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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found that financial supervision in the Turks and Caicos Islands is improving despite challenges.

Gov’t called on to revisit Grand Turk beach access PAGE 

Mentally ill prisoners’ human rights being violated by Gov’t, says lawyer PAGE  4

Misick wins at Court of Appeal PAGE  9

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Dr Carlton Mills is Long Bay high’s principal

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Mentally ill prisoners’ human rights being violated by Gov’t, says lawyer

BY OLIVIA ROSE THE GOVERNMENT and the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands have been derelict in their duty to uphold the rights of mentally ill prisoners, a lawyer alleged this week.

The statement was made by attorney-at-law Courtenay Barnett, counsel for deceased inmate Alvin Stanford, whose lifeless body was found in a prison cell at Her Majesty’s Prison in Grand Turk on September 25.

The deceased allegedly succumbed after consuming his own faeces.

Stanford, originally from Jamaica, was serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife on December 1, 2008.

Barnett, who said there has been breaches of the European convention on human rights, has since written to Governor Peter Beckingham seeking his intervention into the matter.

In correspondence forwarded to the Weekly News, the Governor, in response to Barnett’s letter of October 9, stated: “I do make known that international Human Rights Organisations have requested that I inform them of developments with regards to this issue of the continuing imprisonment of mentally ill persons in Her Majesty’s Prison in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

Speaking to this newspaper on Tuesday (October 20) Barnett adamantly stated that his client did not receive proper medical care during his time in prison and may have died due to “incompetence and negligence”.

One of the solutions proposed by

Barnet is for the Governor to revoke his executive order.

The order, according to him, was issued in the form of a decree in December 2013, whereby the Governor essentially designated Her Majesty’s Prison as a suitable place for mentally challenged prisoners on the Islands.

Barnett told the Weekly News that the decree is “stupid,” since mentally challenged prison inmates are traditionally sent abroad for treatment.

He added that Section 11 of the Lunatics Ordinance stipulates that prisoners should be taken to Jamaica where they can be hospitalised.

He further proposed that the Government should immediately commit to rapid transformation of the old Grand Turk hospital so that it has suitable section in accordance with international law and commitment.

“If the Government finds itself short of funds, then it should in a responsible way make an appeal to Her Majesty’s Government that funds are provided so that any additional building at the old Grand Turk hospital can be completed as a matter of urgency,” the lawyer advised.

In his correspondence with the Governor, dated October 14, Barnett noted that Stanford’s is not the only case whereby mentally ill people were subjected to the dysfunctional justice system and suffered for it.

In the case of Alvin Stanford, Barnett outlined in the letter that the prisoner was diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia and kept in the maximum security section of the prison, which is more confined and

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claustrophobic than the regular cells.

Stanford was imprisoned in excess of five years when the matter was brought to trial and could not plea because of his chronic mental condition, the lawyer wrote.

“My defence expert psychiatrist stated to Chief Justice Goldsbrough that the confinement in prison was a factor worsening Stanford’s mental condition.

“I submitted to Chief Justice Goldsbrough that given Stanford’s condition the only lawful and proper place for his confinement was in a mental hospital in accordance with Section 11 of the Lunatics Ordinance.

“Chief Justice Goldsbrough, with dereliction of duty, avoided, delayed the issue and finally left his position in the Turks and Caicos Islands with Stanford still confined in his maximum security prison cell.

“With the passage of time Stanford’s condition did worsen; the authorities never responded with necessary hospitalisation, and thus Stanford died, by reason of starvation in his prison cell,” the letter read.

He also listed the case of Dale Freites, another prisoner with mental health challenges, who was allegedly arrested and imprisoned without having committed a crime.

He noted that no trial was held and for the five years and three months Freites was at Her Majesty’s Prison until he was engaged in the matter, and by way of a Habeas Corpus application, had the imprisoned man released.

“And now for in excess of nine months I am still awaiting the judgment with reasons in his matter,” he said.

The lawyer also recalled the case involving Joena Ordena, another mentally challenged man, who on World Mental Health Day, October 10 this year, was again “hospitalised” in his prison cell defecating, smearing the faeces on the walls of his prison cell and eating some of his excrement.

He further listed, for the Governor, a number of judicial and

administrative failures to provide reasons.

“As Your Excellency is aware this letter speaks to the need for constitutional and legal compliance in matters duly notified to the court and Your Excellency for several months,” the letter read.

It continued: “It takes on normal conception and gestation period, nine months for a human to be conceived and be born.

“It is more than a decade that this issue of imprisoning the mentally ill in Her Majesty’s Prison in the Turks and Caicos Islands has been continuing and no political process; no FCO initiative; no Governor’s voice has yet produced birth of a solution as shall accord with the ECHR stipulations.

“It is since December 29, 2014, that I have been awaiting the Chief Justice’s reasons in a judgment to

have this matter resolved under law in a timely manner and the judgment with reasons has yet to be born.

“It was since January 30, 2015, that both the Freites matter and the question of the lawfulness of Judge Schuster’s appointment were brought to Your Excellency’s attention and no birth of a response to the petitioners’ legitimate questions and concerns.”

He added that in every instance there is no “birth” by way of lawfully required reasons and constitutional compliance.

He thereby proposed to the Governor that he “respond in accordance with the constitutional provision and the law.

“Bring the issues to the attention of the FCO and seek urgent special funding for the building of a mental health hospital.

“This was done in the case of a grant from Her Majesty’s Government to build a state of the art modern prison in Grand Turk to make the UK ECHR compliant.

“So, with consistency - why shouldn’t a mental health hospital similarly be built with a grant for the benefit of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands?

“Revoke the Executive Order that Your Excellency signed into law as of December 19, 2013, since it is in manifest conflict with the ECHR and with s.11 of the Lunatics Ordinance.

“And modernise the mental health legislation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

He concluded in his letter that the Governor now has to do the right and lawful things because he has the executive power to do so.

Cabinet discusses loan refinancing proposals AT THE last meeting of Cabinet, on Wednesday (October 21) at the Hilly Ewing Building in Providenciales, members discussed proposals for refinancing of the $170 million UK-guaranteed loan bond in February 2016.

Also at that meeting Cabinet: Advised the Governor to approve the draft Trusts Bill 2015 for forwarding to the House of Assembly but to convene a further consultative meeting before the House of Assembly meeting.

Advised the Governor to approve the draft Trust Companies (Licensing and Supervision) Bill 2015 for forwarding to the House of Assembly but to convene a further consultative meeting before the House of Assembly meeting.

Advised the Governor that the Electronic Transactions (Certification Service Providers Relevant Criteria) Regulation 2015 be made.

Agreed to grant a sand dredging licence to Parrot Cay for the urgent replenishment of Parrot Cay beach.

Finalised the Ambergris Cay development agreement between TCIG and Big Ambergris Cay Limited. A date for signing the agreement will be announced shortly.

And advised the Governor to include amendments to the Elections Ordinance and the Political Activities Ordinance on the legislative agenda for December 2015 in preparation for the next general election in TCI.

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TCI financial services supervision improving – IMF reports

THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) has found that financial supervision in the Turks and Caicos Islands is improving despite challenges.

The announcement came following the publication of the body’s latest financial system stability assessment report on the TCI following an assessment earlier this year.

Based on the work of the Financial Sector Assessment Programme (FSAP) mission that visited the TCI in April 2015, the report outlines progress and challenges of the country’s financial systems as a whole.

Findings outlined key challenges as they related to the legal and regulatory framework and determined that establishing stable financial system with a sound oversight framework was critical for an offshore financial centre such as Turks and Caicos Islands.

The report highlighted that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) as the regulatory authority should further strengthen its capacity for risk and financial stability assessments, notably focusing on the real estate market.

It also concluded that a framework for crisis prevention and management should be established.

Upon its release the Board of Directors of the FSC took the opportunity to discuss the report findings with Richard Holmwood, Head of Economics and Financial Team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and the FCO consultant Steve Johnson who had prepared the ‘Johnson Review,’ a release from the FSC stated‎.

Managing director of the FSC Kevin Higgins confirmed that both Holmwood and Johnson were pleased with the report and had congratulated the commission on progress made.

He stressed that focus would now turn to the implementation of the legislative agenda recommended in the IMF report.

The report was prepared by Hiroko Oura who headed a team of analysts to the TCI in April.

FINDINGS In the near term, the TCI banks on aggregate seem to have the capacity to withstand a range of adverse scenarios, but one bank shows signs

of weak governance.

Banks are foreign owned and operate a traditional business model with high capital buffers.

While legacy nonperforming loans (NPLs) remain high and credit has been contracting since the crisis, demand-side issues appear relatively more relevant: the contraction is concentrated in the construction sector, and banks have sufficient capital to write off most of the existing NPLs. Stress tests underscore the importance of credit and concentration risk together with real estate collateral valuation, and most banks have sufficient capital to withstand a range of adverse shocks.

Regarding liquidity, key risks are from customer deposits and, for some, intragroup funding.

Since most of liquid assets are claims on group affiliates, ensuring their continued availability is the key for managing liquidity risks.

Weak governance in one large bank is an important vulnerability, so the FSC should remain vigilant.

Although the financial oversight framework has significantly improved, the FSC should strive for further progress.

Major advances have been made regarding the operational independence of the FSC and staffing.

Nonetheless, the outdated Banking Ordinance (BO) and Insurance Ordinance (IO) need urgent overhaul.

The functioning of the FSC should be strengthened by enhancing board oversight, filling key positions at board and senior management levels, strengthening communication and consultation with the industry, and improving the supervision and risk assessment capacities of FSC staff.

The FSC has made progress toward aligning its banking supervision practices with international best practices, but clearly needs to do more.

Ample financial resources have allowed staffing in appropriate number and quality (including experienced external consultants); a formal offsite supervision process has been implemented; and a suite of guidelines has been issued.

However, further action is required. In particular, the FSC should be afforded prior notification of Turks and Caicos Islands six

Hiroko Oura of the IMF during a meeting at the FSC in Providenciales in April

International Monetary Fund Licensees’ dividend payments so that they may be stopped in light of any solvency concerns.

Moreover, the FSC should continue progress toward greater observance of the Basel Core Principles (BCPs), particularly those addressing risk and its management.

A supervisory college should be established with key foreign regulators for comprehensive

consolidated supervision of a large bank with a cross-border parallel bank structure.

The formerly dormant insurance supervision is catching up at a fast pace, but several urgent challenges remain.

The FSC has issued several internal procedures and central guidelines and has begun issuing penalties.

Onsite and offsite supervision of insurers has started. However, policyholders’ protection needs to be upgraded by strengthening the ability of the FSC to realise assets sufficient to cover all the liabilities to policyholders.

The Government should also consider providing financial support to policyholders of the recently failed life insurer in order to protect the credibility of life insurance for long-term savings.

Then new IOs should ensure the FSC’s exclusive authority on all dispensation decisions, increase the enforcement power of central supervisory requirements, and maintain the attractiveness of TCI for international insurers.

Supervision should also be extended to agents and brokers.

The FSC should further strengthen its capacity for risk and financial stability assessments, focusing on the real estate market.

The FSC is working on a macroprudential policy framework, beginning with identifying systemically important financial institutions and expanding its capacity for macroeconomic analysis.

The FSC should develop and devote capacity for comprehensive risk assessments of individual institutions and system-wide stability, including stress testing.

In particular, monitoring the real estate market is essential, and limits on loan-to-value ratios could be highly effective micro and macroprudential policy tools.

The TCI should establish a quick, effective, and legally certain framework to deal with nonviable banks.

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PDM bemoans lack of cooperation from Gov’t – As another parliamentary motion passes DURING the last House of Assembly meeting PDM elected member Goldray Ewing called for the establishment of a Border Patrol Unit.

On October 13, the motion, which was seconded by the PDM leader Sharlene Cartwright Robinson, spoke of the failure of the British to effectively carry out its constitutional responsibility of internal and external security.

Also, the low staff morale of the Marine Police Branch, the loss in millions of dollars in marine products due to poachers on the fishing banks together with high repatriation costs of illegal migrants, the illegal entry of weapons and drugs and the fact that the lax immigration laws will always market the TCI as a place to come to.

In her submissions on the motion,

Cartwright Robinson stated that the Premier, by his own admission in a newspaper article last year, spoke of the illegal entry of guns and drugs by sea port and the lack of a response on the part of his Government as a result of this knowledge.

She added that poachers are now armed and dangerous, DEMA and Marine Police are separately challenged and that the best approach should be to strengthen and join both law enforcement bodies which will allow them to better use the already scanty resources.

In response, Premier Rufus Ewing read from portions of his party’s manifesto and gave his Government’s usual speech of “we’re working on it,” a release from the PDM read.

“In response Sean Astwood during

his presentation pointed out that this motion was being brought at the close of his Government’s third year and not in his first or second year.

“He felt therefore that this matter is not taking the priority that it should take.

“Meanwhile [minister] Donhue Gardiner stated that while he supported the establishment of the body, he did not support the motion.”

The motion was eventually passed with support from all eight members of the Opposition joined by Governor’s appointed member John Phillips, while all eight members of the Government joined their appointed member and voted against its passage.

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

Witness protection ACCORDING to statements made by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) law enforcement advisor, Larry Covington, the TCI could soon have its own witness protection programme.

How effective could such a programme be in the Islands, particularly given the fear some people have of providing information about crimes to local police?

Real cops needed

Another BS proclamation from the FCO. We need REAL cops!

Where will they put them?

This made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the giggle. Are they going to stash folks from Provo on Grand Turk or Salt Cay? Or spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to send them off to Canada? Perhaps the French Riviera?

Another wonderful way to waste money.

Proper mechanisms

This can be done. It has to be a very sophisticated programme whereby witnesses have to be able to bypass the TCI phone system.

The system should be setup abroad for

witnesses to call in.

Because, our people have a problem with verbal diarrhoea, which hinders the law from doing its work.

The foreign line will relay the messages to get back to TCI law enforcement or designee.

The future is bright!

Wow! A National Security Council, witness protection, crime fighters from overseas and a new “purpose built” police headquarters.

All this on the eve of the beginnings of a six month corruption trial of the entire 2003 to 2009 PNP administration.

PNP Premier Ewing is welcoming the Security Council idea because he anticipates loading the council with PNP supporters to isolate his administration and supporters from the next round of SIPT actions.

With Britain now paying close attention the future looks brighter despite the PNP preaching for independence to get the PNP free from justice.

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voting by the Norman Saunders that saw the motion succeed, the release read.

Following its passage, Goldray Ewing said: “We were disappointed that such a national issue saw such a hard party line taken by the Government.

“It is very important that we begin to show that we can take responsibility for ourselves.

“I believe that the bearing of greater responsibility will breed a more mature politician but will and should in no way absolve the British from its responsibility.

“We must get serious about these critical areas that are not political but are national issues.

“We will not be deterred in bringing issues to the table because the Government has taken a position to not support anything that we bring.

“Our people will hear us speaking to the issues that affect us today and tomorrow.”

The party leader also shared her feelings on the lack of cooperation from the Government.

She said: “People in these Islands continue to call for more partnership between the Government and the opposition and while this cannot always be realised due to the misguided and too often ‘do nothing’ attitude of this Government and our constitutional role to provide oversight, there were many occasions where the Government have flat out refused to work along with the Opposition and have publicly stated that it will not be led by the Opposition even when the ideas put forward are said by them to be good.”

She added that the Turks and Caicos Islands deserves better and a more mature approach to governance.

“Areas such as border protection and national security among others are best approached with a unified approach of all major stakeholders.

“We are disappointed that the Government continues as if the members elected on the side opposite are enemies with nothing good to offer.

“We will continue to raise issues and share ideas and solutions that we feel are in the best interest of the people of these Islands,” she stated.

Maybe there will be cooperation now

With all these new crime fighting tools people just might be willing to report their neighbours’ crimes without intimidation.

If witness protection does not work the SIPT might dig deeper to do their own intimidation.

These tools might be used to uncover and prosecute the next level of corruption.

British drip, drip, drip, has now turned into a big splash.

Secret protests planned

These new crime fighting organisations added to the $2.2 million in security for the corruption trials might change the secret plans of an upscale protest of the coming trials.

The legal avenues are exhausted.

TCI independence now called for despite our problems was never preached during the Misick years.

Now independence will be the basis of the protests to save certain former minsters from prison.

Who’s paying?

Who will fund this?

Witness protection for what. The persons who are supposed to be confidential are the first to spill the beans.

Effectiveness in doubt

The term ‘witness protection’ sounds good. It might help in gathering real information on some of these cases that are unsolved but I am sceptical about its implementation in a small country as the TCI. There are certainly more questions than answers about such a programme: Who will be paying for such a programme? How protected can witnesses be in the TCI? Are we sure witnesses would be willing to break family ties to live in another country?

We have a force where there is a lack of trust among its rank and file members (remember the Burke murder case), so John public does not have confidence in the local police force as far as sharing pertinent intelligence is concerned, hence I am not sure if such a programme will be effective in TCI.

Jokes

Is this a joke? A witness protection programme where everyone knows everyone?

It would serve tax payers better to ensure informants’ correspondence is kept confidential. There must be at least one trustworthy officer on the police force!

Welcomed move

We must admit that there are genuine cases where persons fear for their safety and as a result do not come forward because of this.

The gang culture that has been allowed to develop can present this challenge for witnesses.

I welcome this programme as we seek to fight crime in this new Turks and Caicos.

Not effective and not interested

Not too effective as the TCI is a very small place. What are we going to do? Send the protected witness to Middle Caicos?

Why don’t we have an interesting topic like, ‘The British promised us that they would bring a level economic playing field to our nation so as to encourage more economic growth, but has this happened?’

In the light that the hotels are given different deals, ‘Now if we had set of gas stations and one was much more successful than all the others, it just kept growing and growing... but when examined in the light of truth it was noted that all the other gas stations had to pay 33 percent duty on gas, but this one was given a special deal and only had to pay 22 percent duty on gas would this be fair?’

Do we need this?

The question is whether the TCI needs such a programme. It seems to create a problem where there is none.

In bigger nations such as the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Russia, Nigeria where crime is really organised and there something called organised crime, witness protection programmes are really needed.

Here in the TCI our issues are more in the area of gullibility and vulnerability where TC Islanders fall prey to the organised crime players from the larger countries.

Prime example where locals take bribes, play the game but it is the local politician who gets charged and prosecuted not the big, organised boys from the larger countries.

There must therefore be real worry and concern by locals, leaders, lawyers, stakeholders and those who care about the future of the TCI. Are we inviting more crime, making more criminals, and creating a new “climate of internalised fear” that Sir Robin Auld thought he found six years year ago?

The so-called fears and concerns are overblown. The programme is really not needed.

Seriously?

Where, in these Islands, are they going to relocate someone and give them another identity? Nowhere!

They would have to send them either to the UK or another overseas territory, which in itself is a problem, as people travel between the islands all the time.

Believe it or not, the Caribbean and Bahamas are not that big!

If it were that serious, to have to relocate and protect someone here, they can kiss the Islands goodbye!

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Gov’t called on to revisit Grand Turk beach access

By Olivia Rose

LOCAL tour operators and vendors in Grand Turk are calling on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government to revisit its move to grant exclusive beach access to Carnival Cruise line, since this move is severely affecting their livelihood.

In this regard an association dubbed the ‘Turks and Caicos Independent Tour Operators Association’ has been formed to make an appeal to the Government for an amicable solution for all parties involved.

Speaking on behalf of the

association, Douglas Fennimore, owner of IslandTrans, explained that for years now this move has impeded the daily earnings of several tour operators and vendors who solely depend on the Grand Turk port to make a living.

They believe their cries have fallen on deaf ears.

“This has affected us badly, having constant harassment by cruise centre personnel and security.

“When guests come down to the beach, the cruise centre security is basically telling them they are not allowed back on the cruise centre

Amendments to Nat’l Park Ordinance for public input PUBLIC input is being encouraged in relation to the proposed amendments to the National Parks Ordinance.

This past week, the Government hosted a series of town hall meetings in South Caicos and North Caicos with others planned for Grand Turk and Providenciales in the new week.

The meetings are being hosted by the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA).

Meetings were held on Wednesday (October 21) in South Caicos meeting at the DEMA Office and on Thursday (October 22) in North Caicos at Dillon Hall.

On Monday (October 26) there will be another meeting in Grand

Turk at the Primary School, Bottle Creek and on Tuesday (October 27) in Providenciales at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Centre.

People are advised to visit DEMA’s webpage: www.gov.tc/ dema to review the amendments to be discussed.

Any comments can be submitted in writing to environment@gov.tc or can be submitted to any one of the DEMA offices around the country.

DEMA requests that the public attend these meetings to have their comments and concerns noted.

Any questions or concerns can be directed to DEMA via email at environment@gov.tc or call 3384161.

First National Security Council meeting held GOVERNOR Peter Beckingham and Premier Rufus Ewing on Wednesday (October 22) cochaired the first meeting of the TCI National Security Council (NSC) at the Hilly Ewing Building in Providenciales.

Minister of Border Control and Employment Donhue Gardiner, Deputy Governor Anya Williams, Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite and Commissioner of Police James Smith attended the meeting.

At that meeting the NSC approved the terms of reference for the NSC to be drafted in the form of a bill to be taken to the House in the first quarter of next year.

The terms of reference include the formation of a wider National

Security Advisory Group (NSAG), which would meet quarterly.

Although not intended to be a statutory requirement, the NSC agreed to meet about ten times a year.

The body also instructed the Commissioner of Police to produce a revised TCI National Security Strategy that addresses the current and longer term security issues facing the TCI to be presented at the next meeting of the NSC in Grand Turk on November 10.

Additionally, members received a presentation from the Commissioner of Police on his immediate priorities for enhancing the capability of the police force including bringing in specialist officers in the field of serious crime investigation.

property.”

He noted that this has dampened the flow of their businesses since tourists no longer have easy access to their buses and other businesses.

“They have also instructed cruise centre security to go and video tape guests trying to leave the carnival compound to access our transportation.

“The transportation which works directly with the cruise centre is allowed to access the property and they have proper boarding areas but for the independent tours, we are not allowed on the cruise centre compound, we have to work outside the gate.”

He added: “The cruise centre has now effectively locked the foot path coming out of their compound to access public land forcing the guests to walk down the middle of the road.”

Fennimore said the association believes these practices by the cruise centre are unfair to them since they pay an annual licence fee of four hundred dollars to operate from the national park to the public beach.

He said the association is looking to petition the Government soon, since they are not getting any representation to address their plight.

“We understand that Carnival is now looking to obtain more Crown land to try to push everything out farther, but our local representatives are really not doing any representation for us.

The Grand Turk cruise port

“They are more interested in dealing with a corporate giant than other tax payers.”

According to Fennimore the Government during a town hall meeting proposed relocating the tour operators’ route to another location, however that move was also rejected by the association.

“The other location which is

Under the tree

about a mile away from the port is totally unacceptable because nobody would go there.”

The association is calling on the Government to make swift intervention, one that would see them regaining their livelihood.

Efforts by the Weekly News to contact the Grand Turk Cruise Centre proved futile.

By Benneth Williams

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Gone But Never Forgotten - Us Airways

Former Turks and Caicos premier commits to assist Northern Caribbean University

FRIDAY, October 16 marked a momentous occasion as it was the last time that US Airways flew in the Turks and Caicos Islands and worldwide.

When US Airways departed Providenciales International Airport (PLS) for Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday at 3:26pm on flight US880, it was an emotional moment for the staff at the Providenciales airport, a release from the airports authority read.

“This flight would go down in history as the last ever US Airways flight departing from our shores,” the TCIAA noted.

The final flight within the United States took place on October 16 with a San Francisco departing flight that was scheduled to arrive in Philadelphia the following morning.

The flight was enjoyed by many well-wishers that took the opportunity to become a part of history in the making.

Some say that the flight was a bitter sweet moment, as they said goodbye to US Airways and embraced the change to the new American Airlines.

“I never thought that we would be saying farewell to US Airways, as they have opened up many routes for us here in the Turks and Caicos Islands and have helped us welcome

Jamaica Observer (October 19, 2015) - Businessman, philanthropist and former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Galmo Williams has made a financial commitment to the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) for the next five years.

Williams made the announcement at a recent endowment fundraising banquet and awards ceremony at the institution.

The endowment fund enables infrastructure and programme development, and also provides qualified students to benefit from financing to complete their studies through scholarships.

Williams and his wife Althea presented president of NCU, Dr Trevor Gardner, with a contribution of US$25,000 at the function, which concluded a week of homecoming activities.

"We want to make a commitment for the next five years. Every year we will be giving you US$10, 000, if life last. If it doesn't last, I will be sure to put it in our will...," he said.

He said that there are students that

American Airlines and US Airways are in the final stages of completing their merger

thousands of tourists annually,” CEO John Smith said.

American Airlines and US Airways are in the final stages of completing their merger and as such, the passenger service system has been engaged and there is now one new logo that is to be displayed at all airport worldwide.

The old US Airways logo will disappear into history similar to that of Pan Am, Continental and TWA. The merger will bring about enormous passenger benefits such as; one single website for ticketing purposes and no more double

booking with dual companies.

A single check in system with more destinations worldwide with a single carrier is now offered.

One identifiable logo has also been launched to be the face of the new American Airlines that embodies both companies’ and what they stand for.

The One World Alliance has taken over and passengers have been offered the opportunity to merge their points earned using the past Star Alliance.

All of these things have been done to streamline the travel process to better suit the passenger experience.

American Airlines is always exploring new possibilities and is here to stay, as they have added a third daily flight to PLS and intends to keep this flight for the upcoming winter season.

There is also optimism towards increasing their lift where there is a gap in the market.

The merger has made American Airlines one of the biggest airlines in the world strengthened with a strong market presence, more airplanes and more routes to passenger destinations. American Airlines looks forward to “Returning American to Greatness” by focusing on customers and being an industry leader after two decades of service.

Government must address drainage woes - Astwood

By Olivia Rose “GOVERNMENT must take a serious look, and get proper engineers to address the drainage issues facing Five Cays and the country at large.”

This comment was made by parliamentary representative of Five Cays Sean Astwood during an exclusive interview with this newspaper on Thursday (October 22).

Astwood said residents of Five Cays and other flood prone areas are constantly subjected to prolonged flooding due to lack of proper drainage and irrigation systems.

“Drainage is a problem throughout this country and I think it’s too long now, and the Government must do something about it now.”

He said that a study must be conducted to ascertain the flaws in the drainage network efforts must be made quickly to find a solution to this problem.

“They really need to invest the money behind it, otherwise we will continue to experience what we’ve been experiencing so far and that’s unacceptable.”

He noted that it is indeed unfortunate that Five Cays seemingly is last to receive aid

Sean Astwood, parliamentary representative of Five Cays

from the relevant Government departments whenever there is a flood.

“I will continue to advocate on their behalf and hopefully when the People’s Democratic Movement become the Government then we will finally get this problem solved, because I see no indication from the present Government that they are willing to solve the problem.”

Astwood said he is convinced the present administration has no solid plan to address drainage and irrigation for the country.

“I don’t see any significant expenditure or line item in the budget for any capital projects to do with flooding.

“I’ve been seeking answers and I haven’t gotten an answer and the

attitude seems like they hope it will go away, which it will not.”

Residents also have a major role to play in keeping their communities clean and drains litter-free, he underscored.

In this regard, he reminded that a massive Five Cays and Dockyard clean-up campaign is underway this Saturday (October 24) to ignite a spirit of responsibility among residents to keep their communities clean.

The Turks and Caicos Islands is currently experiencing intermittent rainfall and localised flooding, this is according to the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME).

Meanwhile the DDME has advised those who live in lowlying flood prone areas to ensure all indoor and outdoor furniture is secured.

The department also reminded the public to elevate refrigerators and other electrical appliances.

Mariners and swimmers should exercise caution due to the risk of rip currents, mainly along the northern and eastern shorelines.

North-easterly swells of up to six feet are also expected.

The public works department and DDME is currently conducting flood assessments throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Former Premier Galmo Williams

deserve to be at the university, but cannot afford the cost. "... If we want to save the young people in the Caribbean, if we want to save our environment in the Caribbean, we owe it to them... to give them opportunity that they can advance themselves...," said Williams.

In expressing his gratitude, Dr Gardner said the level of kindness was unexpected.

"Your demonstration of generosity is beyond anything we could anticipate.

Our young people across the Caribbean need help like this...," he said.

Woman charged in murder of her six year old son A 33-YEAR OLD woman of a Bottle Creek address appeared in the Magistrate’s Court, on Old Airport on Friday (October 23) charged for the murder of her six year old son.

The child was discovered dead at their Bottle Creek home on Tuesday September 29.

The body of the six year old child was examined by a

pathologist and the cause of death was classified as a homicide.

As a result of police investigations in to the death of the child, his 33 year old mother was arrested and charged with murder.

The woman was remanded into police custody until November 30 when she is to appear in the Supreme Court for a sufficiency hearing.

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be introduced by law.

The SBRR should empower the FSC to directly take a whole array of resolution actions.

The FSC Ordinance should also be amended so that the FSC’s resolution actions cannot be overridden by a court.

Protecting small depositors is important, but the TCI is not positioned to introduce a Deposit Insurance Scheme (DIS).

The preconditions for a DIS are not currently met.

However, other tools could protect small depositors, including depositor preference in bank liquidation, the creation of Special Purpose Reserve Funds (SPRFs), and firm funding commitments from parent banks.

A framework for crisis prevention and management should be

established.

The TCI should create a Financial Stability Committee to ensure regular interagency coordination.

The TCI should adopt a strategy for crisis prevention and management.

The committee should also be in charge of establishing and overseeing implementation of a specific crisismanagement plan in case of an actual crisis.

The TCI should take other actions as well, including establishing recovery and resolution plans for the systemically important banks, arranging Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with relevant foreign regulatory authorities for crisis prevention and management, and exploring alternative funding sources as lastresort emergency funding.

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Misick wins at Court of Appeal Michael Misick’s local lawyer Beryn Duncanson recently won a critical appeal concerning Misick’s frozen assets. It is reportedly the first time any lawyer of the legal teams for the corruption cases has drawn blood against the SIPT. In their last sittings here the Court of Appeal judges handed down their judgment overturning Chief Justice Ramsay-Hale’s decision in favour of the Crown to vary the original Restraint Order. Andrew Mitchell QC appeared on the opposite side for the SIPT, as he has done throughout the corruption cases.

He is by reputation one of the UK’s most celebrated lawyers in the area of Proceeds of Crime litigation.

As a practical result of the appeal there is a question mark over what ability and to what extent the Crown will have in seizing by confiscation order which of Misick’s named assets in the event of a conviction.

In his filed appeal brief Duncanson set out the background to the appeal as follows:“The Background 1. On the 23rd June 2011, the then Chief Justice, Sir Gordon Ward, granted the ex parte application of the

Michael Misick

Attorney Beryn Duncanson

Crown for a restraint order against Michael Misick, the Appellant (“the Original Order”).

2. At the time of the application for restraint the prosecution was investigating a wide range of offences, including money laundering in the post-October 2007 period. This was set out before the learned Chief Justice, who then exercised his discretion to grant a Restraint Order under the 2007 scheme.

3. On the 6th February 2012 an arrest warrant was issued for the Appellant. This is some 8 months later before the Crown applied for a

writ for the arrest of the Appellant.

This time-frame is most critical in this appeal, because under the Proceeds of Crime Ordinance 1998 (“POCO 1998”) the Crown may obtain a restraint order only after proceedings are already issued or where they are to be issued within 28 days. After the 28 days time limit such an order must be discharged (s.15(5)). There is no discretion to the Court in this..

4. On the 25th February 2015 the SIPT filed an application with the Court to vary the Original Order.

Completely contrary to any suggestion by the SIPT

for the Crown, defense counsel at no time ever agreed to any variation of the Original Order as desired by the Crown, save that a particular conditional offer on the subject had been made and was refused.

5. On the 27th February 2015 Chief Justice Ramsay-Hale granted the variation to the Original Order, replacing the words “Proceeds of Crime Ordinance 1998” for “Proceeds of Crime Ordinance 2007”, thereby replacing entirely the statute upon which the order was said to be based.

6.

The Appellant filed this appeal within 21 days thereafter, on the 13th March 2015.

The Two Statutory Regimes – POCO 1998 and POCO 2007 7.

The 2007 Act most notoriously relaxed the admission of hearsay evidence [provisions for the admission of hearsay evidence, section 44A POCO 2007, do not apply to the 1998 Ordinance.]

Moreso, and critically for the purposes of this appeal, it entirely relaxed the time frame for bringing an application for a restraint order,

such that the prosecution practically can obtain a restraint order well ahead of any charge and then ‘take their time’ with investigations after obtaining such a restraint order. In essence prior to the implementation of the 2007 Act a prosecuting lawyer had to prove sufficiently that the monies or assets were the proceeds of crime, what 'type' of crime the proceeds came from, but then proceed promptly, certainly within 28 days of an order. While the 2007 Act removed the need for prompt action by the prosecuting authorities it only applies to alleged offences commencing after 8th October 2007.”

The trial of Misick and fellow co-defendants is listed to commence the 7th December 2015. The Nine current co-defendants named for this trial include Michael Eugene Misick, Floyd Basil Hall, McAllister Eugene Hanchell, Lillian Boyce, Jeffrey Christoval Hall, Clayton Stanfield Greene, Thomas Chalmers (‘Chal’) Misick, Lisa Michelle Hall and Melbourne Arthur Wilson. The case involves five former Ministers of Government in the former Michael Misick administration, all charged with various corruption offences.

Education Minister should be open and honest with parents - PDM

By Olivia Rose LEADER of the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, believes Education Minister Akierra Missick is deliberately misleading parents on the opening of the new Long Bay High School.

The school in Long Bay, Providenciales, which was scheduled to open in September for the new school term, is expected to relieve the overcrowded Clement Howell High School in Blue Hills.

According to Government figures more than 930 pupils are being educated at the expanded facility which was originally built to hold 300 students.

These conditions have created a plethora of issues including accelerated wear and tear of the buildings and furniture, lack of resources and teachers, huge class sizes and increased student disruption.

Cartwright-Robinson told the Weekly News that the Education Minister should be “open and honest” with parents on the issues affecting the schools completion.

She said that for years her party has voiced its concerns about the cramped Clement Howell High School.

“The issue we have with the Long Bay High School is not the opening, it’s that we are convinced that it was an intentional misleading on the part of the minister.”

She explained: “The contract was signed but the contractor was not

Men work on a section of the Long Bay High School

The overcrowded Clement Howell High School

due to complete that project until the middle of October.”

This she said is the genesis of the problem since parents were led to believe that the school would be completed at the beginning of September.

“I posed this question in the last House meeting, and asked what construction delays? What administrative delays? Itemise them for us.

“She came back and she said the administrative delays had to do with paperwork and something else she was unaware of.

“I then asked her if it had anything to do with zoning and she said it has nothing to do with zoning; the planning department has no idea about that.”

“Our information is that they broke ground on a property. Though earmarked for education it was registered as residential and there

children have to experience this and I know the Clement Howell School is doing the best it can.”

On the other hand, CartwrightRobinson noted that her party has proposed the construction of a junior high school, which would greatly impact the number of students attending Clement Howell High School.

“A junior high with first to third formers would split that school’s overcrowding at least in half.”

She noted that based on the explanation given by Minister of Education Akierra Missick, the school would be created with a zoning concept, meaning that only children who reside in Long Bay would be accepted into the institution.

“When we looked at that area, and conducted further studies, it was just over a hundred, high school age children and that would not have

was an issue of rezoning for it to become commercial, and that six weeks delay that happened from the outset was relating to that.

“She came back in the assembly and said this is not so, there is no issue of rezoning, but that is the information that we have received, nobody has said anything different to us.”

The Opposition Leader argued that owing to these administrative and construction delays, midOctober was still not a possibility.

“If the six weeks delay for the project was in the beginning, you should have been saying to parents, we are pushing but it may not be possible, and the PDM is not happy that it didn’t happen but we have to hold people accountable.

The Opposition Leader appealed to parents to be patient and hold out at least for the term.

“I am sad that both parents and

impacted the number at all.

“Socially we thought it was not good to create a class type of school, and then zone them according to where they live will create that class structure in high school.”

When the Weekly News visited the site, classrooms were being painted and doors being installed, while much construction work was yet to be completed on the environs of the school.

Efforts to reach the Education Minister for a comment on this matter proved futile.

About $1 million was earmarked for phase one of the building which will include eight classrooms for first and second form students along with toilet and administrative facilities.

JaMalCo Company Limited was selected to build new high school.

The Ministry of Government Support Services is in charge of project management at the site.

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Dr Carlton Mills is Long Bay high’s principal DR CARLTON Mills was on Thursday (October 22) announced as the principal for the new Long Bay High School in Providenciales.

Dr Mills possesses a wealth of education and experience, holding a Certificate in Teacher Education, a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Sociology and a Diploma, Master’s Degree and Doctorate in Education, a Government release read.

He previously served as the principal of the Marjorie Basden High School from 1990 to 1992; principal of the Raymond Gardiner High School from 1992 to 1997, vice president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College from 1997 to 2007 and Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture from 2007 to 2009.

Dr Mills was recently awarded the Cayos Medal for his patriotic service to the islands in the education and political arena and now holds the title the Much Honoured Dr Carlton Mills, PA. Commenting on the appointment Deputy Governor Anya Williams said: “It is an esteemed pleasure of mine to welcome the Most Honoured

Long serving educator in the TCI, Dr Carlton Mills has been appointed as the new Long Bay High School’s principal

Dr Carlton Mills back to the Turks and Caicos Islands civil service and to have him serve in this capacity.

“With his fortitude and passion for the education sector and the youth of this country, we have full confidence in his ability to grow and to develop the new Long Bay High School into one of the most productive institutions of learning in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“We congratulate him on this appointment and look forward to working with him and to exceptional results from the LBHS in the years to come.”

Commenting on his appointment, Dr Mills said: “I am delighted to return to the public service.

“I think that I have been haunted for the past six years while out of the service. Education is my calling and more so, my passion.

“I want to thank the team for seeing the qualities in me to select me for this new position.

“With God’s help, it is my hope that our staff will work towards making this institution of learning one of the leading institutions in the country.”

He added: “We have a group of new students entering this institution.

With quality leadership and direction, we can groom these young lives into becoming productive citizens.

“We can cultivate them into model citizens from which our future leadership in this country can be drawn from. I look forward to the challenges ahead.

“The success of this institution will greatly depend on overwhelming parental and community support.

“We look forward to embracing these entities to enable us to improve the teaching and learning process.”

MILLS MUSES

Funds from horseracing event will go towards Aids awareness

BY DAISY HANDFIELD

Playing real politics A MEMBER of parliament in a Caribbean country in a recent interview reportedly speaks of his attempts to make certain adjustments to his country’s political system since he felt there were issues that needed addressing.

And confessed that at times his actions might have caused unease with some people.

He questioned why certain situations remained the same over fairly long periods of time, and not surprisingly, he was not selected to run for the constituency at the upcoming elections.

Additionally, according to the interview, this MP noted he was against handouts, dependency, and making demands on the system, and described himself as an anti-gifts person.

He admitted that his biggest mistake was to separate himself from his political responsibilities as a member of parliament, by not participating a lot in the political side of things with respect to the constituency.

He believed an MP’s responsibility was to deliver, and ensure people were not hindered in attempting to seek the best for themselves, but did not seek to engage his constituents sufficiently.

CEO of Gilley’s Enterprises Galmo Williams, partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) Nick Haywood and coordinator for the Turks and Caicos Aids Awareness Foundation Anansa Jervis

BY Oliver Mills

Oliver Mills is a former lecturer in education at the UWI Mona Campus. He holds a BA (Hons.) UWI, an M.Ed. Dalhousie Univ., an MA University of London, and a Postgraduate Diploma in HRM and Training, Leicester Univ. He currently writes a Column for the TC Weekly News.

He therefore found it difficult to get acceptance for some of the changes he wanted to implement.

The MP then spoke of ‘political best practices’ such as going to a funeral which he did not subscribe to because he saw it as campaigning, and felt you should not campaign on someone’s grief.

Other political best practices were buying a drink which was not a part of him, and he felt that if he is campaigning he is not working.

I find this to be an interesting approach to politics.

Here we have an elected member not doing what is the norm politically, since he feels his function is to deliver the goods.

But is this possible without engaging in the political side of things?

Real politics requires resources in order to deliver and this means doing the necessary political work.

But this MP seems to see political

interaction as not working, when it is through this that people take notice and support is built.

He also fails to realise that politics and work are the same, and this is why his non-political behaviour cost him.

In the TCI, it is almost mandatory for politicians to attend weddings, funerals, and other cultural events which they see as giving support.

But is the MP in the interview on to something in seeing this as campaigning, and not working?

And is this why some people see representational politics as one long campaign, without tangible results?

Is the MP who gave the interview therefore half-right in his view of politics as delivering and not campaigning?

And, is playing real politics both, in order to secure yourself politically?

THE TURKS and Caicos Aids Awareness Foundation in collaboration with other companies will be bringing back to life the Surf and Turf horseracing event in order to raise funds for the foundation and the Edward Gartland Youth Centre in Providenciales.

A press conference was held at Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) headquarters in Providenciales on Thursday (October 22) to share details of the event.

The event will be held at the Opus restaurant on November 20 with a cocktail reception at 6.30pm and races beginning at 7pm sharp.

During the conference contributor to the foundation, Galmo Williams said that the Aids Awareness Foundation dedicates its time and efforts to the Edward Gartland Youth Centre and to the foundation to spark awareness towards HIV and Aids.

He said: “Our mandate is that we believe that having a facility that young people can socialise in while being educated about the virus, but not only about the HIV virus but also helping to create better young men and women for tomorrow.”

Tickets for the event will go on sale for the price of $150 per person or $1,200 per table.

The event will feature eight races.

Each ticket purchase will include a three course meal and several glasses of wine.

Coordinator for the Turks and Caicos Aids Awareness Foundation, Anansa Jervis, explained that this year’s event will feature a new commentator by the name of Larry Collmus who was presently from the New York Racing Association.

Jervis said that Collmus has worked with ESPN, Fox News and CBS. He started his career in 1985.

The last event was held in 2010 and a sum of almost $40,000 was raised for charity.

The foundation is looking to raise roughly the same amount of money which was raised before the event became dormant.

Partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Nick Haywood, said that they were excited about resuscitating the event.

He said: “The event originally came around after a friend of ours from the UK who was a famous horse racing commentator came down a few times to play golf in our golfing tournament.

“He brought us the idea of having this horse racing event in the Turks and Caicos and the whole concept of the evening is we have DVD horse races with live commentaries.

“People put wages on each of the races and a portion of those amount set wages are taken away and donated to the foundation.

“People are really excited about getting back to it and always spend a good amount of money.

“It is an easy and comfortable way for everyone to give back to the community.”

The TCAAF is a non-profit organisation founded in December of 2003 by a group of individuals who lost friends and/or family members to Aids.

The mission of the organisation is to raise awareness, assist those living with HIV and Aids and eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and Aids through education and community participation to affect positive lifestyle and behavioural changes.

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New Anglican Bishop of Guyana elected FATHER Charles Davidson, a Guyanese priest serving in the United States of America, has been elected to serve as the eight Diocesan Bishop of Guyana.

According to a statement issued by the Anglican Diocese of Guyana, including Suriname and Cayenne, Fr Davidson was elected after one round of voting when the Elective Assembly of the Diocese met on Tuesday.

The Archbishop of the West Indies, the Most Reverend John Holder, has been advised of the decision taken by the Elective Assembly, which is now awaiting Davidson’s confirmation.

The election of the new Bishop follows the death of Bishop Cornell Moss in May this year.

Fr Davidson, according to the statement, is a graduate of the United Theological College of Jamaica and the Codrington College Barbados.

He was ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Guyana in June 1977.

He served in the Diocese of Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas before moving to the United States of America.

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Leading by example PARENTS, grandparents and even those who have not brought children into the world recognise that it is the environment that affects children growing up.

The examples set by adults are what create the environment children experience in their formative years.

This begins with the parenting the child receives. Ideally a family consists of the couple that God blessed with the child.

Hopefully parents that learned good parenting from their own parents.

Life in these modern days often takes a different course. There seems to be few ‘ideal’ families today.

However we see many successful well-adjusted adults emerge from childhood after being raised by single parents, step parents or grandparents who lead by good example.

Too often children, from what seems to be an ideal family unit, go haywire. “Do as I say. Not as I do,” does not work!

The examples children and

By David Tapfer

David is a retired mobile hydraulic engineer and business executive. He has been married to Middle Caicos native Yvette Robinson Tapfer for 25 years and has lived in Conch Bar, Middle Caicos, since 2002. David formerly served as branch chairman of the PDM from 2008 to 2011

their peers experience at home and in school has a serious effect on a growing child and an emerging adult.

Babies look to the actions of parents or guardians as examples to follow. Later children look to teachers and other adults.

Then we cannot ignore the type of leadership examples this country began to experience beginning 12 years ago for older children and emerging adults.

Twelve years is a long time in every child and young person’s life.

The Turks and Caicos Islands is a very small country and young people are directly exposed to leadership examples.

They begin by looking for

examples from their teachers, school bus drivers, school administrators and clergy.

Later civil servants, private business owners, workers and especially Government leaders.

When the family comes home with stories of frustration in dealing with these individuals the children listen to the stories and their tone of voice.

Then peer groups formed in high school become either warm lifelong friendships or hostile gangs.

Students and parents asked why it took years of Clement Howells High School overcrowding and a broken up environment to bring the PNP Government to the realisation that

more and better classrooms were needed.

Maybe it was the British insiders who told the PNP to build the new school?

The crime wave we now experience came from bad examples boldly pushed as normal.

Tinsel town mentality and public parties laced with alcohol and fancy dollies. Remember?

These examples continue.

Children now go home from school to a poor person’s meal passed on the road by a Government minister in a huge new shiny SUV. Parents who can’t afford a used car, fuel or electricity willingly give children their opinion of the minister and the young person’s attitude is born.

Obviously for 12 long years our Government has ignored the need to set good examples.

We now face the results in our youth. Beginning now and for years to come these same youths as new adults will set their own examples, good or bad!

REAL TALK

North and Middle Caicos people deserve better I DID not plan to write this column until next year but some recent events have forced me to write it now rather than later.

I am a little emotional as I write so forgive me if I seem repetitive or angry; my cup is full and is running over.

During the last 40 years of elected Government in this country, the people of North and Middle Caicos have become accustomed to broken promises, stagnant economies, being left on the back burner of development, incomplete projects, business closure and absentee political representation.

We cry among ourselves time and time again about the level of neglect and disappointment we feel when we elect officials who promise to make our lives better and then when they are elected the only time they remember our address is when there is high profile funeral and election date is announced.

We have cried in silence long enough and it is time to cry to this country.

Since the closure of St Charles hotel, there has not been one private sector investment which created some sustainable jobs in North Caicos.

Had it not been for Parrot Cay Resort, the desserts of Sahara

would have more life than us.

No jobs have led to no people, a dwindling school population and struggling local businesses.

My hat goes off to those local businesses that have for years tried to provide services to a small working population with a stagnant economy.

To add insult to injury, my country’s Government just spent over $70,000 on a ‘Stop the violence’ concert and donated $100,000 to Dominica, but refuses to spend money on properly equipping the islands of North and Middle Caicos with a well-equipped ambulance?

Something just is not right about that.

This is just one example of the inadequate emergency medical service on these islands.

There is nothing more important than preserving someone’s life.

On September 28, 2011, I almost became a widower after my wife miscarried at our home and was hemorrhaging.

The doctor at that time took almost an hour to reach the house and then was leaving my wife while the blood was still pouring from her.

He did not call for the airlift and thankfully Parrot Cay took her to Provo 2am that morning.

In January of this year my mother had respiratory problems caused by an infection and needed to be airlifted to Provo.

It took nearly five hours for the plane to be called and medical transport to take place.

Last week Sunday night another resident need emergency medicine and had to be transported on the back of a pick up truck because of inadequate medical facilities.

Witnesses saw the new doctor on the truck holding drips in one hand and fanning mosquitoes with the next trying to preserve her patient’s life.

I applaud the new doctor for her efforts but North and Middle Caicos people deserve better from their Government and representatives.

It is clear that the lives of these residents are of little importance to our leaders as we have been dealing with these dire situations and still no competent resolution.

We have no representation in the issues that matter to us.

For example the high school has been without three key teachers since the start of school resulting in over 80 sessions unaccounted for every week.

The CXC students have no information technology and chemistry teachers and are expected to be registered and prepared for these subjects in a few weeks.

The Department of Education and human resources office is well aware and still no resolution. How can school continue like this for the rest

By Jas Walkin

BIOGRAPHY: Jas was born with a physical disability and diagnosed with a mild form of muscular dystrophy. His early childhood was characterised with trying to fit in in a regular school environment unequipped to cater to special needs students. With support from family, teachers and the community he graduated as valedictorian of Raymond Gardiner High School and has been a graduate teacher for the past last nine years.

of the term?

During the last school year and the start of this one, the primary schools were short staffed and a teacher-graduate of the community college living in North Caicos was unemployed and watched the Government call an expat who was on the island to work in the same school she was sent home from.

What is going on in this country?

It seems the more leaders we have in the public service the less we are getting served.

My island concerns are ignored and we deserve better from our Government and representatives.

My cup is full and running over.

Speaking of representatives, we don’t even know what a representative is because our member of parliament is one of the worst representatives in the history of representative government.

I have said it to his face, I have said it to the Premier and now I am

saying it to the country.

I told you my cup is full and running over. Others might still be silent but God gave me mouth and I know how to use it.

The last time I addressed some issues in education and Government, a few concerned citizens reported me to my supervisors.

Well I am begging somebody to do it again because I have a lot more to say to them as well and the only thing we do in the TCI is talk anyhow.

For your information Mr Edgar Howell is Director, Mrs Cheryl Ann Jones is the Permanent Secretary, Hon Akeira Missick is the Minister, Mrs Beatrice Fulford is Chairman of Public Service Commission and HE Beckingham is my Head of State.

Have anyone of them call me because I am never scared.

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Government must address unemployment now - PDM LEADER of the Opposition, Sharlene Cartwright Robinson this past week addressed the rising unemployment issue in the TCI, calling on the Government to act now.

Below is the text of her address to the nation: “As we as a people grapple with the increase in crime and other pressing issues that can give rise as a result of unemployment, we cannot help but to raise again our concerns about the Government’s failure to address the issue of unemployment head on.

Nearly three years in office and an ever increasing boasting of an improved and improving economy, we pause to ask the Government again when will it do something to get its people back to work so that they may simply live?

A few months ago when I raised this matter, the Minister of Finance said that unemployment was decreasing as crime was down and this he said was an indicator that employment was on the increase.

The truth of the matter was that at the time crime had already began to trend upward.

A few weeks ago, we saw a local airline hold a job fair and the numbers of persons that turned out ought to have alarmed any caring government.

In that group of job seekers were largely unemployed persons with only a few looking to change jobs.

We are even more concerned by the fact that featuring high among

these job seekers were school leavers and young mothers.

It was only in July when I raised again that each graduation we add hundreds more to the unemployment figures with no idea of the Government’s plans to address youth unemployment.

As a result of this many of our youth are disgruntled and feel displaced.

This feeling is leading to a state of hopelessness and a high level of frustration and in some cases, we see anger and a rebellious attitude displayed.

While school leavers are struggling to find jobs and a place of belonging in these Islands, single parents continue to struggle as well as well as many other residents who are more than capable and willing to work but are not being given the opportunity to.

This is the reality in this country where the Government is boasting of over $200 million in various bank accounts and the fact that its economy is turning up.

No country can be held to be a success country when it leaves its people behind. Who is benefiting from this improved economy? Where are the new jobs? Who are getting these jobs?

Unemployment for school leavers, for single parents especially young mothers, persons released from prison, among others is a real issue that this Government refuses to address.

We continue to hear the cries and can say to you that the creation of a jobs policy and the management of jobs will be a top priority for a PDM Government.

The attitude of this Government in their “we will get to it, when we get to it” attitude when PDM raise issues that affect our people continues.

These words and attitude was fully displayed in the last two house sittings where this Government refused to support a stance for the implementation of a Freedom of Information Bill that will allow our people access to information that they need and should have and the failure to support a Border Patrol

Unit to protect our waters.

Though the usual few members spoke of the fact that it is needed, the statement was made that it will not be done because the Opposition says it should be done and only last week, a member of the Government stated openly that she will not support anything that the Opposition brings.

This seems to be the attitude of this Government and truth be told, we are now left to believe that this Government has not addressed the serious state of

unemployment in these Islands because the PDM continues to raise it.

We are calling on the Government publicly to change its approach to governance and to not ignore what is good for its people because the PDM party has called on it to act.

Our people need help and a caring Government. They need to work and many want to work.

We see and speak to them every day. It is time for this Government to get busy and get our people to work.”

Regent Grand snags top boutique hotel award THE REGENT Grand on Grace Bay, a beautiful, beachfront and boutique property, has been voted 2015 leading boutique hotel, Turks and Caicos Islands by the World Travel Awards.

Commenting on the win, Paul Slattery, general manager for HAB Management, said: “This is a fabulous award and a marvellous achievement for HAB management’s staff.

“They have all worked exceptionally hard since The Regent Grand opened in 2008 to provide a wonderful experience and excellence

Fourth and fifth grade students at the Bethany’s Education Social Training (BEST) Institute showcase items that represent North Caicos culture

in value and service.”

He added that the award solidifies the company’s position as an outstanding property and hotel management company in the Turks and Caicos Islands and they will continue to strive for the quality that has become expected of them.

“Now we have four awards under our belt for this season, number one Best Hotel in Turks and Caicos from US Best Hotels, US News, highest rated hotel in the Turks and Caicos’ category of Luxury Hotels by Trip Advisor,

our four Star-Diamond AAA rating and now leading Turks and Caicos Boutique property by WTA... we could not have imagined a better end to 2015, and look forward to 2016 with relish.”

The judging criteria of The Regent Grand included - customer satisfaction and quality of service, overall business performance, product innovation, staff relations and development, CSR and contribution to local community, commitment to sustainable policies, and fulfilment of longterm corporate vision.

North Caicos is widely known as the breadbasket of the Turks and Caicos Islands

BEST Institute celebrates National Heritage Day

BY DAISY HANDFIELD

AN EXHIBITION was put on by the students of the Bethany’s Education and Social Training (BEST) Institute in Providenciales for National Heritage Day, with a variety food displays and items that represented the TCI. Principal Leonard Glasgow on Wednesday (October 21) said that since the initiative’s inception last year the school has been committed to making the event annual.

“From last year we have been

stepping aside one day to showcase the different culture, the different things that are special to the different islands in the Turks and Caicos.

“The different islands are special for certain things.”

Preschool and kindergarten one students represented Parrot Cay with a display of pictures and videos of the Parrot Cay hotel, describing the cay and its services.

Kindergarten two students represented Salt Cay and displayed delicacies such as the Salt Cay cream cake and the Salt Cay candies.

Grade one represented Grand Turk, showcasing the cruise port and historical places such as the lighthouse and the Anglican Church.

Grade two students demonstrated a replica of the Salt Industry in South Caicos and parents also brought in lobster dishes as part of the showcase.

Grade three students showcased different cuisines from Middle Caicos, the caves and Mudjin Harbour.

Grades four and five students represented the breadbasket of the TCI, North Caicos with displays of

fruits and vegetables, grits from corn and carrot juice among other items.

Grade six students showcased the island of Providenciales.

Glasgow explained that in order for most of the classes to get a chance to join in on the activity, some were joint to represent one island.

The principal emphasised that the event was important to him and the school because it was essential for young people to know their history and know the specialities of the different islands.

During the initiative each class

had a chance to visit a different class and see the different island that they were representing, which also created awareness and appreciation for the uniqueness of the different islands and the heritage and culture of the TCI. Despite the rain, Glasgow considered the event to be a success.

He said: “It’s an annual event, we did it last year and we will do it again.

“Next year, the Lord willing, we will see how we can improve and make it a bigger event.”

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TCI to host social Jazz night at the security conference Regent Palms courtyard THIS year in celebration of ten years of dialogue and communication on the challenges with financing health in the Caribbean, the health financing initiatives conference returns to the TCI. The event, which was held for the first in the TCI, is again being hosted by the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB), a release from the board read.

It noted that Caribbean countries face fairly similar patterns and determinants of disease and illhealth, although there is a lot of variability in capabilities, competence and performance of their health delivery networks and health financing systems.

Motivated by these concerns, the Heads of Caribbean Social Security Organisations meeting in Belize City in 2005 sought to establish a Caribbean forum for discussing approaches, challenges and lessons learnt in addressing the various aspects of national health financing.

As a consequence, the conference was organised to share knowledge, test ideas and learn from those who have responsibility for health

financing actions.

The conferences have also sought to enhance local capacity to make the right choices in a dynamic socio-economic environment and contribute to health and welfare in the Caribbean.

Recognising that knowledge and field expertise in health and health financing matters do not reside with a particular professional group, the conferences have actively sought to broaden participation and appeal by involving relevant international organisations, ministries of health, health insurers, overseas third party administrators and health services networks, research agencies, pharmacies, IT companies and even resorts.

The model and method is intended to be shared in various discussion forum during the conference and will lay the foundation for further dialogue on healthcare financing.

In addition, the delegates will have an opportunity to visit the Turks and Caicos Islands and experience the culture, scenery and warmth of the Islands with the many different plans and programmes that has been planned for the conference.

LOCAL singer and performer Chrystal Charles, commonly known as Tess, in partnership with the Edward Gartland Youth Centre will be hosting a music showcase on Wednesday, November 11, at 8pm.

Tess, who hails from Grand Turk, is channelling her love for performance and music into a classy night of jazz entitled ‘Soul, voice and art’ in which local underrated artists will have an opportunity to showcase their talents at the Regent Palms Resort Courtyard.

The event is aimed at empowering local artists as well as enhancing the music programme at the Edward Gartland Youth Centre.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will be used to acquire Junkanoo and rake and scrape instruments, which will then be incorporated into the brass band programme now being spearheaded

by Branford Handfield.

“This show is a childhood dream being realised. I have recently found myself asking, what am I doing for my community and how can I help with my passion?

“Duh, a concert with a cause!” the

Chrystal Tess Charles

beaming artist said.

She added: “I want to reintroduce the richness and beauty of the jazz and soul era to Turks and Caicos while being able to provide an avenue for our youth to get involved with and help evolve what is left of our cultural identity.

“Kind of a best of both worlds thing going on.”

Attendees of the formal event will be entertained by lead vocalist Chrystal ‘Tess’ Charles, who will be

giving her interpretation of timeless crooners and iconic performers such as the king and queen of soul James Brown and Aretha Franklyn, accompanied by the likes of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Charles during the night.

The night’s line up will also include a special debut of the new reggae love song ‘For you,’ written by Carl Lewis and produced by Tavardo Reasias.

The song has already gained much support and positive feedback through social media from released clips on Tess’s Facebook page.

There will also be sax solos, interpretive dance and spoken word filling the show with variety and fun.

Ticket cost is $50 per person and guests can reserve tables of six and ten, which will include one complimentary round of bottle service.

All patrons are encouraged to reserve tables and purchase tickets early as the show will be one for the ages.

Tess’s dream could not be realised without the support of sponsors Gilley’s Enterprises, the Wine Cellar, The Palms Turks and Caicos, Spotlight Communication and Outside the Box Marketing.

CRIME BLOTTER Man, 22, charged for two offences

A 22-year-old man of Lower Bight was charged on Sunday, October 18, for using offensive weapons so as to cause fear and common assault.

The man was apprehended by police officers attached to the Chalk Sound Police Station.

Man arrested for breaching bail conditions

Police officers attached to the Chalk Sound Police Station arrested a 56-year-old man of the Bight on Monday October 19, for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.

Man arrested for burglary Police officers of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force apprehended a 45-year-old man on Monday, October 19, for burglary in relation to a report made in September 2015.

Female arrested for wounding

A 24-year-old woman of Blue Hills was arrested for the offence of wounding.

Officers attached to the Chalk Sound Police Station made the arrest on Saturday, September 5.

Police investigate bank account hacking

Police are investigating a theft at a bank in Providenciales which was reported to Chalk Sound Police Station on Monday, October 19.

The complainant told Chalk Sound Police officers he discovered that a quantity of cash was missing from his bank account.

Financial Crime Unit detectives have since launched an investigation into the matter and investigations are ongoing.

Police seek public’s help in solving imitation firearm incident

Police are urging members of the public to assist in solving an imitation firearm incident which occurred on Monday, October 19.

Shortly after 12am a man entered a business place along Leeward Highway and brandished a long barreled firearm.

According to the police he did not steal anything nor were any shots fired.

The armed man then fled from the establishment in a blue colored vehicle in an unknown direction.

No one was injured during this incident, investigations are ongoing.

Police seek public’s help in solving armed robbery – Kew Town

POLICE are seeking the public’s assistance in solving an armed robbery which occurred Monday October 19.

According to reports, shortly before 1am a male clad in a red and black shirt concealing his identity and armed with gun, demanded cash from an employee at a bar on Norway Road in Kew Town.

The employee handed over a sum of cash to the armed male who fired off a single shot before fleeing on foot to the rear of the establishment.

No one was injured during this incident; investigations into this report are ongoing.

Male charged for theft

A 15-year-old boy from Five Cays was on Friday, October 16, charged with the offence of theft, in relation to a report made on Thursday, October 8.

Man charged for wounding An 18-year-old man of Leeward Highway was charged for the offence of wounding in relation to a report made on Monday October 12.

Police investigate burglary in Blue Hills

Police are investigating the burglary of a home at a Blue Hills address which was reported to Chalk Sound Police Station on Saturday, October 17.

The complainant told police that he secured his home before leaving on Saturday afternoon and returned later that evening to discover that his home was broken into and his black Panasonic 32" television and a black Sony stereo were stolen.

Officers of the criminal investigation department are conducting investigations.

Police investigate burglary in North Caicos

Police are investigating the burglary of a home in North Caicos which was reported to Kew Police Station on Saturday, October 17.

The complainant stated that she secured her apartment before leaving there some time on Saturday morning but upon returning home later that afternoon she discovered that her apartment was broken into.

The woman claims she lost four pairs of Nike shoes, five watches, one set of diamond earrings, one white Toshiba note book computer, one black Apple iPhone and a substantial amount of United States coins in quarters were stolen.

Prevention crime tips

Copy your licence plate and vehicle information (vin) numbers on a card and keep them with you If your vehicle is stolen, the police will need this information.

Police are appealing to anyone with information about any crime, no matter how small or insignificant (the tip) may seem, to call Crimestoppers on 1-800-8477 or use the Crimestoppers online reporting page: www.crimestoppers.tc.

Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

All calls are answered by Miami Dade Police and no one from the RTCIPF will know who called. Only the information received will be provided to the RTCIPF.

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Delighted school kids pose with the Governor’s wife during her walk across the TCI

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School children show their support for the Footsteps4good walk

Schools on family islands turn out in force to support Footsteps4good MORE than 300 schoolchildren from Salt Cay, South Caicos, and North and Middle Caicos turned out from October 18 to 21 to support the Footsteps4Good Walk across the TCI. Walking distances of some seven miles, in the case of students from Marjorie Basden High School in South Caicos, and the three miles from Kew to Whitby and back for the primary

school children of North Caicos, the numbers have built on the big participation in Grand Turk, where more than 600 children took part on October 16.

The event was arranged by Jill Beckingham, wife of the Governor, to raise money for the local schools and charities.

“The numbers turning out, and the enthusiasm again this year, has far exceeded my expectation,” she said.

“It will be difficult to know precisely how much each of the schools have raised, as well as individuals for charities of their choosing, but I’m confident by the end of the walk we will have raised well over $15,000 for a range of local schools and good causes.”

Footsteps4Good is based on a fundraising event organised initially

by Jill Beckingham in Mumbai and some other Indian cities.

Over the course of nine days Beckingham will walk over 70 miles across all the inhabited islands.

The event culminates in Providenciales on Saturday (October 24) with a 10km run/walk arranged with Provo Road Runners.

The principal sponsors include Tropical Shipping, who provided the tee shirts, The Grace Bay Club, Blue Haven Resort, Big Blue, Amanyara, HAB, Scotia Bank, IGA, Coxco,

Beaches, Misick and Stanbrook, Savory Associates, and Stanbrook Law. Schools taking part on the family islands this year have included Marjorie Basden High School, Iris Stubbs Primary and Calvary Christian in South Caicos, Salt Cay Primary, Doris Robinson Primary in Conch Bar, Adelaide Oemler Primary in Bootle Creek and Hubert James Primary in Kew.

Local teams trained in disaster emergency response and preparedness

By Olivia Rose SEVERAL local emergency response teams were this week exposed to a comprehensive three days disaster response and preparedness training course.

The three days capacity building seminar was hosted by the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).

The workshop which was held at the Blue Haven Resort targeted a wide cross section of organisations including the Ministry of Public Works, seaport teams, churches, the Customs Department, Social Development and the Turks and Caicos Red Cross.

The overall aim of the practicum is to ensure the requisite emergency teams are fully informed on their role and skills required to adequately assess, respond, report and manage, ground operations in the event of a natural disaster.

Speaking to the Weekly News on Monday (October 19) facilitator of the workshop Keith Holman from the South Florida Department of Emergency Management Department outlined the importance of training in this area.

“The objective here today is to basically expose everybody to the functions of the emergency operations centre and primarily how the EOC relates to all the other command operations.”

He noted that it is imperative for all teams to have a good understanding of each other’s function and how they could better network and coordinate an effective disaster response plan.

“This workshop is great because they can see the relationship among each other and have a better advantage during an actual event.”

Holman underscored the need for sufficient hands-on training.

He is a former emergency management director for a Florida county over 32 years.

His extensive experience with catastrophic events has galvanised

Facilitator Keith Holman explains the objective of the workshop to a section of the group

his interest in helping small countries like the Turks and Caicos Islands to prepare and cope with natural disasters through personnel training courses.

He revealed that the three days training will seek to target several thematic areas.

These include functions and organisation of the EOC, EOC staffing and responsibilities, EOC activation and deactivation, information management, mission and resource management, dissemination of information to the public and EOC support of field operations.

Following the workshop the

respective teams are expected to formalise a comprehensive report.

The NEOC is a central location from where agencies involved in a national response can provide interagency coordination and executive decision making in support of incident response and recovery operation tasks.

The course will also provide participants with information on the effective operations of an emergency operations center, whether at the national, island or agency level.

Small Island Developing States, such as the TCI are increasingly challenged by natural disasters and developing an effective disaster or

crisis response program will benefit the country overall.

The workshop will further boost the competency of personnel to allow them to identify any hazards or disasters, as well as conduct a risk assessment and prioritise the likelihood of various scenarios.

A crisis team with standard procedures is also expected to be established.

It is envisaged that the training will increase the resilience of national response agencies and departments to effectively deal with disasters and emergencies that may negatively impact the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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National Trust celebrates International Migratory Bird Day THE TURKS and Caicos Islands National Trust in conjunction with the Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA) joined the rest of the world in celebrating International Migratory Bird Day under the theme, ‘Restore habitat, restore birds’.

Everyone was welcomed to the trust’s office in the Downtown Centre Mall in Providenciales to see a display of posters and items made by school students.

Executive director for the TCI National Trust, Ethlyn Gibbs Williams, said that normally around the end of October going into November the country sees migrant birds coming down to the TCI. She said: “We have planned a number of activities starting with the exhibit here in the Town Centre

Mall where persons can come in and get a complimentary wrist band and note the drawings and paintings from other students.

“There are also posters that they we will distribute to various places.”

Other activities for the week included the enhancement of the Wheeland Pond, which is a very important bird habitat area that the trust has been focusing on for a few years in conjunction with the representative for that area, Delroy Williams.

“We plan to do mangrove planting as well as the planting of some Caribbean mahogany trees and hopefully in the years to come they will provide shade for persons visiting that area.

“We have noticed a number of birds in that pond and we want to encourage bird life in the pond,”

Education officer at the Turks and Caicos National Trust, Jonathan Sayao, shows off some of the posters for International Migratory Bird Day

Gibbs Williams said.

The executive director said that the plan is to increase awareness in the education of birds and also significant habitats like the Wheeland

pond and others.

As part of the celebration DEMA will be hosting a colouring competition.

Both the National Trust and DEMA staff will be visiting schools to engage teachers and students in bird conservation education.

One Bahamas to raise funds for Joaquin victims in Bahamas

The Towers of Babel

BY DAISY HANDFIELD A FUNDRAISING initiative is being put on by the One Bahamas Association in conjunction with the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) Welfare Committee to raise funds for victims of hurricane Joaquin in the Bahamas.

A press conference was held at the Tiki Hut restaurant in Providenciales on Thursday (October 22) to highlight details of fundraiser and the partnership.

During the conference president of the One Bahamas Association, Allen Forbes said that it was a pleasure for him to be able to assist with an event such as this one.

He said: “We want to assist any organisation, any government that is in power or anybody that is trying to do something on the behalf of those that are in need.

“This is what we try to do here in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”

The event is entitled Disaster Relief Fundraiser and Donation Drop Off. Press officer for the One Bahamas Association, O’Brien Forbes said that the initiative is scheduled to take place at the Tiki Hut restaurant in Providenciales on October 27, from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.

Tickets will be on sale for a donation of $50 and the event will comprise of a list of entertainment, finger foods, initial welcome cocktails and a cash bar.

There will also be a raffle for the price of $10 for the chance to win a number of items.

Forbes explained that prior to the formation of this event, there was an appeal for assistance from a lady in Long Island, Bahamas who was

Gibbs Williams said that the Turks and Caicos was part of a global conservation and the message that she wanted people to go away with was that even though even though the TCI is a small country, it is very important in terms of its role in world conservation because when these birds are on their migratory path, they need places to stop for rest.

However, Gibbs Williams said that some of the main threats that the migratory and local birds faced in the TCI were the filling of some wetland areas in Providenciales which posed a definite threat to the birds and the taking down of trees where birds used to nest.

The executive director concluded by saying that educating residents on the importance of the habitats and the role they played in the wider aspect of conservation was very important and something that they would not stop doing.

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I'm positive

By Trigga Api

President of the Turks and Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association Stacy Cox, press officer for the One Bahamas Association O’Brien Forbes, chairman for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Welfare Committee Alvitro Smith and president for the One Bahamas Association Allen Forbes

affected by the storm.

The press officer added that this would be a great time to showcase themselves as one people united in love and service.

Father Bernard Been from the Anglican Church in Providenciales will serve as the accountant for funds received from the event.

He will make sure that the funds are distributed fairly to people in the Bahamas who were drastically affected by hurricane Joaquin.

Chairman for the RTCIPF Welfare Committee, Alvitro Smith explained that this initiative was actually forwarded to him and the police welfare association committee by the Deputy Commissioner of the RTCIPF, Rodney Adams.

He said that Adams reached out to the One Bahamas Association to assist where he saw fit as the TCI and police force have a very unique relationship with the Bahamas.

He said: “Not just because of our close proximity geographically but because the unique relationship our officers have in the Bahamas.

“We have so many officers that did their initial training in the Bahamas, so he saw it fit to reach out to the One Bahamas Association.

“We as a police welfare association could assist and be the leading entity to assist the One Bahamas Association in this initiative to raise funds in relief for hurricane Joaquin.”

The police welfare committee is an organisation within the police department which goes out and assists in community efforts.

One of the main focusses is to assist officers in need, their relatives, their dependants and to try to see in which ways they can create comradery, socialisation and positive influences for their communities and within their organisation.

I am positive that when I’m done with this poem, I will probably be judged, and probably be scorned by people that used to show me love; but I am positive that this is not the end. And even though I will lose, I will probably gain a few friends, I am positive.

So through it all, I am just trying to stay positive, and no I am not homosexual; I am heterosexual.

I'm positive.

But it’s so hard to be positive in a world that’s so negative - and I know, one day I will die, but so will you, because no one lives forever. I’m positive. So though am under the weather, I’m keeping it together.

I'm positive.

I was positive that when I did my test, my results would be negative, but the doctor said, I was positive.

And when I asked if he was sure, he told me; Yes I am positive.

He told me I had killers in my blood, living in my streams.

Gasping for breath, I asked him what he means.

He told me not to panic, but he is glad that I came: “Cause there is something in my blood that’s got me literally dying in vain.”

I'm positive!

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Swimmers’ sunscreen killing off coral (Info from National Geographic) THE SUNSCREEN that you dutifully slather on before a swim on the beach may be protecting your body but a study finds that the chemicals are also killing coral reefs worldwide.

Four commonly found sunscreen ingredients can awaken dormant viruses in the symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside reefbuilding coral species.

The chemicals cause the viruses

to replicate until their algae hosts explode, spilling viruses into the surrounding seawater, where they can infect neighboring coral communities.

Zooxanthellae provide coral with food energy through photosynthesis and contribute to the organisms’ vibrant color.

Without them, the coral ‘bleaches,’ turns white and dies.

“The algae that live in the coral tissue and feed these animals explode

or are just released by the tissue, thus leaving naked the skeleton of the coral,” said study leader Roberto Danovaro of the Polytechnic University of Marche in Italy.

The researchers estimate that 4,000 to 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen wash off swimmers annually in oceans worldwide, and that up to 10 percent of coral reefs are threatened by sunscreen-induced bleaching.

Danovaro and his team studied the effects of sunscreen exposure on coral samples from reefs in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.

Even low levels of sunscreen, at or below the typical amount used by swimmers, could activate the algae viruses and completely bleach coral

in just four days, the results showed.

Seawater surrounding coral exposed to sunscreen contained up to 15 times more viruses than unexposed samples.

Several brands of popular sunscreens were tested and all had four ingredients in common: paraben, cinnamate, benzophenone, and a camphor derivative.

Rebecca Vega Thurber, a marine virus and coral researcher at San Diego State University in California, said the new results are further evidence of an alarming trend.

“Other factors such as coastal pollution, overfishing, and sedimentation all contribute to coral reef habitat degradation, and this work continues in that vein,” said

Vega Thurber, who was also not involved in the research.

“But before we ban sunscreens, we must first determine if local ambient concentrations of sunscreens are positively correlated with coral bleaching events.”

Danovaro says banning sunscreen won’t be necessary, and points out two simple things swimmers can do to reduce their impact on coral: Use sunscreens with physical filters, which reflect instead of absorb ultraviolet radiation, and use eco-friendly chemical sunscreens.

Australian researchers are also working to develop a sunscreen based on a natural ultravioletblocking compound found in coral.

POLICE SAFETY TIPS

How to form a Neighbourhood Watch ORGANISING a Neighbourhood Watch group can help prevent crime in your neighbourhood through awareness and closer relationships among neighbours.

You can have a successful Neighbourhood Watch by completing a few simple steps that require mainly time and dedication of a handful of interested neighbours and the support of your neighbourhood and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF).

Canvass your neighbourhood via a door-to-door campaign.

Ask your neighbours about any crimes that they have experienced personally and about their interest in serving on a committee or being a block captain.

Get them to sign a petition

you can show the RTCIPF about neighbour interest in such a group.

Request a meeting with the Community Police Unit of the RTCIPF. Present them with the petitions your neighbours signed and ask for their support in starting such a group.

Ask them for input and invite a law enforcement representative to come speak at your first organisational meeting.

Prepare a flier, newsletter or other informational one-page piece to distribute to the homes in your neighbourhood.

Describe in this piece the reason for wanting to start a neighbourhood watch and an invitation to an informational meeting.

If crime is an issue in your neighbourhood, include details about recent break-ins, robberies and vandalism to make a strong

case for the creation of a watch group.

Hold your initial neighbourhoodwide meeting. If you do not have an area large enough, contact a nearby community centre about having your meeting there.

Designate block captains and other members who wish to serve on your neighbourhood watch committee.

Ask them to stay after this first meeting so you can schedule training and monthly meetings.

Task your committee members with setting up a phone tree on each of their blocks.

Neighbourhood Watch starter kits are available for sale on the internet.

Several kits are available, depending on which signs your neighbourhood wants - Boris the Burglar, masked bad guy or the blue Neighbourhood

By Audley Astwood Audley, a former police detective and broadcaster, is currently the press officer for the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. His main focus is on crime prevention and community policing. For more information call 941-4448 or visit www.tcipolice.tc.

Watch eye.

Depending on your budget, you can order additional window decals, street signs, magnetic vehicle signs and other supplies.

A great starter kit that I found online included 15 decals, two signs (one is plastic and the other is aluminium), three copies of the three Neighbourhood Watch handbooks, three each of five worksheets and one Emergency Preparedness Handbook.

Host quarterly Neighbourhood Watch events and take part in RTCIPF

events which focuses on crime prevention.

Taking part in regular events like these will solidify relationships among your neighbours and with the RTCIPF. This type of solidarity also discourages criminals from breaking the law in your neighbourhood.

For more crime prevention tips, security awareness tips and home safety reminders, please log on to www.tcipolice.tc or www.facebook.com/RTCIPF.

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Easy DIY Halloween costume ideas IF YOU are one of those last minute people without a costume or you just didn’t have any luck finding one on island, then keep on reading.

Simply grab a white tee and a sharpie and you’re almost done.

Write neatly in the center of the shirt the following: Static cling – This costume is extremely easy to do. Simply muss your hair to give the illusion of static electricity and pin socks and dryer sheets randomly on your clothes.

Scarecrow – Wear a plaid shirt, jeans and a sun hat then paint your face to complete the look.

Unicorn – Simply get a conical paper cup like those at the water dispenser and attach a thin piece of elastic to it and wear it on your forehead. To complete the look wear pastel or white clothing.

Greek goddess – Grab a white sheet and get to draping. Wear gold accessories to complete the look.

Social media platform – Cut out your favourite social media icon on cardboard, attach a string and wear it on your body on Halloween night.

Stick figure boy/girl – For this easy costume you’ll need some electrical tape and a paper plate.

Wear the same coloured long pants and a long sleeved tee for a uniformed look.

Guys: Beginning at the neck of the tee, stick tape down to just below the belly button, then attach one strip each from the stomach at an angle down to the hips.

From there, attach long strips of tape down each leg and arm.

Girls: Take the electrical tape and stick it beginning just at the neck of the tee and stop by the belly button.

Make a triangle (to mimic a skirt) from the belly button to the hips and then apply a strip of tape down each leg and arm.

For the head, outline the circle of the plate with a black marker and in the centre draw a smiley, sad or angry face.

80s look – Wear bright colours, side ponytail, leg warmers, bright blush and lipstick and chunky jewellery.

Artist – Dress in black and wear a beret, you can even draw a moustache if needed.

Cut out an artist palette on cardboard and paint or glue different colours on it to represent paint.

Attach a string to the palette to wear it around your neck, and then carry the paintbrush you used with you on Halloween night.

50 shades of grey – Let’s get literal with this costume, it’s only a play on words.

Dress in all grey and then attach various grey paint chips (free from any paint store) to your clothes.

WITH the Rugby World Cup going on, the British Dental Health Foundation has taken a look at British children’s on-field habits, finding that only a third of UK children are wearing mouth guards while playing rugby at school.

These results could indicate a lack of knowledge when it comes to the potential dangers to dental health that children have on the rugby pitch - or indeed any sport where physical contact is likely.

Not wearing a mouth guard can result in cracked or even avulsed, (knocked-out) teeth, and with that comes severe pain and a lifetime of extensive and possibly expensive treatment.

Chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter OBE, highlighted the importance of having the proper protection on the playing field: “When you see your team run out on that pitch, every single one of them will be wearing a mouth guard, they would think it crazy not to.

“Mouth guards for children, therefore, should not be optional; they should be one of the first things in the kit bag.

“Rugby by its very nature is very physical and accidents happen, sporting injuries are a leading cause of adults losing teeth.

“Wearing a mouth guard is a simple and cheap way of ensuring kids safety.

"Rugby Football Union (RFU)

regulations ensure mouth guards are compulsory for all players involved in rugby activities above school level, so they have acknowledged and highlighted their importance.

“If players over school age have to wear mouth guards then there really is no excuse for school children not to wear them.”

The charity recommends a custom-made mouth guard, which will fit the mouth exactly and protect teeth and gums properly.

These can be made by your dentist.

Custom-made mouth guards can prevent damage to the jaw, neck and even the brain - helping to prevent against concussion and damage caused by a heavy blow and should be worn whenever you play sport that involves physical contact or moving objects.

This includes cricket, hockey and football - which can cause broken and damaged teeth, and American football, boxing and rugby - which can all cause broken

or dislocated jaws.

“We must take cues from other nations. New Zealand rugby saw a 43 percent reduction in dental injuries after referees were given powers to ensure that all domestic rugby players of all ages must wear mouth guards,” continued Dr Carter.

“We all take our teeth for granted. Often, it is only when we are faced with the reality of losing one, or several, that we realise just how important they are.

“Getting a child to wear a mouth guard should not also prove difficult either, just point at their favourite player and they will be wearing one, as role models rugby players are great advocates for mouth guards.

“You can also get them in children’s favourite team colours too, so they can support their team with pride when they next run on to the pitch.”

Speak to your dentist about how you can better protect your child’s teeth.

• Down the centre of each tortilla, spoon quarter of the lettuce, turkey, onions, cilantro, and olives.

• Roll tortilla snugly to enclose filling, then cut each roll in half. If desired, stand rolls upright on flat end.

Weekly Recipe Adele is a native of South Africa, currently living and working in the TCI. In addition to being a superb cook, Adele has the full time job of being a mom to four wonderful kids.

Since migrating to the TCI, she has committed to making her family and fellow countrymen her favourite dishes from South Africa. Hopefully now everyone can get a taste of her extensive repertoire of delightful South African dishes. Happy cooking!

Chilli turkey wraps Ingredients

• 8 oz non-fat cream cheese • 3 tablespoons tomato-based chili sauce • 4 chili-flavour or plain flour tortillas at room temperature • 2 cups finely slivered lettuce • 3 cups skinned, shredded cooked turkey

• 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro • 2 oz sliced ripe olives, drained

Method

• Smoothly mix cream cheese with chili sauce to taste.

• Spread 1/4 of the cheese mixture evenly onto one side of each tortilla.

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Experts called in as bacterial infection in Jamaica hospitals kills 18 babies INTERNATIONAL health experts will be in Jamaica this week to help authorities fight a bacterial infection that has killed 18 premature babies at two hospitals in the last four months.

In the meantime, local health officials are stepping up infection control and sanitation in healthcare facilities across the island.

That’s according to Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson who disclosed on Tuesday that since June this year a total of 42 new-borns – some of them born prematurely – at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) and the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) had the infections caused by the Klebsiella and Serratia bacteria.

Of the infected babies at CRH, 73 per cent of those who were of the gestational age of seven months or older survived. At the UHWI, all babies who were older than seven months of the gestational age survived.

But the health minister said he was not informed about the outbreaks until last Friday, at which time he summoned health officials and began taking steps to address the matter.

But speaking at a press conference this week, national epidemiologist with the Ministry of Health Dr. Karen WebsterKerr suggested an unsanitary environment was responsible for the babies being infected.

At the same time, she stressed that personnel who came into contact with the newborns were quarantined and it was determined they were not responsible for spreading the bacterial infection.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson says he wasn’t told about the outbreaks until last Friday.

Klebsiella bacteria can be spread in healthcare through person-to-person contact (for example, from patient to patient via the contaminated hands of healthcare personnel, or other persons) or, less commonly, by contamination of the environment, but not through the air. Patients in healthcare settings also may be exposed to Klebsiella when they are on ventilators (breathing machines), or have intravenous (vein) catheters or wounds (caused by injury or surgery).

The bacteria can cause different types of healthcare-associated infections, including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis.

Serratia bacteria is similar to Klebsiella bacteria.

The ministry said it will be strengthening infection prevention and control measures, although stressing that there are already standard protocols and procedures in place specific to maternity, operating theatre, neonatal units, intensive care and accident and emergency to guide these practices.

Dr. Webster-Kerr said the infection prevention and control measures include: increased monitoring of hand washing practices; re-education and training of hospital staff; orientation and training for parents; increased cleaning frequency of special care nursery; patient/staff/ parent movements restricted, as well as the restriction of items allowed in the nursery.

Meantime, Dr. Ferguson said his ministry has engaged a medical microbiologist who will be visiting and working with facilities, and there will be routine audits to ensure best practices.

“The microbiologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies has also been conducting training sessions with the teams. Foot operated hand washing stations are being installed in several hospitals as part of measures to improve infection control,” he said.

The minister disclosed that a team from the Pan American Health Organization, including an adviser on infection prevention and control, is scheduled to arrive in the island today, and the Caribbean Public Health Agency is on standby to give any assistance that may be required.

He also expressed support for the affected families and said counselling would be provided if they wanted it.

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Cayman Islands parliament approves single member constituencies A government motion on electoral reform has passed the Cayman Islands’ Legislative Assembly, paving the way for the introduction of ‘one man, one vote’ (OMOV) in single member constituencies and a complete overhaul of Cayman’s political landscape.

However, the government failed to get a full majority on Monday evening for the historic motion after the opposition leader and his two opposition colleagues voted against it but two independent members both backed the change despite their concerns regarding the addition of a 19th seat.

Following a lively debate that began on Friday and took up most of the day’s proceedings on Monday, the adoption of the Electoral Boundary Commission’s final report will see the Cayman Islands’ voting map turned into 19 single member constituencies, in which all voters will have just one vote to elect one member to the assembly.

The government will now need to bring a change to the current elections law to ensure that the requirements of the order will take place ahead of the 2017 general election and ensure the Elections Office can begin an awareness campaign regarding the new constituencies where people will vote.

This closes the chapter on some 185 years of block-voting in multi-member constituencies and introduces a system that many believe is much more equitable and better suits the country’s growing voting population and maturing democracy.

While most members spoke in favour, there was less enthusiasm from Winston Connolly (C4C), who appeared to be the most sceptical member of the government benches.

Despite supporting the principle

Premier Alden McLaughlin calls the move “one of the most significant constitutional and electoral changes” the Cayman Islands has ever made.

of OMOV, he said he had concerns about single member constituencies and had favoured a national ballot.

Echoing comments by opposition leader McKeeva Bush, Connolly warned that small constituencies could lead to garrison politics and more vote buying. He said other members were naïve to think it would not happen.

However, the independent member from East End, Arden McLean, who has spearheaded the campaign for electoral reform along with North Side MLA Ezzard Miller, reminded Connolly that corruption can only happen if politicians are corruptible and that the concept of garrison politics is almost exclusive to Jamaica and does not happen anywhere else in the Caribbean or in other jurisdictions.

British lawyer and wife murdered in Tobago A BRITISH lawyer and his wife have been murdered at their home on the Caribbean island of Tobago, local police say.

Richard Wheeler, 73, and reportedly from Sheffield, and his Trinidad-born wife Grace, 67, were found by a gardener.

Both had been stabbed, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), who said robbery could have been a motive for the killings.

The Foreign Office said it was in touch with local authorities.

The local police said they were pursuing “certain leads” in connection with the murders.

Mrs Wheeler’s body was found on the lawn outside their home in Carnbee at 11:00 local time on 20 October by a gardener who worked for the couple.

When police were called to the scene, they found the body of Mr Wheeler - who had lived in Tobago for 16 years - inside the house.

A family member living on the island was contacted by officers, the police force said.

TTPS said in a statement: “An initial assessment suggests robbery as the possible motive as the bedroom and living room areas were ransacked.

“However, all avenues are being explored and all leads pursued.”

According to his profile on the website of Lex Caribbean, Mr Wheeler had been a solicitor since 1973 and attended the College of Law at Lancaster Gate, in London.

He was also a member of the Tobago Chamber of Commerce.

Diane Hadad, a director at the Chamber, told the BBC that Mr Wheeler had been a “well respected and established attorney”. He had been a “serious individual” but with a “light laugh”, she added.

Ms Hadad, who lived near the couple, said the local community was “alarmed and saddened” and called for a “swift response”.

A Foreign Office spokesman said:

Richard Wheeler and wife Grace Wheeler were hacked to death at their home in Tobago. (Photo: Trinidad Express)

“”Following the death of a British national in Tobago on October 20, our staff are travelling to the island to support family members at this difficult time.

“They will also meet senior police officers investigating this terrible crime after our High Commissioner spoke to Trinidad & Tobago’s Police Commissioner earlier today.” (BBC)

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More than 12 killed in Haiti pre-election violence

Heavy flooding still remaining in Crooked Island weeks after Hurricane Joaquin. (Tribune242 picture)

The Bahamas: NEMA accused of failing Crooked Island CROOKED Island Chief Councillor Timothy Thompson on Tuesday said the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) “dropped the ball,” adding that the island is still awaiting rebuilding supplies like plywood and shingles nearly three weeks after Hurricane Joaquin.

Mr Thompson told The Tribune that before the hurricane, officials from the island gave NEMA representatives a list of everything that was needed in the event of a storm, yet he claimed Crooked Island has still not received these supplies.

“NEMA dropped the ball. It has been almost three weeks and they ain’t bring the first sheet of plywood yet. I believe they (must be) scared of the private sector. We don’t have anything yet. Before the hurricane when they had the NEMA conference, we gave them a list of what we needed them to bring down here in the event of a hurricane, for preparation ... they never moved a muscle for that,” Mr Thompson said.

“We have no plywood and shingles to replace, we need manpower as well to help because we have hardly anybody on the island. Most people went to Nassau after the ordeal.”

He said a lingering issue on the devastated island is leaking roofs, adding that for the last week he felt as though he was being “water boarded” with the amount of rain coming inside his home.

However, Mr Thompson said he believes the island has “a good amount of medicine” adding that residents “made a makeshift clinic at the airport.”

This comes after fears continue to mount on Crooked Island over the quality of the island’s ground water supply after it was discovered that two tanks holding nearly 50,000 gallons of fuel from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) were dislodged by Hurricane Joaquin.

BEC’s infrastructure was also severely damaged by the storm, which has left the island without power.

Jamaica murder toll moves close to 1000 mark CRIMINALS who continue to wreak havoc across the island have now snuffed out the lives of close to 1,000 people since the start of the year.

Statistics gathered by the Jamaica Observer showed that, up to the 14th of October, 981 people have been killed, which is a 25.4 per cent increase in killings when compared to corresponding period last year when 781 murders were recorded.

Statistics show that the parish of St James continues to record the highest number of murders, recording 171 so far, compared to 111 up to October 14 last year.

Clarendon follows closely behind with 107 murders, compared to 71 last year this time.

Hanover also has recorded a big jump, with 54 murders up to October 14, compared to 30 over the same period in 2014. Police say this is the highest ever for the tiny parish.

Police have blamed criminals involved in the lotto scam for the bulk of murders committed in the western parishes.

If the killings continue at this rate, the country could end the year with more than 1,200 murders. The country ended 2014 with 1,005 murders — the lowest in 11 years. (Jamaica Observer)

MORE than 12 people were reported killed over the weekend in clashes between rival gangs in Haiti’s capital, a spate of violence blamed on groups battling for control over voting centres ahead of the country’s election on Sunday.

On Monday, Radio Metropole reported multiple fatalities in the impoverished Cité Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince.

Haitian police have yet to release a statement about the killings. Local human rights groups are collecting information, but representatives said it was still too early to confirm the number of dead or the exact circumstances of the murders.

The mayor of Cité Soleil, Esau Beauchard, who was appointed by President Michel Martelly, said that the brother of former parliamentarian Almetis Junior Saint-Fleur was among those killed in an armed confrontation with a specialised unit of the Haitian National Police. SaintFleur, who is running for deputy in Cité Soleil under the Organization of People in Struggle (OPL) party, blamed the mayor and a rival deputy candidate for the bloodshed.

An anonymous source told Haiti’s Radio Kiskeya that notorious gang leader Gabriel Jean Pierre was involved in the killings. Arrested in September 2014, Jean-Pierre was released in late December. According

Presidential candidate Moise Jean Charles, of the Platform Pitit Dessalines political party, expressed solidarity with the victims, adding that “Haitians in Cite Soleil and across Haiti will not be deterred by these cowardly attempts to suppress and manipulate the elections of October 25.”

to Pierre Esperance of the National Human Rights Defense Network, groups close to the government distributed weapons to Jean-Pierre in January 2015.

“It was right at that moment that the situation deteriorated in Cité Soleil…Gabriel is protected by the national police, who are in cahoots with him and his armed gang,” Esperance told Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste in February.

Election-related violence is nothing new in Haiti, particularly in Cité Soleil. During the first round of

voting in the country’s parliamentary election in August, armed gangs and political party supporters forced nearly all major voting centres in the densely populated neighbourhood to close. Voters across the country endured similar episodes, with incidents of violence and fraud prompting the country’s electoral council to cancel balloting in 25 districts. Nationwide, results from nearly a quarter of all voting booths were discarded due to fraud, or were never collected because of disturbances.

Huge haul of drugs stolen from Cayman Islands police station In an about-turn from previous statements, Cayman Islands Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has revealed that 24 kilos of cocaine and 33 kilos of ganja were stolen during a break-in at the George Town Police Station earlier this year.

Having originally denied that thieves had breached a container located in the station yard, Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) management admitted that it was not an attempted break-in but a burglary.

According to the Cayman News Service (CNS), the quantity of drugs stolen was revealed following a parliamentary question from Opposition Leader McKeeva Bush in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.

The deputy governor admitted that 57 kilos of drugs had been taken, but no other items were missing as a result of the break-in.

The opposition leader said he was concerned that the RCIPS had taken the burglary “rather lightly” when it had been denied in the first instance

but later exposed in the media.

“All that hiding has come to the fore and acceptance that this quantity of drugs was stolen … this is a tremendous amount of drugs that are consumed in our country,” Bush said. “What has been done about this? Has anyone been reprimanded?”

The opposition leader also noted that two local officers from the prison were sacked several years ago when drugs had been stolen there, but it seemed that no one had been held to account.

The deputy governor nevertheless maintained that the matter was being taken seriously and a full investigation was underway.

Warrants had been issued, arrests made and exhibits seized, Manderson said, adding that the investigation was ongoing.

“But I have been assured by the top command, in particular the commissioner … this matter has been given top priority,” he added.

Bush went on to query how the incident could have happened, given

that the container was in a secure area of the police compound.

Manderson responded that “a lot of the safeguards put in place to prevent this from happening didn’t work.” He pointed to a failure to destroy the drugs immediately after seizure, as well as alarm systems not working, which, he said, is being looked at.

“It’s a very serious incident.

It’s an attack on the police and our security services,” he said.

Manderson said that he did not know who installed the security system, adding that the drugs had washed ashore and were not linked to a court case. They were supposed to be destroyed but he did not know how long they had been there, he told the Assembly.

Bernie Bush, another opposition member, questioned when action would be taken over “the catalogue of errors and mistakes that the commissioner of police has presided over, especially as in this case when he lied to the public about the missing drugs.

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Entertainment Wyclef releases song declaring support for Haitian candidate Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has released a song calling on Haitian voters to cast ballots for one presidential candidate, while the outgoing president’s musician son hastily issued his own track touting his father’s hand-picked successor.

The musical campaigning comes days before Haitians cast ballots for the next president, legislative races and local offices. The Oct. 25 elections are expected to clear a packed presidential field, leaving the two highest vote getters to compete in a Dec. 27 runoff to become Haiti’s next leader.

Jean’s reggae-tinged song being shared online over the last few days features the Haitian-American performer giving enthusiastic support to Jude Celestin, the former head

Wyclef Jean is supporting Jude Celestin.

of the state-run construction company who is one of the top candidates in this election.

In Haitian Creole, Jean sings: “The time has come, I’m supporting Jude Celestin, to destroy the corruption, to stop

the deforestation.” He calls on people to vote “31,” Celestin’s spot on the ballot, and says he needs a Haitian president who “loves his country and respects the culture.”

A native of Haiti who rocketed to international fame

in the 1990s as a member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees, Jean had sought to be a Haitian presidential candidate himself five years ago but electoral authorities disqualified him because he didn’t meet residency requirements.

He then became one of Haitian pop star Michel Martelly’s most highprofile supporters, actively campaigning for his presidential bid. Disputed preliminary results showed Celestin edging out Martelly for a spot in a runoff ballot, but under international pressure Haiti’s electoral authorities reviewed the count and eliminated Celestin from the race.

Martelly ended up winning the presidency, taking office in May 2011. He is barred by the constitution from serving a consecutive term.

This time around, Jean says he will travel to Haiti to cast his vote for Celestin, instead of supporting Martelly’s chosen successor, Jovenel Moise.

Jean’s public endorsement of Celestin was apparently not taken lightly by Martelly’s son, Olivier, also a Haitian singer, who released a pop song heavily aided by Auto Tune urging voters to back Moise instead.

Bob Marley placed reggae on the map and has kept the genre popular long after death.

Argentina to support Jamaica’s move for Inscription of Reggae to UNESCO’s Culture List ONLY four months after securing Jamaica’s first ever historic listing to UNESCO’s prestigious World Heritage List, with the Blue and John Crow Mountains, the government is set to begin the process of safeguarding the island’s Reggae music.

And it’s getting support from Argentina which successfully inscribed Tango to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity in 2009 as a joint nomination with its

neighbour Uruguay.

According to the Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna, the Argentinean mission to Jamaica, led by Ambassador Ariel Fernandez, has pledged technical support for Jamaica to guide the detailed process towards formally safeguarding Reggae as an element that demonstrates the diversity and overwhelming impact of Jamaica’s heritage, as well as raise awareness about its importance as an ICH on the global stage.

Seinfeld is highest paid comedian JERRY Seinfeld has topped Forbes’ 2015 list of highestpaid comedians, with estimated earnings of $36 million this year.

It’s the fourth year the comedian, 61, has topped the list thanks to syndication deals for his show Seinfeld, live tours and the series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

Get Hard star Kevin Hart’s film roles propelled him to second with $28.5m.

John Bishop is the only UK comedian on the list, in ninth place with $8m.

The Liverpudlian, who will perform a sold-out show at Sydney Opera House on Wednesday night as part of his Australian tour, has made it into the top ten for the first time.

“Like the others on the list, most of John’s money comes from touring,” said Madeline Berg from Forbes.

“While he only made 12 stops during our scoring

Jerry Seinfeld earned approximately $36M this year.

period, his gross at each was astronomical - one of the highest on our list.

“He is one of few comedians to routinely play large venues, having graduated from the more standard club and theatre scene,” she said, adding that his annual Christmas special for the BBC also gave his earnings a big boost.

In third place with $21.5m is ventriloquist and impressionist

Terry Fator - a former winner of America’s Got Talent who has been dubbed “the human jukebox”. He is in the middle of a five-year residency at Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel, reported to be worth $100m.

Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and Canadian Russell Peters are in joint fourth with $19m, while Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari is in sixth place with $9.5m.

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Odom, Khloe Kardashian ask judge to dismiss divorce case

Eddie Murphy with trophy

Murphy receives Mark Twain Prize for comedy and insight EVERY year, an American comedian receives a serious award -- and not just for being very funny. On Sunday, this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humour went to Eddie Murphy.

“The Mark Twain Prize recognises people who have had an impact on American society in ways similar to the distinguished 19th century novelist and essayist best known

as Mark Twain,” said the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in its description of the prize.

The prize, first awarded in 1998 to Richard Pryor, highlights social criticism and insightful observation brought out by humour. Among previous recipients are Jonathan Winters, Lily Tomlin, Will Ferrell and Ellen DeGeneres.

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LAMAR Odom’s near-death experience is breathing new life into his marriage with Khloe Kardashian.

The ailing NBA player and his reality star bride asked a Los Angeles judge to dismiss their pending divorce case Wednesday, paperwork obtained by the Daily News confirms.

The surprise move came after the estranged couple unexpectedly reunited in a Las Vegas hospital last week after Odom was found unconscious in a legal brothel.

Kardashian’s lawyer Laura Wasser appeared in court early Wednesday with a request for dismissal signed

by Odom on Tuesday, apparently from his bed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The judge granted the request, meaning the final divorce judgment that was sitting in a paperwork backlog awaiting a judge’s signature is now off the table.

Odom, 35, and Kardashian, 31, wed in 2009 after a one-month whirlwind romance. She filed for divorce in December 2013 amid rumors of cheating and drug abuse.

After the breakup, the “Keeping

Khloe Kardashian had filed for divorce in December of 2013.

Up With The Kardashians” star confessed on camera that she wished they were still living as man and wife.

She later dated musician French

Montana and NBA player James Harden, but she rushed to Odom last week and kept a vigil at his bedside since the start of his Oct. 13 hospitalisation.

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EU has made UK economy more dynamic, but more exposed – says Bank of England chief MARK Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has said that EU membership opened up the UK economy and made it more dynamic, but also left it more exposed to financial shocks.

In an intervention likely to be seen as strengthening David Cameron’s hand as he prepares to enter negotiations with Britain’s EU partners, Carney challenged the prime minister to demand “clear principles” to safeguard Britain’s interests outside the euro, as he warned that botched European integration could threaten financial stability.

Carney, speaking in Oxford on Wednesday evening, said Britain was possibly “the leading beneficiary” of the EU’s single market, and that being in the bloc had been one of the drivers of its strong economic performance in the four decades since it first joined.

“Overall EU membership has increased the openness of the UK economy, facilitating dynamism but also creating some monetary and financial stability challenges for the Bank of England to manage,” Carney said. “Thus far, we have been able to meet these challenges.”

On immigration, one of the most controversial aspects of Britain’s relationship with Europe, he said that the free movement of labour could help tackle skills shortages and allow faster economic growth.

However, Carney said closer ties with the EU had also left Britain, with its large, open financial sector, vulnerable to the sovereign

debt crisis that swept through the eurozone. “Since the crisis began, shocks arising from our biggest and closest trading partner have challenged UK dynamism and made it more volatile,” he said.

“In the aftermath of the crisis, it is essential that EU rules, directives and regulation continue to support the UK’s ability to address risks to financial stability.”

The Bank would like Downing Street to seek assurances that, as eurozone member states press ahead with closer economic and financial integration, Threadneedle Street will not lose its discretion to set regulation to suit the UK. Central bank governors have traditionally avoided intervening in politics, but Carney has made a series of forays into public debate, including warning Scottish voters about the risks of leaving the UK and, more recently, highlighting the financial and economic risks of climate change.

In a 100-page report published to coincide with Carney’s speech, the Bank highlights several examples of EU post-crisis regulation it believes have not been in Britain’s interests, including the cap on bankers’ bonuses. It also expresses concerned about the way in which a single eurozone banking watchdog was being established.

“From the Bank of England’s perspective, steps to ensure financial stability for those within the euro area should not impede the achievement of financial stability for

those without, including the United Kingdom,” Carney said.

This argument is one that has repeatedly been made by George Osborne. The chancellor has urged eurozone members to press ahead with integration and reduce the threat of a renewed sovereign debt crisis. But he has also said the euro should not become the main locus of decision-making about the future of the single market.

Bank insiders insisted the contents of the report had not been discussed with Treasury officials or ministers, but Carney’s argument will provide a platform for the prime minister to demand reforms. Sources in Threadneedle Street also stressed that it had no intention of “marking the government’s homework”.

Even before formal talks begin, high-profile campaigns on both sides of the referendum debate have been launched, with Britain Stronger in Europe fronted by the former Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose, pitted against Vote Leave.The Confederation of British Industry, the lobby group, also entered the fray on Tuesday, stressing the benefits to companies and consumers of staying inside the single market.

Carney’s intervention came as the Spectator reported that Stephen Parkinson, a senior special adviser to Theresa May, the home secretary, is to resign from the government to work for the Leave campaign. The move will fuel speculation that May, who made a hardline speech at the Tory conference questioning the merits of high levels of immigration, may join the Leave campaign when Cameron completes his EU renegotiations.

Biden decides against presidential bid, a big boost to Clinton HIS agonised decision-making captivated political activists for weeks, generating a fever of speculation about whether Vice President Joe Biden would enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination — a move that could have created a formidable obstacle to the frontrunner, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In the end, though, Biden said, he had simply run out of “the time necessary to mount a winning campaign.”

His announcement significantly boosted Clinton’s prospects for winning the nomination, but left in place the anxiety among some Democratic activists that had first spurred talk of a Biden candidacy: the fear that public doubts about the former secretary of State could make her a weakened candidate in next year’s general election.

In the last couple of weeks, a raft of polls have tested how the race would look with and without Biden. The surveys offered a consistent verdict: that Biden would have started with support from almost one-fifth of Democrats, and that that backing largely would have come at Clinton’s expense.

Over the summer, while his family grieved over the death in May of his son Beau, the vice president kept saying that the window for a presidential run might close before they were ready to decide.

“I’ve concluded it has closed,” Biden said Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden.

The current vice-president of the US has decided against running for the highest office.

Biden’s announcement, with his wife, Jill, and President Obama at his side, signals the approaching end of a four-decade career in elected office and a quest for the presidency that stretched for more than a generation.

Biden’s speech contained at least one thinly veiled criticism of Clinton — a warning against excessive partisanship — and although he did not mention her name, he challenged her on policies. Overall, however, his decision helps her campaign.

“More than changing the race, his decision confirms what we know, which is the nomination is hers to lose,” said longtime political analyst Stuart Rothenberg. “It removes a question mark; it removes an alternative who could have taken advantage of another stumble if she did that.”

UK: Clues missed over paedophile doctor A PAEDOPHILE doctor was able to abuse young cancer patients undetected after clues to his offending were missed, an investigation has found.

Myles Bradbury was jailed for 16 years after admitting abusing 18 victims at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

Bradbury manipulated the system to perform “criminal, intimate examinations”, the report found.

Staff noticed he was seeing patients out-of-hours, but presumed he was doing it to help them out.

The hospital had a rule that a chaperone should be present for these examinations but it was often ignored.

A doctor confronted Bradbury, from Herringswell, Suffolk, when she noticed he was seeing a boy on his own, but he said it was at the patient’s request.

He told families it was “essential

for him to see their child alone” and they should learn to trust doctors, the independent investigation found.

Bradbury, who used a “spy pen” to secretly capture pictures of his partially-clothed victims, was arrested in December 2013. He admitted 25 offences dating between 2009 and 2013, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.

However, the report found there had been several clues to his offending prior to this.

The 42-year-old, who worked as a blood cancer specialist at the hospital for five years, phoned families on his personal number to make appointments.

He saw some children more often than necessary but failed to record these consultations, according to the report by Verita, a consultancy which specialises in public sector investigations.

Other key points from the report, commissioned by Addenbrooke’s, included: § One nurse thought Bradbury was “bending over backwards” to be flexible when he saw patients out-ofhours § He went on holiday with the mother of one of his patients. When a consultant confronted him, he agreed he could no longer be the boy’s doctor § A registrar noticed Bradbury seemed to be “awfully focussed” on the impact of children’s conditions on the development of puberty, but failed to raise the alarm § He used excessive puberty checks as an excuse to assault patients, sometimes in front of their parents § One mother watched Bradbury slip his hand under her daughter’s top without warning, but she did not want to question his professionalism

Bradbury told families it was essential for him to see their child alone.

Doctors explained he spent a lot of time “ingratiating himself” into families’ affections and his office wall was covered in letters from children.

Dr Jag Ahluwalia, medical director of the trust, told the investigation his staff were also “duped” by Bradbury.

“To a degree I have beaten myself

up over it, and so have his paediatric oncology colleagues, but I think they were all groomed along the way,” he told the investigation.

The Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, was praised for acting decisively after a concern was raised in November 2013.

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Nigel, Vernon, Rhonda: UK, Ireland unveil new list of storm names WEATHER forecasters in the UK and Ireland could soon be urging people to start “making plans for Nigel,” as the lyrics of the 1979 XTC single go, after the national weather services there announced new naming conventions for storms.

The UK’s Met Office weather service and its Irish equivalent, Met Eireann, appealed to the public last month to suggest names for a pilot project to name powerful storms affecting the countries.

The services said in a statement that they hoped that naming storms would help streamline communications about advancing storm systems -- increasing the public’s awareness of their progress and their preparedness for when they struck.

Thousands of suggestions were received via email, Facebook and Twitter, the UK Met Office said, and on Tuesday, the results were revealed.

Beginning with Abigail, the list alternates between female and male names, with a name assigned to each letter of the alphabet, excluding Q, U, X, Y and Z, to keep in line with conventions used in the U.S. The complete list is: Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, Jake, Katie, Lawrence, Mary, Nigel, Orla, Phil, Rhonda, Steve, Tegan, Vernon and Wendy.

The Met Office said in a statement that storms would be named when they had potential to cause “medium or high” wind impacts in the UK or Ireland. Storms that have begun as named hurricanes in the Atlantic would not be assigned new names, but would continue to be referred to by the name allocated by the U.S. National Hurricane Centre in Miami, Met Eireann said.

The Met Office said it had seen the benefits of naming storms when the “St. Jude’s Day storm” struck in October 2013, killing four people.

Widespread information about the approaching storm, including on social media, where hashtagging the storm’s advance made it easy to monitor, had helped planners, emergency responders and the public mitigate its impact, it said in a statement.

Naming storms would also reduce confusion at times when two severe weather events were being tracked.

Tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes are subject to different naming conventions around the world. Severe weather events in the North Atlantic are named according to a protocol established by the World Meteorological Organization, in which six lists of alternating male and female names are used on an annual rotation, according to the U.S.’s National Hurricane Center.

Yem Chhrin, center, an unlicensed medical practitioner, reused unclean needles on residents in a village.

Cambodian on trial for infecting more than 100 with HIV AN UNLICENSED medical practitioner who infected more than 100 villagers in northwestern Cambodia with HIV by reusing unclean needles went on trial Tuesday, facing three charges including murder, his lawyer said.

Yem Chhrin faces up to life in prison if found guilty of murder, intentionally spreading HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — and practicing medicine without a license, his lawyer, Em Sovann, said by telephone from Battambang town, where a provincial court is holding the five-day trial.

Yem Chhrin was arrested last December and taken into protective custody, fearing revenge lynching

by residents of Roka village, where at least 106 of the 800 people tested were found to be infected with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus.

Local newspapers have put the number at 300.

The infected range in age from 3 to 82, and include Buddhist monks.

At least 10 victims are reported to have died.

Cambodia, one of the poorest countries in the world, has inadequate health care facilities, especially in rural areas, where villagers often have no recourse but to rely on unlicensed medical practitioners who have trained themselves to treat minor ailments and to give injections.

Canada to withdraw fighter jets from Syria and Iraq strikes CANADIAN Prime Ministerdesignate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.

He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours after leading his Liberal Party to victory in the polls.

As part of his election campaign, Mr Trudeau pledged to bring home the CF-18 fighter jets that were deployed to the region until March 2016.

He has not yet given a timescale.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals swept to power in Monday’s election, ending nearly a decade of Conservative rule under Stephen Harper.

Mr Trudeau, an ex-high-school teacher, is the eldest son of late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

In his first telephone conversation with the US president as Canada’s prime minister-designate, Mr Trudeau informed Barack Obama that he would make good on his election promise to withdraw the fighter jets.

“I committed that we would continue to engage in a responsible way that understands how important Canada has a role to play in the fight against ISIL (Islamic State), but he (Barack Obama) understands the commitments I’ve made around ending the combat mission,” he told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.

However, he said he would keep Canadian military trainers in northern Iraq, the AFP news agency reports.

PM-designate Justin Trudeau has also promised to do more to help the environment and to legalise marijuana.

Mr Trudeau has also vowed to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year - a move previously rejected by his predecessor Stephen Harper, who took a much harder line on the issue.

He also quipped that President Obama had “teased me about my lack of grey hair, but said I’d probably get some quite soon”.

Justin Trudeau looks set to improve relations with the US in other areas, especially on environmental issues.

Trudeau’s to-do list During the 11-week election campaign, the Liberal Party said it would: § Cut income taxes for middleclass Canadians while increasing them for the wealthy § Run deficits for three years to pay for infrastructure spending § Do more to address environmental concerns over the controversial Keystone oil pipeline § Take in more Syrian refugees,

and pull out of bombing raids against Islamic State while bolstering training for Iraqi forces § Legalise marijuana “Canada’s days of being a lessthan-enthusiastic actor on the climate-change file are behind us,” he said on Tuesday, in reference to Stephen Harper’s decision to pull Canada out of the Kyoto climate change protocol in 2011 - the first country to do so.

The White House said in a statement on Tuesday that President Obama looked forward to working on climate policy with Mr Trudeau, who has pledged to set targets to reduce carbon emissions.

Ties are also likely to improve over plans for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would send Canadian oil south across the border. President Obama was reluctant to approve the proposal, which angered Stephen Harper who said it would create jobs for Canadians.

Israeli PM criticised for saying Holocaust was mufti’s idea, not Hitler’s THERE’S no question Adolf Hitler led Nazi Germany when it implemented the “final solution” in an effort to kill all Jews.

But, in a speech this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested it wasn’t Hitler’s idea.

Rather, he pointed to Jerusalem’s then-grand mufti, Haj Amin alHusseini, who met with the Nazi leader in Germany in the early 1940s.

“Hitler didn’t want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews,” Netanyahu said Tuesday at the 37th Zionist Congress, according to a transcript on his website. “And Haj Amin alHusseini went to Hitler and said, ‘If you expel them, they’ll all come here.’ “’So what should I do with them?’

(Hitler) asked. (Husseini) said, ‘Burn them.’”

There’s no video or audio, not even a transcript, that can definitively

prove Netanyahu’s account of the conversation between Hitler and Husseini, who as grand mufti oversaw Muslim sites in Jerusalem.

But it quickly spurred criticism in Israel and the Palestinian territories, with some claiming that Netanyahu had effectively absolved Hitler of the Holocaust’s most gruesome, deplorable aspect and instead blamed Husseini -- then and now a renowned figure in Palestinian circles -- for the systematic killing of more than 6 million Jews using gas chambers and firing squads.

Palestinian Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erakat strongly rejected Netanyahu’s claim. He pointed to Palestinians who fought with the Allies during World War II and said, “Palestinian efforts against the Nazi regime are a deep-rooted part of our history.”

Even worse, according to Erakat,

is that this statement comes as world leaders such as U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon have publicly and privately urged Netanyahu to ease the rhetoric in order to calm tensions that have flared in recent weeks.

Eight Israelis have been killed after being stabbed, shot or run over. At least 45 Palestinians have been killed, either for their part in those attacks or in clashes with Israeli authorities in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

It’s not just Palestinians who are upset.

Netanyahu has been blasted in Israel. Isaac Herzog, the head of that country’s opposition Zionist Union party, said Netanyahu, through his comments, “has forgotten that he is not only the Israeli Prime Minister but also the Prime Minister of the Jewish people.”

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Call: 231-3788

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

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C & J CONSULTANCY

Is looking for a

labourer To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

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contact: 246-4769

Maid/ Domestic Worker Worker to work 3 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 241-5125

MUSIC TEACHER

Submit applications to Celestial Music Studio Ltd., P.O. Box 1137, Providenciales, TCI

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QUALIFICATIONS: • Certified in Alfred Piano Library Levels Prep to Adult • Equivalent to Royal Conservatory of Music – Grade 8 • Ability to keep performance records of students • Prepare for piano recitals twice a year • Ability to work in a classroom setting and one-on-one • Minimum 12 years teaching experience • Must be available during the day/ evenings and weekends • Must speak and write fluent English • Must own a piano and provide own transportation Salary $15 per hour.

DANIEL WILLIAMS Is looking for a

Farmer/ Helper contact: 243-1018

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To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

Acting on behalf of our clients: V & M Security, Carrington Williams Breeze Construction, Paulmont Mompremier is looking to fill the following positions:

Labourers – $6.25 per hour

Domestic Worker $6.25 per hour

Security Guard $6.25 -$7.00 per hour

Carpenter

$7.00-$9.00 per hour

Mason

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Contact: philojemployment@ hotmail.com 11451

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN REQUIRED

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour. contact: 241-5125

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D & B TILE

Mango Bar & Restaurant

Is seeking employment for the following:

Is looking for a

Send all applications to: jafooe@gmail.com

FAN ART PHOTO

Salaries are negotiable with employer. Interested candidate can

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 241-7845

contact: 246-6237

G & J CONSTRUCTION

ISLAND LANDSCAPING

Is looking for

is looking for a

clerk To work 6 days per week.

Must have 2 years experience in Photoshop and Paintnet.

Salary $6.50 per hour.

Is looking for a

laboUrers

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 347-2093

laboUrer to work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 342-5808

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Job Opportunity

Domestic Worker Needed for retail business.

Must be willing to work weekend and holidays.

Apply to jobs@gracebaypharmacy.com or Box 276, Neptune Court, Providenciales.

Senior Associate Attorney A senior associate attorney is required for a busy firm based in Providenciales. The successful candidate will be a qualified solicitor/ attorney with at least ten years pqe in appropriate property disciplines: commercial and residential conveyancing and development work; landlord and tenant; commercial lending and also corporate and commercial law. Experience in a registered land system and an offshore jurisdiction; drafting complex development, security and financing documents; excellent communication skills; and an ability to manage files and work independently are all essentials, together with the willingness to be responsible for marketing and work long hours, including weekends and public holidays. Salary commensurate with experience.

Warehouse Merchandiser/Attendant Needed

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Must have the following 1. Experience working in a warehouse setting 2. Merchandising 3. Valid Drivers license for 3 years and over 25 years old Te successful candidate MUST be physically fit, able to lift heavy Boxes and off load containers.

Send resumes to jobs@gracebaypharmacy.com or Box 276, Neptune Court, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.

Maid Is looking for a

Labourer Tileman Barmaid To work 6 days

• Minimum 5 years’ experience • Microsoft & CISCO certification required • IT Systems & Network Administration required • Computer Programming Required • An in depth knowledge of Cell Phones & Cellphone Operating Systems Programming Required

contact: 231-1073

ALBERT SMITH

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ALBERT SMITH

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C & J CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of our clients: V & M Security, Black Boy & Jean Trucking, Breeze Construction, Paulmont Mompremier is looking to fill the following positions:

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EAGLE REFERENCE CAR WASH Is looking for a

JEREMY RIGBY is looking for a

DREADZ BEAUTY SALON

PROVO ELECTRIC

Labourer

Is looking for a

LaboUrers

Security Guard $6.25-$7.00 per hour

Carpenter

roofer Secretary To work 6 days

hairdresser

contact: 347-9104

contact: 342-2182

PAMPERED PAWS LTD.

VACANCIES

to work 6 days per week salary $500.00 per week.

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

Mason

– $7.00-$9.00 per hour

Contact: philojemployment@ 11451 hotmail.com

MERCEDE’S BEAUTY SALON Is looking for a

salon helper

contact: 346-4078

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– $7.00-$9.00 per hour

Is looking for applicants for full and part-time

laboUrer positions

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour. contact: 346-9905

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• Must be fluent in English (written and spoken) • Must have detailed experience with animals • Must have transportation and must be willing and able to work weekends and holidays Starting salary $6.75 per hour based on experience

Please drop off resumes at Pampered Paws Spa, email: sharwind2002@yahoo. com or contact: 649-431-1119 11456

MAX’S MINI MART

Labourer

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

Salary must commensurate with qualification. Resumes can be faxed to: 941-3425 and the Labor Department, Providenciales as soon as possible 11477

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– $6.25 per hour

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– $6.25 per hour

Domestic Worker

Fidelity Builders, G & J Construction and ERB Construction is looking to fill the following positions:

Carpenter – $7.00 per hour

Mason – $8.00 per hour

LaboUrer – $6.25 per hour

Contact: 649-347-2093

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KADEEN AGENCY Acting on behalf of our clients Tibor’s Machine Shop is looking for 2

LABOURER

Welder Fabricators

NEEDED

contact: 231-6565

contact: 231-2621

Must have 5 – 10 years experience salary negotiable

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To be responsible for the upkeep of property and must be willing to work on weekends salary $6.25 per hour

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TITLE NUMBER SECTION ISLAND 60610/194 Norway and Five Cays Providenciales

NOTICE

OF SALE BY AUCTION I, CLARIDGE EVAN WILSON., of Hibernian House, Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands under the powers contained in the Charge dated the 15th day of February, 2005 made between Armagh Oil & Gas Corporation (now Armagh Oil & Gas Ltd.) and CLARIDGE EVAN WILSON hereby give NOTICE that the following Parcel shall be sold at Public Auction outside the offices of Hugh G. O’Neill & Co., Hibernian House, 1136 Leeward Highway, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands on Monday November 2nd at 11.00 AM: Parcel 60610/194 Norway and Five Cays Providenciales The Property is located on the south side of the eastern section of South Dock Road opposite Tropical Shipping. The Property benefits from approximately 230 linear feet of frontage to South Dock Road and has been developed with a two storey retail and office building and associated site works. The building contains 6 units. An asphalt parking area has been installed on the Property. The Property is 0.78 acres in size.

A reserve price shall be fixed and any successful offer must be accompanied with a 10% deposit in the form of Turks and Caicos Islands Attorney’s trust account cheque or by bank draft immediately negotiable at par in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Dated this the 19th day of October, 2015 11477

• Minimum of 10 years experience in dry cleaning business with emphasis on pressing specialty items.

• Excellent finishing quality and efficiency is required.

• Must be able to stand for long hours and manage hot working conditions.

• Must be fluent in English and be a team worker.

• Please provide proof of experience.

WASHER

• Minimum 2 years experience in laundry industry.

• Manage/program computerized machines.

• Involves; heavy lifting of soiled & wet linens, standing long hours and hot working environment.

• Night shift only.

• Must be fluent in English and be a team worker.

• Please provide proof of experience.

Email resume info@pioneertci.com Please fax copy to TCI Labour Office: 946-4164

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NOTICE REGULATION 7 OF THE PHYSICAL PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION) REGULATIONS, 1990

A PLANNING APPLICATION, REGISTERED AS TITLE NO. 60602/270 BY THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND MAINTENENACE SERVICES, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING: • CHANGE OF USE TO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING • THE BUILDING WILL OPERATE AS A RESTAURANT/ BAR ANYONE WISHING TO MAKE REPRESENTATION(S) MAY DO SO IN WRITING TO THE DIRCTOR OF PLANNING, GRAND TURK OR PROVIDENCIALES, WITHIN TWENTYEIGHT (28) DAYS OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. NOTICE DATED: OCTOBER 7TH, 2015

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JOB ADVERTISEMENT Gansevoort Turks + Caicos is a contemporary luxury full service boutique resort on Grace Bay Beach. We are looking for driven and energetic professionals with Five Star experience and who are committed to achieving excellence by ensuring Five Star standards and services are continuously delivered.

Director of Food & Beverage

purchased or requisitioned.

• Order and purchase equipment and supplies.

Overall Scope and Responsibility: Assists in leading the property’s food and beverage/ culinary operation, including Restaurants/Bars, Room Service, and Banquets/Catering, where applicable.

Position oversees the development and implementation of departmental strategies and ensures implementation of the brand service strategy and brand initiatives.

The position ensures the food and beverage/culinary operation meets the brand’s target customer needs, ensures employee satisfaction, focuses on growing revenues and maximizes the financial performance of the department. Delivers products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer and property employees and meeting or exceeding financial goals and provides a return on investment.

Main Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Maximizing Food and Beverage Revenue

Developing and Executing Food and Beverage Strategy and Goals

• Streamlining all procedures to maximize efficiencies and drive guest satisfaction and revenues.

• Creating cost control driven menus utilizing menu engineering and the correct menu mix.

• Responsible for monthly and yearly Labor Reports & P&L. • Works with direct reports to develop and implement promotions, food and wine pairings, menu items and presentations.

• Develops a food and beverage operating strategy that is aligned with the brand’s business strategy and leads its execution.

• Ensures integration of departmental goals in game plans. Knowledge of specific hospitality industry applications (SMS, Avero, Opentable, MICROS).

Leading Food and Beverage Teams

• Ensures that regular, on-going communication occurs in all areas of food and beverage (e.g., pre-meal briefings, staff meetings, culinary team).

• Works with direct reports to review business in house and potential business in surrounding area and troubleshoot potential challenges/conflicts.

• Ensures that regular, on-going communication occurs in all areas of food and beverage (e.g., pre-meal briefings and staff meetings).

• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service and operational needs are met.

• Sets expectations and holds food and beverage leadership team accountable for demonstrating desired service behaviors.

• Provides feedback to employees based on observation of service behaviors.

• Utilizes employee feedback and an “open door” policy to identify and address employee problems or concerns in a timely manner.

• Communicates critical information gained from preand post-event meetings to areas of responsibility.

• Estimate food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption in order to anticipate amounts to be

• Reviews financial reports and statements to determine how Food and Beverage is performing against budget.

• Ensures cash control and liquor control policies are in place in food & beverage areas and followed by all related employees.

• Encourages calculated risk-taking to generate incremental revenue and deliver Savvy Service.

Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service • Creates an atmosphere in all food and beverage areas that meets or exceeds guest expectations.

• Reviews comment cards, guest satisfaction results and other data to identify areas of improvement.

• Strives to improve service performance.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities

• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently, disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs) and supports the peer review process.

• Conducts annual performance appraisals with direct reports according to Standard Operating Procedures.

• Communicates and executes departmental and property emergency procedures.

• Hires food & beverage leadership team members who demonstrate strong functional expertise, creativity and entrepreneurial leadership to meet the business needs of the operation.

• Ensures new hires participate in the department’s orientation program and receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.

• Sets goals and expectations for direct reports using the performance review process and holds staff accountable for successful performance.

• Establishes guidelines so employees understand expectations and parameters.

• Ensures employees receive on-going training to understand guest expectations.

General

• To understand and strictly adhere to the Rules & Regulations established in the Employees Handbook and the Hotel’s policy on Fire, Hygiene, Health and Safety.

• To always work to the best of your ability in a professional manner.

• To contribute to the best of your ability to the overall profitability of the Restaurant and Hotel.

• Establish and maintain effective human relations • To be financially aware and aim to strive for a successful profitable business.

• To report for duty punctually following the correct clock in procedures.

• To be groomed and dressed professionally as stipulated in the staff handbook including wearing the correct clean uniform at all times.

• To maintain a high standard of personal appearance

and hygiene at all times.

• To maintain a good rapport and working relationship with all staff.

• To be fully aware and cooperate with all the security policies.

• To handle guest and employee inquiries to the best of your ability in a courteous and efficient manner and report guest complaints or problems to supervisors or manager on duty at all times • To provide and maintain the highest possibly service standards to our clientele at all times • To use your knowledge to the best of your ability with regard to legal matters • To never be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when on duty.

• To be familiar with the emergency procedures of the hotel/restaurant • Never to communicate to any members of the press with regard to the Gansevoort Hotel, it’s clientele and the owners of the hotel.

• To ensure all safety procedures are adhered to, and follow all appropriate policies and procedures while constantly striving to improve all standards of operation • To provide a courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service at all times.

• To contribute to the best of your ability to the overall profitability of the restaurant/hotel.

• To be presentable to the best of your ability at all times whenever you represent the Gansevoort Hotel.

• To ensure all safety procedures are adhered to, and follow all appropriate policies and procedures while constantly striving to improve all standards of operation.

• Ensure prompt and courteous service to guests, and to ensure that all guest experiences are distinctively supreme

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years experience as F&B Director from leading international 5 Star Level Luxury Resort, proven knowledge of, and ability to oversee and direct the food and beverage division.

• 4-year degree from an accredited university in Food Service Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hospitality, Business Administration, or related major.

• Caribbean experience preferred.

• Bilingual.

• Excellent communication, coaching and leadership skills.

• Possess excellent financial and computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, Avero, OpenTable and Micros POS. • Must have the stamina to work 50 to 60 hours per week.

• Experience in managing a large multi-national staff.

• Good organizational skills for dealing with diverse duties and staff.

• Extensive knowledge of varying brands and quality of liquors.

• Ability to read, interpret and demonstrate the preparation of drink recipes.

Interested applicants can contact our Human Resources Department, Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm on (649)941-7555. E- Mail cover letter outlining your interest and supporting experience in a particular position along with your Resume or C.V. to hr@wymara.com

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Electricians Welders Salary $16.00 per hour.

contact: 231-1205 SAMUEL HALL Is looking for a

is seeking to hire:-

Labourer

Salary $6.50 per hour. Contact: 649946-4536 or email: info@winecellar.tc 11473

SPOTLESS CLEANERS Is looking for a

farmer Gardener To work 6 days To work 6 days contact: 332-5029 CARIDAD GARCIA Is looking for a

labourer to work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour

contact; 341-8742

per week salary $6.50 per hour.

contact: 941-3338

11460

per week salary $6.25 per hour.

SEAL SECURITY

The Wine Cellar

T.C. INDUSTRIAL Is looking to fill the following positions:

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The Help Desk Is acting on behalf of its clients: Price Club/ JSMS Ltd (231-0195)

Labourers,

Store Supervisor Salary starts at $6.25 per hour

WATERSKI INSTRUCTOR • Must be certified with USA, Canada or UK • Water-ski • Must have 7 years experience teaching all levels • Multiple languages are beneficial • General knowledge of boat mechanical skills required • Must have STCW and local captain license • Good communication skills • Must have the ability to swim in all conditions and know how to drive, handle and dock an inboard and outboard vessel

Resume and CV may be sent to: info@nautiquesports.com 11462

EXECUTIVE TOURS LTD. Is seeking the following positions:

AUTO MECHANICAL SHOP SUPERVISOR

• Preferably ASE Certified, ability to speak a second language will be an advantage Duties include: • Troubleshooting and repairs to all electrical and computerized systems • Troubleshooting and repair transmissions, manual and automatic • Repair suspension and carry out wheel alignment • Maintain daily activity log and liaise with customers Starting salary is $2,400.00 per month (44)

forty-four hours per week

HEAVY DUTY DIESEL MECHANIC

Preferably ASE Certified Duties include: • Troubleshooting and repairs to all buses and coasters • Troubleshooting and repairs to all electrical and computerized systems • Troubleshooting and repair of transmissions, manual and automatic Starting salary $2,200.00 per month (44) forty-four hours per week

Contact: 649-946-4524

is seeking highly trained professional experienced

WAWA EXPRESSION CAR WASH Is looking for a

SECURITY OFFICERS

laboUrer

contact: 649-442-6220

contact: 332-5029

to work 5 days per week salary $6.50 per hour.

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To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

S & R ELECTRONIC SERVICES is seeking employment for the following:

Electrician Salary $7.00 per hour Interested candidate may contact the employer at 649-3464624 for further details regarding employment

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NOTICE OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION Scotiabank (Turks & Caicos) Ltd. of Cherokee Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands hereby gives notice of its intention to sell by Public Auction the following properties pursuant to its power of sale as registered Chargee under the Registered Land Ordinance of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

1. Parcel 61109/4 Long Bay Hills, Providenciales.

Single storey main house with two bedrooms, one bathroom, kitchen, dining/living room, family room and laundry room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/dining room on 1.021 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Rickanro Samarl Lightbourn

2. Parcel 60900/288 Leeward Going Through, Providenciales.

Single storey main house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, living/dining room and an apartment unit with one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and living/dining room on 0.36 acre.

Registered Proprietors: Mark Andrew Knighton and Julie Margaret Knighton

3. Parcel 60004/251 North West & North Central, Providenciales.

Single storey with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, living room, kitchen and laundry room on 0.21 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Olivia Loretta Gardiner

4. Parcel 10403/173 East Suburbs, Grand Turk.

Single storey with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living/dining room, family room, kitchen and laundry room on 0.25 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Kaydeen Patriece Miles

5. Parcel 50402/175 Kew Township, North Caicos.

Single storey with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, living/dining room and kitchen on 0.32 acre.

Registered Proprietors: Bernice Augusta Been and Melva Olaine Williams

6. Parcel 60400/187 Chalksound, Providenciales.

Vacant land located on Chalksound Drive with panoramic views over the waters to the west of Chalksound on 0.58 acre.

Registered Proprietor: Carmen Rochelle Brown The auction will be held at the office of Scotiabank (Turks and Caicos) Limited, Grace Bay Branch, Providenciales at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday the 30th day of October 2015.

A reserved price will be fixed on all parcels and a deposit of 10% is due immediately upon all accepted bids.

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RAY GARDINER Is looking for a

MARIA’S VARIETY Is looking for a

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 241-9388

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STONE FABRICATOR

Cashier to work 6 days

per week salary $7.00 per hour

- the successful applicant must have five years' experience - Must be able to fabricate marble and granite slab products according to specifications and schedule - Must be able to assist the foreman in charge at warehouse and on job sites - Must be able to read blueprints, layout jobs from blueprints, operate water cooled tools, match colors of materials, glue materials, fill holes in materials, operate grinders, stone router and clean up after daily shifts, performs duties and direction from supervisor - Good knowledge of the English language as asset.

Salary commensurate with qualifications

contact: 341-1268

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labourer

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Please email resumes to financeassltci@gmail.com Deadline for applications is November 1, 2015

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VIA VENETO Is looking for the following:

Baker

• Must be able to bake Italian pastries

Sous Chef

• Must be able to cook Italian cuisines Salary commensurate with experience

Contact: 649-941-2371

CH Ltd

Is seeking candidates to fill the following positions:

Chef De Cuisine (1 Position Available) Qualifications/Experience needed: Degree in Hotel Management from a reputed hotel school.

• At least 5-6 years previous experience in top end kitchens (5 star diamond AAA restaurant experience preferable) Specialty Restaurant / Room Service / Grill House kitchen experience is desired • Progression in various kitchen position preferred.

• Sound international cuisine knowledge • Restaurant / Events / Banquets menu planning experience in the past is preferred In depth knowledge of food hygiene and handling knowledge (HACCP certification) Must have at least 2 international hotel brand exposure • Experience in running multi cultural teams (Island Experience preferred) Responsible for ordering and receiving all necessary kitchen supplies Maintain food inventories, and keep track of food costs.

• Responsible for training kitchen staff • Planning, coordinating and executing various culinary promotions.

• Computer proficiency • Ability to review and comprehend all necessary documentation • Willingness to work any and all shifts on any and all days

Restaurant Manager (2 Positions Available) Qualifications/Experience needed: Degree in Hotel Management from a reputed hotel school.

• At least 5-6 years previous experience operating high end food & beverage outlets (5 star hotel experience preferable) Specialty Restaurant / Room Service / All Day Dining / Events & Weddings experience in Food & beverage is desired Progression in various F&B position preferred.

• Sound food, wines and beverage knowledge • Restaurant / Events / Banquets menu planning experience in the past is preferred In depth knowledge of food service and handling along with hygiene knowledge Must have at least 2 international hotel brand exposure • Experience in quality improvement and efficiency initiatives desirable Responsible for ordering and receiving all necessary operating supplies Maintain food and equipment inventories, and keep inventory records Responsible for training restaurant staff • Marketing skills crucial for planning, coordinating and executing various Restaurant Promotions for this position • Computer proficiency • Ability to review and comprehend all necessary documentation • Willingness to work any and all shifts on any and all days

Please email résumé and covering letter to info@jakarah.com Deadline for applications Oct 31, 2015. Interviews to be held for successful applicants on Nov 2, 2015.

Remuneration package commensurate with experience and qualifications

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT MANAGER, ROOMS

JOB SUMMARY: Function as the strategic business leader of the property’s room operation, including, but not limited to Guest Services (Front Des, Personal concierge, Bell/ Houseman, Retail). Spa, Housekeeping/ Laundry, Security, where applicable. Position oversees the development and implementation of departmental strategies and ensures implementation of the GBC service strategy and initiatives. The position ensures the rooms operation meets the company’s target customer needs, ensures employee satisfaction, and focuses on growing revenues and maximizing the financial performance of the department.

Develops and implements property-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the customer and property employees and provides and return on investment.

CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience • College degree preferred • 8+ years experience in rooms operation at management level, both Front of House and Back of House.

• Knowledge of principles and process for providing customer and personal services.

This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Management of Financial Resources • Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures

Applied Business Knowledge

• Understanding market dynamics, enterprise level objectives and important aspects of the company’s business to accurately diagnose strengths and weaknesses, anticipate opportunities and risks, identify issues and develop strategies and plans. Aligning individual and team actions with strategies and plans to drive business results • Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities and materials needed to do certain work Developing and Maintaining Rooms Division Goals • Set expectations and holds all rooms leadership team accountable for demonstrating desired service behaviors • Reviews financial reports and statements to determine how Rooms Division is performing against budget • Makes recommendations for CAPEX funding of Rooms equipment and renovations in accordance with brand business strategy • Works with room’s leadership team to determine areas of concern and develops strategies to improve the department’s financial performance • Establishes challenging, realistic and obtainable goals to guide operation and performance • Strives to improve service performance • Develops and manages room budgets • Monitors the departments’ actual and projected sales to ensure revenue goals are met or exceeded and opportunities are identified and addressed • Focuses on maintaining profit margins without compromising guest or employee satisfaction

Contact: Human Resource Department at 649-946-5050

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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

SCHEDULE FORMS

FORM 1

NOTICE OF DORMANT ACCOUNT (Regulation 2) Name of Financial Institution/TIN of Financial Institution SCOTIABANK (TCI) LTD Address of Financial Institution 88 CHEROKEE ROAD LEEWARD HIGHWAY PROVIDENCIALES TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Change of name, if any, of the Financial Institution THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA The public is hereby given notice that (SCOTIABANK (TCI) LTD) holds the following dormant accounts– Account Type Account Name

Account Type Account Name

Account Type Account Name

Savings Adrian McCarthey Savings Adrian Senat Savings Alanzo/Patricia Mora Savings Alberto Vilorio Savings Alicia Francis Savings Altrisha &/or

Catherine Robinson Savings Ambiorix Bonilia Current Amcas Limited Savings Andrea Blumentritt Savings Andrea Kelly Hughes Savings Andrew W Shaw Savings Angy Rodney Savings Anthon Preston Savings Anthony Costa Savings Anthony Francis Savings Antonio Stubbs Savings April Francis Savings Arianna Lightbourne Savings Arnelle/Patricia Mora Savings Arwin Grant Savings Asha Lightbourne Savings Babara's Books Savings Balden Parker Savings Barabara/

John McKee Savings Bensheka Wilson Savings Bertram Dean/

Simms M Savings Bianca A Thomas Savings Billy &/or

Louis D Rigby Current Blue Seas Offshore Current Blyth

International Ltd Savings Brandon

O'Neal Forbes Savings Brandon O'Neil Savings Brent Astwood

Savings Breon Rigby Savings Breyanna Williams Savings Brianca Cartwright Savings Bridget Robinson Savings Brittnay Garland Savings Cameron Gardiner Savings Candyce Allard Savings Cardinal Handfield Savings Carmen Almonte Savings Celine G Swan Savings Chaine Des Rotisseur Savings Chamel R Sanchez Savings Charnelle Robinson Savings Chelsea Tipton Savings Christopher Williams Savings Clenae Howell Savings Corrine Hall Savings Corrine L S Hall Savings Daksh Sanj Shingrani Savings Damian Pereira Savings D'Andre Hanchell Savings D'Angelo Prosper Savings Daniel Blumentritt Savings Daphne Gayle Savings Darien Dickenson Savings Dario Sands Savings Darnall Handfield Savings Dawn Walterhouse Savings Dawshawndre Deane Savings Dayna R. Ferriera Savings Decklin A Beresford Savings Del Pino, Carlos Savings Demeika Quant Savings Demetrio Quant Savings Demico McDonald Savings Deniro Lafrenier Savings Der Torossian Debra Savings Dernelle Williams

Savings Deseanette

McDonald Savings Devanio Quant Savings Devon Simmons Savings Diane Lemire Savings Diangelo A Coverley Savings Dinyane Sibera Savings Donald Richard Miller Savings Donavan Francis Savings Donna Marlene

E Wint Savings Doughty R/

Williams W Savings Dulga Gray Savings Earlsalena Robinson Savings Eddiejean Siffrad Savings Edith/John Moore Savings Edwin Spengeman Savings Elisnet Estephane Savings Elliot Cunningham Savings English Freites Savings Enoch Richard Savings Eric Deknock Savings Eric Schwing Savings Eric Story Savings Ericka A Rogers/

Coralee E Simpson Savings Erin E/Ethan

C/Ariana Grant Savings Ernacio Forbes Savings Ernequa Hall Savings Eugene Gardiner Savings Ezequiel Louima Savings Fouad

Mikhael Marjaba Savings Frank Bertrant Savings Frank Jean Savings Future Films Savings Garnet Ricketts

Continued

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NOTICE OF DORMANT ACCOUNT Account Type Account Name Savings Gary Lalonde Savings Gary Miles Savings Gaurdvin J

Missick Jr. Savings George Anne Bunting Savings George Leylegian Savings Ginsie Dievuleil Savings Girlie Joseph Savings Godgia Robinson Savings Goldston N/D Savings Guerline Julien Savings Guintaya H.A. Ellis Savings Heather Dabbagh Savings Hibbert headley Savings Holly Hamilton Savings Howard A Stubbs Jr Savings Hubert/Giselle James Savings Hubertus Stolwerk Savings Hudson L Gardiner Savings Ian F Gosling Current Investments

W A View Savings Irina Feldman Savings Isaac Missick Savings Isabella Cox Savings J/T Tabell Savings Jacques/

Argerome Alexis Savings Jadesha S Forbes Savings Jairo Duran Pineda Savings Jamael Delancy Savings Jamecia Glinton Savings James Ewing Savings Jamesly Prosper Savings Jaswantrai Doshi Savings Javiel Montes Savings Jazmin Rodgers Savings Jean E Pierre Savings Jean/

Emanise Stilmar Savings Jeffrey Chase Savings Jesly Prosper Savings Jesula Prosper Savings Jharel-Anma Ferriera Savings John Forde Savings John Grice Savings John Wynns Savings John/

Jacqueline Todd Savings Jonathan Burgess Savings Jordan Garland Savings Jovan Handfield Savings Judith/Mari Oliveira Savings Julliet Marcia Watson Savings Justin Lightbourne Savings Justin P Pettress

Account Type Account Name Savings Kadis Simmons Savings Kandoll N Gardiner Savings Karen Swann Savings Kavano Lightbourne Savings Kaylam Marvin Pratt Savings Kazmaine Been Savings Keandra Gardiner Savings Ke-Ara James Savings Keitha Comrie Savings Kelly Demontgny Savings Kenardo Penn Savings Kendrenna Penn Savings Kenly Taylor Savings Kenville Charles Savings Kenyetta Grant Savings Kezia Ariza Savings Kimberley Handfield Savings Kimberly Keith Savings Kindra Blumentritt Savings Kiovani Gourgue Savings Kristina Dietsche Savings L Osterman/

Mi Newman Savings Ladeika Adams Savings Lakier Grant Savings Lamar G Walters Savings Laquad Garland Savings Larry Francis Savings Laura Ali Savings Lebert Ramcharan Savings Lemano Lawan

Malcolm Current Lemetik SSSI Limited Savings Lev Olevson Savings Lind/Sherra Schwiers Savings Liujee Morris Savings Livie Gerelus Savings Lloydeka E

Handfield Savings Lloydyanna Stubbs Savings Louis Bielmann Savings Louis E Grant Savings Lovely Phillippe Savings Lunneiara Joseph Savings Lunt S/J Hunter Savings Malik R Ingham Savings Marco Eygendaal Savings Maria Olivia Savings Mario Rigby Savings Marlene E Hanchard Savings Mary Roney/Bailey Savings Mathew Gardiner Savings Matthew Lang Savings Maurissa Handfield

Account Type Account Name Savings Maxilien Daceus Savings Melia &/

or Angleo Harvey Savings Meredith Grimmer Savings Mervin Cox Jnr. Savings Michael G/

Marlene S Milne Savings Michael Neehuis Savings Michael Palmer Savings Michael Valle Savings Milessa Ali Savings Milford Campbell Savings Millicent Ellis Savings Moise Jacques Current New Jersey

Amigo Ltd Savings New Test.

C.O.G Dist Savings Niurka Santos Current Northcote & Co Savings Omar Morris Savings Orvin F. Williams Jnr Savings Patricia Chidiac Savings Patrick Coughlan Savings Patrick G Liddy Savings Paul Little Savings Paul Spong Savings Paula Higgs Savings Paula McKenzie Current People's Auction/

Provo Fun Savings Quanisha Blaise Savings Quesny Louis Savings Quinton Harvey Savings Rakinido/

Enid Walkin Savings Rashanell Rigby Savings Reinsurance Topper Savings Rhian E A Davies Savings Rhondeisha C Gray Savings Rhys E F Davies Savings Ricardo Small Savings Richard Anace Savings Richard Morris Savings Richard Stadtherr Savings Ricou/Prind Browning Savings Robert &/or

Edline Anace Savings Robert Clarke Savings Roger Harvey Savings Roma Robinson Savings Rotel Hall Savings Rozel Parker Savings Sacoya Sade Taylor Savings Salaam Fulford Continued

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NOTICE OF DORMANT ACCOUNT Account Type Account Name Savings Samardia Walkin Savings Sandra Davis Savings Satoshi Inoue Savings Savannah Ewing Savings Scott Hall Current Scott Overseas Savings Sean B Cartwright Savings Seaview

Guest Taylor Current Sevens Investments Savings Shain Empey Savings Shanice Swann Savings Shaquaille Grant Savings Shaquant Penn Savings Sharnette

P Purchase Savings Shaulene Barwise Savings Shawn Thompson Savings Shawnae Knowles Savings Shell Trevens Savings Shequille Grant Savings Shermal Francis Savings Soeurette Forbes Savings Srikumaru Sambasivam

Account Type Account Name

Account Type Account Name

Current St. Monica's Church Savings Stephen J Stubbs Savings Steve/Tam

Dressler-Koerner Savings Steven Brown Savings Susan Blumentritt Savings Susan Leslie Savings Sydney Outten Savings Sykoria Francis Savings Takuo Hasegawa Savings Tamyn Banks Savings Tange Williams Savings Tanshell P Willams Savings Tarado Lewis Savings TCI

Reservations Ltd Savings Tevan Missick Current The O Caribbean

Islands Holding Ltd Current The O Property

Collection Ltd Savings Thomas Flakstad Savings Trana Mario Jr Current Trapp & Associates Savings Travis Rigby

Savings Trevante K.M Brown Savings Trinee Bethel Current Account Turks Fest Committee Savings Valmir Jacques Savings Vanilia Etienne Savings Vlachos Brooke K Savings Walter Simmons Current Water Sports Association Savings Wayne Adams Savings Wayne Seale Savings Wesly Chery Current West Atlantic Savings Wildano Joseph Savings Wilder Dorcius Savings William Smith Savings William/Linda Ferguson Savings William/

Margaret Aldridge Savings Yefri Williams Savings Zanovia Francis Savings Zemnobia Valentine

The public is also hereby given notice of the following– 1.

Unless one or more of the following transactions are effected on a dormant account listed above on or before the 31st day of October, 2015, the monies in the dormant account will be transferred to the general revenue of the Islands without further notice-

(a)

Increase or decrease the amount held or owed in the Financial Institution1;

Present the passbook or other record for the crediting of interest or dividends in respect to any general deposit, demand deposit, savings deposit or deposit for a fixed period, made in the Islands;

(b)

1 Interest paid, or account fees applied, by a Financial Institution on monies held or owed in the Financial Institution shall not be regarded as a transaction which increase or decreases the amount held in the Financial Institution pursuant to section 4(4) of the Dormant Accounts Ordinance.

(c)

Correspond in writing with the Financial Institution concerning the monies; or

(d)

Otherwise indicate an interest in the monies as evidenced in writing by the Financial Institution.

2.

Subject to the Dormant Accounts Ordinance, on the transfer of the monies in the dormant account to the general revenue of the Islands, the dormant account holder will no longer have any right against the Financial Institution to the repayment of the monies transferred, but the dormant account holder will have against the Government such right to repayment of the monies transferred that the dormant account holder would have had against the Financial Institution.

3.

Any interested person should contact the Financial Institution mentioned above to establish if that person is a dormant account holder.

……………………………….

Authorised Officer Dated this 01 day of October 2015 11482

CLASSIFIEDS 39 NATASHA MMK CONSULTANCY CONSULTANCY Acting on behalf of or

TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS

Maintenance Personnel

NATIVE ART AND CRAFT We are seeking suitable applicants to fill the following openings:

clients K.K.N.T.’s Car Rental is looking for an

Acting on behalf of our clients is looking to fill the following positions:

Francis Realty

Architect

If you fit the above qualifications please send Resume to poohbear_2314@hotmail.com.

the largest readership in the turks & caicos

Notice of Sale by Public Auction Meridian Mortgage Corporation Ltd. as Chargee, pursuant to its charge and the Registered Land Ordinance, hereby gives notice that it will cause to be sold the property listed below by Public Auction, to be held at the office of Meridian Financial Group, Le Vele Plaza, Grace Bay and Providenciales at 10.00 a.m. on Friday 30th of October, 2015.

Title No. 61113/386, Long Bay Hills, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

The subject property is located in the Long Bay Hills section of Providenciales between Leeward Highway and Long Bay Beach. The lot is vacant land covered in light to medium native vegetation, located on a paved road within the subdivision.

The property is a short drive from the Grace Bay area, the Conch Farm and Heaving Down Rock.

Sporadic residential developments nearby.

Absolute

Proprietor

Julian Garland

Approximate Area

0.43 acres

LILUCE TILE CONTRACTING

6 Tile Layers Contact: 649-346-1897

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

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Assistant Managers

• Trains store staff by reviewing and revising orientation to products and sales training materials; delivering training sessions; reviewing staff job results and learning needs with retail store manager; developing and implementing new product training.

Merchandisers

• To assist the Merchandise Buyers in the purchasing of product for inventory stocking of shelves etc.

• Make sure the inventory is at the correct and most competitive cost for our customers using the manufacturer’s price lists and set up new inventory in the Mainframe system..

Cashiers

• Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions.

Usually involves use of electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment.

Often involved in processing credit or debit card transactions and validating checks

Stockers

Analyze history of the influx and output of products ensuring that they are in place in Particular with products to reorder ensuring a balance between delivery and inventory control etc.

Logistic Coordinator in the Wholesale Department

• Analyze history of the influx and output of products ensuring that systems are in place in Particular with products reordering ensuring a balance between delivery and inventory control etc.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ARE AVAILABLE BY REQUEST, FROM MERIDIAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. Meridian Financial Group P.O. Box 599 Le Vele Plaza Grace Bay Providenciales Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I Tel. (649) 941-3082 Fax (649) 941-3223

contact: 242-0521

Gardener Labourer Contact: 649-241-2487

Is seeking employees in the following categories for a large retail and wholesale Supermarket:

VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY!!

Title

to work 6 days per week must have 5-10 years experience salary negotiable.

Barber

Contact: 649-343-9345 METSY MISSICK

Payless ‘Quality Food Centre’

An experienced Belonger required for this position.

Deadline for Resumes is November 15, 2015

Description

Belongers only need apply. Must be willing to work extended hours Salary is negotiable Contact: 649-342-5989 Application deadline November 1st, 2015

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Applicants must be able to do the following: • Assist with general maintenance • Assist with general custodial needs • Assist with general maintenance emergencies as needed • Contribute to verbal and written evaluations and communication as requested.

• Ability to use basic hand tools • Possess valid driver’s license with clean record • Safely operate tools and machines common to the building trades • Understand and follow written and oral instructions

Location

Auto Mechanic

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A hardworking person needed to work six days a week.

Must speak English. Must be Fit and able. Required to work 6 days a week.

Salary is $1,850.00 a month. Required to work six days a week

SUPER CUT’S

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October 24 - 30, 2015

Butchers and Assistant Butchers

• Should be able to Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, using butcher's cutlery and powered equipment, such as electric grinder and band saw, to portion and prepare meat in cooking form: Cuts, trims, and bones carcass sections or prime cuts, using knives, meat saw, cleaver, and band saw, to reduce to cooking cuts, such as roasts, steaks, chops, stew cubes, and grinding meat etc.

Labourers

Should be able to lift 50lbs and over and be able to offload containers in record time.

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Resumes may be sent to hr@i-grocers.com

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Science & Technology

A Mediterranean diet could protect your brain from shrinking in old age FOLLOWING a Mediterranean diet high in fish and low in meat may slow down the signs of aging in your brain, according to a new study.

Researchers found that among 684 elderly people with an average age of 80, those who stuck more closely to a Mediterranean diet that includes lots of vegetables, legumes, cereals, fish and monounsaturated fats such as olive oil, had larger brain volumes than those who did not.

When the study participants were divided into two groups

KEVIN TAYLOR Is looking for a

A Mediterranean diet high in fish and low in meat is associated with brain health, according to a new study.

-- those who adhered more closely to a Mediterranean diet, and those who did not -the difference in average brain

size was 13.11 milliliters, or the equivalent to five years of aging, the authors reported.

“In general, people’s brains

J.B.S. SALON

WARD’S CONSULTANCY

Is looking for a

cosmetologist

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

To work 6 days per week salary $6.25 per hour.

contact: 247-4068

contact: 341-9177

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labourer

Acting on behalf of our clients: Wood’s contractual Services, Villa Del Mar, Southwind Millwork, Brid and Benjamin, Complete Construction, Jasmine Pierre, P.J. Barber Shop is looking to fill the following positions:

2 Laborers 1 Maid 1 Mason 1 Domestic Worker 1 Laundry Attendant 1 Technician Salary $6.50 , $7.00 and $14.00 per hour.

contact: 649-345-7212

tend to shrink with age and this can be associated with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease,” said Yian Gu, an epidemiologist at Columbia University and the lead author of the paper.

“Our study found that the more you adhere to the Mediterranean diet, the more protection you get for your brain,” she said.

The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.

This study follows one by the same group that found adherence to a Mediterranean diet is also associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Other research has shown that following the Mediterranean diet, which also includes less intake of meat, dairy and saturated fats, is associated with reduced risk of breast cancer and can halve the risk of heart disease.

In the most recent study, Gu and her colleagues were specifically interested in looking at the brains of healthy people who had not been diagnosed with dementia. The research team collected information on the multi-ethnic participants’ diets, and also asked them to undergo an MRI scan.

All participants hailed from northern Manhattan.

The study showed that women who had a particular version of the BCAR1 gene were more likely than other women to have heart attacks and strokes.

Heart disease gene ‘found in women’ SCIENTISTS have identified a gene that puts women at higher risk of heart disease, an early study suggests.

The work showed that women who had a particular version of the BCAR1 gene were more likely than other women to have heart attacks and strokes.

In contrast, men who had the gene were not at increased risk.

Researchers say this adds to mounting evidence that there are differences in how men and women experience heart disease.

Thicker arteries In the study, published in the journal, Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, researchers from University College London pooled data

from five European research projects, involving nearly 4,000 men and women.

Comparing their genes, the health of their blood vessels and the thickness of key arteries, scientists pinpointed a version of a gene that was linked to a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and diseased blood vessels in women.

Though they still have work to do to fully understand the link, researchers believe the gene - when combined with a woman’s naturally occurring oestrogen - could lead to an increased risk of heart disease.

And building on previous work, they suggest the gene may encourage the mass migration of cells into the walls of key blood vessels making them thicker.

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QUEEN ANGEL LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS & RESORT TURTLE COVE, PROVIDENCIALES

GARDENER & MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN DUTIES:

Tropical garden maintenance, sprinkler system maintenance, pool/hot tub maintenance, pump station maintenance, waste water system maintenance EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION:

Diploma in landscaping, 3 years gardening experience in similar environment/ resort

SPA MANAGER Applicant must have a minimum of 3 years hands on experience in a 5-star resort and at least 3 years working as a therapist. Must be trained and CERTIFIED by an accredited school in ALL of the following: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Pre-Natal, Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial, reflexology, Facials, and Manicures and Pedicures. In addition, applicant must be able to work ALL weekends and public holidays if needed and be available from 8am-8pm. Must have own vehicle and current, clean driver’s license.

Commission based. Must have GREAT customer service skills, pleasant phone manners and be upbeat and positive. Applicants need to be fluent in English and pass an English writing test. Must also have previous administrative experience.

WAGES:

$6-$8 per hour Depending upon experience

Contact Person: Janusz Bukala Queen Angel Resort to make an appointment Email: bukalajanus@yahoo.ca Telephone: 649-242-4479 Deadline: November 13th, 2015

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Please send resume to: relax@spatropique.com. Please do not apply to this ad unless you can meet all of the above requirements. Please contact us by November 4th, 2015

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Science & Technology

China looks to the stars with creation of world’s largest radio telescope

The gap in the sun’s magnetic field lets out a stream of particles travelling at up to 500 miles (800 kilometres) per second, kindling a days-long geomagnetic storm upon hitting Earth.

Giant ‘hole’ in sun is 50 earths wide The sun has sprung a leak: A hole in the topmost layer of the sun and its magnetic field, the size of 50 Earths, is letting loose an ultrafast solar wind that has kicked off several nights of auroras down on Earth.

A new image, from NASA’s orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory, reveals the enormous hole as it was Oct. 10, taken at an ultraviolet wavelength unseen by the human eye. To an ordinary observer, the gaping hole would be invisible, though you should never stare at the sun because serious eye damage can result.

The gap in the sun’s magnetic field lets out a stream of particles travelling at up to 500 miles (800 kilometres)

per second, kindling a dayslong geomagnetic storm upon hitting Earth.

Coronal holes, like the one that materialized last week, normally form over the sun’s poles and lower latitudes, more often when the sun is at a less active point in its 11-year cycle. They are areas within the sun’s outermost layer, called its corona, which are lower-density and cooler — that, plus the weakened magnetic field, lets the plasma and charged particles that make up the corona stream out more easily in a solar wind. If aimed toward Earth, that spells the makings of a geomagnetic storm: a phenomenon that can affect power and navigation for satellites orbiting the Earth as well as radio communication.

IS THERE anybody out there?

A massive engineering and scientific project in China is expected to take us one step closer in our quest to discover if we are truly alone in the universe.

The country’s militaryled space programme is constructing the world’s largest radio telescope, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, and Chinese state media recently released images of the amazing structure nearing completion.

The massive construction project -- when completed the dish itself will be the size of 30 football pitches -- has the potential to be a game-changer for our understanding of the universe, and our search for life on other planets.

When it is finished it will potentially be able to detect radio signals -- and potentially, signs of life -- from planets orbiting a million stars and solar systems.

China’s state-run Xinhua news agency says FAST will be completed in 2016 -allowing researchers to detect radio signals from as far as tens of billions of light years away.

Nan Rendong, chief

MAC MOTORS

AUTOMOTIVE/ VEHICLE REPAIR CAREER LEVEL: • Experienced (Non-Manager) • Location: Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, B.W.I. • Status: Full-Time, Employee Relevant work experience 16 years • Education Level: Qualified petrol and diesel technician • Salary/Wage: negotiable

REQUIREMENTS: • Diagnose and repair cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, heavy earth moving equipment • Diagnose and repair hydraulic drive systems • Working knowledge of diagnostic tools such as GTR, Dealer Connect, WDS, Starscan, DRB3, NGS & Tech2 • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English • Energetic, resourceful and punctual, with strong business and personal ethics • Qualified professional technician (AE Certified, Master, L1 and up) • Automotive service knowledge • Work experience in high volume shops • Willing to be trained and learn new technical concepts and automotive service development.

We are a hardworking management team that is looking for equally hardworking individuals interested in joining a company that enjoys and rewards success

Contact: 649-941-3847

When completed the dish itself will be the size of 30 football pitches.

scientist of the FAST project, told Xinhua that the huge dish will enable much more accurate detection.

“A radio telescope is like a sensitive ear, listening to tell

meaningful radio messages from white noise in the universe. It is like identifying the sound of cicadas in a thunderstorm,” he said.

Its unprecedented precision

will allow astronomers to survey the Milky Way and other galaxies and detect faint pulsars, and the array might also work as a powerful ground station for future space missions.

And, of course, it will advance the search for extraterrestrial signs of life.

In July, when NASA discovered an ‘earth-like’ planet named Kepler-452b there was understandable excitement.

It was in the so-called ‘Goldilocks zone’ -- the right distance from its sun to support an atmosphere and liquid water.

But detecting radio signals -- signs of life -- from the planet is beyond the means of our current instruments. But not for FAST.

THE WINE CELLAR is seeking to hire:-

SALES CLERK/ INVENTORY SPECIALIST • Develope, implement and monitor all key functions related to inventory transactions to assure that they are accurate and timely • Coordinate a cycle count program in a perpetual inventory environment • Coordinate the cycle count progress and results to identify necessary recounts and processes to be monitored and provide regular reports on the results • Perform thorough research and document inventory discrepancies using all available resources to identify root causes and supply possible solutions • Identify and correct discrepancies on items at the location level as needed • Work with key personnel to effectively implement process improvements to operational procedures in an effort to proactively optimize overall location and item level accuracy and maintain the highest possible productivity levels • Monitor warehouse and store transfers for accuracy and cost effectiveness as directed by Purchasing and Operation Management • Expedites the daily flow of all order SKU’s to include receiving, labeling, locating and timely transfer • Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned Salary based on qualifications and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: • Working knowledge and understanding of Counterpoint concepts • Advanced MS Excel, MS Word and Counterpoint experiences • Proven problem solving abilities and analytical skills • Strong attention to detail and follow through skills • Must have the ability to work independently • Must have excellent mathematical skills Send resume to: discount@tciway.tc 11474

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Ruthless All Blacks crush France in record-breaking World Cup win Defending champions New Zealand have emphatically stamped their authority on the Rugby World Cup with a record-breaking 62-13 rout of France in the quarter-finals in Cardiff.

New Zealand played with a compelling mix of muscle and speed to outclass the French, laying to rest the ghosts of a 20-18 loss in the equivalent game in 2007 between the same teams, also at Millennium Stadium when the All Blacks suffered their earliest tournament exit.

Powerhouse winger Julian Savea scored three of their nine tries as the All Blacks left behind a series of error-strewn performances during pool play and set up a semi-final against South Africa at Twickenham next Saturday.

It was the highest score and biggest winning margin in the history of RWC knockout matches and also New Zealand’s highest score against France, surpassing a 61-10 result in Wellington eight years ago.

It was a world away from the last RWC meeting of the teams, when the All Blacks won a tense 2011 final at Eden Park 8-7.

New Zealand unleashed clinical rugby in nearly every facet, shedding the handling errors and disjointed attack of the last month.

Rather than play conservatively in a sudden death match, they attacked with width and employed offloads to potent effect to routinely bust the French defensive line.

Their only concerns will be

The November 21 clash between the two powerhouse sides might have been the target, if the accusations are true.

Real Madrid v Barcelona:

Official ‘told to rule against Barca’ The quarter-final clash was the highest score and biggest winning margin in the history of RWC knockout matches and also New Zealand’s highest score against France, surpassing a 61-10 result in Wellington eight years ago.

injuries to prop Wyatt Crockett (groin) and winger Nehe MilnerSkudder (shoulder), who didn’t contest the second half because of injuries.

Early penalties were traded between All Blacks five-eighth Dan Carter - who finished with 17 points - and French fullback Scott Spedding before lock Brodie Retallick scored New Zealand’s first try through a charge down.

Milner-Skudder crossed before Savea bagged a double, barging spectacularly through two defenders on the stroke of halftime to open up a 29-13 lead.

France’s lone try was scored by their muscular No.8 Louis

Picamoles.

The French began the second half strongly but the wind went out of their sails when Picamoles was shown a yellow card for roughing up a prone All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw. The All Blacks capitalised with a try to flanker Jerome Kaino, sparking a spate of scoring.

Savea bagged his hat-trick in the 60th minute, storming 50m following a turnover to take his tournament tally to eight.

A try to No.8 Kieran Read was followed by a double to reserve halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow one of which was via a memorable offload from prop Joe Moody.

AN assistant referee was allegedly told to fix a forthcoming Barcelona match, according to a complaint lodged to anti-corruption authorities in Spain.

The official’s lawyer, Jacinto Vicente Hernandez, told BBC Sport his client claimed he was approached by a colleague to favour Barca’s opposition.

Spanish media claims, which could lead to a La Liga match-fixing

scandal, suggest November’s El Clasico against Real Madrid was the targeted match.

Neither official has been identified.

Barcelona vice-president Susana Monje said: “I hope it does not prove to be true.”

Real have refused to comment.

Spanish police have also been informed of the allegation. (BBC)

FIFA’s Blatter should remain in post - Ecclestone FORMULA 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Sepp Blatter should remain in charge of FIFA despite facing corruption charges.

Blatter, who is suspended, is under criminal investigation over a payment made to UEFA boss Michel Platini in 2011. Both men deny any wrongdoing.

Ecclestone said: “I don’t think he should have ever stepped down.

I don’t think he should have been challenged.

“If people allegedly have been corrupted to make things happen in their country, it’s good.”

The 85-year-old added: “It’s a tax football had to pay.”

He also backed Russian President Vladimir Putin and said there was “no place for democracy”.

Ecclestone, who was talking on Russian television, said the reason Blatter deserved support was “because of him we have a lot of countries around the world that are now playing football”.

The 17-year FIFA reign of Swiss Blatter, who is suspended for 90

Long standing FIFA president Sepp Blatter (in picture), who is currently suspended, has the support of Formula 1’s boss Bernie Ecclestone.

days, ends in February.

Ecclestone, who has become notorious for controversial comments in the past, said he thought Putin was “super”, adding: “I’m his best supporter.”

In the past, Ecclestone has referred to women as “domestic appliances”

and praised Adolf Hitler as someone who “got things done”.

Ecclestone has run the commercial side of F1 for nearly 40 years and last year faced two separate trials on corruption charges.

A civil case in the UK was dismissed and he paid a German court £60m to end a trial in which he was accused of paying a German banker £26m to ensure a company Ecclestone favoured could buy a stake in F1.

Ecclestone reiterated a view he has previously expressed that “Europe is a thing of the past” and said he was “not very enthusiastic about America”.

About the US, he added: “The biggest problem with them is that they believe [that they are the] greatest sort of power in the world” and that “they are a big island, so they are a bit isolated; they are slowly starting to learn what other people in the world do”.

The US Grand Prix is in Austin, Texas, next weekend with Ecclestone expected to attend. (BBC)

Mets celebrate win at Wrigley Field in Chicago on October 21, 2015.

Mets sweep Cubs, return to World Series for first time since 2000 CHICAGO — They believed.

While others laughed at Terry Collins’ proclamations before the season that the waiting was over for the Mets and this was a playoff team, his players bought into them.

When outsiders mocked the young pitchers who openly said their goal was the World Series this year, their teammates just nodded and got back to work.

And on Wednesday night, while the rest of the baseball world just shook their heads in disbelief, the Mets were where they believe they belong — heading to the World Series for the first time in 15 years.

Daniel Murphy hit a historic home run as the Mets finished off the Cubs, 8-3,

at Wrigley Field to complete a stunning four-game sweep of the National League Championship Series. That earned the Mets their fifth Fall Classic appearance in team history — hard as it may be for many to fathom.

“People kind of giggled at us and laughed at us when we proclaimed we were going to be a playoff team,” David Wright said. “I am pretty sure we were underdogs going into the L.A. series, pretty sure we were underdogs in the Chicago series.

To go out there and win it with this group of guys and prove everybody else wrong, I kind of hate that cliche, but it feels really good. We knew had a good team in spring training and we backed it up.”

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Flow TV gets exclusive rights to CONCACAF 2018 World Cup Qualifiers Flow TV recently signed an exclusive deal to bring live coverage of the CONCACAF 2018 Russia World Cup qualifying matches to viewers across the Caribbean.

Round four kicks off on November 13, running through September, 2016 and includes more than 40 crucial matches featuring some of the region’s most high profile teams, including: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent, US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Haiti, and Panama.

“We are thrilled to air these very crucial World Cup qualifying matches,” said John Reid, President of C&W’s Consumer Group, which operates both the Flow and LIME brands. “This partnership demonstrates our continued commitment to bring exciting content to the region and follows our recent announcement that Flow and BTC will be the home of Premier League football across the Caribbean from August 2016 through to 2019,” he added.

The CONCACAF matches are expected to generate a lot of football excitement, as winners of

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the qualifiers move on to the 2018 World Cup Finals in Russia. As part of the partnership, Flow will also broadcast Round 5 beginning in November 2016, until three teams prevail and move on to the World Cup Finals. The fourth place team from CONCACAF plays the CONEMBOL fourth place team for the final spot in the 2018 World Cup. This too will be aired on Flow TV. Round 4 November 2015 Match Schedule: Group B Nov 13 - Jamaica (home) vs Panama Nov 17 - Haiti (home) vs Jamaica Group C Nov 13 - Guatemala (home) vs Trinidad & Tobago Nov 17 - Trinidad & Tobago (home) vs USA Nov 17 - St. Vincent (home) vs Guatemala, (Game not available in St. Vincent) Flow TV will carry all CONCACAF matches exclusively, except the USA and Mexico home games, which are not included in the Broadcast Agreement.

Dutch great Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer ARGUABLY the greatest footballer to have hailed from Europe, Johan Cruyff, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Responsible for inventing the “Cruyff Turn” -- a football trick still seen across school playgrounds to this day -- the Dutchman also helped to champion the “Total Football” philosophy that made his Ajax and Netherlands sides some of the most revered of all time.

The 68-year-old, who won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax and helped Netherlands reach the 1974 World Cup final, has been undergoing medical tests at a hospital in Barcelona, which uncovered the illness. The examinations are still ongoing.

“To respect the privacy of Johan and his family, and the fact that the examinations have not been finalised, further announcements cannot be made at the moment,” a statement from Cruyff’s management read.

“We hope that people are willing to respect the privacy of Johan and his family. We will make further announcements when the

Johan Cruyff, one of the finest footballers of all time and arguably Europe’s greatest, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

examinations have been finalised.”

A former smoker, Cruyff underwent heart surgery in 1991 during his time as coach of Barcelona -- a club he also played for.

After his operation he took part in an anti-smoking advertising campaign, which had the slogan: “I’ve had to two addictions in my

life: smoking and playing football.

Football has given me everything, whilst smoking almost took it all away.”

Cruyff came to epitomise football in the 1970s and with his lanky hair and flared jeans, the Dutchman had as much swagger off the pitch as he did on it.

The Dutchman won the Ballon d’Or -- the old European Player of the Year award -- three times in 1971, 1973 and 1974 as he helped Ajax to its hat-trick of European titles in 1971, 1972 and 1973.

He also inspired Netherlands to a first ever World Cup final in 1974 in which the Oranje -- one of international football’s most exciting sides in history -- lost to host West Germany. Cruyff received the Player of the Tournament award for his efforts.

The Dutchman also enjoyed success in Spain, where he won the Spanish La Liga title and Spanish Copa del Rey while at Barcelona.

As a coach Cruyff’s influence has been almost as great as his playing legacy. (CNN)

Champions League:

Arsenal upset Bayern Munich to keep European dreams alive China golf: Communist Party bans club membership THE Chinese Communist Party has banned all 88 million of its members from joining golf clubs, in its latest update of party discipline rules.

Extravagant eating and drinking, and abuse of power, are also formally banned, said Xinhua news agency.

The party has in the past warned its officials to refrain from extravagant dinners and purchasing moon cakes using public funds.

China has been conducting a strict anti-corruption drive since 2012.

The new rule on golf states that members are banned from “obtaining, holding or using membership cards for gyms, clubs, golf clubs, or various other types of consumer cards, or entering private clubs”.

If caught, members could either receive a warning or be removed from the party, depending on the severity of the violation.

The new regulations (in Chinese) did not explain why the joining of golf clubs is banned, but such clubs are often seen by the Chinese public as places where officials have cut shady deals.

In September, local media

reported that at least 60 employees in state-owned companies were punished for spending public funds on playing golf.

Earlier this month, Lin Chunsong, a vice-mayor in the south-eastern Fujian province, was sacked for belonging to a golf club and playing golf while he should have been at work.

One owner of a golf equipment store in Shanghai, who was only identified by his surname, Huang, told Reuters that his store’s sales had dropped at least 30% last year.

Golf in China was “about the social interaction”, he said. “If a company boss can’t play with a government official, there’s little point in him spending his money.”

(BBC)

The time of possession between Arsenal and Bayern Munich was lopsided, but matches are won on the scoreboard.

Arsenal super-sub Olivier Giroud delivered the first goal of the match in the 77th minute -- just 3 minutes after replacing Theo Walcott -- on a night of exemplary goalkeeping up to that point.

German international Mesut Ozil knocked in a second goal for the Gunners in the 93rd minute, sealing a 2-0 result and one of the biggest Champions League wins for the club in recent memory.

In a match where Arsenal reversed its normal attacking strategy by giving up possession to Bayern Munich in return for breakaway chances, a goalless draw -- and a likely end to Arsenal’s European dreams --appeared to be in the cards until late.

But Giroud’s crawling header that came under a clatter of confusion from a dangerous Santi Carzola free kick changed everything. Though the ball appeared to brush off Giroud’s nose on the way to the goal, it was unclear whether it also touched any part of his arms.

“This goal relieved us,” said the Frenchman moments after the match.

“We did well until this goal, and we

Olivier Giroud of Arsenal (C) celebrates with Alex OxladeChamberlain (15) and Alexis Sanchez as he scores their first goal during the UEFA Championships League Group F match.

defended really well. We knew that Bayern Munich will have the ball because they are doing very well in possession.”

Indeed, Bayern dominated the ball with a nearly unheard-of 73% possession rate at the Emirates, though that appeared to be by design.

“Yes they dominated the game, but we knew that (they could). But we had passion, and finally we succeeded to score and we finished the job with Mesut Ozil,” Giroud added. “We needed this win to stay in the Champions League run, to

qualify for the next stage, we knew that it would be difficult but we have done it.”

Giroud -- who for the moment has lost his lone striker role to Theo Walcott -- was also quick to acknowledge Arsenal’s goalkeeper for the eight crucial saves he made.

“We have to thank as well Petr (Cech) because he (had) a fantastic game. We are all pleased tonight, because we played against a fantastic team. That’s nice for the future and for the following games. We need to keep the confidence high,” he said.

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TCI Sports Awards:

Forbes and Otuonye battling for Sports Personality of the Year IT will be a tough decision to choose the first ever Sports Personality of the Year when the judges decide between nominees footballer Billy Forbes and long jumper Ifeanyi Otuonye.

A winner will be known on Saturday evening when the TCI hosts its first ever TCI Sports Award Ceremony and Banquet.

Tickets ($60) are still available for the event, which will take place at the Gustarvus Lightbourne Sports Complex from 19:00h.

Over the last 12 months Forbes has taken his game to the next level, the San Antonio Scorpions striker led his team to their first NASL Soccer Bowl trophy last year, while he scored his first international goal for TCI and proved to be a skill master on the field. Otuonye on the other hand broke his national long jump record several times, while in August he won bronze in the NACAC Senior Championships in Costa Rica and did enough to get an IAAF ranking this year.

Christma Jean Louis and Danzella Jennings are nominated in the Senior Female of the Year (over 22) category, while footballers Emily Bayles, Enie St. Jean and runner Akia Guerrier are in a three-way battle for Youth Female of the Year (age 13-21).

Olivia Park and Tanesia Gardiner are nominated for the age 7-12 division, while Anthony Gardiner is the lone nominee in the male division for that age group.

Also vying for honours are Candace Hanchell, Gertude Forbes, Keith Cox and Paula Virgil-Stubbs in the Unsung Hero of the Year

Ifeanyi Otuonye had a breakaway season in long jump which saw him breaking the national record several times, winning bronze at the NACAC Senior Championships and getting an IAAF ranking.

category.

Digicel, Wine Cellar, Arthur Dean, Lime, FortisTCI and Galley’s Enterprises will battle in the Sponsor of the Year category.

The association of the year will be between, the Basketball Federation, Cricket Federation, Cycling Association, Darts Association, Amateur Athletics Association,

National football captain Billy Forbes had an outstanding year for TCI and his club team, the San Antonio Scorpions.

Swim Federation, Sailing Federation, Football Association, Rugby Football Union, Volleyball Federation, American Football Association, Tennis Federation, Softball Federation, Commonwealth Games Association, Triathlon Association, Secondary School Sports Association Hockey and Karate.

Some enthusiastic youngsters going through the paces.

Last season’s champions Teachers FC are unbeaten after two rounds.

Over 60 youngsters now registered for Youth Rugby Project

Teachers FC unbeaten in Masters League

OVER 60 youngsters in the TCI have signed on to play rugby, as the governing body, the TCIRFU, continues to build on its youth programme.

Dubbed the Youth Rugby Project the programme which started in September has attracted a lot of enthusiastic players in several different age divisions.

Despite the large Saturday turnout the rugby union will include any new

DEFENDING champions of the Provo Masters League Teachers FC are leading after two rounds with six points.

In their second round clash last Thursday at the TCIFA Field, the Teachers led by two goals each from Ian Chang and Leonard Suckraj defeated Cheshire Hall 4-3. Cheshire Hall, who finished as runners up last season, had

players who want to learn the game.

There are no fees attached to the process.

PRO of the TCIRFU, Dan Willis said that the sessions “are now building up towards entering teams into the Beach Rugby Festival on November 7.”

Willis said that if players want to be considered for this event they need to attend training.

The younger players are being

taught the basic skills of the game and are being introduced to the rules of tag rugby.

Willis said that U15s and U19s are also training well. This age group is particularly important as the group will be representing TCI in Florida in July of 2016.

Under 8s and U12s (both males and females) train from 10:30h to 11:30h, while U15s (both sexes) train from 11:30h to 12:30h.

goals from Edmond Blanc, Haroon Swaby and Fritzgerald Norvius.

Realest FC, currently in second place, made light work of the Police FC in the other clash (6-3) after Barrington Somers scored a hat-trick, Ancel Williams a brace and Dady Aristide a successful strike. The Lawmen were led by Alston Province, Sabuton John and Anthony Modeste.

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Despite losing two close games, TCI females held their own in the USVI last weekend.

TCI females played “tough and aggressive” football – Opines USVI head coach DESPITE losing their friendly clashes with the USVI national team last weekend, TCI females impressed the home team’s head coach Ahmed Mohamed.

In his match report on the visiting side, which the USVI Soccer Federation forwarded to the Weekly News, Mohamed indicated that the USVI’s victories were not easy.

USVI won 1-0 and 2-0 on Friday and Saturday afternoons at the USVI Soccer Field at the STX Campus.

“The Turks and Caicos Senior Women’s National Team played tough and aggressively the first and second game. For us it was not easy at the beginning of the first match, playing against an opponent who was older and playing aggressively.”

Mohamed said that there were several players from the visiting team that impressed him, including: Willandra Elliot, Patrice Senior, Olivia Gravely, Kim Meehan, Emily Bayles and Emmanuela Meneide.

TCI fell short mostly because the players were “without a specifically adapted tactical plan from the goalkeeper to the strikers (building up from behind)” the USVI coach

opined.

This limited our players from effective attacking during the games, according to the report.

He said that another challenge that the opposing team had in the games was their decision to make too many long passes. “The major challenges that they had in both matches was holding the ball too long or choosing the wrong decision I mean instead of a short pass….”

Mohamed said that TCI females can build on their strengths and can improve if they follow exact training concepts and instructions from their coach and training guideline.

He added that the females need to work or continue working on conditional priorities, mental training, tactical training and technical training on a step by step format.

Overall the foreign coach was impressed with the raw talent which TCI possesses.

HAPPIER COACH TCI’s top female coach Darren Meehan told the Weekly News that

despite the losses, there were a lot of positives from the friendlies.

“The girls were outstanding, their coach (USVI) might have come away with two victories, but I am the happier coach as we had more possessions, more shots and as a team more cohesion.”

Meehan said that the plan for the team is to build on their experience and move forward to the Caribbean Cup next year.

President of the TCIFA and FIFA and CONCACAF Executive Member Sonia Bien-Aime also applauded TCI’s effort.

“The team played exceptional and exercised good team spirit throughout the tournament. This group has come a long way under Coach Daz (Meehan), who has devoted a lot of time into preparing them for not only this tournament but for future tournaments as well.”

Bien-Aime also confirmed that TCI will definitely be participating in the Women’s Caribbean Cup next year. She added that there were also a few other events in store for the female team.

The TCIFA, now building its female team, is ranked 177 on the latest FIFA female rankings, while the USVI SF sits at 170.

Maybe Delano Williams’s performance was inspired by British teammate and long-distance king Mo Farah.

Williams shaves six minutes from 5K run DELANO Williams, TCI’s national 100M and 200M record holder, who runs internationally for Great Britain, had a dream start to his 2016 training season after shaving six minutes from his 5K run.

The UWI student, who lives and trains in Jamaica, normally opens his training season with a 5K run, but his time of 23 minutes was way below the 29 minutes he ran last year.

“I just did better than last year

and my coach was so happy and surprise.”

Williams said that the run was a real confidence booster and that he was “ready to go.”

“I love what I did this morning (Monday morning). It’s truly a confidence boast for me and my coach, so I know we are looking forward for the rest of the season, seeing that we started so well.”

Williams’s season will start in the new year.

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