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“There are lots of problems with theadministration of Government andindeed there are too many ministries andtoo many Permanent Secretaries. ThePermanent Secretaries are not doingwhat I regard as a proper PS job, so weare doing this so that the PS willhopefully become a more strategicperson and have more time to think and

execute. So ultimately it’s a question ofstructure, efficiency and productivity,”Stanley added.The current Permanent Secretaries are: Border Control & Labour - ClaraGardiner;Education, Youth, Sport and Culture -Beatrice Fulford;Environment and District Administration- Mary Harvey; Finance - Delton Jones;

Health and Human Services - JudithCampbell;Home Affairs and Public Safety - DeniseSaunders;Office of Public Service Management -Susan Malcolm Trade, Tourism and Communications -Arthur Been Works and Housing - Desmond Wilson

The Chief Executive said thePermanent Secretaries already have been

notified about the restructuring andreorganization plans. However, becausethe initiative is now in its formativestages, he could not say as yet whichministries and which permanentsecretaries will be kept or cut.

Stanley said that all the PS jobs willbe advertised, and that they will be evenlooking to recruit persons who are notpresently in the public sector.

He said that there are manyintelligent and qualified persons in theTurks and Caicos Islands who should begiven the opportunity to apply for topGovernment jobs and prove their worth.

MINISTRIES AND PERMANENT SECRETARIESTO BE REDUCED CONT’D

A FAMILY VISITING The West Bay Club, a luxurious,intimate boutique resort on the world renownedbeach of Grace Bay, received two unexpectedvisitors: Hurricane Irene and a new family pet.

Sue Panno Shepard, who is involved withground and air rescue in her hometown in New YorkState, explored the island of Providenciales with herfamily immediately after Hurricane Irene swept theisland. During that time they came across a litter of"potcakes", the name given to local, homeless dogsin the islands of the Caribbean. The locals providedhomes to the strongest and healthiest newborns butone very weak puppy was left behind. Sue and herfamily took him in. Because of that, they had toextend their stay at The West Bay Club so propercare, including a visit to the local veterinarian formuch-needed treatment and vaccinations could beprovided. The local vet, in conjunction with the localpotcake rescue program, was most helpful in

providing free care and the documents necessary toadopt and transport the puppy to his new home. Hewent from being abandoned to finding a loving newfamily in just a few days.

"There are so many things to see and do inProvidenciales, but Sue and her family took it a stepfurther by getting involved with rescuing a potcakein need of help and a new home. We are delightedwhen our guests become involved with thecommunity and find a new adventure here. It wasimpossible not to fall in love with this little guy whenSue and family showed him off. I am told when theyfound him it was love at first sight. The puppy rescueand the fact that we had minimal damage were twobig blessings Turks & Caicos received from theHurricane," said Dane Underwood, ManagingDirector of The West Bay Club.

Anchored on the peaceful, western end of theTurks and Caicos' most famous attraction, Grace Bay

Beach, The West Bay Club features large,luxuriously-appointed ocean-front suites withspacious living areas, full kitchens or kitchenettesand outdoor terraces to enjoy the direct ocean viewsand cooling breezes. The West Bay Club offers arange of amenities, including a poolside restaurantand bar serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, free useof the Hobie Cat and other non-motorized watersports , a well-equipped fitness center, complimentarywireless Internet throughout the resort, a manager'sreception on Wednesday evenings and a kitchenstock-up service prior to guests' arrival to name a few.

The West Bay Club suite types include one, twoand three-bedroom penthouses with breathtakingviews of the famous white sands and aquamarinewaters of Turks and Caicos. The family-friendlyresort is ideal for any type of island getaway,including group events, weddings, honeymoons andcorporate outings

Guests of The West Bay Club Adopt a Potcake Found After the Hurricane

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SEPTEMBER 23RD - OCTOBER 7TH 2011 TURKS AND CAICOS SUN LOCAL NEWS

COLIN FARQUHAR, COMMISSIONER ofthe Royal Turks and Caicos IslandsPolice Force, wants his organisation tochange from being a reactive policeforce to being a proactive police and tobe more service- oriented.

In an interview with The SUN,Farquhar said: “The way I look at it isthat TCIG has essentially hired asecurity police service and what we aresupposed to do is provide that umbrellaof safety and security. The publicrequests and demands certain servicesand it is up to us to provide that service.We can do that by being a little moreeffective and efficient than we havebeen. We have to remember that thepublic is our client and we have toengage with our clients and have anunderstanding of what our clients wantand need and also when the public callsus and makes a complaint, there is aduty on us to keep that person informedof the investigation. It is not a matter ofjust going there, conducting the initialinvestigation and then walking away.You need to keep those personsinformed throughout the whole processand that will be a real key to ourprogress.”

Farquhar said he has been workingon securing better accommodation andequipment for the Force.

“The better accommodation youcan put people in the better their moralewill be and they will be much more ableto engage. In addition to that, one of thethings I’ve also done is moved some

people around,” he said. “If a personhas a family in Grand Turk and they’vebeen working in Provo, if it is good forthe organisation and the person that wemove them back to Grand Turk, thenwhy not. We’ve done some of thoseinitial transfers which I think have beenvery beneficial to the organisation andthe police officers and their families.”

The Commissioner said he alsoplans to make the police uniforms more“functional”, by adding features thatwould clearly identify police officers,especially those in khaki. He also plansto change the shoes from those withleather soles to rubber soles that aremore “operational-ready” and whichare used by international police forces.

Farquhar, who is on secondmentfrom the Royal Canadian MountedPolice, said he will also be improvingthe vehicle fleet.

“When I started around March, wehad about 50 percent of the vehicles onthe road, but now we have around 68percent on the road. We are definitelyimproving. Our mechanic has nowdone up a really good preventativemaintenance programme so every fewweeks they go in for maintenance,” he

said. “There is a need for new vehicles.We did a survey and an assessment andif we had all of the vehicles that wewanted, we would probably add about50 to the fleet, but that’s just not goingto happen. So we looked at it a littlemore critically and we identified thatwe need probably 19 vehicles, but even19 vehicles is going to be a realchallenge right now, but what we’relooking at is putting a business caseforward and we’re just trying to finalisethat.”

The Commissioner said thatinstead of looking to buy the vehiclesfrom the US, they want to purchasethem locally.

“We want to go to local dealers andsee what we can work out. We arelooking at three of four vehicles everythree or four months and try to rebuildour fleet that way. But one of things wealso have to do is look at our older fleetand determine when we are going toretire them. So it is not just a matter ofadding to the fleet but also looking atwhich one we are going todecommission and get out of the fleet,”he added.

Commissioner wants Police Force to be more proactive

Commissioner of the Royal Turks and CaicosIslands Police Force, Colin Farquhar

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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN SEPTEMBER 23RD - OCTOBER 7TH 2011 COMMENTARY

By Sir Ronald Sanders

Following a slowdown resulting from the globalfinancial crisis, economic hopes in the Bahamas arenow pinned on a revival of tourism through thedevelopment of a massive new project funded byChina

The economy of the Bahamas is experiencingtough times and its recovery is strategically reliant onthe success of a massive Chinese-funded tourismproject that broke ground in February. Developers ofthe $3-billion project say it will bring 430,000 newvisitors to the Bahamas annually, create 8,000permanent jobs and contribute $1 billion to theeconomy in new spending in 2015.

The new project, known as Baha Mar, will needto deliver on all its promises to lift the Bahamaseconomy out of the doldrums into which it sunk in thewake of the 2008-09 global financial crisis that hit itharder than the many hurricanes the chain of islandshas suffered over the years. The project itself is alsomired in controversy because of the government’sagreement to allow the majority of the constructionworkers to come from China as a condition of the $2.4billion in funding from the Export-Import Bank ofChina.

Measured against their neighbouring Caribbeancountries, the people of the Bahamas are well off, withan annual per capita income of $18,932. Yetunemployment rates rose dramatically to 14 percentin 2009, up from 9 percent in 2008, as the two mainlegs of the economy collapsed. Tourism, whichcontributes more than 40 percent of the country’sGDP, declined by 10 percent in 2009, and the financialservices sector also took a beating, primarily from thedemands of the OECD. Foreign direct investment alsofell by a significant 30 percent, causing a sharpcontraction in domestic activity.

Meanwhile, central government debt as apercentage of the country’s GDP has been growingsteadily since 2006. The government had hoped tobring the figure down, but a fall in revenues followingthe global financial crisis prompted increasedborrowing, and debt had risen to 47 percent of GDPby the end of June 2010. The International MonetaryFund (IMF) has expressed concern that unless thegovernment institutes new revenue measures and sellssome state-owned enterprises, the debt-to-GDP ratiocould reach 55 percent by 2015.

Introducing new revenue measures is easier saidthan done, however. At the last general elections in2007, the Free National Movement of Prime MinisterHubert Ingraham, with 49.86 percent of the popularvote, only narrowly beat the Progressive Liberal Party(PLP) with 47.02 percent. Popular discontent hasgrown with the economic decline over the past threeyears. Now that Ingraham faces a general election(due by May 2012), he would be signing his own

political death warrant if he introduced new taxes onthe population at this time. The Bahamas has neverhad personal income tax or value added tax (VAT),since successive governments have studiouslyavoided them. Undoubtedly, the PLP oppositionwould exploit popular emotion by opposing theintroduction of these taxes, both of which the IMF hasrecommended.

Compared with their Caribbean neighbours,Bahamians are quite well off, and yet unemploymentrose dramatically in 2009 after the collapse of bothtourism and financial services

This is why, in February, the Bahamasgovernment turned to the unpopular sale of 51 percentof the state-owned Bahamas TelecommunicationCorporation (BTC) to the British conglomerate, Cable& Wireless (C&W), which owns telecommunicationscompanies in several Caribbean countries. Ingrahamsaid in December that C&W had “the economies ofscale and the purchasing power to give strong supportto BTC in an aggressive competitive environment”.

Compared to the introduction of direct taxes onthe population, selling a controlling interest in BTCfor $210 million was the lesser of two evils. Thegovernment said the proceeds of the sale would beused to pay part of the national debt. While this wouldcomply with the urgings of the IMF, the sale offendednational pride, since BTC has been owned by the stateand managed by Bahamians for over 45 years. ThePLP said that it “cried shame” on the government for“giving the most valued public asset away forpennies”.

There have also been angry public demonstrationsnot witnessed in recent times. The government hasbeen clearly rattled by the protests, particularly whenthe union representing BTC employees joined thedemonstrations claiming that 30 percent of localworkers would be sacked by the new C&Wmanagement.

The claim of dismissals at BTC coincided withthe government’s agreement to allow 79 percent of theworkers on the Baha Mar tourism project to comefrom China at a time when Bahamian unemploymenthas reached levels not seen for decades. And yet, withforeign investment having collapsed, the Chinesefunding was a godsend, particularly as China StateConstruction and Engineering Corp., the largestconstruction company in China, is investing $150million of its own money in the enterprise. It isreported that some $400 million in contracts has beenset aside for Bahamian firms and more than $50million worth has already been awarded to Bahamiancompanies for work on a Baha Mar commercialvillage.

But any revenues to the government from thisproject – which is owned substantially by the Sudan-born Sarkis Izmirlian, whose company has substantialholdings in the Bahamas – will not flow significantly

until 2015. Meanwhile, the country’s fiscal positionremains problematic, leading Ingraham to reduce hisoverall salary as prime minister and to cut the paypackages of cabinet ministers and members ofparliament. Cuts of 2.6 percent have also been madeto the budgets of government departments andagencies, and the government has tightened up onrevenue collection with the hope of garnering moreincome without applying additional taxes.

Unless the government succeeds in attractinglarge-scale investment and expanding tourism, taxreform will force itself up the government’s prioritieswhoever wins the election

At present, the government’s revenues are heavilydependent on taxes on international trade. After somereluctance, the Bahamas is joining the World TradeOrganization (WTO), but this will require it to lowerimport tariffs which will significantly reduce taxreceipts. In this context, unless the governmentsucceeds in attracting large-scale investment andexpanding tourism, tax reform will force itself up thegovernment’s priorities whichever political party winsthe next election. It can be reasonably assumed thatthis matter will not be addressed before 2012.

Regarding its financial services, the country hasbeen forced to deal with its image as a ‘tax haven’,which has made it a target of both the OECD andthe US government. Though the Bahamasgovernment has complied with the OECDrequirement that it signs at least 20 tax informationexchange agreements, especially with OECDcountries, it is still under pressure to strengthen theregulation and supervision of the financial sector.This strengthening is taking place but thegovernment has yet to find the money to set up newregulatory agencies. In short, the country’s incomefrom financial services has declined in recent yearsand this situation is unlikely to improve against adetermined effort by the OECD to see an end to off-shore financial centres.

The next few years will be tough for theBahamas as it tries to improve its prospects, but ithas an open attitude to foreign investment and theskilled workforce needed to secure a better future.Reform, particularly in taxation, will be requiredand necessity might make that bitter pill easier toswallow.

• (Sir Ronald Sanders is a consultant andformer Caribbean Ambassador to the World TradeOrganization)

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TURKS & CAICOS SUN SEPTEMBER 23RD - SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2011LOCAL NEWS

Elections still on course for next year, says new Governor

By Vivian Tyson

After the milestones set out by the British Government are reached, then elections will follow. Those were the reiterated reassurance by new governor His Excellency Ric Todd, in whose honour the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce hosted a cocktail reception on Monday, September 19.

The challenges of reaching the milestones, according to Governor Todd, are great and cannot be managed alone by Government, which is why the private sector will have to work in tandem with the administration to achieving them, since the success of the country depends on the success of private enterprises.

“Now, meeting those milestones is an enormous amount of work, mainly but not entirely for the public sector. That is why I want to work closely with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government, and I look, in a sense to everyone in the public sector to share with me the work of meeting the milestones.

“However, as we all know, nothing in life is just of the work of the public sector because the

prosperity of these islands depends on business community. So, therefore, while I want to meet the milestones, and while I do want to move towards elections next year, I have three sort of other aims, which are not just short term – they are short term, (but) they are also going to the medium term.

The three main planks for prosperity, the Governor said, are: resuscitating the economy; be open and transparent and; making the public sector more effective.

“We have to keep on making the economy work better, and that is partly a job of government. And I, of course, will do every that I can and we can, to create the conditions for business, and to try to attract this sort of sustainable investments which these islands need.

“And I think the way you do that is by being open and direct and by negotiating fairly. So, everything that happens must be known to everybody because that is the only way to bring about confidence. I really want the Government of the TCI to be transparent. I want the TCI to be the most open and transparent government in the Caribbean, partly because I think good government is open government; partly because I want public servants to be proud of what

they do.“And they will feel proud of what they do

if they are implementing clear procedures in an open manner, and they are telling people the truth. Because after all, my conviction is, people want to be told how things really are. They want to be told what their options are, and they want to have a say in what the decision is,” Governor Todd said.

Governor Todd added: “Now, the only way you can do that is by explaining what the problem is and what might be done. So, I will approach my job in an open and transparent way. I will really want to hear what people say, and I really want to ask questions and listen to the answers.”

According to him, while attempting to make the public service more effective, it also has to be sustainable and affordable.

“That means we have to work out how much money we want to raise in taxation and where we are going to spend the money which we have raised, in the most effective ways,” Governor Todd pointed out, while emphasizing that a sustainable and effective public sector is about making difficult choices.

2012 Census Launch in Turks and Caicos Islands

the tCi Government takes another major step towards improving the social and economic landscape of the country with the national launch of the 2012 population and housing census.

The official launch is scheduled for Tuesday October 11th in a ceremony at the Life Centre on Old Airport Road, Grand Turk. It will mark the start of public sensitization and education ahead of the commencement of the 2012 census in January next year.

The launching ceremony will be addressed by HE the Governor Damian Roderic Todd. There

will also be remarks by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Delton Jones, Chair of the Consultative Forum Lillian Misick, Forum Member Dr. Linda Williams, and the Director of Economic Planning and Statistics Kathleen Forbes. The ceremony will also feature a presentation of the census jingle, logo and slogan.

The 2012 census, which will be conducted by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, will help government build and improve on social and economic policies which deal with critical issues such as health care, education, unemployment and sustainable development.

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MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO: 1. Fill pipes or plumbing fixtures with water or air and observe pressuregauges to detect and locate leaks.2. Reads and follows installation plans and establish the sequence of pipeinstallations.3. Measure, cut, thread and bend pipe to required angle, using hand andpower tools or machine such as pipe cutters, pipe threading machines andpipe bending machine.4. Use hand or powered tools to excavate trenches and ditches5. Cut openings in structures to accommodate pipes and pipe fittings, usinghand and power tools.6. Repair and maintain plumbing, replacing defective washers, replacing ormending broken pipes.7. Attend Emergency callout when necessary.8. Carry out all other duties as directed by the Supervisor.

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By Vivian TysonSun Senior Editor

A SIBLING PAIR of former Bahamianpolice officers is among ten personscharged with a multimillion dollardrugs bust on Saturday September 11at South Dock, Providenciales andhave been remanded in custody whenthey appeared in the Magistrate’sCourt on Monday (September 19).

The men have been identified asGeorge William Young, who hasbeen listed as the captain of the boatand his brother Ronald Young, whohas been said to be the chief mate ofthe vessel. The chief mate is in

charge of the ship's cargo and deckcrew, and also the safety and securityof the ship.

The SUN has learnt that GeorgeWilliam Young was a military officerin the United States and police officerin the Bahamas, while Ronald Youngwas a police officer in the Bahamas.

Investigators are still working toestablish whether or not there is a linkbetween the alleged drug smugglersand the drowning of ten illegalHaitians, who were trying to reachland when their rickety boat capsized.

Initial reports are that, it appearedthat the six men and four womenwere loaded on the wooden craft in

Turks and Caicos Islands waters aftertravelling on a bigger boat from theirnative Haiti.

According to the police,investigators seized 425 pounds ofmarijuana after a search wasconducted on the vessel, which wasdisguised as a cargo boat thatoriginated in Haiti and destined tothe Turks and Caicos Islands. Thepolice have determined that the drughas a street value of about $1.1million.

The vessel from which the drugwas seized has the words “SweetCharlotte” inscribed on it.

The ten men were charged with

attempted fraudulent evasion of aprohibited goods, possession ofcannabis and possession of cannabiswith intent to supply or transfer.

When they appeared in theMagistrate’s Court on Monday, allten men pleaded not guilty to thecharges. At the same time, theprosecution requested that the matterbe transferred to the Supreme Court,since the three-year sentence thateach accused would be slapped with,if found guilty in that court, wouldfall short of the proportionate penaltyfor the drug quantity drug seized.

The Magistrate Judge CliftonWarner spared no hesitation ingranting the prosecution its wish, andas a result, remanded the men incustody until November 4, whentheir case is expected to come up formention in the Supreme Court.

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By Vivian TysonSUN Senior Editor

NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT of theProvidenciales Chamber ofCommerce, Tina Fenimore, is callingfor the removal of what she describedas stumbling blocks to enhanceinvestments in the Turks and CaicosIslands.

In an interview with The SUN onMonday, September 19, during awelcome cocktail reception for HisExcellency, Governor Ric Todd, heldat Hemmingway’s Restaurant inGrace Bay, Fenimore, who returnedto the helm of the Chamber executiveafter a few years hiatus, said despitethe economic downturn affecting theworld, things could have been betterif previous governments and therelevant agencies had not dropped theball on inward investments.

“You want me to be totallyhonest, don’t you? That is the onlyway I know how. There are investorsout there (that) we could bring, andwill bring, and have brought, to ourshores. And what do you thinkhappened? (Some lost interest)because the people – the powers thatbe -who should do, have not done.Those stumbling blocks must be putout of the way. Let’s get on withbusiness,” she insisted.

Fenimore declared that if theproper procedures to enhance inwardinvestments were put in place, the raftof taxes that have been slapped onbusinesses and consumers may nothave taken place, since enoughrevenues would more than likely, beraised for Government to meet theirobligations, rather than resorting toausterity measures to do so.

“We would not have to be talkingabout taxes if they would just look at,and take care of what we have,”

Fenimore opined.As of her response to the new

taxes that recently came on stream,Fenimore responded: “I don’t feelgood at all. I came out very stronglyabout it. Hey, let’s not even go there,”she said.

The Chamber President alsopointing out that the organisation hassuccessfully secured meeting dateswith the new governor, the AdvisoryCouncil, CEO for the Civil MartinStanley and the Consultative Forum,during which she intends to hammerout a digestive business framework.

Fenimore told The SUN that adata compilation to determine howmany people have left the country inrecent time is currently in gear. Thisshe said would give the Chamber

enough ammunition to make the caseto Government Todd that measuresneed to be implemented to halt theexodus, and therefore stabilisecommerce somewhat.

In the meantime, Fenimore saidher organization, going forward,plans to partner with the TouristBoard, Hotel and TourismAssociation as well as the NationalTrust, so as to foster sustainabledevelopment and a bondingrelationship.

Meanwhile, Fenimore said sheplans to be the best president in thehistory of the Chamber, while at thesame strive to make the body the bestsuch entity in not just the Caribbeanbut also the world. “I love to dreambig,” she said.

Move investmentstumbling blocks – Fenimore

New President of the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce Tina Fenimore (seated at centre) isflanked by Wendy Hill, Treasurer (left) and Deandrea Hamilton, the new Secretary. Standing from

left are advisors David Fenimore, Allan Hutchinson, John Hartley, Ron Shaw, Governor Ric Toddand another advisor Paul Coleman. Missing from the photo are Immediate Past President Tanya

Lightbourne-Parnell and Vice President E. Jay Saunders. Photo: Vivian Tyson

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FORTISTCI LTD RECENTLYannounced the promotions of eightemployees including seven Turks andCaicos Islanders who all assumed theirnew roles on September 01, 2011.

Ingrid Forbes joined Fortis TCI’sHuman Resources team in 2008 but hasnow taken on a new role as Purchasingand Logistics Officer in the MaterialsManagement department.

Aisha LaPorte is now Manager ofFinancial Services after starting with theCompany in 2008 as Supervisor ofFinancial Accounting and Reporting.

Fortis TCI’s new Superintendent ofLines is Walter Wilson. Walter startedwith the Company in 2000 and workedin the Operations department asSupervisor, Lines.

Scholarship recipient Alvejes Desirjoined the Company in 2006 as a MeterReader.

After completing his studies in theUSA earlier this year, Alvejes returnedto Fortis TCI Ltd as ElectricalTechnician III and now joins theProduction and Engineering team asPlant Control Supervisor.

Anthony Williams is the newManager of Site Services and Securityand worked previously in the PlantOperations department as Plant ControlSuperintendent. Anthony joined theCompany in 1985.

New Lineman Foreman DeniroHandfield joined Fortis TCI Ltd in 2006and worked for the past 5 years as aLineman in the T&D Constructiondepartment.

Warren Madden, the new Managerof Materials Management at Fortis TCI

Ltd, worked as Purchasing andLogistics Officer in the MaterialsManagement department and has beenwith the Company since 1988.

Catherine Buena has beenpromoted to Director of FinancialServices and Risk Management.

Catherine worked in the FinancialServices department as Manager,Financial Services after joining theorganisation in 2008.

“This is an important milestone inthe careers of these individuals as theystep into roles with additionalopportunities and challenges, said JudyMissick, Fortis TCI’s Human

Resources Director. As we work tohelp them transition into their newpositions, we know they will continueto deliver unmatched performance asthey maintain their dedication andcommitment to Fortis TCI’s values.”

Ms. Missick added, “Investing inand developing talent is critical tosustaining and improving Turks andCaicos’ workforce and here at FortisTCI Ltd we focus on leadership fromwithin since these individuals alreadyhave a vast knowledge of the company,its people, its values and goals. Theseemployees continue to display hardwork and dedication year after year;truly deserving the recognition andresponsibility of their new positions.They are not only our employees, butour greatest asset and we will continueon the strategic path of relentless staffdevelopment and capital investments toensure service reliability and completecustomer satisfaction.”

Positive Trend Continues at Fortis TCI LimitedINVESTING IN AND DEVELOPING EMPLOYEES

Ingrid Forbes – Purchasing and Logistics Officer; Aisha LaPorte – Manager of Financial ServicesCatherine Buena – Director of Financial Services and Risk Management and Warren Madden –

Manager of Materials Management Back Row – Left to Right: Walter Wilson – Superintendent of Lines; Anthony Williams – Manager

of Site Services and Security; Denior Handfield – Lineman Foreman and Alvejes Desir – PlantControl Supervisor


In keeping with his stated commitment to regular interaction with peoplethroughout the Turks and Caicos Islands, new Governor His Excellency RicTodd traveled to North and Middle Caicos today (Thursday September 22nd) forhis first engagement with residents of the two islands.

The Governor, accompanied by District Commissioner Mr. McLeanHandfield, met staff and students at schools on North Caicos, includingRaymond Gardiner High, Hubert James Primary, and Adelaide OemlerPrimary. Governor Todd underscored TCIG’s commitment to agriculture inNorth Caicos by visiting both the government farm and private farms on theisland.

On Middle Caicos, the Governor and District Commissioner Dottis Arthurheld a community meeting at the Community Centre in Conch Bar and touredthe Lorimers, Bambarra and Conch Bar settlements.

In his swearing in speech on September 12th Governor Todd said:“I will be visiting all the islands in the coming weeks. I want to see the

issues people are facing, listen with respect to their views and take these intoaccount when policies are debated and when we take decisions. I am surewhat matters is not how people seem or look but how they think and whatthey do.”

Governor Ric Todd continues Community Outreach

Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, the only 6 Diamond all inclusive property in the Caribbean and its authorized Recruitment Agencies are invitingapplications 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 addition candidates must be able to work nights,public holidays and week-ends.

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

Come and join our winning team!!!

ACCOUNTS AND COST CONTROLDEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Assistant Cost ControllerAccounts Receivable ClerkAccounts Payable ClerkRequirements include but are not limited to:• Book keeping or accounting qualification• Experience in cost control or Accounts would be anasset

The rate for the positions listed above is $7.00 to$13.00 an hour.

PHOTOSHOP DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Assistant Photoshop Manager/SupervisorRequirements include but are not limited to:• 2 years experience in field

The salary for the positions listed above is $15,000.00to $30,000.00 per annum.

FRONT OFFICE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Front Office ManagerRequirements include but are not limited to:• Three years managing two or more Concierge desk• Excellent customer service skills• Ability to multitask and give the guest more than heor she expects

The salary for the position listed above ranges from$25,000 to $40,000 per annum

Airport RepresentativeRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically Fit• Ability to lift 50 lbs. • Excellent Customer service skills


CONCIERGE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Concierge ManagerRequirements include but are not limited to:• Three years managing two or more Concierge desk• Excellent customer service skills• Ability to multitask and give the guest more than heor she expects


OFFSITE PROPERTIES REQUIRES:

Administrative AssistantRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience in administrating a construction andproperty a management operation

The rate for the position listed above is $8.00 to$13.00 an hour.

THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Supervisor• Experience in Horticulture• Physically Fit• Ability to manage a diverse team

The rate for the position listed above is $6.00 to$10.00 an hour.

WATERSPORTS DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Lifeguard Requirements include but are not limited to:• Ability to Swim• First aid/ CPR CertificationDeck HandRequirements include but are not limited to:• Ability to Swim• Knowledge of a boat and its handling operations

The rate for the positions listed above is $7.00 to$10.00 an hour

Boat CaptainRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience managing a crew over 5 persons• Ability to Swim• Knowledge of a boat and its handling operations

The salary for the position listed above is $20,000.00to $29,000.00 per annum.

SPA DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Assistant Spa ManagerRequirements include but are not limited to:• Knowledge or certification in Dermalogica Brand anassist• Ability to sell service and product • Ability to meet targets and sales quotas


• Therapist• Cosmetologist• Hair BraiderRequirements include but are not limited to:• Ability to sell service and product • Ability to meet targets and sales quotas

The rate for the positions listed above is $6.00 an hourplus commissions

ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Tennis Pro• 2 years’ experience as a pro• Ability to teach skills to guest of all age groups• Willingness to promote and sell tennis classes• Additional skills which allow flexibility to utilized inother areas in Entertainment

The rate for the position listed above ranges from$6.00 to $10.00 an hour.

DJ or DeeJay:Requirements include but are not limited to:• Knowledge of mixing and scratching• Ability to teach skills indicated above to guest• Willingness to promote and sell the Scratch academyproduct• Additional skills which allow flexibility to utilized inother areas in Entertainment

Senior AV Technician/ AV TechnicianRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience Dee Jay with ability to use turntables anddigital• Ability to set up and breakdown sound system for anevent• For Senior Tech supervise a team, conduct inventoryand ensure equipment is maintained in a goodworking order.


LAUNDRY DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Assistant Laundry ManagerRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically fito Previous experience in commercial Laundryan assist

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

Gift Shop ManagerRequirements include but are not limited to:• Experience managing more than 4 outlets• Maintain par levels in inventory• Ensure daily, week, monthly and yearly Sales targetsare met


Supervisor Gift ShopRequirements include but are not limited to:• Maintain par levels in inventory• Ensure daily, week, monthly and yearly Sales targetsare met

The rate for the position listed above is $6.00 to $9.00an hour.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

PainterSewage Plant OperatorRequirements include but are not limited to:• Physically Fit• Ability to carry out labour intensive task


HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT REQUIRES:

Housekeeping Supervisor• Supervises and may participate in housekeepingservices including cleaning, mopping, scrubbing,sanitizing the floors and other surfaces as well as therefinishing, waxing and polishing of floors, tile workand other various floor and wall surfaces in stairways,hallways, restrooms, offices, laboratories, recreationand locker rooms.

The rate for the position listed above is $7.00 to$10.00 an hour

Applications giving full details of qualifications andexperience should be sent to:[email protected] or Fax to: 941-4870Attn: M McClean-Vaughn

The Human Resources DepartmentBeaches Turks and CaicosP.O. Box 186Lower Bight Road

and

The Labour CommissionerLabour DepartmentProvidencialesTurks and Caicos Islands

nd should reach not later than October 7th 2011Otherwise, please call for additional information tel # 649-946-8000 ext 4138



INTERISLAND AVIATION SERVICES GROUP

TWO LABOURERS - Should be able to work shifts, physically capable todo hard manual labour and lift heavy equipment.

AIRCRAFT MECHANICS- Experience working on piston and turbo-propeller aircraft.Responsible for inspecting, servicing, repairing and testing aircraft, enginesand related systems as directed. Read, understand and work from aircraftmaintenance manuals and specifications. Salaries commensurate with experience.

ONE (1) FLIGHT ATTENDANTFive (5) years or more experience. Willing to work flexible hours. Proficientin word, power point and excel: 90 words per minute crew quality dataentry. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Manage over allsafety, crew coordination briefing paper work and in flight entertainment.Instill quality Customer Service in front line position.Salary commensurate with experience.

All positions require the following:• Excellent command of the English language – reading, writing andspeaking.• Good communication skills and team player• Detail oriented & organized individual• Ability to work shifts, early mornings, late nights, weekends and Holidays.• Clean police record• Able to work under pressureBelongers need only apply.Interested person should apply to [email protected] or via fax to HRDepartment 649-946-4040.

NO PHONE CALL PLEASE. QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILLBE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEW.


A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.That is how many are describing

the local Air Transport Regulation,which governs the licensing of airtransport in the Turks and CaicosIslands.

The regulation is 60 years old,having put into force on July 17, 1953,and can be found in the JamaicaGazette of the Civil Aviation Act of1949.

The introduction of the order read:“In exercise of the powers conferredupon the Governor by section 13 of theCivil Aviation Act, 1949, as extendedto Jamaica (including the Turks andCaicos Islands and the CaymanIslands) by the Colonial Civil Aviation(Application of the Act) 1952, thefollowing Regulations are, withapproval of the Secretary of State forthe Colonies, hereby made: - (1) TheseRegulations may be cited as the AirportAuthority (Licensing of Air Services)Regulations, 1959, and shall come intoforce on the 17th day of July, 1959.”

Another section of the Regulationsread in part: “…the Colony means theisland of Jamaica, the Turks and CaicosIslands and the Cayman Islands.”

Jamaica has been an independentnation since August 6, 1962, elevenyears after the Regulation was issued,and has overhauled their air transportregulation several decades ago and hasalso been making regular upgrades.

The Regulation also governs thelong ago defunct British OverseasAirways Corporation (BOAC) - theBritish state airline that operated from1939 until 1946, and the long-haulBritish state airline from 1946 to 1974.

BOAC started life with a mergerbetween Imperial Airways Ltd. andBritish Airways. Following a 1971 Actof Parliament, BOAC was merged in1974 with British European AirwaysCorporation (BEA) to form BritishAirways.

The Civil Aviation Act of 1946 ledto the demerger of two divisions ofBOAC to form three separatecorporations:

• BOAC - for Empire, NorthAmerican and Far East routes

• British European Airways (BEA)

- for European and domestic routes• British South American Airways

(BSAA) - for South American andCaribbean routes

In July 1949, British SouthAmerican Airways was remerged intoBOAC. However, on March 31, 1974,both the BOAC and BEA weredissolved and their operations mergedto form British Airways.

This, according to some aviationindustry players, means that the Turksand Caicos Islands is operation on alicensing system that need urgentrevamping.

When contacted, Director for theTurks and Caicos Islands CivilAviation Authority, Tom Swann, toldThe SUN that attempts in the past atmodernizing the Air TransportLicensing Regulation had fail, but inthe very near future efforts would bemade again to have it upgraded to meetmodern day standard.

“I can say that there has beenattempts in the past to do so (upgradethe Regulation), and we will certainlytry to advance Regulations and to bringit more in line with modern dayregulations,” Swann said.

According to him, there are manyparts contained in the existingRegulations that are still relevant totoday’s aviation industry, and goingforwards, those sections would morethat likely be retained.

“Those are sound regulations; it’sjust certain parts which would need tobe overhauled, and as I mentioned,there are plans afoot to do that,” Swannsaid.

While he believes that a newRegulation could soon begin tohammer out, Swann said he did notwant to tag it to a start-up timeframe,since some issues with persons relevantto the Air Transport LicensingAuthority (ATLA) will need to sort outfirst.

Earlier this month, Air Turks andCaicos successfully filed a publichearing request in a bid to barSkyCruise – a prospective new airline– from operating in the Turks andCaicos Islands.

Swann opined that had some of theaviation regulations been dealt with inthe past; some of the issues that cameout during the hearing would not haveemerged.

Air Service Regulation adisgrace

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By Royal S. Robinson, MBE

THE PREVIOUS TRIUMVIRATE ishistory now and there is a new teamin town now with the swearing in ofthe new Governor, H. E. Damian“Ric” Todd.

At least in these early days, thereseems to be a change in emphasis onsome items of importance. From allindications, the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Mr. Martin Stanley is moreopen to listening to the views of theCivil Service and taking them onboard to make a better environmentin which work and productivity cantake place.

We have to get out of the “squarepeg in a round hole” syndrome. Inorder for that to happen, there mustbe greater emphasis on trainingpublic servants to perform the tasksthat are required of them.

Yes, in some Departments thereis a surplus to requirement situation,but that has to be rectified by aproper programme of skills trainingto fit persons for the world of workand worth!

Persons in mid-careers must bestrongly encouraged to participateand perform at upgrading theiracademic abilities at the CommunityCollege at least, so that they canbring something to the table.

It is not just good enough to saythat you are a Turks and CaicosIslander and are thereby entitled to ajob for which you are not qualified.So with purpose driven education,we can all be better and moreproductive in the work-place.

Mr. Delton Jones, PS Financeand the new CFO, Mr. HughMcGarel-Groves must know andunderstand by now that you cannotjust tax your way to a budgetsurplus! There is a dwindling jobsmarket in the private sector andtherefore the tax base is shrinking!

That means that the volume ofrevenue generated will have to comefrom a smaller and smaller pool ofpersons and businesses. We have as acountry reached the elastic limit andto put further pressure on us, thesilver chord certainly will break!

There is now new jobopportunities and people are leaving.This translates into apartments beingempty, small businesses closing,more and more persons defaulting ontheir loans because the money thatthey used to make is not thereanymore and people are makingtough choices of survival!

It seems from what GovernorTodd had to say at his swearing-inand his actions immediatelyfollowing, if really reflective of whathis tenure will bring, then we have achance of survival. However, wecannot rest on one speech and oneaction and think that the currentdirectional drift in the country andeconomy will immediately stop!

Turks and Caicos Islanders hadno input into what the “milestones”

for elections would be. We do havethe ability to agitate for thesemilestones to be reached in a verytimely manner as well as the publicbeing kept in the loop as to theprogress being made toaccomplishing the variousobjectives!

The former Governor promisedthat he would start the process ofupdating the public as to the positionof these milestones and what neededto happen to put each one behind us.To date, we have not seen anywherepublished, the various timelines sothat we can get a sense that thingsare really happening and that there issome real light at the end of theproverbial tunnel!

I do not know what the agenda ofthe new Governor is, but high on hislist of priorities must be a plan tostimulate our stagnant economy andencourage job growth.

I have said it on more than oneoccasion that in order for the tax

system that is currently beingimposed on us has any chance ofsuccess, people must be working andmore persons must be resident in theislands to increase the tax basebecause if that does not happen, the“Pope” cannot pray enough togenerate the revenue that would berequire to keep this country fromfalling off the cliff and become abasket case!

I see that the Governor has saidthat the Permanent Secretariesshould take the lead in the decision-making process with respect to theirMinistries. But reality dictates thatPermanent Secretaries do not createpolicies, but follow and carry themout.

To fundamentally change theirrole would be a significant seachange that I do not feel that they areequipped to do. PermanentSecretaries do not have to adhere to atimeline for the delivery of resultsbecause they do not have aConstituency that they have to reportto if they fail to deliver the goods.

Most of the mind set has been topush paper from nine to five and if itworks, then so be it! The politicaldirectorate is an animal of a differentstripe and there cannot be a publicservant replacement for that.However well-intentioned somewould be, they do not dance to thesame tune!

Permanent Secretaries are bestsuited to respond to Ministerialdirection and fill in the blanks asthey are the repositories of asignificant amount of informationand can help to direct traffic as towhat has worked before and whathas failed.

Taking them out of that comfortzone, no matter how well-intentioned has little chance ofsucceeding! It is therefore aprerequisite for good and productivegovernment and governance that wereturn as expeditiously as possible toelected and representativegovernment!

There are some realistic thingsthat this new Governor has toembark on immediately. He must seta Legislative agenda that starts withthe Boundaries CommissionOrdinance and continue on with newVoter Registration and Regulation,amend the Representative of thePeople’s Bill, amend as appropriate,the Integrity Legislation, review theMinisterial Code of Conduct thatwas done during the last electedgovernment to ensure that all itemsare in concert with other pieces ofLegislation.

I see that an additionalLegislative draftsperson is beingrecruited and I hope that that personwould be given the task ofaddressing those issues that I havehighlighted and more! I just hopethat he/she is not sent on a fishingexpedition with no end in sight.

We are at a point of teeteringover the edge of destruction as acountry and that trend must bearrested and now! We cannot waitany more on experimenting on thingsthat have no real relevance to ourway of life or how the economy insmall-island emerging states work.Taxation certainly is not the panaceafor us! The current crop of advisersknow nothing else and should begotten rid of!

THE NEW TRIUMVIRATE – WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Royal S. Robinson, MBE


ELECTRICIANTURKS AND CAICOS WATER COMPANY LIMITED is seeking a suitably qualified individual to fill the followingposition. Only candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be considered.

DutiesResponsible for all general electrical maintenance and repairs of electrical problems. Must be able to operateelectrical and control systems, generators and SWRO equipment in excess of 200 HP. Must be able to inspectvarious electrical systems and equipment for proper functioning. Proficient in diagnosing problems concerningPLCs and analog control circuits. Complete daily tasks as outlined by Supervisor. Complete maintenance requestwork orders on a timely basis. Performs all weekly, monthly and other scheduled preventative maintenanceprograms. Actively pursue new tasks or jobs when assigned work is completed.

RequirementsMust have eight years experience and certification as an Electrician. Must have strong troubleshooting skills inorder to diagnose and repair electrical problems. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office. Should have great oral andwritten communication skills. Work with minimal supervision. Applicant must be drug free, have a valid driver’slicense, reliable transportation and clean criminal record. Position requires the successful applicant to be willing towork swing shift hours, including holidays and weekends. Position requires for the successful applicant to be onstandby for 24 hours call out emergencies.

The wages for this position is $8.00 per hour. Interested applicants should contact Veronica Rigby via email byOctober 10, 2011 at [email protected] or by fax 649-946-5191. Suitable applicants will be contacted by emailor telephone to schedule an interview.


A NUMBER OF students in the Turksand Caicos Islands could end up withdamaged spines if closer attention isnot paid to how they carry theirbackpacks and how much the weightcarried in them.

This was disclosed by renownedCanadian chiropractor Dr. CraigZavitz, who visited the Oseta JollyPrimary School in Blue Hills onWednesday (September 21) to educatestudents and teachers on how toprevent back pains, which is said to bethe leading and most expensive ailmentthe world over.

“Eighty-five percent of the people

on our planet suffer from back pains. Itcauses more disability on our planet,than diabetes, heart disease andhypertension all combined. It causesmore human suffering, and it costsmore to treat than all of those, yet it islargely preventable through educationand exercise,” he said.

Study shows, according to Dr.Zavitz, that at least fifty percent ofchildren worldwide have beendiagnosed with back pains, while thenumber among adults is about 85percent.

Dr. Zavitz, who operates locallyout of the Grace Bay Chiropractic andLaser Clinic located at the NeptuneCourt in Providenciales, said the twoprimary problems that lead to back

pains in children are backpacks whichare overloaded and those that areincorrectly worn.

According to him, parents shouldnot purchased leather backpacks sincethey are much heavier than nylon andother types. He also discouragedparents from allowing their children tooverload their bags, while at the sametime ensure that they are worncorrectly.

Rather than allowing children towear backpacks extended down theirlower backs, he said parents shouldensure that they wear them adjusted asclose to the shoulders as possible, tofoster proper posture

“Based on body weight, there is acertain maximum you should becarrying. My focus now is on theeducation of students because theyneed to start off young and developthese lifestyle habits and to growstraight,” Dr. Zavitz said.

He told The SUN that afterarriving in the Turks and Caicos

Islands, he realized that not muchteaching was on chiropractic and theprevention of back pains. “So, I made itmy personal mission for this fall, toteach every single student on Provoexactly what we had done here today,”he said.

Dr. Zavitz has also initiated afitness programme for schools dubbed‘Straighten Up Turks and Caicos”,which he said is geared towards ahealthier body. He said the three-minutespinal health programme is designed tolet children feel and look their best.

The programme is divided intothree quick sessions: The Stars, whichis for warming up; the flying Friends,which is for posture; and the CoreBalance, which is used to wrap up thesession.

Last year, Dr. Zavitz introducedsimilar education into the work place,and through the programme a numberof persons were diagnosed to have beensuffering from back spinal injuries andwere treated.

Immediate opening

DINING ROOM MANGERThe Dining Room Manager will oversee the daily operation of P23 fine diningrestaurant; Plunge casual outdoor restaurant and bar, Green Flamingo barand In-room Dining.

Requirements:• Minimum of 6 years management experience in food and beverage,including fine dining• Post secondary degree or equivalent qualification by experience • Strong knowledge of a variety of cuisines and wines/beverages • Strong understanding and proven track record of operational controls andsales• Proven ability to train and develop team members• Ability to take initiative while working effectively in a team environment• Excellent organizational skills• Passion for luxury food and beverage service; positive and cheerful attitudewith high energy• Computer skills (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) plus knowledge of POSsystems• Must be able to work all shifts and days

Duties include:• Supervises, trains and coaches staff to meet Regent standard of luxury andensure The Regent Experience for guests.• Participates in development of business strategies for food & beverageoutlets aligned with business objectives for maximizing revenue and guestsatisfaction.• Participates in development of budgets and monitors status regularly toensure achievement of financial targets.• Assists in developing and implementing marketing and promotions toincrease business and revenue.• Works closely with culinary team to create and implement menus consistentwith guest expectations and Regent standards of luxury and quality.

Interested applicants should apply to The Regent Palms, Human ResourcesDepartment, Monday through Friday, and bring along an updated resume, orby emailing your resume to [email protected] no later thanSeptember 30, 2011

Dr. Zavitz adjusts the backpack of one of the students during hisdemonstration

Dr. Zavitz demonstrates an exercise move to thestudents

Students show-off a spine-flex demonstration

Backpacks could damage children’s spines

Dr. Zavitz demonstrates how the spine works

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Manager of Travel Industry SalesThe Manger of Travel Industry Sales is a key part of our U. S. based salesteam, responsible for group and leisure sales. May be based on SouthFlorida or NYC area. Requirements: • Proven Post secondary degree or equivalent or equivalent qualification byexperience• Strong written and verbal skills with documented responsibility forpromotions, sales and marketing.• Proven success in luxury travel/hospitality sales, with establishedrelationships with top luxury tour operators, travel agents, incentive houses,and meeting planners• Must have experience selling luxury Caribbean properties and understandwholesalers, FIT and high-end travel agency professionals.• Able and willing to work all days and shiftInterested applicants should apply to The Regent Palms, Monday throughFriday and bring along an updated resume or by [email protected], no later than September 23, 2011.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS

OFFICIALS AT BEACHES Turks &Caicos Resort Villages and Spa haveundertaken massive efforts to restoreand re-launch the leading “luxury-included” resort for its highlyanticipated October 6th grand open.

Giving an update on repair work,Chairman of Sandals ResortsInternational, Hon. Gordon “Butch”Stewart said every effort was beingmade to meet the deadline for re-opening early October and to alsoreduce the effects of the closure of thehotel on the surrounding communities.

He said approximately half of theworkforce, who were entitled to paidleave were given the opportunity totake leave while the others were nowworking in various capacities in theeffort to repair and re-launch the hotel.In addition, Mr. Stewart said some 20local contractors has been engaged toassist with various aspects of the effortto fully restore the property, to the highstandards that guests have come toexpect. Noting the importance of thehospitality industry to the economic

life of the Island, he said Beachesprided itself in being an active part ofthe community and would endeavourto play its part in the national recoveryeffort.

The Sandals Chairman saidBeaches intended to increase thecurrent compliment of eleven hundredworkers by just over one hundred and

twenty permanent employees invarious categories. Accordingly, hesaid, the hotel’s human resource teamwas now inviting and processing job

applications.Increased employment at Beaches

Turks & Caicos Resort Villages andSpa and a major marketing blitz arepart of an enormous effort toreposition the resort and help tomitigate the economic falloutresulting from its closure, followingdamage caused by Hurricane Irene.This will include fourteen charteredflights filled with travel agents fromNorth America and Canada who willhave two nights full exposure to thefacilities of the resort to better enablethem to promote this premier vacationspot.

In addition to boosting the level ofstaff at the facility, Mr. Stewart said amajor marketing thrust was nowunderway to restore occupancy for there-opening of the Resort and tomaintain the projected inflow ofguests for the fall season.

Massive efforts to restore and re-launch Beaches Turks & Caicos

The Turks and Caicos Islands National Board is seeking asuitably qualified applicant for the post of HUMAN RESOURCE &

ADMINISTRATION MANAGER at its Head Office in Grand Turk.

Responsibilities Include:Reporting to the Deputy Director Corporate Services, the Human Resources &Administration Manager is generally accountable for availing a human resourcemanagement infrastructure, related institutional policies and support systems whichfacilitate the attraction, management, development and retention of the humanresources required to effectively achieve the stated objectives of the Turks andCaicos Islands National Insurance Board.

This position is also responsible for working with management to prepare andimplement staff annual training plans and recommending, where appropriate and inaccordance with policies, financial support for persons who undergo training. Theapplicant should also be able to provide advice to the executive team on the fullrange of HR issues.

Required Experience & QualificationsThis position requires:- A minimum of five (5) years experience in a similar corporate position in any orcombination of any of these types of organizations: merchandising, hospitality, publicadministration of financial services.- A Masters Degree in Human Resource and Industrial Relations. The incumbent should also have solid competencies in: - Negotiations - Human relations- Communications - Compensation - Performance Appraisal - Highly motivated, and results-oriented- Dynamic team player, committed to problem solving- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skillsThe successful candidate will be appointed subject to the completion of a threemonth probationary period. The Employment Terms and Salary are negotiable.Interested applicants should contact the Deputy Director Corporate Service forfurther information at the following address:

National Insurance BoardHon. Hilly Ewing BuildingLeeward HighwayProvidencialesTelephone Number (649) 941-5806\5906

All applications along with detailed curriculum vitae must be addressed to theDirector, National Insurance Board, Waterloo Property Development, Grand Turk,Turks and Caicos Islands to reach no later than October 3, 2011.

The resort suffered some damage after the recent hurricane

Lamount restaurantTwo LabourerS Should be able to work shifts, holidays &weekends, physically capable to do hardmanual labour and lift heavy equipment.

Salary $6.50 per hourPlease contact 339-4100


KENNETH FORBESSEEKS

1 DOMESTIC WORKERSalary $5.00 per hour

5 days per weekContact 246-2253

Eagle Claw Security Ltd“No job is too big or too small”

Email:[email protected]: 649 941-4429 Fax: 649 941-5573

Security Alarm Technician/Security OfficerPosition Summary: To provide 24 hour electronic Security alarmservice for homes and business to protect facilities from unlawfulintrusion and criminal acts. To ensure public safety through effectivedesign, installation and servicing of CCTV, Security & Fire AlarmSystem, Access Controls Home Automation.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: High SchoolEducation plus specialized Training in Electronics fundamentals ableto read and understand building construction site and electricaldrawing plus ability to understand a variety of electronic manuals anddetermine interface requirements for various systems. Additionalcourses in GE, DSC, Ademco Security Systems. Four (4) yearsexperience as an Alarm System Installer/Technician. To level that youcan program Alarm Panels and Trouble shoot quickly and effectively.

HEAD OF THE SPORTS Commission,Alvin Parker said his organization issearching for funds to upgrade thefour year-old National Stadium,which he said has gone into furtherdisrepair following the passage ofHurricane Ike in 2008 – just a yearafter it was built.

The National Stadium was builtprimarily to host the 2007 CariftaTrack and Field Championships afterthe TCI was charged with theresponsibility of anchoring the event.

Parker said the further disrepairof the stadium was as a result of wearand tear from recent sportingactivities at the facility and not therecent passage of Hurricane Irene.

“A lot of it (wear and tear)happened through high school sports.During that time almost every day wehad the facility being used for thatmonth between February and Marchthis year. So that was how much ofthe damage occurred,” Parker said.

He told The SUN that recentlyMondo – the company that laid thesynthetic track – evaluated thedamage of the running track and saidit would cost approximately $12,000to repair it.

Parker is hoping that hisorganization, the Turks and CaicosAmateur Athletics Association(TCAAA) and the Engineering andMaintenance Services (EMS) would

pool their resources together andcover the cost.

However, he said the SportsCommission would have to wait untilabout sometime in October todetermine whether or not suchproposal is feasible, since hisunderstanding was that the EMS wasgoing through a period of changes.

“In October when all the dustclear, and if EMS does merge withour planning and with the TCAAhaving a new executive body, wecould go back to the table and see ifwe can do that again. One of thethings we were planning on doing isto put on a fundraiser – a track day –to raise some money that way. Weknow waiting around for money tocome directly from TCIG to do that,that will not happen” Parker said.

Parker said in order to cut costs inthe Sports Commission’s maintenanceof the facility, it oftentimes partnerwith the Football Association, who

used its staff to cut the grass andperform other manicure work of thefacility.

He said repairs to the facility havebeen done since Ike. Work, he said,was done on sections of the perimeterfence and on the roofs of buildings 1and 5 of the compound. Some of thebleachers stands have also beensalvaged and returned to use.

“Two of the bleachers out of eightthat were damaged, we cut somedamaged parts off and put them touse. Some of them which seated 150,will now seat 70. The booth thathouse the officials on the field, we aretrying to revive that,” Parker said,noting also that the public addresssystem and one of the flood lights arestill down. He said that would beaddressed when the hurricane seasonis over.

Parker said he is hoping that byMarch of next year, when the schoolswill be having their sports that mostof the repairs would be completed.

National Stadium falling into grave disrepair

WANTED

ONE GARDENER to work 6 days per week

7 am to 2:30 pm.Contact Management at 941-3312 or

231-4363.The Proprietors, Strata Plan No. 38(The Grandview on Grace Bay)

The National Stadium was built primarily to host the 2007 Carifta Track and Field Championships (file Photo) Head of the Sports Commission, Alvin Parker


Office AdministratorEmployment OpportunityPosition DescriptionSmall company seeks to employ a pleasant and energetic OfficeAdministrator to perform functions in the front office. Successfulapplicant will be expected to performReceptionist/Administrative, Sales and Accounting related duties. The successful applicant should possess the following:Qualifications:• Applicant should have at least an AA degree in Business, orrelated field • At least five (5) years work experience, with a minimum of three(3) years in Accounting related field • Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and QuickBooksMinimum Requirements:• Strong organizational skills and able to multi-task• Customer service oriented• Strong leadership and analytical skills• Reliable, excellent attitude and work ethics• Ability to work on own initiative, with minimum supervisionApplicants should submit resumes to:Attn: Human Resource ManagerRef: Office AdministratorEmail: [email protected]

Belongers neeD only aPPly.

Deadline for receipt of resumes is september 30, 2011

TCI MIGHT NOT be taking part inthe 2011 Rugby World Cup, but thecountry is still being represented.

The sport’s biggest tournamentkicked off in New Zealand earlierthis month with the final due toplayed on October 23

And flying the flag for the TCI isInterHealth Canada’s orthopedicconsultant, Joe LeMoine, who isbased at the Cheshire Hall MedicalCentre in Provo.

Dr LeMoine is the Canadiannational side’s team medic and willbe seen in action by a worldwideaudience of billions.

“This is the Olympic Games ofrugby and it’s a huge honour to beinvolved”, said Dr LeMoine, whoflew to New Zealand this week. “It’sobviously a great feeling to representyour country and I also see it asrepresenting the TCI too.

“Having been the Canada teamdoctor for the 2007 World Cup inFrance, I know how huge the event

is and I’m really looking forward tobeing part of this special occasion.”

Dr LeMoine, who is alsoCanada’s Winter Olympic teamdoctor, will face a hectic schedule asthe Maple Leafs look to progress to

the knock-out stages.He explained: “My job is to work

with the medical team assessingplayers’ fitness and looking atinjuries, advice on training routinesand generally ensuring the playersstay in one piece.

“There’s a lot of traveling to bedone and so it’s not all glamour andI am also attending a big sportsinjury conference at which I will bepicking up new skills and techniquesto bring back to the TCI.”

He added: “Whether you injureyourself on the beach at Grace Bayor in a Rugby World Cup game,there’s no difference, and atInterHealth Canada we can offer the

very best in orthopedic treatment andcare.”

Despite being one of thetournament outsiders, Canada madea decent start with victory overTonga. But they came back down toearth with a heavy defeat at thehands of France.

“We are in a tough Group Aalongside two of the favourites inNew Zealand and France”, explainedDr LeMoine. “But we fancy ourchances against Japan and we’vealready beaten Tonga.

“So you never know what mighthappen, although one thing iscertain, I’ll be proudly sporting myTCI rugby shirt at ever opportunity.”

TCI doctor gets World Cup call

InterHealth Canada’s orthopedic consultant,Joe LeMoine

ASSoCiAted BuildingContrACtor

Seeks1 lABourer

Salary $60.003 days per week

Contact 231-0770

TROPICAL IMAGING/ BRILLIANT is looking for thefollowing talented people:

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERExperienced in all aspects of high enddigital photography and workflow, plusseveral years practice in creative wedding,portrait and commercial photography.Self-motivated, willing to work weekendsand holidays you must also be a customerservice fanatic.

Email all resumes/links [email protected]

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CIBC FIRSTCARIBBEAN InternationalBank has a new CEO. Monday,September 12 was the first official day onthe job for the company’s new leader,Douglas “Rik” Parkhill. Mr. Parkhill tookover the running of the region’s pre-eminent financial services institutionfrom John Orr, who has returned to CIBCin Toronto.

Michael Mansoor, Chairman ofFirstCaribbean International Bank, firstannounced Mr. Parkhill’s appointment inMay this year. Mr. Parkhill joins CIBCFirstCaribbean from its parent company,CIBC, where, in his most recentassignment, he was the ManagingDirector and Global Head of CIBC’sCapital Markets Sales and Cash Equitiesin that company’s Wholesale Bankingunit, based in Toronto.

Rik Parkhill has more than 20 yearsof experience in the global financialservices industry, serving clients inCanada and around the world. Beforejoining CIBC in 2008, he was co-CEO ofthe Toronto Stock Exchange.

Michael Mansoor described Mr.Parkhill as “a seasoned financial servicesexecutive - known as a skilled leader and

for having a strong employee and clientfocus”. Mansoor added: “He has the rightcombination of leadership and industryexperience to lead our bank at the currentstage of our company's development andin the present economic environment.”

He also described Mr. Parkhill as

someone with the correct combination of“global financial services experience andleadership capabilities to make him anideal successor for the CEO position atCIBC FirstCaribbean.”

Mr. Parkhill notes that he is eager toget to know the region and immerse

himself in the culture of doing businessin the Caribbean. He lists as among hispriorities visiting as many of the bank’sclients, partners and employees as he canin the coming weeks.

He added: “despite the ongoingchallenges facing the economies of theregion, and indeed the world, there is stillconsiderable scope for growth for ourcompany. We intend to position ourselvesto work alongside our clients to ensurethey in turn are positioned to takeadvantage of the opportunities that aresure to present themselves as the recoveryof the world economy progresses. It’s aninteresting and exciting time to be here”.

Mr. Parkhill is based at thecompany’s headquarters in Barbados.

CIBC FirstCaribbean is the largest,regionally-listed bank in the English andDutch speaking Caribbean serving over500,000 accounts in 17 markets, through3,400 staff, across 100 branches andoffices. The bank offers a full range ofmarket-leading financial services in:Corporate and Investment Banking,Treasury Sales and Trading, RetailBanking, Wealth Management, SmallBusiness and Credit Cards.

CIBC FirstCaribbean welcomes a new CEO

Mr. Mansoor & Mr. Parkhill

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On Monday, September 19, the Providenciales Chamber of Commerce held a welcomecocktail reception in honour of new Governor His Excellency Damian Roderick “Ric” Todd, atthe Hemmingways Restaurant on the Sands Resort property in Grace Bay. The event broughtout a number of businesses individuals from various enterprises. The individuals got theopportunity to mingle with the governor and share ideas. They were also addressed by theGovernor. The new executive of the Chamber of Commerce was also officially introduced tothe gathering. The following are photo highlights of the event.

New Chamber President, Tina Fenimore and newly-installed Governor Damian Roderick “Ric” Todd

Christa Rechorn of the Free Press chats with Governor ‘Ric’ Todd

Tina Fenimore, the new President of the Chamberof Commerce addresses the gathering

Blythe Duncanson (second right), the Weekly News Editor-in-Chief, his wifeStephanie Duncanson (right) and Tina Fenimore (second left) exchange

pleasantries with Governor Todd

From left – Keith Burrant, Pierre Magnier and John Hartley Governor Todd addresses the audience

Catherine Brown and Beth Atkins

From left – Phillip Rushbrook, John Phillips and Vernon Ellis

Andrew Harper and Allan Hutchinson

Ethlyn Gibbs (right) and Tina Fenimore

A section of the gathering at the welecome reception for new Governor, Damian Todd

From left – Thorn Capron, Luciano Santos and Allan HutchinsonMarilyn Cooper and Kent Soukup Members of the Chamber’s new executive From left – attorney Robert D’Arceuil and Michael Mowatt of IslandCom



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Moves Like JaggerMaroon 5(Verse 1]

Just shoot for the starsIf it feels right

Then aim for my heartIf you feel like

And take me away, make it okayI swear I'll behave

You wanted controlSo we waited

I put on a showNow I make it

You say I'm a kidMy ego is big

I don't give a sh*tAnd it goes like this

[Chorus]Take me by the tongue

And I'll know youKiss me till you're drunk

And I'll show you

You want the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jagger

I've got the mooooooves... like jagger

I don't need try to control youLook into my eyes and I'll own you

With them the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jagger

I've got the mooooooves... like jagger

[Verse 2]Maybe it's hard

When you feel like you're broken andscarred

Nothing feels rightBut when you're with me

I make you believeThat I've got the key

So get in the carWe can ride it

Wherever you wantGet inside it

And you want to steer

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oon

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In an annoucement postedWednesday on the band'swebsite, R.E.M. said that theyhave all "decided to call it a dayas a band." Made up of MichaelStipe, Peter Buck and MikeMills, the trio wrote, "We walkaway with a great sense ofgratitude, of finality, and orastonishment at all we haveaccomplished. To anyone whoever felt touched by our music,our deepest thanks forlistening."

An assistant at R.E.M.'smanager Bertis Downs office inAthens, Ga., confirmed to theChicago Tribune that the R.E.M. was indeed calling it quits.

"During our last tour, and while making Collapse Into Now andputting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started askingourselves, 'what next'?," Mills wrote on the website. "We realizedthat these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 yearsof our working together."

He continued, "We have always been a band in the truest senseof the word. Brothers who truly love, and respect, each other. ... Wemade this decision together, amicably and with each other's bestinterests at heart. The time just feels right."

Stipe seconded his bandmate's thoughts, saying that, "all thingsmust end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way."

Buck shared his thoughts with the fans on the site, writing, "Iknow I will be seeing them in the future, just as I know I will beseeing everyone who has followed us and supported us through theyears. Even if it's only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, orstanding at the back of the club: watching a group of 19 year oldstrying to change the world."

R.E.M. formed in 1980, which included original member BillBerry, in Athens and made several notable albums, some of whichinclude 1986' Lifes Rich Pageant and 1991's Out of Time. The band'sbiggest single remains "Losing My Religion," which was off Out ofTime.

Berry left the band in 1997, with the band continuing to releasemore albums and perform. The band released its latest album,Collapse Into Now, earlier this year. The band released its latestalbum, Collapse Into Now, earlier this year. R.E.M. also reissued theirclassic album, Lifes Rich Pageant, in early July on CD and a limited-edition vinyl. The set also come with a 19-track bonus disc ofunreleased songs, The Athens Demos, which were recorded morethan 20 years ago.

But I'm shifting gearsI'll take it from hereAnd it goes like this[Chorus]Take me by the tongueAnd I'll know youKiss me till you're drunkAnd I'll show you

You want the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jaggerI've got the mooooooves... like jagger


With them the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jaggerI've got the mooooooves... like jagger

[Bridge]You wanna know how to make mesmileTake control, own me just for the nightAnd if I share my secretYou're gonna have to keep itNobody else can see this

So watch and learnI won't show you twiceHead to toe, ooh baby, roll me rightAnd if I share my secretYou're gonna have to keep itNobody else can see this

And it goes like this

[Chorus]Take me by the tongueAnd I'll know youKiss me till you're drunkAnd I'll show you

You want the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jaggerI've got the mooooooves... like jagger


With them the moves like jaggerI've got the moves like jaggerI've got the mooooooves... like jagger

R.E.M. SPLITS AFTERMORE THAN 30 YEARS

R.E.M. in 2008


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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN SEPTEMBER 23RD - OCTOBER 7TH 2011 ENTERTAINMENT

LONDON -WikiLeaks founder JulianAssange lashed out at a British publisherfor releasing drafts of a long-awaitedmemoir without his approval, saying hedid not author the book or get theopportunity to check it.

British publisher Canongateannounced that the book, billed as an"unauthorized autobiography," will goon sale in stores and online. Canongate— which paid the 40-year-old Assangefor the rights to the memoir last year —said that Assange began working with aghostwriter on the book, but laterbacked out and tried to cancel hiscontract.

The publisher said that since he hadnot repaid his advance, it had decided topublish the first draft that the WikiLeaksfounder delivered to the publisher inMarch.

But in a statement released to TheAssociated Press, Assange disputed thataccount, accusing the publisher of"profiteering from an unfinished anderroneous draft."

"The events surrounding itsunauthorised publication by Canongateare not about freedom of information —

they are about old-fashionedopportunism and duplicity — screwingpeople over to make a buck," Assangesaid in the statement.

According to Assange, he did notgive a copy of the 70,000-wordmanuscript, written by AndrewO'Hagan, to Canongate. Instead, it washanded over by O'Hagan's researcher"for viewing purposes only" and was

never intended for publication, he said."This draft was a work in progress.

It is entirely uncorrected or fact-checkedby me," Assange said.

Although Assange said in thebeginning he hoped his memoirs wouldbe "one of the unifying documents ofour generation," he later becamedoubtful and said that with the lawsuitsagainst him he couldn't focus on writing.

In December, he said that he didn'twant to write a book, but had beenforced into the deal to pay his legal billsand keep WikiLeaks afloat. He said thedeal would bring in $500,000 fromCanongate and $800,000 from Knopf.

Assange said that in May he agreedwith Canongate to draw up a newcontract and restructure the book, butthe publisher later ignored thosediscussions and kept its decision topublish the first draft a secret from him.

WikiLeaks and its silver-hairedfrontman shot to worldwide prominencewith a series of spectacular leaks ofsecret U.S. material, including thepublication of about 250,000 classifiedState Department cables.

Assange has gained global fame as

the face of WikiLeaks, but also hasfallen out with many former allies, andwith media partners, which had helpededit and publish the site's trove of secretdocuments.

Canongate said the book tracesAssange's life from his Australianchildhood through his time as a teenagecomputer hacker to the founding of thesecret-spilling website.

It said the book is, "like its author,passionate, provocative andopinionated."

Canongate publishing director NickDavies said the WikiLeaks chief shouldbe pleased with the result.

"He has been portrayed as this Bondvillain or a character from a StiegLarsson novel ... but what comesthrough here is this very human portraitof Julian, warts and all," he said. "He's awarmer character than a lot of peoplewill be expecting."

Assange is out on bail and living ata supporter's mansion in easternEngland as he awaits a judge's decisionon whether he will be extradited toSweden to face those allegations. Aruling is expected within weeks.

WikiLeaks chief Assange condemns memoir

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

In her first interviews since her husband'ssuicide, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"star Taylor Armstrong is detailing abuse sheclaims she suffered from her spouse,including punches, pulled hair and deaththreats.

Armstrong spoke to TV show"Entertainment Tonight" in a story airing onWednesday, and she appears on daytime talkshow "Dr. Phil" on Thursday to discuss herplight that culminated in Russell Armstronghanging himself at home in August, onlyweeks before a new season of the showdebuted on Sept. 5.

In an excerpt posted on "EntertainmentTonight's" website, Armstrong tells theshow's Nancy O'Dell that Russell Armstrongphysically abused her "maybe 20 times"throughout their marriage.

"The first time he ever really harmed mephysically, I was pregnant with Kennedy(their daughter), and he grabbed me by thethroat and held me up against a wall,"Armstrong said.

The reason, she said, was because shehad cooked his kids a pizza, but hadn't servedthem vegetables along with it.

From there, the assaults escalated, but hewould wait until the two were alone, perhapsin their car. Armstrong said her husbandwould hide his abuse by grabbing or hittingher head so that any welts would be coveredby her hair. "Russell was very careful abouthow he would do things," she said.

Taylor Armstrong is a key member of theshow about wealthy and pampered womenliving in posh Beverly Hills. Her marriagetroubles with Russell Armstrong wereexpected to be a key story in the secondseason that was taped earlier this year.

But on Aug. 15, Russell Armstrong wasfound dead at home, age 47. The showdebuted as planned, but with a new segmentin which the other cast members, excludingTaylor Armstrong, talked about his suicide.

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,"

which airs on the Bravo cable network, hascontinued to run with Taylor appearing inepisodes that show her having a nervousbreakdown as her marriage collapses. Buttape of Russell has been edited out.

Taylor filed for divorce in July, but untilnow she has not spoken in any interviews.On "Entertainment Tonight," she details afinal blow to her eye that led to herestrangement from Russell. That punchfractured bones in her face, and medical testsshowed damage in her brain.

"When I finally showed him the MRI,he just put it down and started to cry,"Armstrong said. "I think it was him havingto come to terms with the fact this had goneon far too long.

She said she did not speak out during themarriage because she loved her husband anddid not want him to go to jail. But now, shesaid that she hopes her story helps otherwomen who are suffering abuse from theirown husbands.

'HOUSEWIVES' STAR TAYLORARMSTRONG DETAILS ABUSE

Taylor Armstrong with her former husband Russell

Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to tell his story. The actor and former California governor is writing an

autobiography that will touch upon his recent breakup with MariaShriver while also covering his childhood in Austria and hiscareers as a bodybuilder, action star and politician.

"This book will not be a tell-all," a source tells PEOPLE. Schwarzenegger, 64, will work on the book, tentatively titled

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, in betweenshooting scenes for his next film The Expendables 2, withSylvester Stallone.

“He has been keeping notes and working on the book forover a year,” his spokesman Adam Mendelsohn tells PEOPLE.“He didn't want to write his autobiography while he wasgovernor.”

Adds Jonathan Karp of publisher Simon & Schuster:“Nobody has a life story even close to his. Truly, Arnold is oneof the most fascinating figures of our time.”

Arnold Schwarzeneggerwriting Memoir

You can kill off Charlie Sheen's Two and a Half Mencharacter, saying he was shoved from a Parisian subwayplatform, only to explode "like a balloon full of meat."

You can replace him with (an occasionally pants-less)Ashton Kutcher, and spend the better part of a Sheen-freeseason premiere quite literally spitting on his memory. Andyet, like some sort of cockroach - one perhaps with a Twitteraccount and an exceptionally strong liver - Sheen is set tocontinue making money off his Two and a Half Men debacle.

Sheen sued Warner Brothers to the tune of $100 millionUS earlier this year over wrongful dismissal from Two and aHalf Men. The (inexplicably) popular show made Sheen the(inexplicably) highest paid actor on TV. And the L.A. Timesnow reports Sheen is set to win a settlement in his suit againstthe studio.

Reps for Warner Bros. denied any deal in an interviewwith the Times, but insiders on the case tell the paper thatSheen stands to receive an immediate $25 million fromWarner Bros.

Sheen set to keep on makingcash on 'Two and a Half Men'

TURKS & CAICOS SUN SEPTEMBER 23RD - SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2011FUN & GAMES

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The wealthy British territory of theCayman Islands has been shaken bya spate of rare, deadly shootingsblamed on drug gang rivalries.

Gov. Duncan Taylor says themurders of three young men in theWest Bay community of GrandCayman over the last five days are"shocking and intolerable."

The islands' police departmenthas increased the number ofuniformed and armed police officersin the community.

Top law enforcers were meetingMonday to discuss other ways ofresponding to the uptick in crime.Duncan says officials are exploring"every possible way, within the law"to tackle the violence.

The tiny offshore tax haven islocated about 150 miles (240kilometers) south of Cuba.

Describing one of the incidents,Police Chief Superintendent JohnJones described how a police patrolofficer had been answering anunrelated incident when anobviously injured man staggered upto the police car and opened thedoor, saying he had just been shot.

As the officer was transportingthe gunshot victim, who had beenshot four times, to the CaymanIslands Hospital, the wounded mantold him his friend had also beenshot and was still in a nearby area.

When police went to that area,they found an 18-year-old male inthe driver’s seat of a white Toyotavan. He had suffered a gunshotwound to the head. Mr. Jones said hewas “barely alive” when policearrived, but died very shortlyafterwards and was pronounced dead

at the scene. Mr. Jones described Monday

night’s killing, and three earlier fatalshootings in West Bay, as“assassinations”. All four victimswho have been killed this week wereshot in the head.

Police said the latest shootingmay be related to the three killingsin West Bay area of Cayman , butsaid it was too early to saydefinitively if that was the case.“There are connections between theindividuals who were victims of thisshooting and with certain peopleaffiliated to gangs or groups in theWest Bay area,” Mr. Jones said.“Given the timing, so close to theother three shootings that we’ve had,we think there is a strong possibilitythat it may be connected. “To havefour murders in such a short periodof time is unprecedented for theCayman Islands,” Mr. Jones said.

Detective SuperintendentMarlon Bodden said he was angeredthat people were now sending policephotographs that had appeared onsocial media like Facebook, ofvictims of the killings holdingfirearms.

“We are inundated now withvarious photographs, various emails,various bits of information extractedfrom social media, pictures ofindividuals holding guns. Now, if wehad this information before that, I’mvery certain we could make someinterventions and saved some lives,”Mr. Bodden said.

He said police were pushing forlegislation under which they couldprosecute people for brandishingfirearms in photographs. “We wantlegislation to be enacted that thoseindividuals prove, the burden ofproof is shifted for them to say I wasnot holding a real firearm... We wantto be able to charge them and dealwith them because they are theindividuals causing the havoc here inthe Cayman Islands,” he said.

Meantime, the Cayman Islandsis recruiting about 50 new officers,including 20 armed police, to theRoyal Cayman Islands Police Forceto help combat the rising gun crime.

The new recruits will be paidfrom an additional $4.6 million infunding released by the governmentlast week, following meetingsbetween the police commissioner,the governor and governmentofficials to address the rise in armedrobberies in Cayman. The spate offatal gang-related shootings in thepast week has added more impetus toincrease the size of the police

service. Governor Duncan Taylor,

speaking at a joint media briefingwith Police Commissioner DavidBaines on the steps of theGovernment AdministrationBuilding on Monday afternoon, saidthe reinstatement of the funding,which had been cut from the RCIPSbudget over the past two years, meantthat police had already put extraofficers on the street and was beingused to pay for overtime for police.

Police this week began recruitingjust under 50 more officers to thepolice service, including 20 armedofficers and 12 detectives forsurveillance and investigation, amove that may take a few months tocomplete, Commissioner Baines said.�

Additional forensics officers arealso being recruited to the crimescenes unit.

Commissioner Baines said healso planned to introduce a new unitof police officers with “higher trainedpublic order capability” who could bearmed with tasers and larger batons,and who would be tasked withclosing down areas where police areseeing additional criminality.

“You drop in as a team and youcontrol the ground and it’s to stop thatfree movement of individuals in someof the areas that are vulnerable...because of the high number ofsuspect individuals or criminalindividuals who live in thatcommunity where they garnersupport from their own community,who see the police presence as anunfortunate presence rather than asupportive element,” he said.

Cayman Islands shaken by 3 deadly shootings described as assassinations

ST JOHNS, Antigua – FormerUkranian Prime Minister PavloLazarenko has been in jail since 2009for a series of financial crimes, butfresh attempts by the US governmentto seize his assets around the world hasdragged Antigua’s name afresh into themoney laundering scandal.

The US government has moved toseize a portion of an estimated US$250million in allegedly illicitly obtainedby the former Ukranian prime ministerand supposedly secreted in bankaccounts located across the worldincluding in Antigua, Switzerland,Liechtenstein, Lithuania, andGuernsey, according to reports.

However, liquidators of the

defunct European Federal Credit Bankare trying to block the USgovernment's move.

The US Justice Department hasbeen ordered to provide more specificinformation about its efforts to seizethe money linked to Lazarenko and hisassociates and crimes committed in the1900s.

The Russian gas giant OAOGazprom has also filed suit in theWashington federal district court.

Attorneys representing these twoentities say the Justice Department hasnot explained how the money it isseeking is tied to Lazarenko's allegedcrimes. They also want details aboutthe specific crimes the money is linked

to.Lazarenko was convicted in

California as part of a moneylaundering conspiracy. He wassentenced to over eight years in prisonin 2009. Most of the charges did nothowever stand up to trial and appeal.

In 2008, the appellate judge upheld8 counts while dropping other 6counts. The counts upheld were: onecount of conspiracy and seven countson money laundering. The six countsdropped included five counts of wirefraud and one count on interstatetransportation of stolen property. Thecourt decided to vacate the sentenceand remanded him for resentencing onthe 8 counts that were upheld.

Antigua caught up in money laundering scandal

Gov. Duncan Taylor says the murders are"shocking and intolerable."

Former Ukranian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko

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CARIBBEAN NEWS

NASSAU, The Bahamas ---Suggestions that the Royal BahamasPolice Force is “overwhelmed” by theincrease in the levels of crime andcriminality in some parts of thecountry are not only inaccurate, butalso unfounded, Commissioner ofPolice Ellison Greenslade saidMonday.

Mr. Greenslade said further effortsto characterize crime – especiallyviolent crime – in New Providence asa “Bahamas problem” are alsounfounded.

The Police Commissioner saidstatistics show that New Providence(87 per cent) of the 101 murders andGrand Bahama (7 per cent).

Two hundred and eighty-two ofthe 324 guns confiscated off the streetsof The Bahamas came from NewProvidence and the southwesternBahamas.

“This is not a Bahamas problem,but a problem in New Providence,”Mr. Greenslade said. “You will notethat in most parts of The Bahamasthings are just fine. New Providence isthe hot spot for want of a better wordand these matters are not concentratedin just one little area of NewProvidence, these are spread all over.”

Mr. Greenslade said the RoyalBahamas Police Force has developeda series of strategies designed to fightcrime in certain “hot spots” in NewProvidence and indeed the entireBahamas.

He said some of those initiativeshave already borne fruit in NewProvidence, perhaps not at the pacemany would like, but that “we havehad successes.”

“Hot spots” include areas in theGrove Division and southeastern andsouthwestern Divisions. Fifty-four ofthe 101 murders committed in TheBahamas have occurred in thesedistricts. (Eighteen each).

The Grove Division includesYellow Elder, Ridgeland Park (bothsides) and Coconut Grove. TheSoutheastern Division comprisesPinewood Gardens, Bamboo Town

and the Deep South while theSouthwestern Division includesCarmichael Road, Golden Gates,Sunshine Park, up and beyondGladstone Road.

“This speaks to a much biggerissue which is an issue that cannot bePolice-centric,” Mr. Greenslade added.

The Police Commissioner saidwhile Year-to-Date (YTD) statisticsshow that the men and women of theRoyal Bahamas Police Force have donea “remarkable job” in removing manyof the large numbers of illegal weapons“from the hands of bad people.”

He said while the murder rate hasjumped over last year’s count (thecount was 101 as of mid-afternoonMonday, September 19), members ofthe Police Force have removed 324illegal firearms from the streets as ofSeptember 19, an increase of 77 overthe same time frame in 2010, while5,679 rounds of ammunition were alsoconfiscated. This is an increase of 928rounds over 2010.

Illegal firearms (70 per cent) andknives (14 per cent) were used tocommit 84 per cent of the 101 murderscommitted in The Bahamas as ofMonday, September 19.

Mr. Greenslade said the Force’sability to remove those 324 illegalweapons from the streets – themajority of them in New Providence –has helped to decrease the number ofgun-related incidences.

“We are a professional

organisation (consisting of) well-trained, professional people who cometo work everyday with a commitmentto serve the Bahamian people to thebest of our abilities and we have donethat and will continue to do that and soI get a little concerned when I amasked about being overwhelmed,” Mr.Greenslade said.

“Statistics would show that theRoyal Bahamas Police Force is a veryproductive organisation, fulfilling itsmandate, and I am very pleased thatour plan for fighting crime in thecountry is being followed and thatofficers are performing well.

“We are not overwhelmed (and)we continue to do what the law allowsus to do,” Mr. Greenslade added.

Mr. Greenslade said the abuse anduse alcohol, drug consumption anddrug trafficking are “fuelling to a largeextent, lots of the problems we arehaving.”

“We can try to side-step that asmuch as we like, but that is the starkreality,” Mr. Greenslade said. “Far toomany of our young people are usingillegal drugs, more particularlymarijuana and drinking alcoholicbeverages.

“It is not unusual for any of us toobserve a young person, male andfemale, walking the streets with notjust one beer, but two. Something isterribly wrong and we have slippedbadly. That is not a police-centricproblem,” Mr. Greenslade added.

Murder rate in The Bahamas surpasses 100

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten – The InternationalMonetary Fund ( IMF) has suggested that a ValueAdded Tax be introduced in St. Maarten as part of achanges aimed at revamping the country’s taxsystem.

Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto said the IMFhas also suggested that the rates for income andprofit tax be lowered, and that the countrysyncronise its currency policies with Curaçao.

Shigemoto, according to the Daily Heraldnewspaper, said while government "definitely takesheed" of these recommendations, they needed to beplaced in the political reality of the day.

"We need to decide what we are doing withdollarization versus a common currency. The IMFdid advise that we first take care of the majority ofthe issues they presented before going over todollarization. So in essence they think we candollarize, but not just yet,” he stated.

Citing concerns about the amount of productsimported into St. Maarten and Curaçao, the IMFmission said more work is needed on revitalizingthe economy.

"What the IMF found encouraging andcomforting is that the issues as presented were not asurprise to anyone they spoke with and eachMinister and Ministry could elucidate on plans toaddress most of the issues. This demonstrates thatthe government is on the right track," Shigemotostated further.

The IMF mission will present its final reporttoday to authorities in St. Maarten and Curaçao.

IMF RECOMMENDSVAT FOR DUTCH ST.

MAARTENThe police hauled in nearly $1 million worth ofmarijuana last Sunday during an early morning drugbust that ended when one of the suspects wasinjured during a shoot-out with officers.

Police said they recovered 954 pounds ofmarijuana with a street value of $954,000. Officersintercepted a go-fast boat, off the coast of Androsshortly after midnight, police said.

Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) CommanderSuperintendent Robert Sherman-Young toldreporters that the suspect who was shot had to betransported to Princess Margaret Hospital, where hewas detained in stable condition. He was one offour Bahamians traveling on the vessel.

Meanwhile, police escorted the remaining threesuspects and their boat, which was stuffed with thedrugs, to the Police Marine Harbour on Bay Street.They arrived sometime around noon.

The suspects were taken into custody while thedrugs were processed by DEU?agents.

According to Sherman-Young, police foundmore than 120 packages of marijuana on the boat.

As officers off-loaded the drugs, Sherman-Young noted that it was one of the biggest busts allyear.

He said police received information about theboat shortly after midnight and immediatelylaunched into action.

"The U.S. Coast Guard and DEA helicopterswere dispatched and they were able to locate thevessel," he said. "And as a result we launchedvessels from Nassau, the defence force vessel andthe police nortech vessel. Both vessels interceptedthe boat in the Tongue of the Ocean in the area ofAndros around 12:30 a.m."

He said the suspects attempted to evade captureand shot at the police in a bid to escape.

The police returned fire, hitting one of the menin his arm and also hitting one of the engines on thevessel.

Police believe the men were transporting thedrugs from Jamaica.

This latest bust came one month after officersfrom DEU were involved in a high-speed car chasethat ended with the suspect's truck crashing into awall on Prospect Ridge and the seizure of 500pounds of marijuana.

The drugs are worth $500,000 on the streets. Just days before that bust, police in Grand

Bahama netted approximately $1.2 million worthof cocaine in a shipping container which they saidoriginated in Peru and was destined for Toronto,Canada. Police found two large duffle bagscontaining taped square packages they suspected tobe cocaine inside the container.

Bahamas Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade

Nearly $1m in drugs seized in The Bahamas

Police said they recovered 954 pounds of marijuana with astreet value of $954,000. (File photo)

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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The mainopposition New Democratic Party (NDP) nolonger believes that the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves UnityLabour Party (ULP) administration will fall withinone year of its third term in office.

But NDP president and Opposition Leader,Arnhim Eustace, on Sunday told radio listenersthat his party still believes that Vincentians willvote again before 2015, when elections areconstitutionally due.

“The NDP doesn’t believe that thegovernment will last five years,” Eustace said ofthe ULP administration, which began its third termin office last December.

“We said so from the beginning (that) wewould be campaigning,” Eustace added.

The NDP recommenced its “normal politicalcampaigning” last Thursday with a town hallmeeting in Owia, the first of series of suchactivities.

Eustace said residents of that North Windwardcommunity were concerned about arrowroot, thelatest crisis in relations to bananas, and the closureof the fisheries complex recently opened there.

“A lot of their concerns have to do withagriculture and joblessness in the area,” Eustacesaid, adding that the NDP had not had any publicmeetings for some time and had already decided tohave town hall meetings toward the ends ofSeptember.

“There are a lot of issues in the country thatneeds discussing and which we have been airingon talk radio and so on, we have decided now tospread out some more and back to town hallmeetings.”

The NDP’s town hall meetings come even asthe ULP announced that it would have twopolitical rallies every month until the end of theyear.

Further, a post by a ULP Member ofParliament on a social networking website,suggest that the party might be preparing for earlyelections.

“It’s been eight months after the election and

you need to see us back on the road. We need totouch flesh and see each other eye to eye and talkface to face,” Julian Francis, ULP generalsecretary said of the rallies.

He further said that his government was “notdelivering maximum as we expect in certain areasbut (is) still touch on all subject areas.”

The ULP last December scored a one-seatvictory in the 15-member Parliament.

Asked if he believed that the ULP waspreparing for early elections, Eustace said, “I amnot in a position to say that. They would have beenguided by their own thinking in that matter.

“Our objective is to remove the governmentfrom office in the normal manner in less than thefive-year period. I was working on one year but itdoesn’t seem that that will materialise now. Butwe will continue to work but we don’t expect it(the government) to last,” said Eustace, who wasprime minister for five months ending March2001.

“We have a very serious economic situationin this country and we have a number of issueswhich I the need for resolution is going to involvesome austerity on the people of St. Vincent and theGrenadines. And that is going to bring a lot ofpressure on the political apparatus in St. Vincentand the Grenadines.

“We cannot continue to have negative grownyear after year, to have fiscal deficit ballooning outof control as we have now and not find ourselvesin difficulty in the not too distant future,” Eustacesaid.

“We believe that a lot of pressure is going tocome down on the people of St. Vincent and theGrenadines and that will lead to elections,”Eustace said.

“..The fact remains that the debt has beenballooning out of control and sooner or later wejust will not be able to make payments. Ourrevenue is running much lower than ourexpenditure and you end up by borrowing moreand more and then borrowing becomeunsustainable at some point in time.,” he added.

St Vincent Opposition saysGovernment will not last five years

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Director of Tourism andchairman of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), John Lynch,says Jamaica has already secured 1,050,000 airlift seatsinto the island this winter tourist season, which begins onDecember 15.

This, he said, reflects a three per cent increase overthe number secured last year.

But while Lynch said the initial target was for 1.2-million seats, he is still satisfied with the numbers thus far.

"We would have liked at least 1.2-million seats forwinter, but what we have is adequate to give us growth,"he told the Observer yesterday at the 21st annual JamaicaProduct Exchange (JAPEX) now underway at theMontego Bay Convention Centre in St James.

According to Lynch, the airline seats could furtherincrease as more Spanish visitors come to Jamaica giventhe direct flights being offered by Copa Airlines out of 58cities in North, Central and South America.

And, although the airline will initially offer only twoweekly flights into Montego Bay as of December 11,Lynch said indications are that this will be increasedshortly thereafter.

"We want to develop Copa to daily service and theyare willing to do this as soon as possible," Lynch said.

He explained further that special emphasis is beingplaced on marketing Jamaica to the Latin American regionnow that those nationals have access to direct flights intoJamaica.

"Latin Americans often say they would love to comeon vacation in Jamaica but with a family of four having topay US$600 for the United States visa they just couldn'tafford to come," he said. He added further that "with directflights from there they no longer have that hassle.

In fact, Lynch said this coming winter Jamaica couldsee a doubling of the number of Spanish visitors from the6,000 who visited between January and May. The wintertourist season ends in April.

According to Lynch, Latin America has become aprimary part of the growth strategy for Jamaica. So muchso there are plans for the Jamaican government to ease thevisa restrictions for nationals from some Latin Americancountries to travel to the island.

And with the largest contingent of Latin Americantour operators and media at this year's JAPEX, Lynch saidJamaica's tourism sector will start seeing the benefitsalmost immediately with expectations of an increase byDecember when a number of chartered flights arescheduled to arrive from several Latin Americangateways.

According to Lynch, not many airlines are willing tofly to a destination without revenue support as fuelaccounts for some 30 per cent of the operating cost.Jamaica is, however, only providing marketing support toCopa Airlines.

In the meantime, the tourism director said Jamaicacontinues to make steady progress in its traditionalmarkets as it gets ready to kick off its advertisingcampaign in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,where Jamaica has been able to secure additional airliftsthrough US Airways and Air Tran. "Canada also continuesto grow," Lynch said.

The JTB, Lynch said, is also looking to tap into theRussian market in a significant way now that the way isbeing cleared for more airlift from out of that region.

This year's JAPEX, which concludes tomorrow,includes 136 representatives from 98 buyer companiesalong with 248 participants from 91 supplier companies.

The three-day event gives Jamaican properties andattractions a chance to promote their products to travelagents, tour operators, wholesalers and trade media fromthe Americas and Europe.

JAMAICA SECURES MORETHAN ONE MILLIONAIRLIFT SEATS FORUPCOMING WINTERTOURIST SEASON

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –Prime Minister Kamla PersadBissessar defended her briefvisit to the United States whereshe addressed the specialUnited Nations Conference onNon-Communicable Diseases(NCDs) as well as attending awomen’s conference onMonday.

Persad Bissessar said shehad been aware of the criticismof her visit given the fact thatTrinidad and Tobago has beenunder a state of emergency(SOE) since August 21.

Radio and television talkshows, as well as other criticshave condemned the decisionby the Prime Minister to leave the country, whichis also under a five hour curfew. They have alsobeen critical of the decision by President GeorgeMaxwell Richards to leave the country on hisannual vacation after having signed theproclamation imposing the SOE.

“I am not surprised at the comments, I had tothink long and hard in making the decision to goat all,” Prime Minister Persad Bissessar toldreporters upon her return from the United Statesfollowing the 24 hour visit.

She said she had firstintended to be in the UnitedStates for seven daysattending various meetings“(but) I made the decision andopted to go for one day.

“I do not think myabsence from the country forone day will in any seriouslyimpact on the governance. Indeed I am not indispensible,there are others who can holdthe ship of state in myabsence,” she told reporters.

A government statementissued here late on Mondaysaid that Persad Bissessarwas curtailing “her scheduledseven day visit to the United

Nations General Assembly to one day, in order toensure that the country continues to receive herundivided attention”.

it noted that the Prime Minister’s seven dayvisit would have included meetings with USSecretary of State,. Hillary Clinton, British PrimeMinister, David Cameron, the launch of theUNDP Human Development Report on CitizensSecurity in Trinidad and Tobago, and a formalreception hosted by United States President andMrs. Obama.

Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar

TRINIDAD PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS HER VISIT TOUS WHILE COUNTRY UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY


Troy Davis may be dead, but hisexecution Thursday, September 22 inthe American state of Georgia hasmade him the poster boy for the globalmovement to end the death penalty.World figures, including Pope

Benedict XVI and former U.S.President Jimmy Carter, human groupsand commentators urged the executionto be halted -- but to no avail. OnWednesday Davis was put to death bylethal injection for the 1989 killing ofoff-duty police officer Mark MacPhaildespite doubts being raised over theconviction.The execution sparked angry

reactions and protests in Europeancapitals -- as well as outrage on socialmedia. "We strongly deplore that thenumerous appeals for clemency werenot heeded," the French foreignministry said."There are still serious doubts

about his guilt," said Germany's juniorminister for human rights MarkusLoening. "An execution is irreversible-- a judicial error can never berepaired."The European Union expressed

"deep regret" over the execution andrepeated its call for a universalmoratorium on capital punishment.EU foreign policy chief Catherine

Ashton said the bloc had learnt "withdeep regret that Mr Troy Davis wasexecuted," her spokeswoman MajaKocijancic told Agence-France Presse.'"The EU opposes the use of

capital punishment in allcircumstances and calls for a universalmoratorium," she said.

"The abolition of that penalty isessential to protect human dignity."Amnesty International condemned

the execution in a statement. "The U.S.justice system was shaken to its core asGeorgia executed a person who maywell be innocent. Killing a man underthis enormous cloud of doubt is horrificand amounts to a catastrophic failure ofthe justice system," Amnesty said.In Britain's Guardian newspaper, Ed

Jackson, reporting from Jackson,Georgia, before the execution tookplace, gave 10 reasons why he believedthe death sentence for "a man who isvery possibly innocent" should becommuted.Most of his argument concerned

doubts about the conviction -- seven ofthe nine key witnesses to the murder ofMacPhail later recanted their evidence -- but his final reason concerned themanner in which Davis was put todeath."Even if you set aside the issue of

Davis's innocence or guilt, the mannerof his execution tonight is cruel andunnatural," Jackson wrote. "If theexecution goes ahead as expected, itwould be the fourth scheduledexecution date for this prisoner. In2008 he was given a stay just 90minutes before he was set to die.Experts in death row say such multipleexperiences with imminent death istantamount to torture."In the right-of-center Daily

Telegraph, Tom Chivers said the deathpenalty was "barbaric" and far morelikely to be used against black peoplethan white. But the main thrust of hisargument was that there were seriousdoubts over the conviction."If you are pro-death penalty, you

should be shouting twice as loud as therest of us about the imminent murderof Troy Davis," Chivers wrote."Otherwise, you can't claim to besupporting a stark but necessary act of

justice. You're just a fan of killingpeople in general. There are words forpeople like that. None of them arenice."On social media, many users

predicted the execution wouldencourage a new civil rightsmovement to spring up. Americannovelist Hari Kunzru commented thaton the issue of capital punishment theU.S. was isolated from much of therest of the world "So I wake up to hearthey executed Troy Davis. Wonder ifmost Americans realize how far out ofstep they are with internationalnorms."And entertainer Vincent Tucker

remarked that campaigners shouldcontinue their campaign despiteDavis's death. "It's one thing to fightfor Troy Davis when he was alive butthe key question now is will youSTILL fight for his cause after hisdeath?"

World shocked by US execution of Troy Davis

People hold placards during a demonstration in Paris against the execution of Troy Davis. Troy Davis

WASHINGTON - New student enrollment at U.S.graduate schools fell in 2010 for the first time sincethe fall of 2003, according to a report released onThursday.The decrease came despite a more than eight

percent increase in applications, said the report fromthe Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and theGraduate Record Examinations (GRE) Board.The survey -- conducted annually since 1986 --

showed the number of first-time grad students fell1.1 percent from fall 2009 to fall 2010, thoughapplications increased 8.4 percent.The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by

2018, 2.5 million more jobs will require advanceddegrees, according to CGS President Debra Stewart."The decline in first-time enrollment ... is a

concern given changing demographics and the need

for more students from all groups to pursue graduatedegrees so that America will have the talent neededto remain competitive," Stewart said in a statement.The authors of the CGS/GRE report said last

year's decline was driven entirely by a drop in part-time graduate enrollment, which declined 8.5percent.Approximately 1,950 U.S. colleges and

universities offer graduate programs, according to theCGS/GRE survey.The 655 of these institutions which responded to

the survey received nearly 1.77 million applicationsfor graduate programs beginning in fall 2010.Of those applications, about 741,000, or 42

percent, were accepted, but only about 445,000students enrolled for the first time in graduateprograms for the fall term in 2010.

The number of new doctoral students grew 1.5percent from fall 2009, while the number of master'sand graduate certificate students dropped 1.6percent.Overall, roughly 42 percent of all first-time

graduate students in fall 2010 were men and 58percent were women, continuing a decade-longtrend of more women entering grad school than men.Business, engineering, and social and behavioral

sciences accounted for the largest numbers ofapplications in 2010.Among first-time graduate enrollees in fall 2010

whose citizenship was known, some 84 percent wereU.S. citizens or permanent residents and 16 percentwere temporary residents.Enrollment for U.S. graduate students and

permanent residents fell 1.2 percent, butinternational or temporary resident enrollment inU.S. graduate schools rose 4.7 percent, reversing adecade-long trend of lower international rates.White students accounted for more than six out

of ten, or 63 percent, of U.S. citizen and permanentresident first-time enrollees in fall 2010.

Number of new graduate studentsdown for first time since 2003

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Britain said Thursday it will offercompensation payments to the familiesof people killed and wounded onBloody Sunday, a nearly 40-year-oldmassacre by British paratroopers inNorthern Ireland that fueled IrishCatholic support for the IRA. Thirteen people were killed and 14

wounded on Jan. 30, 1972, inLondonderry when the soldiers openedfire on a Catholic crowddemonstrating against Britain'sdetention without trial of IrishRepublican Army suspects. Britaincompounded local fury by hastilyruling that the soldiers, none of whomwere wounded, were responding toIRA attacks and targeting gunmen.Last year, Prime Minister David

Cameron apologized after a 12-year

investigation found that the soldierswere not under attack and firedwithout justification on unarmedcivilians, many of whom were fleeingor aiding wounded.Britain's Defense Ministry

confirmed Thursday it has written tolawyers representing the Londonderryvictims' families seeking terms forfinancial payments. It offered nodetails of potential payouts."We acknowledge the pain felt by

these families for nearly 40 years, andthat members of the armed forcesacted wrongly. For that, thegovernment is deeply sorry," theministry said in a statement.Peter Madden, a Belfast lawyer

who represents many of the victims'families, said negotiations would open

soon with the British government toput a price both on the lives lost andmaimed and on the damage caused tovictims' reputations by the BritishArmy's "shameful allegations" thatthey were armed IRA members.But some families immediately

rejected any offer of financialcompensation, stressing they wantcriminal prosecutions of those whoopened fire. Nobody has ever beencharged over the 13 killings.The Bloody Sunday Inquiry,

authorized by former Prime MinisterTony Blair in the immediate build-upto the Good Friday peace accord of1998, was empowered to find the truthbehind the British Army's worst act ofviolence in Northern Ireland. Familiesof the dead had demanded such a

probe for decades.The investigation led by English

judge Lord Saville produced a 5,000-page report based on evidence from921 witnesses, 2,500 writtenstatements and 60 volumes of writtenevidence. It cost nearly 200 millionpounds ($300 million).Saville gave the ex-paratroopers,

now in their 60s and 70s, broadprotections from criminal charges aswell as anonymity in the witness box,citing the risk that IRA dissidentsmight target them in retaliation.However legal experts say wiggle

room remains for prosecutions and,more likely, civil lawsuits against theretired soldiers, particularly those whowere found to have lied during theirtestimony.

UK to pay victims over 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre

MUSCAT, Oman — TwoAmericans released from an Iranianprison spent their first full day offreedom Thursday in seclusion,enjoying a joyous reunion with theirfamilies in the Gulf State of Omanafter being held for more than twoyears accused as spies.Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer

arrived late Wednesday night inOman under a $1 million bail-for-freedom deal and were embraced byrelatives."Everybody is really happy to be

together right now," Bauer's brother-in-law Nate Lindstrom told CBS in aninterview. Lindstrom was not inOman with the families but said hehad spoken to his wife, Bauer's sisterNicole, from there on Thursdaymorning. He said his wife had notspoken to her brother in two years andwas relieved to finally be with himagain, enjoying catching up. Therewas no word on when the two wouldreturn to the U.S.The families were on the tarmac

to greet the two when they arrivedWednesday at a royal airfield near themain international airport in Oman'scapital, Muscat. At about 20 minutesbefore midnight Wednesday, Fattaland Bauer — wearing jeans andcasual shirts — bounded down thesteps from the blue-and-white plane.The men appeared very thin and pale,but in good health."We're so happy we are free,"

Fattal told reporters in a briefstatement before leaving the airport."Two years in prison is too long,"

Bauer said, adding he hoped theirrelease from prison will also bring"freedom for political prisoners inAmerica and Iran."Iran's Foreign Ministry said that

the pair's release was a gesture ofIslamic mercy and a response to callsfor their freedom by world leaderssuch as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon,Iraqi President Jalal Talabani,Venezuela's Hugo Chavez andOman's ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said.The release capped complicated

diplomatic maneuvers over a week ofconfusing signals by Iran's leadership.Although the fate of Fattal and Bauergripped America, it was on theperiphery of the larger showdownsbetween Washington and Tehran thatinclude Iran's nuclear program and itsambitions to widen military andpolitical influence in the Middle Eastand beyond.The release came on the eve of

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad's previously scheduledaddress Thursday to the U.N. GeneralAssembly's annual ministerialmeeting.The two, along with American

Sarah Shourd, were detained in July2009 along the Iran-Iraq border. Theyalways maintained their innocence,saying they were only hiking in Iraq'srelatively peaceful Kurdish region

and might have accidentallywandered into Iran. While in prison,Bauer proposed to Shourd. She wasreleased a year ago under similarterms and was with the families inOman to greet the two.Last month, Fattal and Bauer

were sentenced to eight years inprison each for illegal entry into Iranand espionage.American and Omani officials

did not disclose details about theAmericans' plans and when they mayhead home. After Shourd was freedlast September, she stayed for days inOman before she flew to UnitedStates."Today can only be described as

the best day of our lives," said aWednesday statement from theirfamilies. "We have waited for nearly26 months for this moment and thejoy and relief we feel at Shane andJosh's long-awaited freedom knowsno bounds.""We now all want nothing more

than to wrap Shane and Josh in ourarms, catch up on two lost years andmake a new beginning, for them andfor all of us," the statement added.Obama called it "wonderful,

wonderful news about the hikers, weare thrilled ... It's a wonderful day forthem and for us."

Americans freed from Iran enjoy family reunions

U.S. hiker Josh Fattal, center, is greeted Wednesday in Muscat, Oman, after Tehranreleased him and Shane Bauer on bail, months after convicting them.

U.S. hiker Shane Bauer is embraced byfiancée Sarah Shourd.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salehreturned to Sanaa on Friday after morethan three months of medical treatmentin Saudi Arabia, even as his forces werebattling dissident troops in the capital.Saleh's surprise return was announcedby state television. He arrived by planein Sanaa at 5:00 am (0200 GMT), anairport source said.The 69-year-old Saleh, who has

since January faced massive streetprotests demanding he step down, washospitalised in Riyadh on June 4, a dayafter being badly wounded in a bombattack on his Sanaa compound.It was not clear if his homecoming

presaged a yielding to demands sinceJanuary that he step down or plans toreassert his authority over anincreasingly divided country.His return came as his forces

fought dissidents loyal to General AliMohsen al-Ahmar in Sanaa for a sixthstraight day, with more than 100 peoplekilled in the surge of violence thaterupted on Sunday.Both sides are backed by rival

tribesmen, with witnesses saying thefighting on Friday was concentrated inthe capital's northern Al-Hasaba districtbut was also raging in otherneighbourhoods.On Thursday, Al-Hasaba became

the theatre of bloody clashes betweengunmen loyal to powerful dissidenttribal chief Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar,from the same tribe as General Ahmar,and followers of Saghir bin Aziz, atribesman allied to Saleh.After dying down during the night,

the fighting resumed at dawn Friday.Witnesses reported shelling andmachine-gun fire in Al-Hasaba, andtribal sources said Saleh's forces werebombarding the district with mortars.An Ahmar tribal source said four

people were killed in Al-Hasaba, whilemedics reported two people killedwhen a shell smashed into ChangeSquare, epicentre of anti-Saleh protestsin the centre of Sanaa.

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Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad on Thursday saidTehran would stop producing 20percent enriched uranium if it isguaranteed fuel for a medical researchreactor, seeking to revive a fuel swapdeal that fell apart in 2009.

"Any time they can guarantee usthis sale ... we will stop 20 percentenrichment," Ahmadinejad told asmall group of reporters in New York,where he is attending a meeting of theU.N. General Assembly.

"Whenever these assurances aregiven, we will do our part,"Ahmadinejad said. "We will ceasedomestic enrichment at the 20 percentlevel. That's all. But we will continuethe building of new power plants."

Tehran's refusal to halt enrichmenthas provoked four rounds of U.N.sanctions on the world's No. 5 oilexporting state and tighter U.S. andEuropean Union restrictions.

Ahmadinejad touched on the issueof the sanctions, acknowledging theyhad hit the Iranian economy butdenying they had had a devastatingimpact.

"At the end of the day, sanctionsdo have an effect, we never maintainedthat they had no effect whatsoever," hesaid. "But they do not have a decisiveeffect."

Western nations suspect Iran istrying to use its nuclear program todevelop atomic weapons. The IslamicRepublic has denied the charge, sayingit wants to produce nuclear energy.

Tehran plans to build 19 new

1,000-megawatt nuclear power plantsto meet growing electricity demand.

Iran recently began shiftingenrichment centrifuges to anunderground bunker near the holy cityof Qom as part of a push to tripleoutput capacity of higher-gradeenriched uranium, a developmentWashington called "troubling."

Western analysts say that Iran'sdrive to produce 20 percent enrichedmaterial puts it closer to the 90 percentthreshold suitable for atom bombs.

Iran says it needs the material tofuel a Tehran research reactor it sayshelps in treating hundreds ofthousands of cancer patients.

A tentative pact brokered by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency,the U.N. nuclear watchdog, in 2009 toexchange Iranian low-enricheduranium (LEU) for higher-refined fuelfrom abroad collapsed after Iranbacked away from its terms.

The fuel swap plan wasenvisioned by the West as a way toreduce mistrust and help pave the wayfor broader talks on Tehran's nuclearprogram but subsequent discussionshave revealed major differencesstanding in the way of reviving anysuch deal.

Western diplomats have madeclear they want Iran to send out mostof its low-enriched uranium --potential weapons material if refinedfurther -- as part of any fuel swap.

Iran has made equally clear it isnot prepared to part with more LEUthan it agreed to under the original

plan even though its stockpile hasmore than doubled in the interveningperiod.

Analysts and diplomats believethe original deal fell victim to Iran'sinternal power rivalries as

Ahmadinejad's rivals -- who haveonly grown stronger since the dealwas first outlined -- raised newconditions which provedunacceptable for the West.

Ahmadinejad revives nuclear fuel swap offer

President Barack Obama sought onThursday to ratchet up pressure forcongressional approval of his $447billion jobs plan, taking his pitch to thebackyard of his two top Republicanfoes and using an aging bridge as aprop.

In the latest stop on what hasbecome a "pass this bill" tour, Obamastood on the banks of the Ohio Riverto tout his package for reducing highunemployment, and warnedRepublicans against letting electionpolitics delay action.

Republicans mocked Obama's tripto the Brent Spence Bridge, adilapidated span between Ohio andKentucky, as political theater. Theyhave given Obama's jobs plan a coolreception and oppose tax hikes onwealthier Americans that would payfor it, but have voiced a willingness toconsider some of his ideas.

Obama pointed to the bridge,which links the home states of Houseof Representatives Speaker JohnBoehner and Senate RepublicanLeader Mitch McConnell and hasbeen declared "functionally obsolete,"as justification for new spending onthe nation's infrastructure.

The Democratic president, whose2012 re-election hopes hinge heavilyon his ability to revive the economy,made clear he had chosen thebackdrop in order to make a politicalpoint and put the two top Republicanlawmakers on the defensive.

"Part of the reason I came here isbecause Mr. Boehner and Mr.McConnell are the two most powerfulRepublicans in government," Obamatold a campaign-style rally. "They caneither kill this jobs bill, or they canhelp us pass it."

"Mr. Boehner, Mr. McConnell,help us rebuild this bridge," he said tocheers. "Pass this jobs bill right away.

Obama's trip to Ohio, abattleground state in presidentialelections, was his latest to drum upsupport for the jobs plan he unveiledthis month. Polls show manyAmericans skeptical it will do much tocurb 9.1 percent unemployment.

The visit also kept up a WhiteHouse offensive to sharpen his re-election campaign message -- thatRepublicans care more aboutshielding the rich from higher taxesthan making important investments.

A majority of Americansdisapprove of Obama's economicstewardship and his opinion pollnumbers have eroded amid worries thecountry could slip back into recession,with fresh jitters exposed on Thursdayas global stock markets slumped.

McConnell, a Kentuckylawmaker, criticized Obama for usingthe bridge as a political stunt.

Republicans have said Obamamust agree to loosen restrictions onhow infrastructure money is spent atthe local level before Congress willconsider further spending.

"I would suggest, Mr. President,that you think about ways to actuallyhelp the people of Kentucky and Ohio,instead of how you can use their roadsand bridges as a backdrop for makinga political point," McConnell said onthe Senate floor.

"If you really want to help ourstate then come back to Washingtonand work with Republicans onlegislation that will actually dosomething to revive our economy andcreate jobs. And forget the politicaltheater," he said.

But Obama also used hisCincinnati event to chide McConnellpersonally for having said in the pastthat his top priority was to make sureObama was a one-term president.

"I've got news for him," Obamasaid. "The next election is 14 monthsaway, and I'll be happy to tangle sometime down the road. But the Americanpeople right now don't have the luxuryof waiting to solve our problems foranother 14 months."

The 47-year-old bridge funnelstraffic from two interstate highways,suffers from overcrowding and hasbeen on the list for renovation foryears.

Obama uses aging bridge in push for jobs plan

US President Barack Obama

Confronted with the prospect of a Palestinian bid for full U.N.membership, U.S. President Barack Obama issued a sharp rebukeWednesday to those pressing for statehood -- a rebuke likely to bringcriticism from the Arab world.

"Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the U.N.,"Obama said, addressing delegates at the 66th annual session of U.N.General Assembly. "If it were that easy, it would have been accomplishedby now."

The United States has vowed to block a Palestinian membershipapplication should it reach the Security Council, but is likely eager to headoff a scenario that would involve an American veto -- a move widely seenas unpopular across the Middle East.

One year ago, I stood at this podium and called for an independentPalestine," Obama added. "I believed then -- and I believe now -- that thePalestinian people deserve a state of their own. But what I also said is thatgenuine peace can only be realized between Israelis and Palestiniansthemselves."

A year later, despite extensive U.S. efforts, "the parties have notbridged their differences," Obama said.

The American president met with Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu and declared the bonds between their two countries"unbreakable," a move likely to play well at home in an increasinglyvolatile U.S. political landscape.

Though Netanyahu was not in attendance at the General Assemblyduring Obama's speech, he called the U.S. position a "badge of honor,"and has pushed for a resumption of talks, beginning in New York andcontinuing in Ramallah and Jerusalem.

Peace negotiations broke down last year.

PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD ISSUECOMING TO A BOIL AT U.N.

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NATO said on Thursday it wasconfident it could conclude its missionin Libya before the end of a 90-dayextension agreed this week, and calledon forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafito surrender.

The Western military alliance,which has bombed Libya since March,has continued to hit holdout positionsof Gaddafi loyalists since the leaderwas toppled a month ago. NATO's 28member states agreed on Wednesdayto extend the operation's mandate by90 days. It had been due to expire onSept 27.

NATO's commander for Libya,Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard,said the activities of pro-Gaddafiforces were now confined to threeisolated areas and they were no longerable to coordinate action.

"I am highly confident that we cancomplete this mission well within thelimits as provided by NATO,"Bouchard told a news briefing.

Bouchard said the campaign of airstrikes and naval patrols would

continue as long as a threat remainedto civilians. NATO launched itscampaign after the U.N. SecurityCouncil authorized military action inMarch to protect Libyan civilians.

While pro-Gaddafi forces werenow confined to the areas of Bani

Walid, Sirte and Al Fuqaha, they stillpossessed multiple rocket launchers,heavy machineguns, surface-to-airweapons and tanks, Bouchard said.

"It behooves us to continue to lookfor those where required and ensuringthey are neutralized," Bouchard said.

He said the actions of pro-Gaddafiforces were now limited to "tactical,very localized, actions."

"We are now at a point that I canonly urge regime forces to surrender tobring and end to these activities and tofind a peaceful settlement," he said."Clearly if they opt not to do that andcontinue to threaten the population wewill take all necessary means tobringing that to an end."

Bouchard said that based on thereports he had had on Wednesday nightand Thursday morning, the areas ofWaddan, Hun, Al Jufra and Sabhawere all under the control of anti-Gaddafi forces.

"I don't think there are too manyplaces in Libya for (Gaddafi) regimeforces to go. The majority of thecountry is under NTC and anti-Gaddafi control and my assessment ofthe situation is that these areas aresurrounded," he said.

Bouchard repeated NATOstatements that he had no idea of thewhereabouts of Gaddafi himself.

NATO sees end to Libya mission within 90 days

Anti-Gaddafi fighters patrol the entrance of the besieged desert town of Bani Walid

The United States and Pakistan inched closer to openconfrontation on Thursday, the top U.S. militaryofficer accusing Pakistan's intelligence agency in thestrongest terms yet of involvement in violence againstU.S. targets in Afghanistan.

Admiral Mike Mullen called the Haqqani militantnetwork a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's powerful ISIintelligence service, which he said supported thegroup's attack last week on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,a blow to U.S. efforts to bring the Afghan war to apeaceful end.

Pakistan's interior minister swiftly rejected theU.S. accusations of Islamabad's links to the Haqqanis,one of the most feared insurgent groups operating inAfghanistan.

The minister, Rehman Malik, also warned againsta unilateral U.S. ground attack on the Haqqanis, whoare based in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal territories.

"The Pakistan nation will not allow the boots onour ground, never. Our government is alreadycooperating with the U.S. ... but they also must respectour sovereignty," Malik said in an interview withReuters.

The harsh words appear to represent a new low inU.S.-Pakistani relations, which had barely begun torecover from the unannounced U.S. Special Forcesraid that killed Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani cityof Abbottabad in May.

The tensions could have repercussions acrossAsia, from India, Pakistan's economically boomingarch-rival, to China, which has edged closer toPakistan in recent years.

A complete break between the United States andPakistan -- sometimes friends, sometimes adversaries-- seems unlikely, if only because the United Statesdepends on Pakistan as a route to supply U.S. troops inAfghanistan, and as a base for unmanned U.S. drones.

Washington does not want to see further instabilityin the nuclear-armed country.

But support in the U.S. Congress for curbing orconditioning aid to Pakistan is rising rapidly. AndMullen, CIA Director David Petraeus and Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton have all met their Pakistanicounterparts in recent days to demand Islamabad reinin militants.

Mullen, who appeared with Defense SecretaryLeon Panetta before the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee, said U.S. aid to Pakistan "needs to beconditioned" on Pakistan's cooperation againstmilitants. But he said the United States had to becareful about the conditioning as well.

"I think we need to continue to stay engaged. AndI don't know when the breakthrough is going to takeplace ... We need to be there when the light goes on,"Mullen said.

A separate Senate committee voted on Wednesdayto make economic and security aid to Pakistanconditional on its cooperation in fighting militantssuch as the Haqqani network.

Mullen, who is about to step down as chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been a defender of U.S.engagement with Pakistan and has met more than twodozen times with his Pakistani counterpart, GeneralAshfaq Kayani.

The Haqqani network is one of three alliedinsurgent factions fighting U.S.-led NATO and Afghantroops under the Taliban banner in Afghanistan.

In earlier testimony, Mullen said "the Haqqaninetwork ... acts as a veritable arm of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency."

"With ISI support, Haqqani operatives plannedand conducted (a September 11) truck bomb attack, aswell as the assault on our embassy," Mullen said.

Insurgents struck the U.S. Embassy in Kabul andnearby NATO headquarters on September 13, killingat least seven people and wounding 19.

Of the Haqqanis, Mullen said, "We also havecredible intelligence that they were behind the June 28attack against the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul anda host of other smaller but effective operations."

Malik, the Pakistani minister, issued a flat denialof such accusations.

"If you say that it is ISI involved in that (embassy)attack, I categorically deny it. We have no such policyto attack or aid attack through Pakistani forces orthrough any Pakistani assistance," he told Reuters.

The U.S. accusations underscore mountingexasperation in the Obama administration which isstruggling to put an end to the long war in Afghanistan.

Sparks fly as US and Pakistanspar over Afghan bloodshed

France's fines on women for wearing the full-face covering niqab veil, imposed for the firsttime by a court on Thursday, are a "travesty ofjustice," Amnesty International says.

Police have issued several on-the-spot finessince the ban came into force in April but thehearing saw the first two court-issued fines, andthe Muslim women vowed to appeal their caseall the way to the European Court of HumanRights.

"This is a travesty of justice and a day ofshame for France. These women are beingpunished for wearing what they want,"Amnesty International's deputy director forEurope and Central Asia John Dalhuisen said ina statement.

"Instead of protecting women's rights, thisban violates their freedom of expression andreligion."

The court in the northern cheese-makingtown of Meaux ordered Hind Ahmas, 32, to paya 120 ($A163) fine, while Najate Nait Ali, 36,was fined 80 euros. It did not order them to takea citizenship course, as the prosecutor hadwanted.

The women were arrested when theybrought a birthday cake for local mayor andlawmaker Jean-Francois Cope, who is head ofPresident Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing UMPparty that pushed through Europe's first anti-burqa law.

France is not the only country to try to banthe Muslim full-face veil - Belgium and someItalian cities have similar laws, while othercountries are planning to follow suit - so aEuropean ruling could have broad effect.

French officials estimate that only around2,000 women, from a total Muslim populationestimated at between four and six million, wearthe full-face veils traditionally worn in parts ofthe Arab world and South Asia.

Many Muslims and rights activists say theright-wing president is targeting one of France'smost vulnerable groups to signal to anti-immigration voters that he shares their fear thatIslam is a threat to French culture.

FRENCH COURTFINES WOMEN FORWEARING VEILS


Facebook on Thursday delivered anentirely new profile design, calledTimeline; a few new verbs to go with theLike button, such as read, listen, watch,run and cook; and a few numbers as well-- among them 800 million.

While the focus of CEO MarkZuckerberg's keynote at the F8conference in San Francisco was on thenew products, Spotify's CEO Daniel Ekmentioned that Facebook had passed800 million users. Facebook's chieftechnology officer, Bret Taylor,confirmed that fact in a news conferenceafter the keynote. But that wasn't beforehe mentioned during the keynote thatmore than 350 million people useFacebook on mobile devices eachmonth.

Zuckerberg earlier in the keynotealso mentioned that in one day recently,Facebook had more than 500 million

users overall, testifying to the fact thatindeed, the world's most popular socialnetwork's user base is active.

It's that user base, of course, that thelaunch partners taking part in Facebook'snew "social graph" apps and Timelineare trying to tap into. More than threedozen partners built apps for theredesigned, sharing-focused Facebook,including heavyweight names such asHulu and Netflix in video; Electronic

Arts, Zynga, Disney and Kabam ingaming; Spotify, Mog, Rdio,IHeartRadio and upstart Turntable.FM inmusic.

Noticeably, but not unexpectedlyabsent, in the music/movies/TV/books/apps side were Apple andGoogle -- rivals that Facebook seems tobe raising its stakes against.

The goal of the new Timeline designand the increasingly sharing-focused

apps is in part to get users to spend moretime on Facebook for not only theirsocial networking, but also mediaconsumption.

Facebook wants to be the first stopthe world goes to in finding music,movies, news, books and even recipes.But while it's competing with Apple,Google and other rivals such as Twitter,it's doing so by making apps outside ofFacebook integrate with Facebook, andit's doing so without an app store likeiTunes or an app market like Android.

In fact, for now, Facebook doesn'tplan on having an app store at all.

"We're not really planning on havingan app store," Taylor said after thekeynote. "The main way people findapps is though their friends using thoseapps. That kind of serendipity is what'sdriving app discovery and every featureon Facebook, really."

Facebook F8: Redesigning and hitting 800 million users

Europe needs to "get its act together" and deal withits worsening sovereign debt crisis, the InternationalMonetary Fund said on Tuesday, warning of the riskof severe repercussions for global growth.

The IMF said both Europe's debt woes and apainfully slow U.S. recovery could undermine globalexpansion, and it warned that without action thoseeconomies could tip back into recession.

The top economist at the global lender, however,singled out Europe as "a major source of worry" as hereleased the IMF's latest World Economic Outlookreport.

"There is a wide perception that policymakersare one step behind markets," IMF chief economistOlivier Blanchard told reporters. "Europe must getits act together," he added.

Investors have questioned Europe's ability tocome up with a convincing solution to its festeringsovereign debt crisis, which has rattled confidenceand roiled financial markets.

The Fund cut its 2011 and 2012 global growthforecast to 4 percent, shaving projections for almostevery region of the world and saying risks remainedtilted to the downside. Just three months ago it hadprojected an expansion of 4.3 percent for 2011 and4.5 percent for 2012.

Finance officials from around the world, whogather in Washington later this week for semiannualmeetings of the IMF and World Bank, appear to haveno clear road map for how to deal with high debtlevels and a fragile global recovery.

The IMF's message to European leaders was thatthey should do whatever it takes to preserveconfidence in national policies and the euro, and iturged the European Central Bank to lower interestrates if risks to growth persisted.

Standard & Poor's on Monday downgraded itsratings on Italy by one notch and kept its outlook onnegative in mounting pressure to cut its debt. Greeceon Tuesday pledged to shrink the country's publicsector to win more loans from international lenderslike the IMF.

Greece, which stands at the center of Europe'scrisis, is facing increasing pressure from theEuropean Union and IMF to deliver on pledges toslash its deficit.

Senior IMF economist Jorg Decressin toldreporters Greece's debt problems were "eminentlymanageable" and its government was fullycommitted to staying in the euro zone.

More broadly, he said it was a "crazyproposition" to even talk about a possible break upof the 17-nation currency bloc because Europeanleaders were fully committed to making the euro areawork.

Carlo Cotarrelli, the director of the IMF's FiscalAffairs Department, said there was a political will inEurope to support crisis-hit countries, but thatpolicymakers had failed to properly communicatetheir strategy.

He said the "cacophony of voices" from differenteuro zone states had confused markets with mixedmessages.

WEAK AND BUMPY RECOVERYThe IMF warned that uncertain politics in the

United States could threaten recovery there if neededactions to bolster growth in the near-term were nottaken.

It said a failure by Europe and the United Statesto act forcefully would undermine financial markets,which would lead to a sharp decline in world tradeand capital flows and drag down growth in emerging

and developing economies.The fund cut its growth forecast for the euro zone

by nearly half a percentage point to 1.6 percent in2011 and said growth would likely register just 1.1percent next year.

It cautioned that hasty budget cuts in the UnitedStates could further weaken growth, and said the U.S.Federal Reserve should stand ready to ease monetarypolicy further. The Fed meets on Tuesday andWednesday and is widely expected to take freshactions to bolster the U.S. recovery.

The IMF shaved its forecasts for U.S. growth to1.5 percent for 2011 and 1.8 percent for 2012, downfrom June projection of 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent,respectively.

Japan's economy was forecast to shrink 0.5percent this year, not quite as severely as previouslythought, but to grow just 2.3 percent in 2012. In June,the IMF said Japan would likely grow 2.9 percentnext year.

The IMF also said prospects for emerging marketeconomies were growing more uncertain, althoughgrowth would likely remain fairly strong at about 6.4percent this year, slowing to 6.1 percent in 2012.

Signs of overheating still warranted closeattention in emerging market economies, itcautioned. In some countries, higher commodityprices and social and political unrest loomed large, itadded.

The fund trimmed its forecasts for China andother emerging Asian economies, in part due toslowing global growth.

It said it expects China's economy to grow 9.5percent in 2011 and 9.0 percent in 2012. That's downfrom its June forecasts of 9.6 percent this year and9.5 percent in 2012.

IMF calls on Europe to get act together on debt

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TURKS AND CAICOS SUN SEPTEMBER 23RD - OCTOBER 7TH 2011 BUSINESS and TEchNology

U.S. retailers may see more moderatesales gains this holiday season aspersistently high unemployment andsteeper gasoline and grocery pricesprompt shoppers to think twice aboutspending, according to early forecasts.Retail sales are expected to rise 3percent in November and December, aslower pace than the 4.1 percent gainsin 2010 and barely more than inflation,research firm ShopperTrak said onWednesday.The International Council of

Shopping Centers suggested that salesat U.S. shopping centers would rise just2.2 percent, to $449 billion, after a 5percent increase in 2010. Kantar Retail,which includes online sales in itsforecast, said it expects growth of 2.8percent, half last year's rate.ShopperTrak, which measures foot

traffic to stores, said people will headout with a set list of what to buy andspend less time browsing."People are going to the malls and

the stores less frequently, but when theygo there, they know what they're after,"ShopperTrak Chief ExecutiveChristopher Ainsley told Reuters.That means retailers will have

fewer chances to turn browsers intobuyers and will be under pressure tooffer attractive selections, better in-store presentations and more targetedcustomer loyalty programs, Ainsleysaid.It could also mean less impulse

buying.Foot traffic is expected to slip 2.2

percent as high gasoline prices promptfewer shopping trips, ShopperTrak

forecast.Retailers are already girding for

battle with each other this fall,especially chains whose shoppers areparticularly vulnerable to theeconomy's mood swings.Kohl's Corp's (KSS.N) sales were

unexpectedly weak in August and thedepartment store chain plans to boostadvertising and "sharpen" its prices thisfall.Target Corp (TGT.N) Chief

Financial Officer Doug Scovanner saidat a conference this month that thediscount chain has to compete"vigorously this holiday season for ourfair share."J.C. Penney Co Inc Chief

Executive Myron Ullman said at thatsame conference: "We have pulled back

a bit in terms of our expectations."The holiday season can make or

break a company's annual results,accounting for one-third of annual salesin many cases. Last year, according tothe National Retail Federation, U.S.holiday sales reached $462 billion, up5.7 percent over 2009, raising hopes theeconomic recovery was on solidfooting.But unemployment has barely

budged since then and consumerconfidence has fallen to its lowest in ageneration.A survey for Reuters this month by

America's Research Group found that27 percent of Americans plan to spendless this holiday season, while 55percent plan to spend the same.Still, no one is expecting a

bloodbath at the malls.Global Hunter Securities analyst

Richard Hastings said back-to-schoolsales have tracked close to the firm'sforecasts and retailers understand thestate of the economy and have plannedaccordingly, being careful aboutbuilding inventory.Ullman said at the conference that

Penney had planned for a better yearbut that his chain was keeping a tightlid on inventory, lest Penney find itselfforced to offer bigger discounts thanplanned and lose gross margin ifshoppers do not show up.ShopperTrak estimates that sales of

clothing and accessories will rise 2.7percent and that lower-end chains willhave to offer bargains to compete withdiscounters.Shares of Macy's (M.N) and VF

Corp, (VFC.N) parent of Nautica andThe North Face, were each down 2.4percent in afternoon trading, while Wal-Mart's (WMT.N) shares slipped 1percent.High-end stores such as Saks Inc

(SKS.N) and Nordstrom Inc (JWN.N)will continue to have an advantage overtheir more affordable peers Penney andKohl's.Sales of electronics will lag other

holiday gift categories, rising only 1.2percent, largely because of the limitednumber of blockbuster electronicgadgets that will be offered this year,ShopperTrak predicted.ShopperTrak, which gathers data at

25,000 stores in the United States, doesnot include online sales, restaurants,automobiles or gasoline in its data.

Holiday retail sales expected to be tepid

An international team of scientists said onThursday they had recorded sub-atomicparticles traveling faster than light -- afinding that could overturn one of Einstein'slong-accepted fundamental laws of theuniverse.Antonio Ereditato, spokesman for the

researchers, told Reuters that measurementstaken over three years showed neutrinospumped from CERN near Geneva to GranSasso in Italy had arrived 60 nanosecondsquicker than light would have done."We have high confidence in our results.

We have checked and rechecked foranything that could have distorted ourmeasurements but we found nothing," hesaid. "We now want colleagues to checkthem independently."If confirmed, the discovery would

undermine Albert Einstein's 1905 theory ofspecial relativity, which says that the speedof light is a "cosmic constant" and that nothing in theuniverse can travel faster.That assertion, which has withstood over a

century of testing, is one of the key elements of theso-called Standard Model of physics, which attemptsto describe the way the universe and everything in itworks.The totally unexpected finding emerged from

research by a physicists working on an experimentdubbed OPERA run jointly by the CERN particleresearch center near Geneva and the Gran SassoLaboratory in central Italy.A total of 15,000 beams of neutrinos -- tiny

particles that pervade the cosmos -- were fired overa period of 3 years from CERN toward Gran Sasso

730 (500 miles) km away, where they were pickedup by giant detectors.Light would have covered the distance in around

2.4 thousandths of a second, but the neutrinos took60 nanoseconds -- or 60 billionths of a second -- lessthan light beams would have taken."It is a tiny difference," said Ereditato, who also

works at Berne University in Switzerland, "butconceptually it is incredibly important. The findingis so startling that, for the moment, everybody shouldbe very prudent."Ereditato declined to speculate on what it might

mean if other physicists, who will be officiallyinformed of the discovery at a meeting in CERN onFriday, found that OPERA's measurements were

correct."I just don't want to think of the

implications," he told Reuters. "Weare scientists and work with what weknow."Much science-fiction literature is

based on the idea that, if the light-speed barrier can be overcome, timetravel might theoretically becomepossible.The existence of the neutrino, an

elementary sub-atomic particle with atiny amount of mass created inradioactive decay or in nuclearreactions such as those in the Sun, wasfirst confirmed in 1934, but it stillmystifies researchers.

It can pass through most matterundetected, even over long distances,and without being affected. Millionspass through the human body every

day, scientists say.To reach Gran Sasso, the neutrinos pushed out

from a special installation at CERN -- also home tothe Large Hadron Collider probing the origins of theuniverse -- have to pass through water, air and rock.The underground Italian laboratory, some 120

km (75 miles) to the south of Rome, is the largest ofits type in the world for particle physics and cosmicresearch.Around 750 scientists from 22 different

countries work there, attracted by the possibility ofstaging experiments in its three massive halls,protected from cosmic rays by some 1,400 metres(4,200 feet) of rock overhead.

Particles found to break speed of light

Foot traffic is expected to slip 2.2 percent as high gasoline prices prompt fewer shopping tripsaccording to ShopperTrak forecast.

A graphic showing a collision at full power is pictured at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)experience control room of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)



Police are Provo T20 championsBy Vivian Tyson

Ace batsman Garvin Bruno missed out on another century but he engineered Police to championship honours in the final of the Provo 20/20 cricket competition over the Jaguars, which was played at the Downtown Ball Park on Sunday, September 17.

Bruno fell seven run short of the milestone when he caught for 93 by Terrence Thomas off the bowling of Winick Caleb.

Batting first, the police posted a challenging 197 for the loss of five wickets. Kareem Jack was the second highest run-getter for the Police scoring 38, following by Sabuton John, who supported with 31 and Ira Baptiste who finished on 10.

John was caught by Thomas off the bowling of Caleb. His fellow opener Mark Henry hardly disturbed the scorers, as he was bowled by Henry for 2 runs. Bruno, who batted at number three, faced 45 balls for his shotgun score, during which he clouted eight 4s and six 6s.

Bruno’s onslaught ended when he holed

out a catch to Caleb off the bowling of the 2011 Clement Howell High School runner-up valedictorian and top academic achiever at the graduation, Jawellin Sealey.

Jack was stumped by Munesh Bhagwandas, while Baptiste was stumped by Nuwan Bodhinayake off a Caleb bowling.

Caleb was the pick of the bowlers, snaring two wickets for 22 runs. Sealey, Bhagwandas and Henry finished with one wicket apiece.

The Jaguars, in their reply, was rocked early, when Caleb was out for a duck after facing just three balls. He was caught by Ian Ganess of the bowling of Damian Young. Despite the early loss, the Jaguars soldiered on with Sean Khan and Bodhinayake who kept the scoreboard ticking.

However, the Police bowlers stuck to the task and eventually removed Khan for a top score of 57, during which he hit eight 4s and a 6. He was bowled by John, who put in an all round effort.

The Jaguars innings eventually folded when they ran out of overs, with 24 runs in arrears.

Khan was supported by Sheldon Henry, who posted the second highest figure of the Jaguar’s

innings - 46 - before he, too, fell victim to John, who bowled him. Henry knocked seven 4s and one 6. Bodhinayake closed his innings on 22, when he was caught by Damian St. Ange off a Garvin Bruno bowling.

Terrence ended his innings on 14 after being caught be Kevin Morris off the bowling of Terry Hutchinson. Others who contributed to the score were Mark Henry, who was not out on 8, Ian Young who was run out on 3, by Kareem Jack, Marcel Morris, who fell victim to John on 2, Mark Austin, who was caught by Kareem Jack off a Garvin Bruno bowling and Munesh Bhagwandas who was not out on 1.

John was the pick of the Police bowlers with 3 wickets for 15 runs off three overs. Bruno was the second wicket-taker with 2 for 27 off four overs, while Young and Hutchinson took one wicket apiece.

Bruno collected both the man of the match and man of the series awards. He also collected the award for most runs scored. Baptiste pocketed the award for most wickets, while Sealy topped the Junior Participant tally.

Mexican female coach hosts local football seminar

General Secretary of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association Sonia Fulford-Bien-Aime is calling for more teams to enter the TCI Soccer Scramble to be held on Sunday, September 25, at 1:30 pm at Provo Golf Club.

The TCI Soccer Scramble is an essential part of the TCIFA fund raising efforts, and the public is asked to support the cause by entering a team in the tournament.

“ Thanks to all for their support thus far. However, we need a few more teams to sign up for the Soccer Scramble on Sunday, to make this a viable event,” Bien-Aime said.

The entry fee for members is $90 plus cart fee, while the entry fee for non-members is $135.00. There will also be raffle tickets on sale at $20 each. The first prize winner will get a 3-night hotel stay in Miami together with 3 days car rental and $500 towards flight. The second place winner will receive a 2 night stay at Villa Renaissance.

The third prize winner will get 2 round trip Air Turks & Caicos tickets. The fourth prize will be two Coconut Palms donated by Sunshine Nursery valued at $250 each, while the fifth place prize will be a $100 Handy Pro maintenance voucher.

Interested persons can contact Sonia Bien-Aime at 231-1868 for your raffle tickets today!

In its quest to take female football in the Turks and Caicos to a higher rung, the TCIFA last week conducted a Women’s Football Course which was hosted by ex-Mexican national team captain and coach Andrea Rodebaugh.

Thirty participants attended the four day course which covered a range of topics relating to women's football. The course focused on the characteristics of female players, technical coaching, health and fitness as well as how to market and promote the game.

The participants were also given an opportunity to work with over forty young players from the Under 12 and Under 14 Provo Regional Academies as they conducted training sessions and arranged a skills tournament that was won by national youth team player Willandra Elliot.

Technical Director Matthew Green was pleased with the level of participation stating the TCIFA will continue to push the women's game further.

"We have made gigantic strides in the women's game in recent years. We have many competitive leagues including the first ever Women's Beach Soccer league in the Caribbean. We have players overseas on scholarships, almost twenty qualified female coaches as well as referee's officiating in both the men and women's domestic leagues.

“Our female players have proved they can do anything their male counterparts can do and, in many ways, the female players are leading the association as it moves forward," Green said.

The TCIFA said it has one of the highest percentages of registered female players in the world (approximately 40%). Green added that the TCIFA is proud of that statistic as it shows the association is progressive and ambitious in all aspects of the game.

He said the female football has been making a great deal of strides in the country since in 2007, there were fewer than 50 registered players in the women's league and also fewer than 30 girls in

its regional programmes. But now there are more than 300 registered female players in the country competing in eight junior and senior leagues.

Rodebaugh said she was impressed with the TCIFA's women's programme recognizing that there is a strong foundation for future development. She was pleased with the professionalism of the association and its volunteer coaches and was particularly full of praise for the young players saying.

“You can see from just watching them how much they love the game. They are very enthusiastic, disciplined and have the potential to do very well in the future," she said.

She also hailed what she described as the good work that the TCIFA has done so far, saying that:

"Hopefully the TCIFA can get more support from local communities and schools to further their programmes and help the young people of the Turks and Caicos Islands".

In the meantime, Green calls for full backing of the country’s football programme.

“We really need the whole country to wake up and realize what a big part sport can play in the lives of young people. We deliberately invited many people from the education sector to participate in the course so that they can spread the word to all their staff and students of what opportunities football and other sports can bring to a child,” he said.

TCIFA president Chris Bryan, added that courses like this and others planned in the near future show how keen the TCIFA is to make sure that all forms of the game are given a chance to develop

Practices for all girls aged 9 and above are conducted at the TCIFA Academy field on Wednesday afternoons and games are played for U14 (and younger) on Saturday mornings at 8.30am.

The TCIFA said it is also looking for volunteers to help set up programmes in North and Middle

Caicos / South Caicos and assist the Grand Turk Development Officer (Clifford Blake). For further information contact the TCIFA offices on 941 5532 or Matthew Green 231 1860.

Some of the female participants in course

Andrea Rodebaugh conducting the seminar

Some of the participants take time to pose for the camera

BRUSSELS -- Usain Bolt ran theseason's fastest time of 9.76 seconds inthe 100 meters at the Van DammeMemorial on Friday and was stillupstaged by Jamaican training partnerYohan Blake, who powered his way tothe second fastest 200 in history.

Blake took Bolt's advice and ran acontained curve before blasting for theline in 19.26 seconds, just 0.07 secondsoff Bolt's world record.

"I think all the tutoring juststopped," Bolt said, knowing he hadprobably discovered his toughestchallenger at the London Olympics.

Amid all the amazement overBlake's time, Walter Dix of the UnitedStates became the fourth-bestperformer in history by finishingsecond in 19.53 seconds.

In the women's 100 at the season'slast Diamond League meet, worldchampion Carmelita Jeter of the U.S.underlined her domination. VeronicaCampbell-Brown had a fast start, butJeter came back and beat her. Shefinished in 10.78 -- 0.07 seconds aheadof her Jamaican rival.

Olympic champion KenenisaBekele of Ethiopia ran the year's fastest

10,000 meters, winning in 26 minutes,43.16 seconds. Cheered by 40,000 fansat the King Baudouin Stadium, he tookthe lead from Kenyan Lucas Rotichwith a lap to go.

Galen Rupp was third, setting anAmerican record in 26:48. He brokethe previous record by a full 11seconds, set by Chris Solinsky in April2010.

Blake surprised many by winningthe 100 world title after Bolt false

started in the final in Daegu, SouthKorea, three weeks ago. Now he hasmore than made his mark over 200,where Bolt, the Olympic and doubleworld champion, was long considereda class of his own.

"I knew I could do somethingcrazy -- 19.2? I was a bit surprised,"Blake said.

From lane 7, Blake had the worststart of the nine runners. He bided histime on the curve but was unstoppable

afterward, dipping at the line for a timethat seemed only within Bolt's limits.With 19.26, he improved on hispersonal best by 0.52 seconds.

"It was a big surprise for me," Boltsaid.

By that time, Bolt had done hispart. From lane 5, his start was betterthan his preceding races, but he stillneeded to fight hard to get even withNesta Carter. From there, he surgedahead and did what he promised to do-- get the fastest time of the season.

Bolt bettered by 0.02 seconds theseason's mark set by fellow JamaicanAsafa Powell.

"I came here to do it," Bolt said. "Iam happy. I got a win and that wasneeded."

In the high jump, Anna Chicherovaof Russia beat Croatian rival BlankaVlasic again. The world championjumped 6 feet, 8¾ inches and narrowlymissed the world record of 6-10¾.

In the 100 hurdles, Sally Pearsonof Australia saw a perfect season endwhen she crashed halfway through therace. Danielle Carruthers of the U.S.won in 12.65.

Usain Bolt runs season’s fastest 100

Jamaica's Usain Bolt stormed to the fastest 100-meter time of the season, 9.76 seconds.

St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies CricketBoard announced the West Indies One DayInternational and Test squads for the tour toBangladesh.

Denesh Ramdin has returned to both theODI and Test squads while off spinner ShaneShillingford returns to the Test squad alongwith rookie opener Kraigg Brathwaite. KeiranPowell, the Nevisian left handed top orderbatsman has also been included in both squadsas well.

Carlos Brathwaite, the Barbadian allrounder has received a call up to the WestIndies ODI squad.

West Indies One Day SquadDarren Sammy – Captain, Adrian Barath,

Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, DarrenBravo, Danza Hyatt, Anthony Martin, KieronPollard, Keiran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, RaviRampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell,Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons.

WEST INDIES TEST SQUADDarren Sammy – Captain, Adrian Barath,

Carlton Baugh, Devendra Bishoo, KraiggBrathwaite, Darren Bravo, ShivnarineChanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Kirk Edwards,Keiran Powell, Denesh Ramdin, RaviRampaul, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels andShane Shillingford.

Ramnaresh Sarwan is recovering from aninjury.

The outstanding matter relating to ChrisGayle’s availability and selection remainsunresolved. The WICB Management willsubmit a report to the Board of Directors afterwhich a conclusive statement will be made.

Dwayne Bravo was considered but notselected for the tours.

The West Indies will play a T20, threeODIs and two Tests on the one month tour.

Full scheduleOctober 7 – 1st warm up – KSOASOctober 9 – 2nd warm up – KSOASOctober 11 – Twenty20 – SBNCSOctober 13 – 1st ODI – SBNCS October 15 – 2nd ODI – SBNCSOctober 18 – 3rd ODI – ZACSOctober 21 – 25 – 1st Test – ZACSOctober 29 – November 3 – 2nd Test –SBNCSNCAG – National Cricket Academy Ground,DhakaKSOAS – Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium,NarayanganjSBNCS – She-e-Bangla National CricketStadium, DhakaZACS – Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong

The Test and ODI squads for the tour ofIndia which follows immediately after the tourto Bangladesh will be announced at a laterdate.

WICB announces ODI & Testsquads to Bangladesh


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BBC Newsnight has uncovered evidence of secretpayments of millions of dollars from Azerbaijan tointernational boxing organisation World SeriesBoxing (WSB).

Whistleblowers say that WSB's chief claimedthe money was in return for a guarantee thatAzerbaijani fighters would win two boxing goldmedals at the London 2012 Olympics.

The boxing organiser at the Olympics, AIBA,admits an Azeri national paid $9m (£5.9m) to one oftheir competitions.

But they deny any deal to fix medals.Lawyers for the International Amateur Boxing

Association (AIBA) told the BBC that any suchallegation was "preposterous and utterly untrue".

That view was backed by AIBA President DrChing-Kuo Wu, who told Newsnight that the claimswere "totally untrue and ludicrous", adding that"WSB is conducted in a totally transparent way".

However, he said that AIBA had a zerotolerance policy on corruption and that he wouldconduct an immediate investigation into theallegations.

The AIBA is the international governing bodyfor the sport of boxing recognised by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC). World

Series Boxing, a franchised league of professionalboxing, is one of its initiatives.

Whistleblowers from inside boxing approachedNewsnight with allegations about the ChiefOperating Officer of the AIBA's World SeriesBoxing (WSB), Ivan Khodabakhsh.

WSB had run into financial difficulties inAmerica and was in need of funding.

'Medals being sold' The insiders said Mr Khodabakhsh told them

that a secret deal had been done to secure fundingfrom Azerbaijan in return for manipulation of theOlympic boxing tournament to guarantee goldmedals for Azerbaijani fighters.

One insider told Newsnight: "Ivan boasted to afew of us that there was no need to worry aboutWorld Series Boxing having the coin to pay its bills.As long as the Azeris got their medals, WSB wouldhave the cash."

Another said that Mr Khodabakhsh came in andsaid: "We are safe now - Azerbaijan came in - wehave to give them medals for that."

"He was talking about gold medals in Londonin return for millions of dollars of secret payments,"the insider added. "Medals are being sold soblatantly it's amazing."

But Mr Khodabakhsh told Newsnight thatclaims that there was any deal with Azerbaijan were"an absolute lie".

"I deny that I have offered anyone two goldmedals or have any understanding that anybody elsehas offered two gold medals to Azerbaijan," headded.

AIBA has previously claimed that the money forWSB America came from a private Swiss company,but documents obtained by Newsnight showcommunications between Mr Khodabakhsh, AIBAexecutive director Ho Kim and Azerbaijan'sMinister for Emergency Situations KamaladdinHeydarov about an investment agreement for a$10m loan.

These include an e-mail from Mr Khodabakhshto the ministry in Azerbaijan with the followingrequest: "Please transfer the investment moneysoonest possible to the WSB America account."

'Go-between' Newsnight interviewed Mr Khodabakhsh earlier

this month in Switzerland, where WSB have offices,and asked him about the source of the money.

"The money for WSB America came from aninvestment company here based in Switzerland,"he said.

Allegations of deal to fix 2012 Olympic boxing medals

BELGRADE, Serbia- NovakDjokovic says the back muscle injurythat forced him to quit his Davis Cupmatch is not serious but requires rest.He tried to play through the painSunday against Juan Martin del Potroin the semifinals. But the top-rankedSerb stopped during the second set,sending Argentina to the Davis Cupfinal against Spain.

"Not as serious as we havethought," Djokovic said Monday. "It'sa partial rupture of a back muscle thatdeserves rest."

Djokovic skipped Friday's openingsingles because of lingering backproblems following his victory overRafael Nadal in the U.S. Open final.But after losing the opening set 7-6 (5)against Del Potro, Djokovic fell frompain during the third game of thesecond set.

Djokovic said he may have to skiphis next tournaments in China nextmonth — the Shanghai Masters andChina Open in Beijing.

"I hope I will recover by then,"Djokovic said. "Anyway, I won't riskthe worsening of the injury and that'swhy it is hard to predict for how long Iwill rest."

Djokovic said he has never had thiskind of back problem.

"I carried the injury since the U.S.Open," Djokovic said. "It gradually gotworse through the tournament, and Ifelt sharp pain in the finals."

"Luckily for me, I managed to holdon and to survive that fourth set and

win the tournament," Djokovic added."I came here quite late, and I could notget ready."

Djokovic beat Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-1 in the U.S. Open final for hissixth consecutive win over the Spaniard,including the Wimbledon final, and histhird major title this season.

He entered the Davis Cup weekendwith a 64-2 record. One of those lossescame when he quit with a sore shoulderagainst Andy Murray in the Cincinnatifinal last month. Djokovic also lost toRoger Federer in the French Opensemifinals.

Djokovic reportedly is planning tomarry longtime girlfriend Jelena Risticbefore the new season starts.

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LAS VEGAS -- Protect yourself at alltimes. It is the oldest adage in boxing.Victor Ortiz did not do that, and hepaid the ultimate price.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., who haddominated the first three rounds,looked brilliant in his first fight in 16months, but that brilliance may beovershadowed by the way he scored astunning knockout with one second leftin the fourth round Saturday night towin a welterweight title at the MGMGrand Garden Arena.

Some at ringside called it a suckerpunch from Mayweather. Othersblamed referee Joe Cortez, who did nothave his eye on the action. Whateveryou want to call it, Mayweather drilledOrtiz in a triumphant return to the ring.

Ortiz was getting tagged repeatedlyby Mayweather right hands for most ofthe fight. Mayweather was making itlook oh-so easy, as he usually hasduring a career that obviously will sendhim to the Hall of Fame.

But in the fourth round, Ortiz foundsome success. He landed a couple ofhard shots that had Mayweather shakinghis head, as if say he did not feel them.But then Ortiz drove Mayweather intothe corner post. Instead of following upwith punches, Ortiz drove his headtoward Mayweather's face as if tointentionally head-butt him. Cortezimmediately called time and deducteda point from Ortiz.

Then the fight turned somewhatsurreal.

As Cortez was calling time, Ortiz-- seemingly acknowledging hiswrongdoing -- hugged Mayweather inthe corner and even appeared to kisshim.

Then Cortez waived them backtogether and they touched gloves. Butwith Cortez looking away from thefighters, Mayweather unloaded a lefthook and a flush right hand to Ortiz'sface.

Ortiz dropped and was unable tobeat Cortez's count as the crowd of14,687 -- clearly an Ortiz house -- wentabsolutely wild.

"In the ring, you have to protectyourself at all times," Mayweathersaid. "After it happened, we touchedgloves and we were back to fightingand then I threw the left hook and righthand after the break. You just gottaprotect yourself at all times."

During the lead-up to the fight,Ortiz's trainer, Danny Garcia, hadaccused Mayweather of using hiselbows and being a dirty fighter.

But it was Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KOs)

who turned dirty with the head-butt,not Mayweather, who was well withinhis rights to throw the punches thatended the fight.

"Time was in," Cortez said. "Thefighter needed to keep his guard up.Mayweather did nothing illegal."

Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs) didnot have a lot of time to celebrate andwas soon questioned about what hadhappened by HBO's Larry Merchantduring an in-ring interview.

"He did something dirty,"Mayweather said. "His corner said Iwas dirty, and he did something dirty.All along, his corner was saying I wasdirty, but I won the fight."

At that point Mayweather'sinterview with Merchant degenerated.Mayweather began to get intoMerchant's face, saying, "I'm going todo you a favor and let you talk toVictor Ortiz, because you've never

given me a fair shake. You ain't s---.""If I was 50 years younger, I would

kick your ass," Merchant, 80, said backto him before turning to Ortiz.

HBO will replay the fight nextSaturday night at 9:45 ET/PT.

Mayweather, who made aminimum $25 million, walked awayfrom Merchant, clearly in no mood todissect what had happened or toaddress his overwhelmingperformance, one which he deservescredit for as he took apart a man 10years younger than him (Ortiz is 24)while coming off the long, self-imposed layoff.

He also faced a significant weightdisadvantage.

Ortiz, who was making the firstdefense of the belt he won via decisionin a fight of the year candidate withAndre Berto in April, stepped onto theunofficial HBO fight-night scale at 164pounds. Mayweather was 150 pounds.

It made no difference, asMayweather claimed his seventh worldtitle covering five weight classes.

Ortiz was, of course, not happywith what had happened, even if he hasonly himself to blame for the head-buttthat led to the knockout.

"I took a break by the referee and Iobeyed exactly what I was told," saidOrtiz, who made $2 million. "Andthen, boom, he blindsided me. I'm nota dirty fighter and I apologize for thehead-butt. I came to entertain the fansand I think they were entertained.There was a miscommunication withthe referee, and neither he nor I areperfect."

This is true. But, in the ringanyway, Mayweather sure is.

Mayweather scores controversial KO

he controversial Round 4 of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz’s boxing match at MGM GrandGarden Arena on Sept. 17, 2011. Mayweather won the round and fight with a KO.

The NBA is expected to announce it will postponeof the start of training camp and the opening slateof exhibition games after a negotiating sessionThursday in New York between the players uniondirector Billy Hunter and commissioner DavidStern ended without a labor agreement or progresstoward one soon, league sources said.

Stern, according to one source, told Hunter inThursday's meeting the owners want to reduce theplayers' cut of basketball-related revenue (BRI) toa figure well below 50 percent. The players wereguaranteed a minimum of 57 percent of BRI wouldbe spent on salaries at the end of the lastagreement.

The players union had offered to reduce theirpercentage to as much as 54 percent in negotiationsto accommodate the owners' contention they lost$300 million last season, with the stipulation that amechanism would be instituted to reward theplayers if future revenue increased.

The next negotiating session has not beenscheduled, but the two sides agreed to contact eachother with possible dates to reconvene next week,sources said. Whenever a deal is struck, it isexpected to take at least two weeks to write out thecomplete terms and hash out the finer points.

Since the league's lockout began on July 1 withthe expiration of the last agreement, a period forfree agency and then a training camp, howevertruncated, also would be necessary before theregular season could begin. Most experts agree aminimum of four weeks is necessary to get it done,making the last week in September the absolutedeadline for a deal to be struck before regular

season games would have to be postponed orcanceled.

Stern acknowledged Thursday that "thecalendar is not our friend" when it comes to keepingthe NBA season intact.

The league is at about the same point as whenit postponed training camps in 1998, the only timeit lost games to a work stoppage. The decision thencame on Sept. 24 for camps that were set to beginOct. 5. This year, players would be expected toreport on Oct. 3.

The regular season is scheduled to open Nov. 1,with the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks hostingthe Chicago Bulls in the first game. Though bothsides have repeatedly said there is still time for adeal that would leave the regular season unaffected,neither would say so Thursday -- with unionpresident Derek Fisher of the Lakers using virtuallythe same words as Stern about the coming weeks.

"I don't have control of that part of it, thatwould be more of a commissioner Stern, AdamSilver question in terms of logistics of starting theseason on time," Fisher said. "I'm not going to tryand make a guess on that one. The calendar'sobviously not our friend, but we're not going to giveup on the process because of the time."

Stern said the owners' labor relationscommittee would talk Friday, and both sides saidthey hoped to meet again next week.

"We'll keep working at it until we figure thisthing out, but right now there isn't anything toreally report or say," Fisher said. "I don't have anyanswers to any questions, other than we'll keepworking until we find some solutions."

NBA to postpone traning camp

COLOMBO - Australia coach Tim Nielsenstepped down on Tuesday after his side clincheda test series victory over Sri Lanka, CricketAustralia said.

"Tim has been national coach during aperiod in which we have had a long list of greatchampions leave the game and has been a strongsupport for new players coming into the side overthat period," Cricket Australia chief executiveJames Sutherland said in a statement on theCricket Australia website (www.cricket.com.au).

"I was delighted when he agreed to renew hiscontract last year and had encouraged him toapply for the new, expanded and redesigned HeadCoach role that the CA Board approved lastmonth after the tabling of the Australian TeamPerformance Review.

"However, I have spoken to Tim andunderstand and respect his decision to now begina new chapter in his professional life."

Nielsen, who has advised CA he is due to takeup a new Australian cricket role, took over fromJohn Buchanan in 2007. Last year he wasreappointed until the end of the next Ashes seriesin England in 2013.

Sutherland said CA would seek to appoint aninterim, acting coach for the upcoming October-November tour of South Africa while recruiting anew head coach.

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