Greeks Strike Against Public Sector Cuts
Greek workers are striking to protest government plans to fire thousands of civil servants.
Tuesday's strike disrupted public services and slowed down most hospitals. Rail and plane schedules are also being affected.
Tourists hoping to see the ancient Acropolis Hill in Athens were turned away. Some tourists sympathized with the Greeks on strike, while others there left frustrated.
"It is so disappointing. Very terrible.''
"I am very upset because we are two to three days up in Athens, and it's impossible to see the archaeology and the Acropolis. So it's...I don't understand why.''
Athens must reform and shrink its civil service to receive more bailout funds from foreign lenders, but the latest job cuts plan has sparked uproar among Greeks.
The debt-wracked country has enacted a string of austerity measures recently in return for multi-billion euro international bailouts to avoid default.
RUGBY TEAM RETURNS TO THE TCI VICTORIOUS
The TCI U19 rugby team recently competed in a week long competition in Trinidad and Tobago returned to the TCI over the weekend.
Ten countries from around the Caribbean participated in the tournament.
The TCI defeated Guyana 34 to 0 and then proceeded to beat St. Lucia 46 to 0 in their last two games to win the trophy.
‘The TCI rugby football union is very proud of the young men that represented their country in this prestigious competition,’ said Keith Burant, President of the TCIRFU.
Mr. Burrant told RTC Sports ‘The entire country should be proud of the hard work and training these athletes have put in over the past 5 months to prepare for this tournament. Burant, who also coached the side in Trinidad, stated “the TCIRFU would like to thank all the supporters of rugby in the TCI and I look forward to receiving support from TCIG and Commonwealth Games Association now that these young men have shown the world that they have competed at the highest level in the Caribbean.
RTC Sports understands that the TCI will be participating in the junior and senior Commonwealth Games rugby Seven’s competition and hopes to enter the Olympic qualifying rounds next year.
Vice President Austin Dickenson told our Sports Desk that, “These young athletes are the foundation for future rugby competitions and the TCIRFU looks forward to preparing them for these international matches.”
Caribbean Trade Mission To China Planned
Caribbean governments and top private sector executives in the tourism and investment sectors are being urged to participate in a 10-day trade mission to four top cities in China, set for this September 14th-23rd.
The trip comes on the heels of the June 5th Avalon Invest Caribbean Now Forum in New York City and is being planned by Peter Zhang and Li Li of the Chinese American Business Development Center, in collaboration with Hard Beat Communications' CMO, Felicia Persaud.
CABC has been leading trade missions for U.S. companies to China for the past 10 years while Hard Beat's Invest Caribbean Now forum is in its third year.
The planned trip to Beijing, Shann-xi , Zhe-jiang and Guangdong comes on the heels of Chinese President's Xi Jinping first visit to the Caribbean island of Trinidad on May 31st and his pledge of more than $3 billion in loans to 10 Caribbean nations and Costa Rica on June 2nd.
The 2013 Caribbean/China Trade Mission is designed to help Caribbean premiers, ministers of governments, investment agencies and C-level private sector business leaders, meet with top Chinese officials from varied ministries, such as tourism and finance as well as C-level company execs including from the China Import Export Bank, to: promote direct in country investment opportunities and company products and services; establish strategic connections, strengthen existing relations, explore opportunities for joint ventures, source potential suppliers and extend friendships and create relationships for return visits to the Caribbean region.
The Mission will provide Caribbean governments and business leaders' new access and close-up insight into the dynamic Chinese market- including its scale, diversity and potential.
Consequently, the Chinese ministry and private sector executives will be able to enhance and expand business and investments to the Caribbean in their quest to compete effectively in today's global marketplace.
China's 1.3 billion people are rapidly gaining purchasing power. In fact, by 2020, China will surpass the U.S. in middle class consumption. And as quickly as China is emerging as a new market for Caribbean real estate and products like tourism.
RTC Partners with the Body Show
The nation’s station, Radio Turks and Caicos (RTC) is partnering with organizers of this summer’s hotly anticipated spectacular sensation - The Body Show: Miss Body Beautiful & Mr Best Body - by creating an online voters poll that will feature the 2013 Body Show Contestants.
The poll, which starts today, through to Sunday, July 21st, is available on www.rtc107fm.com/entertainment.
The RTC site www.rtc107fm.com allows visitors to cast a vote for their favorite Miss Body Beautiful and Mr Best Body Contestant. In real time, each visitor will see how many votes that the contestant has received, along with his or her percentage points. What is more, at the end of the polling, the male and female contestant that received the highest points will receive an RTC Viewers Choice Award and a gift certificate to Spa Sanay in Provo.
Courtney Robinson, Executive Producer said: “It is always an honor and a privilege to partner with the ‘Nation’s Station’. The RTC online poll in a nationwide initiative that connects the local with the global; thereby giving The Body Show contestants the widest possible viewership. We could not have asked for a better opportunity to promote this event.”
The RTC Viewers’ poll will not form part of the scores going towards choosing the Miss Body Beautiful or Mr Best Body winners. For the competition itself, the contestants are being judged on three categories: Introduction, Sportswear and Swimwear, with the highest score attainable being ten (10) points. These three categories will go towards naming the winners of The Body Show: Miss Body Beautiful & Mr Best Body.
The Body Show competition will take place on Saturday, July 27th at Brayton Hall, Venetian Road, Providenciales – with the top two contestants (of the Miss Body Beautiful & Mr Best Body Contest) receiving LIME advertisement campaigns, cellular phones with plans and consolation prizes. However, its the winners that will each receive USD$1,000 in Cash!
Latoya Pinder, Miss Body Beautiful TCI 2012 and Washanda Registre TCI Top Model 2012 will crown and sash Miss Body Beautiful 2013, with Samentha Etienne, TCI Top Model 2013 to sash Mr Best Body.
Performances by today’s leading singers, musicians, fashion models, dancers and other headliners will provide entertainment throughout the evening.
Delano Williams qualifies for UK team
TCI sprint sensation Delano Williams (coached by Neil Harrison) has completed his trials and has been selected to be apart of the Great Britain team, as they get ready to travel to Moscow.
British Athletics today named their 60 man team for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia August 10-19.
Delano will be apart for the 4 by 400 team and will be taking part in the 200m in Moscow. Delano won his semi finals in the 200 and came third, in an impressive time of 20.5 to qualify on Sunday.
Deputy Premier of the TCI & Minister of Sports, Akierra Missick extended congratulations via twitter this morning after the story broke. Other congratulations pouring into RTC Sports, came from Rita Gardiner and Dr.Carlton Mills.
PABA Church Basketball Games begins
The PABA continues to bring the fun and excitement of games to the basketball l community of Providenciales.
This summer, the PABA presents the inter church basketball tournament featuring churches from Providenciales.
The participating churches are Church of God of Prophecy, Methodist, St Monica’s Anglican, Paradise Baptist, New Testament, Nazarene Church and Jericho Baptist among other.
This event will be 4 nights of fun and excitement as the churches compete against each other for bragging rights.Games start Tomorrow Wednesday 17th July through Saturday 20th July at the Gus Lightbourne Sports centre.
On Friday night the PABA will present the all star night. Teams will be divided into east and west. The best players will show case their talent. All star activities also include 3 point shootout, dunk out and half court shots. The highlight of the tournament will feature the Pastors versus the Politicians in a friendly match up and on Saturday the Championship games.
Their will be a cover charge for adults and children.
Veteran National Batsman Errion Charles Propel Quality Kings to the Finals with an Unbeaten Century
A cyclonic unbeaten Century by Errion Charles ensured that Quality Kings will take on Beaches in the Finals as The Turks and Caicos Islands Cricket Association T20 competition sponsored by HAB Group continued on Sunday 14th JULY 2013 at the Down Town Ball Park Providenciales.
Jaguars won the toss and asked Quality Kings to take the first strike who then posted a mammoth 218 runs for 5 wickets from their allotted 20 overs. Errion Charles Top Scorer with an unbeaten 100 runs which was decorated with 11x4s and 4x6s and Sabuton John contributed 46 runs which consisted of 6x4s and 1x6.
Bowling for Jaguars Jerry Grant took 2 wickets for 41 runs from 4 overs.
In reply Jaguars reached 152 runs for 8 wickets from 20 overs. Top scorers were Nuwan Bodhinayke with 41 runs, 7x4s and 1x6 while Ian Ganness scoredwith 33 runs 3x4s and 2x6 and Sheldon Henry added 20 runs.
Bowling for Quality Ian Heath claimed 2 wickets for 21 runs from 4 overs and Earl Henry 2 wickets for 35 runs from 4 overs.
The Man of the match Errion Charles
JASON KIDD PEADS GUILTY
Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was placed on interim probation nearly a year after he smashed his Cadillac SUV into a utility pole on eastern Long Island.
In exchange for the guilty plea, Kidd agreed to speak to Long Island high school students about the dangers of drunken driving. If he fulfills his community service, his plea will be reduced to a violation -- driving while ability impaired -- when he returns to court on Sept. 30.
Kidd, who retired as an NBA player after last season, was recently hired to coach the Nets -- the team he took to two NBA Finals as a player when the franchise played in New Jersey.
"Because of his status as a professional athlete Mr. Kidd is the perfect person to reinforce the important message we've been trying to send, which is don't drink and drive," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said in a statement.
Police said Kidd crashed his SUV into a telephone pole in the Hamptons community of Water Mill on July 15, 2012. He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
Defense attorney Ed Burke Jr. said Kidd was returning from a charity function before the crash. A Southampton Town Police report noted the 10-time NBA all-star and Olympic gold medalist was unsteady on his feet, smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot and glassy eyes.
Also, while playing with Phoenix in 2001, Kidd was arrested on a domestic violence charge, acknowledging he struck his former wife.
Wayne Rooney 'angered
Wayne Rooney has been left angered and confused about his position at Manchester United, after manager David Moyes hinted the striker would not be his first choice at Old Trafford.
Rooney, 27, has expressed his disappointment to senior figures at the club and insisted he would not accept a squad role behind Robin van Persie.
The England forward has two years left on his contract with United.
He has been linked with Premier League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal.
Woman pleads guilty to the charge of Possession of Cannabis
27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson of The Bight, Providenciales has pled guilty to the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis.
Hutchinson’s plea in the Chief Magistrate’s Court stemmed from an incident, which took place on Friday July 12th, 2013 in the Industrial Park Road area of Providenciales. After a thorough investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis was laid against 27-year-old Hutchinson and a 33-year-old male.
The arrest of Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male unfolded when Tactical unit officers conducted a stop and search on a vehicle owned and driven by the 33-year-old male, along with female passenger 27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson. During the search, fifty-five grams of suspected Cannabis was found. Both Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male were subsequently arrested on suspicion of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis and the suspected Cannabis was seized. Later that same day, they were each formally charged for Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis.
Both Hutchinson and the 33-year-old male appeared in the Magistrate Court number one before the Chief Magistrate Clifton Warner later that same day. The charge against the 33-year-old male for Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis was dropped. 27-year-old Sharalla Hutchinson pled guilty to the charge of Possession of a Controlled Drug namely Cannabis. As a result of the guilty plea entered by Hutchinson, she was fined four thousand dollars ($4,000.00USD) to be paid in two months, or six months imprisonment.
The Chief Magistrate ordered that the fifty-five grams of Cannabis be destroyed.