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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN OCTOBER 28TH - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2011 COMMENTARY

By Tim Padgett

When Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Goldingannounced his resignation last month, the onlysurprise was that it took him so long. Since last year,Golding, leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),has been embroiled in one of the worst scandals tohit Jamaica since it won independence five decadesago. His government faces accusations that formonths it refused to arrest and extradite Jamaicandrug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke to the U.S.because of Coke's long and close relationship withthe center-right JLP. When Golding, who denies thecharge, finally did agree to collar Coke in May of2010, it sparked a lengthy, armed street battlebetween security forces and Coke supporters that left76 people dead.

Now, fearing the Coke scandal could wreck itschances in new parliamentary elections that have tobe held by December of 2012, the JLP is betting thatmore youthful leadership can distract Jamaicanvoters and clean up the venal house that Golding, 63,leaves behind. On Wednesday, October 5, JLPleaders anointed 39-year-old Education MinisterAndrew Holness as their new leader and thereforeJamaica's new Prime Minister.

But Holness already has a big decision of hisown to make as soon as the JLP ratifies him at itsconvention next month: whether or not to call earlyelections ahead of Coke's Dec. 8 sentencing hearingin the U.S., when the kingpin might name Goldingand other JLP bosses among his mafia's politicalprotectors. “Holness will be staring at Jamaica'sshadow of criminality from the start,” saysJamaican-American lawyer David Rowe, adjunctprofessor of law at the University of Miami.

Rowe and other Jamaica watchers say pullingthe sun-splashed island out from under that lawlessdarkness, even more than solving its heavyeconomic problems, has to be any new PM's priority.Heavily armed gangs like Coke's Shower Posse,which rule communities like the poor west Kingstonneighborhood of Tivoli Gardens, where Coke wasbased and which Golding represents in Parliament,have turned Jamaica into the murder capital of theCaribbean and the transshipment center for cocaineheading to the U.S.'s eastern seaboard. “The centralproblem for Jamaica,” says Brian Meeks, professor

of social and political change at the University of theWest Indies, “is that the crime rate makes it toounattractive for investment.”

When a New York grand jury indicted Coke, 42,in the summer of 2009 for cocaine distribution andarms smuggling – charges based on both U.S. andJamaican wire taps – Golding inexplicably balked athanding Coke over to American authorities, despitea smoothly functioning extradition treaty betweenthe two countries. Then came revelations thatJamaica had hired a U.S. law firm to lobby theObama Administration to drop its extraditionrequest.

Golding has yet to be officially charged withwrongdoing; but after the May 2010 bloodshed thatfinally resulted in Coke's arrest and extradition, callsfor Golding's resignation grew louder. Goldingresisted – and the speculation in Jamaica is that hefinally threw in the towel last month because JLPleaders convinced him that if Coke, who pleadedguilty to racketeering charges in August, does fingerhim in December, it would be better for the party tohave him out of the prime minister's seat by then.

Now that Golding is set to depart next month, itwill be up to Holness to start the process of“extracting the JLP and the Jamaican governmentfrom these horrible connections to Dudus andracketeering,” says Rowe. Those ties aren't just theJLP's. Jamaican officialdom's links to organizedcrime date back to the cold-war politics of the 1970s,when the JLP and its main rival, the liberal People'sNational Party (PNP), often employed armed thugs.

By the 1990s, those gangs had morphed intodrug-trafficking organizations like the Shower Posse(named for the shower of bullets it fires on enemies),which are widely believed to help fund the partiesas well as receive government contracts forbusinesses they own.

Holness, it's hoped, represents a departure fromthat old generation of Jamaican politics. Though he'sa protégé of former JLP Prime Minister EdwardSeaga, his past work in youth affairs (executivedirector of the non-governmental VoluntaryOrganization for Uplifting Children) and the privatesector gives him a cleaner image, one he sought toemphasize this week by pledging to make anti-corruption polices a priority.

But because Holness won't have much chance

to make a real reform dent between now andDecember 2012, says Meeks, it may behoove thenew PM-in-waiting to call elections sooner thanlater, “while the euphoria factor of a new generationtaking power” still hangs in the Jamaican air. If itlooks as though Coke will sing, the JLP may want tocall snap elections before Dec. 8; but even if hedoesn't, analysts like Meeks see the party schedulinga ballot in early 2012, perhaps in February. The otherfactor is a struggling economy: the critical tourismindustry remains healthy, but unemployment isapproaching 15%, and the government faces seriousfiscal perils as well.

No matter when elections are called, and evenwith the fresher Holness at the helm, the JLP stillfaces an uphill battle against the PNP and its leader,former PM Portia Simpson-Miller. “Portia isgenerally considered less tolerant of criminality,”says Rowe.

Even so, Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversaryof its independence next year – meaning bothHolness and Simpson-Miller have to face voteranger over how their parties could have let such darkclouds accumulate over their island at what shouldbe a proud moment in its history.

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TURKS AND CAICOSSUN’S LETTERS POLICYThe Turks and Caicos SUN welcomes

Letters to the Editor.

Letters containing libelous or defamatorycharges, personal attacks or abusivelanguage will not be considered for

publication.

We would prefer letters of 500 words orless, and we will not print anonymousletters or letters tagged with initials.

All letters are subject to the final approvalof the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, whoreserves the right to accept or rejectsubmissions and to edit letters andheadlines to meet our established

standards for grammar, clarity and length.

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ELEMENTARY HEAD TEACHERApplications is invited for the Position of Head Teacher for the Richmond Hill

Preparatory School in Providenciales Qualifications include:

• Must be a Trained Teacher • At least 10 Teaching Experience at the Elementary Level• Preferably a Masters Degree in Education• Must possess and uphold strong Christian values• Must be able to work on own initiativeBelonger preferable.Only shortlisted candidates will be contactedApplications should be submitted by Tuesday, November 5th, 2011 to:The Chairman, Richmond Hill Preparatory P.O.Box 803 Providenciales

HISTORY WAS CREATED in the Turksand Caicos Islands on MondayOctober 24th, the Progressive NationalParty (PNP) met and adopted aresolution supporting independencefrom the United Kingdom.

Commenting on the landmarkdecision, PNP leader Clayton Greenestated: “We believe as a party, that it isthe destiny of all peoples and everycountry to obtain independent statusand likewise the responsibility ofevery Government to lead its people tothe fulfillment of that destiny. Ourparty is therefore committed to doingall that it can, whether in or out ofGovernment, to prepare the people ofthe Turks and Caicos Islandspolitically, socially and economicallyfor that eventuality.”

He added: “As it has in the past,this quest will continue to inform ouractions and policies. We are committedto the formation of new partnershipsand the reestablishment of old ones inthe continued development of theTurks and Caicos Islands. Every policywill be directed towards opening upgreater social, economic and politicalopportunities for Turks and CaicosIslanders in a diverse Turks and CaicosIslands. In this connection let the wordgo out that in this quest there is roomfor men and women of good will.”

Greened noted that TCI’s marchto freedom began with our first

constitution in 1976. “We have been derailed but we

must press on,” he stressed. “As theleader of the Progressive NationalParty I say to you all that the questioncan no longer be whether there will beor whether there should beindependence. The question must nowbe when. Let us together and withconfidence embrace our future.”

The resolution was worded asfollows:

WHEREAS the people of theTurks and Caicos Islands have passedfrom hand to hand among EuropeanPowers finally resting with the UnitedKingdom in 1799.

AND WHEREAS since becominga United Kingdom Colony in 1799, the

Turks and Caicos Islands have beenpassed by the United Kingdom amongits other colonies, most notablyJamaica and the Bahamas.

AND WHEREAS the peoples ofthe Turks and Caicos Islands were formany years following the failure of theLoyalist Plantations and the closure ofthe Salt Industry abandoned by theGovernment of the United Kingdom.

AND WHEREAS the peoples ofthe Turks and Caicos Islandsnotwithstanding this abandonment andabdication by the United KingdomGovernment of its responsibility havemade major strides and have broughtsignificant prosperity and social justiceto the people of the Turks and CaicosIslands and have put in place most ofthe major institutions needed in anindependent and well functioningmodern democracy.

AND WHEREAS the facts arethat in recent times the UnitedKingdom has: 1. Taken away our Constitution,suspending our most basic laws andaltering fundamentally the forms ofour Government. 2. Trampled upon our democracy bysuspending our duly electedGovernment and have declaredthemselves vested with power togovern over us without our consent. 3. Suspended our duly electedLegislature and have also declaredthemselves, without our consent,vested with power to legislate for us inall cases whatsoever. 4. Refused and continues to refuse toallow us to again elect our ownGovernment. 5. Stood up and called together in theplace of a democratically electedgovernment a mock legislature and amock executive, none of which havethe consent of the people over whomthey preside and both void of anypower to deliver for the progress of ourpeople.

6. Endeavored to deprive the people ofthese Islands of their right to Trial by aJury of their peers.

7. Established a multitude of newoffices, and have sent to our Islandsswarms of their own people to fillthese offices and to harass our peopleand take away their chances to earn alivelihood, while at the same time theyhave cut the salaries, emoluments andpensions of our people.

8. Imposed Taxation upon us withoutour consent and without anymeaningful chance of representationfrom our people.

9. Curtailed the inward investmentsinto our Islands thereby ruining the

buoyant economy which we onceenjoyed. 10. Settled a new constitution for ourIslands which erodes our human rightsas a people and erodes the powers ofour duly elected government.

11. Failed to consult with the people ofthese Islands in a meaningful andgenuine way regarding theestablishment of a new constitution.

12. Failed to take due account of thepolitical aspirations of our people andhave generally abdicated itsresponsibilities under Article 73 of theUnited Nations Charter to preparethese Islands for self-determination.

AND WHEREAS at every stageof these oppressions, the people of theTurks and Caicos Islands havepetitioned for redress in the mosthumble terms, and our repeatedPetitions have only been answered byrepeated injury.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE,THE PROGRESSIVE NATIONALPARTY, relying on the Providence ofGod and accepting as we do that therelationship between these Turks andCaicos Islands and the UnitedKingdom is not in the best interest ofthe people of these Islands, andaccepting further that the time hascome that we as a people chart ourown future towards progress andprosperity, hereby undertake toactively seek and pursue theindependence of these Turks andCaicos Islands from the Governmentof the United Kingdom.

AND WE FURTHER RESOLVEAND DECLARE that theindependence of these Turks andCaicos Islands from the UnitedKingdom is an objective of ourProgressive National Party and we dorequire same to be a prominent plankin our Party’s platform and weundertake the following:

1) As a party to engage upon aprogramme of educating the people ofthe Turks and Caicos Islands,particularly our youth to theresponsibilities of citizenship in anindependent county and to theboundless possibilities of anindependent Turks and Caicos Islands;

2) As a government to secure assoon as practicable a referendum tosignify the settled will of our people onthe question of independence.

ADOPTED BY the National GeneralCouncil of the Progressive NationalParty this 24th day of October, 2011

PNP votes in support of independence from the UK

PNP leader Clayton Greene

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Minimum of five (5) years experience within automotiveprocurement department. Exposure to the mechanical, industrialand automotive industry an asset. Ability to work under pressure inorder to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks within a fast-paced work environment. Strong negotiation, mathematical andanalytical skills. Ability to communicate effectively, both written andoral. Solid research skills and commitment to continually learnabout new products. Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Outlook,Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Must read, write and speak Japanese,possess valid passport with necessary travel visas (travelling toJapan).

Qualified applicants should forward cover letter and resume to:Brian Trowbridge, Attorney at law, c/o Integra Services Ltd., P.O. Box 656,Unit 2A, Courtyard Plaza, Leeward Highway,Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Resumes will be reviewed in the order they are received.

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THE VISA APPLICATION system in theTurks and Caicos Islands will undergoa major overhaul and changes willinclude a new requirement that allapplications must be made at UKposts overseas.

This was announced in aGovernment press release whichstated that applications will be decidedby a visa referral unit in the TCI.Further work will be done to expandthe countries whose nationals willrequire a visa to enter the TCI, and toimprove security features.

The press statement, whichoutlined a number of changes in theImmigration Ministry, said that theEmployment Services Departmentwill launch new job placementservices in November. TheDepartment will publish on its websiteand in leaflets clear guidelines on theprocess for registering as unemployed,and the services offered to employersand employees to match people tovacant posts. The EmploymentOfficers will be located downstairs inSam’s building on Provo.

The Department will alsostreamline labour clearance and workpermit procedures through the settingup of a single front office and a newback office function. Customers andstaff will be able to continue to feed intheir ideas for improvements topolicies and processes, which will bepublished. The structure andarrangements for collecting workpermit fees will be reviewed.

Conciliation and arbitrationservices are being enhanced and aguide to procedures will be publishedshortly.

It was also noted that the Bordersare being strengthened with clearpublished entry criteria, a strongerintelligence base, enhanced passengerprofiling and improved partnershipwith police and customs. The recentlylaunched National Contingency Planfor Irregular Migrants will remain inplace, and work will continue to getthe coastal radar system fullyoperational by April next year.

Enforcement and compliance arebeing improved with comprehensive

training for officers based around newwritten procedures and guidance. TheMinistry’s enforcement andcompliance staff are being broughttogether into a single unit, and theywill place renewed emphasis oncompliance activity with employersand develop a planned and systematicapproach to the deportation of peoplewho are in the islands illegally.

Options for a long term multi-purpose detention centre are beinglooked at. In the meantime a newsecurity contract for the existingcentre is being procured anddiscussions are being held with theowner to ensure compliance withminimum standards.

The issue of trafficking in humanbeings is also being tackled throughthe drafting of an Ordinance whichwill make trafficking a specificcriminal offence with stringentpenalties, the release added.

Meantime, the Border ControlMinistry is also developing a paper forthe Advisory Council, drawingtogether for a wider public

consultation, the options for newcriteria for PRC and a fair andtransparent process for acquisition ofTurks and Caicos Islander status.There will also be discussions withother government departments, theHuman Rights Commissioner andcommunity groups about whichdocumentary evidence is acceptable toconfirm the facts in order for birthsoutside hospital to be registered.

The Change Programme is led byPermanent Secretary Clara Gardiner,Under Secretaries Sharon Taylor andWillette Swan, and the Commissionerof Labour Michelle Fulford-Gardiner.It is supported from the UK by aSenior Immigration Adviser, LorraineRogerson and two recently arrivedChange Managers; Simon Excell,Border Control and Enforcement; andKerstin Thompson, Policy andCasework, both of whom provideadvice, mentoring and training.

The change programme is beingcarried forward within the context ofthe wider public service reformagenda.

New rules for Turks and Caicos Islands visas

By Vivian TysonSUN Senior Editor

AT PRESS TIME two men remained incustody assisting the police with theirinvestigations arising from the shootinginjury of a security guard by armedthugs at the Gansevoort Resort atLower Bight on Monday night(October 24).

The identities of the men have notbeen released by the authorities for fearof the case being compromised, sincethey are not charged.

Colleagues of the injured man saidhe was shot twice in one of his legs –one shot in the lower leg and another inhis calf.

A press statement from PolicePress Officer Inspector Calvin Chase

stated: “The Royal Turks & CaicosIslands Police, Criminal InvestigationDepartment, in Providenciales areinvestigating a shooting which occurredat approximately 10:00pm on Monday24th October 2011 at local resort inProvidenciales.

“An employee received a gunshotwound to his left leg and was taken tothe Cheshire Hall Medical Centre wherehe is being treated for his non-life-threatening injury. Two males are incustody and are being questioned by thePolice. The investigation is continuing.”

The police were unable to saywhether or not the shooting was an actof attempted robbery or that the securityofficer was targeted.

“The men appeared to have firedshots from a .38 revolver. They emptied

the gun at him (security guard) but onlytwo shots caught him,” a colleague toldThe SUN.

In the meanwhile, the InterHealthCanada-run Cheshire Hall MedicalCentre stated that the security guardsinjury, though non-life threatening wasconsidered serious.

A statement from a spokesmanthere said: “A man was brought into the

emergency department at Cheshire HallMedical Centre on Monday night (Oct24) following a shooting incident at theGansevoort Resort.

”The victim, who was sufferingserious gun shot wounds to his leg,received emergency treatment beforeundergoing surgery. He is nowrecovering on the general ward wherehis condition is stable.”

Security guard shot at the Gansevoort Resort

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IMMEDIATEOPENINGS



AFTER BOLDLY STATING A few weeks agothat it was closing the majority of its storesbecause of financial pressure, it appears thatoperators of Kischo stores and the MusicMan may delay this move until after theChristmas season at least.

This is because they want to totally clearits inventory, while at the same time, waitingto see whether or not the several resortdevelopment projects would return its coreshoppers to the country.

Kishco, regarded as the Wal-Mart of theTurks and Caicos Islands announced lastmonth that it would close nine of its 10locations as a result of increase in utilitycosts, mounting monthly bank obligationsand plummeting sales associated with themass exodus of people from the country.

A conspicuous sign placed at the front ofKishco’s Airport Road stores demonstratedthe operators’ intention.

When The SUN contacted at the timeowner Charlie Mahtani said the closurewould affect up to 80 percent of the chain’sworkforce. He declared then that 50 of 170employees were already axed, and at leastanother 90 could soon be scratched from itspayroll.

But over the past week, the sign has been

removed, leaving some members of thepublic to wonder whether or not the storewas still closing.

When contacted, Mahani said the planshave not been changed but they have decidedto delay it somewhat while sellingeverything below cost, believing also that theChristmas season could speed up the salesprocess.

“What happen is that we are trying tosell everything below cost. It does not makeany sense at this time to take the inventoryto the warehouse and go, and so we arestaying until Christmas and see whathappens. And after Christmas, once thestocks are clear we will go slowly. As amatter of fact, we have started to removeshelves from the stores because they aregetting empty,” Mahani said.

He hinted that if some key stores areclosed before the construction developmentsstart to bear fruit, their doors could very wellbe reopened to accommodate the market.

“As you can see, in the papers, theGovernor has planned to open four projects,and once that picks up and the people startcoming in, we would have the courage to goahead (with the stores), but right now, themarket the way it is, nobody is buying, so wedon’t have the courage to continue,” Mahtanisaid.


THE POLICE OFFICER who has beenunder investigation for forgery oflottery tickets has reportedly skippedthe Turks and Caicos Islandsapparently to elude the long arm of thelaw.

Deputy Commissioner of PoliceBrad Sullivan, who confirmed thepoliceman’s fleeing, saidinvestigations are now beinghampered, since they have lost allcontacts to him. He said nonetheless,the policeman’s name is beingwithheld until further notice.

“I can confirm that yes, he has leftthe country. He does not have leavebooked through our organization. Heis not away from work with ourpermission. Criminal Investigation isstill ongoing into it. We are looking atinternal investigation into it also, so atthis time, I don’t think it is our placeto release his name.

“We are still trying to makecontact with him and trying to see ifhe has any intentions of coming back.Him not being here has hamperedcriminal investigation, in that, Icannot speak with him orinvestigators cannot speak with him,”Sullivan said.

The Deputy PoliceCommissioner said however, that thecop’s absence does not prevent crimesleuths from conductinginvestigations into the incident, andare not ruling out him working withaccomplices in the alleged scheme.

“That does not prevent us fromcarrying out our investigations from thewhole incident; making sure that we getthe evidence that we need to prove whattook place, so to find out if he workedby himself or in concert with someoneelse,” Deputy Commissioner Sullivansaid.

Last week, Press Officer for theRoyal Turks and Caicos Islands Police,

Inspector Calvin Chase, reported thatone of their own allegedly tenderedforged lottery tickets at variousestablishments. According to InspectorChase, winning tickets allegedlytendered by cop at variousestablishments across Providenciales,were discovered modified to showgreater amounts.

The matter was reported to thepolice hierarchy, which dispatched theProfessional Integrity Unit to probe thereports.

But apparently suspecting that hiscolleagues were closing in on an arrest,the lawman decided apparently decidedto scamper from these shores.

Policeman under lottery scam investigation skips TCI


THE TURKS AND Caicos IslandsTourist Board is forecastingwhopping a 12 percent increasein visitor arrivals at the end ofthis calendar year in comparisonto last year, based on forwardbookings.

Director of Tourism, RalphHiggs said reports received fromthe resorts and wholesalerssuggest that the numbers aretrending way ahead of thecorresponding figure last year.He said the buzz among travelershighlights the Turks and CaicosIslands establishing itself as among the best vacation spotsfor the discerning traveler.

“We expect that at the end of the calendar year –January to December 2011 – the numbers will close up orabout 10 and 12 percent over 2010. And based on how thenumbers are trending, barring any disasters – natural orman made in our resource markets - we believe that we willhave an extremely good winter season,” Higgs said.

Higgs pointed out, too, that based on booking trends,there would be less seasonality next year, meaning thatsome resorts that normally close their doors certain time ofthe year may be forced to stay open.

“All things considered, the destination is performingwell. It is a very, very, very sought after in the marketplace.We continue to be visible through initiatives by our privatesector partners, the Tourist Board and third partypublications, who write about the TCI and its product,”Higgs pointed out.

The tourism boss disclosed that were it not forHurricane Irene, which lashed the TCI in August, thecountry could have seen a more active September andOctober tourism-wise, as due to the hurricane, some hotelsremained closed for an extended period of time.

Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa – the biggestproperty in the TCI - was forced to close after Irene lashedProvidenciales.

In the meantime, Higgs said the Tourist Board istabulating figures from the first three quarters of 2011, todetermining whether or not visitor arrivals have surpassedthe one million mark or how close the figure came. Thefigure, he said, will be based on cruise and stopover visitors.

“We are doing the numbers now. If it does not reachthere it will be very, very close,” Higgs said.

Tourism officials forecasting

an active touristseason

Director of Tourism,Ralph Higgs

Kishco still closing, but not now

Just a few weeks ago Kishco announced the a large number of stores would be closed permanently. Shoppersflocked to the store after management displayed a closing out sale sign at Airport Road location. File photo

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THE COLD CASE Unit that wasestablished recently to unearthespecially serious unsolved crimesmade a major breakthrough in the2009 murder of 16 year-old ClementHowell High School Student WensleyJoseph, who was shot to death and hisbody ran over in Kew Town,Providenciales.

Bahamian national ElvanoRahming 26, who was arrested onWednesday, October 19, by membersof the unit, was charged with theteenager’s murder a day after he waspicked up by cops.

The Providenciales Magistrate’sCourt on Leeward Highway waspacked to capacity on Tuesday,October 25, with family members of

the deceased student, who turned upto come face to face with the manaccused of killing their loved one.

Rahming was unrepresented incourt as it was said that his legalrepresentative, Howard Hamilton,was in Grand Turk at the time, tendingto another matter.

However, presiding MagistrateClifton Warner informed the accusedthat serious cases such as the withwhich he was charged, automaticallygoes to the Supreme Court, where thematter will be tried by judge and jury,and that such a decision would notchange whether or not his lawyer waspresent in court.

The judge then remandedRahming in custody until December7th, when he is to return for asufficiency hearing, to determine

whether or not the case against himwarrants moving forward or dropped.He was not required to enter a plea.

Joseph, who had just celebratedhis birthday was retuning from thePolice Canteen in the early hours ofSunday morning, April 12, 2009,where a party was in session. On hisway home, he was said to have beenattacked by unknown assailants whoshot him.

Investigators said they alsodiscovered tyre tracks on parts of hisbody, which suggested that hisattackers used their vehicle to run him

over after they shot him. His body wasfound at the side of the road in KewTown.

Joseph’s death caused severe griefnot only for his immediate family, butalso for teachers and students at theClement Howell High School, wherehe was a member of the cheerleadingteam and other bodies.

At a memorial held at the schoolin his honour, students and teacherscried openly, as they eulogized Joseph,who they said everyone was fund ofand loved, based on his cheerfulspirit.

Bahamian national charged with 2009 Clement Howell High student’s murder


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THE NATIONAL HEALTH InsurancePlan (NHIP) proposes to discontinuetertiary treatment to the United States,when medical care can be offered inthe Caribbean region.

Only cases which are outside ofthe scope of the regional network willbe transported to the USA, accordingto a release from the InterimGovernment.

The NHIP Regulations will beamended to limit benefits received bytemporary residents and persons onwork permits to on-island hospital andemergency care. Work permit holderswill not be eligible for overseastreatment under the NHIP.

“All first time registrants to theNHIP will have a six-month waitingperiod before they can receive benefitsunder the plan. This is fair as alloriginal beneficiaries were required towait the same time period,” the releasestated. “ Non-contributors to the NHIPwill not be eligible for overseastreatment. Such cases will berepatriated to their country of origin.”

Noting that the NHIP could fundthe delivery of TCIG primary healthcare programmes by several methods,

the press statement said that The TCIGis committed to improving thedelivery of primary health care.Together with the reform exercise andthe strategic health planning exercise,a model is being developed forprimary health care. This involvesdeveloping and procuring primaryhealth care services at the communitylevel, either through the Governmentor through the private sector.

The Ministry of Health is indiscussion with PAHO onpharmaceutical procurementprocesses. A first meeting is plannedin mid November to explore thefeasibility of a bulk purchaseapproach. Here the NHIP will procurethe drugs and utilize the localpharmacies and/or ICL to dispense.

Another option is theestablishment of a national pharmacydispensing body, which encouragescompetition and acts as a fair pricingpolicy body.

The NHIB is also working on arevised National Drug formularywhereby the NHIB will only funddrugs for chronic illness. Thisprogramme is similar to drug funding

programmes in the Bahamas andJamaica.

ICL and NHIP will implement aDrug Advice Form. This form will beissued to patients who require over thecounter drugs (OTC).This wouldprevent OTC drugs being dispensed asprescription drugs, and consequentlyreduce the NHIP payments of OTCdrugs.

The Government statement added:“There is a need to limit the period inwhich prescriptions are offered, i.e.routine prescriptions should be limitedto a maximum period of 28 days onlywith the exception of chronicconditions and or long-term repeatprescriptions which will be to amaximum period of three months. Thepharmacy IT system should beexpanded to detect abuse and or fraud

Chemotherapy and Radiology.ICL has committed to advancing theestablishment of on-islandchemotherapy and radiology services.ICL is in negotiations with a groupfrom the Bahamas which will beproviding the said services.

The statement noted that currentlyonly those who are employedcontribute to the plan. There areapproximately 11,000 dependantsbeing supported by18,000contributors. If each spousepaid the minimum monthlycontribution of $25 and each familycontributed up to a maximum of 2children at $10 (the final figure to bedetermined by actuarial projectedcalculations) the fund could increaseits income.

Increased revenue to be realised

through implementing the minimumcontribution to spouses of $25 andeach family contributed $10 per childfor the first two children would be:Spouse (1578 persons) - $473,400Dependents (5065 contributors) -$1million. This would add up to$1.5million.

In terms of increasing thecontribution rate to a higherpercentage, based on the 17,520primary contributors each 1% increasein contributions would raise anadditional $3.3million per year.

Establishing a minimumcontribution rate of $25 wouldgenerate an additional $90,742.14 peryear from 912 contributors, howeverif this was increased to $50 this wouldgenerate $578,209.20 per year from3,409 contributors.

Based on the ICL reconciliationfor the 9 month period to the 31stMarch 2011, some $413,680 has beenreceived in co-payments. Based onthis if co-pay was increased by anadditional 10% this would mean afurther $41,368 would be receivable.

The press release also noted thatthe Cockburn Town Medical Centre inGrand Turk is significantly under-utilized and efforts must be made tomaximize use of this facility in supportof the overall sustainability challenge.Talks are being had on use of part ofthe facility for TCI residents in long-term care and/or geriatric care. Thereis also the possibility of providingpracticing rights to visiting consultantsand/or right sizing the clinicalprovision appropriately.

Cutbacks to overseas medical treatment

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Needed for lifting, cleaningand general help

Contact Sam Lightbourn oredmond Lightbourn

at 246-1809

KITCHeN HeLPeRSalary $5.00 per hour

6 days per weekContact Tiki Hut 344-6072

In accordance with Section 39 of the NationalInsurance Ordinance 1991 the followingemployers / self employed persons in NorthCaicos are hereby requested to appear before aNational Insurance Inspector before November7, 2011.

NIB PUBLIC SERVICEANNOUNCEMENT

Brandford GardinerVivienne Lightbourne Roberta Outten Elizabeth Tamar Gardiner Goaley Elizabeth Forbes Annie Orlean GardinerCourtney Missick Arnold GardinerFranklyn RobinsonHartwell SmithShabbor DorvalKEVIN Taylor Clinton S. HiggsCarramilda Louise ForbesDennis Been (Sr)Dennis Berdette Been (Jr)H Harvey & Sons Ltd. Julia Masada HarveyRoselee Elizabeth RobinsonSun Beach Properties Ltd. Arthur Macbord Gardiner (Sir)Catherine L. Gardiner RegisCilotte GardinerClifford GardinerDK'S Construction LtdClotilda GardinerDaniel Williams (Rest.)Duley Henry MissickGertrude Claudina PhillipsHosea Mcloin GardinerJennifer Missick LightbourneOlive Unima DorsettPaul HiggsRoselan Uatine Handfield Samuel Eagle HandfieldShabber R. DorvalVanderlin GardinerFarrington Gardiner

By Vivian TysonSun Senior Editor

JETBLUE AIRWAYS IS looking to increase the number of flights into theTurks and Caicos Islands from its current Boston and JFK routes, plus isit is looking into fly into the TCI from new routes.

This information was disclosed by Chad Meyerson, Director GlobalSales for JetBlue Airways during an email conversation with The SUN.

There has been talk in some quarters locally that JetBlue was lookingto make significant cutbacks to the TCI owing to the fact that for the mostpart, flights departing the TCI were sometimes empty.

But Meyerson said such rumours are not only baseless, but wasopposite to the plans that JetBlue has for the TCI. He said that both routeshave surpassed the expectation of Jetblue and as such, they are encouragedto make further investment into existing and new routes.

“The rumors you have heard are quite false. In fact, our service fromboth JFK and BOS to PLS is meeting and exceeding expectations. Wehave no plans to reduce our current service levels. Rather, we areconsidering increased frequencies from current markets and evenadditional gateways, possibly from Florida markets,” Meyerson said.

The award-winning JetBlue Airways made its inaugural flight intothe Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday (February 17) from New York’sJohn F. Kennedy International Airport, to much fanfare. Its weekly flightsfrom Boston, Massachusetts commenced on February 19.

he entry of JetBlue into the Turks and Caicos Islands tourism market– the 16th Caribbean destination - serves as a shot in the arm for the localeconomy, as it added to the airlift capacity into the country.

Up until August JetBlue operated daily flights into ProvidencialesJFK, before making a minor scale back due to Hurricane Irene, whichresulted in the closure of some of the major hotels.

In the meantime, Ralph Higgs, Acting Director for the Turks andCaicos Islands Tourist Board, while declaring that he could not disclosemuch at this time, confirmed Myerson’s statement regarding increasedJetBlue airlift into the Turks and Caicos Islands.

“When JetBlue reduced their service in September/October followingHurricane Irene passage, they agonized over it and they consulted theTourist Board on their plans to reduce the flight. So I am inclined tobelieve that if that (further reducing flights to the TCI) was the case theywould inform us,” Higgs said.

JetBlue eyeing Floridato TCI routes

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IMMEDIATE OPENING: SOUS CHEFRequirements: • 3 to 5 years culinary experience in a full service, fine dining establishment asSous Chef• Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Must have strong knowledge of kitchen inventory and ordering process, staffing,expediting and ability to supervise the staff and kitchen operations under thedirection of the Executive Chef • Excellent culinary technique and ability to work the line during all meal periods• Exceptional customer service orientation, complying with company serviceculture

Duties Include:• Recruit and select qualified candidates, provide training and communicationperformance expectations• Coordinate the inventory, purchasing and disbursement of all supplies with thepurchasing manager• Inspect and ensures the proper set up and readinessof each item on menus• Supervise daily food preparation for assigned areas.• Ensure that the level of quality, portion control, andplate presentation is adhered to consistently• Work closely with staff to exceed guest expectations• Maintain product consistency by conductinginspecting or seasonings, portion and appearance offood• Must be able and willing to work all days and shifts

Interested applicants should apply to The RegentPalms, Human Resources Department, Mondaythrough Friday, 10AM to 5PM and bring along anupdated resume, or by emailing your resume [email protected] no later thanNovember 4, 2011


The Traffic Department of the RoyalTurks and Caicos Islands Police Forceare investigation the circumstancesunder which a motor vehicle accidentclaimed the life of a man betweenMonday night, October 24 to TuesdayMorning, October 25, along the LongBay main road, near to the Tropicanaround-a-bout, in Providenciales.

The body of 20 year-old LabianEptiene was found at an open lot inpool of blood a few metres from hisbadly mangled red Honda Civic Ferioregistered 13846, which appeared tohave flipped several times beforeresting on its tyres.

Eptiene became the fourth roadfatality in the Turks and Caicos Islandssince the start of the year, and policereport indicated that he was the soleoccupant of the vehicle when itcrashed.

Eptiene’s body was discoveredearly Tuesday morning by passersby inthe area. Police source told The SUN

that from all indications, speeding wasto be blamed for the man’s demised;such assessment was made based onthe destruction of the car.

The police said it appeared that thecar was travelling at a fast pace and onreaching a particular section of the

road; it hit a concrete structure andcrashed.

Eptiene was ejected in the process,and it appeared the vehicle flipped afew times before coming to a rest.

The accident appeared to havebeen a proverbial fallen tree in theforest, as no one apparently heard it.And it was at daybreak on Tuesday,that someone saw the scene and calledthe police.

A part of the police report issuedby the Royal Turks and Caicos IslandsPolice Press Officer, Inspector Calvin

Chase stated: “The body waspronounced dead at the scene.Excessive speed is believed to be acontributing factor. An autopsy is to beperformed later this week. The TrafficDivision of the Royal Turks andCaicos Islands Police is continuingtheir investigation into this tragicevent.”

Renau Destine, Eptiene’s brother,who works at WIV News 4, as acameraman, said his sibling, whoworked at the Veranda Resort as awaiter, lived in the Long Bay Hillsareas with rest of the family.

Destine said his brother drove afriend’s car home earlier Mondayevening to get a spare key for his car,telling them that he had misplaced theoriginal key.

He said the family was notperturbed when he did not returnhome, as they thought he could bespending the night at a friend’s home.

Destime said however, that theylearned of an accident along the mainroad and was shocked to learn laterthat the victim was a member of theirimmediate family. Destine said theaccident may have occurred asminutes after his brother left the home.

Destine told The SUN that eventhough the family was going througha heart-wrenching time, their Christianbackground taught them to let go offcircumstances that they cannot control.

Curious onlookers view the mangled car that claimed the life Veranda Resort waiter 20 year-oldLabian Eptiene

Waiter killed in traffic accident

THE 132-PAGE 2012 Providenciales Dining Guide, the largest edition since itwas first published in 2005, was launched in style on October 26, 2011 at TheRegent Palms.

Speaking at the launch event for the 7th edition was Brenda Zdenek of AdVantage Ltd, who said, “The publication was an idea which came about as a“spin-off” from the Where When How magazine due to the overflowing diningsection in that magazine. Our concept for the Dining Guide publication was tohave a single source for menus at a very reasonable advertising cost. There isdefinitely one thing that both visitors and residents have in common, “theymust eat!” so the magazine was conceptualised to provide them with dininginformation at their fingertips. We have some very interesting articles in the2012 edition, including a Wine Pairing article by Food and Wine writer MandyRostance Wolf so we encourage everyone to secure their copy.”

Also commenting was The Regent Palms’ General Manager, Karen Whitt,who noted, “We are elated and extremely proud to have one of our food shotsselected for the 2012 Dining Guide cover page. Brenda and her team had thetedious task of selecting the perfect shot from the many submissions and beingselected proves that Parallel 23 not only creates delicious meals but alsowonderful culinary masterpieces.”

The publication, with recipes from the islands’ restaurants, also serves asa souvenir for visitors to share with friends or use to plan their futurereservations. Approximately 40,000 plus copies have been produced and willbe circulated to the airports, resorts and auto rental agencies. In addition tothe print version, the Dining Guide has an online version, which can be readin its entirety at www.WhereWhenHow.com

PROVIDENCIALES DINING GUIDELAUNCHES 7th EDITION IN STYLE

Left to Right – Former TCHTA’s Association Executive Caesar Campbell with BornewellMarketing’s Shernelle Blackman and TCHTA’s Association Executive Stacy Cox at the

publication’s launch.

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TURKS AND CAICOSISLANDS FINANCIAL

SERVICES COMMISSIONThe Financial Services Commission, astatutory body of the Turks and CaicosIslands Government responsible for thelicensing and regulation of financialservices businesses, is seeking qualified applicants for the post ofHEAD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIESThe holder of this position will carry out the following duties:• Prepare departmental inputs and contribute to the developmentof the corporate plans and budgets of the Commission.• Determine technological direction of the FSC and the resourcesrequired to support the organization’s strategic objectives.• Manage operations and activities of the IT department as well asmanage the delivery of information technology services to all otherdepartments. • Manage information technology projects by providing projectmanagement guidelines, establish detailed project plans andproject performance reports.• Assess and manage information technology risk. Account for andprotect all IT assets. Develop and administer an IT securityadministration policy.• Develop and implement disaster recovery and businesscontinuity plans.• Ensure the proper management, development and training of IT

department staff, including conducting performance reviews.• Perform other functions as set out in the job description inrelation to the post or as may be assigned by the ManagingDirector.SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED• Strong hands-on knowledge of IT operations management,software development and implementation. Sound knowledge ofsystems networking and hardware engineering. Must be wellexperienced in LANs, WANs, network administration (routers,switching, firewalls etc.).• Sound knowledge of network system security administration anddatabase management;• Sound appreciation of project management principles andpractices.• Possess good communication and report writing skills.EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE• Master’s degree in Management Information Technology orComputer Science.• Eight (8) years or more experience in information technologyincluding at least four (4) years in a managerial position.• Ongoing post qualification certification would be would be adistinct asset.OTHER INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE POSTThis position falls within Grade 3 of the Commission’s pay scale.Actual salary payable will be determined by reference to thedegree of qualification, experience, knowledge base and othercriteria that the Commission may assess.The duties for the above post may be carried out at either of theCommission’s offices in Grand Turk or Providenciales.Applications should be received no later than November 30,2011 and may be emailed to [email protected] or faxed to1-649-941-8379


UNHAPPY THAT THE LabourDepartment is not doing enough toensure that Turks and CaicosIslanders are among the workingpopulation, a group describing itsname as the Coalition for Justice andProsperity staged an unemploymentregistration drive in the parking lot ofthe Labour Department on Monday,October 24.

The group was born from the Dr.Rufus Ewing-headed protest onWednesday, October 19 outside themeeting of the Advisory Council atthe Department of DisasterManagement and Emergency onProvidenciales.

Ewing, who is the outgoing ChiefMedical Officer and Director for theDepartment of Health and HumanServices, said the group’s mainobjective is to: “Fight the injusticethat the Interim Administration isimposing on the people of the Turksand Caicos Islands.”

Turning to the unemploymentdrive, Dr. Ewing said after collectingparticulars for unemployedBelongers, the group would thenmatch them with jobs that areavailable in the private sector and inGovernment.

“We are putting Government onnotice as well as the private sector onnotice, that we would like for our

people to be employed. The LabourDepartment is not doing enough (toensuring that Turks and CaicosIslanders get jobs),” Dr. Ewing said.

For his part, Rev. Dr. ConradHowell, a member of the Coalition,said the group is non-partisan andnon-political, saying that ittranscends party lines.

“We want to talk about issuesthat are necessary for all of our Turksand Caicos, and see our Turks andCaicos return to its people, pursuing

what is necessary that the BritishGovernment understands that, thatour people of the Turks and Caicosunderstand that, and recognised thatwe are not just here (LabourDepartment parking lot) for today.

We are here for beyond today,and beyond tomorrow, and so long asis necessary. Of course, we hope thatour efforts will yield urgent benefits,and those benefits will be to allpeople,” Howell said.

He echoed the sentiments of Dr.

Ewing that the Labour Departmentwas not doing enough to employlocals, but quick to point out that itshands may have been tied andemployees there may very well beworking in contrary to what theywould like to see done.

“The Labour Department is not arepresentative agency. Its remit isjudiciary, and so I know what limitsthere might be. Of course, I, too, dobelieve that Labour has not gone farenough to secure jobs for nativepersons, and that I will say public orprivate.

“However, I also know that theLabour Department is working basedon the Government’s Policy at theend of the day, and it could verymean that Labour wants to do certainthings, but are instructed to do otherthings. So we have to, again, seewhere the balance is to be struck. IfLabour is upfront saying ‘this is whatyou do (to secure jobs),’ but once allthe information is collected, is unableto do, we need to know why. If on theother hand, it is not doing justbecause it is not doing, we need toknow why,” Howell demanded.

Howell put the Government andthe private sector on notice that aslong as locals are unemployed theCoalition will be agigitating for themuntil they get justice.

He pointed out that well over onehundred persons signed up during theday long process.

New activist group stages Belonger unemployment drive

Members of the Coalition for Justice and Prosperity are photographed during the unemploymentdrive at the Labour Department parking lot


The Financial Services Commission, a statutory body of the Turks andCaicos Islands Government responsible for the licensing andregulation of financial services businesses, is seeking qualifiedapplicants for the post of

Senior Bank and Trust Officer. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIESThe holder of this position will carry out the following duties:• Manage a portfolio of licensees with the responsibility of all offsite dutiesas they pertain to the respective institution, including corporategovernance reviews, financial analysis and ensuring compliance with theregulatory laws.• Assist in planning and co-ordinating on-site inspection as a seniormember of the examination team.• Review policies, procedures and the practices of institutions todetermine whether institutions are operating in a prudent manner incompliance with the laws and regulations of the TCI.• Examine banks and other supervised financial institutions from a groupperspective to ensure conformity with rules and regulations governingestablished relationships between parent, subsidiaries and other relatedcompanies and assessing risk and management thereof on aconsolidated basis.• Keep abreast of economic and political events (both locally andinternationally), in order to liaise with the industry at an informed level asnecessary. Identify and bring to the attention of the Head, Bank and Trustemerging trends and problems as they affect financial institutions, whichwill require enhancement/establishment of supervisory policy,methodology, legislation or guidelines as appropriate• Assist in the review of market risk sensitivities and IT systemsframework.

• Process applications for mergers and acquisitions, branch openingsand consolidation and new products/services of supervised entities.• Oversee the work of the Bank and Trust Officers and Junior Bank andTrust Analyst and provide guidance, supervision and training asnecessary to achieve desired results.• Perform other functions as set out in the job description in relation to thepost or as may be assigned by the Head of Banking and Trust or theManaging Director.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED• Sound knowledge of banking law, trust law and AML regulations;• Sound knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS) and or US GAAP;• Sound knowledge of the workings of the Basle Committee on BankSupervision and the related Core Principles;• Sound knowledge of international banking operations and practicesand current developments in the financial sector. A very goodappreciation of economics and asset valuations would be an asset;• Sound understanding of IT systems and their use in the financialservices industry.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE• Master’s Degree in Finance or other related discipline.

• Five (5) years relevant experience.

OTHER INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE POSTThis position falls within Grade 4 of the Commission’s pay scale. Actualsalary payable will be determined by reference to the degree ofqualification, experience, knowledge base and other criteria that theCommission may assess.

The duties for the above post may be carried out at either of theCommission’s offices in Grand Turk or Providenciales.

Applications should be received no later than November 2, 2011 andmay be emailed to [email protected] or faxed to 1-649-941-8379

TURKS AND CAICOSISLANDS FINANCIAL

SERVICESCOMMISSION

CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN’S customersin TCI now have more investmentopportunities with the launch of CIBCAXIOM Portfolios, a new addition toCIBC FirstCaribbean’s wealth line-upthat will further expand the bank’soffering to investors.

Addressing potential investors atThe Veranda Resort recently, CountryManager Sherma Hercules said,“CIBC FirstCaribbean InternationalBank continues to find innovativesolutions for its customers, who overthe past few months have suggestedthat we make a number of operationaladjustments to our Private Bankingand Platinum Services. We aretherefore pleased to introduce theCIBC AXIOM Portfolios; a premiuminvestment product which has beendoing extremely well since itsinception on May 12, 2010.”

CIBC AXIOM Portfolios provideaccess to the accumulated knowledgeand expertise of professionalmanagers from around the world.These relationship teams are carefullyselected and monitored by the CAMIInvestment Management Services duediligence team. With a mix of equityand fixed-income options, the AXIOMPortfolios represent a valuable productthat can enhance the investment

strategy of any client, no matter theirrisk tolerance.

Ms. Hercules added, “The effectsof inflation on wealth are a significantconcern for our investors so thePortfolios were designed to maximisetheir potential for return, while staying

within their risk tolerance level. Ourclients can decide to do it themselves- choosing the right asset mix, buildingtheir portfolio of mutual funds,reviewing it regularly, and rebalancingit - or they can leave the responsibilityto leading investment managers by

selecting one of our portfoliosolutions.”

Featured speaker Shelly McClean,Executive Director, Strategic AlliancesRenaissance Investments, provided adetailed overview of the benefits ofAXIOM Portfolios, as well as adviceon how to leverage the variousportfolio types. Ms. McClean ensuredinvestors that the Portfolios arerebalanced on an ongoing basis toprevent overexposure orunderexposure to any one-asset class.She also informed those present thatthe Portfolios provide a hedge againinflation while ensuring that investorsare not sidelined from growthopportunities.

CIBC AXIOM Portfolios fromCIBC FirstCaribbean InternationalBank provide all of the features andbenefits of sophisticated portfoliomanagement while simplifying thereporting, management andadministration of the client’s portfolio.AXIOM allows the client to enjoy thebenefits of diversification by assetclass, geographic region, investmentstyle, and market capitalisation.

Persons who are interested inlearning more about CIBC AXIOMPortfolios can contact the WealthManagement team at 941-1608.

CIBC FirstCaribbean to provide customers withGlobal Investment Management Expertise

Left to Right: Audley Higgs – Wealth Manager, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank; ShermaHercules –Country Manager, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank; Shelly McClean –Executive Director, Strategic Alliances Renaissance Investments; Gina Mackenzie – SeniorFinancial Advisor, Head – Wealth Manager, CICB FirstCaribbean (Bahamas); Innes Begg –

Marketing Manager, CICB FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados)

LOCAL NEWSPage 16


I HAVE BEEN watching in horror to seewhat is being done with respect to the“right sizing” of the Civil Service inrecent days. Yes, there is a need toreduce the absolute number of personson the public payroll, but this must bedone in a very transparent andequitable manner. In 1993/94 when asimilar exercise was being carried out,the full rationale was laid out so thatall persons knew what was going on -even if they did not agree with whatwas being done.

We all knew that the thousand plusstrong personnel had to be reduced to+/- 700. This was primarily becausethe expenditure on personalemolument and allowances was out ofsync as a percentage of revenue andwas not sustainable in the long run asit impeded government’s ability todeliver services in an effective andefficient manner.

A total review of the system wasconducted and it was determinedwhich category of employee wouldhave to be made redundant in order tofree up the system so that it coulddeliver as planned! A document wasproduced so that people could wraptheir heads around the implications forsuch a personnel reduction. Butimportantly, a budget was prepared sothat packages could be paid to those

persons that had to lose their jobs.The exercise was done in the

context of reducing the drag oneconomic growth and the delivery ofessential services. The Britishgovernment provided us with aneconomic package of about $43million that was targeted to specificareas. The reduction in the publicservice and the building of the newprison being two of the areas targeted.Those persons who wanted to take thepackage voluntarily could calculate thefinancial benefit to them and make adetermination as to whether theyshould avail themselves of thatopportunity.

Take for instance PermanentSecretaries. At least five of us wereallowed to leave, foregoing the “high”salaries being paid and bringing inyounger persons at the lower end ofthe scale, albeit at a better rate thantheir predecessors.

Those persons on the PWDpayroll who were surplus torequirement and should really bereceiving social welfare were also letgo. At the end of the day, all thoseleaving knew the amount of moneythey were to be getting long in advanceof 11th March, 1994 redundancy date!They were able to plan what they weregoing to do with the money that they

would be getting, some with assistancefrom the group of four persons taskedwith helping them plan properly fornew jobs and opportunities. There wassome level of certainty in the process!

Unfortunately, what is happeningnow - is that everything is veiled insecrecy. There is no meaningfulinteraction between the persons“assisting” with the process and thepractitioners on the ground here. Nomatter how unassuming a personmight be, if he were working in anyparticular area, he knows more of thedetail of that particular activity thansomeone coming from the outside.What the person from outside can dois help him to become more effectiveand efficient by showing him newmethods of service delivery! Duringthe 1986-88 intervention, those thatcame, did so with a genuine attitude tohelp.

The bumbling idiots that are nowbeing sent here are operating in silosand show a significant level of disdainfor the institutional memory thatobtains in the service, and as a result,they are prone to making costlymistakes. The economic policy,customs duty reorganization and theright sizing exercise are primeexamples of the total cock-ups thatthey have made and are continuallymaking!

It is totally scandalous to see howthe process for bringing on newPermanent Secretaries is being skewedagainst the interest of Turks andCaicos Islanders. First of all, all ten ofthe current office holders have toresign and make application for thefive new positions. It is one thing to becompeting against your peers, but tobe pitted against all and sundry andfrom a pool outside of the Turks andCaicos Islands is another ball game!

It is not that I fear competition, butto have the unlikely outcome of allyour PS’s coming from outside ourcountry must send a chill up and downthe spines of all free thinking amongst

us! Second, what is even moreegregious is that our current Governor,according to him, will be part of theinterviewing panel.

That certainly is not the “donething”! But with this crew, any andeverything goes. Is he going to betelling the interviewees that rememberyour allegiance must be to me and notthe politicians or the interest of theTurks and Caicos Islands people? Hismere presence on that panel could leada rational thinker to come to thatconclusion. So there is the prospect ofcovert and overt mischief making. Ifsomeone can, please direct me to theprecedence of such happening!

The PS is the most senior advisorto a Minister and has to interact withhim or her on a daily basis. I havenever in our context, seen where HE ispart of the hiring of that person. HEcan certainly object to their continuedrelationship, if he can demonstrate thatthe PS is not carrying out the policiesthat have been developed and agreed,and that is all.

These guys are gerrymanderingthe process in their favour at every stepof the way. What is going on? TheGovernor said that the new PermanentSecretaries must be in place by the endof December. However, there is no jobdescription available as yet and noadvertisements for these positions!They have to be kidding, right! Itseems now that the left hand does notknow what the right hand is doing!That is a direct result of the “silomentality”!

I thought that I was imaginingthings the other day, but when I heardit again, I could not come away withnothing more than the veiled threatissued by the Governor by hisrepeated reference to Dr. Ewing as aCivil Servant, while commenting onthe demonstration! I know that “blackops” are part of his background, butthat is not what he is employed fornow! I think that he should cease anddesist from that type of activity. • Royal Robinson is a formerDeputy Premier and Minister ofFinance and Health in the ProgressiveNational Party (PNP) Administration.

THE DEVIL IS NOT IN THE DETAIL

ROYAL ROBINSONCONTRIBUTER

TwoLauNderersTo work 7-2 pm daily

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AMERICLEANDRY CLEANERS


THE MINISTRY OF BORDER Controland Labour is continuing to work onclearing the backlog of PermanentResidence Certificate (PRC)applications that have accumulatedover very many years. The target isthat all outstanding PRC applicationsshould be cleared by the end of 2011.This task remains extremelychallenging, not least because in anumber of cases the applicant has notprovided all the necessarydocumentary evidence for the case tobe decided, and there are no up to datecontact details for the applicant.

Attached is a summary of thecurrent criteria, fees and conditions forPRC under the Immigration Ordinanceand Regulations, which are beingapplied to cases in the backlog.

It would be helpful if all applicantswhose cases remain pending, and whohave evidence, in the form of a receipt,that their applications were madebefore 26 February 2010, would nowcheck that they meet one of the currentheadings under which PRC can begranted; that they have suppliedevidence to confirm that they meet thecriteria; that they are able and willingto pay the fee; and that they are contentwith the conditions which will beapplied.

Having done this, all those whoremain interested in having theirapplications processed are asked tocontact the Ministry at the emailaddress [email protected] before 2pm onFriday November 18, 2011, to confirmthat they wish their application toproceed, to arrange to provide up todate documentary evidence wherenecessary, and to pay the required feeup front.

Any applications which remainpending after November 18, 2011without the necessary documentaryevidence, without fees paid, andwithout up to date contact details, willbe regarded as withdrawn and the fileswill be closed.

This will not apply to applicationsfrom former dependents, who hadbeen endorsed on their parent’s PRCbut have now reached 18 years, whichcontinue to be accepted despite themoratorium.

Applicants for PRC are remindedthat they should maintain their legalstatus via work or residence permits,or the Government stamp, while aPRC application is pending.

Annex: PRC Requirements, as set outin the Immigration Ordinance andRegulations All applications require: - Fee - 2 x passport photos - Evidence of good character – policerecords, reference letters from TCIslanders - Evidence of good health – blood test - Evidence that principal home to be inthe Islands-letter of intent - Evidence of capability to supportself/dependents – bank letter

CATEGORY REQUIREMENTS: Paragraph 3(2) (a) Self employment - Held work permit as self employedfor 5 years - Resident in the Islands for 5 years - Invested $500,000 (Provo) or$75,000 (other islands) in a business Actively involved in running thatbusiness Fee: $50,000

Endorsement: Permission to work inthe same self employment category aswork permits

Paragraph 3(2) (b) Employment –skilled worker as defined in Schedule8 - Held work permit as skilled workerfor 5 years - Resident in the Islands for 5 years - Invested $200,000 (Provo) or$75,000 (other islands) in a business orhome Fee: $30,000

Endorsement: Permission to work inthe same employment category aswork permits

Paragraph 3(2) (c) Employment –those not defined as a skilled workerin Schedule 8 - Held work permit as a skilled workerfor 10 years Fee: $30,000

Endorsement: Permission to work inthe same employment category aswork permits

Paragraph 3(2) (d) Employment –unskilled worker - Held a work permit as an unskilledworker for 6 years - Invested $200,000 (Provo) or$75,000 (other islands) in a business orhome

Fee: $8,000 Endorsement: Permission to work inthe same employment category aswork permits

Paragraph 3(2) (e) Employment –unskilled worker - Held a work permit as an unskilledworker for 10 years Fee: $8,000 Endorsement: Permission to work inthe same employment category aswork permits issued in Investors

Pre-qualification The Regulations provide that a personwho proposes to invest in a business,home or enterprise as defined below,can, if the Governor declares that theinvestment will benefit the social andeconomic development of the islandsand publishes the declaration in theGazette, be given an undertaking bythe Governor that they would begranted PRC once evidence is receivedthat the investment has been made. This pre-qualification process is notcurrently available because of themoratorium on PRCs.

Paragraph 3(2) (f) Retired persons - Has invested $500,000 (Provo) or$125,000 (other islands) in a home orbusiness - Does not seek to engage inemployment Fee: $15,000 Endorsement: No permission to work

Paragraph 3(2) (g) Investment -enterprise - Invested $500,000 in an enterprise inProvo where a development order wasmade by the Governor under the -Encouragement of DevelopmentOrdinance or; - Invested $150,000 in a Provo basedBelonger business engaged in thedevelopment of condo or hotelaccommodation or; - Invested $125,000 in an enterprise onone of the other islands where a

development order was made by theGovernor under the Encouragement of- Development Ordinance. Fee: $10,000 Endorsement: With or withoutpermission to work.

Paragraph 3(2) (h) Investment – notProvo - Invested $50,000 in an authorizedinvestment in Grand Turk, Salt Cay,South Caicos, Middle Caicos or NorthCaicos. Fee: $10,000 Endorsement: With or withoutpermission to work

Paragraph 3(2) (i) FormerDependents [open to new applicationsdespite moratorium] - Applicant previously endorsed onparent’s PRC and is now 18. Fee: $5,000 or $1500 if there isevidence that they went throughprimary and secondary education inthe Islands. Endorsement: No work restrictions orlimitations

Paragraph 3(2) (j) Assimilation Does not meet requirements of any ofthe above categories but “has becomeassimilated into the life and affairs ofthe islands” – for example owning abusiness, a home, own property and isan active member of charitable andvoluntary/civic groups - Resident for a lengthy periodpossibly on a Government stamp; or aresidence permit(s) - Young people here for the whole ofprimary and secondary education - Those in islands for 20/30 years whomay not qualify otherwise Fee: $5,000 ($1,500 for young peoplewho spent whole of primary andsecondary education in the TCI).Endorsement: No work restrictions orlimitations

Endorsement of spouse anddependent children

Under Section 16 of the ImmigrationOrdinance a PRC may be endorsed asapplying to the spouse and anydependent child of the holderordinarily resident with him. The spouse and dependent child (ren)will not be granted permission to work

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I WOULD LIKE for a space in your newspaper torespond to a front page story volume 8 no. 38September 30th- October 7th 2011” NEW WORKPERMIT SYSTEM ON HOLD”. We must rememberthat this new work permit system has beenrecommended to this present unelected and totallyundemocratic government, by one JORGE BACACAMPODONICO, who is a convicted criminal, as amatter of fact.

The criminality of the team leader advisinggovernment is of grave concern, especially how weare now seeking to prosecute local politicians andothers for alleged corruption. Are they using a corruptperson to advise TCIG on corrupt matters?

When the Government was ready to disclose tothe public the recommendations from the team leadby my Jorge Baca Campodonico, I attended the firstmeeting to hear what the experts have in mind that issuperior to what the residents of the Turks and Caicoshave been advancing to the Government. Amongitems recommended were:

1. Introduction of a Customs Processing Fee of4% on ALL imports (this has its own implications).

2. A work permit fee of 10%, based on aP.A.Y.E. system ( a 10% of wages deducted by theemployer from the worker and paid to the NHIP)

There were five other recommendations but forbenefit of space I would not mention them at thistime.

The truth of the matter is that there are businesseson Grace Bay would like to employ foreign workersand pay no work permit fees. The law is presentlybeing circumvented. Many workers are being forcedto pay for their own work permit fees, when theOrdinance places that responsibility on the employer.

According to the Chief Financial Officer HughMcGarel-Groves, TCIG decided not to introduced thisnew system of collecting work permit fees,“following STRONG representation from a numberof resort owners”

Further, your article also recorded a seniorGovernment official as saying that it is “ridiculous” toask to pay more for work permit at this time. Bearingin mind that if an enquiry is conducted, the findingwould likely be that many employers would be inviolation of the Immigration Ordinance regardingwho REALLY pays the work permit fees.

Since the government cannot knowingly doanything unlawful, it is necessary to pass the enablinglaws, because there are no bases in law for them tocollect 10% from employer or employee with regardsto proposed work permit fees.

Employers need to have a short and medium termsuccession plan for staff on work permits to reducetheir overheads expenses going forward, and to hireour college and university graduates who possess theintegrity, aptitude, and attitude for the job. It is wrongto adopt a policy where there is wide spreaddiscrimination towards hiring of indigenous personsregardless to how suitable and qualified they are forthe jobs. I personally have spoken to indigenousemployers who swear they will not hire indigenouspersons. To whom do indigenous persons turn whenthey continue to meet brick walls while seeking tobecome gainfully employed and become positivecontributors to the overall development of the Turksand Caicos Islands? With this undemocraticgovernment in place, there is an attitude of outrighthostility toward any indigenous persons on the jobsor in the interviewing process. It has been alleged thatapplications of indigenous persons are shredded byhuman resource personnel l in some business places.

THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEMI have taken the liberty to enquire into an aspect

of the working of the proposed new system; it regardsa fundamental question, which party will pay the fee?Believe it or not, TCIG was prepared to introduce anill conceived and diabolical system into the Turks andCaicos Islands without deciding on that fundamentalquestion: who is going to pay the fee; the worker orthe employer? If the employers are to pay the cost ofhiring foreign labour and they have indeed beingpaying, bearing in mind what I was told that someemployers have a “silent”, side agreement where theemployee pays for the work permit, then this wouldimpact their profits. If on the other hand, theemployees pay, then the 10% fee deducted fromworkers pay would not adversely impact theemployers’ profits.

Two reasons were given for the change in thesystem of work permit fees:

1. Some feel it was UNFAIR because it requiredthe fee to be paid in advance.

2. They want toeliminate the repatriationprogramme fee

DISADVANTAGES OFTHE SYSTEM The presentation on

day one was so disturbingI returned the followingday to be absolutelycertain that I fullyunderstood what wasbeing said, bearing inmind they did not haveany handouts during thepresentation, and Mr.Jorge, spoke with aSpanish accent. I havemade the followingobservations; and I had anopportunity to speak atthese presentations highlighting the drawback forTCIG, NIB, NHIP, and the Indigenous workers.

CIGPresently TCIG have the controls over the level

of fees and the collection of the appropriate feecharged. For instance if the fee for a chef is $7,000,government collects $7,000. This has nothing to dowith the salary the chef is paid. He could be paid$250,000 a year; it does not matter. Governmentstipulates $7,000 and can expect to collect thisamount.

Government transfers control to the employerwhen they introduce a system based on salary paidand this is how it works. Let’s say a chef earns$120,000 annually. He pays $7000 for his workpermit fee. Under the proposed system, that same chefis expected to pay 10% of his salary (if the burden topay for work permits shifts from the employer to theworker, by a change in the regulations). He earns$10,000 per month therefore he pays $1,000 everymonth to NHIP. The possibility exists for theemployer when he is seeking the renewal of the workpermit, to advertise the job for $36,000 or $40,000 perannum.

Where no Resident or Turks & Caicos Islandersapply, the Labour Office gives the labour clearance.The work permit is approved based on $36,000. Thechef is subsequently paid in the Turks and Caicos$3000 per month and $300 per month is paid intoNHIP as a work permit fee. For 12 months theSystems collects $3,600.

The Employer makes arrangement for the$84,000 to be paid into an account for the employeeOUTSIDE the Turks and Caicos Islands. This is whatis likely to happen when the government shifts controlfrom itself to the private sector. In this exampleinstead of collecting $7.000 in fees on a one time basisthey are now collecting only $3,600 a LOSS of$3,400 per annum. Government stands to lose about50% of it fees from persons who are earning highsalaries. I will deal with the poor and minimum wageearner later. This is the advice the expert Mr. JorgeBaca Campodonico recommended and this recklessgovernment is prepared to follow therecommendation resulting in a loss of revenue, andan increasing challenge to service the countries debtsand make capital investments. One of the persons inattendance cautioned against this move in thesewords, “If it can MOVE, you are not going to collectit”. I trust I have illustrated how under this system thebasis for assessment of the fee to be paid can MOVE.

I am of the opinion that the recommendation toeliminate the repatriation fee for foreign workers whocome here on a one way ticket, can only spellsdisaster for the government. We have Chinese andother foreign nationals walking the street and theInterim Government policy is to leave them alone.The Government does not have the money to pay fortheir air fare so the solution is to let them remain in thecountry illegally. If this becomes the policy to allowpersons to come here on a one way ticket, and theiremployer’s obligation to post a repatriation bond iswaived, we can look forward to more and morepeople in this country that are here illegally. How arethey to sustain themselves without jobs and a socialsafety net to assist in cases of genuine hard ships?This again is bad advice.

NIB It follows that if the declared and “paid” wage is

drastically reduced; the amount collected by the NIB

will also be reduced. This move to pay alarge portion of salary outside thecountry outside the reach of StatutoryAuthorities to tax, will certainly workagainst the medium and long termviability of this institution.

NHIPThis institution was established

under the watchful eye of this DirectColonial Rule Government. It wasintroduced under a cloud of secrecy tothe extent a local attorney was told in mypresence that staff was admonished notto allow the public to have SIGHT of theenabling Ordinance especially howcopies were not yet available. The fateof NHIP will be similar to that of NIB.The level of contributions will fall offdrastically, further undermining theliquidity of the institution and frustratingits remit in providing health relatedcoverage to all insured.

THE INDIGENOUS WORKERThe indigenous worker in the Turks and Caicos

Islands find themselves being discriminated againstby the expatriate employers and less so by theIndigenous employers when it come to securing agood job. I have spoken to Turks and CaicosIslanders who are brazen enough to declare openlythat given a chance they will never hire people fromthe Turks and Caicos Islands. There most potentargument in their defence at best can be classified asan excuse. I do not agree with their reasons that areformulated on the conduct of a few, as sufficientreason for them to adopt an unreasonable hiringpolicy regarding the people of the Turks and CaicosIslands.

A qualified Turks and Caicos Islander whoattended and graduated from the best universities inthe U.K, North America and the Caribbean followedby years of post graduate work experience is unlikelyas an engineer, accountant, etc. to apply for a $36,000a year job that is being advertised. That level ofincome is insufficient to compensate a person for themonetary value of his degrees and work experience,meet his financial obligation and achieve some levelof savings.

Bearing in mind the scenario outlined above, theforeign worker will get the labour clearance and workpermit because no Turks and Caicos Islander applied,and continue to occupy a job that a qualifiedIndigenous person should have had if the true salaryof the job was being advertised.

Under this system, the Turks and Caicos Islanderwill be at a serious disadvantage because ofskulduggery on the part of employers who do nothave a preference for natives of this country and wantto create and maintain opportunities for their familyand friends. Because the true salary that is paid canMOVE, a Turks and Caicos Islander will lose outunder this P.A.Y.E. work permit system.

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICEThere is a mark disparity between the level of

impact on the poor and persons being paid theminimum wage, and persons being paid asprofessionals and top management who are better ableto minimise their exposure to the payment ofdeductions from salaries. Let us for example take thedomestic worker who paid $300 a year as a workpermit fee. Let us assume she is paid the minimumwage of $5.00 an hour. She will earn $10,400 perannum. Her monthly wage will be $866.67.

The NHIP deduction of 10% will be $86.67.Over a 12 month period, this domestic worker willpay $1,040.04 per annum. This is injustice. The poorwill pay under this system 3.47 times more than theyare paying now. This is wrong.

In the examples given, the top paid worker willpay 1.71 times more fees compared to the poordomestic worker who would pay 3.47 times more. Ifthe top paid worker and the employer conspire toavoid the correct payment, than the amount he payscan be as little as half of what he pays now.

I am not a genius and if I can analyse the likelyoutcome with its negative impacts, surely the expertscan do far better and formulate policies that wouldbenefit all concerned.

• Clarence W. Selver is former Minister ofGovernment under the People’s DemocraticMovement (PDM) administration and he is currentlythe party’s deputy leader.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW WORK PERMIT SYSTEM

CLARENCE W. SELVERCONTRIBUTER

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DIGICEL Promotion winners enjoy

memorable night out with Usain Bolt

Lucky winners of Digicel’s online top-up competition win a trip for two to Jamaica to have dinner with World’s Fastest ManThe lucky winners of the Digicel online top-up competition and their guests were hosted by Digicel Brand Ambassador, Usain Bolt, on Saturday night last, at his renowned Kingston restaurant, Tracks and Records, where they got to chat and mingle with the record-breaking athlete.

The winners – Antonio Gilkes from Barbados; Stanford Brown from Jamaica and Harold Williams from Turks and Caicos – arrived in Kingston on Friday 21st October, each bringing a guest for this a trip of a lifetime. They were flown into Kingston’s Norman Manley airport courtesy of Digicel – or collected from their home in the case of the Jamaican winner – and driven to their luxury hotel where they were met by Digicel representatives.

On Saturday, the winners and their guests were taken on an excursion, which included a visit to the Bob Marley museum and Trenchtown – the area of Kingston where Bob Marley grew up.

The main event of the weekend, however, was dinner with the World’s Fastest Man. Upon arrival at Tracks and Records, the winners were shown to their exclusive area upstairs in the restaurant, where they settled in for the evening. Usain Bolt’s arrival was met with great excitement from all the winners and guests, who were already planning their many questions for the athlete.

Harold and Joanne Williams from the Turks and Caicos Islands won the prize by Harold

Topping up online. He says he and his wife thoroughly enjoyed the trip. “The trip was pure excitement. The activities were interesting and we learned a lot as we toured the Bob Marley Museum.” He went on to speak of Usain Bolt saying, “Usain Bolt is one of the most humble persons you can come across. He came from humble beginnings and is someone certainly to be admired. I regard him as a Caribbean athlete and I will be cheering him on going forward in all his endeavours”.

Barbados winner, Antonio Gilkes, who brought his 11 year-old son, Shanon, was thrilled with his weekend away; “This has been a fascinating trip and one which I will take many good memories from. For my son, Shanon, this is his first trip abroad – and what an experience it has been for him. We all took something special away after our visit of Trenchtown and the Bob Marley museum, and then meeting Bolt – well, that was the icing on the cake,” he said.

During the dinner, the winners and their guests received signed Usain Bolt and branded Digicel merchandise, before posing for photos with Bolt, who was thrilled to welcome the winners to his restaurant.

Digicel Brand Ambassador and the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, said; “I am always happy to interact with fans and I had great time at Tracks

and Records with the Digicel top-up winners. When I make a fan happy, I am happy so it was cool hanging out with them. The stories of how they won were very interesting and we had a great time.”

The promotion which offered this opportunity ran from September 1st to September 30th, and was open to any Digicel customers who sent or received online top-up in the Diaspora, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos.

Digicel’s General Manager for the Diaspora, Valerie Estimé, said; “At Digicel, we are always looking for new and exciting ways to give back to our customers and to keep them connected with friends and family – and this online top-up competition did just that, giving these lucky winners the experience of a lifetime.

“We would like to congratulate all the winners, we were delighted to welcome them and their guests to Kingston this weekend, and we hope they had an unforgettable time meeting the World’s Fastest Man and Digicel Brand Ambassador, Usain Bolt,” continued Estimé.

Turks and Caicos winners, Harold and Joanne Williams, pose with Usain.


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The Regent Palms was transformed into a “Shopper’sParadise”, with a wide selection of donated designerclothing, accessories and many Breast Cancer Awarenessitems for sale. The items donated by many individualswere either brand new or gently used and shoppers wereable to leave with some excellent bargains. Also on handwere representatives from the National Cancer Societywho educated persons about their Cancer Awarenessinitiatives.

“In the Pink, which was conceptualised by BornewellMarketing Ltd three years ago, has taken on a life of itsown,” said The Regent Palms’ General Manager KarenWhitt, who was also part of the team who created theevent. “When we opened the doors at 6pm we knew wewere going to have good attendance but the numbersexceeded our expectations.”

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herrie Bourne, wife of Dr. Francois Bourne tries her luck bypurchasing a few raffle tickets.

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Hostess Josephine Connolly helps one of the manyshoppers try on an outfit

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Introduction: This is a street map of a section of a city of Newtown. Study the map carefully then do the exercise below.

1. Describe the route taken by Phillip when he goes to visit his friend Smith.

2. Omer at the supermarket on High Street. He wants to go to the television station. How can he get there?

3. A friend staying with Miss Alphia wants to go to the Police Station and then to the library. Give her instructions on how to get to these places.

4. Direct a tourist how to get from the supermarket on Cherry Lane to the church on Oleander Drive.

5. From the health centre on Jacquot Avenue you walk towards High Street. When you reach High Street, turn left. Walk along High. Street until you reach Cherry Lane on your left. Go a little way up Cherry Lane on your left is the.

6. From the supermarket on High Street you cross the road and walk up my High Street past Jacquot Avenue and Cherry Lane. You then turn left into Driver’s Lane and cross over. Go past the book store, which is on your right, past the next building and then the one after that is. 7. After leaving the library on High Street you walk past the police station and turn left into Oleander Drive. The third building on your left is the.

8. Coming out of St. Omer’s you turn right into Jacquot Avenue. Turn right a little further on into Halcyon Lane. Turns left into Cherry Lane, which is at the end of Halcyon Lane, and then almost immediately turn right into Stony Lane. At the end of Stony Lane turn right into Driver’s Lane. The third building on your left is the. 9. After leaving the Health Centre on Jacquot Avenue turn right continuing up Jacquot Avenue. Turn right into Halcyon Lane and right into Cherry Lane. The building on the left corner of Cherry Lane and High Street is

10. If you were at the Health Centre, which supermarket would be nearer to you?

Passage 2 Read the following passage and answer the following questions which follow.A One evening in December, it happened that my friends and I were seated outside my house enjoying the bright moonlight and talking about life in the village in general. We talked about many things. Somewhere during the course of our conversation, one of us happened to mention the name of a particular lady in the village who had died a few weeks earlier. No one knew the cause of her death and no one cared to know. We did not dwell too long on this topic, but continued the general trend of our conversation.

Suddenly, we were all shocked into stillness and silence as we saw a figure appear before us. It was dressed completely in white. We all instantly

recognized who it was. It was none other than the same Ma Joe her face was deathly pale in the moonlight. Red, bulging eyes stared right through us. We could not believe our eyes. We remained motionless, but not for long. I was the first to bolt in the direction of Mrs. Phillip’s house with the others following closely. We quickly locked the door behind us. We were so terrified we could hardly speak. We huddled close to each other for comfort, hoping that the figure would not follow us to the house. Circle the letter of each correct answer.

1. The writer and his sitting outside:A. because they wanted to talk enjoy the moonlight.B. in order to see each other better .C. because it was their usual habit to do so.D. in order to relate stories to each other.

2. The writer and his friends talked about:A. the death of a village woman. B. the latest happenings in the villageC. strange events in the village D. the beauty of the moonlight night

3. The men were ‘shocked into stillness and silence’ (line 8) because:A. there was nothing left to say to each other `B. they should not have talked about the dead womanC. the narrator had seen a strange figure appearD the figure of a dead person appeared before them

4. When the men saw the strange figure:A. they continued talking to each otherB. they were unable to move immediatelyC. they chased it awayD. they called out its name A

5. ‘We could not believe our eyes’ (line 12) suggests that:A. the men were very surprised at what they were seeingB. the figure that the men could see was unrealC. the men could not see too clearly D. the men could see through their closed eyes

6. The men locked the door behind them becauseA. the figure was following themB. they did not mean to go out again that nightC. they wanted to be safe from the strange figureD. they were too scared to do anything else

7. ‘Bulging’ (line 12) means:A. swollenB. brightC. closedD. hollow

8. ‘Bolt’ (line 13) meansA. a small metal barB. run away as quickly as possibleC. eat quicklyD. lock up

9. ‘Terrified’ (line 15) meansA. angryB. annoyedC. confidentD. very frightened

10. ‘We huddled close to each other’ (line 15) meansA. the men crowded close to each otherB. the men pushed against the door to prevent it from openingC. the men hugged each other because they were terrifiedD. the men rushed to enter the door at the same time

Comprehension: Answer all the questions in this section.

Passage 1 - Map of Newtown

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Singer Amy Winehouse was more than five times overthe drink-drive limit when she died, an inquest heardWednesday, as a coroner delivered a verdict of death bymisadventure.

Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her Londonhome on July 23 following years of alcohol and drugaddiction.

The inquest, in London, was told she had suddenlydrunk heavily after abstaining from alcohol for threeweeks and was poisoned by alcohol.

The singer had 416 milligrammes of alcohol per100 millilitres of blood. The legal drink-drive limit is80mg.

Coroner Suzanne Greenway said: "She hadconsumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre (ofblood) and the unintended consequence of suchpotentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpecteddeath."

Her father Mitch Winehouse has said that hisdaughter made repeated attempts to quit alcohol butwithout any medical supervision. Following her death,Winehouse's 2006 album "Back to Black" has becomethe Britain's highest-selling album of the 21st century.

She rocketed to fame after winning five Grammyawards off the back of "Back to Black" and famouslysang about her refusal to seek treatment for her addictionin her single "Rehab".

Winehouse was found in bed in her flat in the trendynorth London neighbourhood of Camden on July 23.

Police recovered three empty bottles of vodka, two largeand one small, from her home. The inquest heardconfirmation that a post-mortem examination of herbody found her vital organs in good health and with notraces of illegal drugs.

But the high level of alcohol in her system probablystopped her breathing and plunged her into a coma.

Winehouse is believed to have come close to deathfour years earlier, in August 2007, following anoverdose. She was admitted to a London hospital aftertaking cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and marijuana.

There were hopes that she could be returning to fullhealth after she spent eight months on the Caribbeanisland of St Lucia, but her comeback soon fizzled outamid reports of shambolic performances at low-keyconcerts.

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Michael Jackson was named this year's top-earning dead celebrity on Tuesday in a listcompiled by financial website Forbes.com,earning the title for the second year in a rowfollowing his death in 2009.

"Thriller" singer Jackson, who died aged50 of a drug overdose, is estimated to haveearned $170 million in the past year, which alsoplaces him as the second highest-earning popmusic act this year, dead or alive, Forbes.comsaid.

Jackson's physician at the time of his death,Dr. Conrad Murray, is currently on trial in LosAngeles, charged with involuntarymanslaughter for administering the powerfulanesthetic propofol as a sleep aid for the singerin Jackson's home. Murray has pleaded notguilty.

Jackson, whose name has rarely been out ofthe media headlines due to his sudden deathand its cause, has seen sales of albums andmemorabilia increase in the past year.

The theater group Cirque Du Soleil hasmounted an extravagant show called"Immortal" that is based on the singer's lifeand music. Earlier this month, a tribute concertin Cardiff, Wales, lured tens of thousands offans.

The King of Pop is followed closely by theKing of Rock 'n' Roll Elvis Presley placedsecond on the list with earnings of $55 million.Like Jackson, Presley's estate has also benefitedfrom Cirque du Soleil, who produced "VivaElvis" in tribute to the late singer.

Hollywood's golden age pin-up girl,Marilyn Monroe, who died at age 36 in 1962,earned near $27 million, placing her third onthe list.

Sultry screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, whopassed away in March 2011 aged 79, was placedfifth after reportedly earning $12 million, witha large portion coming from the sales of herpopular fragrance, "White Diamonds."

The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list byForbes takes into account any deceased famousfigure who has earned at least $6 millionbetween October 2010 and October 2011.

MICHAEL JACKSONTOP EARNER AMONGDEAD CELEBRITIES

Amy Winehousepoisoned by alcohol

LONDON- Rock icons U2 havesomething new to brag about —winning Q Magazine's GreatestAct of the Last 25 Years award.

The annual music awards byBritain's best-selling musicmonthly took place Monday inLondon and the Irish quartet wasamong the music notables at theceremony.

The U.K.'s artist of themoment, singer/songwriter Adele,won two awards, for Best Female

and Best Track for her song"Rolling in the Deep." She didn'tattend, since the event comes justtwo weeks after she was forced tocancel her U.S. tour due to throatproblems.

Coldplay was voted Best Actin the World Today, although leadsinger Chris Martin disagreed withthe accolade.

"U2 are the best band in theworld at the moment. We are aboutseventh," he said.

Noel Gallagher, one-half ofthe warring brothers who led therock band Oasis to chart glory, wasnamed a Q icon. But he said thataward did not come close torivaling his joy when his favoritesoccer team, Manchester City,smashed crosstown rivalManchester United 6-1 on Sunday.

"No award can compare tothat. That was the best day of mylife, bar my children being born,"Gallagher said.

U2 HONORED AS GREATEST ACT IN LAST 25 YEARS

Bruce Willis and his wife Emma Heming areexpecting their first child together, Life & Styleis reporting. Willis, 56, and Heming, 33,married in 2009, and this will be the couple'sfirst child.

Willis has three daughters from hismarriage to Demi Moore: Rumor, 23, Scout, 20,and Tallulah, 17. The couple hasn't confirmedthe pregnancy themselves.

Add a new baby to the list of films Willishas in production and the actor has quite the fullplate. According to IMDB, the actor is currentlyshooting "G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation," and"Expendables 2."

BRUCE WILLIS TO BE ADAD AGAIN

Jennifer Lopez, who has remainedsteadfastly silent about her split fromhusband Marc Anthony this summer,broke down on stage this weekendwhile performing a song about pastlove.

The 42-year-old singer-actress wasperforming Saturday at Connecticuthotel and casino Mohegan Sun’s 15thanniversary celebration when shebroke down in tears and reportedly ranoff stage during a performance of hersong “Until It Beats No More.”

“I’m going to sing you the lastsong I wrote about love,” Lopez said to the audienceafter an acoustic version of her hit “If You Had MyLove”. “A lot has changed since then.”

Following the performance of that song Lopezlaunched into “Until It Beats No More” as dancerswho looked like Lopez’s past loves P. Diddy, BenAffleck and Cris Judd performed choreographeddances.

During the performance the P. Diddy look-alike

danced with a woman donning adress similar to Lopez’s famous slit-down-the-middle Versace gown,while the Affleck doppelgangerdanced with a woman wearing agreen gown similar the one Lopezwore with Affleck to the 2003Oscars.

According to People magazine,the final dance closely resembledthe one performed by Lopez andAnthony on “American Idol” inMay.

“I took a trip down memorylane,” Lopez said, and then began to sob on stage.

Lopez was able to make it through a few moresongs, but was “out of it,” according to RadarOnline.

The “American Idol” judge has had a string ofhigh profile romances throughout her career, withher seven-year marriage to Anthony, with whom shehas twins, ending abruptly in July. Since their splitshe has been linked to actor Bradley Cooper.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez breaks down on stage

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands —A high-end jewelry manufacturer in the U.S. VirginIslands was ordered Wednesday to forfeit thousandsof pounds (kilograms) of protected black coral andpay a $1.8 million fine for trading in it.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced thatGem Manufacturing Inc. pleaded guilty to sevencounts of violating the Endangered Species Act andthe Lacey Act, which bans the import of illegallyharvested wildlife and plants.

A federal court also sentenced the St. Thomascompany to pay $500,000 in community service andto forfeit dozens of jewelry items, sculptures andover 13,655 pounds (6,194 kilograms) of raw blackcoral. Together they are worth about $2.17 million.

According to the U.S. Justice Department, theoverall financial penalty of $4.4 million is the largestever for non-seafood wildlife trafficking and thefourth-largest for any U.S. case involving the illegaltrade of wildlife.

Black coral is an organism that attaches itself torocks in deep ocean water and grows like a plant. Theprotected coral can only be harvested for jewelry and

other purposes if certain regulations are met understrict trade regulations.

Eric Schwaab, an assistant administrator with theU.S. National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration's fisheries service, said black coral isa slow-growing species that serves as habitat fornumerous species in the deep sea. It can live forhundreds to thousands of years.

At Wednesday's sentencing in federal court in St.Thomas, the jewelry company also was banned fromdoing business with its former coral supplier, PengChia Enterprise Co. Ltd. of Taiwan., or itsmanagement team of Ivan and Gloria Chu.

Last year, the Taiwanese couple were arrested inthe U.S. Virgin Islands and pleaded guilty to illegallyimporting black coral to the islands. They said theygot the coral from a warehouse in mainland Chinafor their business supplying materials for jewelrydesign.

In a 2010 plea deal, Ivan Chu agreed to serve twoand a half years in prison and pay a $12,500 fine, andGloria Chu agreed to serve 20 months and pay a$12,500 fine.

US VIRGIN ISLANDS JEWELRY STORE FINED$1.8MILLION FOR CORAL SMUGGLING

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A man onceconsidered Puerto Rico's top drug dealer hasbeen sentenced to life in prison.

Angel Ayala Vazquez was found guilty inApril of conspiracy to distribute drugs. He hadbeen accused of importing cocaine fromColombia and distributing it to the U.S. andacross Puerto Rico.

Ayala was considered a Robin Hoodfigure to some. He often promoted reggaetonstars and paid for concerts at public housingprojects during the holiday season. Thepopular duo Wisin y Yandel were called aswitnesses to testify before a grand jury.

Ayala was captured in June 2010 after aseven-year investigation. He was sentenced onWednesday.

TOP PUERTO RICODRUG PUSHERSENTENCED TO

LIFE

The Bahamas is set to play host to over 343delegates representing 153 companies whenthe 30th Edition Caribbean Marketplace comesoff at the Atlantis on Paradise Island betweenJanuary 22 and 24, 2012.

Officials at the Caribbean Hotel & TourismAssociation (CHTA), organisers for the event,have announced that this number of registrantsreflects a whopping 48% increase over thenumber of participants who were registered atthis time one year ago when there were 14weeks left until the event.

"The numbers we are seeing for CaribbeanMarketplace support the fact that interest inCaribbean vacations is on the rise," said anencouraged Josef Forstmayr, president ofCHTA.

Registrations have been rolling in from:Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, TheBahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, BritishVirgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao,Dominica, Dominican Republic, France,Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St.Barths, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent& the Grenadines, St. Martin, Trinidad & Tobago,Turks & Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, UnitedStates and United States Virgin Islands.

"The industry recognizes that for the past 30years, Caribbean Marketplace has allowed touroperators, hoteliers, attractions and restaurants toposition their companies ahead of their peers byproactively participating in the industry's mostimportant marketing event."

Forstmayr continued, "The demand for

Caribbean vacations from across the globe is onthe rise and these companies who haveregistered for Caribbean Marketplace know theimportance of attending this two-day event. Thebusiness that is conducted at CaribbeanMarketplace will shape bookings for 2012 and into2013."

CHTA officials anticipate that the 2012 editionof the event will continue the successes achievedat Caribbean Marketplace 2011, which saw thethird largest attendance over the past decade, with1,518 delegates as compared to 1,362 in 2010 andan increase in the number of buyer companies by20% and buyer delegates by 17%, up from 101and 268 respectively in 2010. The number ofscheduled appointments totaled 11,880 overthe two-day event in 2011.

Early 2012 conference in The Bahamas signalling Caribbean tourism rebound

Jamaican authorities have been piling upcharges against dancehall singer VybzKartel recently adding a murder charge toa list of offenses that already includesanother murder charge as well as drug andweapons related charges.

Police accused Kartel, along with hisassociate Kiro James, of the murder ofClive “Lizard” Williams, who was killedon August 16th in St. Andrew, Jamaicaafter they collected a number of statementsfrom witnesses that provided them with a“graphic description” of Williams’ death,although his body has yet to be found.

Kartel was initially arrested on Friday,September 30th in a hotel room forpossession of marijuana but when a jointmilitary and police operation waslaunched to investigate the singer’sproperties authorities discovered the burntand decomposing remains of 27-year-oldpromoter Barrington “Bossie” Burton andcharged Kartel with murder on October3rd.

Since his September arrest policehave held Kartel under heavy guard andconducted several interrogations in thepresence of his lawyer, Michael Deans.

Authorities allege that the singer isassociated with several Jamaican gangsand indicated that the investigation ofKartel could lead to up to ten additionalarrests as well as the possibility of morecharges against the singer in the futureaccording to Assistant Commissioner ofPolice Ealan Powell who said, “He isbeing investigated in connection with anumber of murders, shootings and gunrunning.” The singer currently faces twocharges of murder, conspiracy to commitmurder, illegal possession of a firearm andpossession of marijuana.

Vybz Cartel on another murder charge

Vybz Kartel

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The top U.N. official in Haiti says thegovernment's plan to restore the army will require a new agreement withthe world body.

Head of U.N. Mission Mariano Fernandez tells The Associated Pressthe existing agreement has no provision to allow peacekeepers to workwith a Haitian military. Fernandez says the Security Council would needto change the mandate.

Fernandez is in charge of the 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers who havekept order in Haiti since 2004. He said Monday the country has beenmaking progress in reducing political conflict. He praised PresidentMichel Martelly for recent meetings with former leaders.

Haiti's army was disbanded in 1995 after years of abuse and militarycoups.

HAITI PLANS TO RESTORE ARMYFACES UN HURDLE

In accordance with Section 39 of the National InsuranceOrdinance 1991, the following employers / self employedpersons in Grand Turk are hereby requested to appearbefore a National Insurance Inspector before 3:00 p.m.

October 31, 2011:

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NIB PUBLIC SERVICE

ANNOUNCEMENT

KINGSTON, Jamaica —Jamaica’s new prime ministerappointed his government onTuesday, leaving nearly all ministriesunchanged while making relativelyminor shifts that he said wouldaccelerate administrative andeconomic reforms.

Prime Minister Andrew Holnesssaid his Cabinet represented a “newdirection” for the Caribbean islandwhile also providing stability. Yet hispicks represented more continuitythan change.

Holness kept many of the topministers of predecessor BruceGolding, who abruptly announced inlate September that he was steppingdown. Among the holdovers were theministers of justice, foreign affairsand energy.

“The Jamaican people want tosee decisive, instrumental and quickaction because their challenges andproblems are urgent,” Holness saidTuesday night. “In striking thatbalance you have to contend with alimited learning curve so you want tohave change, but you certainly do notwant to have chaos in change.”

As prime minister, Holness keptthe education portfolio he had inGolding’s administration, whileshifting planning responsibilities tothe ministries of finance and housing.

He appointed Sen. Arthur

Williams as a minister withoutportfolio in charge of public serviceand information while shifting DarylVaz from the Information Ministry toa post in the prime minister’s officeoverseeing telecommunications andpublic sector efficiency.

Lawmaker Shahine Robinsonbecame the second woman inHolness’ Cabinet, overseeinghousing, environment and localgovernment issues. Last year,Robinson was forced to defend hernortheastern St. Ann parish seat afterrevealing that she held U.S.citizenship in violation ofconstitutional law.

On Monday, he announced hewas retaining the ministers of financeand national security.

Holness had vowed in his Sundayinauguration to continue many of theprevious government’s policies,including tax reform, povertyreduction, anti-corruption measuresand fulfillment of obligations withinternational partners.

Many analysts believe Holnesswill call general elections sooninstead of allowing tough economicrealities to weigh down his early daysas prime minister. The country hasseen two quarters of slight economicgrowth this year, but averageJamaicans continue to struggle.

New Jamaica primeminister appoints Cabinetlargely unchanged from

predecessor’s

Andrew Holness being sworn in as Prime Minister of Jamaica


CARIBBEAN NEWS

NASSAU, Bahamas - Just about 18firearms and 3,386 live rounds ofammunition have been turned over topolice as the one-month gun amnestyintroduced earlier this month reachedthe half-way mark.

The measure was one of severalannounced by Prime Minister HubertIngraham earlier this month in the wakeof a record 104 murders for the year -44 percent more than the same periodlast year.

National Security Minister TommyTurnquest said credit should be givento Archbishop of the Catholic Dioceseof Nassau, the Most Reverend PatrickPinder, for leading an initiative to getillegal weapons off the streets.

The archbishop had instructed allparishes under his leadership toimmediately establish a FirearmsAmnesty Committee that would receivefirearms left by any individual wishingto turn them in during the amnesty,which ends November 3.

For the entire year, the ministersaid, the police have confiscated 361guns and 6,044 rounds of ammunition.

He has also reported an increase inalmost all major crime categories up toOctober 11.

Attempted murder increased 29percent; rape, 38 per cent, attemptedrape, 18 percent, robbery, 16 percent;stealing from vehicles, 58 per cent.

The minister told parliament that

72 percent of the 105 murders nowrecorded for 2011 involved guns andwere believed to have been committedby people involved in the criminalenterprise.

“I also note that sixty-six percent ofthe 105 murders are directly related tocriminal enterprises with the motives ofdrugs, conflict and retaliation, 15 percent was robbery and nine percentdomestic related,” he said, adding thatthe police have had a 52 percentsuccess rate solving these murders.

Minister Turnquest said the numberof people out on bail for criminaloffences remains a major concern sincesome of these individuals are suspectedof returning to their life of crime.

“The truth of the matter is that toomany persons on bail are committingcriminal offences. Section 19(3) of ourConstitution provides that a person bebrought before the Courts and triedwithin a reasonable time, or be releasedeither unconditionally or uponreasonable conditions…we need to trythese cases in a reasonable time,” hesaid.

“These persons are creating havocon our streets and in ourneighbourhoods. I echo the frustrationof the police, who work hard in takingalleged criminals off the streets, only tohave them return to commit morecrimes,” the national security ministerfurther stated.

The Bahamas reports gun amnesty success

The UN General Assembly approved by an overwhelming majority the resolutiondemanding an end of the US blockade of Cuba, a vote passed by the assemblyfor the 20th consecutive year.

This year 186 UN member states voted in favour of the resolution, while 2voted against (the United States, Israel) and three abstained (Marshall Islands,Micronesia and Palau).

The resolution calling for an end to the blockade has been approved on 20occasions with backing that has grown steadily from 59 votes in 1992 to the 186today.

Before the vote, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla spokebefore the General Assembly and noted that it would have seemed impossibletwo decades ago that the United nations would be still discussing the same issue.

He described the 50-year long blockade as an act of genocide. “The objectof the blockade is to weaken the lives of Cubans and to cause hunger. The US hasnever hidden the fact that it wants regime change in Cuba.”

Rodriguez added that the Obama Administration has spiked its chase ofCuban money transactions throughout the world, showing no respect whatsoeverto the laws or governments of third countries.

He also pointed out that Cuba can not use US dollars in its transactions, orfreely import or export products, including medicines, to and from the UnitedStates.

As an example of the criminal policy, Rodriguez recalled the seizure by theUS government of some 4 million dollars the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,Tuberculosis, and Malaria had allocated for programs to be carried out in Cuba.

After explaining how the blockade had cost Cuba close to a trillion dollarsin losses in the last 50 years, Rodriguez urged the world representatives to backup the resolution, on behalf of his people.

OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO CUBA’SRESOLUTION AGAINST US BLOCKADE

AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Thehigh level of training and execution bysafety and security personnel atBarbados’ lone seaport has paid offwith the Bridgetown Port Inc. coppingan award as the safest port in theCaribbean.

This honour was bestowed by theCaribbean Shipping Association’s(CSA) at its annual Gala Banquet andPort Awards, held at the HiltonBarbados recently.

David Jean-Marie, action chiefexecutive officer for the Barbados PortInc accepted the award in the category‘Safety and Security’ on behalf of theBridgetown Port.

Jean-Marie said that he was trulydelighted that the Bridgetown Port wasable to win this prestigious award.“This award is indeed a deserved one,given the emphasis that the Bridgetownport places on ensuring that it executesand maintains the highest levels ofsafety and security. What I appreciate

even more is that my peers in theshipping industry have recognized ourefforts. I congratulate my colleagues atthe Barbados Port Inc. as well as theother ports across the Caribbean, thathave been awarded tonight. ”

The awards ceremony was the finalevent of the 41st Annual GeneralMeeting, Conference and Exhibition.Over 250 shipping industry leadersfrom across the Caribbean, LatinAmerica and Europe attended the three-day conference, which was sponsoredby the Shipping Association ofBarbados and Barbados Port Inc.

Other winners for the night were;Kingston Wharves Limited (Jamaica)in two categories, namely: ‘Efficiency’and ‘Growth and Development’. Fort-de-France was also cited for‘Dependability’ and for the first time,was named ‘Best Container Terminal’.

The port of Paramaribo (Suriname)copped the top award for the night;winning the Luddy Stewart trophy for

‘Best Multi-purpose Terminal’. The awards followed an

assessment of entries submitted by 10regional marine terminals and werebased on terminal performance incalendar year 2010.

The CSA was established in 1971to facilitate development of anefficient, viable Caribbean shippingindustry. It represents private andpublic sector interests across theentire Caribbean area, including

South, Central and North Americanports; in all four major languagegroups - English, French, Spanish andDutch.

CSA membership includes 12national shipping associations andover 100 individual member entities,including port authorities, terminaloperators, shipping agents, shippinglines, tug and salvage companies,consultants, freight forwarders, leasingcompanies and others.

Barbados port recognized as the safest in the Caribbean

CORPORATE ACCOUNT MANAGERThe Corporate Account manager is responsible for procuring direct salesof Islandcom products and services to business, government and otherkey individuals or accounts in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The CorporateAccount Manager must meet or exceed established sales quotas andgoals on a monthly basis.Job Requirements• Associates degree in Business, Sales or Marketing; or equivalentexperience• Minimum 5 years related experience in telecommunications salesor marketing to business customers, billing procedures; customer careexpertise and back office technical skills, • Excellent written and spoken English language communicationskills; other languages a plus• Self starter with excellent team work skills and ability to workindependently and without supervision• Computer literate including full command of Microsoft Outlook,Excel, Word and powerpointOther required knowledge• Mathematics-knowledge of arithmetic, statistics, and theirapplications are required• Sales and Marketing-knowledge of principles and methods forshowing, promoting, and selling products and services. This includes salesstrategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and salesmeasurement systems. • Ability to solve handset problems and understand thefunctionality continuously without always relying on customer care. • Administration and Management- knowledge of business andmanagement principles involved in strategic sales planning and timemanagement.• Economic and Accounting- Basic knowledge of accountingprinciples and practices. For example- calculating measuring commissions,gross sales, cost of sales, net profit, customer credits, etc.

Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond all inclusive property in the Caribbean and its authorizedRecruitment Agencies are inviting applications from suitably qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders for the following vacant positions.

Applicants must have a clean police record and a good command of the English language both written and spoken. In additioncandidates must be able to work nights, public holidays and week-ends.

The Resort thanks everyone for their interest in advance and advises that only short listed applicants will be contacted for aninterview.

Come and join ourwinning team!!!

Human Resources Department Requires:

ASSISTANT TRAINING MANAGERRequirements include but are not limited to:

• A first Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management orTraining and Development or any other related discipline• Minimum two years’ work experience in a leadership position• Experience in Adult learning theories and instructionalmethodologies

The salary for the position listed above ranges from $23,000.00to $30,000.00

Security Department Requires:

SECURITY SUPERVISORRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically Fit• Ability to write reports• Ability to manage a team off officers

SECURITY OFFICERRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically Fit• Ability to write reports• Attention to detail and ability to enforce procedure

Hourly rate for the above mentioned positions range from $6.00to $10.00

Dining Room Department requires:

RESTAURANT MANAGERSUPERVISORRequirements include but are not limited to:• Three years supervising a restaurant with seating over 100persons an asset.• Excellent customer service skills• Knowledge of wines

The rate for the positions listed above is $7.00 to $15.00 an hour.

SERVERSRequirements include but are not limited to:• One year experience in a restaurant with seating for over 100persons an asset.• No food allergies• Physically fit

The rate for the position listed above is $5.00 to $6.00 an hour.

Kitchen Department requires:

PASTRY CHEFCHEF• Must have worked in a Resort kitchen or medium to large sizedrestaurant• Must have over three years’ experience• Professional qualification an asset

The range in the rates for the positions listed above is $7.00 to$15.00 an hour.

Laundry Department requires:

ASSISTANT LAUNDRY MANAGERRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically fit• Previous experience in commercial Laundry an assist

The salary for the position listed above is $15,000.00 to$20,000.00 per annum.

The Watersports Department requires:

DIVE SHOP MANAGERRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience managing a Dive shop operation• Ability to up and cross sell • PADI certification to dive • PADI certification to teach instructors• First Aid Certification

The salary for the position listed above ranges from$23,000.00 to $30,000.00

SCUBA INSTRUCTORDIVE INSTRUCTORDIVE MASTERRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically Fit• Certified in first aid• PADI Certified

Hourly rate for the above mentioned positions range from$6.00 to $9.00

The Sales and Weddings Department requires:

WEDDINGS COORDINATORRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience in coordination of weddings and other functions• Ability to up-sell and reach sales targets• Ability to meet deadlines and an eye for detail• Knowledge of Martha Stewart and her branding

Hourly rate for the above mentioned positions range from$6.00 to $10.00

The Accounts Department requires:

COST CONTROL CLERKRequirements include but are not limited to:• Ability to meet deadlines• Knowledge of Accounting procedures• Computer literate

The rate for the positions listed above is $6.00 to $18.00 anhour.

Applications giving full details of qualificationsand experience should be sent to:[email protected]

or Fax to: 941-4870 Attn: M McClean-Vaughn

The Human Resources DepartmentBeaches Turks and Caicos

P.O. Box 186Lower Bight Road

and

The Labour CommissionerLabour DepartmentProvidenciales

Turks and Caicos Islands

and should reach not later than November 9th2011 Otherwise, please call for additional

information tel # 649-946-8000 ext 4138

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In accordance with Section 39 of the National Insurance Ordinance 1991, the followingemployers / self employed persons in South Caicos are hereby requested to appear beforea National Insurance Inspector before 3:00 p.m. October 31, 2011

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- SaudiArabia named a new crown prince lateThursday: the tough-talking interiorminister who is known for crackingdown on Islamic militants and resistingmoves toward greater openness in theultraconservative kingdom.

Saudi state TV announced thenaming of Prince Nayef bin Abdel-AzizAl Saud as heir to the Saudi thronefollowing the death of the previoussecond in line, Crown Prince Sultan, lastweek.

Nayef would assume the throneupon the death of King Abdullah, 87,who is recovering from his thirdoperation to treat back problems in lessthan a year.

Video on Saudi TV showed the kingsitting in an armchair, wearing a whiteheadscarf and robe, with another cream-colored robe draped over his shoulders.He did not speak.

Images broadcast earlier this weekfrom the funeral of Prince Sultan showedthe king with a surgical mask covering

his face.Prince Sultan died in New York

Saturday at the age of 80 after anunspecified illness.

Traditionally, the king chooses hisheir. But Prince Nayef was chosen byAllegiance Council, a 37-member body

composed of his brothers and cousins.Abdullah created the council as part ofhis reforms and gave it a mandate tochoose the heir.

Prince Nayef, 78, was also namedvice prime minister and will also keephis job as interior minister.

Nayef has earned praise in the Westfor leading crackdowns on Islamicextremist cells in Saudi Arabia, whichwas home to 15 of 19 of the Sept. 11hijackers.

He was harshly criticized for a 2002interview in which he said that"Zionists" - a reference to Jews -benefited from the 9-11 attacks becauseit turned world opinion against Islam andArabs.

He has also opposed some ofAbdullah's moves for more openness inthe strictly conservative society, sayingin 2009 that he saw no need for womento vote or participate in politics. Even so,it seen unlikely that he would he wouldcancel Abdullah's reforms if he becameking. They include the opening of a coed

university in 2009 where both genderscan mix, though many religiousauthorities forbid any mixing of thesexes.

Some believe Nayef would put anyfurther changes on hold if he takespower.

There is thought to be little chancethat the changeover at the top of SaudiArabia's leadership would affect thecountry's close relations with the UnitedStates.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden led anAmerican delegation in the Saudi capitalto offer condolences to King Abdullahafter the death of Prince Sultan, who wasalso Saudi Arabia's defense minister andis credited with modernizing hiscountry's armed forces, largely throughhuge arms deals with the United States.

On Thursday Biden met withmembers of the royal family. A WhiteHouse statement said Biden notedSultan's "lasting contributions to theenduring partnership between theUnited States and Saudi Arabia."

Saudi Arabia names new crown prince

Prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud


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TRIPOLI - Muammar Gaddafi and hisson Mo'tassim were buried in a secretdesert location on Tuesday, five daysafter the disposed Libyan leader wascaptured, killed and put on grisly publicdisplay.

The saga has made Western allies ofLibya's interim leadership queasy aboutthe prospects for the rule of law andstable government in the post-Gaddafiera.

"He (Gaddafi) has just been buriednow in the desert along with his son,"National Transitional Council (NTC)commander Abdel Majid Mlegta said.

Gaddafi's cleric, Khaled Tantoush,who was captured with him, prayed overthe rotting bodies before they were takenfrom the compound in the coastal city ofMisrata, where they had been on show,and handed to two NTC loyalists forburial, he said.

The NTC had disquieted manyoutsiders by displaying the corpses in ameat locker in the fiercely anti-Gaddaficity of Misrata until their decay forcedthem on Monday to call a halt.

Under pressure from Western allies,the NTC promised the same day toinvestigate how Gaddafi and his son werekilled. Mobile phone footage shows bothalive after their capture. The formerLibyan leader was seen being mocked,

beaten and abused before he was shot, inwhat NTC officials say was crossfire.

"I laughed when I saw him beingbeaten as he deserved to be. And I laughagain now that I know he is in the ground,"said Emani Zaid, 20, a student in Tripoli. "Ifthe men who buried him are true freeLibyans, they can keep the secret (of hisgrave)."

Determined to prevent Gaddafi's gravefrom becoming a shrine for his supporters,

the NTC wants to keep its location secret,refusing custody to his tribe, many ofwhom live in Sirte.

The prayers for the dead were attendedby two of Gaddafi's cousins, MansourDhao Ibrahim, once leader of the fearedPeople's Guard, and Ahmed Ibrahim. Bothwere captured with him after a NATO airstrike hit a convoy of vehicles trying tobreak out of Sirte, the ousted leader'shome town, just after it fell.

"The NTC officials were handed thebody after the sheikh completed the earlymorning ceremony and are taking himsomewhere very far away into thedesert," Mlegta said.

Libyans rose up against Gaddafi's42-year rule in February, defying aviolent response that was parried byNATO air power under a United Nationsmandate to protect civilians.

The 69-year-old strongman's deathended eight months of war that haddragged on in Sirte and elsewhere evenafter the NTC's ragtag militias capturedthe capital, Tripoli, in August.

Hatred of Gaddafi unified hisdisparate opponents, who may nowtussle for power during a plannedtransition to democracy in a brokennation with regional and tribal rivalries toovercome.

At times, Gaddafi's body appeared tohave become a macabre bargaining chipfor Misrata, which endured a pitiless war-time siege, and whose leaders nowdemand a big say in the new Libya.

Fears that Gaddafi's sons mightwage an Iraq-style insurgency havefaded since the deaths of Mo'tasssimand his brother Khamis, a militarycommander, who was killed earlier.

Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial

Libyan families visit the body of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (C) inside a storage freezerin Misrata October 24, 2011. Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi"s decomposing body for a

fourth day on Monday, keen to see for themselves that the fallen strongman was dead.

Moammar Gadhafi was known for surroundinghimself with women he considered pretty. Hereare some of the many occasions on whichGadhafi made the news for his femaleassociations:

Virgin Bodyguards Gadhafi's security force consisted of a highly

trained team of virgin bodyguards. Women'sMilitary Academy graduates, the bodyguardsfollowed a strict training regimen. Gadhafihimself selected the women who would serve.The bodyguards' skills included flying fighterjets, hand-to hand combat, and use of weapons.

Gadhafi's female bodyguards foresworemarriage and sexual relationships. Called the"Sweet 72," the bodyguards were required toundergo female circumcision, according to Blitz.Some former guards reported being raped byGadhafi and his sons. Wives

Gadhafi first married a school teacher namedFatitha with whom he had a single son,Muhammad. The short-lived marriage lastedonly six months.

Gadhafi subsequently married Safia, motherto his additional seven children, six sons and adaughter. Gadhafi's 5 Ukrainian Nurses

Wherever Gadhafi went, he had a Ukrainiannurse by his side. The nurses, who rotated shiftsto care for him, all called him "Daddy." GalynaKolotnytska was Gadhafi's was one of theUkrainian nurses. So too was OksanaBalanskaya. Balanskaya told CNN, "Daddy gaveus jobs, money and a good life." Women On the Road

When Gadhafi traveled internationally, hewas known to ask foreign governments to sendhim large numbers of women. On one occasion,he demanded 500 attractive Italian girls. But hisattentions were anything but amorous; heconverted the girls to Islam and gave them copiesof the infamous Green Book in which hepublished his political philosophy.

On an official visit to Paris in 2007, Gadhafiasked the government to provide him 1,000attractive French women. Once again, his goalseemed not amorous but political and religious.

MOAMMAR GADHAFI’SFEMALE COMPANIONS

The United States said it had pulled its ambassadorout of Syria because of threats to his safety, promptingSyria to follow suit in a worsening of ties alreadytattered by U.S. opposition to Syrian President Basharal-Assad's efforts to crush anti-government protests.

The U.S. envoy, Robert Ford, had antagonizedSyria's government with his high-profile support forthe demonstrators trying to end 41 years of Assadfamily rule. Assad supporters attacked the U.S.Embassy and Ford's convoy in recent months.

Ford left Syria as a government crackdown onprotests and a nascent armed insurgency intensifiedand as more businesses and shops closed in southernSyria in the most sustained strike of the seven-monthuprising.

The United States has called for Assad to stepdown and, along with its European allies, hasintensified sanctions on Syria, including against itssmall but significant oil sector, a central source offoreign currency for the government.

The State Department issued a statement sayingFord "was brought back to Washington as a result of

credible threats against his personal safety in Syria."State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland

said Ford was expected to return to Syria anddemanded the Syrian government provide for hisprotection and end what she called a "smear campaignof malicious and deceitful propaganda" against him.

"The concern here is that the kinds of falsehoodsthat are being spread about Ambassador Ford couldlead to violence against him, whether it's by citizens,whether it's by ... thugs of one kind or another," shesaid.

Nuland stressed that Ford had not been"withdrawn" -- a diplomatically loaded term that couldhave implied that the envoy would not return and thatsuggests a diminution in relations between the twocountries.

Unlike in Libya, there appears to be no appetiteamong Western or Arab governments to considerarmed intervention to stop the violence in Syria, one ofa host of Arab states to see uprisings against long-timeauthoritarian rulers this year.

US pulls out ambassador to Syria

Turkey struggled to provide shelter on Wednesday totens of thousands left homeless by an earthquake thatkilled nearly 500, and rescue teams began takingpainful decisions to call off searches for those buriedalive.

A 27-year-old woman was pulled out alive froma collapsed building in Ercis, the town hit hardest.

At another crumpled building in the town, rescueworkers who had worked non-stop for more than 48hours switched off their generators and lights,convinced no one was left alive.

Seconds later, they received word that someonetrapped below had made contact on a mobile phone.

"There are three people trapped under there.When we lifted a concrete slab, the phone must havebeen able to get reception," said one rescue worker, asthe lights were turned back on and his team returnedto their job.

But hopes of finding more survivors were fadingas time passed and temperatures fell to freezing, and

attention was shifting to the Herculean task ofproviding shelter to the victims.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said thedeath toll from the quake that struck mountainousVan province near the Iranian border stood at 461,with 1,352 people injured.

Sunday's 7.2 magnitude quake, Turkey'sstrongest in a decade, has spurred the government torequest foreign aid, including from Israel despitetensions between the two.

The aid is to house families, amid growingcomplaints of a lack of tents and other supplies.

The governor of Van province said 3,000buildings had collapsed or were made useless afterthe quake hit the region bordering Iran. He saiddamage was worst in outlying villages.

He estimated that 600,000 people had been"affected" by the quake, but said that did not mean allneeded temporary accommodation. The exact numberof homeless remained unclear.

Turkey struggles to shelter thousands after quake

PARIS - An international driveagainst offshore tax havens has reapednearly 14 billion euros from would-betax evaders, the Organization forEconomic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD) said onTuesday.

Some 100,000 taxpayers in 20major economies surveyed by theOECD have revealed previouslyundetected offshore assets in the lasttwo years, allowing tax authorities tocollect the equivalent of nearly $19billion.

"As cash-strapped governmentslook to pay down their deficits, thiswill make a substantial contribution to

fiscal consolidation," OECD SecretaryGeneral Angel Gurria said at theopening of a two-day meeting on taxtransparency.

"Just as important -- most of theadditional revenues has been securedfrom citizens trying to evade taxes," headded. "At a time when manygovernments are forced to ask theircitizens to accept higher taxes andreduced public services, everyone mustpay their fair share."

Italy has so far been the biggestbeneficiary of the crackdown. Anscheme there to promote voluntarydisclosure of offshore assets hadhelped bring in additional tax revenues

of 5.6 billion euros, the OECD said.A similar scheme in the United

States helped recover 2.7 billiondollars from more than 30,000taxpayers. Germany had raisedadditional tax revenues of 1.8 billioneuros from as many as 30,000taxpayers.

Berlin is expected to net billionsmore from a recent deal to formalizethe taxation of money stashed byGerman citizens in secret Swissaccounts.

Switzerland reached a similaragreement with Britain earlier thismonth is inching toward a settling adispute with the United States over

Swiss banks helping wealthyAmericans to dodge taxes.

The Group of 20 countries agreedat a summit in London in 2009 to stepup efforts to clamp down on offshoretax havens. The OECD has since ledefforts to force such jurisdictions tosign international standards on datadisclosure, and publishes lists exposingthose countries that refuse to comply.

The OECD said the number ofrequests for tax information fromjurisdictions previously considered tobe tax havens had surged from nearlyzero into the thousands, withSwitzerland alone getting hundreds ofrequests since 2009.

Tax haven crackdown yields 14 billion euros: OECD

On Christmas Eve 2008, two weeksafter Bernard L. Madoff confessed torunning history’s largest Ponzi scheme,he and his wife, Ruth, attemptedsuicide in their Manhattan penthouse.Mrs. Madoff said in an interview withThe New York Times: “I don’t knowwhose idea it was, but we were both sosaddened by everything that hadhappened. It was unthinkable to me:hate mail, phone calls, lawyers.”

The situation was “just horrific,”she continued. “And I thought, ‘I justcan’t, I can’t take this. I don’t knowhow I’ll ever get through this, nor do Iwant to.’ So we decided to do it.”

According to Mrs. Madoff, whohas been living in seclusion in Florida,she and her husband “were both inagreement — we were both sort ofrelieved to leave this place. It was very,very impulsive.”

Mrs. Madoff came under a fiercemedia spotlight after her husband’sarrest, unable to leave her apartmentwithout being followed byphotographers and being shunned bylifelong friends who had been herhusband’s victims.

His victims stretched around theworld, with paper losses in the vastPonzi scheme totaling $64.8 billion and

cash losses nearing $18 billion. Thosewho lost money in his long-runningfraud included major charities,university endowments, offshore hedgefunds and thousands of middle-incomeinvestors. Many of those investors weremembers of the Madoffs’ extendedfamily.

More important to both of themthan the media firestorm they faced, shesaid, was that she had become instantlyestranged from her two sons, Mark andAndrew, who had turned in their father

to law enforcement officials andprecipitated his arrest on Dec. 11, 2008.He pleaded guilty three months laterand is serving a 150-year sentence at afederal prison in Butner, N.C.

Christmas Eve had been asorrowful evening, she said. She andher husband had spent it gatheringtogether and wrapping some treasuredjewelry and a few gift items theywanted to send to loved ones beforethey died.

Guessing at the required postage,

Ruth Madoff covered the packageswith stamps and mailed them to a fewrelatives and friends, enclosing shortnotes of affection and apology.

Mrs. Madoff said in the interviewthat she and her husband had discussedhow many pills each should take — sheweighed barely 100 pounds, he washeftier and taller — and then they bothswallowed handfuls of sedatives beforeclimbing into their chintz-drapedcanopy bed.

Although she recalled theemotional pain she and her husband feltthat evening, she also said she was“glad to wake up” from a long drug-induced slumber the next day. “I’m notsure how I felt about him waking up,”she added.

Mrs. Madoff said the couple neverdiscussed suicide again, nor was sheaware of her husband ever makinganother attempt. “But I have no ideawhy he didn’t — I don’t know how helives with it all.”

In an e-mail from prison, herhusband acknowledged that suicide“crossed my mind” after his arrest. Twofactors deterred him, he said. He felt hecould help in the effort to recover assetsfor his victims, and he “could notabandon my family.”

His family was shattered by hiscrime, cut off from one another by legalconcerns and under constant suspicionin the media. Burdened by anger andgrief, Mark Madoff committed suicidein his downtown Manhattan loft on Dec.11, 2010, the second anniversary of hisfather’s arrest.

In recent media interviews, Mark’swidow, Stephanie Madoff Mack,disclosed that it was her husband’ssecond suicide attempt. In October2009, he checked into a hotel near theirhome and took a large number ofsedatives. He survived and underwenttherapy, according to his widow’saccount.

After years of silence and seclusion,Ruth Madoff agreed to talk with a Timesreporter about the worst years of her lifebecause her son Andrew had asked herto help promote a new authorizedbiography, “Truth and Consequences:Life Inside the Madoff Family,” to bepublished Monday by Little, Brown.

Bernard and Ruth Madoff at a social event in Palm Beach, Fla., in March of 2008. The Madoffsowned a home in Palm Beach.

DETROIT — Harley-Davidson Inc. is recalling about308,000 motorcycles, most of them in the U.S., to fix aswitch problem that can cause failure of the brake lightsand possibly even the rear brakes themselves.

The company said in documents filed last week withthe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration thatbrake light switches can be exposed to too much heat fromthe exhaust system. The heat can cause the brake lights tofail, and the problem also can cause fluid leaks and theloss of rear brakes, the documents said.

The problem affects Touring, CVO Touring and Trikemotorcycles from the 2009 through 2012 model years.They were built between June 6, 2008 and Sept. 16, 2011.

Harley says it will notify owners of the recall. Dealerswill install a rear brake light switch kit free of charge.

The recall affects about 251,000 motorcycles in theU.S. alone, with the balance in other countries.

Harley said it noticed the problem in June of 2010when it got a report of a Trike model motorcycle that lostits rear brakes due to the problem. The company beganinvestigating, and in July of 2010, it sent investigators toa dealership in Louisiana to inspect another bike that wasinvolved in a crash. Harley has not determined yet if theproblem caused the Louisiana crash, which injured oneperson, company spokeswoman Maripat Blankenheimsaid Monday. She did not know how seriously the personwas hurt, but said Harley is not aware of any other crashesor injuries.

Harley said in the documents that there have been nomore reports of the problem occurring since July of 2010.

The company also said in a filing with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission that it expects therecall to cost $10 million to $12 million, which will becharged as an expense in the fourth quarter.

HARLEY TO RECALL MORE THAN 308,000 MOTORCYCLES


Madoff and wife tried suicide

KITCHEN STEWARDRequirements:• Washes dishes, utensils and cookware following establishedprocedures• Place clean dishes, utensils, and cooking equipment in storage areas.• Maintain kitchen work areas, equipment, and utensils in clean andorderly condition.• Assists in performing cleaning tasks as needed in the kitchen• Assists the cook(s) with food preparation as requestedBelongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experienceCOOKRequirements: • Dependable, proactive, organized, team player.• Must speak and read English fluently. Additional languages as asset.• Education from a formal culinary programme.• Ability to plan, organize and execute meal plans • Sanitation certificate• At least two to three years cooking experience; preparinginternational breakfast, lunch and dinner in regional cookingenvironment. Belongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experienceSOUS CHEFRequirements • Secondary level education is required. Good writing, reading,listening and computation skills are necessary. • Education from a formal culinary institution is required. Kitchenterminology required. • Perform mathematical calculation including but not limited toconversion of recipes, inventories etc• Advanced culinary and artistic skills, cooking methods, knowledgeof all different kitchen departments and product identification. • Deputize in the absence of the Chef de cuisine.• Prepare weekly rosters and payroll reports.• Check stock and requisition as necessary; record all stock which isto be discarded.• Ensure that all check lists are completed, Haccp, production, etc.• Assist the Chef de cuisine in the day to day management of thekitchen.• Enforce Health and Hygiene regulations within the kitchen andheighten staff’s awareness of good personal and food hygienepractices and procedures, i.e. cleaning of kitchen, storage, handling offood, etc.• Identify training needs of staff and assist Head Chef with on the jobtraining.Belongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experiencePERSONAL CONCIERGE/BUTLERRequirements:• Provides a very personal, detailed, seamless service to guests• Take care of guests needs in a highly professional manner.• Be seen by the guests in response to all the guest’s needs andrequests.• The attention to detail required and the ability to anticipate theneeds of guests needs demand that the butler is a consummate hotelprofessional with impeccable standards• Strive to create an atmosphere that makes a ‘wow’ impression on

the guests• Will not accept anything less that the best available presentation ofthe suites/rooms and public areas of the floors.• Must take gentle care of all their guests from arrival until departurewithout imposing themselves on the guestBelongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experiencePASTRY CHEFRequirements• High school diploma or equivalent vocational training certificate.• Certification of culinary training or apprenticeship.• Dependable, organized, team player.• Sanitation certificate.• Must read and speak English fluently. Additional languages an asset.• Ability to prepare, bake, and finish all breads, breakfast pastries,cookies, and other specified baked goods. Belongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experienceMIXOLOGISTRequirements• Have a high degree of enthusiasm and passion for your work and becustomer service driven. • Possess a professional upbeat attitude while keeping a crowded barhappy, lively & enthusiastic.• Have a proven track record of working in a 4/5 star hotelestablishment• Your extensive knowledge of different types of beverages and beable to create a high level of quality and value for money productsBelongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experienceACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE CLERKRequirements• Maintains the accounts receivable ledger of the hotel and relatedamenities. • Ensures that all invoices, bills, credit notes and other accountinginformation are correctly updated to the accounting system and PMS.• Monitors and controls all accounts receivable balances and informhigher management with collecting amounts due.• Prepares weekly accounts receivable reports and distributes sameto management• Reconciles all credit card accounts and handles all credit issues withguests and credit card companies in a timely manner• Accounting certificate an asset.Belongers need only to applySalary Range: Commensurate based on qualification and experienceInterested persons can contact our Human Resources Department nolater than 5th October 2011@ (649) 946-5050 Ext. 1050Email: [email protected] [email protected]: (649) 946-5758P.O. Box 128 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British WestIndies

Career Opportunities:Grace Bay Club is looking for candidates that have the requirements listed along with an outgoing professional manner.They love to work with different types of people, meet challenges with a positive attitude and live the standards of ourorganization. Their management style is one that balances a commitment to people and their development withbusiness/financial accountability and delivers an exceptional guest experience

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Oseta Jolly stages “Race for the Fruit”

By Vivian Tyson

Last Wednesday, October 19, the Oseta Jolly Primary School staged its annual Crazy Sports event, but this year taking an interesting twist and entitled “Race for the Fruit”.

According to Principal Rachel Handfield, this year’s event coincided with Health and Family Life Month, which is celebrated during October and geared towards promoting healthy living and physical activities.

The event saw students, parents and well-wishers, including school sponsor LIME, taking part. The events were done in relay format, but in stead of regular track batons, participants raced with fruits. Among the fruits used were banana, orange and melons.

Students used oranges, adult females used bananas, while the adult males used a whole melon, in what was a rib-tickling and drama-filled activity.

Handfield said there were more parents participating this year over last year. She

said that devotion exercises were also held where healthy life information was disseminated. She added that the entire month was information-filled and exciting.

Four teams took part in the event; they are Honey Dew, Orange, Blue Berries and Melon. Honey Dew placed first with 160 points. Blue Berries with 150 points placed second. Orange finished in third place with 110 points. The Water Melon Team ended in fourth place with 100 points.

The day’s activities began with a presentation on the value of each participating fruit, and according to Sports Master for Oseta Jolly Primary School Errol Jackson, in addition to recreation and exercise, the programme was about education.

“We learn the value and importance of these fruits, healthy lifestyle, as well as taking regular exercise.

It was all about enjoying the day’s activities, as well as teaching the importance of eating the fruits for the value of it,” Jackson said.

Timothy Gill voted MVP in Sailrock U11 season opener

Timothy Gill of the Red Devils was voted Most Valuable Player as the new season of the Sailrock U11 Boys League got under way this week.

The competition produced four very closely contested games.

Green Galaxy got off to good start with a 2-1 win over the Sky Blues. Nickello Pierre and Charlie McKnight scored for the Galaxy and Kenley George found the back of the net for the Sky Blues.

The Red Devils defeated the Orange All Stars 3-1 with two goals from Timothy Gill and one from Lucas De Boer. Junior Paul scored for the Allstars in their losing effort. In the second round of games the Allstars bounced back with a 2-0 win against the Sky Blues with Zarek Swann finding the net on both occasions.

The final game of the day saw the Devils and Galaxy tie 1-1 as Pierre and Gill added their second goals of the day.

Coach Peter McKnight was impressed with the players in the group "We have almost 50 players involved and their level of play is very good and improving week by

week". Coaches Haroon Swaby and Dane Ritchie were also pleased with the turnout and levels of enthusiasm.Green Galaxy 2 (Nickello Pierre, Charlie Mcknight) Sky Blues 1 (KenleyGeorge)Red Devils 3 (Timothy Gill 2, Lucas De Boer) Orange Allstars 1 (Junior Paul)Sky Blues 0 Orange Allstars 2 (Zarek Swann 2 (pen 1))Green Galaxy 1 (Nickello Pierre) Red Devils 1 (Timothy Gill)Games are played every Saturday from 9.30-10.30am.

Timothy Gill

Sailrock U14 Girls League begins

The Sailrock Under 14 Girls league started this week with six teams competing over the next two months.

Most of the first two rounds of games were close with one exception as the Green Dragons blasted away the Red Devils 10-0. Jenny Fleurenvil and Yarielca De La Cruz scored five goals each in the rout.

Elsewhere, the White Wolves defeated the Titans 3-0 with goals from Waldine Pierre (2) and Morycha Julessaint and the Yellow Jaguars edged out the Striking Cheetahs courtesy of Shaniel Swaby's lone goal.

In the second round of games The Green Dragons were held to a 0-0 draw by the Cheetahs and the Titans tied with the Jaguars (1-1) with goals from Mykelor Michel and Octavia Gardiner. The Red Devils finally got onto the score sheet as they defeated the White Wolves 3-0 with goals coming from Lomekiah Thompson (2) and Yarileny De La Cruz.

Technical Director Matthew Green was pleased with what he saw. "The league has expanded to six teams and hopefully in the New Year it will increase again. A lot of these girls are gaining valuable experience as they train with WFL teams, but it is important that they are given a chance to play against players their own age".

MVP for week 1 was Waldine Pierre who attends Clement Howell High School

League games are played on Saturday morning from 8.30-9.30am

Sharks, Revolution open U13 on winning notes

Defending champions Blue Hills Sharks and Long Bay Revolution opened their account in the Sailrock TCI FA Under 13 Football competition with impressive wins.

Blue Hills Sharks defeated Leeward Knights 3-0 in the second encounter of the day, with Leidson Gerome netting two goals and Wilkins Sylvain scoring the other. In the opening games Long Bay Revolution beat Five Cays FC 3-1 Marvin Joseph, Ben Levy and Gabriel Diotte scored for Revolution whilst Ras Diamond scored a consolation goal for Five Cays.

In the other game that they played, Wylkins Sylvains scored a hat trick of goals to stave of ferocious attack from Five Cays, whom they outscored outlasted in a 4-3 thriller. Jackson Pierre scored the other goal.

Ras Diamond got on the scoresheet again for Five Cays with the other goals coming from Kevin Simon and Jude. The remaining game saw Leeward Knights draw with Long Bay Revolution 1-1. Diotte scored for Revolution but Cole Nickson ensured the honours were even.

Head coach Oliver Smith was pleased with the opening day's competition saying that "the teams are evenly matched so it will be up to key individuals to step up and prove their quality." The league is a valuable tool for development as it allows us to see how well players respond to being in a more competitive environment, we now need to give them some experience on a full size pitch."

MVP for week 1 was Gabriel Diotte The league, which is played from 9.30-10.30am every

Saturday, showcases the talents of players in the U11, U13 Academies as well as the Center of Excellence.

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OCTOBER 27TH - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2011TURKS & CAICOS SUNLOCAL SPORTS

Oseta Jolly stages Race for the Fruit

Oseta Jolly staged Race for the Fruit sporting activity on October 19 on the school grounds. The event took the format of relay races using fruits, and was a very exciting affair. The following are photo highlights of the event.

The Orange Team doing their cheer ahead of the races Honey Dew was crowned champions

The female student race was over competitive

The boys even was one of the most hotly contested

The melon race features adult males was a comic affair

Two parents joke as they try to outdo each other in the melon race

Principal Rachel Handfield (right) makes a presentation to one of the participating teams

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TURKS & CAICOS SUN OCTOBER 27TH - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2011LOCAL SPORTS

TCI adapts to new changes in ICC cricket lawsThe Turks and Caicos Islands Cricket Association has embraced the recent changes to the International Crickt Council concerning cricket in general and has dispatched the information to its members, so as to avoid confusion that sometimes dogs local cricket.

The new laws covers key aspects of the game and some parts have been tweaked to make the game more exciting.

Powerplays (ODIs only):In a full ODI, the teams can take the bowling

and batting Powerplays (five overs each) at the start of an over after 15 overs of an innings have been bowled. They must complete the Powerplays by the 40th over, which means the last block of fielding restrictions must begin in the 36th over. The first ten overs will comprise the mandatory Powerplay. This condition will not apply to innings reduced to fewer than 40 overs.

Under the previous playing conditions, teams were allowed to take the bowling and batting Powerplays at any time after the completion of the tenth over of the innings.

Runners (All formats):A batsman will not be allowed a runner under

any circumstances. The batsman can retire hurt and return to bat at a later stage in the innings.

Two new balls per innings (ODIs only):Each fielding team will be given two new

balls to be used in alternate overs, one at each end. The mandatory change of the ball after the 34th over of an innings will not take place anymore.

Obstructing the field (All formats):If a fielding team appeals and the umpire feels

the batsman has significantly changed his direction without probable cause, while running between the wickets, and obstructed an attempt to run him out, the umpire can give the batsman out for obstructing the field. It is not relevant whether a run out would have been affected or not. The on-field umpires are allowed to consult the third umpire in making the decision. The other circumstances in which a batsman can be out obstructing the field are still applicable.

Penalty time (All formats):This amendment refers to the calculation of the

time for which a player cannot bat or bowl because he or she was off the field.

If a player, who still has some unexpired penalty time remaining from a previous absence, is on the field when play is interrupted by bad weather, light or other reasons, the duration of the stoppage will be deducted from the remaining penalty time.

Bowler attempting to run out a non-striker before delivery (All formats):

Previously, the bowler could run out a non-striker backing up only if he did so before entering his delivery stride. This meant that as the bowler's back foot landed, the non-striker could move down the pitch before the bowler delivered the ball.

According to a new playing condition, 42.11, "The bowler is permitted, before releasing the ball and provided he has not completed his usual delivery swing, to attempt to run out the non-striker. Whether the attempt is successful or not, the ball shall not count as one of the over. If the bowler fails in an attempt to run out the non-striker, the umpire shall call and signal dead ball as soon as possible."

The umpires shall deem the bowler to have

completed his delivery swing once his bowling arm passes the normal point of ball release.

Extra time to complete a match (Tests only):

According to clause 16.2.2 of the Test match playing conditions: "The umpires may decide to play 15 minutes (a minimum of four overs) extra time at the scheduled lunch or tea interval of any day if requested by either captain if, in the umpires' opinion, it would bring about a definite result in that session. If the umpires do not believe a result can be achieved no extra time shall be allowed.

"If it is decided to play such extra time, the whole period shall be played out even though the possibility of finishing the match may have disappeared before the full period has expired.

"Only the actual amount of playing time up to the maximum 15 minutes extra time by which play is extended on any day shall be deducted from the total number of hours of play remaining, and the following session of play shall be reduced by the amount of time by which play was previously extended under this clause."

Delay of lunch interval when nine wickets down (Tests only):

If a team is nine wickets down at the time of the lunch interval, the break will be delayed by a maximum of 30 minutes. Previously, only tea was delay-able, while lunch was taken even if a team was nine down.

Duration of interval between innings (ODIs only):

The minimum interval for an uninterrupted ODI match has been increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.

All to play for when rugby returns to North Caicos

The TCIRFU Junior Rugby Autumn Season continued last week with the CIBC First Caribbean Lions consolidating their lead with two fine wins over the Scotiabank Storm and the visiting North Caicos Knights. The Knights travelled to Provo for three fierce matches in which they showed great skill and pace but were finally undone by the discipline of the Provo sides.

In the first game the Knights squared off against the league leading CIBC Lions. The Knights side quickly showed that although the grass might be greener on the Meridian field their coach Donovan Garvey had prepared them well. Terrico Misick received the opening kick and fed the ball wide to Wooden Corvill and Makendy Antenor .

After several foraging runs downfield the ball was turned over and the Lions started a probing counterattack. Strong runs by Quinn Higgs and Vindy Missick saw the Lions gain back field possession.

On last possession a grubber kick was gathered up by the Kinights and showing speed and agility the Knights moved the ball down field until a nifty sidestep by Woodens saw the Knights up 1-0.

The Lions recovered the ensuing kick off and stormed back up field where LJ Outtten dotted down for the first Lion score 1-1. NC’s

Antenor responded with a similar burst down the side line to move them ahead 2-1.

Scoring continued with the match all knotted at 3-3 at half time. In the 2nd half the Lions showed the perseverance which has kept them on the top of the table as they threw up a brick wall defense and scored two tries to win the first match 5-3.

In the second Knights game the Scotiabank Storm were almost put to the sword by a confident Knights side that not only believed they could compete with the more experienced Provo players but almost caused the first upset of the day.

The Knights opened the scoring with a nice exchange that saw Antenor dotting down early in the match.

The two sides quickly exchanged scores before Luis Turbyfield tried repeatedly to short kick the ball, but the Knights successful thwarted the Storm’s attack. After several minutes of play the Storm managed to spring Miquel Malcolm free down the side line to tie the game 2-2.

The Knights looked dangerous on several occasions and only staunch defense kept them scoring more than the last try of the half. However the second half once again proved unkind for NC as the Storm charged back to score 3 unanswered tries and win 5-3.

In their final match of the day the Knights took on the HAB Warriors who were buoyed by a last

minute try by Michael Williams that snatched a 2-2 draw from the BCQS Bears. Despite the Warriors high spirits the Knights were the first team on the scoreboard as Makendy Antenor crossed the line after a succession of four well worked passes left the Warrior defence guessing.

The Warriors re-established their defensive structure and their persistence paid off as Franco Mompremier gabbed a loose ball and was soon charging out of his own half. Mompremier committed Terrico Missick to a tackle before setting Michael Williams into space to level the match for the Warriors.

Following the kick off at halftime the Warriors quickly threw together 3 phases of play and were just metres short of the Knights’ try line. Two speedy passes from Richy Agenor and Rayjon Valentine created the space and Willdello Seymour who gave the Warriors the lead.

The Warriors refused to relinquish control of the ball for the rest of the match and the fact that the Knights were playing in their third match of the day showed as tired legs struggled to keep up with the rested Warriors. Gino Agenor doubled the Warriors lead with 10 minutes to play in the match after James Ferguson’s long pass.

Agenor was to touch down for two more tries as the HAB Warriors ran out 5-1 victors.

In the days other match the CIBC Lions ran out 7-5 winners over the BCQS Bears.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana —Under-fire West Indies batsman ChrisGayle hit back at the West IndiesCricket Board (WICB), calling on thebody to publicly explain whatstatements he needed to apologise foror retract.

The combative Jamaican,currently leading his country in theongoing Regional Super50 Series, saidthe WICB had failed to reveal thenature of his transgression and wasnow making "a big issue" out of theaffair.

Gayle was responding to adecision by the WICB mandating himto withdraw highly controversialcomments, made during an interviewwith a Jamaica radio station followingthe World Cup earlier this year, beforehe could be considered for selectionagain.

"They need to put out to apologisefor what. They need to state clearlywhat Chris Gayle should apologisefor, rather than keep saying they don'twant an apology, they want me toretract statement now," Gayle saidyesterday.

"They need to come clear and saywhat Chris Gayle should apologise for

and what should Chris Gayle retract,what are the terms, really and truly.

"So they need to make it clearrather than stating just one particularthing and leaving the public tospeculate again and just make this onebig issue which I'm tired of, so theyneed to just cut it out now."

The WICB broke their silence lastweek to announce the decision onGayle, which was taken at a recentboard of directors meeting in St Lucia.

Several attempts to resolve thematter ended in failure, including ahigh level meeting in Jamaica thatincluded Gayle, WICB officials andrepresentatives from the West IndiesPlayers' Association (WIPA).

"Having received reports andreviewed correspondence betweenChris Gayle and the West IndiesCricket Board and the West Indies

Team Management and taking intoconsideration public statements madeby Gayle with regard to the board andits officers, the board requires thatGayle withdraws his comments inorder to be considered for selection tothe West Indies team," a WICBstatement said.

The WICB did not specify,however, which statements theywanted Gayle to retract and Gayleremained adamant he needed to knowwhat these comments were.

"What in the interview exactly[should I retract]. State what in theinterview I need to retract or apologisefor," Gayle urged the WICB.

However, the board said it viewedGayle as a player who "can contributemeaningfully to the performance ofthe West Indies team" and hoped thathe would "comply with the standardsand requirements set by the board".

Gayle has gone on record assaying he would not apologise for hiscomments some of which were criticalof the WICB and head coach OttisGibson.

Gayle asks WICB to outline misconduct

JAMAICA'S Lerone Clarke continued his giant-killing act in late seasoninternational competitions after striking gold in the men's 100m final at the16th Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico last night in a seasonbest 10.01 seconds (+0.2m/s).

This was Jamaica's first medal in the athletics competition and thirdoverall.

Drawn in lane five after running the joint second best time in Monday'ssemi-finals, Clarke -- who has been running almost non-stop since last yearwhen he won the Commonwealth gold in Delhi, India -- sped away frompre-race favorite and IAAF World Championships 100m bronze medallistKim Collins of St Kitts/Nevis (10.04), while Trinidad's Emmanuel Callenderwas third in 10.16.

Collins had set the Pan-Am Games record of 10.0 in the semi-finals andafter his heroics in Daegu where he won two medals, was the overwhelmingfavourite.

It was a brilliant end to the season for the former William Knibb Highsprinter who after suffering an early-season injury setback, failed to make thefinals of the Supreme Ventures National Senior Trials in June.

However, he rebounded to anchor the Jamaican team to an upset winover Trinidad and Tobago at the CAC Championships in Puerto Rico in June.

This was Jamaica's first Pan-American men's 100m win since MichaelFrater was awarded the gold at the 2003 event in Santo Domingo afterAmerican Mickey Grimes was disqualified after failing a drugs test.

Clarke had earlier won his first-round heat to advance to Monday night'ssemis where he won in 10.17 while watching teammate Oshane Bailey beingdisqualified for a false start in his semi-final.

Brazil's Rosangela Santos won the women's race in a personal best 11.22ahead of American Barbara Pierre (11.25) and Barbados' Shakera Reece(personal best 11.26).

Jamaican Leron Clarkewins gold in 100 at Pan

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GENEVA — FIFA’s election briberyscandal deepened Wednesday as 10more Caribbean soccer officials wereput under investigation over a plotalleged to have involved Mohamedbin Hammam, a former candidate forpresident of the ruling body for globalsoccer.

FIFA said it wanted to interview10 officials from six countries as partof an investigation being conductedby an agency run by a former F.B.I.director, Louis Freeh.

“The cases will be submitted tothe FIFA Ethics Committee at its nextmeeting in mid-November,” thegoverning body said in a statement.

The former prime minister ofDominica, Patrick John, is amongthose under investigation.

FIFA is also investigating OliverCamps, general secretary of Trinidadand Tobago’s soccer federation and anally of the former FIFA vice presidentJack Warner.

One of the accused is from theBahamas soccer federation, whichwas the original whistle-blower thatalerted FIFA to $40,000 cashpayments being offered during binHammam’s campaign visit to Trinidadin May.

Lionel Haven was generalsecretary of Bahamas soccer then,

when Warner summoned hisCaribbean Football Union members toa two-day conference to meet binHammam.

Bin Hammam denies anyinvolvement in bribery and isappealing his lifetime ban from soccerat the Court of Arbitration for Sport,in Switzerland. Warner resigned after28 years in FIFA’s high command toavoid an investigation.

Last week, Warner threatened torelease a “tsunami” of allegationsimplicating the FIFA president, SeppBlatter, when bin Hammam’s casebefore the court is completed. Averdict is unlikely before March.

Two FIFA committee members,Colin Klass and Horace Burrell, havealready been suspended, for 26months and 6 months respectively.Burrell was a leading candidate tosucceed Warner as C.F.U. president.

Three more elected officials andtwo C.F.U. staffers also have beenbanned for between 1 and 18 months.FIFA’s ethics panel has reprimandedthree more officials, warned five anddropped cases against two whoresigned. Two other men had theircases postponed or left open.

FIFA has not specified why theywere punished or what the 10 newcases are about.

FIFA expands investigation into bribery

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Golfers will no longer bepenalized if their ball moves after it has been addressed in oneof a number of rule changes announced Monday by the sport'sgoverning body.

Rory McIlroy and Webb Simpson were among those tohave been hit with one-shot penalties this year for what iswidely regarded as one of the harshest rules in golf.

The revision was made by the Royal and Ancient GolfClub, which issues the sport's rules in conjunction with theUSGA, the governing golf organization in the United Statesand Mexico.

Beginning Jan. 1 and until 2015, players will not bepunished if the ball moves after the address "when it is knownor virtually certain that he did not cause the ball to move."

"Every time the wind blows, I am worried that my ball isgoing to move and I am worried about grounding my putter,distracting me from trying to hole my putt," said PadraigHarrington, three-time major winner who is an R&Aambassador.

McIlroy, the U.S. Open champion who is ranked No. 3,was penalized in his final round at the British Open at RoyalSt. George's. The consequences weren't dire for McIlroy —he had little chance of winning and finished 25th — but thesame cannot be said of Simpson during the final round of theZurich Classic of New Orleans in May.

The American was leading by a shot and closing in onwhat would have been his first title when his ball moved on the15th green. After receiving a one-stroke penalty, he eventuallylost in a playoff to compatriot Bubba Watson.

Simpson lost the PGA Tour money title to Luke Donald onSunday by a margin of $335,861 — the difference betweenfirst and second place at the Zurich Classic was $460,800.

Simpson at the time labeled the sanction "such a bad rule." Other changes announced by the R&A include allowing

players to smooth sand or soil before playing from a hazard"provided it is for the sole purpose of caring for the course andRule 13-2 (improving lie, area of intended stance or swing orline of play) is not breached."

Golfers will also no longer be automatically disqualifiedfrom a tournament if they start late, but within five minutes oftheir assigned tee time. Instead, they will lose the first hole inmatch play or two shots at the first hole in stroke play.

"I am delighted with the changes, in particular the ballmoving after address," Harrington said. "It is definitely givingus players a little bit of a break."

In addition, the R&A has amended the definition ofaddressing the ball to mean "simply ... grounding his clubimmediately in front of or behind the ball, regardless ofwhether or not he has taken his stance."

Before, the address position required a player to be stoodover the ball with the club grounded.

Golfers given breakby rule changes

AUCKLAND - After 48 matches and 45 daysof sometimes breathtaking and often bone-crunching rugby, the 2011 World Cup drew to aclose with New Zealand's mighty All Blacksback on top of the world.

Last world champions in 1987, no nationwould have felt the pain of those 24 barren yearsmore keenly, and so, naturally, there could havebeen no more joyous champions than the hostsafter their nervous 8-7 win over France at EdenPark on Sunday.

It proved the perfect end to a memorabletournament -- one which united an increasinglymulti-cultural nation and which also went somesmall way to help heal the wounds of a nationscarred by natural disaster following theChristchurch earthquake which wiped that cityfrom the World Cup programme.

Head of world rugby Bernard Lapasset hadone word for the 2011 World Cup:"Extraordinary."

The Frenchman lavished praise on theorganisers, the volunteers, the fans and onordinary New Zealanders up and down a countryof little more than four million people.

"This World Cup has served to remind ushow much New Zealand has brought to worldrugby," Lapasset, president of the sport'sgoverning body the International Rugby Board(IRB), told reporters.

"And it has shown New Zealand's strengthand its capacity to organise such an internationalevent.

"You have heritage, you have culture inNew Zealand... tradition. And we sawthroughout the importance of the Maori cultureand integration."

Former England captain and IRB vice-chairman Bill Beaumont was overwhelmed bythe warm welcome visitors had enjoyed.

Christchurch was stripped of its matchesafter a deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake inFebruary. Damage was extensive following a 7.1earthquake almost six months earlier and partsof the city were levelled.

The quarter-finals were moved to Eden Parkin Auckland while the five other matches NewZealand's second city had been scheduled to hostwere relocated to other venues around thecountry.

"Christchurch is part of this World Cup, partof its history," Lapasset said.

"We had to make a difficult decision, it washeartbreaking.

"But the success of this tournament hasillustrated the strength of New Zealand -- the barhas been set very high for future World Cups."

The 2015 World Cup is scheduled to behosted by England, while the 2019 version willbe Asia's first, staged in Japan.

Praise lavished on extraordinary Rugby World Cup

Richie McCaw of the All Blacks drinks from the Webb Ellis Cup after the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup final between NewZealand and France. The country of New Zealand has been praised for hosting a memorable tournament.


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