TCIFA Holds Referee Training in TCI
As our country grows, so does our sports!
The TCIFA told RTC Sports this morning that referees are needed for the advancement of Football better known as soccer.
The event is scheduled for June 1st through 4th, 2017 and will be held at the Venetian Road behind the IGA at the TCIFA field.
Assisting the volunteers will be Former Fifa Referee & Head of Refereeing in the Bahamas is Dianne Ferreira-James.
Patrice Senior this morning told RTC Sports that the courses will be held in the evenings between 6pm to 9pm on Thurs and Friday while on Saturday from 9am to 4pm.
The move to increase referrers is critical for the growth of the sport said Senior, she further added that we have 2 Fifa approved officials who are performing well in Trinidad now at the CONCACAF Championship Club finals.
This specific course has been created for females, Fifa is looking for 25 refs as well as youth referees are needed to officiate in the youth league at the TCIFA to groom the youth until they become qualified for the bigger matches.
We asked Ms. Senior about the experiences or qualifications, in response, no knowledge or ability to play foot ball is needed, just the willingness to get fit and learn the sport.
Registration is on going now for both men and women interested.
RTC Sports understands that the training will be free with equipment, training, food and refreshments.
Regional Anti-Doping Meeting and Training to Combat Doping in Sports
The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) will host its board meeting and results management training in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands with its 17 member countries to fortify doping control across the Caribbean region.
Sponsored by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the board meeting and results management training is designed to provide member countries with enhanced adjudicating capabilities to hear doping cases in the Caribbean.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA’s) Legal Affairs Director for Olympic Sport, Mr. Onye Ikwuakor, will facilitate the training.
The board meeting and training form part of the Caribbean RADO’s mandate to value and foster doping free sport in the Caribbean and level the playing field for clean athletes.
The Caribbean RADO’s member countries include Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, The Bahamas, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Turks & Caicos Islands and Trinidad & Tobago.
TCI touted as ideal investment banking option
Private investment banker Bordier Bank this week hosted its second annual investment conference at Beaches resort.
Its aim was to enhance the attractiveness of the Turks and Caicos Islands as an ideal investment banking option to outsiders.
The conference was held from May 10 to 12, and kicked off with a cocktail reception on Wednesday, where the local media met and chatted with one of the three partners of the international bank as well as the bank's local chief risk officer Kenrick Walters.
"We are very happy to be hosting this conference yet again this year, last year we had a very successful conference with our alternative investments area, and this year we are continuing on that theme generally, but we are sort of broadening that to include new ideas about traditional investments," Walters told the press.
Walters pointed out that while Bordier offers the traditional investments - stocks, bonds etc - they also offer alternative abilities to access different products and markets that are not easily accessed anywhere in the Caribbean region.
"So, we think that with that value added it gives us a competitive advantage that we have been really, really happy to build over the years."
Evrard Bordier, as managing partner and chief executive officer of Bordier & Cie (Singapore), attended the event on behalf of its international arm.
Bordier also serves as president of the board of Bordier International Bank & Trust, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands since 2000.
Expanding a little more on the banking areas, as outlined by Walters, he stated: "You can divide the investments into two categories - the public investments which are the trade and investments in the market and what we call the private market which is basically private investments such as private equity, private debts.
"And I think as an institution we try to offer the whole range from the most liquid like treasure bills or cash to the most illiquid in the private market which we hold for ten years or more in order to see the results, but obviously with much greater gains."
"So, we are trying to offer this whole range and we would like to offer tomorrow (Thursday) what private banking is all about in today's age and how to stay relevant as a private bank, but also how to access this type of investments, both public market and private market," Bordier explained.
Among local investors, the guests who were anticipated to attend as well as present during the conference hailed from as far away as Vietnam, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Switzerland and several other countries.
Speakers at the event included Michel Juvet who addressed Macro Economics and Major Market Commentary; Borzou Azima focus on hedge funds; Robert A. Janson and Jonathan Colligan spoke on private debt and equity opportunities; Linda Nethery on captive insurance and alternative risk solutions.
Evrard Bordier on the future of private banking, Mark Yaxley on physical ownership of precious metals; and Peter R. Ryder on focus on Vietnam.
And of course, Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson was expected to give presentations on the Turks and Caicos Islands' financial services industry.
George and Amal Clooney welcome twins
George and Amal Clooney's twins have arrived.
The actor and the human rights attorney have welcomed a son named Alexander and a daughter named Ella, the Oscar winner's publicist confirmed to ABC News.
In a statement, the rep said, "Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days."
Clooney, 56, and Amal, 39, were first linked in 2013 and married in Italy in 2014. The Oscar-winner, long regarded as Hollywood's consummate bachelor, has said that he felt he was "marrying up" when it came to his wife.
“Everything’s different now. Actually it is. I was going to make a joke but it is actually," he said during a 2015 appearance on ABC's Good Morning America." "I couldn't be happier."
Earlier this year, Clooney confirmed that he was going to be a first-time father.
"It's exciting," he said during an interview with a French television program Rencontres de Cinema. "We're really happy and really excited and it's going to be an adventure."
Ice Cube to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame this month
Ice Cube will soon receive his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The superstar will be honored in the category of Recording by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. While Cube is now a sought-after director, producer and actor, he first found fame as a member of the groundbreaking West Coast rap group N.W.A., and then as a critically-acclaimed solo artist in his own right.
The ceremony takes place Monday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. ET. in front of the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California. Fans can watch the event via livestream on walkoffame.com.
This Friday, Ice Cube will appear on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. It'll be interesting to see what his comments will be regarding Maher's use of the "N-word" last week on his show, for which he eventually apologized.
TLC takes it all the "way back" in new music video featuring Snoop Dogg
TLC are back with a brand new music video for their single "Way Back." In the clip, T-Boz and Chili are seen dancing with a large group of dynamic friends at a backyard party.
Of course, no celebration is complete without Snoop Dogg, who appears in the visual as well.
"Way Back" is the group's first single in fifteen years. It's from their fifth and final album, TLC, set for release on June 30. They are also scheduled to perform the track on NBC's Today Show tomorrow at 7 a.m. E.T.
The disc is the group's first release since third member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in 2002. It was made possible via money donated by fans on Kickstarter -- more than 4,000 people together pledged over $430,000 for the group's campaign to create the studio project.
You can catch TLC as headliners on the I Love The '90s -- The Party Continues Tour, kicking off July 7 in Everett, WA. For more information on tickets, head over to ilovethe90stour.com.
TURKS AND CAICOS CIVIL SERVICE PARTNERS WITH CLEMENT HOWELL HIGH CAREER DAY
The Turks and Caicos Civil Service partnered with the Clement Howell High School on hosting a Career Day at the Gustavus Lightbourne Sports Complex in Providenciales on Thursday May 4th, 2017.
The event which was held to assist 3rd Formers in gaining a better understanding of the careers available ahead of selecting their subject areas of concentration for 4th and 5th Form, saw attendance from various areas across government including the Office of the Deputy Governor's Human Resource Directorate, the Attorney Generals Chambers and Office of Public Prosecutions, Customs Department, Dental Department, Sports Department, Police, Culture and Education Departments.
During the course of the day the students were provided with motivational speeches by Deputy Governor, Her Excellency Anya Williams and members of the civil service. In addition, students were provided with advice on which subject areas would prepare them for careers in various areas.
Commenting on the program of activities Deputy Governor Anya Williams said: "It was a pleasure for the civil service to participate in the Clement Howell High School Career Day; to share insight on the various careers that are available in Government and the steps that must be taken in order to prepare for these positions.
We encouraged the students to remain focused and to strive to do well. Reminding them that we live in a competitive society and that in order to succeed they must set a path towards prosperity which could be done by ensuring that at a very young age they made the right choices that would lead them in the correct paths.
As the future leaders of the Turks and Caicos Islands, we encouraged them to do well in their studies which would provide them with access to scholarships and that the Turks and Caicos Islands Community College should be chosen as their next step before seeking to enter the workforce.
We congratulate the staff and students on a successful Career Day and would like to thank them for providing us with an opportunity to make such a contribution."
Could You Be Loved gets a remake by Cedella
CEDELLA Marley has joined forces with party promoter/club owner Kamal Bankay to release a remake of her father's hit Could You Be Loved.Bankay told Splash that he got involved in the project after working with Las Vegas entertainment executive Jason Lema and entertainer Sol Shafer.
Shafer is executive director of music at Hakkasan Group while Lema is a Las Vegas disc jock.
“Tuff Gong's team heard some of the work and then we started discussing giving some of their catalogue a similar treatment. This would essentially bridge the gap between the EDM world and the Jamaica music world,” he said.
“It's one of Bob Marley's biggest and best tracks and his daughter reworking it would provide a story for the whole world to love,” he continued.
FIFA to fast-track host bidding process for 2026 World Cup
The host of the next World Cup will be decided sooner than expected.
FIFA approved a plan to fast-track the bidding process that determines which country will host the 2026 World Cup. An overwhelming majority of its more than 200 members voted Thursday in favor of this decision during its FIFA Congress in Bahrain.
The host country will be selected on June 13, 2018, two years earlier than previously scheduled.
Countries will have until August 11 of this year to express interest in hosting. They must meet a list of FIFA's technical specifications by March 2018.
The United States, Canada and Mexico announced a joint bid last month. If the three-nation deal is approved, it would be the first time the tournament was co-hosted by multiple countries since 2002, when South Korea and Japan teamed up.
The United States last hosted the World Cup in 1994.
Nadal wins 5th Madrid Open Title
Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 to win his fifth Madrid Open title and move into the world's top four.
The Spaniard has now won three straight titles, after his Barcelona Open and Monte Carlo Masters victories, while his record on clay this year is 15-0.
Nadal edged the Austrian in the tie-break of a tense first set that lasted one hour and 18 minutes.
He broke world number seven Thiem early in the second set to set up the win.
Nadal will be confirmed as the new world number four, replacing 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, when the new rankings come out on Monday.