily. Anyone who would like to contact the new hot spot can visit their website: shishaloungetci.com, Instagram @ shishaloungetci or Contact: Phone: 6492313545 to reserve a table or lounge.
Partners/Managing Director of Shisha Lounge, Nicola Jentgen Gregoire and Rhynie Campbell
The bar area
Outside Lounge area
Go’ and its coming soon.” Entertainment throughout the week includes: Monday and TuesdayJazz night, Wednesday - Karaoke night, Thursday - Caribbean Night and Friday & Saturday will include Prime Djs and other Djs and Sundays is more of a sports night. “We also want to do a very upbeat brunch maybe twice a month on a Sunday where people can come and have brunch, mimosa, sangria while there’s a DJ outside and party, dance and smoke cigars or Shisha. There’s nothing here to really do on a Sunday so we want people to go out more and enjoy what life has to offer,” she ended.
Turks and Caicos Islands is in for a brand new experience following the opening of Shisha Hookah Lounge & Restaurant in the heart of Grace Bay. A relaxing environment offering flavorful hookahs, delicious food, chill music, a fun and friendly staff and plenty of comfy couches to relax in is the new hot spot in Regent Village, Providenciales. Partner/Managing Director of Shisha Lounge, Nicola Jentgen Gregoire told The SUN the idea arose from her visit to Europe a few years ago. “Couple of years ago I went to Europe and I visited a place called ‘The White Bar’ and when I went there it was so relaxing; there were lounges on the inside and people were just smoking Shisha and the vibe and ambiance was incredible and I thought to myself that it would be nice to bring something new and different to Turks and Caicos. I meet up with Rhynie Campbell and told him I had a vision and I think this will do well in Turks and Caicos, so I pitched it to him and he was all green lights with the idea.” Gregoire explained that Shisha is the European term for hookah and their aim is to make it more popular in the Caribbean. She added: “You can go to a local bar and get a hookah but it’s a
regular mint flavor, but we have exotic and comfortable and we have done flavors and different ways of making exactly that. Another thing that sets us the hookahs. We have regular flavours, apart is that we do offer valet service frozen and alcohol-infused. We also on the weekends when it’s busy,” she carry cigars here just for people who continued.”Nowhere else in the Turks are not into hookahs. We are not trying and Caicos does that. The ambiance to promote that this is just a hookah that we’ve created here with the lounges lounge; people can come here to relax outside and our fire pit is so relaxing! at our inside bar and have a drink, eat, We also have our special cocktails which because we have a variety of finger foods were made in-house and our Shisha flavors that nobody else carries. We can and also lounges are on the outside.” Shisha Hookah Lounge & make you a cocktail Shisha that you Restaurant officially opened its doors on can’t get anywhere else on the island. We have created job opportunities and the Friday January 24th, 2020. “The turnout and the support majority of the staffing is local people that I got were incredible and I didn’t and people who lived here for years.” Gregoire revealed that this idea even think we were ready for that grand turnout to be honest with you. I really was in the making for four years and appreciate everybody that came out both her partner and herself pushed to support. A lot of locals came out to and worked really hard trying to get support the business and that made everything done. The Shisha Hookah Lounge me really happy. The support that I am getting is what I had in mind to get & Restaurant currently has eight staff from the community and I want here members and the facility can hold up to to be a place where every night it is 200-300 persons inside and outside. Gregoire exclusively revealed busy. We are trying to incorporate some entertainment during the week days and to The SUN that there are plans for a ‘Shisha To Go’. weekends as well,” she added. She said, “There is something Asked what makes them different from every other bar in new that I would love to put out there Providenciales, Gregoire said that safety and it’s that I want to do a Shisha Mobile. is their priority and what sets them apart. It’s for when there are events and we “With the high crime rate want to be able to bring the Shisha to the going on right now we want everyone event and that’s something new that’s in who walks in here to feel secure, safe the making. The name will be ‘Shisha To
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Outside seating area
Cigars, Hookah and drinks found at Shisha Lounge
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New restaurant & sports bar ‘The Terrace’ opens on Grace Bay burgers that you have to have, kids items and deserts. It’s a pretty complex menu. Long term, I think that it will grow we might go to some more lunch and dinner oriented dishes but for now I think that it a real balanced menu,” he explained. In addition, Janse stated that long terms they want to do is Sunday brunch and Friday happy hour. “We think that there is a big demand for that and also Friday happy hour. There are still lots of ideas of different things that we want to do here. We find it important that with the name, it gives you a sense of place of where you are and the other thing that is the defining part we think about this business is the beautiful terrace and you can over look the street and it feels great indoor and outdoor.” Restaurant Manager, Gulno Gustave thanked all of their supporters so far including tourists and locals. “It has been such an amazing few weeks working here and the support is just outstanding and it’s only been a week and a half. So far I can say that we have been really amazed with the turn outs every evening during our lunch hours and dinner time and I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone. Everyone loves the location, what we offer such as the cocktails, food and we just want to keep up with the good service,” he said. The Terrace on Grace Bay opens 1:00 a.m. – 11:00p.m., closed on Tuesdays. On the weekends open early from 9:00 a.m. They can be found on social media Instagram is @theterraceongracebay and Facebook The Terrace on Grace Bay.
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be lower than what we charge at the resort business, but we don’t want to be the cheapest either. Back and front combined we have about 25 staff and we’re adding to that. We carry local hot sauce and same with the local beers. We like to store stuff locally where we can.” Cold beers, cocktails and wine, sports on 8 big screens and delicious pub food served every day at this new spot. “Our beverage supply is mostly on island because there is good supply for that. Menu wise, we kept it very simple for opening so we have a great selection of bar snacks. We try to put some healthier options in there that are Mediterranean inspired because there is a big push for people who are vegan or Mediterranean and we try to cater to those needs as well. There is good number of salads on there and we also wanted to do a couple of things that would be our signature dishes such as fish & chips, shrimp and grits and the grits are actually from North Caicos, fish taco and all of the sandwiches and
the services that they already have there. “I think that our location has proven to be really good because you can just walk here and other than that I think that our service is good, so we are very lucky that 90% of the staff that works with us here also works with us on the resort. That was another reason why we thought that this would actually work well and most hospitality workers have more than one job to support their families so knowing that need is already there although we are separate businesses but we’re still one employer so it’s a really great combination for both sides,” he explained to The SUN. Janse said there are some things that they want to develop, but they’re pleased with what they have so far. “We have a really talented team right next door and looking at the island and what’s currently available and we just feel that there was sort of a gap for something in the middle segments for good food, drinks and great service, but not at the top price range. We wanted to
Front view at The Terrace on Grace Bay
Food & Beverage Director at Seven Stars, Robin Janse
A new restaurant called “The Terrace” is creating a huge buzz on the Grace Bay strip since it officially opened on Saturday February1st, 2020. The Terrace is managed by the Seven Stars Resort and is an extension to their dining experience. In an exclusive interview with The SUN, Food & Beverage Director at Seven Stars, Robin Janse describes the restaurant as a gastro pub with a sports bar element. “We’ve been open since Saturday February 1st, so it’s been over a week and the support has been very amazing. Day one we served about 300 guests for lunch and dinner and Super Bowl night we served around 400 guests which was our busiest time so far. The support has been tremendously overwhelming and we’re very thankful for that.” He added: “Once we saw the building breaking ground right next to us, we saw it as a great opportunity to expand our businesses and our restaurants. We’ve kind of grown and the resort is quite fully built as it is, so we don’t really have any space to create more restaurants on property necessarily. But we do have lots of idea of different things that we could do for our guests inside and outside. When this building broke grown we realised that we should lease this (space) and put a restaurant in here and the decision was made quite quickly. We quickly signed the lease because we wanted to make sure that we got it before anyone else.” According to Janse, because the restaurant is right next door to the Seven Stars resort, they are able to utilise all of
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Labour Tribunal back in action
NOTICE Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations, 2014 An Application, NC 1163 by CORE RESOURCES LTD for A GAS STATION ON PARCEL 50109/124, SANDY POINT, NORTH CAICOS has been submitted to the Department of Planning for consideration and determination. Anyone wishing to make representation(s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, Downtown, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty eight (28) days of publication of this Notice.
Ms. Rosa Maria Clare, of South Caicos is an Educator who has served over forty years in the public service. She presently serves on various Boards and is active in community service. Mrs. Irene Glinton of Providenciales has experience in the private sector, serving in various She presently Administrative roles. serves as Secretary to the Turks and Caicos Islands Electricity Board. Mrs. Judy Missick of Providenciales has worked over 30 years in the private sector in administrative fields and Human Resource Management. She is an ordained Minister of the Gospel and is a part of various social and community groups. The Labour Tribunal staff members include Mrs. Winifred Stubbs, Administrative Officer, Mrs. Lucille Campbell, Labour Tribunal Secretary, Ms. Alice Williams, Tribunal Officer and Ms. Adriana Handfield, Clerical Assistant. The office hours remain Monday to Thursday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on Friday. The Office in Grand Turk is located at 3 Degrees Building and in Providenciales in Butterfield Square, Downtown, Providenciales. The Labour Tribunal was established under the Employment Ordinance Section 93 and was given jurisdiction to hear and determine any Labour disputes or complaints; and is expected to discharge its statutory functions in accordance with the Employment Ordinance.
The Labour Tribunal, which of the Labour Tribunal and its functions. The Labour Tribunal is grateful for those was without a legally constituted body The Labour Tribunal, in seeking redress who continue to offer their services to since the law was amended in March for employment disputes will endeavor the Tribunal and by extension to the 2018, welcomed its new President, Mrs. to dispense its rulings in a fair, just and Turks and Caicos Islands and welcome M. Doreen Quelch Missick, attorney-at- timely manner in accordance with the all members and am indeed proud of the caliber, experience and strengths all law. law, on 2nd January 2020. The president, staff and members bring,” the release added. The in-coming president, in an The following Members of the effort to get the Tribunal back on track members look forward to serving the and fully functioning, immediately people throughout the country and are Tribunal have been appointed for a put plans in action for the review of pleased to let the public know that all period of two (2) years: Mr. Vernon Alco Williams of the existing backlog of cases, and inhabited islands now have member Providenciales has served in the public undertook critical steps in assessing the representation on the Labour Tribunal. “We look forward to the and private sector as Superintendent backlog and put plans in place to move forward for new and pending cases at return of the weekly radio program of Police of the Royal Turks and Caicos via RTC in our efforts to reach out Islands Police Force. the various stages of deliberations. Mr. Edward Hall of North Introductory meetings were and inform the public, employees and held and expectations outlined, an employers of their rights under the Caicos has served as Commissioner of orientation meeting was later held for Employment Ordinance, their rights Police, Royal Turks and Caicos Islands all newly appointed members who under other International Workers Police Force. Bishop Samuel Williams of received their appointments in August Rights Instruments to include the 2019. It was an honour to have the International Labour Organization Providenciales has 30 years of service in Deputy Governor, Mrs. Anya Williams (ILO) and other International Human the public and private sectors in various present to give brief congratulatory Rights Conventions. We look forward fields, particularly in Electronics and to visiting North, Middle and South Communications. remarks during the orientation. Mr. Michael Pereira of On February 4th a full day of Caicos and to re-establish its presence Training for all members were conducted in Grand Turk and for the re-opening Providenciales, a Justice of the Peace, with a focus on the Employment of the Labour Tribunal Office by March Notary Public and retired Clerk of Ordinance, discussing their individual 1st,” a Government press release stated. Courts and Bailiff of the Supreme Court. Dr. Beatrice Fulford of Grand role, duties, responsibilities and “The Tribunal looks forward to working Turk, an Educator has served in expectations of Members. Recognizing that the Labour internally with the Commissioner various positions in the public sector Tribunal has been without a President of Labour and his staff and Labour – Chairman of the Public Service since August 2017, however, the staff Inspectors, Immigration and externally Commission, and former Permanent under the leadership of the then Vice with the Clients and Attorneys in an Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Mrs. Noreane Williams-McKoy, President, Mr. Vernon Alco Williams effort to fulfil the statutory functions continued to perform the statutory of the Labour tribunal. We express of South Caicos is an Educator and a functions of the Tribunal. President thanks to the general public for their Justice of the Peace. She is a Champion Missick commended the former Vice unwavering support and to the clients for persons with special needs and is President and staff for their work and for their patience and look forward to a member of the District Board, South Caicos and the Parole Board. reminded the team of the important role working to serve you.
NEEDLES & PINS LTD. REQUIRES THE FOLLOWSTAFF:
UPHOLSTERER (1) - $8.00 per hour plus commission MACHINE MECHANIC (1) - $8.00 per hour plus commission TAILORS (2) - $8.00 per hour plus commission Detail orientated and organized individuals required. For Upholsterers - duties include all aspects of upholstery projects from concept to conclusion such as - liaising with clients, onsite measuring of jobs, preparing Estimates, coordinating work flow. Projects includecustom window treatments and bedding; furniture; cars; boats; awnings etc. Machine Mechanic - Maintenance of all machines and equipment; Tailors – back up to Upholsters Minimum of 5 years’ experience required. Must have good command of English and Clean Driver’s License Please apply via Email to: trish@needlesandpins.net Needles & Pins Ltd., U12 Industrial Park, Providenciales. 649-332-4383
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Premier attends CARICOM inter-sessional meeting in Barbados
States as a result of the harm that will be inflicted on our global image, our economic competitiveness and resource mobilization efforts. Heads of Government agreed that the ongoing actions of the European Union constitute a blatant violation of their sovereignty. They reiterated the call for the creation of an appropriate intergovernmental tax body with the adequate means and powers to set standards and rules which support an equitable and universal approach to an international tax governance infrastructure. The Caribbean Community has 15 member states – Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. It also has five associate members – Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
by US Government agencies. Heads of Government commended the CARICOM Ambassadors in Washington DC, USA, for their sterling work in advancing the CARICOM Advocacy against De-Risking. Heads of Government deplored the ongoing unilateral, arbitrary and nontransparent blacklisting strategy employed by the EU and now by individual European States like France and the Netherlands. They noted that while some Member States have been delisted, other Member States are still negotiating with the European Union (EU) to be de-listed or to avoid further blacklisting. They stressed that the defensive tax measures threatened by the European States could have serious financial repercussions on vulnerable CARICOM States and their ability to attract the investments needed to build resilient economies. The measures have the potential of causing devastating economic, social and political consequences for our
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They engaged in an extensive exchange of views with the Chairman of the Commission and agreed that the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) would consider the recommendations for adoption by the Community. They also agreed that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) would participate in that review. Heads of Government also considered a regional approach to the Coronavirus – COVID19. They received a detailed briefing from Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on the actions being taken throughout the Region to prevent the importation and transmission of the COVID-19 Virus. They recognised that the risk of transmission of the virus in the Region remains relatively low but that an outbreak could reverse economic gains of CARICOM States. They welcomed the communications strategy to increase public knowledge on actions being taken to prevent importation and or transmission of the Virus in the Region. They noted that the strategy was important to counter myths and misinformation thereby reducing potential social media hysteria associated with the fear of an outbreak in CARICOM Members. Heads of Government, concerned about the escalation of Chronic NonCommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Region, received a report with respect to the incidence of heart attacks which has accounted for the highest percentages of deaths amongst NCDs in most countries in the Region. They welcomed the proposals for preventative measures to arrest the trend through the implementation of a protocol aimed at transforming the care of those who suffer cardiovascular diseases. They reiterated the need to address the prevention of heart attacks and other complications of NCDs. Heads of Government expressed deep concern about the continuing high rates of crime and violence in the Community. In agreeing to address the matter as a public health issue, Heads of Government will hold a Summit of Member States and a regional multidisciplinary partnership in Trinidad and Tobago in early April. They also agreed that enhanced security would include measures to assist in minimising the risk of importation of the COVID-19 virus. The CARICOM leader also view the strategy of blacklisting and derisking which lead to the withdrawal of correspondent banking services, as an existential threat to the economic security of CARICOM Member States. They expressed appreciation for the opportunity to meet with members of the United States Congress Financial Services Committee to address the deleterious impact of de-risking on CARICOM Member States. That meeting resulted in a number of outcomes aimed at building the capacity of respondent banks in the Community and changing the risk perception of CARICOM States
Premier Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson recently attended the 31st Inter-sessional Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), from 18-19 February 2020 in Barbados. During this meeting, Heads examined the status of implementation of the requirements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and are expected to have an engagement with representatives of the Region’s Private Sector, Labour and Civil Society. Premier Robinson participated in discussions about digital transformation in CARICOM and will work with other regional leaders on an action plan for the elimination of regional roaming charges. Other Members of the Conference in attendance were: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Gaston Browne; Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Honourable Dr. Hubert Minnis; the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica; Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. the Rt. Honourable Keith Mitchell; Premier of Montserrat, the Honourable Easton Taylor-Farrell; Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr the Honourable Timothy Harris; Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Honourable Allen Chastanet; Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves; and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley. Belize was represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Wilfred Elrington; Guyana was represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Dr Karen Cummings; Jamaica was represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson-Smith; and Suriname was represented by the Vice President, His Excellency Michael Adhin. Other Associate Members in attendance, in addition to Turks and Caicos Islands, were: Bermuda represented by the Honourable Walter H Roban, Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs; the British Virgin Islands represented by Premier, the Honourable Andrew Fahie. Heads of Government reviewed progress of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), and expressed their determination to increase the pace of implementation taking into consideration the financial and human resource constraints. Heads of Government further agreed to establish a Prime Ministerial sub-Committee led by Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and including the Heads of Government of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago to review the work of a previous group on issues of implementation, financing and institutional arrangements for governance. The sub-Committee would submit recommendations to the meeting of Conference in July 2020. They recognised that the CSME is at the stage of implementation which requires the active and engaged participation of not only the public sector but all stakeholders including private sector, labour and civil society to ensure continuity and increased effectiveness in policy development and implementation. Heads of Government, in recognising the urgent need to review the strategy for implementation, mandated the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME to develop a Strategy and Programme to address implementation for consideration and approval at the FortyFirst Meeting of the Conference in July 2020 for approval. They also welcomed the Report of the CARICOM Commission on the Economy and the proposed initiatives for building resilient economies and easing the impediments to Doing Business in the Community.
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Professional poker room ‘The Game’ to open in Turks and Caicos By Todeline Defralien
A professional poker room called “The Game” will soon open in Turks and Caicos Islands, with a mission statement to provide a friendly, professional poker environment. The poker room, owned and operated by Rhynie Campbell, has its main goal and focus to ensure a fun, fair and safe atmosphere to enjoy the game of poker. The Game International TCI Ltd. organizes and promotes professional poker tournaments. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Providenciales. During an exclusive interview with The SUN, Campbell said he is Seating and poker tables in the poker room making sure that players’ experience is extraordinary in every way by creating a country and with everything that is going world class poker room which has been his on here right now, you need entertainment and something that can attract persons dream for a long time. He said, “We haven’t officially that have lots of money to come and to launched as yet because I am still waiting spend money. There are two businesses for confirmation from the Government in that I know and one happens to be poker and the other one is security. I can assure order to open my poker room. If it was up to me, I would have been open already, but you without a shadow of a doubt that if I it is out of my hands and there are certain open up a poker room here in Turks and things that I can control and some that Caicos, one it is going to attract a lot of money because I have a lot of friends with I cannot. At the end of the day there are millions of dollars that will be willing to rules, regulations, policies and procedure s that have to be followed. I’ve made my come here to play poker, but at the same application, I’ve waited for the last few time they would invest in the islands,” he months and I am sure that sooner than told The SUN. The Game” and the all new rather later I will get a response where I can “Shisha Lounge” have joined forces to move forward to open my business.” Campbell said he believes the operate in its new prime Grace Bay location government will do the right thing when within The Regent Village. He continued: “I was blessed it comes to persons who want to invest in this country and do things to help promote enough to find a great location in the Grace Bay area where I was able to put this poker these islands so that they can get the room right in the heart of Grace Bay and opportunity that they deserve. “Turks is a very beautiful place of course it was very expensive almost to to come and it has lots of potential but the tune of half a million dollars it took I’ve travelled the world and I’ve spent a to design the poker room and to invest lot of time in many places, I have many for the girls to be able to own and operate friends that come to Turks and Caicos and the Shisha Lounge. I believe in what I do I believe in this country and the opportunity everybody who come to Turks don’t just come for the beach. It’s a very expensive to provide a good service to this country in
a feel and in an area that I am considered to be an expert in, in my opinion. “The Game” will feature four brand new state of the art poker tables, each with auto shufflers to allow more hands per hour with less dealer errors. Each table seat is equipped with USB chargers for all electronic devices, cup holders and of course there is free Wi-Fi. “The Game” poker room has 6 Huge TVs so you can watch your favorite sports event while playing poker. Campbell added that the poker room can at any one time hold up to 44 players at 10 players per table. The game will also be running satellite tournaments with the winners heading off to the WSOP for their shot at a bracelet and potentially millions of dollars. He said, “There are a lot of poker tournaments that go on especially a very big one that takes place every summer in Las Vegas where first prize is $10million. Imagine some local person having the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and represent Turks and Caicos and win $10million in a poker tournament. Those are the kind of things that I want to do. There are tonnes of good local players, some of these local poker players are the reason I am in this
business, because they have been very instrumental in helping me to promote poker and a number of them has even thought me how to play poker. Poker is a recreation. I’s a gentlemen’s sport and also and ladies sport. There are also some really good female poker players living on this island. It’s a game of skill and a game of chance and that’s what I want to bring to these islands.” “The Game” poker room is being run by Mike Adamo who played poker professionally for over 15 years, as such he knows exactly what poker players want. “We are extremely proud and excited to finally offer a first class professional poker room in the TCI and having Shisha Lounge as our partner we really feel confident we will be able to offer a high quality experience for both him and her” says Adamo. “The Game” will have poker nightly from 5pm until late. There will be several tournaments a week. Meantime, Campbell also told The SUN that he has plans of opening a full blown Hotel Casino in Turks and Caicos Islands. “I have many great things in store to come like building my Hotel Casino because that’s my next project. I will start my hotel casino this year,” he ended.
CEO & Owner of ‘The Game International’, Rhynie Campbell.
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Supplements for the heart
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3s are called the “essential” fatty acids because your body needs them, but it can’t make them on its own. Omega-3 fatty acids help keep inflammation in check, whilst increasing the production of HDL or good cholesterol which protects against heart disease. Omega 3 can be gotten from fatty fish such as salmon and sardines and from natural plant-based sources such as, flaxseeds and olive oil.
Have you may have heard of the heart health benefits of red wine? Scientists think resveratrol, an antioxidant, provides red wine’s hearthealthy benefits. Scientists isolated this compound from the skin of grapes and have since found it also in other fruits, like mulberries, cranberries, and blueberries. Resveratrol may protect blood vessel walls and promote healthy levels of good cholesterol, whilst lowering bad cholesterol. Resveratrol also induces the production of a compound that promotes fat metabolism and blood sugar balance. Supplements concentrate the nutrient in servings that can effectively support heart health.
Magnesium is the fourth most plentiful mineral in your body, yet some people do not get enough. This mineral regulates muscle and nerve function, blood sugar levels, and blood pressure. Magnesium helps muscles relax, while calcium helps them contract; together they help the heart muscle work properly. Maintaining adequate magnesium levels is critical for heart health. While you can get magnesium from nuts, seeds, and legumes, you may need a supplement to ensure you get enough.
Coenzyme Q is very important
Graceway Supermarkets is seeking an articulate, enthusiastic IT Support Technician to ensure the smooth operations of Graceway’s systems and provide support for all its users. IT Support Technician Requirements/Qualifications •Proven experience in an IT support role, certifications or educational background in a related field is a plus. •A wide awareness and keen interest in the computing field. Detail orientated, self-motivated, with a drive to improve skills and systems. Ability to multi-task, prioritizing work and performing well under pressure. •Practical experience with Microsoft systems, including Windows operating systems, Microsoft office and server technologies. •Good understanding of network design, TCP/IP, routing, wiring, wireless technologies. •Ideal candidates would be working toward or already have Comp TIA A+ and or MCSA: Window 10 certification. Duties and Responsibilities include: •Hardware maintenance, including printers, desktops, scales, scanners, POS registers and everything associated with day-to-day operations. •Maintaining backup integrity, recovery and contingency planning. •Maintaining good work-logs and documentation on system operations. •Diagnose network faults, running cable, terminations, routing, DNS and DHCP management. •Maintaining and improve physical (CCTV, electronic locks) and digital (Antivirus, Malware, Firewall) security systems. •Out of hours availability (Graceway is operationally a 24/7 business). Pay commensurate with qualifications and experience. Deadline for submission of applicants is March 06, 2020 Submit to: Graceway IGA Supermarket’s main office or email: hr@gracewaysupermarkets.com Please Note: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted to attend interviews.
Vitamin C Vitamin C is a robust antioxidant that boosts collagen and repairs damaged tissues. It also plays a key role in the body’s production of L-carnitine, a compound critical to metabolism and heart health. Vitamin C normalizes
levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol and promotes normal blood pressure. Eating vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables such as oranges and strawberries at least five servings a day has been linked to a more than 15 percent reduction in heart disease risk. Even if you include all of these heart-healthy substances in your diet or consume them as supplements, the best way to keep your heart healthy is by living a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle with a plant based and low-fat diet, exercise and stress management. While all of the above nutrients and supplements are generally safe, they can react with certain medications or cause side effects so always talk to your doctor before starting any supplementation.
Vitamin D Vitamin D is a hormone produced by the skin after sun exposure
Magnesium
Trans-Resveratrol
CoQ10
and by your liver and kidneys. With age, your body tends to make less vitamin D and it is believed that persons with darker skin as well as persons who wear sunscreen religiously or live in areas with little sun exposure are particularly at risk of having low vitamin D levels. Low levels of this vitamin have been linked to increased risk of hypertension which is a known risk factor for developing heart disease. Vitamin D can be had through milk, cheese, fortified cereal, and of course, supplements.
Vitamins and minerals help your heart, blood vessels, and entire circulatory system function well. Eating a healthful, balanced diet is perhaps the most important thing you can do for your heart and its always best to get these vitamins in the way nature intended- through food. However, at times our diet might not be diverse enough to guarantee adequate daily intake of the required nutrients. Also, as you grow older, your body may produce less of certain nutrients, or absorb them less efficiently, making supplementation increasingly helpful with age. So which nutrients have been shown to help your ticker stay healthy for longer?
in energy production in all cells of the body. CoQ10 helps keep vessels open so blood can flow freely and without obstruction and may also promote normal blood pressure. CoQ10 is a strong antioxidant and as such, promotes heart health and protects against toxins. Although your body produces CoQ10, it makes less as you age, making supplementation helpful. You can also find CoQ10 naturally in olive oil, pistachios, sesame seeds, and cruciferous veggies like brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower.
By Dr. Marsha Barnett
*Dr. Marsha Barnett is a general practitioner who also specialises in dermatology. For questions or comments, please contact her at drmarshabarnett@gmail.com or at Associated Medical Practices - 9464242.
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Let the Church Unite “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Romans 12:5
you will see that God wants us to love one another, forgive one another, work with another and be in peace with one another. No one is perfect and so from time to time we will make mistakes. However, rather than deserting or brothers and sisters when they make mistakes, be there to provide support and ensure they return to the Lord. Don’t spend your energy gossiping about the falls and faults of your brothers and sisters. Pray for them. If you hear something about your brother or sister in Christ, go look or them and tell them. Anytime someone makes a mistake, the entire body of Christ is affected.
Front Office Manager* As the Front Office Manager for The Shore Club Resort, you will be responsible forleading and creating the Shore Club Experience for the day-to-day operations of the Front Office, ensuring luxury guest services that meet all The Shore Club standards. Areas of Responsibility: •Participate in the development of business strategies which are aligned with the overall objectives of the resort. •Develop and implement strategies for Front Office, Bell Services, Guest Relations, Concierge, Transportation, etc. that support achievement of the resort’s goals. •Monitor status regularly and adjusts strategies as appropriate. •Creates the first impression by supervising the drivers, bell staff, airport greeters, concierge and all front office areas. •Develop and implement processes and procedures for assigned departments which support achievement of service and financial goals •Participate in the development of business strategies which are aligned with the overall objectives of the resort. •Develop and implement strategies for Front Office, Bell Services, Guest Relations, Concierge, Transportation, etc. that support achievement of the resort’s goals. •Monitor status regularly and adjusts strategies as appropriate. •Creates the first impression by supervising the drivers, bell staff, airport greeters, concierge and all front office areas. •Develop and implement processes and procedures for assigned departments which support achievement of service and financial goals •Assist in preparing annual budget and forecasts; monitor achievement of budget and forecast to take corrective steps as appropriate. •Prepare and analyze reports in order to develop an informative database for decision making and to communicate upcoming business throughout the resort. •Analyze business forecasts and schedules accordingly. •Ensure front desk handles billing and cash in accordance with resort’s standards •Plan and coordinate hotel rooming activities by working closely with Sales, Catering, Housekeeping and other departments •Recruit and select qualified candidates
Pearl Pierre
Location: South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is currently held by a work permit holder Please Contact: 243-0211 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Conclusion
I conclude with Psalms 133:1 that states Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! You see the enemy knows that “A House divided against itself cannot stand.” And therefore the enemy knows if we are united, he will not be successful in causing division, strife and animosity
The church is the most powerful are in and eventually unite as one, we body on the earth which means that we can grow and overcome the plans of the are more powerful than the governments enemy. and the rich people. One Body with many Members However, as believers there is too much emphasis on denominations, titles and positions in the church. 1 Corinthians 12:27 states that Churches are also being torn apart over “For just as the body is one and has many interpretation and application of the members, and all the members of the Bible. body, though many, are one body, so it is Some of the churches are with Christ.” Each of us as believers have not together on the topical issue different gifts and calling. homosexuality, the trinity, speaking Ephesians 4:11 states that in tongues and other major and minor “And he gave some, apostles; and some, issues. Politics is also dividing the church prophets; and some, evangelists; and as some of us are afraid to speak out on some, pastors and teachers.” Now issues as we do not want to compromise imagine if all of us can unite with our our allegiance to our political parties. different abilities, this world will be a Some of us even use the pulpit better place. In fact the word say these to show our support for or against one different callings is to equip the believers political party causing friction with to build up the Church. other members. Some of us are even lowering our standards in the church Stick together to accommodate the filling of our pews causing more division. As believers we must stick Meanwhile while the church together. Start by having Bible as your is divided, the enemy is busy spreading guide. Do not turn to the left or the right his agenda of division among believers by diverting from the teachings of the and non-believers. However, when the Bible and following new doctrines and church realizes the divisive position we new beliefs. When you follow the Bible,
By Drexwell Seymour among us. Consequently the church will be able to live in peace with one another no matter their political affiliation, background or denomination.
•Provide employees with the orientation and training needed to understand expectations and perform job responsibilities •Communicate performance expectations and provides employees with ongoing feedback •Provide employees with coaching and counseling as needed to achieve performance objectives and reach their fullest potential •Take personal responsibility and shows initiative in work planning and problem-solving. •Show personal attention to guests’ unique needs, interests and expectations. •Take personal responsibility and shows initiative in work planning and problem-solving. •Show personal attention to guests’ unique needs, interests and expectations. •Keep informed and demonstrates job knowledge, following all job and service standards that display self-confidence, grace and courtesy to guests and colleagues. •Any other ad HOC duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management. Key Skills and Requirement: •A degree or diploma in Hotel Management or equivalent. •A minimum of 3 years of Front Office supervisory/managing experience in 4- or 5-star hotel. •High Level of commercial awareness and sales capabilities. •Experience of managing people and developing people. •Excellent people leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. •Commitment to delivering a high level of customer service. •Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. •Excellent attention to detail. •Skilled in the use of techniques and strategies required to deliver training material in group and one-on-one settings. •Understand the reservations process including the role of WRS, distribution channels and reservations flow. •Determine appropriate staffing levels based on forecasted revenue and anticipated business and create staffing schedules which optimize the balance between desired profitability, guest’s demands and employee desires. •Demonstrate ability to relate to, communicate with, and motivate employees to sustain high performance and quality levels. •Team player who can also work one’s own initiative. Salary $44,000.00 per annum not including service charge. POSITIONS MARKED WITH (*) ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. Interested applicants should apply to The Shore Club,Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday, and bring along an updated resume, or by emailing your resume Attention to Danitra Clare or Karresa Gardiner, Asst. Human Resources Managers atcareers@theshoreclubtc. com , no later than end of day Friday March6th2020. Resumes can also be submitted to the Labor Department directly. The Shore Club HR Office can be contacted at (649) 339-8000
Samardio Outten
Location: South Caicos, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $6.25 per hour This position is new Please Contact: 347-8110 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
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The amazing culture of South Caicos
South Caicos, is its cooking. South Caicos cooking is well spoken of, and much liked throughout the islands. Its citizens prepare a variety of dishes including soups and desserts. You can smell the “South Caicos pot” for miles, and hurry in its direction. And its citizens are very generous to all and sundry. A colleague recently told me how when there was an island celebration of an event, and persons from our sister islands came to share in it, the people would invite them in for a feast, despite their circumstances. And the cooking was, and is very nutritious. “This is why South Caicos people live for such a very long time.” It is By Oliver Mills a cultural thing. In the cultural area of religion and Another intriguing aspect of the church-going, the people of South Caicos culture of South Caicos, has to do with take this very seriously. Many attend family names. These are associated with church every Sunday throughout the year “high colour,” businesses, fishing, and once they enjoy good health. intellectual capital. Attending church is a spiritual In an amazing sense, colour, act, a means of respecting, acknowledging, business and intellectual capital are linked and honouring the Creator. Religious to the class structure of the island. These observance gives the South Caicos resident constitute the upper and middle classes, a sense of spiritual calm and peace. People while fishing and certain trades slot another also attend other church related activities, segment of society into the lower class. such as prayer meeting, men’s morning However, there is never any class, and special evenings for women. class antagonism, since in South Caicos These religious activities bond everyone grooves together, particularly at people together, create new friendships, island events, and its amazing culture has and strengthen old ones. They also shaped it this way. provides focus, and help people to become So the culture of South Caicos is clear when faced with challenges. The not just simply amazing. It is the basis of religious aspect of South Caicos culture is the harmonious nature of this island society, quite strong, and provides an anchor when and gives island life a deeper meaning and life’s storms rage. purpose.
Please, and thank you, are cultural requests and acknowledgements. They indicate respect, and a sense of pleasure when dealing with others. These words represent a refined personality, and a nonconfrontational aspect of our behaviour. They are soft words which cause anxiety to melt, and soothe and pacify the emotions which would otherwise boil over into a response that was unintended because of the frame of mind the person being dealt with was in. Please and thank you help us to focus more clearly, understand the needs of the other, and react in a humane and civilised manner. There was an episode when a South Caicos youngster while at school, forgot his pen. He politely asked the principal, an expatriate, to please allow him to go home and collect it. The principal nodded in agreement, and the youngster replied with a thank you. To the youngster’s astonishment, the principal added: “If you think saying please and thank you will get you anywhere, then you are mistaken.” The horrified and astounded youngster then left the principal’s presence dumfounded. What kind of advice was this, coming from the principal of a school, who is supposed to shape minds positively, and inspire those in his care? The principal, not being from the Turks and Caicos Islands, did not understand the cultural dynamics of South Caicos. Nor did he try to. A central aspect of the culture of
The island of South Caicos is one of the most culturally interesting, and unique of the Turks and Caicos Islands group. Its citizens are cosmopolitan in outlook and experience, and there is a wonderful sense of humanity and compassion for others that is special to everyone. These qualities have come from inherited values and behaviours, and have formed the character and dispositions of the people. For example, the people of South Caicos have often displayed such niceties particularly when they meet each other, as saying “hello,” “how are you,” and “have a good day.” These courtesies are not just for show. They convey genuine good feelings towards others, and a sense of appreciation and recognition towards a fellow community member. They also indicate character, and being personable towards others. This is in stark contrast to some persons from certain other territories who often pass each other as complete strangers, with their noses in the air and with an absence of even a smile. Related to this civic behaviour, is the use of “please,” and “thank you.” When was the last time we heard those words in our dealings in multiple ways at different levels of society. I have seen instances when if someone says please in requesting something from others, or thank you after receiving it, that you are looked at in a strange, unbelievable way as if something is very wrong with the person uttering these social graces.
Freedom of Expression: Reboot
a) A particular programme of a particular allegation or a particular complaint;
c) Programme standards It’s clear in the hierarchy of Governance that only the Governor at this point can intervene to right this blatant and illegal wrongdoing. An excerpt from section 13(1) of the TCI Constitution states: “No person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of his or her freedom of expression, and includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, freedom to receive and impart (to the public generally or to any person or class of persons) ideas and information without interference, and freedom from interference with his or her correspondence or other means of communication.” I close with a quote from a famous soon to be infamous TCI Politician, “Stay By Jamell Robinson awake TCI and hold your Government into account. Do not ever lose your voice. will hold your government to account! Any Government that wants Stay Blessed TCI. #ItAintLongNow its people to remain silent is bound to fail!!’’ Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, * Jamell Robinson is a PNP At-Large Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands. candidate for the next general Honorable Premier, we are woke and we elections
this show and makes it entirely problematic, is that not only are government ministers interviewed, but no call ins are allowed. This blatant display of propaganda needs to end now. We the people must boycott this show. In fact, this programme should not be aired. There are many avenues in which the government can tout its so called successes. Unfortunately, the use of a government channel with a public servant as host, propagandizing to the public is not one! Simply put, this government has abused its powers in relation to the editorial independence of Radio Turks and Caicos. Section 8 of the Radio Turks and Caicos Ordinance clearly states that “No Minister may give a direction to the Board, Radio Turks and Caicos, or any director, officer or staff of Radio Turks and Caicos, in respect to:
Six months have now passed since ‘Expressions’, the people’s radio talk show on the People’s Radio Station, Radio Turks and Caicos, was suspended indefinitely for a thorough review. Back then, it was said that the review was to “ensure that the objectives of the programme are being met and that the delivery and content are consistent with the tone and messages of a developing and civil society.” One can opine that the outcome of this fake thorough review, which has yet to be published, is that ‘Expressions’ will continue to be suspended until after General Elections are over and done with. How am I confident in drawing this conclusion, you ask? Well, ‘Expressions’ has been replaced by the PDM Government’s propaganda talk show ‘TCIG Speaks on RTC’ in the Monday and Friday slots where ‘Expressions’ used to be. The only reason they don’t also have the Wednesday slot is that’s when Cabinet is held. What’s most absurd about
We must stop the sloops – they are adding to the problem of lack of safety
continued rise in crime? We must question what is the immediate plan to stop the sloops from coming? Who is going to defend our way of life in this country? Who is going to protect the quality of life and standard of living of our people? Turks and Caicos Islanders must be asking, isn’t this the government’s duty for which the opposition and the citizen must hold them accountable? The social and economic burden is now unbearable: our people are the ones paying high repatriation fees for each soul that arrives here illegally; to the extent this illegal immigration impacts crime, our people are the ones being robbed almost daily at gunpoint. Our people are the ones bearing the brunt of the lack of leadership on this question! I call on the premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the following terms:
leadership that is prepared to put a stop to the sloops, both to avoid catastrophe and to reduce the risk to our officers! However, there are still deeper issues: The paramount duty of any government is first the safety of its people! Second is to protect their prosperity! At the moment, Turks and Caicos is experiencing the most devastating crime spree in its history and if the number of illegal migrants continue to arrive, these illegal migrants could certainly outnumber the total Turks and Caicos population in one month! We are not callous. We understand the unrest in Haiti form which these persons are seeking to escape and we feel a sense of sympathy for our Haitian brothers and sisters, but we cannot sustain our economic model or our brand and accommodate this level of illegal migration to our shores! We must pause to question how many other boats have come in undetected? Life in Haiti is hard and the struggle has produced a different approach to life than we are used to. We are therefore left to ask: Is there any correlation between the arrival of illegal migrants to the
February has arrived and with it more illegals to our shores. This morning (Tuesday 18th February, 2020) we woke to a video of a citizen arrest where a brave TCIslander woman was tying up three illegals who must have come in on the sloop. For the first five days of this month, we say 530 illegals arrived. Upon interception some fled the sloops and franticly swimming to our shores to avoid detention and repatriation. We are being invaded, whilst our leaders brag and boast about long term national security plans. Where is the plan for now? That is the question: Aren’t we being invaded now? Earlier this month we saw two days of back-to-back sloops where another video showed the illegal sloops being towed to our shores. This must give us all reason for pause. While I commend the bravery of our men and women in uniform and the citizen who made the three arrests – we are doing the best we can to protect our country, our men and women in uniform cannot do it alone, we need a government
a. To understand the scale of the problem and its power, if left unchecked to utterly ruin the brand of the country by the end of the year; b. To act with the emergency of a national crisis;
By Mark A Fulford c. To demonstrate a clear policy to stop these sloops and a clear strategy to prevent Turks and Caicos Islanders having to finance processing and repatriation of illegal migrants or having to be barred up in their homes for fear of robbery or death! We cannot abide any further suffering! The time to act is now.
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DIRECTOR OF CULINARY Candidate must demonstrate a proven track record of successfully leading/managing in an upscale Food & Beverage environment; with strong culinary experience and training. Responsibilities: •Creates, implements, and ensures Culinary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are being followed in the areas of food safety, food storage, prep recipes, line procedures and all other culinary processes •Develops and operationalizes from beginning to end working with purchasing, training and operations. Assesses and checks new menu items/recipes after rollout and measures success •Implements practices and corrective measures to lower food cost, identifies best practices, and trouble shoots underperforming restaurants to get them back on track •Is the liaison between Purchasing and Operations to ensure product is available and meets our standards. Monitors purchasing practices and prices, communicates to restaurants on best practices or anticipated price fluctuations. •Performs a Quarterly Culinary Audit of each restaurant and regular store visits spot checking safety practices on visits (walk in organization, temps, sani buckets, etc.) and observes, corrects and trains the food safety habits of our Team Members (handwashing, cooling, etc.) •Measures recipe adherence (tastes, observes, course corrects with Teams, etc.) on EVERY visit to a restaurant •In conjunction with the Training Department, is responsible for the culinary set up of restaurants (e.g. smallwares, kitchen set up, training week prep lists, etc.) Qualifications: •10 years’ experience in culinary operations. Multi-Unit culinary operations experience is preferred • Proven leadership skills with a strong ability to assess talent and build effective teams. • Hands on ability to plan, organize, prioritize and effectively manage multiple complex projects concurrently within a fast-paced and growth environment. • Proven success in collaborative leadership and working with cross-functional leadership. • Ability to create effective project management plans, timelines and organization processes. • Strong business acumen with results orientation to drive key business performance metrics. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization. Salary commencing at $50,000.00 and is based on experience. Belongers only need apply SOUS CHEF Reporting to the Executive Sous Chef, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: •Assists in conducting periodic food inventories. •Assists the Executive Chef with departmental human resource functions. •Initiates and oversees ordering of food and kitchen supplies. •Supervises and coordinates the production of food according to menu specifications. •Assists the Chefs and Cooks in preparation of specific cuisine. •Inspects quality of food products used to prepare cuisine. Informs Executive Chef when quality is not acceptable. •Ensures all cuisine served to guests follow establish guidelines for quantity, quality, appearance, and palatability. •Checks physical cleanliness of operations. Ensures all staff practice “clean as you go” techniques. •Insures that staff is following all safe serve and health inspection standards. •Maintains proper working order of all equipment. Inspects ovens, burners, water faucets, and refrigerators. Reports deficiencies to Engineering Department. Requirements: •Graduate culinary art or Culinary degree strongly preferred •6-10 years previous experience as a cook •Full knowledge of ordering work schedule. Salary range for this position begins at $32,000.00 per annum and will commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful applicant. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS Reporting to the Chief Engineer, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: Responsibilities: •Installing, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining the refrigeration and air conditioning systems •Fabricate and assemble refrigeration and air conditioning systems. •Carry out all necessary changes to air in the system, test lines, components and connections for leaks. •Install expansion and control valves on units and adjust and replace parts as needed. Requirements: •Must possess a minimum of 6-10 years 4-star background in same or similar position •Certification or diploma from a formal Electrical or Technical Institution is required. •Must be highly organized individual. •Must be computer literate and have excellent, clear communication skills written and oral Salary commencing at $9.00 per hour. Belongers only need apply. BARTENDERS Must be energetic, personable, pleasant, professional and a team player; Service oriented person; well-groomed with excellent people skills; ALWAYS smiling; willing to work a flexible schedule to include split shifts, weekends and holidays; ability to multi-task as a server when necessary as per the operation of the resort, inventory control knowledge would be an asset. Salary Scale: $7.00 - $9.00 per hour. Belongers only need apply. DOMESTIC WORKER To ensure the cleanliness and orderliness of the assigned guestroom, work areas and equipment. Must be able to push and pull carts weighing up to 150lbs and be able to climb flights of stairs several times daily. Salary Scale: $7.00 - $8.50 per hour. Belongers only need apply. KITCHEN STEWARDS To maintain the kitchen and restaurant work area, equipment and utensils: Duties also include washing of dishes, pots, pans and trays by hand; sweeping and moping of floors and banquet set up and break down. Salary Scale: $6.50 - $7.00 per hour. Belongers only need apply. LABOURERS RESPONSIBILITIES To assist in maintaining the grounds. Must be able to lift 50lbs., bend, and stand for long periods of time. Must be able to speak English. Salary Scale: $6.50 - $7.50 per hour. Belongers only need apply Interested persons may contact out Corporate HR department office or by submitting your resume with qualifications and experience to: hr@wihl.com Please also submit a copy of your completed application to our labour department. Closing date February 28th, 2020
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Company: CM&D Caicos Ltd. Title: Project Engineer/Assistant Project Manager Reporting to: Senior Project Manager Location: On-Site at the AMANYARA job site (Northwest Point, TKCA 1ZZ, Turks & Caicos Islands) Salary Range: $55,360 USD/year to $62,280 USD/year THIS POSITION IS NEW. CM&D Caicos Ltd. is a Work Permit Holder General Description: Assistant Project Manager provides full time support of the project management team and requires frequent, high level interaction with our Clients. He/She is responsible for ensuring that all aspects of our services are being delivered at the highest level to ensure that the Client/Owner is satisfied. Duties & Responsibilities 1. Assists in managing the day-to-day project activities. 2. Assists with the preparation, managing, monitoring and maintaining of comprehensive budgets, schedules and cash flow projections. 3. Establishes and implements a quality assurance and quality control program. 4. Leads project meetings, liaises with the Owners, and assists with presentations to the Owners executive management team. 5. Coordinates through his/her team, the preparation of RFP/bid packages. 6. Assists with the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of the contractors. 7. Assists with managing the design effort to ensure that the project is being designed to meet the owner’s objectives and budget. During the design management process, assists with the preparation of estimates and performs value engineering analysis and constructability reviews. 8. Oversees and manages the work of the contractors. 9. Participates in the review/update of project schedules/budgets (budgeted, actual, committed and projected). 10. Coordinates the processing of clarifications, submittals, and requests for information, shop drawings, substitution requests, change proposals and change orders. 11. Reviews and approves monthly payment requests by contractors. 12. Prepares monthly reports that discuss in detail the status of the project. Qualifications Requires over 7 years of project management experience; a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering is preferred. A graduate degree or project management certification is a plus. Must have excellent communication skills both oral and written; be computer literate and capable of using MS Office (Word, Excel), internet/ email, project management and scheduling programs. Please send all resumes, job experience, and questions to: marketing@cmdintl.com
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911 CALL CENTRE LEVEL II TELECOMMUNICATOR The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is seeking team-oriented and self-motivated persons to work in a dynamic professional atmosphere in the 911 Call Centre in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. The position offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for the incumbents to assist the center in providing 24 hour professional, efficient emergency response to all emergencies. Successful candidates will be sworn in as Special Constables and as such must adhere to the Police Force Ordinance and all applicable rules and regulations associated. PURPOSE OF THE JOB: This is a highly skilled job position requiring the post holder to assist the 911 Call Centre in providing 24 hour professional, efficient emergency response to all emergencies. ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE JOB: •The position requires excellent communication skills •The position requires the incumbent to display excellent delivery in call handling and emergency response •Must have the ability to hear and understand sound sources coming through a communications headset and or radio or standard telephone receiver •Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media, including color coded computer screen •Must have the ability to write English legibly and record names and numbers accurately (i.e., not transpose numbers and letters) •Must have the ability to coordinate the movements of two or more limbs together for purposes of operating the radio or telephone equipment simultaneously; the ability to remain seated at the same work station for extended periods of time QUALIFICATIONS: Must have at least three (3) CXC passes two of which should include English and Mathematics.A foreign language is desirable. REQUIREMENT: The post holder will receive training leading up to Certification in the following:-
1.Public Safety Telecommunications 1 (APCO) 2.Emergency Medical Dispatch (APCO) 3.Fire Services Communications (APCO) 4.Adult and Infant First Aid and CPR Special Requirements: Normal work schedule may be 8 or 12 hour shifts which can beon weekends and holidays and is subject to change at short notice. Unscheduled hours may be required in the case of excessive workloads, unforeseen personnel shortfalls, or emergency situations. Additionally Incumbents must be able to pass an extensive background check and application process, including criminal history check, aptitude testing, psychological evaluation, and drug screening. SALARY: $22,140.00 per annum Allowances: $10,800.00 per annum APPLICATION PROCEDURE Resumes with current contact information must be accompanied by a Cover Letter, two letters of reference (one preferably from a former employer), copies of educational certificates, a Police Certificate and a copy of the Passport Photo page. Applications should be addressed to the Office of the Human Resources Department, Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, Old Airport Road, Grand; or sent by email to: recruitment@tcipolice.tc with the subject Line being 911 Telecommunicator, Applications sent by post or brought by hand should have the subject: 911 Telecommunicator Clearly marked on the envelopes. Successful applicants will work in accordance with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Ordinance. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only persons selected for an interview will be contacted. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 6th March 2020
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LOCAL NEWS The Bight by Dream Hotel Group launches with Block Party event in Grace Bay
furnishings and elevated views over Grace Bay beach. The EA Group has plans to keep 14 Suites, and thus there are only 42 Suites available, The Bight by Dream Hotel Group is set for an exciting season ahead. Amenities will include an onsite perm a-culture vegetable garden and eco-farm for garden-to-table dining, two pools, The Barn event space for cinema nights or private events, beach side café, rum distillery, cross-fit gym, and branded food and beverage facility.
Hospitality professionals and other members in the community. Bringing remarks were, Ryan Jones, Developer, The Bight by Dream Hotel Group, Turks and Caicos, from EA Group, Joe Zahm, President, Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty, Turks and Caicos and Jeff Donnelly, Vice President of Development, Dream Hotel Group, New York City. The boutique hotel will feature 66 innovative Suites (89 hotel keys) over 6 levels, with custom designed interiors and
12-14 months. The 90 guest rooms and suites and multiple food and beverage concepts in the Turks and Caicos will open in 2022. Among those attending the event was Deputy Premier Hon. Sean Astwood, Ralph Higgs, Tourism & Environment Minister, Hon. Vaden Williams, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Labour and Employment Services, Stan Hartling- CEO of The Hartling Group, Thierry Grandsire - Executive Vice President of Operations, Grace Bay Resorts, Real Estate Agents, Sales Agents and Brokers, Lawyers,
he Bight by Dream Hotel Group official launched its new hotel with a ‘Block Party’ Event on Tuesday evening February 11th. The networking event took place between Sand Box and Turks & Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty in Grace Bay, Providenciales. Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty is representing this new development which is owned by Ryan Jones and Natalie Zaidan of the EA Group. The new $43million boutique hotel will commence construction within the next
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TCI Police Force Welfare Association hosts 220th anniversary gala
May their souls rest in peace. Remarks were brought by Commissioner of Police Trevor Botting, Leader of the Opposition Hon. Charles Washington Missick, Premier Hon. Sharlene CartwrightRobinson and His Excellence the Governor Nigel Dakin. Also attending the event was Deputy Governor Her Excellency Anya Williams, Minister of Education Hon. Karen Malcolm, Director of Public Prosecutions Mr. Eugene Otuonye, QC and Hon. Akierra Missick, Leeward & Long Bay MP. MC for the evening was Huntley Forbes Jr and music and entertainment by Mohen Cox, A/Insp. Michael Francois, V6 and Prime DJs.
support.” Barnett also thanked Grand Turk and North Caicos Officers who made the effort to attended the event and for their continued support. were Special Awards presented to 220th Anniversary Honorees, Mary Durham, Patrick Ira Sylvester Baptiste, Felix Bertram Browne, Clifford Ashton and Theophilus McTaire. Throughout the evening, a moment of silence was also taken for all fallen Comrades, Sgt Cromwell Warrican and Inspector John Sutton (February 2002), PC Price Smith (January 2005), Retired Superintendent Michael Taylor (2007), Sgt Kingsley Hamlett (2009), ASP James Callender (May 2017), PC Peter Dickenson (December 2018) and PC Mauquency Carter (March 2019) and
he Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Welfare Association, under the patronage of His Excellency Governor Nigel Dakin, hosted its 220th anniversary Police Gala (17992019) on Saturday February 15th, 2020, at Beaches Resort & Spa. David Barnett, Chairman of RTCIPF Police Welfare Association commented: “I am happy to report that we hosted a successful event. Although there were much doubt and anxiety and hard work, my team managed to pull this off. First, I want to thank the Police Week Steering Committee and the Gala Planning Committee. On behalf of the PWAC I must say a big thanks to you for your support. We were pleasantly surprised with the turnout of this event and a big thank you to the Commissioner and Senior Executive Team for their
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Accounting Information System, Business Communication (Theory & Practice) Cake Decorating Conversational Spanish Customer Service, Dining Room Management English as a Second Language Introduction to Building Services, Introduction to Estimation and Costing Mixology PRC Courses (TCI Studies and English) Restaurant Operation Team Building
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissions into the following programmes at the TCICC for the semester commencing Monday, August 31, 2020.
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2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Hospitality Management (Provo Campus) o Culinary Arts (Provo Campus) o Tourism Management (Both Campuses) 3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Hospitality Studies (Provo Campus) FACULTY OF HUMANITY & LIBERAL STUDIES (HLS) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Social Work (Grand Turk Campus)
All applications should be fully completed ONLINE by visiting the college’s website at https://tcicc.edu.tc and clicking on the green button that says “Apply Now” OR https:// isims.tcicc.edu.tc/apply/ Make sure to scan and upload all supporting documents with the application form. An application fee of $25 should be paid at either the Grand Turk Campus OR the Providenciales Campus. Late application fee is $50. Help document on the Application form can be found at: https://tcicc.edu.tc/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/To-Apply-online-TCICC-verson-1.2.pdf OR go to the “FAQ” at the bottom of the website and then click “TCICC Online Application Help Document”. For any queries send email to one of the following: (a) registar@tcicc.edu.tc (b) Dean@tcicc.edu.tc (c) Systemsadministrator@tcicc.edu.tc TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS AND FEE STRUCTURE COST OF PROGRAMMES/COURSES OFFERED BY THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE EFFECTIVE 27TH AUGUST 2018 A. SHORT COURSES Courses are for fifteen days for two hours per day (except for AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance & Surveying). Credits earned could be transferred into the College programmes. Students may audit the courses and not participate in the examination. Students should indicate at the commencement of the course whether or not the course is being audited. No credit will be given for those courses which are audited. B. ONE SEMESTER COURSES Courses run from September – December; January – May; concentrated summer semester May – early July. C. FULL TIME PROGRAMMES Two years, two semesters per year for the majority of the programmes. Some programmes are for five semesters with compulsory summer courses during the first year. Additionally, students may access summer courses from May – early July. TUITION FEES ARE AS FOLLOWS A. Short Courses Courses which require the use of laboratory facilities $400 per course Courses which do not require the use of laboratory facilities $300 per course Cake Decorating $500, Mixology $450 (these include cake tools, alcohol, etc. needed) B. One Semester courses Pre-College Computer modules Associate Degree Bachelors
$500 (or $150 per course) $250 per course $360 per course $675 per course (TCI National/PRC Holders) $840 per course (Resident/Non Nationals) $1335 per course (Overseas Students)
Semester Fees $500 $1,000 $2,000 $750 $1,250 $2,500 $1,500 $2,500 $4,000
D. OTHER PROGRAMMES OTHER FEES Application Fees Late application Registration Fees Late registration Transcripts
$25.00 $50.00 $25.00 $50.00 $30.00 for initial transcript and 50% discount for others when applying for multiple transcripts. Facility fee $40 (ALL STUDENTS PAY THIS ANNUAL FEE) Transportation Fee $50.00 per month (Grand Turk) Graduation Processing Fee $50.00 (prospective graduates ONLY)
Short Technical/Vocational Program Duration: 6 Weeks
2.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Construction, Carpentry and Joinery (Grand Turk Campus)
FACULTY OF TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (TVE) 1.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Architectural Design and Building Technology (Both Campuses) o Automotive Engineering Technology (Grand Turk Campus)
2.Associate Degree Three-Year Associate Degree in: oRegistered Nursing (Grand Turk Campus)
C. Full Programmes (two Semesters) Sept – Dec; Jan- May; Student category Courses Annual Fees TCI Nationals/PRC Certificate $1,000 Holders Associate Degree $2,000 Bachelor’s Degree $4,000 Non- Nationals/ Certificate $1,500 Resident Associate Degree $2,500 Bachelor’s Degree $5,000 Overseas Students Certificate $3,000 Associate Degree $5,000 Bachelor’s Degree $8,000
FACULTY OF NATURAL & APPLIED SCIENCES (NAS) 1.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Environmental Science (Grand Turk Campus) o Sciences with concentration in any two of the following (Grand Turk Campus): •Mathematics, •Biology, •Chemistry, •Physics, •Information Technology o Marine Biology (Grand Turk Campus)
2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Criminal Justice (Both Campuses) o General Studies (Humanities) with concentration in any three of the following (Grand Turk Campus): •Economics, •Politics, •Law, •Sociology o Social Work (Both Campuses)
The deadline for applications is Friday, June 5th, 2020. Any application received after this date would be deemed as LATE.
FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT (HTM) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Hospitality Management (Provo Campus) o Tourism Management and Entertainment (Provo Campus)
Students applying through the Mature Student Entry policy should be twenty-one (21) years or older with relevant experience in specific areas of interest. Note that students may be required to complete a Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) portfolio.
2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Early Childhood Education (Both Campuses) o Primary Education (Both Campuses) o Secondary Education: •Computer/Business •English/Social Studies •Math/Business •Math/Computers •Math/Science (Grand Turk Campus only) •Music/English/Math/Social Studies
For the Bachelor’s Degree: An Associate Degree from the TCI Community College or another recognized institution.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & TRAINING (EDT) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Early Childhood Education (Both Campuses) o Primary Education (Both Campuses)
For the Certificate Programmes: Three GCE or CXC subjects, one of which must be English at General Proficiency level 1, 11, & 111 or GCE Grades A, B, C.
3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Computer Applications (Both Campuses) o Electrical Engineering (Both Campuses)
ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must satisfy the following minimum requirements: For the Associate Degree: Five GCE or CXC subjects including English A and Mathematics at the General Proficiency Level with Grads I, II, and III or GCE Grades A, B, C. Students without CXC/GCE Mathematics and English must complete the College Foundation Math: MTH1110 and MTH1120, and ENG1111 and ENG1122 (at additional cost)
2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Computer Studies (Both Campuses) o Computer-Electronics Engineering Tech (Grand Turk Campus) o Electrical Engineering Technology (Grand Turk Campus) o Information Technology (Grand Turk Campus)
NOTE: Classes can ONLY proceed with a COHORT of a minimum of 5 Students.
FACULTY OF COMPUTERS, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS (CEM) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two-Year Bachelor’s Degree in: o Information Technology (Grand Turk Campus) o Management Information Systems (Grand Turk Campus)
3.Certificate Courses One-Year Certificate Program in: o Business Studies (Both Campuses)
PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMME The following is the Structure of Pre-College Programme: Pre-College 1: This is for those who have not been exposed to CSEC/external examination syllabus. It includes the following General Basic Subjects: • Mathematics, English, TCI Studies, Computer Studies and two others from the area of specialization. Students enrolled in Pre-College 1 must continue to Pre-College 2 Pre-College 2: This is for those who have been exposed to CSEC/external examination syllabus but have failed or do not meet the minimum entry requirement for the Associate degree programmes. It includes the following specialized subjects: • English, Mathematics and three others.
2.Associate Degrees Two-Year Associate Degree in: o Business Studies (Both Campuses)
Students may also access one semester courses of their choice from any Associate Degree programme and obtain credits.
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Duration: 60 contact hours AutoCAD, Automotive Maintenance, Surveying
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FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BSA) 1.Bachelor’s Degrees Two Year Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration concentration in: o Accounting o Finance & Management o Human Resource Management o Marketing
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Is the new virus more ‘deadly’ than flu? Not exactly
What’s more deadly — the flu, SARS or the new coronavirus discovered in China? There are different ways to look at it and even knowledgeable folks sometimes say “deadly” when they may mean “lethal.” Lethality means the capacity to cause death, or how often a disease proves fatal. Chinese scientists who looked at nearly 45,000 confirmed cases in the current COVID-19 outbreak concluded the death rate was 2.3%. But there are questions about whether all cases are being counted: Infected people with only mild symptoms may be missing from the tally. That means the true fatality rate may be lower. Deadly is a broader concept that takes in how far and easily a virus spreads. SARS proved fatal in about 10% of cases in the 2003 outbreak
Getting lots of exercise tied to lower risk of kidney disease
as a result of tumors or treatments including heart disease and recurring or new cancers. Chemotherapy can weaken the heart muscle, some newer targeted medicines can increase the risk of heart failure, and radiation can cause heart rhythm disorders and structural damage in the arteries and heart valves, according to the American Heart Association. By age 45, 56% of the childhood cancer survivors diagnosed before age 15 had developed severe health problems, compared with 39% of survivors diagnosed in adolescence or early adulthood and 12% of the siblings without any history of malignancies.
fatal, and currently about 83% of anyone diagnosed with cancer before the age of 21 years can be cured,” said senior study author Dr. Tara Henderson, director of cancer survivorship at the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center. Now, as advances in cancer therapy increase survival odds and transform the disease from a death sentence to a chronic illness for many people, doctors need to focus more on the long-term side effects of treatment, Henderson said by email. That’s because better survival odds also mean these children may have an elevated risk of health problems that can develop
Young cancer survivors have higher risk of severe health problems later
Compared to women who reported one partner or none, those who reported 10 or more were 91% more likely to have been diagnosed with cancer. Similarly, men with 10 or more partners were 64% more likely to have been diagnosed with cancer compared to men with one partner or none. In addition, women with 10 or more partners were 64% more likely than those with the fewest to report having a limiting, longstanding illness. But there were no differences among women or men in self-rated health, or heart disease or stroke, based on number of lifetime sexual partners. These findings should be interpreted very cautiously, said Dr. Konstantin Zakashansky, an associate professor of gynecologic oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. The study can only show an association, not prove cause and effect, Zakashansky said. Further, it did not specify which cancers were diagnosed and the data depended on people’s self-reports.
turned to data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, a nationally representative study of adults aged 50 and older. They focused on data from 5,722 men and women, average age 64, who were asked in 2012-2013 to report their lifetime number of sexual partners. Participants were also asked about their health and about any longstanding condition or infirmity that affected their routine activities. Among men, 29% reported one or zero sexual partners, 29% had two to four, 20% had five to nine and 22% reported having 10 or more. Among women, just under 41% had one or zero sexual partners, 36% reported two to four partners, 16% reported five to nine partners and 8% said they had 10 or more. Women and men with higher numbers of partners tended to be younger, unmarried and more likely to smoke and drink alcohol frequently. They were also more likely to do some kind of vigorous exercise weekly and to be on either the high or low end of the wealth spectrum, the researchers note.
People who have had 10 or more sexual partners during their lifetime may have increased odds of being diagnosed with cancer, a new study suggests. Women, in particular, had nearly twice the risk when they had 10 or more past partners compared to when they had one or none, researchers report in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. While the study team expected to find an association between number of sexual partners and cancer, they were surprised to find a gender difference. “Previous research has shown that specific STIs (sexually transmitted infections) may lead to several cancers,” said study coauthor Lee Smith, a reader at the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK. “It is interesting the risk is higher in women when compared to men,” Smith said in an email. “This may be because the link between certain STIs and cancer is stronger in women.” To look at how the number of sexual partners might impact health, Smith and colleagues
year because it infects millions. So the size of the outbreak matters as much as the lethality in terms of how deadly a disease is.
but was controlled quickly and spread to about 8,000 people in all. The flu’s mortality rate is 0.1%, yet it kills hundreds of thousands around the world each
A nurse prepares medicines for patients at Jinyintan Hospital designated for new coronavirus infected patients, in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province.
High lifetime number of sexual partners linked to increased cancer risk
People who survive cancer during childhood and early adulthood are more likely to experience severe, life-threatening health problems and die prematurely, a recent study suggests. Researchers followed almost 12,000 young cancer survivors and roughly 5,000 of their healthy siblings for around two decades, until many of them were in their 40s. Even though all of the cancer survivors were tumor free for at least five years at the start of the study, they were still roughly six times more likely to die during follow-up than their siblings. “Before 1960, cancer before the age of 21 years was uniformly
A woman exercises in front of the Round Pond in Kensington Palace Gardens as the sun rises in London, Britain, February 11, 2020. People who get plenty of physical activity may be less likely than their more sedentary counterparts to develop chronic kidney disease, a recent study suggests. Researchers followed almost 200,000 Taiwanese adults without kidney disease for up to 18 years. Compared to people who were least active, those who got the most exercise were 9% less likely to develop kidney disease over the study period. “Our results show that regular exercise may mitigate age-related deterioration in kidney function and the risk of chronic kidney disease,” said study coauthor Xiang Qian Lao of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Kidney disease is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, in part because people with the condition tend to have poor circulation and an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes, researchers note in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. While prior studies have shown that exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, it hasn’t been clear if regular workouts might also help prevent kidney damage. During the study, about 11,000 people, or 5.6%, developed chronic kidney disease. Researchers followed most participants for four years or more. After adjusting for other kidney risk factors, the study team found that even people with low levels of physical activity were 7% less likely than those who were sedentary to develop kidney dysfunction. People with moderate physical activity levels had a 6% lower risk. While the study wasn’t designed to prove whether or how exercise might reduce the risk of kidney disease, it’s possible that some of the same things that are good for heart health may also be good for kidney health, Lao said by email. “Chronic kidney disease, shares many common risk factors with diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” Lao said. “Exercise may reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease through decreasing the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.” While kidney function can decrease gradually over time as people age, many people with healthy lifestyle habits maintain good kidney function throughout their lives. People who smoke, are obese, have a family history of kidney problems, or who have heart disease all are more likely to develop chronic kidney disease. One limitation of the study is that researchers assessed exercise habits by surveying participants, not by using activity trackers to objectively measure how much or how intensely people exercised. Also, researchers identified people with chronic kidney disease based on the results of a single lab test. Clinicians typically diagnose the condition based on two or more tests. Still, the results build on earlier research suggesting that exercise might help avoid kidney disease, said Dr. Michal Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. “This is important for patients because physical activity is easily modifiable,” Melamed, who wasn’t involved in the study, said by email. “So, if people are concerned about their kidney function, if they have a family or personal history of kidney disease, it is probably a good idea to not lead a very sedentary lifestyle.” Doctors typically recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise each week.
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BUTTERFIELD GOLD GROUP OF COMPANIES POSITIONS AVAILABLE Island Pride Fuel
One (1) Labourer General cleaning of the Gas Station& Relief Gas Attendant Wages from $6.50 per hour One (1) Kitchen Helper Prep meat & Vegetables Prepare side dishes Keeping the work station clean Must be willing to work long hours including and Saturdays & Holidays if necessary Wages: starting from $7.00 per hour One (1) Labourer Applicant must be physical, able-bodied individuals capable of lifting heavy loads and assist with any mason work. Wages: starting from $7.50 per hour One (1) Painter Minimum of three (3) years’ experience as a painter Prepare walls and other surfaces for painting by scraping, using sandpaper, removing old paint. Fill cracks and holes with appropriate material (e.g. plaster) Mix paint and other materials to prepare the right color or texture Paint surfaces according to instructions with various tools Any other assigned duty Wages: commensurate with experience starting from $9.00 per hour.
One (1) Domestic Worker All aspects of cleaning & other domestic duties including preparing meals for the Owner Applicant must be of excellent character and work ethics. Be able to work independently Wages: starting from $7.50 per hour
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Submit applications to by February 26, 2020 to:
Labour Department Airport Road Providenciales
Providenciales Tel: 649-946-4211
All positions are held by work permit holder
Triple “S” Location: Glass Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking the following: 2 Mason 2 Labourers 2 Steel-man 1 Domestic Worker Salary range: $6.26 - $8.00 per hour Required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
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Location: Venetian Road, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1Mason 1 Carpenter Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Pinnacle Construction
Sunset Varieties
RJT Construction
Location: Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Mechanic Mechanic Helper Salary is $6.50- $8.00 per hour Please Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: Downtown, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Handyman Nature of position: Fixing plumbing systems, providing repair guidance, cleaning and remodeling community spaces Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: The Bight, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Mason Duties: Layering building materials such as bricks, concrete, tiles and other construction materials Salary is $8.00 per hour Please Contact: 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: Chalk Sound, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1 Tile Layer Salary: $8.00 - $10.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours,weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Belizaire Variety Store
Cordero Construction
Daley’s Construction
George Seymour
Location: Five Cays, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Labourer Must be able to do general cleaning Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 946-8018 Work Permit Renewal Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: Leeward Palms Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 2 Carpenters Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: Glass Shack, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: 1 Carpenter Salary: $8.00 per hour Employees are required to work extraordinary hours, weekends and holidays Only Belongers need to apply Contract -649 946-8018 Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Location: Blue Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Seeking: Labourer Must be able to do general cleaning Salary is $6.50 per hour Contact: 231-0539 Work Permit Renewal Interested Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Thamara and Jean Car Rental and Sales
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•Balance all revenue and settlement accounts nightly, maintain files and reset the system for next day operations •Assist with guest needs as required during the shift Starting salary at $10.00 per hour.
IMMEDIATE OPENING Assistant Financial Controller Requirements: •Preparation & posting of various recurring General Ledger entries each month with appropriate backups and maintain an updated list of all for Management Co. And Strata Corp. •Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts for the Management Co. and Strata Corp. •Assistance with Preparation of monthly Income Statements for final review by Financial Controller for the Management Co. And Strata Corp. •Run various time sensitive reports out of Opera the 1st day of each month (Aging balances A/R, Departure report, Guest Ledger, Deposit Ledger, in house guests for owner’s split calculation, etc...) •Assist/Coordinate with Cost Controller and Spa Manager and/or Supervisor on monthly reports submitted for month end; reviewing and ensuring accuracy on •Inventory counts, variances are investigated and resolved, prepaid reports are accurate, invoice submissions are completed, etc. •Assist/Coordinate with Cost Controller/Purchasing Manager/Manager of dept. on all other inventories; reviewing and ensuring accuracy on inventory counts, variances are investigated and resolved, invoice submissions are completed, etc. Involves completing reports out of MXP system for requisitions, outlet counts, etc. •Assist/Coordinate with Cost Controller and Spa Manager and/or Supervisor on monthly reports submitted for month end; reviewing and ensuring accuracy on •Inventory counts, variances are investigated and resolved, prepaid reports are accurate, invoice submissions are completed, etc. •Assist/Coordinate with Cost Controller/Purchasing Manager/Manager of dept. on all other inventories; reviewing and ensuring accuracy on inventory counts, variances are investigated and resolved, invoice submissions are completed, etc. Involves completing reports out of MXP system for requisitions, outlet counts, etc. •Preparation of bi-weekly payroll entries for the resort from reports received from Payroll Master •Make necessary accruals if ending of payroll period is different than ending of accounting period. •Review and sign off on accuracy of payroll before final processing in ADP by Payroll Master. •Prepare direct deposit files for resort employees according to the information received from Payroll Master and forward to Financial Controller for processing at bank. •Follow up as needed that payroll processed at bank by payment deadlines. •Prepare & balance NIB and NHIP reconciliations on time for monthly submissions. This includes coordination with Human Resources, Payroll Master and NIB/NHIB on ensuring numbers are all correct and current in ADP and submissions. •Ensure that cash reconciliation between PMS system and physical deposits is maintained by Income Auditor and verifying all variances are being followed up & resolved in a timely manner. •Ensure that credit card reconciliation between PMS system, Shift 4, and bank account is maintained, and any variances are being followed up in a timely manner. •Verify physical counts received from General Cashier with bank deposits according to bank statements. •Count House Bank of General Cashier once a month; Assist with Lockbox audits. •Attend to inventory counts in the outlets where needed/assigned. •Calculate Accommodation Tax before the 15th of each month, so payment can be submitted before the 20th •Reconcile the detail of the maintenance expenses received from Accounts Payables with GL and verify all allocations between Management Co and Strata Corp. •Update the daily revenues each month in CIA to be exported to DSTAT (for the following month). •Participate in monthly Financial Department Meetings. •Assistance in coding of Accounts Payables and Expense Reports. •Maintenance of & Keep Fixed Assets register updated with copy of related invoices. •Cover vacations within the Department. •Update contract binders (physical and electronic). •Assist in implementing and reviewing internal controls and policies. •Assist in budgets and forecasts. •Assist with any other task requested by the Financial Controller. •Any other ad hoc duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management. Duties include: •Minimum two years’ experience at a property of similar size as an Assistant Financial Controller •Post-secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience. •Resort and Strata Accounting experience •Sound training in all areas of accounting from A/P, A/R, General Ledger, Credit. Collections, Audit. Inventory control, Payroll, Budgeting, Costing, P & L preparation and analysis, etc. •Advanced knowledge and skills in computer systems, most specifically, Excel Spreadsheet Solutions •Demonstrate understanding of interdepartmental relations and expectations in the luxury hotel market. •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts •Team player who can also work on own initiative Starting salary at $55,000.00 per annum Laundry Driver Requirements: •Must have valid driving license and clean driving record. •Six months experience in housekeeping/laundry situation. •Ability to follow instructions and work independently. Duties Include: •Pick up dirty linens and refuse and return to the laundry. •Support laundry department as instructed Starting salary at $7.00 per hour. Night Auditor Requirements: •At least 3 years in a similar role at a property of similar size and quality •Technical proficiency (computer applications) •Strong organizational and time management discipline •Understanding of hospitality operating systems Duties Include: •Ensure accurate and timely recording and reporting of all property receipts. •Input into the front office system revenue/expenses/allowances to generate the daily reports such as the Guest Ledger Summary and the Daily Restaurant Summary
Restaurant Manager Requirements: •Manage operations within all Food and Beverage Restaurants. •Develop and implement strategies to achieve revenue and profit goal. •Manage and ensure exceptional levels of customer service is provided and maintained. •Recruit, manage, train and develop the Restaurant employees. •Manage guest queries in a timely and efficient manner. •Work within budgeted guidelines in relation to Food, Beverage and Payroll. •Inspect restaurant and bar daily and ensure the appropriate steps are taken to meet The Palms Turks and Caicos standards at all times. •Drive sales to maximize budgeted revenue. •Develop menus with chef and other employees of Food and Beverage team. •Assist with developing and implementing special promotions and employee incentives. •Accountable for monthly stock takes and inventory. •Incentivize team members to maximize sales and revenue. •Set departmental targets and objectives, work schedules, budgets, and policies and procedures. •Ensure communication meetings are conducted and post-meeting minutes generated and sent to HR. •Implement and maintain the style of service in all Food and Beverage outlets, ensuring all restaurants and bars consistently provides a luxurious, high end experience. •Conduct daily pre-shift meetings to discuss specials, house count, reservations, new menu items and to continuously reinforce The Palms Turks and Caicos standards. •Be environmentally aware. •Provide employees with coaching and counselling as needed to achieve performance objectives in efforts to ensure staff performs to meet company standards, whilst achieving their goals. •Assist other departments wherever necessary and maintain good working relationships. •Comply with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation. •Any other ad hoc duties or tasks as assigned or directed by management Duties: •Degree level and/or relevant professional qualification and/or relevant proven experience. •Ability to multitask and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines. •Must be able to exhibit confidence in producing efficient work. •Proficient in using Microsoft Office, Excel knowledge is essential. •Demonstrable communication skills both verbally and written. •Excellent numerical skills. •Good technical skills and experience using systems. •Team player who can also work on own initiative. •Excessive Standing, walking and lifting may be required during shift. •Balancing, stooping kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching and handling may be required during shift. •Full range of mobility and the ability to travel up to 300 feet on a regular basis throughout the shift. Salary starting at $30,00.00 per annum based on experience Demi Chef De Partie Requirements: •Minimum 3 years cooking experience in a luxury hotel environment. •Proven experience in various sections of the kitchen. •Accuracy and attention to detail. •Able to stand for long periods of time. •Able to carry up to 20kgs. •Able to handle a fast-paced environment and be able to work under pressure. •Must be organized and detailed oriented. •Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken. •Tertiary culinary qualification preferred. •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: •Assist with ensuring mis-en-place is set for all stations of outlet kitchen. •Ability to read recipes, check food presentations and displays with precision. •Assist with checking the quality of the product to ensure the standards for food service are maintained. •Show precision cuts and knife use. •Demonstrate ability to cook meat, fish and vegetables with the correct method and temperature. •Ensure the correct rotation and storage of products for quality selection. •Assist with ensuring the Kitchen is kept clean and sanitary. •Follow directions from the Executive Sous Chef or other Kitchen management with accuracy. •Communicate any defects in kitchen equipment to the Executive Sous Chef. •In addition, other duties as may be required as directed by your Manager. Starting salary $7 per hour not including service charge Chef De Partie Requirements: •3 years culinary experience in a full service, fine dining establishment as Chef De \ Partie •Post-secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience •Must have strong knowledge of kitchen inventory and ordering process, staffing, expediting and ability to supervise the staff and kitchen operations under the direction of the Executive Chef •Excellent culinary technique and ability to work the line during all meal periods •Exceptional customer service orientation, complying with company service culture •Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts Duties Include: •Recruit and select qualified candidates, provide training and communication performance expectations •Coordinate the inventory, purchasing and disbursement of all supplies with the purchasing manager •Inspect and ensures the proper set up and readiness of each item on menus •Supervise daily food preparation for assigned areas. •Ensure that the level of quality, portion control, and plate presentation is adhered to consistently •Work closely with staff to exceed guest expectations •Maintain product consistency by conducting inspecting or seasonings, portion and appearance of food Starting salary $8 per hour not including service charge
*POSITIONS MARKED WITH (*) ARE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD BY A WORK PERMIT HOLDER. Interested applicants can apply in person at The Palms’ Human Resources Department on Monday through Friday between 9am – 5pm. Please bring along with you an updated resume that will be attached to your completed application form. Applicants can also email their resumes to careers@thepalmstc.com, no later than end of day, Friday April 5th, 2019. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at 946-8666.
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CARIBBEAN NEWS
NEWS NEWS
The Bahamas Immigration minister says identity theft on the rise
Minister of Immigration Elsworth Johnson anthem, you have given your loyalty and your commitment to your country, and if you don’t live up to that and you commit treason, you deserve to die and be planted in an unmarked grave.”
People walk outside an orphanage after part of it was destroyed in a Fifteen children died in a fire that swept overnight through an orphanage in Haiti run by a U.S. religious group, authorities said on Friday, triggering renewed controversy over the hundreds of unlicensed orphanages in the poorest nation in the Americas. Two children were burned to death and 13 died due to smoke inhalation in the blaze that ravaged the Pennsylvania-based Church of Bible Understanding’s orphanage in Kenscoff, just south of the capital. The cause of the blaze was not clear. One of the children at the orphanage told Reuters they had been using candles because the power in the block was out and a generator was not working. Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin, director of the Institute for Social Welfare, said the religious group did not have a license to operate the institution, which housed around 60 children. “Orphanages” - which in reality mostly house not just orphans but children whose parents feel they cannot afford to look after them - proliferated after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed tens of thousands. Yet just 35 of 754 such institutions are officially authorized, with another 100 in the process of getting a license. The government has closed around 160 institutions over the last five years, Villedrouin said, and has barred more from opening. “We are going to place them in a transit center while we do research on their family and see if we can reunite them with their parents,” she told Reuters. Four in five of the around 30,000 children in Haiti’s orphanages have living parents, according to the government. A woman who answered the Church of Bible Understanding’s telephone number in Port-au-Prince, asked for comment, said: “We will make it known when it is appropriate.” There was no response to a voicemail seeking comment at the number listed for the Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding at its office in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The group says on its website it opened its first orphanage in Haiti nearly 40 years ago, with a primary goal “to spread the Gospel to any and all who will receive it.” “I call on the relevant authorities to take urgent measures to decipher the cause of this drama,” President Jovenel Moise wrote in a tweet, expressing his “profound sadness.” Nearly 60% of Haiti’s 11.2 million inhabitants survive on less than $2.40 a day, according to the World Bank. Poverty, disability and a lack of access to basic healthcare, education and social services mean many Haitian parents send their children to orphanages or wealthier relatives or acquaintances. Those taken in by relatives are often used as servants or isolated from children in the household and seldom sent to school, critics say. Children living in hundreds of orphanages suffer sexual and physical abuse and some are trafficked into orphanages for profit to attract donations, the London-based charity Lumos wrote in a report three years ago. Donors, mostly from the United States and faith-based organizations, give $70 million a year to one-third of Haiti’s orphanages, it said.
you are not a citizen, do not try to vote. If you’re not a citizen, do not get involved in our political economy.” In recent months, there have been a number of people arraigned for fraud. In several cases, discrepancies were discovered when the people attempted to apply for Bahamian citizenship. However, Johnson said yesterday that those who are sworn in as new citizens and later found to have committed identity theft, will be dealt with. “I told the persons sworn in the other day that if we find that you have stolen the identity of anybody, we’re going to revoke it,” he said. Johnson added, “When you take this oath and you do this pledge and you sing this national
Six Senses’ First-Ever Caribbean Resort Breaks Ground in Grenada
15-year-old son were aboard the aircraft, the prefecture added. All are French citizens, it said. A search team recovered a backpack with the passport of one of the people on the plane. Later in the morning, a new bag with the flight plan was found, the prefecture said. “The search conditions are made difficult with strong winds and rough seas causing poor visibility due to frequent squalls,” the Guadeloupe prefecture said.
A rescue mission has measures, the search team have failed to find four French citizens only found some of the passengers’ who have been missing since their personal belongings and parts of a plane crashed near the Caribbean plane”, the prefecture’s statement island of Dominica on Sunday, local said. authorities said on Tuesday. The small plane carrying “After over 40 hours the four French nationals, including of search in difficult weather a 16-year-old, crashed into the conditions, there is unfortunately sea on Sunday around 7 pm CET, no more hope to find survivors”, “shortly after taking off at the Charles the prefecture for Guadeloupe, to Douglas airport in Dominica”, the which the four were travelling, said prefecture said in a press release. in a statement. A 40-year-old man, a substantial 55-year-old couple and their “Despite
Search abandoned for missing French citizens after plane crash into Caribbean sea
Caribbean,” said Dr. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada. “This project will impact significantly on Grenada’s rural economy and it will also offer visitors a more unique experience, given its location outside of the traditional tourist belt.” It’s another big boost for Grenada’s growing luxury hotel sector, which now includes the recently-opened Silversands Hotel along with another highlyanticipated project, the Kimpton Kawana Bay, set to open its doors on Grenada’s iconic Seven Mile Beach this year.
Six Senses, which is now part of the InterContinental Hotels Group umbrella (IHG purchased the brand last year), is a brand focused on a combination of wellness, sustainability and luxury. While this project is the first-ever Six Senses resort in the wider Caribbean region, the company has long operated a spa at the Puntacana Resort and Club in the Dominican Republic. “The Government of Grenada fully supports and welcomes the work of Range Developments, which has an outstanding record of delivering the finest world class resorts in the
A view of the planned swimming pools at the resort
The first-ever Six Senses resort in the Caribbean has officially broken ground on the island of Grenada. The new project is the latest by the region’s hottest luxury hotel developer, Range Developments, the company behind the celebrated Park Hyatt St Kitts and the new Cabrits Resort Kempinski Dominica. In a statement, Range Developments said the company was “committed to complete the project by November 2022.” The 100-room resort will be set on Grenada’s spectacular La Sagesse beach. “We have achieved this important milestone in a record time,” said Mr Mohammed Asaria, Managing Director and Board Member of Range Developments. The agreement with Grenada’s government was just signed 10 months ago, Asaria said. “[We] feel privileged to be placing our resort on such prime land in Grenada and to be working with Six Senses, a brilliant combination,” Asaria said. “These are exciting times ahead, as we always strive to make a difference in the communities we operate in. The Six Senses La Sagesse, Grenada resort, like all of our developments, will create a halo effect across the country’s economy.”
Minister of Immigration Elsworth Johnson said that identity theft is on the rise in The Bahamas. “We are finding people with dead persons’ birth certificates,” he said in the House of Assembly. “And I cannot comment on some matters because they are before the court. “We know that people take pictures in the graveyard.” He added, “We know that identity theft is a serious problem in our country, so we are looking at this whole phenomenon of identity theft.” Johnson also implied that some non-Bahamians have attempted to vote in elections. “There’s a certain sociopolitical activity that is only reserved for citizens,” he said. “In the name of Jesus, if
Haiti orphanage fire kills 15, renews debate over unlicensed orphanages
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Why the Dominican Republic is the cheapest holiday destination in the Caribbean
as a seven-day package for less than $1,000 US per person plus tax. Getting around any of the cities, expenditures won’t be much of a drain on your budget. The cost of living is so low that an American choosing to reside in the country could do so rather comfortably for less than $1,000 a month. The exchange rate also suits most foreign travelers nicely with the peso worth about two cents on the U.S. dollar. More than six million tourists annually visit the Dominican Republic, nearly half of them Americans. Evidently, the rash of severe incidents affecting American visitors, in particular, hasn’t prompted the U.S. government to issue a travel advisory regarding safety considerations in the nation. Additionally, the Dominican
interested vacationers. That said, those who aren’t alarmed by the headlines can find a lot of vacation bargains, especially all-inclusive packages. Deals offered by Sunwing, for example, had resort packages in the Dominican Republic priced around $500 lower for similar offerings in the Bahamas and Jamaica. One of the cheapest resort packages was for Bellevue Dominican Bay in Santo Domingo, overlooking Boca Chica Beach. A seven-night stay at this facility, which boasts two pools and tropical gardens, was as low as $650 US per person plus tax. On the other end of the budgetary spectrum, the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Resort on the southern tip of the island, which features all the diving you can take in as well as world-class cuisine, was available
Tourists vacationing in Dominican Republic
American fugitive caught by police in Caribbean
Boris Johnson won’t say who paid for his free holiday to private Caribbean island
Beach Human Rights Council has called for the legislature to censure him for his use of the slur or remove him.
Caribbean-born, Florida lawmaker, Al Jacquet
A Caribbean-born, “I’m running in Florida state lawmaker has 2020 baby,” Jacquet said been forced to apologize in the video. “I hear they after referring to his 2020 got sleepy Hardy. It’s all Primary challenger by the good. The union boy. The anti-gay slur, ‘batty boy.’ batty boy union boy.” St. MaartenHardy called him born attorney, Al Jacquet, out in a tweet stating: a Democratic Party “While I’m not gay, I am member Florida House offended for our LGBTQ of Representative of community in Palm District 88, apologized Beach County and across Tuesday for using the the state of Florida. “His gay slur in an hour-long bigoted rhetoric has no Facebook live broadcast place in our politics.” on his personal page to Jacquet was refer to his 2020 Primary then forced to apologize Challenger, Lake Worth Tuesday stating: “In the Beach Commissioner heat of the moment, I Omari Hardy. said something I should Rep. Jacquet, not have said. I apologize the state lawmaker who for my words that have represents parts of Palm offended some of my Beach County, recorded colleagues.” the video last Friday. But the Palm
Gerald Jessop worked with the state department to eventually capture Jessop. Jessop was extradited by the US Marshals back to Connecticut and is being held on $550,000 bond.
Caribbean born, Florida lawmaker apologizes for calling challenger ‘batty boy’
Boris Johnson Boris Johnson is under pressure bound by strict rules when it comes to to reveal who paid for his New Year trip gifts and must declare them within 28 to the Caribbean after the businessman days. Breaking the rules can result in who the prime minister said funded the suspension in the most serious cases. A spokesperson for Johnson holiday denied ever doing so. The prime minister declared in quoted by the Mail said the declaration his register of interests that his trip with was a “mistake” and that businessman his partner Carrie Symonds to a villa Ross did “not put his hand in his pocket on the private island of Mustique was whatsoever and can obviously prove paid for by David Ross, who founded that – [he] most definitely did not pay anything and it was not his house.” Carphone Warehouse. They added: “It was a house that Ross was previously forced to resign as Johnson’s adviser when he was was rented but the people could not turn mayor of London, due to a loans scandal. up, so Boris Johnson got the use of it.” “Following media reports I The prime minister’s register of interests suggests that the would like to provide further explanation accommodation came to £15,000 and of the benefit in kind Mr Ross provided was a “benefit in kind” from businessman to Mr Johnson,” his spokesperson said. “Mr Ross facilitated Ross, who is also a donor to Johnson’s accommodation or Mr Johnson on Conservative party. However, Ross on Wednesday Mustique valued at £15,000. Therefore night said he neither owned or villa or this is a benefit in kind from Mr Ross to Mr Johnson and Mr Johnson’s declaration paid for Johnson’s stay, the Mail reports. A spokesperson for Ross said: to the House of Commons is correct.” The opposition Labour Party has “Boris Johnson did not stay in David called for an official investigation into Ross’s house. “Boris wanted some help to find who paid for Johnson’s trip, and whether somewhere in Mustique, David called the prime minister falsely declared it. the company who run all the villas and “Boris Johnson must come clean about who has paid for his luxury trip,” Jon somebody had dropped out. “So Boris got the use of a villa Trickett, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office that was worth £15,000, but David Ross Minister, said. “If he fails to do so, the did not pay any monies whatsoever for Parliamentary Commissioner for this.” Ross on Thursday subsequently Standards should step in and make him released a new statement insisting that fess up. ‘The public deserves to know he had “facilitated” the trip, rather than who is paying for their Prime Minister’s paid for it. Members of Parliament are jaunts.”
A man wanted by Enfield police since 2011 was arrested in the Caribbean on February 13. Police said that Gerald Jessop was initially arrested in 2009. He was charged with sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a minor. He was convicted of both charges in 2011. While out on bond, Jessop failed to show up to court. On Friday police said they learned that he fled to the US Virgin Islands and assumed a new identity. On February 13 he Jessop was taken into custody by authorities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, an island 440 miles southwest of the USVI. The Enfield police department and Hartford State’s Attorney office
Republic’s federal government revealed that if anything, incidents affecting tourists have been dropping. While 2019 figures weren’t readily available, figures from 2018 showed a decrease in incidents dropped to 1.4 per 100,000 visitors from 1.6 the previous year. Hospitality polls released by the government also revealed that 99 percent of Americans and 94 percent of Canadians said they would visit the Dominican Republic again. In terms of service provided, 94 percent of Americans and 97 percent of Canadians rated hospitality as excellent. A statement issued last June by the country’s Tourism Ministry included a rather telling remark by Mark Murphy, CEO of travAlliancemedia. “This is a destination that has welcomed eight million Americans over the last four years,” he said. “How many times have we heard about problems?” Putting things into perspective and more recent events notwithstanding, the government still declared that the country was safe for visitors. But the report advised that tourists still take the same precautions they would normally follow at any foreign destination. It might be wise to ask the resort staff about the quality of security. And once at your destination, be wary of people walking suspiciously in the hallway near your suite. Ensure your valuables are in a safe place or better still if they’re not essential for the trip, leave them at home.
When it comes to Caribbean tourism, the Dominican Republic is most likely the least popular destination these days. That’s particularly sad since the country’s given the rest of the world a lot from cocoa and bananas to its bestknown export—baseball players, which comprise about 40 percent of the average U.S. big-league team’s roster. There’s a lot to appreciate about the country’s place in the history books, as its capital, Santo Domingo, is the oldest known settlement in the Americas, having been established in 1496. It also has a cathedral built by the son of Christopher Columbus; 500 years later, it’s still standing. But while folks have nothing but good things to say about the Dominican Republic’s culinary and sports culture as well as its place in history, those aren’t what’s keeping visitors away. The country has one of the highest crime rates of any nation in the Caribbean and as a result, merchants in the hospitality industry have marked down the prices of vacation packages so severely, they’re almost giving those incentives away. That sounds enticing to more experienced travelers who have enough savvy to know who and what to avoid in a foreign destination. As for the rest, the Dominican Republic’s Tourism Ministry still has a tough time competing against the sobering news and hysteric feedback via social media on incidents affecting travelers in their country. Scuttlebutt of that sort is still likely to scare off a sizeable percentage of otherwise
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Caribbean sharks in need of large marine protected areas
Caribbean Brain Drain Cripples Region, says CDB officials
VULNERABLE The small territorial size, small population and (in most cases) limited natural resources forces small states to specialise in the production and export of a few goods and services while relying on imports for significant amounts of finished goods that they cannot produce in large amounts, owing to high production costs. Small states tend to be comparatively more vulnerable to external price fluctuations and natural disasters which could often lead to more volatility in growth compared to countries with larger and more diversified internal markets.
In the Caribbean context, the “brain drain” is reflected in consistently high migration patterns of potentially the most productive segments of the population. Decades of migration has served to enhance the economic problems that have become particularly acute over the last 10 years. Following the 2008 financial crisis many Caribbean countries implemented deep austerity programmes to deal with the crisis and also bring decades of public spending under control. With high debt, low foreign investment and a contraction in key industries such as tourism, the “brain drain” has only made the problems in the region more difficult to overcome. Former premier of St Lucia Kenny Anthony has described the economic situation of the Caribbean as one of the biggest economic crises since independence. Historically, the Caribbean has been the site of significant migration flows. For more than 200 years, its people have migrated to other regions in search of work and more opportunities. The 20th Century, in particular, saw significant movements of people from the
What has been many developed countries’ gain has been a loss for the region and the economic effects have become more apparent as the region moves forward in the 21st Century amidst greater competition and vulnerability in the global economy. Between 1965 and 2000, around 12 per cent of the labour force of the Caribbean had emigrated to an OECD country – which is almost twice the amount for Central America and six times the average rate for most developing countries. This has meant that the Caribbean, within that timeframe, has exported more educated and skilled labour (in proportion to its population) to the benefit of other countries than any other region in the world. Approximately 22 per cent of the Caribbean population lives abroad, with half that percentage having migrated to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The other half migrated within the region to countries such as the Bahamas, British Virgin and US Virgin Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Since the 1990s, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica have been the largest sources of migrants from the Caribbean. When looking at individual Caribbean countries the labour losses are even more stark, with Haiti having lost 10 per cent of its population through migration and with smaller countries such as
“AROUND 22% OF THE CARIBBEAN POPULATION LIVES ABROAD”
Justin Ram, director of the economics department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Grenada losing 55 per cent of its population through emigration to OECD countries. When looking at highly skilled labour, the rate of emigration is on average 70 per cent with several countries such as Jamaica, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti losing over 80 per cent of their highly skilled working population. Much of the “brain drain” in the Caribbean lies in the inability of countries in the region to generate adequate employment opportunities for working age people. In the English-speaking Caribbean, a significant proportion of the population are educated to tertiary level but then lack job opportunities that reflect their qualifications. This is reinforced by Frédéric Docquier and Maurice Schiff, researchers for the German based Institute for the Study of Labour, who argue that small states tend to be more dependent on trade and less diversified than larger economies.
region to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom as postwar economies sought Caribbean labour to harness the high-level skills that many of the educated migrants possessed. Those who arrived from the Caribbean in the UK as a source of labour to help rebuild the country after World War Two have become known as the Windrush Generation. Alongside these movements, however, has been a significant impact on the countries from which Caribbean migrants originated from. The Caribbean has been the site of the largest and most significant effects of the “brain drain” – a loss of skilled labour that has had a debilitating effect on the economic development of most countries in the region.
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WHEN DR Justin Ram, director of the economics department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), gave a speech in 2018 at a regional stakeholder consultation session on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) initiative in Guyana, he hit on a major issue that has plagued the region’s leaders for several years. Ram was addressing what has been dubbed the Caribbean ‘brain drain’. He said: “When we look at the data, many of the countries [in the region] have lost as much as 70 per cent of their labour force with more than 12 years of schooling. “That is to say, 70 per cent of our population that we have schooled to tertiary education has left our shores.” Ram added that unemployment rates in the Caribbean remain very high: “In many of our member countries, it is as high as 25 per cent, and low as 4.3 per cent. I should add that youth unemployment is even higher, and in some of our member countries (it) is as high as 40 per cent.”
arbados becomes latest Caribbean country to launch an UNCTAD iGuide
Barbados has joined five other Caribbean countries to launch an online investment guide or iGuide with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) and the European Union. “The development of an iGuide is an effort to improve our region’s investment facilitation,” said Caribbean Export Competitiveness and Export Promotion Manager Damie Sinanan. Caribbean Export serves as the Secretariat for CAIPA which is focused on attracting investment into the Caribbean and supporting regional investment promotion agencies. The iGuides are a product of UNCTAD which enables potential investors to discover investment opportunities, get a better understanding of a country´s business costs, key procedures and laws, providing a range of useful information to support the decision-making process. At the launch, Invest Barbados Chief Executive Officer Kay-Anne Brathwaite said: “We are confident that the launch of the Barbados iGuide site will augment the country’s efforts of making it easier for investors to do business in and with Barbados. We know that the iGuide represents best practice in the provision of information to investors and we anticipate that the iGuide will be a tool to attract more foreign investment in line with our developmental needs.” Caribbean Export, in co-operation with the EU and CAIPA, has been working with UNCTAD to develop iGuides for Caribbean countries as part of an overall Regional Investment Promotion Strategy (RIPS). To date, they have supported the launch of iGuides in Jamaica, Curacao, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines thus far, with an iGuide previously existing in Antigua and Barbuda. This latest launch in Barbados brings the total number of Caribbean based iGuides to five and there are two more iGuides in development for St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos, whilst plans are in place to also include Trinidad and Tobago on the platform. “The idea is not just to promote Barbados but to promote the whole Caribbean as a market for investment opportunities. And, if you can present the big market, which is the Caribbean, you would be much more successful in attracting investment,” said UNCTAD Economic Affairs Officer Ian Richards.
many of these countries along their migrations,” said Gallagher. “Though there are many examples of establishing marine protected areas in the region, there are few that are big enough to encompass the space use of large sharks, such as tiger sharks which can move thousands of miles per year.” Recent research suggests that sharks are surprisingly rare in many Caribbean nations, likely due to decades of unregulated overharvest. However, certain areas such as the Bahamas, which have banned longline fishing and protected sharks in recent decades, have benefitted from the significant socioeconomic inputs generated from live sharks in the diving industry, estimated to be over US $140 million per year.
Caribbean, I have witnessed first-hand, the benefits that marine protected areas can have for shark populations,” said Shipley, a close collaborator of Dr. Austin Gallagher, Chief Scientist at Beneath the Waves. “We hope that currently protected nations, such as The Bahamas, can carry the torch and provide a foundation on which to base broader policy. For this to be a success, we will need to continue to build strong relationships and further understand the needs of key stakeholder groups throughout the wider Caribbean. We are extremely confident that this is going to happen.” “The diversity of countries sharing ocean space in the Greater Caribbean is remarkable, and we know that migratory shark species connect
protected areas, which can stretch from 100,000 sq. km to over 300,000 sq. km, have emerged as a popular management tool for their potential to enhance ecological processes and promote sustainable fisheries. One of the greatest benefits of these large conservation zones is their potential to conserve sharks, which travel long distances and can connect multiple jurisdictions over short time periods. The letter in Science states that the Greater Caribbean, which boasts some of the highest rates of marine biodiversity and contains some of the most migratory shark species in the world, has been overlooked in these conversations. “Through conducting years of scientific research on sharks in the
Governments must provide larger spatial protections in the Greater Caribbean for threatened, highly migratory species such as sharks, is the call from a diverse group of marine scientists including Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) PhD Candidate, Oliver Shipley, and led by the conservation NGO Beneath the Waves in a letter to published in Science (Feb. 14). With up to one-third of all open ocean shark species threatened extinction due to overfishing, conservation strategies that protect areas where sharks spent significant portions of their time are becoming increasingly important. In light of recent calls to protect 30 percent of our oceans by 2030, large marine
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A U.S. jury on Friday found Michael Avenatti guilty in a criminal trial accusing the celebrity lawyer of trying to extort Nike Inc out of millions of dollars and defraud a youth basketball coach he represented. Jurors in Manhattan federal court needed 2-1/2 days to decide Attorney Michael Avenatti arrives the fate of Avenatti, a brash at United States Court in the lawyer all but unknown Manhattan borough of New York until two years ago when City, New York, U.S., July 23, 2019 he began representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump and making hundreds of television appearances. Avenatti, 48, who positioned his chair so he could face the jurors during his 2-1/2-week trial, stared at them as the verdict was read. He could get more than 40 years in prison at his scheduled June 17 sentencing. “Of course there will be an appeal, yes,” Avenatti’s lawyer Scott Srebnick told reporters after the verdict. Avenatti also faces scheduled criminal trials this spring in Manhattan on charges he defrauded Daniels out of proceeds from a book contract, and in California on charges he defrauded several other clients and lied to the Internal Revenue Service. He has been jailed in Manhattan since Jan. 17 after California prosecutors said he violated his bail conditions. Avenatti shook hands with and got a pat on the back from members of his legal team following Friday’s verdict, before a court officer led him away. The defendant was convicted of trying to shake down Nike by threatening to hold a press conference to discuss allegations the sports apparel company made illegal payments to families of college basketball recruits. Prosecutors said Avenatti told Nike he could wipe billions of dollars off its market value, but would keep quiet if it paid him and another lawyer up to $25 million to conduct an internal probe, and paid the coach Gary Franklin $1.5 million.
A man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in the German city of Hanau was found dead at his home early Thursday, hours after the attacks in and outside two hookah lounges, police said. Officers also found another body at the same address, police said. Police gave no details of the suspected gunman but said “there are currently no indications of further perpetrators.” They did not give details of his possible motive or how he died, or specify why they believe “with a high degree of probability” that he was the assailant. The number of dead in the A car with dead bodies stands in front of a bar in Hanau, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 shootings Wednesday evening rose covered in thermal foil also could the victims of the earlier shootings. to nine, a police statement said. German news agency dpa “Thoughts this morning are with the be seen, with shattered glass next to reported, citing unnamed security people of Hanau, in whose midst it. Forensic experts in white overalls officials, that a written claim of this terrible crime was committed,” collected evidence. Hookah lounges are places responsibility and a video were German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s where people gather to smoke found and are being examined by spokesman said on Twitter. “Deep sympathy for the flavored tobacco from Middle police. Henry Faltin, a spokesman affected families, who are grieving Eastern water pipes. “This was a terrible evening for police in southeastern Hesse for their dead,” the spokesman, state, where Hanau is located, Steffen Seibert, said. “We hope with that will certainly occupy us for declined to comment on the dpa those wounded that they will soon a long, long time and we will remember with sadness,” Hanau report, or a report by daily Bild that recover.” Earlier Thursday, police Mayor Claus Kaminsky told the Bild ammunition was also found in the said that eight people were killed newspaper. Lawmaker Katja Leikert, suspect’s vehicle. Officers sealed off and and around five wounded. They a member of Merkel’s center-right searched the apartment in Hanau’s said a dark vehicle was seen leaving party who represents Hanau in the Kesselstadt district, near the scene of the location of the first attack and German parliament, tweeted that one of the shootings, after following another shooting was reported at a it was “a real horror scenario for us up witness statements on a getaway scene about 2 1/2 kilometers (1 1/2 all.” Hanau is about 20 car. Police said work to confirm the miles) away. Police officers swarmed kilometers (12 miles) east of identities of the two bodies at the home was still underway, and they central Hanau, cordoning off the Frankfurt. It has about 100,000 couldn’t immediately give details area of one of the shootings as a inhabitants and is in Hesse state. either on them or the identities of helicopter hovered overhead. A car
Celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti is found guilty in Nike extortion case
Suspect, 1 other found dead after 9 people killed in Germany
Netanyahu trial clouds last days of Israel election campaign
development that would prevent Netanyahu from focusing on his duties as prime minister. “Netanyahu will be preoccupied with himself alone. He will not be in a position to look out for the interests of Israel’s citizens,” he said. Netanyahu responded to Gantz’s remarks by criticizing him without directly addressing the trial. Netanyahu is desperate to remain as prime minister, a position he can use as a bully pulpit to rally public support. He has repeatedly sought to portray himself as the victim of a witch hunt by overzealous police, hostile prosecutors and the media. With the exception of the prime minister, Israeli law requires public officials to resign if charged with a crime. That means that if Netanyahu is forced to give up his position, he would go
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020 on trial as a private citizen. Netanyahu last month gave up an attempt to seek immunity from prosecution after concluding he did not have enough support in parliament.
accepting lavish gifts from billionaire friends and offering regulatory favors to local media moguls in exchange for positive news coverage. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has denied any wrongdoing. In a brief statement, the court said Netanyahu is expected to attend the initial hearing. The March 2 election is Israel’s third in under a year. Like the previous elections in April and September, the upcoming vote is seen largely as a personal referendum on Netanyahu. The previous elections ended in deadlock, with both Netanyahu’s Likud Party and the rival Blue and White, led by former military chief Benny Gantz, unable to secure parliamentary majorities. Opinion polls have predicted a similar outcome in the third. Gantz said it was a “sad”
The criminal trial for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will begin March 17, court officials announced Tuesday, shaking up the final stretch of a contentious election campaign and hurting the longtime Israeli leader’s hopes of forming a new government after the vote. The announcement means that Netanyahu will appear in the Jerusalem court as a defendant just two weeks after the March 2 election. After a campaign in which Netanyahu has worked feverishly to divert attention from his legal woes, the final days of the race are almost certain to play into the hands of his opponents by focusing on the looming trial. Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in connection to a series of scandals. He is accused of
Coronavirus could be knockout blow for Hong Kong’s once-thriving tourism, retail sectors have been in free-fall for a year as the economy contracted for three consecutive quarters, dropping 19.4% in December as protesters, angry with Beijing’s perceived tightening grip over the city, clashed with police in shopping malls. Communist Party rulers in Beijing deny meddling with the former British colony’s freedoms, guaranteed when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Business is so bad that Bennell has pulled his two teenage sons out of international school to cut costs. If things don’t turn around, he might be forced to leave the city that has been home since 1993. “This is the straw that’s going to break the camel’s back. It’s horrific,” said the 46-year-old. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it. It’s unbelievable.” Hong Kong retail sales
where retail and tourism act like balance wheels for an economy running on trade and finance. The coronavirus, which has killed more than 1,700 people across the border in mainland China and one of 60 patients in Hong Kong, has reduced tourist arrivals to a trickle and kept residents away from shops at a time when the city is mired in its first recession in a decade.
Tom Bennell’s olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of pro-democracy protests that emptied Hong Kong hotels and restaurants, his major customers. Now he fears a knockout blow as the city fights the coronavirus. The two-decade-old Olives and Oils supplies more than 20 fivestar hotels, as well as clubs, delis and restaurants in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong,
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important than his allegiance to the ... about cases pending in the department, and about judges before whom we have president. Trump tweeted on Tuesday that cases, make it impossible for me to do he’s considering suing those involved my job and to assure the courts and the in special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors in the department that we’re Russia investigation and opined that his doing our work with integrity.” confidant Roger Stone deserved a new The attorney general had been trial after being convicted of witness sharing the same sentiment privately tampering and obstruction. with Trump for several weeks, a person Barr’s comments about Trump’s familiar with the matter told The tweets came during an interview Associated Press. The person was not with ABC News just days after his authorized to discuss Barr’s private Justice Department overruled its own conversations and requested anonymity. prosecutors — who had recommended Speaking to reporters earlier Tuesday, in a court filing that Stone be sentenced Trump said he understood his tweets to seven to nine years in prison — and makes Barr’s job harder, but he showed took the extraordinary step of lowering no signs of relenting. He said he had the amount of prison time it would seek. “total confidence in my attorney general” All four prosecutors from Stone’s trial but insisted that “everybody has the quit the case and one left the Justice right to speak their mind.” He added: “And I probably wouldn’t have gotten Department altogether. The reversal came after here without social media because I Trump blasted the original sentencing certainly don’t get fair press.” “Yeah, I do make his job harder. recommendation as “very horrible and unfair,” though officials have insisted the I do agree with that. I think that’s true,” decision to make a new recommendation he said. “He’s a very straight shooter. We have a great attorney general, and came before Trump’s tweet. “I’m happy to say that, in fact, he’s working very hard. ... But I will say the president has never asked me to do this: Social media, for me, has been very anything in a criminal case,” Barr said in important because it gives me a voice, the ABC News interview. “However, to because I don’t get that voice in the press. have public statements and tweets made In the media, I don’t get that voice. So about the department, about our people I’m allowed to have a voice.”
President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others. Those who got a break from Trump include financier Michael Milken, the “junk bond king” who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, and Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal after building one of the most successful NFL teams in history. But Trump also President Donald Trump talks to the media before commuted the sentences of several he boards Air Force One for a trip to Los Angeles women with more sympathetic cases to attend a campaign fundraiser, Tuesday, Feb. 18, to balance out the men convicted of 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. corruption. But Trump said the former In all, Trump took clemency actions related to 11 people, his latest governor had been subjected to a interventions in the justice system as he “ridiculous sentence” that didn’t fit his faces growing criticism for weighing in crimes. on the cases of former aides. Trump made “That was a tremendously powerful, clear that he saw similarities between ridiculous sentence, in my opinion and efforts to investigate his own conduct in the opinion of many others,” he said. Manhattan Assistant U.S. and those that took down Blagojevich, Former a Democrat who appeared on Trump’s Attorney Mimi Rocah said the pardons sends a message that corruption is OK reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice.” “It was a prosecution by the and “signal to his friends who are facing same people — Comey, Fitzpatrick, the investigations or prosecutions for white same group,” Trump told reporters. He collar crimes ... that Trump has their was referring to Patrick Fitzgerald, the back.” Indeed, Pascrell predicted former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Blagojevich and now represents former that, following Trump’s acquittal by Republican-controlled Senate, FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump the fired from the agency in May 2017. “outrageous abuses like these will Comey was working in the private sector accelerate and worsen.” In Illinois, current Gov. J.B. during the Blagojevich investigation and Pritzker, a Democrat, said in a statement indictment. The clemency actions come that Trump “has abused his pardon power as an emboldened Trump continues in inexplicable ways to reward his friends to test the limits of his office now that and condone corruption, and I deeply impeachment is over. The actions drew believe this pardon sends the wrong alarm from Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell, message at the wrong time.” Republicans Jr. of New Jersey, who accused Trump of in the state echoed his criticism of the using his unfettered pardon power “to Blagojevich action. Many of the pardons announced shield unrepentant felons, racists and Tuesday were advocated by well-heeled corrupt scoundrels.” Blagojevich was convicted on friends of the president, including charges of political corruption, including Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino seeking to sell an appointment to former magnate, Tom Barrack, a longtime President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat Trump confidant and the chairman of and trying to shake down a children’s his inaugural committee, and Fox News personality Maria Bartiromo. hospital.
decades of regional proxy wars with its key regional rival Saudi Arabia, from Syria to Iraq. European and Arab states have since scrambled to avert a fullfledged conflict between the two sides. “Securing peace and stability in the sensitive region of Middle East and in the Persian Gulf is impossible without Iran’s help,” Rouhani said. “Several countries have delivered messages to us (from Saudi Arabia) ... we don’t have issues with Saudi Arabia that cannot be resolved,” he said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday Riyadh had contacted Iran after the killing of Soleimani, but when Iran had responded the contact had ended. He suggested the United States had pressured Riyadh. Zarif’s comments were dismissed by his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud who said there had been neither private messages nor direct contacts between the two countries.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, February 16, 2020.
Barr, serving in his second stint as attorney general, sought to paint himself as an independent leader who would not bow to political pressure. But Democrats have repeatedly accused Barr of acting more like the president’s personal attorney than the attorney general. Barr proved to be a largely reliable Trump ally and defender of presidential power.
Rouhani says Iran will never yield to U.S. pressure for talks Iran will never hold talks with the United States under pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, adding that Tehran’s help was essential in establishing security in the Middle East. Relations between Tehran and Washington reached crisis point in 2018 after U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned a 2015 pact between Iran and world powers under which Tehran accepted curbs to its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions. Tensions spiked further following the killing of Iran’s most prominent military commander Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3 by U.S. drone attacks at Baghdad airport. In retaliation, Iran attacked U.S. targets in Iraq in January. Trump has adopted a policy of “maximum pressure” to force Tehran to negotiate a broader deal that further curbs Iran’s nuclear work, ends its missile program and its involvement in regional proxy wars. “Iran will never negotiate under pressure ... We will never yield to America’s pressure and we will not negotiate from a position of weakness,” Rouhani said in a televised news conference. Although the reimposed U.S. sanctions have crippled Iran’s economy, slashing its oil exports, Tehran has repeatedly dismissed talks over any new deal, saying they are possible only if the United States returns to the pact and lifts trade curbs. “America’s ‘maximum pressure’ toward Iran is doomed to failure ... our enemy (the United States) is very well aware that their pressure is inefficient,” Rouhani said. Iran has been involved in
Attorney General William Barr speaks at the National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference in Washington
Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told The Associated Press. The revelation came days after Barr took a public swipe at the president, saying in a television interview that Trump’s tweets about Justice Department cases and staffers make it “impossible” for him to do his job. The next day, Trump ignored Barr’s request and insisted that he has the “legal right” to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department’s historical independence. It’s unclear how seriously Barr has considered resigning or whether he is instead trying to pressure Trump to back off his provocative tweets about the Justice Department. Barr’s spokeswoman said late Tuesday that the attorney general “has no plans to resign.” Barr is one of the president’s closest allies in the administration and has been a staunch defender of Trump’s policy decisions. But considering resigning from his post suggests he sees the Justice Department’s reputation as an institution that makes decisions on criminal cases independently, unmoved and unbound by political sway, as more
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Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self
Costa Rica seizes five tons of cocaine bound for Holland in largest ever drug bust
though did not specify where. The drugs had an estimated street value of about 126 million euro ($136 million) in Holland, Costa Rica’s Security Minister Michael Soto said late on Saturday. “It’s a historic seizure,” Soto said in a statement. “It is a blow to the regional criminal containing cocaine seized during an operation structures.” A Costa Rican man, who in the Caribbean, as Michael Soto, Minister of drove the shipment from north Public Security, speaks to the media at the air of the country to Limon port, was base of the Ministry of Security in Alajuela, Costa Rica, February 15, 2020 detained, authorities said.
Police in Costa Rica seized more than 5 tons of cocaine bound for the Dutch port of Rotterdam in the country’s largest ever drugs bust, officials said. The authorities on Saturday found the cocaine in Costa Rica’s Caribbean port of Limon, stashed inside a shipping container of decorative canopy plants bound for the Netherlands. The anti-narcotics police discovered the drugs in 202 small bags and said the cocaine was produced in South America,
March 17 as the date for the start of the trial, a spokeswoman for the court Mampota Phakoe said. Lesotho police allege Maesaiah Thabane hired eight assassins to kill Lipolelo and was not actually present at the shooting herself. Thomas Thabane took office two days after the killing, then married Maesaiah two months later. The case has stunned citizens of Lesotho, an independent kingdom Maesaiah Thabane, wife of Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas lying in the middle of a Thabane, appears in court charged with murdering his previous South African mountain February 18, 2020. range.
Snellgrove lit the first candle and city council members passed the flame around. Snellgrove appeared to choke up while announcing the girl’s death just hours after finding her body. “This was not just an investigation or a case to us. Faye Swetlik quickly grabbed all of our hearts,” Snellgrove said Tuesday. The girl had started school at Springdale Elementary in August and made an immediate impact, bringing sunshine as she bounded into school for breakfast and finding a bunch of friends, Principal Hope Vrana said at the vigil. “Everyone quickly grew to love her smile, her joyful spirit and her very kind heart,” Vrana added. A public memorial for Faye will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce. Fisher said her heart broke for the girl’s family, who lost a child as she simply played in her front yard. “You and Faye will remain in my heart forever,” the coroner said.
Faye Marie Swetlik, who has been missing since shortly after getting off her school bus near her South Carolina home Monday, Feb. 10, 2020.
Lesotho leader’s wife murder trial to start next month: court The murder trial of the wife of Lesotho’s prime minister, accused of murdering his previous wife, is set to start next month, a court official said on Tuesday. Maesaiah Thabane was detained and charged earlier this month for the murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s estranged wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead near her home in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, on June 14, 2017. Maesaiah Thabane, who denies the charges and is on bail, appeared in court briefly on Tuesday. The magistrate court set
A statue stands outside the Boys Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund for potentially thousands of men who were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters or other leaders. The Scouts resorted to Chapter 11 in hopes of surviving a barrage of lawsuits, many of them made possible by recent changes in state laws to allow people to sue over long-ago sexual abuse. Bankruptcy will enable the organization to put those cases on hold for now and continue operating. But ultimately the Boy Scouts could be forced to sell some of their vast property holdings, including campgrounds and hiking trails, to raise money for a victims’ fund that could top $1 billion. The Boy Scouts estimated 1,000 to 5,000 victims will seek compensation. “The BSA encourages victims to come forward to file a claim as the bankruptcy process moves forward,” the organization said in a statement. James Kretschmer of Houston, one of those suing, said he was molested by a Scout leader in the mid-1970s in the Spokane, Washington, area. The bankruptcy, he said, “is a shame because at its core and what it was supposed to be, the Boy Scouts is a beautiful organization.” “But you know, anything can be corrupted,” he added. “And if they’re not going to protect the people that they’ve entrusted with the children, then shut it down and move on.” More than 12,000 boys have been molested by 7,800 abusers since the 1920s, according to Boy Scout files revealed in court papers. Evan Smola said two new victims had already called his law office in Chicago on Tuesday morning, bringing the firm’s total to 319. “The opportunity to tell your story is a cathartic and healing experience,” Smola said. “It’s very painful when they actually do it, but getting it off your chest is a big step.” It will be up to the court to set a deadline for filing claims. The amount of money each victim will receive is likely to depend on what assets are turned over and how many people come forward. The filing in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of the biggest, most complex bankruptcies ever seen, given the Scouts’ 50-state presence. The organization listed assets of $1 billion to $10 billion and liabilities of $500 million to $1 billion. “We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to harm innocent children,” said Roger Mosby, the Boy Scouts’ president and CEO. “While we know nothing can undo the tragic abuse that victims suffered, we believe the Chapter 11 process, with the proposed trust structure, will provide equitable compensation to all victims while maintaining the BSA’s important mission.” The Boy Scouts are the latest major American institution to face a heavy price over sexual abuse. Roman Catholic dioceses across the country and schools such as Penn State and Michigan State have paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. The bankruptcy represents a painful turn for an organization that has been a pillar of American civic life for generations and a training ground for future leaders. Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout has long been a proud accomplishment that politicians, businessmen, astronauts and others put on their resumes and in their official biographies. Most of the new cases date to the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, before the Boy Scouts adopted mandatory criminal background checks, abuse-prevention training for all staff and volunteers, and a rule that two or more adult leaders must be present during all activities. Many of the lawsuits accuse the group of negligence and cover-ups.
location,” Snellgrove said. The girl was last seen alive playing in her Cayce front yard after getting off the school bus on Feb. 10. More than 200 officers searched over three days for her, knocking on every door in her neighborhood and checking every vehicle going in and out. They knocked on Taylor’s door, too, the day before he killed himself, Snellgrove said. “He was cooperative and gave consent to agents to look through the house. Those agents did not see anything that alerted them to believe he had knowledge or was in any was involved in Faye’s disappearance at that time,” Snellgrove said. The clue that cracked the case came from a trash can. Investigators followed a trash truck going around the neighborhood Thursday and sifted through every can as it was emptied. Inside Taylor’s can, Snellgrove said, they found a rain boot matching one Faye was wearing and a ladle full of dirt. Snellgrove said he ordered a search near the area and personally found the girl’s body which was “moved in shadow of the night.” Taylor had a roommate who was not home much while the girl was missing, said Snellgrove, adding the roommate appeared to know nothing about the abduction. “It appears (Taylor) is the sole perpetrator of the crime,” Snellgrove said of Taylor. The girl’s disappearance shocked Cayce, a town of about 13,000 just west of Columbia, the state capital. Several prayer vigils were held while she was missing and after her body was found. More than 100 people came out in pouring rain for a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening at Cayce City Hall. Many wiped away tears as
A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said Tuesday. Faye Marie Swetlik died of asphyxiation just hours after she was abducted, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher told reporters Tuesday, refusing to say if she was strangled or suffocated. Faye’s body was found nearly three days later in woods near her home and had been put there just hours earlier, Fisher said. Between that time, investigators had spoken with the suspect. Coty Scott Taylor let them search his home a few doors down from the girl. They saw nothing to suggest the girl was ever there, Cayce Public Safety Director Byron Snellgrove said. Reporters asked Snellgrove if investigators knew where the girl was. “We do not know at this time,” Snellgrove said. Shortly after the girl’s body was found, authorities said, they were called to Taylor’s home where he was found dead on his back porch, covered in blood. Taylor, 30, slit his own throat, Fisher said in a statement released after Tuesday’s news conference, in which the coroner only wanted to talk in front of cameras about the girl. Fisher also refused to release any details about the condition of the girl’s body or disclose any other way she might have been injured out of respect for her family. Snellgrove also didn’t talk about why Taylor, with no criminal record, would have kidnapped the girl. He said last week thatTaylor didnot know the girl or her family. “DNA was tested and did connect and link the residence, the deceased male and Faye to that
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WORLD NEWS
EU adds Seychelles, Cayman Islands, Panama to tax haven blacklist, spares Turkey
similar reasons. Turkey failed to execute automatic transfers of tax information with all EU states but was granted more time to fulfil its commitments, because it has adopted legislative changes to allow data sharing, the EU document said, confirming a Reuters report from last week. Turkey also does not share tax data with Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria, the EU countries with the largest Turkish communities, diplomats said.
on the archipelago, the document said. That could lead to investment vehicles being created solely to reduce taxes in other jurisdictions. The eastern African archipelago of the Seychelles was added to the blacklist because it has an “harmful preferential tax regime,” the EU document said. Panama, which is already blacklisted for money-laundering shortfalls by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, was added to the EU list because of shortcomings over exchanges of tax information. The Pacific island of Palau was blacklisted for
with the EU - drawing criticism for being too lenient on tax havens. The other listed jurisdictions are Fiji, Oman, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu and the three U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Those on the blacklist face reputational damages, higher scrutiny in their financial transactions and risk losing EU funds. The Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, was listed because investment funds based there do not reflect real economic activity
Electronic glitch triggers Dominican Republic vote suspension
Eduardo Frei, president of the observer commission from the Organization of American States (OAS), recommended an exhaustive audit to determine the failure and called for a dialogue of all political sectors to find a solution and hold new elections. Luis Abinader, leader of the opposition Modern Revolutionary Party, said the suspension of the vote was “outrageous and unjustified”. Several opposition parties, such as the People’s Force, of former President Leonel Fernández, objected to the use of electronic voting due to fears software could be manipulated.
papers did not load, leaving citizens unable to cast their votes. “We are going to initiate a thorough investigation of what happened and why those ballot papers did not load correctly,” Castanos said in a press conference. The electronic system was used in 18 of the 158 municipalities and focused on cities and regions with high population density, accounting for 62.4% of the electorate. Paper ballots were due to be used elsewhere. Castanos said that the failures only occurred in the 18 municipalities that used electronic voting.
Dominican Republic’s nationwide municipal elections were suspended only four hours after voting began on Sunday due to a glitch in the electronic voting system, officials said. More than 7.4 million voters were due to vote to elect 3,849 positions in 158 municipalities across the Caribbean nation. The failure of the system is likely to raise concerns ahead of the May 17 presidential elections. Julio Cesar Castanos, president of Dominican Republic’s electoral body, said nearly half of the electronic devices did not work properly and many virtual ballot
North Korea imported purebred horses from Russia as Kim Jong Un took snowy ride
European Union finance ministers added Panama, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands and Palau to the EU’s blacklist of tax havens, while giving Turkey more time to avoid being listed, an EU document said on Tuesday. The list, which was set up in 2017 after revelations of widespread tax evasion and avoidance schemes, now includes 12 jurisdictions. Adding financial centres like the Cayman Islands and Panama marks a shift for the EU. Several reviews had left on the list mostly Pacific and Caribbean islands with almost no financial relation
Vatican police make new raid in investigation of London property deal
“DISORIENTATION AND UNEASE”
In November, the pope acknowledged there had been suspected corruption related to the purchase but said he was glad that its discovery stemmed from whistle blowers inside the Vatican instead of information coming from outside. The pope said this showed that new internal financial controls were working in the Vatican, a tiny citystate surrounded by Rome. Last Saturday he said the real estate affair
had “caused disorientation and unease” among Catholic faithful. One of the five employees suspended after the Oct. 1 raid was Tommaso di Ruzza, the AIF director, or number two. The AIF has denied all wrongdoing. Following the first raids, the Egmont Group of world financial intelligence units suspended the Vatican from full membership because of concerns about the AIF’s ability to keep confidential documents secure. In November, the pope did not renew the five-year mandate of Swiss lawyer and anti-money laundering expert Rene Bruelhart as head of the AIF and appointed Carmelo Barbagallo, a respected senior Bank of Italy official, to succeed. The Vatican was fully readmitted to the Toronto-based group last month following negotiations with Barbagallo.
investments as long as they are ethical. He said last year Church money should not be “kept in a drawer”. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, also a former top official of the Secretariat of State, said on Monday the value of the London investment had tripled but that unspecified middlemen had behaved improperly.
Saint Peter’s Square in seen from top of the basilica at the Vatican, March 31, 2016.
North Korea, whose leader Kim Jong Un was filmed riding through the snow on a white stallion last year, has spent tens of thousands of dollars on 12 purebred horses from Russia, according to Russian customs data. Accompanied by senior North Korean figures, Kim took two well-publicized rides on the snowy slopes of the sacred Paektu Mountain in October and December. State media heralded the jaunts as important displays of strength in the face of international pressure and the photos of Kim astride a galloping white steed were seen around the world. North Korea has a long history of buying pricey horses from Russia and customs data first reported by Seoul-based NK News suggests that North Korea may have bolstered its herd in October. According to customs data reviewed by Reuters, Russia exported 12 horses worth a total of $75,509 to North Korea last year. It was the biggest buy since 2015, when North Korea spent $192,204 on 61 horses from Russia. Altogether, North Korea has imported at least 138 horses between 2010 and 2019, at a cost of $584,302, according to the Russian data. The imagery of Kim astride a white stallion was designed to instill confidence in North Koreans that they have a man of strength and destiny holding the reins of power, analysts said. The horse purchases also came as North Korea is under strict international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programers.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse during snowfall in Mount Paektu in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 16, 2019.
Vatican police raided the home and office of a senior Catholic Church official on Tuesday, seizing documents and computers in the latest phase of an investigation into the purchase of luxury London real estate. The raid targeting Monsignor Alberto Perlasca followed the suspension last year of five Vatican employees, the resignation of the Vatican’s police chief and the departure of the former head of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF). Perlasca, 59, could not immediately be reached for comment. Though he is currently a magistrate in a Vatican tribunal, the accusations against Perlasca involve his previous position as head of administration of the Secretariat of State, a Vatican statement said. He held that post until last July. The official Vatican News website said separately that Perlasca was suspected of embezzlement, abuse of office and corruption. The Vatican statement said the police raid resulted from questioning of the five employees suspended after a similar police raid on Oct. 1 on the offices of the AIF and of the Secretariat of State - the administrative heart of the Church. The investigation involves suspected irregularities in the estimated $200 million purchase of a building in London’s Chelsea district several years ago as an investment using Church funds. Pope Francis and other Vatican officials have defended using Church money for real estate
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Ex-‘Love Island’ host Caroline Flack found dead in London
British TV personality Caroline Flack arrives for the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards in London
news.”
Another well-known host, Eamonn Holmes, tweeted: “Caroline Flack .... Dear God. Shocked beyond belief. May she have found peace . #Rip Has to be repercussions for Love Island now surely?”
Caroline Flack, a British is currently airing. A “Love Island” ago, putting ordinary people under a television presenter who hosted the highlights episode titled “Unseen Bits” microscope on reality shows such as “Big controversial reality TV show “Love that was set to air Saturday evening on Brother.” Island,” has died at age 40, her family. ITV2 was pulled from the schedule after Until her arrest, Flack enjoyed a meteoric career rise after co-hosting “We can confirm that our Flack’s death was announced. Caroline passed away today, the 15th of The next new “Love Island” Saturday morning children’s television February,” the family said in a statement. episode is scheduled for broadcast on shows. She fronted companion shows A family lawyer said Flack had killed Sunday. The network did not indicate if to the popular ITV programs “I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!” and herself and was found in her London it will air it. “Love Island” deposits young “The X-Factor.” apartment. Flack hosted “Love Island” from and attractive contestants in a tropical Flack’s career blossomed further its launch in 2015, but stepped down last paradise, where they must pair up or risk after she won the BBC show “Strictly year after being charged with assaulting being exiled. Critics claim the program Come Dancing” in 2014, the British her boyfriend, Lewis Burton. She denied puts vulnerable young people under version of “Dancing With The Stars.” the charge and was scheduled to stand intense scrutiny and pressure, increased While hosting “Love Island,” Flack made by blanket tabloid newspaper coverage her West End stage debut in 2018, playing trial starting next month. Roxie Hart in the musical “Chicago.” British commercial network of the show. ITV, which broadcasts the show, said in Two former “Love Island” Fellow TV presenters expressed a statement that “everybody at ‘Love contestants, Sophie Gradon and Mike shock over her death Saturday. Island’ and ITV is shocked and saddened Thalassitis, died by suicide in 2018 and Talk show most Piers Morgan by this desperately sad news.” 2019. tweeted that Flack “was a fun, bright “Caroline was a much-loved Their deaths renewed a debate & sparky person whose whole world member of the ‘Love Island’ team, and about the ethics of reality TV that collapsed recently, both professionally & our sincere thoughts and condolences has raged in the U.K. since producers personally. She told me it had been the are with her family and friends,” the started making British equivalents of worst time of her life, and was clearly network statement said. sensationalist American programs like struggling to cope with losing everything The sixth season of the show “The Jerry Springer Show” two decades she held dear. This is such sad, awful
Taylor Swift’s father safe after fight with burglar
Elton John arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif performer who never wants to disappoint his fans, upon further consultation from doctors and specialists, it has this evening been decided that Sir Elton John’s two remaining Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, performances will be rescheduled to Friday 15th and Saturday 16th January 2021,” it said. John said he’d be back. “I always want to be able to give 100% and I’m afraid that, right now, I’m not able to do that. I am grateful for the love and loyalty I have been shown by all of you and I can’t wait to return in January next year to perform my final New Zealand shows,” he said, according to the Herald.
intruder targeted the home. The 30-yearold singer lives elsewhere. Hoover’s mother told the newspaper that her son got lost while searching for his estranged wife and should only be charged with trespassing. The penthouse encompasses the entire top floor of one Vinoy tower and includes 5,359 square feet, three bedrooms and three full baths.
Taylor Swift arrives at Billboard’s Women in Music at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
Elton John cancels New Zealand shows as he battles pneumonia Elton John canceled his two remaining New Zealand shows late Tuesday as he continued to suffer from a bout of pneumonia. The shows have been rescheduled for next year. Earlier this week, John needed to cut short a performance in Auckland after he lost his voice and needed medical help on stage. John said in a statement Tuesday he was ‘incredibly disappointed’ and sent his sincerest apologies to his fans. It was not immediately clear if his illness would affect other dates on his tour, which next moves to Australia. Video clips posted online by fans at Sunday night’s performance showed John breaking down in tears as he told the cheering crowd he couldn’t go on any longer. The 72-year-old singer said he had walking pneumonia and was assisted off stage. Tour promoters Chugg Entertainment initially said that John was recovering and the tour would go on as planned, aside from pushing back the next performance by one day to Wednesday. But on Tuesday night, the promoters released another statement, according to the New Zealand Herald. “Despite the best efforts of a
Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again. Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and runs through early April, with U.S. dates expected to follow. “Now is just the right time,” said Pat Houston, the singer’s sister-in-law, former manager and the executor of her estate, which is producing the show in collaboration with BASE Hologram. “In the spirit of Whitney, I know we’re doing all the right things right now.” Last week, a few dozen members of the media were given a dress-rehearsal preview in Burbank, California of most of “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour,” Recording artist Whitney Houston performs at the which features a Houston projected onto 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack a nearly invisible scrim on a stage with Arena in Las Vegas. real dancers and a live backing band. The concert set includes most Tupac’s holographic stint with Snoop of her biggest hits — “How Will I Know,” Dogg at Coachella in 2012, with little of “Saving All My Love For You,” “I Will the flickering unreality audiences expect. Always Love You,” along with some Houston’s appearance in a gold gown unexpected rarities, including a cover looks magically realistic. The limits are more apparent as of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” that Houston first recorded three decades ago. the concert goes on, with the projection The show, which was first conceived beam visible and Houston’s movements five years ago, used a body double along minimal, but those shortcomings are with hundreds of hours of Houston unlikely to bother the hardcore fans the performances and extensive CGI tour is likely to draw. Houston was never one for synthesizing. choreography or flashy “We created the hologram the elaborate same way they did Carrie Fisher in the moves anyway, and her small gestures ‘Star Wars’ movie ‘Rogue One,’” said — a quivering jaw on long-held notes, Marty Tudor, CEO of BASE Hologram, fluttering fingers for vocal flourishes, are which has previously revived performing all captured here. “Whitney didn’t dance a lot, but versions of dead singers including Roy Orbison and Maria Callas. “It’s lengthy, when she did do her little moves, they it’s tedious, it’s a big, complicated process, were so perfectly Whitney,” said Fatima Robinson, who choreographed the show. but I think it worked.” The ambitious performance “We did lots of studying her behavior is the modest brainchild of Whitney in her videos. We would study her movements, and find the best moments Houston herself, in at least one respect. While on her final European in some of the live videos that just really tour, she had an “unplugged” section embody her.” The show still features plenty of her show, with a stripped down band and minimal fanfare. Houston liked that of dancing, via four backup dancers and so much that shortly before her death at two moving backup singers, all of whom age 48 on the eve of the 2012 Grammy occasionally interact with the hologram. But Houston mostly preferred Awards, she expressed a desire to one day to let her voice do the work, and that do an entire tour that way. That concept became the model part of the show works seamlessly, through a blend of studio takes and live for the hologram concert. “This is something that she performances. Close listeners may think wanted to do,” Pat Houston said after the they’re hearing the album version of media preview of the show. “I get very a hit before it swerves into seemingly emotional watching this, because it is so, spontaneous moments that give it a live so close to what she wanted. The only feeling. The sound crew also found thing missing is her, physically.” On first appearance it’s clear moments of between-song patter from how far holographic technology has Houston that were eternal enough to use for the new show. come since previous iterations like
Taylor Swift’s father recently fought a burglar who broke into his $4 million Florida penthouse, a newspaper is reporting. The Tampa Bay Times said that Scott Swift returned to his home in the Vinoy Place Towers in St. Petersburg on Jan. 17 just moments after 30-year-old Terrence Hoover used an emergency escape stairwell to climb 13 floors to enter it. The men fought before Hoover ran away, the paper reports, citing police records. Hoover has a lengthy arrest record that includes domestic violence by strangulation, aggravated battery, burglary, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and kidnapping and false imprisonment, the paper said. Swift picked Hoover out of a photo lineup and police say Hoover called them to report the altercation. Hoover could not be found, however, until last week, when he was arrested on burglary charges. He was being held Monday on $50,000 bond. Taylor Swift was not with her father and it is unclear whether the
In the spirit of Whitney: Houston Hologram tour set to begin
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Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
purposes. Tesla raised about $2.3 billion in May to start production in China and spend on developing new models, including the highvolume Model Y SUV and a Semi commercial truck, whose launch has been delayed due to a lack of battery production capacity. Since the last capital raise, Tesla has built a $2 billion factory in Shanghai and unveiled the futuristic Cybertruck pickup. The Shanghai factory started delivering cars last month. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the lead joint book-running managers. Barclays, BofA Securities, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities and Wells Fargo are additional book-running managers. The underwriters will get an option to buy up to $300 million in additional shares.
the company posted a rare quarterly profit. Its market capitalization is now worth more than the combined value of General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co. “Despite Musk’s bravado about Tesla’s finances, the company needs billions of dollars to finance growth,” said Erik Gordon, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “He is smart to grab cash by selling stock at a sky-high price he might not see six months from now.” Tesla, whose outstanding debt was $13.42 billion at the end of 2019, posted its second quarterly profit in a row in January and said it would comfortably make more than half a million cars this year. The electric-car maker said it plans to use the proceeds from the offering to strengthen its balance sheet and for general corporate
Tesla Inc made an aboutturn on Thursday by announcing plans to raise $2 billion in a stock offering as the electric-car maker taps into an astronomical jump in its share price in the past few months. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has repeatedly assured investors that the company will not need to raise more money. As recently as last month, Musk said: “It doesn’t make sense to raise money. Diluting the company to pay down debt doesn’t sound like a wise move.” The company said it would offer 2.65 million shares, of which Musk himself will buy up to $10 million in shares. Board member and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will purchase $1 million Tesla shares. Tesla’s shares fell as much as 7% in premarket trading after having tripled since October when
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks off stage after holding a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Bezos, who founded Amazon 25 years ago, has a stake in the company that is worth more than $100 billion.
Tesla seeks to tap into stock surge with $2 billion share sale
Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won’t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones. The Cupertino, California-based company said Monday that all of its iPhone manufacturing facilities are outside Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, and all have been reopened. But the company said production is ramping up slowly. “The health and well-being of every person who helps make these products possible is our paramount priority, and we are working in close consultation with our suppliers and public health experts as this ramp continues,” Apple said in a statement. The death toll from COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus, was 1,770 as of Monday. Apple says demand for iPhones is also down in China because many of Apple’s 42 retail stores there are closed or operating with reduced hours. China is Apple’s third largest retail market for iPhones, after the U.S. and Europe. Outside China, Apple said iPhone demand has been strong and is in line with the company’s expectations. On Jan. 28, Apple said it expected second quarter revenue between $63 billion and $67 billion. Apple’s second quarter ends March 30. Apple says the situation is evolving and it will provide more information on its next earnings call in April.
items all around the world. Amazon workers in its Seattle headquarters have been vocal in criticizing some of the company’s practices, pushing it to do more to combat climate change. Bezos said in the post Monday that he will call his new initiative the Bezos Earth Fund. An Amazon spokesman confirmed that Bezos will be using his own money for the fund. Despite being among the richest people in the world, Bezos only recently became active in donating money to causes as other billionaires like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have done. In 2018, Bezos started another fund, committing $2 billion of his own money to open preschools in lowincome neighborhoods and give money to nonprofits that help homeless families.
Employees wear face masks as they stand in a reopened Apple Store in Beijing
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change. Bezos, the world’s richest person, said in an Instagram post that he’ll start giving grants this summer to scientists, activists and nonprofits working to protect Earth. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change,” Bezos said in the post. Amazon, the company Bezos runs, has an enormous carbon footprint. Last year, Amazon officials said the company would work to have 100% of its energy use come from solar panels and other renewable energy by 2030. The online retailer relies on fossil fuels to power planes, trucks and vans in order to ship billions of
Apple warns China virus will cut iPhone production, sales
Adidas, Puma warn of coronavirus hit to China business
Puma said more than half of its
The Adidas logo is pictured during celebrations for German sports apparel maker Adidas’ 70th anniversary at the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, August 9, 2019. Asia/Pacific region of a currency-adjusted 23%. “An aggressive response to the crisis seems to be helping contain the epidemic,” said Jefferies analyst James Grzinic.
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stores in China were temporarily closed and the decline of Chinese tourism was also hurting other markets, especially in Asia, such as Singapore, Japan and Taiwan. But it is working under the assumption that the situation will normalise in the short term. Puma Chief Executive Bjorn Gulden told a news conference that most of its factories were already operating again after the Chinese New Year and outbound shipments had improved in the last four to five days as ports reopened. “We should be able to fulfil February and March orders with a threeweek delay,” he said. Gulden said if stores were still closed in four weeks then Puma might have to reconsider its 2020 guidance, noting that China accounts for up to 13% of sales and is also its most profitable market. In the fourth quarter, Puma reported its strongest sales growth in the
quarter, sending its shares up more than 8%. Adidas said it had also seen lower shopper traffic, mainly in Japan and South Korea, but added it had not yet registered any major business impact beyond greater China. It said it could not yet quantify the overall impact on its business for 2020, adding it would give more details when it publishes 2019 results on March 11. Adidas sells its products from about 12,000 stores in China, most of them franchises plus less than 500 ownoperated stores. Almost a fifth of its shoes and apparel are produced in the country and an Adidas spokeswoman said the company was working to mitigate the impact on sourcing, declining to give details.
German sportswear makers Adidas (ADSGn.DE) and Puma (PUMG. DE) have both warned that the coronavirus outbreak was hurting their business in China due to store closures and fewer Chinese tourists travelling and shopping in other markets. Adidas and Puma make almost a third of their sales in Asia, which has been a major growth market for the sporting goods industry in recent years. The region is also the main sourcing hub, with China a major producer for both companies. Adidas said in a statement on Wednesday that its business in the greater China area had dropped by about 85% year-on-year in the period since Chinese New Year on Jan. 25. China accounted for 20% of Adidas sales in 2018. Puma said it expected the virus outbreak to hit its sales and profits in the first quarter but it still hoped to reach its targets for 2020, after reporting betterthan-expected results for the fourth
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Financial Controller Reports to:
General Manager
The Financial Controller is primarily responsible to ensure viability and ultimately profitability. This is only achieved through managing of controls by implementing accountability over the company’s resources in a consistent, systematic and effective manner. Standard Specifications: A. Qualifications and Experience: A minimum first degree in Finance or Economics Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in hospitality management in five star hotels containing 200 or more rooms CPA or CA with three years post qualification experience Previous experience as a Senior Audit Manager / Finance Manager/ Finance Controller is an advantage. Must be knowledgeable of computer skills, i.e. Windows XP, Stock Control System, MS Outlook and WinZip. Experience in managing diverse teams. B. Specific Knowledge & Skills Required: Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook); Knowledge of company policies and procedures; General understanding of accounting practices and principles; Knowledge of financial and banking regulations; Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information; Knowledge of finance, budgeting, and cost control principles; In-depth knowledge of all accounting functions; Auditing skills Team leading abilities; Payroll management; Experience with automated accounting systems; Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financial files; Bookkeeping skills that show high levels of attention to detail; Professional disposition; Analytical and problem solving skills; Effective written and verbal communication skills; Time and stress management skills; Have an ability to demonstrate sound work ethics. This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder however the position will become vacant. Recruitment to fill this position is underway at this time. The salary for this position is dependent upon experience and qualifications and is negotiable. The Accounts/Cost Control Department requires: Cost Control Manager Reports to:
Grounds Manager
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Supervisory certification and experience leading a grounds team (Supervisor only) Physically fit with the ability to lift over 30 lbs. No allergies to chemicals Minimum 2 years’ experience in a related position. This position is currently held by Work Permit Holder (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time. The range for these positions are $6.25- $6.50 per hour The Housekeeping Department requires: Assistant Executive Housekeeper Reports to:
Executive Assistant Manager
Requirements include but are not limited to: Assist with schedules staff according to forecasted occupancy and maintains productivity standards. Assist with overseeing the financial processes of purchasing, payroll and inventory control. Maintain quality standards to ensure the highest level of cleanliness Maintain all safety and security policies. Minimum of 5 years housekeeping management The salary for this position ranges between $29,000.00 and $30,000.00 The Account Department requires: Reconciliations Coordinator Reports to:
Financial Controller
To ensure that all revenues have been properly accounted for; daily review of Night Audit to ensure that all departments are balanced and any discrepancies are recorded and addressed so as the financial integrity of the hotel is maintained. Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Associates Degree or higher preferred. Three years minimum Audit experience: Relevant Certifications: This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.
Financial Controller
The rate for the position listed above is $9.25 to $11.50 an hour. Entertainment Department requires: (AV) Audio Video Technician Requirements include but are not limited to: Ability to set up and breakdown sound system for an event Conduct inventory and ensure equipment is maintained in a good working order.
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Experience in controlling cost example fuel, electricity, water. Experience in controlling a multi-million dollar portfolio Ability to cover day and night shifts
This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.
The Assistant Cost Control Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.
The rate for the position listed above is $6.25 to $7.50 an hour.
The salary for this position ranges between $25,000.00 and $30,000.00
Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or placed in the secure drop box at the service gate or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Labour Commissioner The Human Resources Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands
and
Department Beaches Turks and Caicos P.O. Box 186 Lower Bight Road
and should reach not later than March 4th 2020
A & L TRUCKING/Lofton Morley Location: 121 South Dock Road, Apt # 6, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands SEEKS TRUCK DRIVERS Must have 8 years experience driving a tractor trailer Must be able to work on weekends & some nights when needed Must have a clean police record Salary $10.00 per hour Please Contact 331-4719 or 246-5644 Two of these positions are new and two are currently held by Work Permit Holders Interest Turks & Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Judy Deane Location: #5 Lucayan Road, Long Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking One (1) Babysitter Duties: To care of a child, clean after the child (clothing, bottles etc) To work 5 days a week Salary is $250.00 weekly Holidays & Weekends off This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Please Contact: 331-8422 Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the Labour Board #970798
Square One Barber and Grooming Shop Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Island
EROUDE PIERRE Is seeking one Fisherman On the island of South Caicos Pay is $300.00 per week Applicants must be able to fish, swim, clean and pack seafood products Position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Please contact 341 -2545 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board
Caicos Seafoods/ Lewis Cox/Velma Cox Is seeking Labourers, Domestic Workers, Plant Workers, Seafood Processors, Conch Peelers and Freezer person On the island of South Caicos Pay is minimum wage / daily rate / commission Applicants must be able to clean office, peel and pack conch, wash and pack lobsters, push and loaded buggies Positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Please contact 231-4554 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board
Oscar Harvey
Is seeking one Caretaker (Male) In South Caicos work 6 days a week assist in the caring of a single
razors and scissors and moustaches
Please Contact (649) 231-2894 for more information Interested TC Islanders are invited to also #603785
NOTICE Schedule 2 Regulation 8 of the Physical Planning (Development Permission) Regulations 2018 An Application, REGISTERED PR 14395, by Prince Albert Alexander Musgrove, for the rezoning parcel 60806/6, The Bight & Thomas Stubbs on Providenciales which is currently zoned for Low Density Residential Class C 3 Units Per Acre to C1 Commercial. The application as submitted seeks planning consideration for a Two (2) Story Building containing Ten (10) Rental units. Anyone wishing to make representations (s) may do so in writing to the Director of Planning, South Base, Grand Turk or through the Department of Planning, Emily House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, within twenty-eight (28) days of publication of this Notice. Date Posted:__________________________
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Anika Talbot
Location: Breezy Bay Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking to employ a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To Work 5 days a week, Monday - Friday 2:00pm – 6:00pm Salary: $6.25 per hour Please Contact: 231.1844 Position is held by a Work Permit Holder Turks and Caicos Islander applicants are required to submit their applications to the Immigration Board
Maranatha Academy Location: 287 Millennium Highway,, Blue Hills,Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Position: Full-time Janitor
Mondays through Fridays. Salary is $6.25 general maintenance of the school grounds. Contact#: 1(649) 946-4385 or 243-0715 Email: contact@maranathaacademy.tc
writing with a cover letter and resume and references to contact@maranathaacademy.tc Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders
Treven Hamilton
SANDRA DUNCANSON
In Grand Turk Is seeking a Domestic Worker To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English To work 5 days a week Salary is $250.00 weekly Please contact: 242-0830 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Turks and Caicos Islander applicants are required to submit their applications to the Labour Board
In South Caicos Is seeking adomestic worker to work 6 days per week Duties include general house cleaning and cooking Salary: $ 6.25 per hour Please contact 341-2591 This position is currently held by a work permit holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to send a copy of their application to the Labour Board
#975604
Shree Sai Limited
KIM BAKER/KISA SERVICES Is seeking Labourers, Domestic workers, Plant worker, Barber To work on the island of South Caicos Pay is minimum wage Applicants must be able to do manual labour or clean house, wash, and iron or cut hair These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders Please contact 232-3001 Interested Turks and Caicos Islanders are required to submit copies of their applications to the Labour Board
NEEDED IMMEDIATELY
Osprey Beach Hotel
A Labourer for the Property Grounds in Grand Turk Hours of work - 8am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday Salary - minimum wage Please Contact: Property Owner AT 649 242-6987 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Needs A Domestic Worker In Grand Turk To do housekeeping work Must be able honest, trustworthy and speaks English Salary $6.25 per hour To work 6 days per week Please Contact 946-2666 or 946-2668 This position is currently being held by a worker permit holder Interested Belongers must submit their application to the Labour Board
Devon Cox Location: 141 Long Bay Road, Long Bay, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking One (1) Labourer To work 6 days a week Salary is $6.50 per hour Please Contact: 232-1626 This position is currently held by a Work Permit holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
DR. JAMEIKO HARVEY
Holton Williams
Location: North Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Is seeking a Handyman Nature of position: Fixing plumbing systems, providing repair guidance, cleaning and remodeling community spaces To work 6 days a week Salary is $7.50 per hour Please Contact: 246-1721 This position is new Turks and Caicos Islanders are encouraged to submit their resumes to the Labor Board #970800
DR. JAMEIKO HARVEY
Location: Location: Providenciales Providenciales Is seeking a Live in Helper to Is seeking a Domestic Labour. assist with three kids. Must be able to work (6) days Must be able to per week. work (6) days per week. Salary is ($6.50) per hour. Salary is ($350) per week. This position is held by a This position is held by a work permit holder . work permit holder . Please contact : Please contact : 649-332-6006 Or 649-332-6006 Or Send resumes to: Send resumes to: drjjharvey@ drjjharvey@yahoo.com yahoo.comApplicants who Applicants who are Turks are Turks and Caicos Islanders and Caicos Islanders should also send copies should also send copies of their application to the of their application to the immigration board. immigration board.
Is in need of a Store Manager Duties: Manage the store, inventory and staff. Managerial experience is referred To work at their Indigo Stores in Grand Turk Salary $2,500 per month To work 6 days a week For further informati on please contact their office at Tel (649) 347-7518 This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Labour Board
Caicos Couture Salon Location: Windor Place Plaza, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking (1) Cleaner English
Is seeking (2) Hairstylists
To work 6 days a week
Interested Turks and Caicos Islander #970799
Ogail Awad
Location: Plantation Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Is seeking a Domestic Worker Duties include: Cleaning, washing and ironing Salary: $6.50 per hour Please Contact 332-3184 This position is a new position Interested TCIslanders are invited to also send copies of their applications to the Labour Board
CLEAN CUT BARBER SHOP Location: Providenciales Is seeking a Barber. Must be able cut and trim hair using Clippers Razors and Scissors. Must be able to work (6) days per week. Salary is ($6.50) per hour. This position is held by a work permit holder . Please contact : 649-332-6006 Or Send resumes to: drjjharvey@ yahoo.com Applicants who are Turks and Caicos Islanders should also send copies of their application to the immigration board.
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We hire smiles!!!
Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond All-inclusive property in the Caribbean is inviting applications from Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions. We hire the personality and train the individual. Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken. In addition candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends. The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that applicants will be contacted for an interview via Text Message. The Kitchen Department requires:
The Butler Department requires:
Executive Sous Chef Sous Chef Executive Pastry Chef Assistant Pastry Chef Reports to:
Butler Reports to: Butler Manager Is responsible for all aspects of guest care during stay, assisting in all areas of hotel and continual improvement of skills through training and practice; is instrumental to achieve our goal in providing the highest professional standards in Butler Service to our guests and thus exceeding the guest expectation.
Executive Chef
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Culinary institution or equivalent technical schooling or apprenticeship training preferred Three to five years’ experience as a manager/supervisor in an international firstclass hotel/resort. These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Holder of a certification from the Guild of Professional English Butlers. Physically fit with the ability to lift over 30 lbs. No allergies to seafood This position is currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time. The Maintenance Department requires: Assistant Maintenance Manager
The salary for these positions ranges between $23,000.00 and $38,000.00
Reports to:
The Kitchen Department requires:
The position assist with ensuring the engineering operations meets the brand’s target customer needs, team member satisfaction and maximizes the cost effectiveness of the department through efficient utilization of all utilities and ensuring continued asset value through predictive and preventative maintenance techniques.
Head Baker Reports to:
Executive Chef
Chief Engineer and Technical Operations Manager
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar capacity Extensive knowledge of building trades, electrical, mechanical, HVAC&R, plumbing and general building practices Knowledge of facility regulations and safety standards (OSHA, EPA, AD, CFC, NFPA)
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Culinary institution or equivalent technical schooling or apprenticeship training preferred Three to five years’ experience as supervisor in an international first-class hotel/resort. These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.
The Assistant Maintenance Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder. The Administration Department requires: Hotel Manager Reports to:
General Manager
The range for these positions is $6.25 to $9.00 per hour The Loyalty and Travel Department requires: Loyalty and Travel Manager
Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Minimum Bsc. Preferably in Hospitality from a recognized institution; Minimum eight (8) years’ work experience in the Hotel Industry; Experience managing in a 400 room or more hotel; Experience managing a team of minimum 1000 employees;
Reports to: General Manager Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Certified Guest Service Professional preferred Sales experience (Loyalty and Travel) Ability to go above and beyond for guests
The Hotel Manager position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.
This position is currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time.
The salary for the position indicated above is dependent on skills and experience and is negotiable. The Entertainment and Kids Kamp Departments require:
The salary for these positions ranges between $23,000.00 and $38,000.00
Player* Dancer* Animator** Kids Counselor/ Counselor***
The Account Department requires: Reconciliations Coordinator Reports to:
Reports to: Director of Entertainment
Financial Controller
To ensure that all revenues have been properly accounted for; daily review of Night Audit to ensure that all departments are balanced and any discrepancies are recorded and addressed so as the financial integrity of the hotel is maintained. Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: Associates Degree or higher preferred. Three years minimum Audit experience: Relevant Certifications: This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder.
To engage the guests and their children to participate in activities, attend shows and special guest events. Part of the responsibility as an Entertainment and Kids Kamp staff is to create lasting memories while on vacation. Standard Specifications: Qualifications and Experience: A talent for dancing or singing; certification preferred* Ability to swim Ability to carry over 30 lbs. in costume** Experience working with children preferred*** Customer service experience These positions are currently held by Work Permit Holders (note however more than one is required). Recruitment to fill these positions is underway at this time
Applications giving full details of qualifications and experience should be sent to: The range for these positions is $6.25 $6.50 per hour mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com or placed in the secure drop box at the service gate or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn The Labour Commissioner The Human Resources Labour Department Providenciales Turks and Caicos Islands
and
Department Beaches Turks and Caicos P.O. Box 186 Lower Bight Road
and should reach not later than March 4th 2019
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LOCAL SPORTS
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Boys U14 and Girls U15 Teams represent TCIFA In The Weston Cup & Showcase 2020
A record breaking 872 registered teams “the Weston Cup provides our Youth Teams at the gathered in Weston, Florida for the 2020 edition of TCIFA with the opportunity to participate in top level the Weston Cup and Showcase. In addition to teams competition. It’s a forum for our players to express from the Southern and Eastern parts of the United themselves on the field and for our Coaches to assess States, there were teams from Canada, Denmark, our national players in games and to see what is the Barbados, St. Croix, Curacao, and Turks and Caicos next route to take in the development of our Youth Players”. Islands. This tournament, sanctioned by Florida Youth Soccer Association and U.S. Club Soccer, TCIFA TOURNAMENT RESULTS features four levels of competition – Showcase, Gold, BOYS UNDER 14 BRONZE (WHITE ) DIVISION Silver and Bronze, for U8 through U19 boys and girls Sat Feb 15: Brazilian Twisters-B Elite U14 (0) vs TCIFA teams. TCIFA Boys U14 competed within the Boys (2) 11-a-side bronze (white division) whilst the Girls U15 Goals scored by Emmanuel Martin played in the Silver/Bronze Division. Additionally Sun Feb 16: Davie United Sharks 2006 (2) Blue vs. there was a representative Boys U12 club team from TCIFA Boys (1) Revolution FC consisting of players who are under Goal scored by RoguelAneston the daily training and supervision of TCIFA’s Coaches. Mon Feb 17: Miami Beach MBS 2006 (0) vs TCIFA This team competed in the Bronze division and were Boys (5) Goals scored by RoguelAneston (2), Dornell Wiles, crowned Champions of this Division. The Boys U14 team played a very attractive Emmanuel Martin, and Kaeson Garland) and organized football and missed out on playing in GIRLS UNDER 15 SILVER/BRONZE DIVISION the finals by a mere one point. The Girls U15 showed tremendous improvement under the guidance of Women’s Sat Feb 15: Weston FC U15 (2005) Premier (3) vs. Director Yunelsis Rodrigues Baez and her coaching TCIFA Girls (1) staff. The team played three very competitive games Goal Scored by Irener Moline and were unfortunate to not come out on the winning Sat Feb 15: TCIFA Girls (0) vs. Wellington SC 200 Wave Blue (2) end in 2 of the games they played. This marks the fourth consecutive Sun Feb 16: Pinecrest Premier 2005- G White (2) vs. TCIFA Girls (1) participation year for the TCIFA. The President’s Day weekend matches began Goal scored by Anika Harry on Saturday, February 15th, concluding with finals on Monday, February 17th. This platform continues TCIFA DELEGATION to provide a forum in which international teams, BOYS UNDER 14 national teams and local teams can play each other, challenge themselves and test their abilities, in Shavar Thomas (Coach) keeping up with the Football Association’s vision to Aaron Lawrence (Asst. Coach/ Goal Keeper Coach) Kwabena Wright (Team Manager) develop its youth national programmes. General Secretary Oliver Smith reflected that Kemuel Cox
Kaeson Garland MuchelGuaslin Mehkhi Harvey Emmanuel Martin KaidanBobb NadlyAgenor Samuel heino Jack Stephens Dornell Wiles Samuel Harvey Davin Daniel Makalo Thomas Kristen Howell Vilus David RoguelAneston Nathan Presume GIRLS UNDER 15 Yunelsis Rodriguez Baez (Coach) Gillian Vernice (Asst. Coach) Olivia Graveley (Team Manager) ErlineDorastin Kate Blain Hannah Chaplin Olivia Park Crystal Jean Baptiste Rosaria Talbot Carlleah Lewis Thais Burgess Irener Moline Jodee Harvey Anjali Saunders Mikayla Marcellus Callie Hall Kayley Hall Destiny Ganness Brianna Burton Anika Harry Evadne Gardiner
WORLD
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SPORTS
Bryant named Basketball Hall of Fame finalist, three weeks after death
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) stars Swin Cash and Tamika Catchings. Also named as finalists were three-time NCAA National Championship coach Kim Mulkey, fivetime Division II National Coach of the Year Barbara Stevens, four-time National Coach of the Year Eddie Sutton and two-time NBA Champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich. Bryant was on his way with his daughter and seven others to a youth basketball tournament on Jan. 26 when the helicopter they were in crashed in Calabassas, California. Class of 2020 inductees will be named during the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta, Georgia in early April. The enshrinement ceremony will take place at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. on Aug. 29.
people on the street, people that didn’t even know him,” said Jerry Colangelo, chairman of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, after the announcement was made. “In my case it was personal... so much more difficult for me and family,” said Colangelo, a long-time NBA executive who was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2004. Bryant won nine All-Defensive First Team honors, four All-Star Game MVP awards and a Slam Dunk Contest title. Bryant also sits as the Lakers’ all-time leader in several categories, including games played and steals. Bryant wore the No. 24 and No. 8 during his career. Both numbers are retired by the Lakers with his jerseys hanging from the Staples Center rafters. Joining Bryant as finalists were former NBA stars Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Chris Bosh, along with former
Three weeks after Kobe Bryant, one of the most dominant players in NBA history, was killed with his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash, the global sports icon was named a finalist to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bryant, fourth all time in NBA scoring, played for the Los Angeles Lakers during an illustrious 20-year career that was highlighted by five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVPs and one league MVP. The announcement came during the NBA All-Star weekend in Chicago, which culminates on Sunday with an exhibition game featuring the sport’s best players. The three-day event is likely to be muted as the National Basketball Association pays homage to the fallen star. “I’ve never seen in my long life an athlete passing that had the impact that Kobe’s passing had on people,
Team LeBron tops Team Giannis in All-Star Game
Former NBA star Kobe Bryant, CEO of Kobe Inc, speaks at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2016.
Woods’ game goes missing but sense of humor remains
WATER SPORTS COORDINATOR GRAND TURK THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES MUST HAVE: • Certification in Sage 50 Accounting Software in order to complete bookkeeping entries in the evenings. •Ability to plan & schedule scuba diving, boating excursions and water activities for both guests and cruise ship visitors. •English and French required, Spanish an asset. •Must be PADI Certified Open Water Diver and Boat Captain. •Minimum 2 years living in a Caribbean setting. •Work Schedule will include weekends, public holidays and most evenings.
Team LeBron forward LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Team LeBron forward Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers celebrate after defeating Team Giannis in the 2020 NBA All Star Game at United Center. Harden made a 3 to tie the Anthony Davis made a walk-off free throw and Team LeBron defeated game at 146 and Davis brought it back Team Giannis in the 69th NBA All-Star to all square after Team Giannis got two free throws from Embiid. Game on Sunday. Team Giannis led 133-124 after Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers’ big man and first pick in the All-Star three quarters, starting the unusual draft, missed badly off the back iron untimed final quarter. The target final score of 157 was before sinking the second for a 157-155 victory in the unique, hotly contested calculated using Team Giannis’ score total after three quarters and adding 24 showcase. Kawhi Leonard earned the points. A tightly contested third Kobe Bryant MVP Award after recording 30 points to lead Team LeBron, while quarter tilted to Team LeBron with a Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Nikola Jokic 3-pointer. The Nuggets’ 7-footer knocked down his shot with Bucks) had 25 in a losing effort. Neither team used a sub in the 22.2 seconds left and, after a turnover, applied a full-court press resulting in a final quarter. With the winner being the first foul and a pair of free throws for Russell team to 157, LeBron James (Los Angeles Westbrook (Houston Rockets). He made Lakers) gave Team LeBron a 156-153 1 of 2. Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks) lead. But on the ensuing Team LeBron possession, Chris Paul (Oklahoma City connected on a cross court lob with Thunder) opted for a 3 and missed. At Rudy Gilbert (Utah Jazz), tying the the other end, Team Giannis closed quarter 41-all with 2.2 seconds left. the gap to 156-155 on two Joel Embiid Westbrook missed a shot at the buzzer. Team Giannis led 92-83 at (Philadelphia 76ers) free throws. James was denied an earlier halftime, with Young splashing a halfbasket that would have made the court shot at the buzzer. Antetokounmpo lit up the score 156-153 after a review showed Antetokounmpo cleanly blocked James’ second quarter and brought hustle at both ends — not exactly an All-Star layup initially called goaltending. James Harden (Houston Game staple — putting up 14 points Rockets) made up for a missed set of and five boards in the period. Team free throws by making two and putting Giannis won the second quarter 51-30. Leonard had 12 points on 4-ofTeam LeBron up 154-152. Team LeBron mounted a 4 3-point shooting when the first subs comeback in the fiery final quarter that were made 6 minutes, eight seconds included Team Giannis’ Kyle Lowry into the game. He had 25 points in taking two charges and an official the first half — seven 3s — to lead all challenge — overturning a foul call to scorers. Team LeBron dominated the a jump ball and change of possession — first quarter, 53-41, thanks to 9-of-18 shooting from 3-point range. with the game tied at 152.
Tiger Woods’ game deserted him at the Genesis Open but the former world number one did not lose his sense of humor. Tournament host Woods was asked to assess his form after finishing 22 strokes behind winner Adam Scott and last of the 68 players who made the cut at Riviera on Sunday. He also had a four-putt for the second straight event. “The good news, I hit every ball forward, not backwards, a couple sidebars,” he joked to reporters. Tiger Woods hits from the fourteenth hole tee The 44-year-old, who had box during the second round of the The Genesis spinal fusion surgery nearly three years Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country ago, appeared to be moving gingerly Club. Mandatory Credit: Gary A on Friday and acknowledged on Sunday that he had not been feeling “I’m still a little ticked.” great earlier in the tournament. In terms of his schedule, He said that even when things Woods is skipping next week’s WGCwere not going his way he had to Mexico Championship but will play the March 12-15 Players Championship remember to look at the big picture. “But I also look at it from a — health permitting. It is unclear which perspective which I didn’t do most of events he will play in-between. In April he will return to my career, that I’m going to have a chance to play going down the road,” Augusta National for the Masters to he. “A few years ago that wasn’t the defend his title and go for a 16th major championship, still chasing the record case.” Ever the competitor, he added: of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.
Monthly Wage: $1,250.00 per month. Candidates should apply in writing including a cover letter, resume and references to: info@bohioresrot.com This position is currently held by a Work Permit Holder Interested Turks and Caicos Islander applicants must send a copy of their resume to the Immigration Board on Airport Road, Providenciales.
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WORLD SPORTS
Sports events affected by coronavirus epidemic
French Open to be Federer’s only claycourt appearance in 2020
Switzerland’s Roger Federer in action during the exhibition match against Spain’s Rafael Nadal.
General view during the warm up lap before the race
BADMINTON
FORMULA ONE -The Chinese Grand Prix in
-Hockey Pro League matches between China and Australia, scheduled for March 1415 in Changzhou, will not be played. RUGBY SEVENS -The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series have been postponed from April to October. GYMNASTICS -The Chinese gymnastics team has pulled out from the World Cup, which is set to kick off on Feb. 20 in Melbourne.
VOLLEYBALL -A beach volleyball tournament, which was due to be held from April 22 to 26 in Yangzhou, has been postponed until after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
BOXING
-The International Olympic Committee announced Jordan as hosts of the boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after an event in Wuhan was canceled. It will now take place in Amman from March 3 to 11. BASKETBALL
WEIGHTLIFTING -The Asian weightlifting championships has been relocated from Kazakhstan to neighboring Uzbekistan. The competition, scheduled to be held during April 16-25, will be hosted in Tashkent. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS -Asian mixed martial arts promotion One Championship will run its Feb.28 event in Singapore behind closed doors.
WRESTLING -China, North Korea and Turkmenistan will not be participating in the Asian championships, which is scheduled to kick off in New Delhi later in the day, United World Wrestling said.
-The International Basketball Federation moved the Feb. 6-9 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers to be held in Foshan to Belgrade. -The FIBA Asia Cup 2021 qualifying match between Japan and China, to be held in Chiba on Feb. 21, has been postponed. Other matches called off were Philippines vs Thailand (Feb. 20) and China vs. Malaysia (Feb. 24). GOLF
-The elite women’s LPGA golf tour canceled the March 5-8 Blue Bay tournament to be held on Hainan. The tour also canceled
-The Feb. 25 to March 1 China Masters tournament in Hainan was postponed after several players withdrew. The BWF said it hoped the flagship Badminton Asia Championships could still go ahead in Wuhan from April 21-26. -China and Hong Kong were forced to withdraw from the Feb. 11-16 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila, organizers said. [L4N2AB103]
HOCKEY
-The International Tennis Federation moved the Fed Cup Asia/ Oceania Group I event featuring China, Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea and Uzbekistan out of Dongguan to Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) in Kazakhstan. But the Feb. 4-8 event was later postponed after Kazakhstan declined to serve as substitute hosts.
-Asian Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG have been postponed. Guangzhou and the Shanghai clubs will join the competition in April, with their group matches due to be played in May. Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG were due to play away at Perth Glory and Sydney FC but Australian officials sought to reschedule matches after their government imposed a travel ban on foreign nationals arriving from China. -A four-team women’s Olympic qualifying tournament involving China, Australia, Taiwan and Thailand was moved from Wuhan to be held in Australia by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). -Vietnam said it would not allow sports events to be hosted in February, meaning home AFC Cup group stage matches for Ho Chi Minh City and Than Quang Ninh will have to be switched to away fixtures. Ho Chi Minh City will now face Yangon United in Myanmar on Feb. 11 while Than Quang Ninh meet Ceres Negros on Feb. 25 in the Philippines. -The Chinese Football Association said domestic games at all levels would be postponed. -The AFC said preliminary stage matches of the East Zone of the AFC Cup 2020 were postponed by a couple of months to recommence on April 7 due to travel curbs in several countries.
TENNIS
SOCCER
Former Brazil striker Pele dismissed talk he is depressed and reclusive on Thursday and assured fans he is doing well and maintaining a busy schedule. Pele’s son Edinho told Globo in an interview published on Monday that the three-times World Cup winner was depressed and reluctant to leave his house because he cannot Brazilian soccer legend Pele is get around properly due seen in Paris, April 2, 2019 to hip problems. “I am good,” said Pele, who will be 80 in October. “I continue to accept my physical limitations in the best way possible but I intend to keep the ball rolling. “I have good days and bad days. That is normal for people of my age. I am not afraid, I am determined, confident in what I do.” Pele, widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in history, is the only player to win three World Cups. He has suffered from hip trouble for years and cannot walk unaided. Many of his most recent public appearances have been in a wheelchair. However, friends of the former Santos and New York Cosmos player said this January was one of his busiest in years. He did photos shoots and sponsorship work and he is cooperating with a British director making a documentary about his footballing life. “I am not avoiding fulfilling the commitments in my always busy schedule,” Pele said in his statement.
-The all-electric Formula E motor racing series abandoned plans for a race in Sanya on March 21.
-The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, were postponed until next year. World Athletics is working with organizers on a date to host the biennial event in 2021. -The Asian Athletics Association canceled its Feb. 12-13 indoor championships in Hangzhou.
Pele dismisses talk of depression, tells fans he is well
FORMULA E
the Honda LPGA Thailand event in Pattaya scheduled for Feb. 2023 and the Feb. 27-March 1 HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. -The PGA Tour SeriesChina postponed two qualifying tournaments and delayed the start of its 2020 campaign by two months, cutting the number of regular season tournaments to 10 from 14. -The European Tour said the Maybank Championship (April 16-19 in Kuala Lumpur) and the Volvo China Open (April 23-26 in Shenzhen), have been postponed.
ATHLETICS
Shanghai set for April 19, has been postponed by the governing body FIA and Formula One. Authorities will weigh potential alternative dates later this year if the situation improves.
The following is a list of international sports events affected by a coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 1,800 people and infected more than 70,000 in China after emerging late last year in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Roger Federer will make his only appearance on clay this season at Roland Garros, his agent has told Reuters. The Swiss skipped the entire claycourt season in 2017 and 2018 and last year played only two tournaments on the surface before arriving in Paris for the French Open. There was speculation that Federer would include the Madrid and Rome Masters in his truncated schedule for 2020 but his agent, Tony Godsick, said that was not the case. “As his schedule states, he plans on playing just Roland Garros,” Godsick told Reuters. The 38-year-old has been cutting down on the number of tournaments he plays over the last few years in a bid to prolong his career. Unlike his main rivals, Federer, who won the last of his 20 Grand Slam titles in 2018 at Melbourne Park, opted out of the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia to spend more time with his family before launching his 22nd season on Tour. He arrived at the Australian Open having not played a competitive match since the ATP Finals in November but still made it to the semifinals, where he fell to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Federer, who has won the French Open only once, in 2009, will arrive well rested for this year’s campaign at Roland Garros, which begins on May 24. The March 25-April 5 Miami Masters hardcourt tournament is the last on his schedule before the Grand Slam. The Swiss will defend his title at the Dubai Duty Free tennis championships next week before playing at next month’s BNP Paribas Open in California.
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