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Confidential settlements agreed on by the Civil Recovery Programme (CRP) have come under question, the most recent being the $12m settlement with Sandals Resorts International, owned by Jamaican national, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.

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RESPONDING to concerns over possible motives behind the closure of Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, put them to rest, making it clear that no such circumstances exist.

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Tourism conference to counter negative publicity

BY VANESSA NARINE

THE PUBLIC relations fallout following the arrests of two American citizens for possession of ammunition has mired the Turks and Caicos Islands in a negative light.

However, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, noted that the TCI’s presence at a tourism conference scheduled to be held in New York City in June will be a platform that will assist the country in better countering the negativity.

At a press conference last Friday (May 10), he said: “This is an unfortunate situation for people involved and in terms of the negative exposure.”

Ewing, however, stressed that the TCI is a country that respects the rule of law.

He explained that everything will be done to ensure that local officers in charge of enforcing the law exercise discretion when allowable under the law; expedite matters as quickly as possible, particularly where the issue is sensitive; and employ the best judgement in the execution of duties “I would hope that this was done,” Ewing said.

The Premier added his assurance to the American authorities that everything will be done to ensure a thorough investigation takes place.

Ewing said: “We, however, cannot interfere with the judicial process and ask from a political standpoint, from a government standpoint for any charges to be dropped.”

He added that his administration is working with the Tourist Board to formulate a strategy to counter the bad publicity.

“There is a lot to be done to counteract the negativity,” the Premier said.

INVITATION Last Friday, the Tourist Board also finally broke their silence and issued a statement which said the developments in the matter are being

closely followed.

As an act of good faith, the Tourist Board extended an invitation to any American official who wishes to travel to the TCI and experience, first hand, the tremendous amount of goodwill that exists here for the United States and its people.

The statement said: “These are unprecedented events for our destination and are most regrettable for all involved, including ‘Brand TCI’.

“However, the security apparatus at the airport functioned as it was designed to; now we need to find out how the facts surrounding these matters fit together.

“A thorough investigation is currently being carried out by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, and the Minister and the board has complete confidence in

the country’s judicial process.

“In the interim, we would like to reassure the travelling public that the Turks and Caicos Islands, remains grateful to all of our guests that have vacationed with us in the past and we are looking forward to sharing, with our American friends, the warmth and friendliness that have become synonymous with our brand.”

EVERYONE’S BUSINESS Opposition Leader, Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, commenting on the issue, made it clear that tourism is everyone’s business.

She said: “We need to realise what we are doing and look at our visitors as very important. They need to be welcomed and when they encounter a problem we need to treat them like gold.”

Cartwright-Robinson added that

the Premier, who is also Minister of Tourism, has not made any tangible first steps towards the realisation of the vision he outlined for the sector in the House of Assembly last month.

Ewing told Parliament that his vision for the sector is a strategy that puts emphasis on safety, security and services, ‘the three Ss,’ as he dubbed it.

He explained that as it relates to safety, regulations are being looked at to ensure visitors can be safe when accessing TCI’s tourism products.

When it comes to crime, the Premier maintained that his Government stands by its zero tolerance policy and is working together with the community, as well as other agencies, to provide tools and support police work.

Focus on the last S, service, according to him will see the level

No motive behind Beaches temp closure – Premier

BY VANESSA NARINE

RESPONDING to concerns over possible motives behind the closure of Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, put them to rest, making it clear that no such circumstances exist.

Sandals Resorts International (SRI) announced last week that Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa will temporarily close from September 1 and reopen on October 19, in order to undertake a wide-ranging enhancement programme.

Last Monday’s announcement raised questions, particularly given its timing.

It coincides with the Government’s negotiation of a new development agreement that will cover both Beaches and what was formerly known as the Veranda, which was acquired by SRI recently.

Also fuelling concerns was a report published in the Jamaica Observer, headlined ‘Beaches TCI pumping over US$60m a year in local economy’, which detailed the areas of the local economy impacted by the resort’s operations – everything from the locals on payroll to the utility usage Ewing stated that the closure will be monitored and in the event of an increase in bookings he will be in talks with SRI to address the

possibility of earlier opening.

He added that he met with Labour officials last Thursday (May 9) and they are expected to be in touch with the organisation to ensure arrangements will be in place for employees who will be without work during the six week closure.

The Premier noted that Cabinet, last Wednesday (May 8), reviewed the draft development agreement and is satisfied with its terms.

The new agreement will replace the 2006 one, which was a source of contention.

According to the Premier, the new agreement has been passed to the Governor for signing with the SRI developers.

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of services enhanced to ensure that customer satisfaction is high.

The Opposition leadership maintained that a strong stance must be taken to send a clear message in light of the negative publicity, more importantly given that tourism is the country’s main economic earner.

Up to the end of the financial year 2012/2013 in March, before the negative publicity, the Premier reported that March was the best month for tourism for the Island, with over 90 per cent of hotels reporting 100 per cent occupancy.

This stellar performance he credited to the investments made by the former administration in promoting and marketing the TCI and partnership with the industry’s stakeholders, as well as bringing investors and developers to the Islands.

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Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa will temporarily close from September 1 and reopen on October 19

Ewing maintained that the entire settlement of the development agreement was transparent.

According to him, the new agreement reflects an improvement in the duty rate, in terms of concessions they get; and all immigration matters have been taken out of the agreement.

The 2006 document included immigration clauses, a move that was contrary to the immigration ordinance.

The Premier stated that SRI will have to conform to regular immigration procedures, the only concession being the use of a particular immigration protocol that allows for faster processing for major investors in the TCI.

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Confidential settlements defended as ‘practical’

BY VANESSA NARINE INVESTIGATIONS by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team (SIPT) and the Civil Recovery Programme (CRP) have yielded significant returns to the country’s taxpayers.

However, some of the confidential settlements agreed on have come under question, the most recent being the $12m settlement with Sandals Resorts International, owned by Jamaican national, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart.

That settlement drew criticism from beyond the shores of the TCI. Executive director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe, in a letter dated January 24 called attention to what he described as inequality as it relates to the laws governing the rich and the poor.

In his letter the NIA director said: “The matter dealt with therein involving Sandals and the Turks and Caicos Islands Government is attracting wide spread attention from not only citizens of the Turks and Caicos Islands, but as well persons throughout the Caribbean and wider afield.

“One aspect of public concern and attention relates to a fundamental principle of the rule of law and of democratic governance, namely, that there should be one law for the rich and for the poor, one law for the connected persons and for the man in the street.

“In relation to this fundamental principle, Caribbean people have been, for decades, distressed at its inadequate application in so far as the perception, and I dare say to a significant extent the reality, is that the full extent of the law is applied to the ordinary citizen while the wealthy and the powerful find ways to get around the law.

“Within recent times, the issues of arrest warrants for highly placed

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politicians and private sector persons by the authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as well as in Cayman, have provided some reassurance that traditional ‘untouchables’ are not beyond the reach of the law.”

PRACTICAL However, a May 8 report by Edwards Wildman Palmer, the international firm undertaking the CRP here in the TCI, claimed the confidential settlements are practical.

The report published on the Association of Corporate Council’s website, www.lexology.com, said: “Some civil defendants have elected to settle rather than take their chances in court.

“However, the practical reality is that many parties would not settle without the comfort of confidentiality, and this could lead to lower recoveries and higher fees; and particularly prior to the commencement of civil proceedings, confidentiality provides an additional incentive to defendants for quick settlements.”

The firm acknowledged the argument in their report that no settlements should be confidential following a corruption investigation.

However, also stated that from the outset, the Government has agreed to keep settlements broadly confidential consistent with it accounting for cash and land recovered so that the success of the programme can be judged by the people of the Islands.

The report said: “It is important at the outset of an asset recovery programme objectively to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of pursuing civil and criminal routes for each case.”

It also addressed the key characteristics of a good asset recovery programme.

The report said: “We have sought to identify the key characteristics of a good civil asset recovery programme on the basis of our experience over

the past few years working in the TCI. “We hope that other government and anti-corruption bodies that are embarking on a corruption investigation of this nature may find them helpful. We have broken them down by key stages.”

According to the report, the initial stage saw the firm making all efforts and embracing the use of a rage of civil and criminal mechanisms, as well as appointing key contacts at each department.

As it relates to the proceedings, the firm reported that its procedures included selecting a balance of cases, which include those with the potential for early success as well as more complex issues, that may take time; focusing on a manageable number of cases and key issues; and allowing for confidential settlements consistent with the Government’s need to account publicly for recoveries as well as for the cost and benefit of the programme.

The report added that the firm has maintained contact between the key decision-maker at the level of client and advisers.

RESULTS The asset recovery programme in the

Lawrence Harris, Head of the CRP Team

TCI is still on-going.

The results to date of the programme have seen the Government making over 50 civil recoveries since December 2009 and a number of further trials scheduled for 2013.

Cash recoveries by the Government in respect of civil recovery claims (some jointly with SIPT) total $15.9m.

A further $1m has either been agreed to be paid or has been ordered to be paid, and is in the process of being collected.

Additionally, some 2,447 acres of land has been recovered to date by the Government and is now registered in the Government’s name.

The proceedings against the developers of Salt Cay were highlighted in the report as the largest proceedings undertaken to date by the Government in relation to the issues identified in the Auld Report.

The report said: “They involved a dispute over 1,500 acres of land on Salt Cay, which had been acquired by the developers over a period of almost ten years partly from the Government and partly from other private owners.

“The developers planned to construct a luxury hotel and villa complex with golf course and leisure facilities at a cost of over $200m.

“The Government’s claim was that the developers had bribed the Government to obtain the land and necessary development permissions.

These claims were strongly denied.

“The allegations principally involved the issuing of credit cards to certain ministers where balances were allegedly settled by a third party; the gift of 50 per cent of the shares in one of the development companies to a relative of a minister; and a substantial loan to a minister which had been granted by a third party.

“The developers denied that any of these transactions were bribes.

“The Government’s claim was issued in April 2010 and was defended by the developers who did not admit liability.

“In August 2012, after several years of claims and counterclaims a civil and criminal settlement was reached.

“The developers agreed to pay $7m and return land totalling 1,500 acres to the Government.

“There was no admission of civil or criminal liability.”

Edwards Wildman Palmer was appointed by the Attorney General in December 2009, to conduct a civil investigation into the allegations of corruption identified in the Auld Report.

Opposition Leader questions cost of change

THE POSSIBILITIES associated with education sector reform have been the focus of many stakeholders.

And one of those possibilities is the change in curriculum, from the current CXC system of assessment.

Opposition Leader, Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, questioned the risk of diminishing regional ties if the CXC system were to be abandoned.

This is of concern at a time when Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing,

has committed his administration’s efforts to fostering greater ties with the Caribbean Region.

She stated that the cost of change must be carefully considered.

In response, the Premier said the two, curriculum change and fostering greater regional ties, can both happen.

He said: “I think we can still build regional ties and have a curriculum that best suits our environment.

“This is why we need the

consultation so that whenever we make a decision on anything, the curriculum we decide on is one that meets the need of this country, which are different from the needs of other Caribbean countries.

“I think we should wait for the outcome of the consultation and then sit and strategize.”

Ewing maintained that the outcome of the consultations should not be pre-empted.

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Misconceptions surround education consultation – Missick

BY VANESSA NARINE

new time.”

THE NATIONAL consultation commenced last Monday and has met with criticism by the Opposition.

But Education Minister, Akierra Missick, adding clarification on some of the criticisms voiced at a press conference last Friday (May 10), noted that there are misconceptions surrounding the Island-wide consultation.

She acknowledged that the turnout at the first session in Providenciales was poor, but noted that the second session was better.

Missick stated that the consultation lasts five weeks and much work was done to make the public aware of the focus of the sessions.

She said: “I think the challenge that the Opposition Appointed Member [Oral Selver] is faced with is this system was put in place when he was Minister and basically we are moving forward to a new age and

SECTOR GROUPS The Education Minister added that a differentiating feature of the consultations is that it is divided to hone in on specific sector concerns.

She said: “The split of focus groups is because each group has their own concerns.

“The reason we have these sector groups is to allow a full and frank discussion to take place…each group has their own burning desires that we would like to be able to be aware of and address as a government.

“This way the discussions are frank…it is easier to have open discussions with an identified sector group versus a free for all where the loudest person will be heard.”

The first session involved corporate Turks and Caicos Islands.

Missick stated that the focus of the first session was on how to prepare students leaving high school to better

be able to comment on possible changes, challenges and solutions in the education sector.

Expanding on her Ministry’s focus on engaging students in reforming the education sector, she noted that questionnaires will be circulated to high school students and the top issues addressed after the data is analysed.

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meet the needs of corporate TCI. “We are asking corporate TCI to attend the other sessions,” she said.

According to her, other sector group sessions will focus on parents, teachers and students who will

Fenimore’s statements were unfair - Premier

BY VANESSA NARINE PREMIER, Dr. Rufus Ewing, minced no words when he responded to former president of the Chamber of Commerce, Tina Fenimore, calling her comments on the Chamber’s engagement with his administration unfair.

Last week in an exclusive interview with the Weekly News, Fenimore said the Government, as it relates to policies and decisions that affect the local business community, is functioning like “a ship without a rudder” by ignoring the expertise within the community.

She charged that the Chamber offered its expertise by requesting to sit on key boards that make decisions that affect the business community, but had not been taken seriously.

Fenimore also said better public private partnerships could have been fostered to better deal with the challenges facing the local economy.

“Working with the Government has been frustrating and it does not have to be that way,” she said.

On Friday (May 10), Ewing pointed out that his administration has an open relationship with the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce, He said: “Even before the elections I sat and engaged them…. the Minister of Finance engages them regularly.”

On the question on the Chamber’s

POSSIBLE CXC CHANGE On the issue of a possible curriculum change, Missick made it clear that the focus of reform is to fix what is broken.

“The system is very broken,” Missick said.

She pointed out that while CXC is a system of assessment that is largely focused on regional issues, awareness of global events is also important.

She said: “The problem we are finding is that the curriculum needs to be expanded so that there is more global knowledge, not just regional knowledge.

“It is good to know about Norman Manley, but also good to know about Adolf Hitler.

“This is why we are looking at how we can strengthen the current CXC curriculum or if we should look at another curriculum that would have a more global, holistic view of the world or if we should move to the International Baccalaureate Programme, which is taking the

world by storm…this is what the discussion is about.”

The Education Minister noted that the focus is change simply to better equip students.

Missick said: “We are not trying to do away with anyone that has CXC qualifications or anyone that teaches that…at the end of the day the CXC is an exam…the skills the person has can be transferred.”

Turning her attention to a possible exodus of teachers, she noted that it is not likely to be on the grounds of reform, but on the basis on remuneration, particularly with the current financial state of affairs in the TCI. Missick added that if extra training is needed, it will be facilitated either through distance education or rotation of teachers.

She said: “We don’t have to have a new curriculum, but focus on strengthening the end result of the current curriculum.”

The Education Minister stressed that change will come and it is better to embrace it.

“We can be the flagship for this kind of change,” Missick said.

The national education consultation ends in first week of June, at which time a report is expected to be complied with plans for the Government to implement changes in the new school year 2014/2015.

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inclusion on key boards that make decisions affecting the business community, the Premier rebutted Fenimore’s claims that representations were made for such inclusion.

He stated that like the Tourist Board, different stakeholder agencies have been developed to ensure representation of everyone.

The Premier said: “The Chamber of Commerce is made up of several different corporate entities and if they want representation of their executives on boards, then that is something that can be discussed.

“That request has never been made…. we have no problem with catering to requests for greater representation of stakeholders.”

This was a point endorsed by the Minister of Border Control and

Immigration, Ricardo Don Hue Gardiner, who maintained that no such request for representation was made.

He said: “In any event there are six Chambers in the TCI…people have to be realistic….there has been no contact with the Chamber, no representations made to the Ministry and this is the first time I hear about this.”

The Administration’s last public engagement with the Chamber was made by the Minister of Finance, Washington Misick, who was the main speaker at the Chamber’s last meeting on April 29, where he addressed the TCI’s return to sustained economic growth and stressed the importance of public private partnership.

THE MAJORITY of investors’ interests have been in Providenciales recently, but in the last week the current administration has looked into three major developments for the nation’s capital, Grand Turk.

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, last week, gave his endorsement for the Dolphin Cove Project.

He said that the developers’ town hall meeting was well supported and since residents support the development, the Government will stand by the peoples’ wishes.

However, Ewing pointed out that the developer still has to meet the requisite requirements of the Planning Department and secure the requisite permissions before going ahead.

Dolphin Cove’s fifth ‘swim with the dolphins’ park will be a $3m investment.

The Premier added that Cabinet, last Thursday (May 9), also reviewed the terms of a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the development of a marina in North Creek, Grand Turk.

He said Cabinet recommended changes to the development and those were sent back to the developers.

Ewing said the document will be finalised in collaboration with the Attorney General (AG).

The Premier added that the White Sands Resort is another development scheduled for Grand Turk.

The resort’s development would mean a 168-room hotel in the nation’s capital.

Ewing said the developers have presented a MOU and Cabinet reviewed the terms, most of which were agreed to and the changes recommended and sent back to the developer.

He stated that efforts are being made to settle on all three developments.

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Shooting incident a code of conduct issue

PREMIER, Dr. Rufus Ewing, promised a thorough investigation after concerns were raised that Minister of Immigration and Labour, Ricardo Don Hue Gardiner, was at the scene of a shooting incident.

And last Friday (May 10), he said the investigation is on-going.

The Premier made it clear that no criminal charges have been brought against Gardiner and nothing has been evidenced to suggest the same.

However, Ewing noted that as a matter of accountability, the issue remains a procedural one for the House of Assembly and the Integrity Commission, as it relates to determining whether a code of conduct was breached.

The son of the owner of Royal Jewels, Sanjay Tolani, was arrested last month for discharging his firearm on the sidewalk opposite Danny Buoys Restaurant in Grace Bay at about 1.40am.

He was taken into custody but later granted bail with surety to return to the police station at a later date.

According to police, the 26-yearold shot a single bullet from his firearm on the pavement of the road which resulted in two bystanders, a male and a female, in the vicinity being injured by splinters from the

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ricochet.

They were taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre in Providenciales where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released.

The Minister, according to eyewitnesses, was on the scene.

When the issue was made public, Ewing said: “Persons in public life, including members of Cabinet and of the legislative and judicial arms of Government, should conduct themselves throughout, in a manner that is befitting of the offices that they hold.” (VANESSA NARINE)

Significant revenue from work permit fees REVENUE from work permits and residency fees as of February totalled some $8.9m, an increase of more than $3m from August 2009 when the amount was only $5.9m.

Minister for Border Control and Labour, Ricardo Don-Hue Gardiner, reported to the House of Assembly at its last sitting that as of March some 1,195 work permits were issued.

These included 73 to selfemployed persons, 813 to skilled or professional persons, and 1,039 for unskilled labour.

He noted that the breakdown on an island by island basis will be laid before the House at a future sitting.

Commenting on the numbers, Opposition Leader, Sharlene CartwrightRobinson, stated that the Government seemed to be using the issuance of work permits as a source of revenue, rather than based on the actual need balanced against the local skills pool – a dangerous pitfall.

The Minister of Border Control and Labour had strong words in response to CartwrightRobinson’s comments, calling it

“absolute nonsense”.

Gardiner explained that the Government has an obligation to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, both Belongers and permanent residents, as it relates to employment.

The Minister made it clear that the Government’s say is limited to creating policy to support employment for the people of these Islands and attracting investments that would advance job creation; any decision other than that is guided by the Immigration Policy.

According to him, it is okay to sit on the other side and criticise, but maintained that Government “spends countless hours” working for the people of the TCI. He said: “We are here every day seeking ways to introduce new employment opportunities… the Opposition has never come up with solution.”

Gardiner stated that rather than criticise, the Opposition should come up with constructive comments.

“It is a ludicrous comment,” Gardiner stressed. (VANESSA NARINE)

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School separation will take some time STUDENTS and teachers at the overcrowded Clement Howell High School in Providenciales could have to wait until next year for the anticipated split of lower and upper forms, Education Minister, Akierra Missick has advised.

The separation of the first and second formers, and possibly third formers, at the school is intended to, among other things, ease the tension among students at the Blue Hills location.

Responding to a query last Friday at a press briefing, Minister Missick urged patience as the procurement process for the new building is still on-going.

The building that has been identified so far is the Whole Gospel Christian Academy on Leeward Highway.

She said the property has been evaluated by the relevant Ministry and the price of commercial rental and/or for refurbishments to the location, should the students be moved there, is being worked out.

Missick also advised that a tender will be going out for any other property to officially apply for consideration, so as to facilitate the earliest movement of the students.

She said: “These procurement rules are very onerous, they are very detailed and we as a government, we are walking the path.

“The general public has to understand that, as much as I would like this to have happened in December when the idea came about, we are now in May and we are still following these procedures and we are not even towards the end yet.”

The Education Minister remarked that various stumbling blocks are still being crossed and tweaks made to aspects of the procurement rules.

As regards the overcrowding issue at the school, Missick commiserated with the students and teachers and sought to explain the cause of the problem and the steps her Government is taking to alleviate the same.

According to her, the building was built to facilitate some 300 students but now accommodates approximately 900.

She said: “When things were absolutely amazing in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and everyone was financially prosperous, you had a lot of new and private schools opening up.

“Now that we are feeling the pinch in the wallet, the numbers in the school will keep continuing to increase as children transfer from private institutions or institutions from other islands, as Providenciales is the mecca for people to move to for work.

“That is where we continue to see an influx of students and the

ratio between students and teachers, which on a holistic global scale is one to 19, but then you have a school in Middle Caicos with 14 students, and then you have Clement Howell with 900 now.”

The Minister assured that her Government is looking for a workable solution for all involved.

She said: “We will look to address these concerns whether it is continuously moving on to splitting the lower and upper forms of Clement Howell, or finding the magic number to build a new high school.

“In turn, we hope the split happens this year, if anything, it may go into the new school year.”

The school has reported a number violent episodes and other inappropriate behaviour among students and outside forces within the past several months.

When asked by the Weekly News what the cause(s) of these violent encounters were, principal of the school, Gerald Persaud, noted that there a lot of factors involved, only one of which is the overcrowding situation at the learning institution.

“It starts from the community.

There is a lot of tension in the community and so when students come into this one environment they bring all their tension here and that is causing all the risks,”

Persaud said.

He also raised the issue of the need for additional teachers at the establishment, which the Education Minister also addressed last week.

Persaud noted that with the proposed expansion of the school, there will be a need for more teachers.

Minister Missick had acknowledged, during last week’s press conference that schools on the Islands do have a need for more teachers.

She further acknowledged that a mass exodus could soon happen because teachers are not being remunerated properly and because of contract renewal issues.

Missick also alluded to the problem of security with the Providenciales high school.

The Minister said: “A big issue with security with one of our high schools in Provo, a lot of contract teachers are not willing to renew their contracts until there can be some sort of assurance that these sort of activities will not be continued on the property.”

She noted that discussions will be conducted with students, during the education consultation, as to why they are being disruptive during school hours, and how the Ministry can design ways to keep and direct their interest properly. (DI)

Finance Minister optimistic about lowering debt FINANCE Minister, Washington Misick, has projected that by 2016 only $85m of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ debt will be left to be repaid and refinanced.

The United Kingdom guaranteed a $260m loan when the country faced difficulties and it was necessary to finance the deficits from 2007 onwards and to repay all outstanding creditors.

At the beginning of the 2012/2013 financial year, the TCI’s national debt was a massive $228.7m.

These included loans held by TCIG totalling $214.6m and $14.1m held by the statutory body TCInvest, but guaranteed by TCIG. To date the remaining debt stands at $170m.

However, Misick, in an interview with the Weekly News last week noted that the TCI has one of the lowest debt rates compared to other countries in the Caribbean and even in Europe.

According to the Minister, the Fiscal and Strategic and Policy Statement (FSPS) projections, as it relates to debt repayment, places the

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TCI in better standing.

He said he was confident that the TCI would be able to refinance its remaining debt come 2015/2016, as well as have more control over its operating surplus.

Currently, because of the extent of the debt, only $2m of the operating surplus for any year is available to the Government, the rest being deposited into the sinking fund which was created to help pay down the national debt by 2016.

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No increase in firearm fees (extract) Dear Editor, I am extremely perturbed after lending ears to a public statement made by the Commissioner of Police Mr. Colin Farquhar, in regard to increasing the ‘Keep and Carry’ firearms licence from $400 to $800.

I find it extremely perplexing that the Commissioner of Police would make such a decision and public statement claiming that carrying firearms in the TCI is not necessary, when he himself created the potential havoc by flooding the streets of the TCI with guns and ammunition, all in the name of revenue collection.

As a widely experienced police officer from such a large country, I would expect the Commissioner of Police to be more proactive, rather than reactive.

An additional statement made by the Commissioner that qualifying for future ‘Keep and Carry’ licences in the TCI may be focused on risks in the security sector.

This is simply bosh and should have nothing to do directly with the security business.

With the increase of crime in the TCI, the Commissioner of Police should appreciate more seriously the value and security of personal life of all (family, home, property, personal business) rather than the protection of a specific group, money and valuables in the context of the security business milieu.

To cut the chase and get to the meat and potatoes of what I would like to express; I do not support or encourage the Commissioner’s decision to increase ‘Keep and Carry’ firearm licence fees from $400 to $800 with some abstruse justification that carrying a firearm in the TCI is not necessary.

I also do not support the Commissioner’s decision that ‘Keep and Carry’ firearm licences in the future may be directly focused on risks in the security business in the TCI. This is nonsense. There are

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many responsible ‘Keep and Carry’ firearm licence holders (ordinary individuals) in the TCI who have more legitimate and just reasons to carry a concealed firearm on their person than any security guardsman and should not have to dish out his/ her life savings to do so.

Therefore the Commissioner’s justifications to implement these new changes is unmerited, a slap in the face and clean cut discrimination to legitimate responsible law abiding firearm licence holders in the TCI. By way of this article, we the legitimate and responsible licenced firearm holders of the TCI are pleading to the Commissioner of Police to reconsider his decision and not implement any further increase on firearm license fees which are already at an excessive and unreasonable cost and the highest in the region.

I suggest the Commissioner of Police meet with the gun club and licensed firearm holders at the earliest to jointly brainstorm innovative and acceptable alternatives.

In addition, I encourage other ‘Keep and Carry’ licenced firearm holders to speak out and address their concerns publicly and/or personally with the Commissioner of Police Mr. Colin Farquhar.

If we fail to speak out, the Commissioner of Police will pursue his plan to eradicate the less fortunate from obtaining the privilege to legally protect themselves and their families while away from home.

Yours truly, Kevin Carter

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing

Opposition Leader Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson

Premier calls for Opposition to ‘stop complaining’ THE USE of time in the House of Assembly was an area of contention between the two sides on Friday.

Leader of the Opposition, Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, said the Government is not only waiting until the last minute to call a session, but Government Ministers are also misusing the House’s time, hardly ever completing the agendas that guide the session’s conduct.

She pointed out too that the slot of time assigned for ministerial statements is being “abused” by Members of Parliament (MPs), who launch into litanies that could be made at different forums.

However, when asked for a response to these criticisms, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing called for the Opposition to “stop complaining” and made it clear that there was adequate time to address the business of the House.

Ewing said: “The ministerial statement is a provision where we exercise our prerogative and we will continue to give it.

“In the interest of time some ministers will not give a statement… we as Ministers have the obligation

to give a complete picture of what is happening.

“I am sure public appreciates this. Sometimes even the press conferences do not have the time to give a whole picture.”

The Premier stated that as it relates to the House’s legislative agenda, if less questions were asked the House’s business may be completed faster.

He said: “If less questions are asked then yes we can complete the agenda…the questions are their opportunity to so call ‘shine’ and be in the spotlight and the ministerial statements is our opportunity to be in the spotlight and shine. It is politics.”

The Opposition Leader maintained that questions are on the table for several reasons - to create awareness of issues that sometimes go under the Government’s radar, to hold Government accountable, and to request information.

“It is the role of the Opposition to provide oversight,” she stressed.

The next meeting of the House is scheduled for May 15. (VANESSA NARINE)

COMMENTARY

Where's the modus operandi?

THE FIRST item on the agenda of the police when they investigate a crime is to determine the modus operandi or MO of the person charged.

The MO speaks to the background of the person charged with committing a crime.

Law breakers have reasons to break the law. Charged with bank robbing or stealing you will find that the robber has been stealing things small and large all his life.

Finger printing is another simple police method used by all policemen to determine who handled the item in question.

Another simple police procedure to determine who fired

By David Tapfer a gun is a paraffin test. When a gun is fired gunshot residue remains on the skin of the shooter and can be detected up to 48 hours later.

Three important cases which could seriously affect the future of the TCI

SPACE IS LIMITED!

could have been expeditiously solved had our police force employed these simple tests. Maybe they did?

Two separate American tourists on two different days were found to have one 9mm unfired bullet in their luggage.

One tourist was a 60-year-old woman accompanied by her husband and the other an 80-year-old retired brain surgeon accompanied by his wife.

If they had handled the bullet(s) their fingerprints would be on it.

If another person’s fingerprint was present the tourists could be instantly cleared.

If there were no prints, someone wearing gloves or wiping the bullet

clean handled the bullet.

Who wears gloves while handling or inspecting luggage? What are the tourists’ MO? If the police performed a fingerprint test and the tourists’ prints were found, the arrests were proper.

Otherwise the judge should have thrown the cases out and apologised to the tourists.

These single bullet incidents with American tourists follow up the Airport Road shut down and the firefighters’ flight arrival and departure shut downs performed by the former and present members of the Government.

Two high ranking USA senators, one Democrat, one Republican, have joined hands to check on the bullet

cases and this follows physical attacks on American tourists by a TCI master criminal whose MO is well known.

What will be the next step by the USA Department of State?

TCI is now under a microscope reaching the office of Secretary Kerry.

The six-week shutdown by Beaches will pale by comparison to what may be coming.

The nice letter by the Tourist Board will not heal the wounds inflicted by this Government and this police department.

TCI has been going backwards since late 2003. Will we soon need grants and aid?

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

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How We Recruit We have an active policy of recruiting ‘Belonger First’ at every level of the Resort’s structure, from Executive Managers and Supervisors to Shift Leaders.

Job Fairs & Recruitments for 2012 & 2013 2013 Job Fairs 2013 Belongers/PRC Holders Hired 2012 Job Fairs 2012 Belongers/ PRC Holders Hired

10 168 16 317

(Including Veranda Recruits)

Information can be verified by the Turks & Caicos Department of Employment Services

When recruiting, we always look first to the local market to fill vacancies that may arise, working closely with the Department of Employment Services. Only if all available avenues are exhausted and we are not able to fill positions locally, we then look to getting team members from elsewhere.

Our Employment Stats Between January 2012 and May 2013 we have hosted a total of 26 Job Fairs and interviewed 862 Belongers.

Last year alone we hosted 16 Job Fairs and recruited a total of 392 persons. 251 were Belongers and a further 66 were PRC Holders.

As of May 13, 2013 we have hosted 10 Job Fairs, recruited 244 individuals, 168 are

Belongers or PRC holders. Our ratio of the local employment is greater than any other hotel operations.

We have not only recruited from experienced applicants that meet the requirements but also individuals with no experience whom we have had to train. In fact, the training programs offered by Beaches in collaboration with the Sandals Corporate University have equipped hundreds of Belongers to work at Managers and Supervisor capacity.

How To Apply Belongers are encouraged to send in resumes via fax or email to the Human Resource office for any position of interest to secure interviews.

All applicants must have valid identifications, proof of Turks & Caicos status, a clean police record, and a good command of the English language. In addition, candidates must be able to work nights, public holidays, and weekends.

How To Submit An Application Via Email

mmvaughn@grp.sandals.com

Via Fax

941-4870

Via Resume Drop Box

Human Resources Office, Back Gate, Beaches Resorts

Via Labour/ Department of Employment Services

Tel: 946-2801 Ext: 81518. Fax: 946-5648 URL: http://www.labour.tc/

For more information applicants are encouraged to contact the Beaches Resorts Human Resource Department at 946-8000.

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Governor in London for leadership event THE FOREIGN and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) annual leadership opened in London on Monday and Governor Ric Todd is in attendance.

The five-day session, from May 13 to 17, is currently being held in the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre.

The event is attended by UK Ministers; senior officials from the FCO and other Government Departments; and Governors of the UK Overseas Territories, Ambassadors and High Commissioners from around the world to discuss policy, activity and to share ideas and experience.

Discussions are taking place with stakeholders including parliamentarians, business leaders and commentators.

The Governor, who left the Islands last Friday (May 10) to attend, is expected to take the opportunity to meet UK ministers to update them on the situation in the TCI. He will also lead one session in the margins of the main events where he plans to provide a personal account of the

Governor Ric Todd

challenges of leading a technocrat interim administration and returning TCI to self government.

Attorney General Huw Shepheard was sworn in as Acting Governor until Sunday (May 12) when the role was transferred to the Anya Williams.

She recently returned from the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Caribbean Head of Public Service leaders’ conference in St Lucia followed by two days personal leave.

This arrangement will continue until Governor Todd’s return to office on Monday, May 20.

Clerveaux appointed to top Gov’t role THE OFFICE of the Premier and Ministry of Tourism is to be strengthened by the appointment of Permanent Secretary (PS) Wesley Clerveaux to oversee and develop its portfolio.

The announcement came last Friday (May 10) and the new joint office was set up by the Premier’s recent ministerial reshuffle.

Clerveaux was transferred from his role as PS in the Ministry of Government Support Services (GSS) on Monday (May 13).

He is now acting PS of the new office and will assist the Premier in overseeing all ministers and ministries in the Government.

He plans to make use of his wealth of government knowledge and experience, having served several

years in a range of ministries.

The permanent full-time rank and office of the senior civil servant in the Office of the Premier and Ministry of Tourism will be decided in the future.

This appointment was initiated by the Deputy Governor, Anya Williams, in consultation with Governor Ric Todd.

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, has also welcomed the move as a key aspect of his delivering on his manifesto commitments, and also to fully engage his Ministry in the budget planning process.

Ian Astwood has been appointed as the Acting Permanent Secretary in GSS where he will be assisted by recently appointed Deputy Secretary Russell Cox.

Two burglaries reported to police A NUMBER of incidents were reported to police between last Thursday and Friday (May 9 and 11) in Providenciales.

One theft was reported in the Lower Bight area and several items were stolen, including an Apple IPhone 5 64G. Another attempted burglary in Five Cays was also reported and being investigated by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF).

Two more burglaries were reported on Sunday (May 12) in Five Cays and Discovery Bay, and a sum of cash and clothing were reported missing.

The theft of one peddle bike was

also reported stolen on Sunday.

A more serious incident was reported over the weekend and police are investigating an incident of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Police are appealing to anyone who may have any information about criminal incidents to call 911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 1-800-8477.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously in English, French or Spanish on either www. crimestoppers.tc or on Facebook as a fan of Crime Stoppers Turks and Caicos.

Crime Stoppers tips are received in the USA.

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TCI prepares as hurricane season approaches AS THE 2013 hurricane season approaches, the Government has stepped up its drive to make residents more aware and prepared for the effects and damages of this natural phenomenon.

In a new approach to disaster preparedness, the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME), has launched a week of activities, themed ‘ Be ready, it only takes one storm!’ to further educate and ensure persons are prepared for any eventuality come the start of the season on June 1.

At a press launch held at the Leeward Highway, Providenciales headquarters, Deputy Director of the department, Sophia Mitchell said the week of activities is to improve on the nation’s readiness.

She said the rationale behind the initiative is that preparedness efforts need to start as soon as possible and that knowledge and awareness are imperative to this.

This year there are predicted to be 18 main storms, nine of which are expected to become hurricanes with four possibly being category three or greater, Mitchell said.

She added: “The forecast also notes an above average probability for major hurricanes.”

The activities planned for the week include island wide communications tests to ensure communication lines are up and running within the territory as well as with the subregional focal point, Jamaica.

Acting Permanent Secretary and Minister of Government Services, Ian Astwood and George Lightbourne (respectively), Acting Governor Anya Williams and Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing at Monday, May 13, launch of Hurricane Preparedness Week.

There will also be a clean-up campaign spanning the entire TCI under the theme ‘Play your part, clean up your yard, let’s make a start’ on May 18.

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, Acting Governor Anya Williams and Minister of Government Services, George Lightbourne, all commended the department on the initiative and both pointed to the need for early preparation ahead of the hurricane

Two new public prosecutors appointed THE OFFICE of the Director of Public Prosecutions last week appointed two new public prosecutors, Shantelia Hall and Clement Joseph.

Joseph, of Dominica, who joined the Office on May 1, was previously a police officer in Dominica and a human resource manager with the US Army.

He attended the University of West Indies in Barbados where he obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree followed by a Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago.

Joseph joined the prosecution service in Dominica in June 2010 and was admitted to the Bar of Dominica in October 2010.

Hall, of Grand Turk, who joined the office earlier on April 15, previously attended the University of Buckingham where she received LL.B. Hons.

Hall was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2010 and the Bar of the Turks

and Caicos Islands in June 2011.

She has experience working with the TCI Supreme Court and was a member of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force as Special Constable and instructor at the RTCIPF Training School.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions also consists of Director of Public Prosecutions, JoAnn Meloche, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Angela Brooks (Grand Turk), Senior Prosecutor Leonard Franklyn, Senior Prosecutor Latisha Williams, (Grand Turk), Prosecutor Samantha Williams-Glinton, Prosecutor Leanna Brooks, and Prosecutor Oreika Selver.

They are supported by a team of assistants led by administrative officer Mauvette Charlestin, and include acting personal secretary to the director, Melody Pratt, secretary Krishna Thompson, and secretary Shalana Smith (Grand Turk).

season and in the event of a disaster.

Ewing said there is a need to ensure that persons prepare their homes if they are structurally unsound.

He said they should also engage in clean-up campaigns because it is the same debris in people’s yards that become missiles that are the cause of loss of lives or other damage.

They must also ensure there is adequate drainage and he advised persons to get their properties insured.

The Premier said: “The Government is still engaged with the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Fund that we can access after a certain level of intensity of storm passing our way.

“So you likewise, as regular citizens also need to insure your property, cars, homes etc. You need to ensure your food supplies are well

stocked and you are prepared.”

He also stressed the importance of volunteering and helping one’s neighbours during this time.

“Hurricane Ike is a good lesson and I hope those of you who have passed through it would remember those experiences and would learn from those experiences that Hurricane Ike provided to us,” the Premier reminded.

Opposition Leader, Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, in a statement, congratulated the DDME on the bold step and expressed her pleasure that the Minister of Government Support Services had committed to supply the essential resources needed to ensure that DDME is able to be effective.

She said: “We are therefore expecting that shelters will be made ready; shelter managers will be

properly trained and in place, and that adequate personnel are ready to be mobilised, be they in the Government or volunteers, enlisted from the private sector.

“It is important that the Government plays its part and take disaster preparation and management seriously having now had the experience of Hurricane Ike and its devastating consequences,” Cartwright-Robinson said.

Meanwhile, daughters of the Opposition Leader, A’Janea and Laci Robinson, shared with the gathering, their experiences during Hurricane Ike. In an emotional recitation of that period the sisters recounted how their family had to seek shelter and aid from neighbours when the storm destroyed their home.

Past president of the Rotary Club, Art Forbes in remarks stated that the TCIG needs to ensure that disaster risk management is strengthened at the national level and incorporated into key sectors like tourism, planning, health and education, among others.

Forbes: “We need to enhance community resilience in the other islands to mitigate and respond to the adverse effect of climate change and natural disasters… greater efforts need to be made in advancing actions that support a holistic approach to disaster management and building resistance in spite of challenging human and financial resources.

“In moving forward we need to be smart, we need to be efficient and effective in our approach to disaster risk management.

“We need to develop and leverage our national work programmes to mobilise financial resources.”

He further suggested recruitment of adequate in-house personnel to draft proposals to attract regional and international funds for these programmes. (DI)

Causeway work to be completed in June WORK is progressing at a steady pace on the causeway between North and Middle Caicos.

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, when asked, noted that construction is expected to be completed by the end of June.

Currently there is some traffic interruption as redevelopment works go ahead, but one lane remains open to cater for traffic between the Islands.

Wesley Clerveaux, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Government Support

Services, said: “We believe that the improvements made in the design of the causeway will improve water flow thus permitting greater water exchange for mangroves and also improve the resilience of the causeway.”

Cove Construction was awarded the $2.042m contract last September - the extent of repairs meant an increase from the initial $1.35m allocation.

The works include the reconstruction of the causeway

including filling and resurfacing both the bridge and its approaches, improving the barriers that protect the causeway from tides and winds, and repairing the bridge’s waterproof membrane.

It also includes replacing the existing street lights with new solar powered units, removing casuarina trees and replacing mangroves.

The North and Middle Caicos Causeway was constructed in 2007, but suffered massive damage caused

by Hurricane Ike.

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Squatters given 30 days to move

ALTHOUGH 30 day notices have been issued to squatters on Crown land in Five Cays, the Department with oversight for Crown Lands is not taking a strict ‘move or be moved’ stance.

In an invited from the Weekly News, Director of Crown Lands, Leroy Charles, however advised that all possible ways to have these persons moved within a timely fashion will be considered before final action is taken.

Last Tuesday, May 6, the department, along with the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force and other social groups in a joint exercise issued notices to squatters along with persons constructing illegal buildings on Crown land.

Charles said: “It is always a difficult thing. I know there are social issues involved and that is why we have the Social Department on board, the Red Cross, the Human Rights Commission, the Immigration Department and the Social Security Department.

“And may I say that some of these people are illegal immigrants also and you will have to look at it in the context of what is taking place in Providenciales,” Charles told this publication.

Pointing to the crime situation, the

Director stated that disobedience of the rule of law in one area can very well lead to the same unacceptable behaviour in another.

Charles said: “If we have people who are not obeying the rule of law, those very people are likely to be the people who do the attack on peaceful citizens, because they may not be able to seek employment and so forth.

“But they have to live, so they go and they rob and they take refuge in these illegal settlements, so it may be a haven for criminals.”

He noted that these issues are being taken into consideration.

Charles is advising those who are having difficulty finding alternative housing to contact the above named social bodies for assistance.

He said: “I think we have involved all the stakeholders, we have had meetings about this. These settlements are developing very quickly… so that is our problem. We are trying to contain them in the first instance.

“We have a programme that is designed to address the issue, but what we are finding is that these things are going up overnight and it is getting out of control.”

On Friday, a team of officials conducted a dismantling exercise in the Five Cays area near Silverado, of unoccupied structures on Crown

land.

Notices were also given out on May 6 and owners were advised that the buildings would be taken down as soon as possible.

Charles said: “We didn’t interfere with any structure that is being occupied at the moment.

“What we dismantled was structures that have begun to spring up recently that are not occupied and are unfinished, we have a right to stop those structures because there is no building permission granted to them.”

During a press conference on Friday, May 10, Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, commended this action.

However when asked if he had foreknowledge of the exercise, he said no.

He said: “The Government did not have any knowledge of it, and the agencies have their statutory responsibility to exercise their duties independent of Cabinet.

“But I would have appreciated a heads up and know this is taking place so that we could have ensured that things are in place to deal with possible untoward repercussions of that decision,” the Premier said.

In spite of this, he did note that more monitoring from the Planning Department is needed to catch the illegal constructions and settlements at an early stage.

Land admin team gets extensive update SEVENTEEN members of staff within the Land Registry, Crown Land Unit, and the Survey and Mapping Department were the proud recipients of certificates of participation, last Friday (May 10).

They successfully completed the first ever local training in land administration practices and procedures.

This three week course was organised by the Commissioner of Lands with funding provided by the Overseas Territory Programme Fund (OTPF) of the Foreign and Commonwealth through the Governor’s Office.

Governor Ric Todd said: “This training initiative aligns with the UK government’s goal to strengthen engagement between the Overseas Territories and the UK. “It is about investing in people and building the technical capacity within the islands.

“We will continue to identify opportunities similar to these, to increase the capacity and expertise of the TCI public services.”

Commissioner of Lands, Tatum Clerveaux, explained that it was necessary to hold such training courses in order to up-skill staff, with a view to improving efficiency of both the front and back offices of these departments.

The training programme was designed to equip staff of the Lands Division with a detailed and

comprehensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of certain aspects of Land Law and practices at the Land Registry and the Crown Land Unit.

She said: “Our vision is to put service to the customer first, and what better way to do this, than to improve the knowledge base and skill set of our staff, in order to provide a better service.

She added: “The training course has provided the participants with a better understanding of how the various statutes, including the Registered Land Ordinance, Stamp Duties Ordinance and the Crown Land Ordinance and concepts of land law relate to the daily operations.

“Equipped this knowledge staff will be more confident and analytical in solving land related problems.

“This should then result in an improvement in the turnaround time of documents and transactions lodged in both the Land Registry and the Crown Land Unit.”

Attorney General (AG), Huw Shepheard, also expressed his delighted in the success of the programme and noted that this training course was just one of several initiatives that planned to develop and encourage staff within the Lands Division.

The training course, which ran from April 22 to May 9, entailed three weeks of intensive lectures provided by Derek Evans from Teraquad, a UK consultancy firm with extensive practical experience

in delivering training in this field.

Evans has almost 40 years of land administration experience with Her Majesty’s Land Registry in the UK. The foundation level training programme presented the statutory background to both the Land Registry and Crown Land Unit day to day operations and related administrative practices.

Particular attention was also paid to the application of the Registered Land Ordinance and the Crown Land Ordinance to the day-to-day procedures.

Emphasis was also placed on the importance of transparency and accountability in land administration.

Participants also had an opportunity to process practice transactions and undertook technical assessments at the end of each study topic to test their grasp of the material and understanding of the procedural and statutory requirements.

Each participant also received a detailed training manual, written specifically for the TCI Land Division.

Other staff development initiatives are planned for staff within the Lands Division and includes in-housing training in areas such as surveying and GIS tools.

The division is also exploring opportunities for long and short-term secondments to equivalent or more advanced agencies in UK or other Overseas Territories.

“The problem you will have after that is where those people will go; especially if those persons are legal residents in the TCI. But it does not mean that we should not address the problem.”

Meanwhile, on the same issue of monitoring, the Crown Lands Director did note that the department does have continuous monitoring which also involves aerial imagery of these developing areas.

He said a lot of them are on privately owned land, where there are absent landlords.

Ewing: “Developments are taking place there, but since those lands are privately held lands, we are advising where people need assistance in eradicating the problem, they should approach the department.”

In the area of Five Cays, Charles said this has been a problem from as far back as 2001.

“People feel that they have a right to Crown land and therefore they are going to go there and squat and force the Government to regularise them. That is one of the strategies that have been taking place over the years.”

He added that prior to the suspension of the constitution in 2009; this was being done in these areas but that this has only encouraged the problem.

The Premier said: “So we declare that we are not going to tolerate squatting any further, we are going to look at those structures that have been placed before November 2009 and backwards, but those who develop afterwards we are going to take a very strong action against them.”

Some do it for economic benefit, Charles said, referencing occasions where persons have sold Crown land. (DI)

Senior personnel changes in Governor’s Office FORMER TCIG Chief Executive Patrick Boyle has been appointed the Director of Reform and Strategy in the Governor’s Office with effect from July 1.

The announcement was made last Friday (May 10).

Boyle takes over the role from Philip Rushbrook, who is returning to his home department in the UK Cabinet Office at the end of his secondment to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the TCI in June.

In addition to playing a central, senior role in managing the affairs of the Governor’s Office as the Deputy Head of Mission, Boyle will also be in charge of the FCO’s substantial technical assistance programme in the TCI. He has been developing this programme of support for the continuing public sector reforms in TCIG with the head of the TCI public service, Deputy Governor, Anya Williams, since standing down as TCIG Chief Executive of the interim administration.

The technical assistance programme invests in the people and government of the UK’s Overseas Territories to develop local skills and competencies, recognising that there is not the same opportunity for personal or professional development in countries with small populations as there are in larger jurisdictions.

Todd, commenting on the appointment, said: “I am very pleased that we are able to provide such a senior level of continuity in the Governor’s Office.

“At this time of handover, I must reflect upon the crucial role that Philip Rushbrook has played

Director of Reform and Strategy Patrick Boyle

here in the TCI over the past two years.

“That the country would see a return to democratically elected government in 2012 was by no means certain when Philip first arrived here in the summer of 2011.

“During this time he worked tirelessly with our team, colleagues in TCIG and elsewhere, to progress a hugely challenging body of work to ensure there was sufficient progress made against the eight milestones in order that UK Ministers were persuaded that fresh elections could take place.

“I am sure that I speak on behalf of all of his many friends, colleagues and acquaintances here in the TCI when I simply say thank you to Philip, a dedicated and professional public servant, for all of his hard work and support to me personally and to pay tribute to his significant contribution on TCI over the past two years.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to wish him all of the very best on his return to his ministry in Whitehall.”

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Public interest being considered in tourists’ cases

BY VANESSA NARINE

THE DEBACLE revolving around the arrests of two American tourists for the possession of ammunition continues, the latest development being comments made by United States Senator, Bill Nelson.

Speaking to the Miami Herald, he called the circumstances surrounding the arrests “unusual” and “mysterious,” and said he hopes Americans are not being preyed upon in an immoral scheme.

Nelson said: “If I were the Turks and Caicos and knowing that my main source of income is American tourists, the last thing in the world is they need some kind of scheme that is shaking down American. What that will do is dry up their tourism if

in fact this continues.”

Late this week, Nelson and Republican Texas Senator, Ted Cruz, wrote to the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, which has responsibility for the Turks and Caicos Islands, asking if there have been other arrests of Americans on similar charges.

The letter also asked U.S. Charge d’Affaires John Dinkelman to “convey to the proper authorities that the investigation needs to be expeditious, thorough, transparent and independent.”

One of the tourists who were arrested, Horace Norrell, continues to be vocal about the issue.

He told his hometown paper, the Sarasota Herald Tribune, last week that he considering skipping the sufficiency hearing, scheduled for

Diabetic Association’s Virgina Bassett, male winner Wesly Louis and female winner Foluso Ladejobi of the walkathon pose for a group photo

June 7, and forfeiting $4,000 in bail he posted.

Norrell said that he would have spent at least $20,000 by the hearing date on travel and legal fees.

He told the US paper that he has consulted with an extradition expert in Miami on whether to attend or avoid the hearing, where a judge is expected to decide to take the matter to trial or toss the charge.

“We want his opinion on whether, if we travel outside the U.S. to Great Britain or any British protectorates, whether we would be extradited to the Turks and Caicos,” Norrell said.

Whether or not the retired neurosurgeon turns up for the hearing is still left to be seen.

In the meantime, the Director of Public Prosecutions, JoAnn

Meloche, told the Weekly News that her focus currently is on assessing whether or not there is sufficient evidence to move forward, as well as if it is in the public interest to do so.

She explained that she is not in a position to comment on whether or not the charges against the tourists will be dropped at this point.

Meloche said: “We are trying to deal with this expeditiously. The case is a priority and is being actively investigated…we want to make sure that the procedures employed are thorough.”

Until the investigation is completed, she made it clear that no preconceived judgments will be drawn.

Meloche added that further comments on the matter are not possible given that the investigation

is on-going.

Premier, Dr. Rufus Ewing, asked to comment on the prosecution of the matter, stated that the determination as to whether charges are dropped is a decision that is up to the DPP’s office, which is independent of both him and the Governor.

He said: “The best she can do is use her discretion, best judgement and the information available to her to ensure law is expedited in a fair manner.”

The two individuals travelling to the United States from the TCI were charged by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force for carrying ammunition in Providenciales International Airport on Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26.

Participants in the walk

Provo Water Company walks for cause AMONG the activities that Provo Water Company put together for the celebration of 2013 Drinking Water Week was a walkathon on Saturday geared to raise funds for the TCI Diabetic Association.

The walk started at Tropicana Plaza where Connolly Motors is located then headed through the lower Bight and then back - a total distance of 3.8 miles.

Organisers revealed that more than 150 people registered for the walk.

Provo Water Company had a tent set up for registration and

refreshments, ACCU Diagnostics provided free blood pressure and blood sugar screening and Courtyard Family Chiropractic provided free spinal screenings.

Water quality manager for Provo Water Company, Sherry BellParker noted that another motive was to raise more awareness to diabetes.

She said: “Every year we want to support a recipient or a cause; we were very happy to launch this year’s walkathon which was in support of the TCI Diabetic Association.

“This was a great community walk that engaged new volunteers and donors in the Stop Diabetics movement around the country.”

Bell-Parker added that the company also purchased glucose meters which will be distributed at the end of the month to help those individuals who are affected by this disease.

Event co-ordinator and office manager for Provo Water Company, Kneshia Clarke-Forbes, said that the company will be donating 100 glucose monitors to the TCI Diabetic Association.

Daphany Penn receives a free blood pressure check from Dr. Hall, ACCU-Medical

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A group work their way down the Leeward Highway

Organiser Yviol Louis Jeun

Over 100 Haitians support islandwide cleanup WHILE many may have been resting over the weekend, about 130 Haitian nationals were hard at work, cleaning up the Providenciales community that Saturday.

Organizer of the event, Yviol Louis Jeune explained to the Weekly News that this event was put forth by him who then later brought Haitian Pastors and members of the Haitian community on board to help make the event possible.

“This is a cleanup we organized, we realized that a lot of garbage is in our community so we decided to come together, sit down and see what we could do about it.

Its something that we just started and we are hopeful to do more frequently.”

Jeune went further on to say that if the country’s motto is beautiful by nature then the environment must

show just that.

He said: “Our point is that the Turks and Caicos is beautiful by Nature, tourist and guest come here and many invest in the TCI but, if the place is dirty they may not return and that may be a problem for the country.”

Although there was no official name for the group involved the organizer did make mention that this was not it for them and that they will be doing more in the near future.

He was also reaching out for support from the community.

“To my community try the best you can to keep the place clean and we ask the Government to support us and the private bodies, when we come to your establishment and ask for your support please don’t hesitate to help us,” he said. (DAISY HANDFIELD)

Hard at work after shortly arriving in the airport area

Haitian nationals clean up the Five Cays area

Mental health group to increase public awareness A NON-PROFIT organisation with a new vision has revealed plans to do more in sensitising the public about mental disorders - a leading, but often overlooked issue around the world.

In observance of Mental Health Awareness Month this May, People Incorporated TCI through their ‘Let’s Talk about Mental Health Campaign’ seeks to bring awareness and educate the public on the illness.

Founder of the organisation Sharvone Pratt encouraged residents to take the issue more seriously and not discriminate against persons suffering.

She pointed out that some

mental health conditions people in the TCI are battling include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder and depression.

The organisation, established in 2007 by Sharvone and George Pratt, “aims to assist people with mental illnesses in leading more productive and autonomous lifestyles and to promote mental health through service, advocacy and education.”

Sharvone Pratt, a psychiatric social worker with the Department of Social Development, said it has always been a passion of hers to assist people affected by mental

illness.

Pratt began the organisation as a way to provide additional assistance to those in need, as the services offered by the Government are not enough.

While the organisation aims to make a great difference in the lives of affected persons, they too cannot do it alone.

She hopes that with assistance from the Government, the organisation will be able to “open the first residential group home to provide aftercare and a safe place for those with nowhere to go”.

But until then, members plan to host workshops and disseminate

as much information as possible to educate the public on this matter.

She said she does not think it is a case where people do not want to get involved, but they do not know how to get involved.

Their mission is to “improve quality of life and reduce the burden of illness by providing comprehensive, community-based mental health services, giving priority to those with the greatest need.”

Throughout the month, a ‘Let’s Talk about Mental Illness’ skit produced by the organisation will be aired through ROJ Network Television, PTV and WIV.

On May 15 the organisation will host a ‘Mental health in the work place’ workshop to discuss possible partnerships with local companies who are willing to hire fit individuals who have a mental illness.

They have also produced a radio advert in Creole which will air on the two Creole stations - VHT Radio Turks and Caicos, 91.5fm and Example of Christ, 95.1fm and also on the ROJ Network radio station.

Organisers will also appear on PTV Channel 8 to announce events and share more information.

Volunteers and people interested in becoming members can call 2435600. (KH)

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The concert was a great show of talent

Middle Caicos children present a concert that was a hit

Middle Caicos School concert a smash success IT TURNED out to be the event of the year on the country’s largest yet most sparsely populated island, Middle Caicos.

A capacity crowd of delighted friends and family attended the Middle Caicos Primary School concert and were entertained by students and staff from the TCI’s smallest public school.

The children put on a show which both entertained and stunned the crowd with their abilities during the school’s third annual concert and play.

From the opening prayer by Pastor Evan Williams to the benediction by new Pastor Iona Harvey the audience who participated in congregational gospel hymns was entertained with the entertainment the school presented.

Beginning with ‘This Little Light of Mine’, which preached Doris Robinson School was “making us [the students] shine,” the young children put on a show.

Folk songs and instrumental duets included 16 selections and were moderated over by mistress of ceremonies Yvette Tapfer.

The topical play written by teacher Brenda Lee Harvey-Oladimeji reflected the challenges of TCI today when the student actors presented a school bully converted to accept Christ.

The short play was so well celebrated by the crowd that it was repeated near the programme’s end.

The audience, which hosted residents from Middle and North Caicos, also included Opposition leader Sharlene Cartwright

Ammardo Forbes, left, and Koebe Forbes, right

Robinson and her family from Providenciales.

The soaring voice of Principal Kiesha Mills lead the school staff in ‘Wings of a Dove’ and later ‘Lean on Me’.

The kindergarten through to grade three children had fun with ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ complete with a kazoo ending.

Grades four through six gave out ‘Blowing in the Wind’ to later closing

with a baritone ukulele instrumental of ‘Vaya Con Dios (May God go with you)’.

And near the end the student body gave out ‘Side by Side’. (DAVID TAPFER)

Bank launches residential mortgage campaign RBC Royal Bank last week launched a new mortgage campaign designed to highlight its local expertise.

According to the bank’s spokesperson the campaign tagline ‘We will meet you almost anywhere!’ aims to emphasise the ability and flexibility of RBC mortgage specialists to assist clients in making their home ownership dreams a reality.

During the campaign, sales teams at RBC Royal Bank will meet prospective home owners anywhere they request and at any time that is most convenient for them.

The campaign, which started on May 6, will run until August 31 and will feature

two mortgage products, The Conventional Residential Mortgage and The Residential Lot (Land) Loan.

The Conventional Residential Mortgage is designed for the purchase or construction of residential buildings which are to be owner occupied.

The Residential Lot (Land) Loan is structured for the purchase of a parcel of residential land for the purpose of eventually constructing an owner-occupied home.

The campaign was launched throughout the Bahamas and in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Highlights include attractive mortgage rates, reduced legal fees, and pre-approved

credit cards and consumer loans.

All clients who are interested in obtaining a mortgage or land loan will receive a ‘PreQualification’ certificate.

This will allow them to go house or property hunting with ease and a full understanding of what loan amount they can qualify for.

It can also be retained as a reminder that when the client is ready, their home is awaiting them through easy financing at RBC. Customers whose mortgage applications are approved during the three-month campaign period will also be automatically entered to win prizes including appliances, furniture or free

mortgage payments.

Toure Holder, area vice president for RBC Royal Bank, noted that the campaign aims to communicate to prospective home owners that they can find convenience and top notch expertise at RBC. He said: “RBC realises that the acquisition of a home is usually the biggest investment a person makes in their lifetime.

“It is an exciting time, but we also realise it can be a very stressful time.

“Through providing sound advice, support and convenience, RBC wants to reduce the anxiety that so often goes into such a significant undertaking of property ownership.”

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Compensation for victims of ponzi scheme run by David Smith THE United States says people who lost money from investments in companies operated by convicted Jamaican fraudster David Smith may be eligible to receive compensation from Washington.

But the Association of Concerned OLINT Members in Jamaica said it is adopting a cautious approach to the payment, noting that there have been failed attempts in the past to compensate victims.

Chairman of the Association, Dr Godfrey McAllister said given discussions with the District Attorney’s Office dealing with the David Smith case, no new money has been found nor are the authorities in a better position than they were a year ago to compensate.

The US Department of Justice said the compensation for those who invested money in the failed Ponzi scheme, Olint, will be done through a process called “remission”.

A date for the payout has not been set but only those who invested during the period February 3, 2005 through to July 15, 2008 will be eligible.

Only David Smith’s victims who invested during the period February 3, 2005 through to July 15, 2008 will be eligible for compensation.

Smith claimed that the companies were private investment clubs that purportedly traded in foreign currency on investors’ behalf. He made false and fraudulent statements indicating that members could expect

high returns on their investment with low risk to principal.

Rather than investing the funds as promised, Smith used them for personal gain and paid returns using new investors’ money.

He was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in September 2011 on multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering.

In July last year, Smith was convicted in the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands after pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering and two counts of conspiracy to defraud.

The conviction triggered a mandatory confiscation hearing under the Turks and Caicos Islands Proceeds of Crime Ordinance. He is now serving a six-year sentence in the Turks and Caicos Islands and recently applied to be released from prison early.

The US Department of Justice said to be considered for remission, a petition for Remission Form must be submitted to the remission administrator. (CMC)

Haiti cholera victims threaten to sue the UN VICTIMS of Haiti’s cholera epidemic have given the United Nations a 60-day deadline to start talks about billions of dollars worth of compensation or face legal action.

The UN is accused of negligently allowing peacekeeping soldiers to pollute Haiti’s water with cholera.

A UN cholera expert agrees that this is “most likely” to be true.

The UN rejected an earlier call for compensation and continues to insist it is immune from legal proceedings.

Every time I write about the cholera crisis in Haiti I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not having a horrible daydream because the apparent facts are almost unbelievable.

The UN is an organisation committed to doing good; I’ve seen it strive to do so in many parts of the world.

But the available evidence does indicate that peacekeepers from Nepal inadvertently spread deadly cholera into the main waterway of one of the poorest, most vulnerable countries on earth.

One of the UN’s own cholera experts, Danielle Lantagne, told me it was “most likely” the outbreak began in the Nepali camp.

The UN says it is immune from compensation claims.

But in private UN officials say the world body is facing a moral crisis over this case.

They may be about to face a very public legal crisis as well.

The cholera epidemic began in Haiti in 2010 near a camp for UN soldiers, where there were leaking sewage pipes. Some human waste

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company said it will cease management of the 427-room Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort in Rose Hall, St James on May 31, after 13 years in operation at the property.

Ritz-Carlton leaving Jamaica; 400 jobs in doubt THE jobs of 400 hotel workers are in doubt, following last week’s announcement by Ritz-Carlton that it will close its Montego Bay, St James resort at the end of the month.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company said it will cease management of the 427-room Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort in Rose Hall, St James on May 31, after 13 years in operation at the property.

“For over a decade it has been an honour to manage a hotel in Rose Hall, Jamaica. The numerous awards and recognition the resort has garnered over the years is a tribute to the genuine warmth, professionalism and dedication of our exceptional ladies and gentlemen,” said Tony Mira, general manager of The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, Rose Hall, in a press release early yesterday afternoon, announcing the brand’s exit.

Rose Hall Resort LP, the Delaware-based owner of the property, later confirmed “the mutually planned departure” of the

Ritz-Carlton as hotel operator. The firm said it is “actively evaluating” its options in terms of future operations of the hotel.

Located on the ocean front in Rose Hall, the resort encompasses the hotel, the 18-hole White Witch Golf Course, five dining establishments, a fullservice spa, more than 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and function space, and an outdoor pool and tennis centre. It is 15 minutes from Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. Last night, Ritz-Carlton refused to comment on its plans for its staff at the location, nor would it say what triggered its decision to cease management of the hotel property.

Its Rose Hall hotel opened in 2000 and operated as the only Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jamaica.

Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President Evelyn Smith said the departure of the brand from local shores was a significant loss to the industry.

US vice president scheduled to visit Trinidad to meet CARICOM leaders The victims include the families of the 8000 people who have died and hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen sick.

was also dumped near a river outside the camp.

The camp housed UN soldiers from Nepal, where cholera is

endemic. The UN’s own cholera expert, Danielle Lantagne, has said that Haiti’s outbreak is likely to have come from UN soldiers.

BVI planning to open representative office in Hong Kong THE British Virgin Islands plans to open a representative office in Hong Kong, Premier Dr Orlando Smith announced this week.

The office would be part of the territory’s strategy to improve ties with emerging markets in tourism and financial services, the government said.

“We have long viewed the establishment of a Far East BVI Representative Office as a major component of the strategy to expand and deepen the commercial footprint of the

Territory’s financial services sector in this important market,” Smith said in his budget address this week. “In this regard, this government has decided to establish a modest office in Hong Kong to service that region.”

Among the functions of the office will be diplomatic representation in the Asia Pacific Region, improving the territory’s voice with government authorities in Asia and promoting BVI business.

UNITED States Vice President Joe Biden is due in Trinidad at the end of May, the US Embassy has confirmed.

It gave no details on the proposed visit, but one local television station quoted Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran as saying that the visit is aimed at improving relations and cooperation with Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders.

Last week, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar shrugged off reports that relations between Washington and Port of Spain had deteriorated telling a public meeting of her United National Congress (UNC) that “Trinidad and Tobago and United States are true friends.

Tell them our relations with the US are strong.”

But Washington has maintained a stony silence on requests from the government here on whether or not former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner is under investigation in the United States regarding his activities as an international football executive.

The US Embassy had also issued

Joe Biden is expected to strengthen relationship between the US and the Caribbean.

a statement regarding the nonextradition of two businessmen, Ish Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson wanted in the United States on fraud charges relating to the Piarco International Airport development project.

Late last month, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar visited Washington where she held talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns. (CMC)

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Haiti crowds defy ban to ‘protect’ ex-President Aristide

E.V. CONTRACTORS Is looking for a

Joiner/ Roofer To work 5 days per week salary $15.00 per hour.

(Section 3 (2) of the Immigration Ordinance)

Former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is still very popular in Haiti.

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to SYLVESTER MACFARLANE CLARKE, a national of Barbados by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

since returning in March 2011, but still commands the loyalty of a significant section of the impoverished Haitian population.

The former Catholic priest

was in court on Wednesday to give evidence on the case of journalist Jean Dominique - killed in 2000 while Mr Aristide was a leader of the opposition.

MARTHA BEAUTY SALON

PASCAL REMY

PUBLIC NOTICE

Labourer

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

Is looking for the following persons:

Is looking for a

Barber

Cosmetologist Contact: 343-6631

8192

Must be willing to work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

8196

Contact: 231-2783

PUBLIC NOTICE BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

To work 5 days per week salary $6.00 per hour.

Contact: 241-4188

8197

THOUSANDS of supporters of Haiti’s former President JeanBertrand Aristide have defied a ban on protests to follow his convoy through the streets.

Mr Aristide was attending a courthouse in Port-au-Prince to answer questions about the murder of a well-known journalist in 2000.

It was his first appearance in public since his return from exile in 2011.

Police said they wanted to prevent a repeat of the mass demonstrations which greeted him then.

Mr Aristide was ousted from Haiti from the second time in 2004 and sent to South Africa aboard a US Air Force plane.

He has kept a low profile

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EXPERIENCED SENIOR PARALEGAL WANTED FOR BUSY COMMERCIAL LEGAL OFFICE IN PROVIDENCIALES

(Section 3 (2) of the Immigration Ordinance)

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to TEXROY AGUSTUS GALLOWAY a national of Jamaica by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

RIC TODD

PUBLIC NOTICE

Experienced Senior Paralegal required to act as Paralegal to property/commercial partner with at least ten years experience.

Dictaphone typing skills (speed and accuracy essential) with a demonstrated ability to type +80 w.p.m. Experience and knowledge of dealing independently with clients and all forms of contracts, commercial and property, security documentation, corporate management, legal accounting systems, commonly used word processing systems, file management systems, and office equipment is essential. Must be able to work unsupervised with excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Must have vehicle and clean driving record. Must be able to work overtime when required.

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION (Section 3 (2) of the Immigration Ordinance)

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to GREGORY ETIENNE a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

Remuneration based on experience – commencing $40K per annum. Belongers only need apply.

Apply to the Managing Partner P O Box 260, Beatrice Butterfield Building Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Fax (649) 946-4663 Email: mslaw@tciway.tc

RIC TODD

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Shemika Parker in Graceway IGA rushes to get as much produce in her trolley as she can in one minute

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Head of sales at LIME TCI, Delleriece Hall, winner Shamika Hall and general manager for LIME TCI, Drexwell Seymour, stand behind the two trolleys of groceries

LIME winner scores big with IGA shopping spree

BY DAISY HANDFIELD THIS year’s Mother’s Day was a good one for Shemika Parker who left Graceway IGA on Saturday with $1,155 worth of groceries, all because of a simple text message to

LIME. Parker was the winner of a texting competition hosted by LIME, where she was taken to IGA and was given one minute to put as many items in her trolley as possible within that space of time.

The shopping spree was conducted during the early hours of the day to avoid interference from shoppers.

Parker immediately made a stop in the television section grabbing two, then headed straight to the meat

section filling nearly two trolleys with various meats.

When asked by the media how she felt, Parker explained that the shopping spree came just at the right time.

“I feel great, it was very exciting,

I could do it again,” she said.

“I was playing this before I actually won, I was thinking ‘head straight to the meat’.

“When I told my mum I won she continued 

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PDM reps rally supporters for cleanup campaigns ELECTED representative for Grand Turk South, Edwin Astwood, together with his team began what is to be a series of clean up campaigns on the island of Grand Turk.

The weekend’s efforts concentrated in the North Back Salina’s area and dozens of bags of trash were collected and taken to the public dump site.

Astwood joins the People’s Democratic Movement’s (PDM) efforts and his colleagues who were engaging in similar exercises throughout their constituencies.

Party representatives for Leeward, Wheeland and Blue Hills, Ezra Taylor, Delroy Williams and Sean Astwood, have all began these initiatives in their constituencies.

Astwood, also deputy leader for the PDM, said: “The PDM Party supports and endorses initiatives like this because it feels that clean environments promote healthy living and also promotes civic pride and hope.

LIME winner scores big ... continued

was like, get her a bucket of pigtail so I got her two!

“Tomorrow [Sunday] we actually have a family eating, so it comes in good time.

“I would like to say thank you to LIME and IGA for actually choosing me to afford this great experience and IGA will see me later on today because I have some more groceries to pick up and LIME is my carrier so it’s on.”

Managing director for Graceway Trade Limited, Ken Burns said that when he was approached with the idea, he automatically thought it was a good one.

He said: “I thought it was a great idea I’ve had these experiences in my past and of course they are always a great time and great fun and someone gets to run through the store and shop with nobody in their way and it’s tremendous really.”

It was no surprise to him that Parker would run straight to the meat section.

“Unless you have alcohol and tobacco included, the meat department is normally the first place people go because you get the value for your money.

“I think she did a great job she got everything I would pick out,” he said.

General manager for LIME TCI, Drexwell Seymour, was not bothered at all by the hefty bill.

He said: “I am not worried about the bill at all, I’m really excited about the winner.

“She only spent $3 and she got over $1,000 worth of groceries and I’m excited that we are able to help our customers.

“It’s just the beginning we are going to continue to have these on a regular basis.”

“With the Cruise Port situated in Grand Turk, it is important that we keep the Island clean as well so that tourists do not get the wrong first

impression of us as a people.

“As this is the start of Hurricane Preparedness Week, I wish to encourage residents in the nations’

capital to clean their yards and to assist in cleaning the roadways so that we can mitigate damage that can be sustained from flying

debris.”

The cleanup campaign continues in different constituencies this Saturday.

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Haysbert to star in film about The Bahamas’ first Prime Minister Popular American actor, Dennis Haysbert will be starring in “The Black Moses”, a film about the life and times of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, the first black Prime Minister of The Bahamas. Haysbert’s velvety-voice can be heard in the trailer which was just released.

Pindling, regarded as the “Father of the Nation” in The Bahamas led it to independence in 1973 and served as Prime Minister of

The Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. He was leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) from 1965 to 1997 when he resigned from public life. He died in 2000.

The film is to debut it this fall.

“The Black Moses” is said to be a documentary and will feature commentary from widow Dame Marguerite Pindling; American minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, American politician,

diplomat, activist and pastor Andrew Young; Sir Sidney Poitier; former South African President Thabo Mbeki (for Nelson Mandela); former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney; Former Jamaican PM PJ Patterson, musician Wyclef Jean; and many other international luminaries.

Director Travolta writes on his IMDB page, “Was L.O Pindling, first black Prime Minister of The Bahamas, one of history’s greatest national

Liberators, or was he one of history’s greatest national Drug Dealers? The Black Moses takes a looks at the popular folk ‘moses mythology’ as it was manifested through the life and times of Sir Lynden Pindling. It follows L.O Pindling as he sets on a course to bring about social, political, and economic revolution to the British Bahama Islands.”

Dennis Haysbert has been known to spend time in The Bahamas, and was

Dennis Haysbert (left) will star in “The Black Moses” a film about the life and times of Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling (right).

honoured at the 2011 FLIFF on Location: Grand Bahama Island film festival offshoot of Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival with a Career Achievement Award. He has appeared in films such as Waiting to Exhale, and Love & Basketball, and on television, he has played the president of the United States on 24 and now appears

as Jonas Blaine in the CBS series, The Unit. In addition, he is the easily-recognizable television spokesman for Allstate insurance.

On his Facebook fan page he writes the following about the trailer, “Now three years in the making, we’re working steadily to deliver to you the best movie possible.”

(Bahamas Weekly)

Michael Jackson was acting like a person that his friend did not recognise in his last days.

Witness: Michael Jackson was paranoid, talking to himself in last days MICHAEL Jackson appeared paranoid, repeating himself and shivering from chills in his final days, his longtime makeup artist testified Thursday.

“This was not the man I knew,” Karen Faye testified.

“He was acting like a person I didn’t recognize.”

Faye, who did Jackson’s makeup and hair for 27 years, was the sixth witness called by lawyers for Michael Jackson’s mother and children in their wrongful death lawsuit against concert promoter AEG Live.

She testified Thursday and will return to the stand Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom.

The Jacksons contend that AEG Live is liable in the pop icon’s June 25, 2009, death from an overdose of a surgical anesthetic because it negligently hired, retained or supervised the doctor treating him.

Michael Jackson’s brightest and darkest moments brought laughter and tears as Faye testified.

Faye, who traveled with

Jackson on his “Bad,” “Dangerous” and “History” tours, said she was concerned when she first saw the schedule for Jackson’s 50 “This Is It” shows at London’s O2 arena.

“On looking at that, I said, ‘He can’t do this,’” Faye testified. “The shows are far too close together. I knew what he needed between shows. I thought he might last a week.”

When she raised the matter with show director Kenny Ortega, “he kind of fluffed it off,” she said.

“Michael’s adrenaline and what it takes for him to perform with that much effort and what he himself puts into a show, he needed a lot more time to at least get some rest and sleep, and to be healthy and maintain that kind of longevity,” she said.

He was “very upbeat, but he was on the thin side” when she saw him in April as preparations for the start of the shows in July were under way, she said. “I thought he had plenty of time to put on some body mass and muscle mass.”

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Olivia Colman wins two Bafta awards OLIVIA COLMAN has won two Baftas, taking the prizes for best supporting actress for Accused and best female in a comedy programme for Twenty Twelve.

Colman said of her win for Accused: “Turns out it does mean a lot. And I’m not going to cry.”

BBC Olympic satire Twenty Twelve also won best sitcom at the TV Bafta Awards.

BBC One’s Last Tango in Halifax took best drama series and Channel 4’s London 2012 Paralympic Games won best sport and live event.

The Paralympics beat the BBC’s coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony, Super Saturday and the men’s Wimbledon final.

Ade Adepitan, who co-

presented the award-winning Paralympic coverage with Clare Balding, thanked Channel 4 for “allowing us to show the Paralympics warts and all” and for “allowing us to be ourselves”, referring to his fellow Paralympic athletes.

Colman thanked Accused writer Jimmy McGovern and paid tribute to co-star Anne Marie Duff, adding: “If it’s alright with everyone, it’s for Anne Marie and me to share we’re Anne Malivia Colemuff, we did it together and I couldn’t have done it without her to play off.”

When she collected her second award for Twenty Twelve, the Broadchurch star praised her fellow nominees Miranda Hart, Jessica Hynes and Julia Davis, joking: “I’m not even the funniest one in

Star Wars creator George Lucas sold his production company to Disney last year.

Star Wars: Episode VII to be filmed in UK THE latest Star Wars film is to be made in the UK, producer Lucasfilm has said.

The seventh movie in the sci-fi series is due to start production next year and is scheduled for release in 2015.

Filming on previous Star Wars also took place in Britain at studios including Elstree, Shepperton and Leavesden.

Chancellor George Osborne met executives from Disneyowned Lucasfilm in London earlier this year to discuss the plans and the production is thought to be eligible for a tax break.

Mr Osborne said Lucasfilm’s decision was “clear evidence” that incentives offered to large film studios are making the UK an attractive prospect.

Speaking at a meeting of the G7 group of industrialised nations, the chancellor - who revealed his favourite Star Wars character is Han Solo - said he was “absolutely delighted” that the film was coming back to the Britain.

He said: “I think it is a real vote of confidence in Britain’s creative industries and a big

movie like that - one of the most famous, perhaps the most famous movie franchise in the world - brings with it not just jobs for actors and directors and so on, but for all the other people who have put together an enormous movie.”

In a statement, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm president, said: “We’ve devoted serious time and attention to revisiting the origins of Star Wars as inspiration for our process on the new movie, and I’m thrilled that returning to the UK for production and utilising the incredible talent there can be a part of that.”

The company said representatives from Lucasfilm met with Mr Osborne “to establish an agreement to produce Star Wars in the UK”.

Warwick Davis, who played an Ewok in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, said the announcement was great for the British film industry, and for British actors.

“I think that it’s Star Wars coming back to its roots, it’s where it started all those years ago in 1976,” he said.

our own programme.”

A tearful Sheridan Smith won best lead actress for ITV drama Mrs Biggs, based on the true story of the wife of the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs. She thanked the whole team behind the show, apologising for her tears, adding: “I can’t believe it.”

Ben Whishaw won best actor for Richard II (The Hollow Crown) on BBC Two, and looked stunned.

The actor, who also played the role of Q in the James Bond film Skyfall, said: “I’m really, really surprised, I was hoping it would be one of the others just so I wouldn’t have to come up here and say anything. I’m thrilled, it’s amazing - I can’t believe it.”

Simon Russell Beale won best supporting actor for Henry IV Part 2 (The Hollow Crown), but was unable to attend the ceremony.

Olivia Colman took the prize for best supporting actress and best female in a comedy.

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Hammond supports leaving EU DEFENCE Secretary Philip Hammond has become the second cabinet minister to say he would vote for Britain to leave the EU if a referendum were held now.

But, like education secretary Michael Gove, he said David Cameron must be given a chance to bring powers back from Brussels before deciding.

Mr Hammond told BBC Radio 5live it would be “defeatist” to leave the EU without attempting reform.

Mr Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum in 2017.

“If the choice is between a European Union written exactly as it is today and not being a part of that then I have to say that I’m on the side of the argument that Michael Gove has put forward,” said Mr Hammond in an interview on Radio 5live’s Pienaar’s politics.

Earlier, Mr Gove became the most senior Conservative to date to publicly contemplate backing Britain’s exit from the EU, although “friends” of the cabinet minister have previously told a newspaper that is where he stands.

‘LETTING OFF STEAM’ “I am not happy with our position in the European Union but my preference is for a change in Britain’s relationship with the European Union,” said Mr Gove.

“Life outside would be perfectly tolerable, we could contemplate it, there would be certain advantages.”

Tory backbenchers have tabled an amendment to the motion welcoming the Queen’s Speech regretting the absence of legislation paving the way for a referendum in the government’s plans for the year ahead.

Philip Hammond: ‘I’m on the side of the argument that Michael Gove has put forward’

Mr Gove described this as “letting off steam”.

And he said he planned to abstain if there was a Commons vote on the amendment.

“My own view is let the prime minister lay out our negotiating strategy, make sure he has a majority, which I am convinced he will secure at the next election, and let’s have the referendum then.”

Home Secretary Theresa May also said she would abstain in the Commons vote, which will be held on Tuesday or Wednesday if it is called by Speaker John Bercow.

Mr Hammond said: “I believe that we have to negotiate a better solution that works better for Britain if we are going to stay in and play a part in the European Union in the future, but let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union.

“We should say no, this is a club that we are members of, and before we talk about leaving it, first of all we’re going to try and change the rules and change the way it works

and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.”

UNUSUAL STEP David Cameron has promised an in/out referendum in 2017 - if the Conservatives win the next election.

A group of Conservative backbenchers, led by John Baron, have been campaigning for him to firm up this commitment by legislating in the current Parliament for a referendum.

The rebel MPs wanted the legislation to be included in last week’s Queen’s Speech setting out the government’s plans for the year ahead.

Mr Cameron has said he was prevented from doing so by the Lib Dems.

So the rebels have taken the unusual step of tabling an amendment to the Queen’s Speech debate, raising the prospect of government MPs voting against their own programme.

It is thought about 100 backbench MPs could do so.

Pope canonises 800 Italian Ottoman victims of Otranto POPE Francis has proclaimed the first saints of his pontificate in a ceremony at the Vatican - a list which includes 800 victims of an atrocity carried out

by Ottoman soldiers in 1480.

They were beheaded in the southern Italian town of Otranto after refusing to convert to Islam.

Their names are unknown, apart from one man, Antonio Primaldo.

Within two months of taking office, Pope Francis has proclaimed more saints than any of his predecessors.

Among those canonised on Sunday were two Latin American nuns - Laura Montoya from Colombia and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala from Mexico - who both died in the 20th Century.

Colombia’s first saint, Mother Laura Montoya dedicated her life to helping indigenous people while the woman named by Pope Francis as Mother “Lupita” sheltered Catholics during a government crackdown against the faith in the 1920s.

The Italian “Martyrs of Otranto” were executed after 20,000 Turkish soldiers invaded their town in south-

Pope Francis has proclaimed more saints than any of his predecessors.

eastern Italy.

There was no hint of any antiIslamic sentiment in the homily that Pope Francis delivered before tens of thousands of worshippers gathered in St Peter’s Square, the BBC’s David Willey in Rome reports.

While it was Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict, who gave the go ahead for their canonisations, the

new pope is continuing the process of honouring a new generation of modern as well as historic martyrs, our correspondent says.

Later this month an Italian priest, Fr Giuseppe Puglisi, who was murdered by the Sicilian mafia 20 years ago will be beatified - the last step before being declared a saint. (CNN)

Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of ordering the deaths of 1,771 people of the Ixil Maya ethnic group during his time in office in 1982 and 1983.

Former Guatemala military leader guilty of genocide A COURT in Guatemala has found former military leader Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.

A three-judge tribunal sentenced the 86-year-old to 80 years in prison.

Rios Montt was convicted of ordering the deaths of 1,771 people of the Ixil Maya ethnic group during his time in office in 1982 and 1983.

Survivors described horrific abuses committed by the army against those suspected of aiding left-wing rebels.

The retired general had denied the charges, saying he neither knew of nor ordered the massacres while in power.

He is expected to appeal against the court’s decision on the grounds of his age.

Rios Montt’s former chief of military intelligence, Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, who was on trial with him, was acquitted.

It is the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide by a court in his or her own country.

Other genocide convictions have been handed down by international courts.

Relatives and indigenous leaders cheered when the sentence was read out by Judge Jazmin Barrios in Guatemala City.

Rios Montt was sentenced to 50 years for genocide and 30 years for crimes against humanity.

“The Ixils were considered public enemies of the state and were also victims of racism, considered an inferior race,” Judge Barrios said.

“The violent acts against the Ixils were not spontaneous. They were planned beforehand.”

The BBC’s Central America correspondent Will Grant says it is a historic decision and a huge breakthrough for human rights in the region.

Grandson of Malcolm X killed in Mexico

A DISPUTE over a bar bill is the supposed cause of the beating that killed Malcolm Shabazz (grandson of Malcolm X) on Thursday morning in Mexico City, according to the AP. Shabazz, who led a troubled life, was visiting his friend, recently deported activist Miguel Suarez, when “they and several other people had gone to a bar near the downtown plaza that is home to Mexico City’s mariachis.”

After being confronted with a $1,200 bar bill by the owner of the establishment, a fight ensued and Shabazz was taken behind the building and beaten.

Suarez told the AP that he “found Shabazz injured outside the bar and took him to a hospital where he died on Thursday.”

Shabazz had recently been enrolled at the John Jay College

Malcolm Shabazz reported died as a result of a dispute over a bar bill.

of Criminal Justice in New York, and was writing a memoir about his life while traveling around the United States, speaking out against youth violence. (Gawker)

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Images show the spear that was shot through the mouth of Elisangela Borborema Rosa, who is expected to make a full recovery

Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting A BRAZILIAN woman has survived being shot through the mouth with a harpoon in a bizarre accident, doctors say.

Neurosurgeon Allan da Costa said the harpoon came within 1cm (0.4 inch) of killing Elisangela Borborema Rosa, 28.

She had emergency surgery to remove the harpoon and is expected to make a full recovery.

Officials said Ms Rosa’s husband had accidentally fired his spear gun while cleaning it. Police said everything indicated it had been an accident.

The incident happened on Monday in the coastal town of Arraial do Cabo, 150km (93 miles) east of Rio de Janeiro.

According to her family, Ms Rosa was in the kitchen when she was hit by the harpoon, which her husband had been cleaning in the living room.

The harpoon, which her husband used for underwater fishing, entered through her mouth and was lodged against her spine.

She was taken to a local hospital, but immediately transferred to the regional hospital in nearby Araruama, where a team of specialised surgeons operated on her.

“This is the first case of this type I have seen,” Dr Costa said.

“The peculiarity of this case is that the tip of the harpoon lodged itself between the anterior vertebral canal and the medullary canal,” he said.

NAWAZ Sharif, the prime minister whose government was overthrown by a military coup more than a decade ago, appears to be back on top in Pakistan, election officials said Sunday.

According to unofficial results in Pakistan’s violence-marred election, Sharif’s party looks to have won most of the seats in the National Assembly. It won 16 of the 23 seats in the lower house, election officials said.

Imran Khan, candidate for the Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party, said the elections were rigged.

“Police (were) used, and how the -- the staff of the Election Commission were used,” he said.

“And unfortunately it’s because the provincial governments were in power right up till 20 days before the elections -- so they had plenty of time to place their people.”

Still, democracy moved forward, he said.

“But I’m very optimistic that the foundation of what we call the new Pakistan has been laid,” he said. “Pakistan will never be the same again. ... Because of the youth participation and female participation, we have seen incredible scenes at this -- vibrancy at this -- in the elections.”

His party won four seats in the lower house, election officials said.

Further election results were not immediately available.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the election a historic

Nawaz Sharif appears to be back at the helm in Pakistan.

democratic step.

“The Pakistani people stood up resiliently to threats by violent extremists,” he said. “We’ll be working with the new government to advance shared interests including a peaceful, more prosperous and stable future for Pakistan and the region.”

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tweeted his congratulations to Sharif and the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz party on their “emphatic victory.”

Saturday’s voting saw bursts of deadly violence aimed at polling

stations that failed to deter Pakistanis keen to have their say in landmark national and provincial elections.

Voter turnout was nearly 60%, the chief election commissioner said early Sunday. Many were voting for the first time.

The national election marks the first transition between civilian governments in the nation’s 66-year history.

In its short existence, Pakistan has experienced three military coups and been ruled by generals for half its life. It remains mired in political turmoil. (CNN)

Hong Kong court supports transsexual right to wed The FBI said that the shooting was “street violence” and not linked to terrorism.

Shooting at Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans leaves at least 19 injured NEW Orleans cops are hunting for three suspects in a shooting spree Sunday that left at least 19 injured at a Mother’s Day parade.

Many of the victims were grazed, and most injuries are nonlife threatening, The Associated Press reported. The number of hurt has continued to rise throughout the afternoon Sunday after original reports indicated a dozen were injured in the 2 p.m. shooting.

The FBI said the shooting was “street violence” and not linked to terrorism.

Nine of the victims were taken to the city’s University Hospital, with three or four requiring surgery, New Orleans police said. At least three of those shot were in critical condition, CBS affiliate WWL-TV reported.

At least two remained in surgery Sunday night.

The victims included 10 men and seven women. The youngest victims, a 10-year-old girl and boy, suffered graze wounds, according to NOLA. com, and are in good condition.

Another person was injured in a fall during the commotion and was taken to the hospital.

A HONG Kong transsexual has won the right to marry her boyfriend, following an appeal to Hong Kong’s top court.

The Court of Final Appeal ruled that Hong Kong’s current law, which barred the transsexual woman from marrying her male partner, is unconstitutional.

The woman, identified only as W, underwent gender change surgery at a public hospital a few years ago.

Hong Kong’s marriage registry had refused her request because her birth certificate still classes her as male.

“The right to marry guaranteed by our constitution extends to the right of a post-operative transsexual to marry in the reassigned capacity,” the majority ruling, co-written by Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma and Permanent Judge Robert Ribeiro, said.

“In present-day multi-cultural Hong Kong where people profess many different religious faiths or none at all... procreation is no longer

(if it ever was) regarded as essential to marriage,” it added.

The ruling said that references to “woman” and “female” in Hong Kong’s marriage law should include post-operative male to female transsexuals.

Four of the court’s five presiding judges supported the ruling, with the fifth voting against it.

However, the court said it would not implement the judgement for the next 12 months, to allow the government time to consider amending the law.

Permanent Judge Patrick Chan, who voted against the ruling, said including post-operative transsexuals in the definition of “man” and “woman” was “a radical change of the traditional concept of marriage”.

“There is no evidence that the social attitudes in Hong Kong towards the traditional concept of marriage and the marriage institution have fundamentally altered,” he said, adding that changes should

only be made after “wide public consultation”.

W took her case to the Court of Final Appeal after Hong Kong’s High Court ruled against her case in 2010.

W’s lawyer had argued that her gender change surgery had been considered medically necessary, and been performed in a public hospital using government funds.

He had added that she is considered a woman in every other aspect of her life, and is listed as female on her passport and identity card.

The government had argued that she could not get married as W’s birth certificate still classes her as male.

It argued that the wedding would constitute a same-sex marriage, which is not legal in Hong Kong.

Under Hong Kong law, it is not possible to amend birth certificates.

Transsexuals who have undergone surgery are allowed to marry in some other parts of the world, including mainland China, EU countries and Canada. (BBC)

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Brama Kumaris

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

contact: 946-4664

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Domestic Worker To work 6 days per week salary $5.50 per hour

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MYRANIE ST. JUSTE BRYAN Is looking for a

FOR RENT 1 BEDROOM 1 BATH RICHMOND HILLS FULLY FURNISHED WASHER & DRYER $750.00 PER MONTH

3 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM

Domestic Worker

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Contact: 341-2178 8116

ACRES OF DIAMOND is looking for a

FULLY FURNISHED WASHER DRYER 1,200.00 PER MONTH SECURITY SYSTEM FOR SALE OR FOR RENT

2 BEDROOM 1 BATH NEWLY RENOVATED $900.00 PER MONTH

CONTACT: 231-3788

Function: • Builds and repairs all types of furniture including cabinets, tables, shelves, desks, bookcases, chairs, and other wooden equipment.

• Repairs and cleans furniture for refinishing including the fabrication of new parts and finish removal.

• Builds and repairs doors • Designs and estimate projects in Cabinet Making / Finishing Carpentry The successful candidate must: • Graduation from a standard vocational or high school and proven experience as a cabinet maker; or any equivalent combination of training and experience

• Must have at least ten (10) years working experience in Cabinet Making / Finishing Carpentry including supervisory experience • Be flexible to work daily including weekends and public holidays at various locations • Be willing and available to work at other locations including all islands in TCI • Possess a valid driver’s License • Have proven excellent inter-personal skills in interacting with customers, staff and management. A keen awareness of the environment and the needs and safety of clients and staff is required to perform well on the job.

• Basic Wage: $7 - $10 per hour – commensurate with qualification and experience

Please submit application letter and resume to: seize_p@hotmail.com. The application deadline is May 30, 2013. Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview

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Truck Driver To work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour. contact: 231-6926

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contact: 241-2185

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Ocean Club Resorts is looking for qualified, experienced applicants for THE POSITIONS OF:

Food & Beverage Manger

JANITOR

All applicants must be able to present a clean Police Record if offered a position. Wage commensurate with experience.

Individuals must be willing to work holidays and weekends on a flexible schedule dictated by business demands. Ability to speak English is mandatory.

Please drop off resumes at the Ocean Club Front Desk to the attention of the

• Successful applicant should have at least 8 years of kitchen and restaurant experience including • Knowledge of food costing and controls, monthly inventory, • Knowledge of food hygiene and safety, menu planning, managing and scheduling staff, • Plus the knowledge and experience of worldwide pastries, desserts and chocolates ;; This position above requires working long hour’s nights and days public holidays and weekends ;; Salary range based on experience

For more information on job descriptions, please contact on 649-231-1689 Please call for an appointment, bring along your resume and resident status

Human Resource Manager, or via email to diane@oceanclubresorts.tc

Preference will be given to experienced and qualified Belongers.

Only those receiving an interview will be contacted.

ARCHITECT POSITION AVAILABLE

Fully qualified Architect required for the following role:

Job Summary • The successful applicant will be expected to undertake the traditional role of a professional Architect.

• This includes detailed architectural design work, planning submissions, preparation of tender documents, construction contract administration, contract cost control and direct liaison with clients, consultants and contractors.

LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Applicants must possess a minimum of 5 years experience, with knowledge on plants/ chemicals and fertilizer sprays, be able to work with minimum supervision applicant must be knowledgeable in propagation and greenhouse climate Must have a certification in horticulture and be certified in preparation and application of chemicals as well as treatment of weeds Must be proficient in computer can do minimal computer troubleshooting and knowledgeable in QuickBooks for Point of sale Transaction and Inventory software Applicants must be willing to work outdoors with irregular hours, starting salary is $2,500 per month may include weekends and holidays

Please drop all applications to environmental arts located at #65 Beechwood Road, Grace Bay (at the back of Lemon Café) or email to environmentalarts@tciway.tc c/o Natalie Zaidan successful applicants will be notified by phone for interview

Essential Skills/Experience • RIBA Parts 1-111 Professional Qualification • Fully qualified RIBA/ARB registered Architect.

• Minimum 5 years post-professional qualification experience as Project Architect with direct Client liaison.

• Minimum 5 years experience in contract administration and cost control on JCT contracts.

• Minimum 5 years experience in managing an architectural team.

• A strong background of technical detailing.

• Excellent skills in AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Photoshop, Sketch-up, Excel and Word a pre-requisite.

• Experience in the design and production of presentation and marketing materials including website programming.

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Salary rated according to experience, between $4k & $6k per month.

Interested applicants should contact Mr. C Davies via e-mail by May 24, 2013 with current CV to info@coasttci.com or in writing to the address below.

Only applicants meeting the minimum requirements listed above will be contacted for interview within 5 days of receipt of their application. Only suitably qualified Turks & Caicos Islanders need apply.

Coast Architects, 82 Cherokee Road, PO Box 941, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

TCIPS FOUNDATION Is looking for the following Secondary/ High School teachers

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Contact: 243-6890

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

GOLDSMITH

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The Financial Services Commission has on 31st October 2012 revoked the license for the listed companies pursuant to Section 34(1) (a) of the Financial Services Commission Ordinance:

Gulf Insurance Limited

J. KEVIN HIGGINS MANAGING DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION

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VACANCY

RESIDENTIAL CHILD CAREGIVER/SUPERVISOR

The Provo Children’s Home is seeking caregiver/supervisors for the Home located in Chalk Sound in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands. The following requirements apply: • Preferred but not mandatory, a degree in psychology, counseling or social work • Experience working in related field ie teaching, nursing, coaching, day care, etc.

• Ability to build constructive, caring, nurturing relationships with children with complex needs • Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office programs • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Preferred qualifications in food prep and handling • Ability to cook meals for large numbers • Preferred First Aid training • Must hold a clean, valid driver’s license These posts are residential and require a certain percentage of over night shifts. Private accommodation and meals provided on overnight shifts.

Salaries start at $1200 per month and are dependent on experience and qualifications. Only Belongers need apply.

The position(s) are available from July 2013. Interviews will be by appointment only. Please send resumes to PCH Director at buildgroup@pch.tc All correspondence is via email and all applications must be received by May 15, 2013.

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SINCLAIR AUTO ELECTRIC SALES AND SERVICES Is looking for a qualified

Certified Auto Electrician With at least 10 years experience must be able to read auto electric diagram. Salary $8.00 per hour.

Contact: 649-346-8025

RBC ROYAL BANK (BAHAMAS) LIMITED is presently considering applications for:

Associate Relationship Manager – Business Banking Turks & Caicos Islands

The successful candidate should possess the following qualifications: • 3 or more years banking experience • ABIFS/AICB Diploma or a degree in banking or a related field would be an asset • Previous experience as a Lending Officer is mandatory Required Skills • Negotiating/Selling Skills • Problem Account Management • Knowledge of Financial Analysis and risk assessment • Critical Thinking • Time Management • Relationship building/Planning/Organizing/Closing Sales • Effectively manage risk • Impact and Influence • Ability to manage multiple priorities • Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills • Microsoft Office Proficiency (Outlook, Word, Excel) Responsibilities Include: • Responsible for retaining and growing relationships with Business Banking (BB) clients, contributing to the strategic priorities of Sales Volume and Revenue Growth and improving the Client Experience.

• Responsible for the on boarding of products and services for existing and new clients, identifying, referring and fulfilling on new opportunities as appropriate, promoting collaboration amongst Business Banking relationship team and partners.

• Providing direct support to Business Banking clients with all lending and non-lending activities.

• Developing a strong knowledge of client’s operational requirements in order to provide financial solutions (primarily Cash Management and Deposit Solutions) that add value to the customer’s needs and goals, while driving revenue growth.

• Providing credit and sales support for Relationship Manager (RM) to enable the identification, planning and delivery of solutions for client and prospect needs.

• Effectively supports the RM with their assigned portfolio of accounts and participation in all aspects of portfolio credit management including, but not limited to, preparation of annual reviews at an acceptable level of risk and assisting with the compilation of documentations required in the origination/booking of deals. Responsibility and accountability for final sign off will rest with the RM with regard to the completion of BBTR/RAF. • Being the service champion for BB clients including coordination of the service team, focusing on ensuring the client experience in delivered effectively through appropriate service partners.

• Acting as the Problem Resolution champion leveraging appropriate partners to resolve client concerns.

A competitive compensation package (base salary & bonus) will commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications.

Please apply by May 10, 2013 to:

Assistant Manager, Recruitment & Employee Development Human Resources Bahamas Regional Office RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited P.O. Box N-7549 Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Via fax: (242) 322-1367 Via email: bahcayjp@rbc.com

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GRADUATE ARCHITECT

PUBLIC NOTICE

REQUIRED

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION (Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to Francine Orange-Jennings, a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

RIC TODD

Architect required to assist design team with preparation of Construction Documents, Drawings, and Specifications, with focus on the Design, Construction Management, and Supervision in the single family residential market in the Turks & Caicos Islands.

Successful applicant will possess a comprehensive understanding of Building Science and Architectural Design, with good communication skills and team attitude, and, must be a Graduate Architect with minimum 10 years experience in the industry. A knowledge of Jandy Caretaker in-floor pool cleaning system and Pentair Prologic Control system would be a great asset.

Computer literacy shall include:

• AutoCAD Architecture and 3D imaging • Critical Path scheduling software (preferably Primavera's SureTrak) • QuickBooks Accounting system • Adobe Photoshop • Sage Master Builder • On Screen Takeoff • Word processing • Spreadsheet applications

Interested individuals shall submit resumes to: R.A. Shaw Designs Project House, Leeward Hwy, Providenciales. Tel. 941-4394

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to MARIE Rose Regis-Seymour a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to Roseta Delhomme-Forbes a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

RIC TODD

RIC TODD

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

BELONGER STATUS APPLICATION

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to Sylvana Mogeune-Joseph a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

Take Notice that I, RIC TODD, Governor of Turks and Caicos in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(2) of the Immigration Ordinance intend to grant a Certificate of Belonger Status to Yolin Maximo a national of Haiti by virtue of marriage to a Belonger.

RIC TODD

RIC TODD

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

(Section 3 (5) of the Immigration Ordinance)

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Carpenter To work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour.

Contact: 242-0388

Domestic Worker Needed to provide housekeeping services this includes preparing and serving meals, laundering must have previous domestic work experience salary $14,000.00 per annum.

TEVEL GARDINER Is looking for a

Is looking for a

Security Officer

Handyman

Submit application with detailed resume and references to Brigget Jolly, Leeward Palms, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands or Tel: 649-231-8891 no later than May 1st, 2013

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FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

To work 6 days per week salary $6.00 per hour must be able to speak and understand English.

Is looking for a

contact: 244-4665 8170

Salary $6.00 per hour.

SHEIK & SASSY

Contact: 241-4061

is looking for a

Masseuse/ Hairstylist To work 5 days per week salary commensurate with experience

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DIVE

Contact: 331-1809

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Jayne Hutcherson

Is looking for a

Contact: 331-0802

Salary $5.00 per hour from 9am-5pm.

Contact: 649-343-6631

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GEORGE SALON Seeks to Employ

Painter

PROVO BODY SHOP

Contact: 245-4742

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To work 5 days per week salary $8.00 per hour.

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All applications with CV and cover letter should be sent to The Labour Department AND EMAILED to divejob@outlook.com before May 20, 2013

Cashier

per week salary $10.00 per hour.

Is looking for a

Must be a current and insured Scuba Instructor with at least 5 years experience, oriented towards customer service and certified by PADI, NAUI or SSI. Must carry STCW certification and be willing to work long hours, 6 days per week.

THE SIBONNE BEACH HOTEL

Is looking for 2

Is looking for a

work 5 days per week.

Salary $9.00 per hour.

Contact: 241-5563 deadline for application is May 31st, 2013

Domestic Worker

For cleaning hotel rooms/ laundry must be able to work weekends and holidays salary $5.50 per hour only Belongers with previous experience need apply

Contact: Sandra MacLeod at 649-946-4203

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Must be willing to work 6 days a week.

MARTHA BEAUTY SALON AND BOUTIQUE

Plumber To work 5 days

is looking for a

INSTRUCTOR

DOMESTIC WORKER

Labourer To work 5 days per week.

Is looking for a

Interested and qualified persons should forward resumes in strictest confidence to:

Leeward Highway, Providenciales Telephone: 231-3163

Contact: 231-1000

ISLAND PLUMBING & CONSTUCTION

;; A long standing integrated Financial Services & Commercial Group requires a very experienced financial controller to assist the Finance Director in the following areas: ;; We are looking for a financial services accounting professional ;; (CA/CPA/CGA/AMA) with at least 19 years experience to administer our financial and accounting function. ;; Hours of works will vary with job demands and future growth of the business. ;; Compensation will be determined upon the chosen candidate’s relevant work experience and professional qualifications and group ;; Medical coverage will be provided.

CEDAR LODGE CAFE

To work 5 days per week. Salary $6.00 per hour.

HARTMAN HANDFIELD

REQUIRED

McCollum & Newlands, P.O. Box 678 Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands

JENNINGS WILBERT

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Is looking for a

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G & G CONSTRUCTION

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May 14-20, 2013

Professional Painter

Diver

The candidate must have the following requirements: • Minimum 10 years experience as a metal framer; • Experienced: Industrial spray painting, finish and trim painting , auto and construction painter; • Willing to work long hours, overnights and weekends.

• Salary range: $7.50 per hour

To work 5 days per week salary based on commission.

Application must be submitted to: evt@tciway.tc or call 649-946-5414 Deadline: May 31, 2013

Contact: 344-9209

PELICAN DESIGNS LTD.

Graphic Designer

Minimum requirements: • Two years of working experience in a lead position as a graphic designer • Experience in sign manufacturing • Advance knowledge in the following software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw, estimate pricing software.

• Experience n project supervision and management • Must be willing to work outside normal business hours.

Salary: $400 per week Deadline for submission of applications is May 24th 2013 To: Manager, Pelican Designs Ltd. P.O. Box 579, 21 Elite Plaza, Airport Road Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Email: info@pelicandesigns.tc | Fax: (649) 941-8733 And copied to the Labour Department Butterfield Square, Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands

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job vacancies

B & M CONSTRUCTION Is looking for the following persons:

Administrate Assistant

GORDON’S ELECTRIC DBA PROVO ELECTRIC 2 Electricians

Finish wood

Labourer

Cheshire Hall Medical Centre Providenciales, TCI

Must be willing to work 5 days per week salary commensurate with experience.

InterHealthCanada (TCI) Ltd wishes to appoint an Administrative Assistant.

Contact: 242-3256

• Reporting to Executive Assistant and Senior Management Team (SMT) • The post holder must be self motivated and have a willingness to learn • Responsibilities will include but not limited to:-

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HOLE IN THE WALL Domestic Worker

GORDON’S SUPPLY 2 Laborers

MAX’S MINI MART

Cashier Salary commensurate with qualification

Resume can be faxed to 649-941-3425 and the Labour Department, Providenciales as soon as possible 8131

Quantity Surveyor

General secretarial duties • Prepare agendas and minutes of meetings as requested • Assist with visiting consultant and student programs • Assist Senior Management team as requested

Is required with the following qualifications

Requirements • The incumbent must possess at least a high school diploma • Excellent written and verbal communicant skills • Must be proficient in MS Office Word, Excel and Outlook.

• Degree qualified • 10 years of Contractor Quantity Surveying experience • Subcontract management • Cost Control/ Management • Purchasing • Pricing/ Take off

Starting salary is $20,000.00 pa

Please address your resume showing qualifications and experiences to:

Send inquiries to:

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Recruitment@interhealthcanada.tc Closing date: Deadline: Friday 10th May 2013

• Project Management • Experience working in the other Caribbean Countries • Contractual claims experience • Contract Administration and Client Liaison

Norstar Group Ltd. P.O. Box 532, Suite 2C, Courtyard Plaza Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands Telephone: 649-941-3600/3500 or fax: 649-941-3608

A & M CLEANING Is looking to fill the following positions:

ALEXANDRA FASHION

B & B SERVICES

is looking for the following persons:

Acting on behalf of our clients is looking to fill the following positions:

Domestic Worker – $6.00 per hour

IMMEDIATE OPENING

Kitchen Helper – $6.00 per hour

Caretaker – $7.00 per hour

Manager of Resort Services

Sales Clerk

Greenskeeper Domestic worker

• Minimum 15 years management experience in luxury hospitality, having been head of department in at least 3 different departments and Executive Committee level for 5 years.

• Minimum 5 years international hospitality management experience with branded hotel/ resort.

• BA/BS degree or equivalent.

• Previous experience in application of management contract requirements and brand standards within luxury hospitality operation.

• Previous experience in development and implementation of guest services within luxury hospitality operation.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ALL DAYS AND SHIFTS

Contact; 343-3123

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Must be willing to work 5 days per week salary $5.50 per hour.

Maintenance Man

Contact: 241-0976

Contact: 649-245-6962

Must be willing to work 5 days per week salary $5.00 per hour3.

CABANA BAR AT OCEAN CLUB

Duties include:

is looking for qualified, experience applicants for the position of:

• Develops and implements resort and guest service strategies, initiatives and programs which are aligned with Regent’s overall mission, vision and market strategy/positioning.

• Implements all Regent standard services and programs and ensures ongoing compliance.

• Oversees and directs management of the housekeeping, pool and beach and laundry departments.

• Develops annual departmental budget and capex budget and accountable for financial results.

• Drives for continuous improvement by gathering and analyzing customer feedback, reviewing management reports and developing strategies to improve department and resort services.

• Oversees and ensures all physical facilities and décor are aligned with Regent’s standards, image and aesthetic.

• Starting salary 50k per annum not including service charge.

KITCHEN HELPER BARTENDER DISHWASHER • The successful applicant must possess the following skills and experience: • Must have experience in your respective field • Food safe certificate or equivalent • Must be willing to work holidays and weekends on a

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– $5.00 per hour

Labourer

2 Salespersons 1 Cashier

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requirements:

Interested applicants should apply to the Regent Palms, Monday through Friday and bring along an updated resume or by emailing to marjorie.dorsett@ regenthotels.com,no later than Friday, May 10, 2013.

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flexible schedule • Ability to speak English is essential • Must have clean police record • Preference will be given to experience and qualified Belongers

Please contact: 441-3466 for an appointment or interview Wage commensurate with experience 8155

– $6.00 per hour

3 Painters – $7.00 per hour

– $7.00 per hour Must be willing to work 5 days per week including weekends and holidays

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JOJO KIDS WORLD is looking for a

Teacher with Montessori certificate To work 5 days per week salary $800 monthly.

contact: 343-1089

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REEF RESIDENCE HOTEL

A reward of

$400.00

Alonso enjoys ‘emotional’ home F1 win place grid penalty that dropped him to ninth at the start, with the Brazilian claiming third on the podium ahead of Vettel and the German’s Red Bull teammate Mark Webber.

“I was a little disappointed after qualifying yesterday, but the race was very good for us and we were very aggressive,” Massa said.

“We struggled a bit on the tires to survive in a good way -- and the race was very good for us.”

Alonso, who made a flying start, had four pit stops as opposed to the three of Raikkonen due to an early puncture but was able to take the checkered flag for the 32nd time in his career to move above Lewis Hamilton into third place overall.

Raikkonen reduced Vettel’s lead to just four points as the Finn finished second for the third successive race, having also won the season opener in Australia.

“I don’t mind finishing second.

I’m here only to do as good a race as I can and, despite finishing second, we have to take what we can from every race,” the 2007

Is being offered for the return of a boat trailer removed from the Reef Residences Hotel located on Stubbs Road in the lower Bight anyone knowing of the whereabouts of the trailer can

Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix.

world champion said.

Vettel said the difference in pace with his rivals was due to tire wear and not the cars.

“The first three cars were a little too fast for us and in looking after their tires they did a better job today.

“If you talk about race distances, then it’s a different game. I think the car is quick enough, but there’s something we do to the tires to make them wear more.”

Pole-sitter Nico Rosberg was sixth for Mercedes as the team’s pre-race worries about tire degradation proved correct -- Hamilton dropped from second at the start to finish outside the points in 12th.

“We have got a lot of work to do,” Hamilton said. “We both went backwards, but I went back a long, long way and I don’t know why. We will go back to the drawing board and see what we can do.”

VACANCIES

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

Rooms Division Manager Kitchen Steward Room Attendant Commis Chef

contact: 432-1480 or 941-3713

Lead Server Cost Controller Controller to Food & Beverage

Closing Date March 9, 2013 BELONGERS ONLY NEED APPLY

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

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IMMEDIATE OPENING FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLET AND BANQUETS MANAGER

We are actively recruiting an Outlet and Banquets Manager who will provide hands-on oversight of a popular outdoor, beachside restaurant. The incumbent will ensure guest service and financial goals are met or exceeded. He or she must be flexible to work long hours as business demands, and must be able to manage banquet activities from inception to completion. The successful candidate will assist other restaurants or bars within the resort and will work a shift schedule with rotating off days.

Primary Duties

• Hands-on management of the daily service of assigned restaurant, including responsibility for daily closing to ensure adequate supervision of outlet staff.

• Oversee the implementation of service and brand standards, share recommendations and guest comments with the Chef and F&B Management team • Develop and implement outlet promotions calendar for F&B products and events.

• Conduct competitor analysis and remain knowledgeable of local market initiatives, analyze food and beverage statistics through point of sale system • Monitor performance of the restaurant through analysis of guest feedback (comment cards, trip-advisor, etc.) and financial results.

• Maintain and enforce procedures to ensure the security of monies, credit and financial instruments and transactions • Replenish supplies and inventory in a timely and efficient manner, minimizing waste and controlling costs.

• Ensure restaurant and all restaurant equipment is in proper operational condition and is cleaned on a regular basis.

• Participate in budgeting and forecasting and P&L analysis including productivity and cost management.

• Directly responsible for meeting financial, service and guest satisfaction targets for assigned outlet.

Job Requirements

Hospitality Degree or equivalent combined experience and education Minimum 5-7 years proven restaurant management and banqueting experience within a resort environment Demonstrated ability to work with and engage multicultural/multi-ethnic teams and guests Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent command of the English language Pleasant, outgoing personality with the ability to handle the pressure of a fast-paced environment Quality oriented with focus on details and high performance standards Flexibility to work rotating shifts Strong knowledge of food costing and working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Infogenesis POS system

Competitive compensation package

If you possess the required qualifications, please contact Bridgette Thomas, BNC Consulting Group, bthomas@bnccgroup.com or call 649332-2565 to schedule an interview or obtain additional information.

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FERNANDO Alonso savored the sweet taste of victory in front of his home fans after kickstarting his Formula One title bid with a commanding victory in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix.

The two-time world champion won by more than nine seconds from Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen after starting from fifth on the grid, as he reduced his deficit behind overall leader Sebastian Vettel to 17 points.

“It’s very special winning at home, it doesn’t matter how many times you do, it’s always like starting from zero,” said the 31-year-old, whose only other victory at the Circuit de Catalunya was back in 2006 in the same season he won his second world title with Renault.

“It was fantastically emotional and the fans really helped because you feel the support from everyone.

“The last laps are very long because you want the race to finish as soon as possible, but I’m very happy for the team.”

It was a good day for Ferrari, as Felipe Massa bounced back from the three-

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Alex Ferguson thankful for ‘most fantastic experience’ IT WAS a fitting end to a remarkable era -- Alex Ferguson celebrated his final

home game as manager of Manchester United with a dramatic late victory against

Swansea on Sunday.

While the result made no difference to either side’s

Executive Chef

Education and Training:

;; Post secondary degree in Culinary Arts or industry equivalent experience with at least 10 years experience working as an Executive Chef ;; Fully functional on computer with a full knowledge of Excel, MS-Word and Quickbooks ;; Deep understanding of menu planning complete with cost analysis, portioning and design. ;; Full knowledge of a broad range of inventory control measures with the ability to develop and execute. ;; Detailed understanding of all staffing requirements and all paperwork associated with it including work permits and National Insurance. ;; Fluent in English both written and oral with a fundamental understanding of French and Spanish ;; First Aid Training

Skill Requirements:

;; Extensive experience in the preparation and execution of Mexican and Tex Mex cuisine ;; Plan and execute special events on or off premise for a diverse clientele. ;; Precise knife skills ;; Execute a large variety of desserts from scratch including cakes, custards, mousses, ice creams, sorbets, and gelatin stabilized desserts ;; Execute naturally leavened breads and breakfast pastry from scratch ;; Produce all breakfast, lunch and dinner items with expert precision. ;; Cook entire menu on the line during service, including meats to temperature specifications. ;; Prepare and execute a variety of specials utilizing seasonality and quality as the catalyst ;; Be versed in a large variety of cooking techniques to include: braising, sautéing, frying, steaming, poaching, soup making and the Mother Sauces. ;; Develop and cost recipes to accurately reflect the long term goals of Somewhere Café and Lounge ;; Execute a proper sanitation procedure to insure that high quality food is served that accurately represents the Café ;; Receive food orders from various vendors, checking for quality and pricing. ;; Implement training of kitchen staff to encourage growth and success in a positive environment. ;; Must have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to both engage staff and guests in conversation ;; Must be a natural leader with the ability to lead by example, demonstrating at any moment the willingness and ability to do the job of any of those working with and/or under him/her. ;; Mediatory and conflict resolution skills with the ability to recognize potential problems in advance. ;; Must be able to co-ordinate schedule requirements for a large staff ;; Must be able to keep detailed records of all employees up to date. ;; Demonstrates the ability to multi-task under extreme pressure. ;; Strong mathematical skills as it applies to accounting, budgeting, menu costing and recipe conversions ;; Execute weekly and monthly inventory of items with a focus on budgeting, cost analysis and planning ;; Maintain a positive environment in the kitchen to encourage growth and diversity within the workplace ;; Be able to stand on ones feet for extended hours, and be comfortable lifting 50 pounds without physical restrictions. ;; Be available to work holidays and weekends with a flexible schedule.

Salary Commensurate with Experience Belongers Given Preference

Please submit resume, certifications and current police record in person for consideration OR send email to: chefamy@somewherecafeandlounge.com

season, the jubilation that followed a rare winner from veteran defender Rio Ferdinand brought echoes from some of the 71-year-old’s long list of triumphs in more than quarter of a century at the helm.

“My retirement doesn’t mean the end of my life at the club. I will be able to enjoy watching them rather than suffering with them,” Ferguson told the crowd in pouring rain at Old Trafford, which included his 11 grandchildren in the stands.

“But if you think about it, those last-minute goals, comebacks, even the defeats, are all part of this great

football club of ours. It’s been an unbelievable experience so thank you for that.

“I’d also like to remind you that when we had bad times here the club stood by me, the players stood by me, and your job now is to stand by our new manager. That is important.”

Ferguson’s replacement will be David Moyes, who is leaving United’s English Premier League rivals Everton after more than a decade as manager.

He will begin preparations for United’s title defense when he formally takes over in July, with Ferguson’s legacy being 13 league championships,

two European Cups, five FA Cups, four League Cups, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. This season United regained the EPL crown from bitter rivals Manchester City, securing it with four games to play.

“It has been the most fantastic experience of my life.

Thank you,” said Ferguson, the most successful manager in English football.

“I have been very fortunate, I’ve been able to manage some of the greatest players in the country let alone Manchester continued 

PUBLIC NOTICE The National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) would like to advise the Public of the following changes:

Effective May 1st, 2013 NHIB contribution payments through the bank shall cease. All payments must be made at the National Health Insurance Board designated locations, as follows: ÂÂ In Providenciales: at NHIB Saltmills Office or Cheshire Hall Hospital. Payments may be made by cheques, bank draft, and debit/credit cards. ÂÂ In Grand Turk: at NHIB Office located at Hospital Road. Payments may be made by cheques, bank draft, and debit/credit cards. ÂÂ In South Caicos through Kisa Services. Payments may be made by cash, cheques, and bank draft only. ÂÂ In North Caicos at Western Union location. Payments may be made by cash, cheques, and bank draft only.

Those paying through debit or credit cards must show one (1) valid identification card to verify signature.

Payments made by private sector employers must be accompanied by a print out of the Monthly Contribution Calculator (MCS) submitted through the NHIB Employer E-Services website. The amount of remittance should match the supporting MCS. Payments made by self-employed persons in a reduced rate must present an approved payment coupon to support the remittance.

Employers are also advised that they may contact the NHIB via email at support@ tcinhip.tc for clarification or instructions regarding activating an Employer E-Services account.

For further inquiries please contact the National Health Insurance Board Providenciales Office at telephone number 941-8861 or the Grand Turk Office at telephone number 946-2611.

MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD.

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United.

“All these players here today, they have represented our club the proper way and have won a championship in fantastic fashion. Well done to the players.”

United took the lead six minutes before halftime through striker Javier Hernandez, but Swansea stunned the home fans when Michu volleyed in at the near post just four minutes after the interval for his 18th league goal this season.

If the Spaniard’s effort was a typically predatory strike, Ferdinand’s stunning 87th-

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minute volley came out of the blue -- the former England center-back’s first goal in more than five years.

It also capped a home farewell for 38-year-old midfielder Paul Scholes, who announced on Saturday that he is retiring for the second time and will return to the club’s coaching ranks.

“Paul is one of the greatest players this club has ever had and ever will have,” said Ferguson, who brought Scholes into the first team from the youth ranks along with a “golden generation” that included David Beckham,

FLOWER GIRL Is looking for a

Flower

Coordinator ;;Must know different ;;kinds of flowers ;;Must know how to treat flowers ;; Must know how to arrange and take care of flowers

Contact: 231-3788

LOSE 2-3 DRESS SIZES IN 10 MINUTES 21 yr old company looking for self motivated business mind Individuals to share, sell, market health care products that can promote a better lifestyle.

• We need about 30 individuals, business owners who wants to supplement their income.

• Healthy Coffee, Body Reshaping Garments, Skin and Hair, Powerful Anti-oxidants juices.

• Not everyone will be qualified

Email: bibi5402ansel@optonline.net 917-754-2731 www.ardysslife.com/ansel An appointment with Ardyss will change your life

Diamond Development

Maid Is looking for a

Salary $5.00 per hour

Contact 232-7827 8178

Labourer/ Dish Washer Alex Ferguson with the English Premier League trophy after Manchester United’s 2-1 win over Swansea.

Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville.

“I wish you a great retirement and I know you will still be around annoying me!” added the Scot, who will remain at Old Trafford as a director on the board and as a club ambassador.

One player who didn’t feature in the match was England striker Wayne Rooney, who watched from the stands before joining the celebrations on the pitch.

Ferguson later confirmed that Rooney has asked to leave the club, so he thought it was best to give the 27-year-old time to reflect on his decision.

Skill Requirements: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Must be consistently punctual for work.

Maintain a clean work station throughout shift.

Must maintain a clean, well kept appearance upon arrival and through out shifts.

Must be able to multi task in a fast pace, high pressure environment.

Be able to stand on ones feet for 8 hours and be comfortable lifting 50 pounds or more without physical restrictions.

Be available to work holidays and weekends with a flexible schedule Wash all dishes by hand for the dining room and kitchen on an as needed basis.

Clean bathrooms and maintain stock throughout shift Clean all floors in front and back of house at opening and closing Carry out and set up umbrellas for tables before opening Open doors, assist wait-staff with opening procedures Assist management when orders are received by vendors Must be able to communicate in English Must be polite and cordial to co-workers and guests at all times Duties: Work with staff members to assure that the restaurant is clean and well maintained throughout the duration of their shift.

Participate in daily cleaning duties as per scheduled by the Chef or other Management personnel to maintain a clean, safe environment for all employees to work in.

Belongers given preference

Apply in person with CV, references, police record and passport copy to be considered.

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Serena ready for ‘ultimate challenge’ after crushing Sharapova’s No. 1 bid SERENA Williams is looking forward to the “ultimate challenge” of trying to win the French Open after again proving her dominance over biggest rival Maria Sharapova and defending her Madrid title on Sunday.

The American triumphed 6-1 6-4 to retain her No. 1 ranking and claim the 50th WTA Tour crown of her career, becoming only the 10th player to do so.

The 31-year-old is the only player to have won on three different colors of clay -- and she is confident that the Madrid surface’s reversion to red after the blue of 2012 will help her bid to end an 11-year wait for her second grand slam success at Roland Garros.

“This court is definitely different from last year,” Williams said. “It definitely plays more like Roland Garros, so I think that’s a plus. It’s a little slower than it was last year and plays more like a true clay court. So I think it’s great preparation. It’s a good start in the right direction.”

Last year Williams fell at the first hurdle in Paris -- a tournament she won back in 2002 -- before going on to triumph at Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open and the season-ending WTA Championships.

“It is the ultimate challenge,” Williams said. “Whether I reach it, I don’t know. I’m not going to put that pressure on myself.

Woods picked up a win on his 300th appearance on the PGA Tour, just as he did on his 100th and 200th.

Top-ranked Serena Williams celebrates after defending her title in Madrid, beating world No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the final.

“I wanted to do it last year and I didn’t get it. So this year I’m just looking forward to Rome, and then after that Roland Garros.”

Williams has now beaten secondranked Sharapova in their past 12 meetings, and was in control for most of the match despite trailing 3-1 in the second set.

“I don’t know if her start was shaky, but I felt I played well in the first few games -- playing such a great athlete and great tennis player like Maria, you have to come out and play well. I had no choice,” she said.

“She definitely started playing better in that second set -- I think she came out with a different game plan.

I missed a very crucial point in that

first game, but after that I just had to refocus.”

Williams is now three wins behind Monica Seles on the WTA list, but a long way behind Martina Navratilova’s record 167.

“I don’t know how many more I can win. Like I say every day, ‘Who knows if I’ll ever win another title?’ I just want to live in the moment,” said Williams, who returned to action in 2011 after a long injury break that caused life-threatening blood clots on her lungs.

“I feel like every moment I play -- I don’t know if it’s because of what I went through -- I feel like I’m so fortunate to be out there and healthy and to have an opportunity to play a sport and be really good at it.

Woods secures fourth victory of 2013 at The Players TIGER Woods secured his fourth win of 2013 with a two-shot victory at The Players Championship at Sawgrass.

With Woods and Sergio Garcia level, the tournament looked to be heading for a play-off until the Spaniard put two tee shots in the water at the 17th hole.

A par on the 18th was enough for Woods, 37, to take victory with a round of 70.

The American said: “I’m getting better. This was hard. The conditions got tricky. I had a hard time reading the putts. The greens were dicey.”

Swede David Lingmerth, who was in the final pair with Garcia, missed

a birdie putt on the signature 17th, which is a par three with an island green, to move level with Woods.

But the 25-year-old finished in a share of second with Americans Kevin Streelman and Jeff Maggert.

Scotland’s Martin Laird shot 67 to finish one shot further adrift alongside Ryan Palmer and Henrik Stenson.

Garcia also found the water on 18 and finished six shots back.

The Spaniard, 33, said: “You have to be disappointed, not so much with 18, but with 17. I got going nicely from the 11th onwards, I felt I was hitting the ball better, felt calmer and got too confident on 17.

Barcelona handed title by Real draw BARCELONA clinched a 22nd Spanish league title on Saturday when second-placed Real Madrid could only draw 1-1 at Espanyol.

Real’s failure to win gave Barca back the crown after a one-year change in ownership, with Tito Vilanova’s team holding a sevenpoint advantage ahead of Sunday’s trip to Atletico Madrid.

Real coach Jose Mourinho made several changes following the midweek 6-2 win over Malaga, with next Friday’s Copa del Rey final against Atletico in mind.

However, Barcelona-based Espanyol took the lead in the 23rd minute through Christian Stuani, and Hector Moreno was unlucky to have a header ruled out following a seemingly innocuous goalmouth tussle with Xabi Alonso.

Midfielder Alonso had come on in the 19th minute after young French defender Raphael Varane went off injured, while Mourinho brought on striker Karim Benzema at halftime.

The later introduction of top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo led to Real’s 58th-minute equalizer as the Portugal forward won a freekick which Luka Modric delivered perfectly for striker Gonzalo Higuain to head home.

Rafael Nadal cruised to his 55th career title.

Substitute Cristiano Ronaldo could not lift Real Madrid to victory against Espanyol in Barcelona on Saturday.

Tempers flared as Real pressed for a winner to delay their rivals’ title confirmation, and Espanyol’s Victor Sanchez was sent off for a crude late tackle on Higuain while 10 other bookings were handed out in the match.

Ronaldo had the chance to conjure up one of his trademark free-kicks after Sanchez departed, but blazed the ball into the stands.

It continued Real’s poor away form, having drawn four and lost five games of 18 on the road, compared to 16 wins and two draws at home.

Earlier, Osasuna moved four points clear of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win at home to eighthplaced Getafe, while Athletic Bilbao

all but secured another year in the top flight with a 2-1 win over bottom club Mallorca.

Valladolid secured safety with three games to play as a 1-0 win over Deportivo la Coruna left the visitors third from bottom.

Juventus’ bid to beat the club’s best Serie A points tally was foiled after the Italian champions drew 1-1 with Cagliari in Saturday’s penultimate match of the season for the Turin side.

Antonio Conte’s team had hoped to beat the 91 posted by the Juve team in 2005-06 before being stripped of the title because of a match-fixing scandal, but can now only get to 90.

The record is Inter Milan’s 97 in in 2006-07.

Rafael Nadal wins 5th title of year RAFAEL Nadal won his fifth title since returning from a knee injury by beating Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 Sunday for the Madrid Open championship.

Cheered on by the home crowd at the Caja Magica, the fifth-ranked Nadal cruised to his 55th career title and extended his head-to-head record with the Swiss to 9-0.

Nadal grabbed the first set in just over half an hour and closed out the second after Wawrinka put up more of a fight.

It was Nadal’s seventh straight final since recovering from a nagging case of tendinitis in his left knee that sidelined him for seven months.

Cheered on by the home crowd at the Caja Magica, the fifth-ranked Nadal cruised to his 55th career

title and extended his head-to-head record with Wawrinka to 9-0.

Nadal flopped on his back and screamed in joy when his Swiss opponent’s final volley fell long to end the match in 1 hour, 12 minutes.

“I’m very happy, and maybe this victory is even more special considering how complicated this year has been,” Nadal said. “This tournament couldn’t have gone better for me.

“I think this was my best match of the tournament. This was perhaps the match where I was the most aggressive.”

Nadal imposed his ground game from the start. He worked his opponent around the court with his left-handed shots, and punished him with passing shots when he tried to come forward.

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Italian soccer match stopped due to racist abuse of Milan’s Balotelli A LEADING Italian soccer coach has called for stronger action against racism after a top-level match between AC Milan and Roma was suspended Sunday due to abusive chants by supporters.

Milan striker Mario Balotelli was targeted by visiting fans throughout the match, and referee Gianluca Rocchi called the game to a halt in the second half to warn the crowd via the public address system.

After several minutes’ delay, the match continued and ended in a 0-0 draw.

Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri later said the official’s decision was not strong enough.

“In my opinion, there’s only one solution to racism in stadium and that’s suspend the match,” Allegri said on Milan’s website.

“To get rid of this stuff in

our stadiums, you have to make big decisions. It could penalize some people but in the long run it would help us to grow as a nation and become more civilized.”

He told reporters at the post-

match conference: “There’s no point in interrupting the game.

It’s a middle ground decision and it serves no purpose. Either the game should be suspended or you keep playing.

“Mario gave all he had this

Seeking a

evening, but he’s 22 years old and always subject to these racist boos and that’s not good. People go to the stadium to watch the two teams but there’s always these uncivilized people.”

AC Milan’s Mario Balotelli reacts to racist abuse from the visiting Roma fans at the San Siro on Sunday.

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British cyclist Bradley Wiggins is hoping to win the prestigious Giro d’Italia for the first time.

Wiggins suffers Giro frustration Bethany Baptist Church have claimed two huge back-to-back wins.

Provo Church Softball Co-Ed League:

Bethany Baptist Church picking up speed BETHANY Baptist Church have picked up speed against their opponents and are now sitting on top of the Provo Church Softball Co-Ed League table with five wins and one loss.

After losing game three, to another power-house— Prophecy Church (5-7), Bethany have recorded two big wins.

They whipped last season’s runners up Jericho Baptist Church 14-4 two

weeks ago before they eased to a 14-7 run win over Methodist Church at the National Stadium last Thursday.

On the said day, Jericho won via forfeit over Abundant Life Ministries.

BRADLEY Wiggins’ bid to add the Giro d’Italia title to his Tour de France crown suffered another blow Saturday as the British cycling star lost more time in the eighth stage time trial.

Wiggins, who crashed in wet conditions on Friday, dropped to more than a minute behind the new leader Vincenzo Nibali after a puncture forced him to change bikes.

The 33-year-old battled back to take second place in the 54.8-kilometer stage between Gabicce Mare and Saltara, 10 seconds behind the winner -- his compatriot Alex Dowsett.

Nibali was 21 seconds adrift in fourth but it was enough to give the Italian rider a 29-second advantage over Australia’s 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans, who was seventh.

Previous leader Benat Intxausti lost more than three and a half minutes as he dropped to 14th overall.

Wiggins, who will not lead Team Sky at this year’s Tour, was frustrated after his latest setback.

“I think there was some initial disappointment because I wanted to win the stage,” he told his team’s website.

“It’s been a challenging few days with the crash yesterday and then to come back up. It wasn’t an easy course.

“Then obviously to have a puncture and have to change bikes and disrupt the rhythm is never going to help. But then the second part of the course was really suited to me and I took back a lot of time on people there.

“It’s put us right back up there now. It’s going to be a hell of a race for the next two weeks.”

Josh for Sports

The extraordinary Net Rockers FC

WHO ARE THE NET ROCKERS? THE Net Rockers are the most extraordinary football club that ever existed in the history of the TCI. To be more precise, it’s a female football club.

The most unusual feature about the make-up of this club is that its players reside in different islands of the TCI. Some live and work in GT, two reside in North Caicos and 19 are from Provo.

It is very visionary to conceive the idea of creating a football club from such a scenario as this.

The question arises as to how practical it would really be to assemble such a team and be able to facilitate competitive practice that would be effective to the point of rendering the team’s efficiency to the level of being competitive

By Joshua Gardiner against other teams.

THE VISION In and around 2008, Bertha Bell, an attorney die hard “mama” footballer and her fellow friends and players had a vision of creating a most spectacular and unique women’s

football club.

They conceived this impossibility and then approached Mr. Rawle Gill about his willingness to coach the team. He accepted and subsequently named the club.

Mr. Gill was a former national coach in Guyana (1995-2000). He has 25 years of coaching experience.

of their glory the year before last when they captured the league title.

Last year they polished that off by retaining the league title plus the Play-off Cup. This year the young Strikers FC won both League and Cup titles. The Net Rockers were runners up in both competitions.

PHILANTHROPIC HELP Coming to the rescue from the inception was the Mango Reef Establishment and for the last two years Air Turks and Caicos.

Mango Reef supplied uniforms and equipment. Air Turks gave free round trip tickets, except taxes.

Tropical Shipping took over from Air Turks this year.

THE DISCOURAGING FACTOR Coach Gill is most discouraged because he feels the playing field is not levelled.

It was indicated that the Net Rockers were permitted access to the practice field only once per week as opposed to the Academy who had a considerably larger playing time.

The reality is that the team that practices harder preforms better.

In my opinion the Academy should

ACHIEVMENT The Net Rockers reached the height

be the institution that distributes its graduates to the other clubs.

SOME RELIEF It has been brought to my attention that the Net Rockers have been given access to a portion of land.

What they urgently need now are for industrial/business entities or individuals to step up to the plate and assist them in whichever way possible so that they can continue to be an asset to the country by helping to create national and international players.

Josh for Sports is making this special appeal to all of you sport lovers to support the Net Rockers to achieve their goals—which is a worthy national objective.

You may contact Coach Gill on 342-6740 or Berta Bell at 2416246.

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Otuonye wins Kansas State “Freshman of the Year” award CAC Junior silver medallist Ifeanyi Otuonye has been named Kansas State University “Freshman of the Year” at the school’s annual award.

The long jumper, who was outstanding in his indoor season bettering his personal jumps at every attempt, was also a valuable asset to the 4X100M and 4X400M relay teams.

Over 100 new athletes were eligible for the award.

“It’s a big award and it means a lot to me. Because its freshman athlete of the year for all sports at K-State (Football, track, golf, baseball, cross country etc.).”

Outonye has impressed his track and field coach and was recently the subject of an article in the school’s publication.

Despite not bettering his 7.50M, which he jumped at the Big XII Indoor Championships,

the youngster still made heads turn on the track during the outdoor season.

At the Big XII Outdoor Championships earlier this month Otuonye jumped 7.39M to finish sixth. It was however his participation in the 4X400M which made school news. The relay team finished third in the event in a time of 3:09m which was one of their best finishes ever.

With the win the male team scored 96 points which was the most ever scored by them at the Big XII Outdoor Championships.

Last weekend the former Munro College athlete, who had won medals for TCI at numerous international meets, won the 100M at a school event.

He slowed down toward the end to finish in a time of 10.54s with a tail win of 5.3m/s.

Ifeanyi Otuonye won the prestigious first-year award at Kansas State University after dominating long jump during the indoor season and relays during the outdoor.

PABA Night League:

Flyers end Stallions’ unbeaten record

– But series even after Game Two THE GT Stallions are no longer undefeated. The Flyers made sure of that and lived up to their name “Giant Killers” when the best-inseven Provo Amateur Basketball Association (PABA) Night League Finals started at the Gus Lightbourne Sports Complex court last Friday night.

The Stallions bounced back on Saturday night to draw even at 7367.

Game one’s 88-85 win ended the 25-0 record of the Stallions. Flyers used their speed to counter the inside power of the Stallions. The absence of the dominant Ira Taylor (off island) also hurt the previously undefeated side’s chance. Adding to this their power player, Marcus Lightbourne, was not his usual explosive self since

he was battling foul trouble.

In that game Dorado Fulford led the Flyers’ attack with 24 points, five boards, three assists, two blocks and two steals, while Anthony Cash added 18 points and 12 boards.

Kino Williams led all scorers with 25 points, three steals and two assists for the Stallions while Lightbourne added 17 points, 10 boards, four blocks and three steals.

On Saturday night Lightbourne grabbed a series high 19 rebounds to go with 13 points while Tamurii Lightbourne scored 20 points and pulled down 13 boards as the Stallions dominated the paint.

For the Flyers Cash finished with 20 points, five boards and five steals while Fulford added 13 points and six boards.

Marcus Lightbourne was productive offensively and defensively for the Stallions in Game One and Two.

Dorado Fulford led Flyers to a three-point win over the previously undefeated GT Stallions in Game One.

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