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Tourist Actives Postponed In CAICOS ISLAND
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BEACHES Resort and Spa is holding the Government’s feet to the fire, refusing to reopen its huge revenue generating resort until a long running tax dispute is resolved to its satisfaction. 
On Friday, October 9, five days before the resort was slated to reopen its doors, it announced it would not be doing so - at least until negotiations with the Government are complete.
The hotel is now slated for a November 18 reopening, more than a month later than the previously announced October 14 date. 
Since before July 24, when the resort took the tax dispute public, Beaches said it has been trying to settle the issue. 

It is only until recently that it reported favourable news that negotiations with the Government are continuing.   
"Negotiations with the Government are ongoing and Beaches will continue to make every effort to have these matters fairly resolved,” the resort said in its October 9 press statement.
"There is absolutely no reason why this matter cannot be resolved before the end of October as the issues are not new and have been discussed time and time again for four years.

"Beaches is deeply concerned about the impact on its team and the wider community in the delayed reopening particularly since this year has presented horrendous difficulties for so many. 

"Beaches is ready, willing and able to start negotiations immediately.”

The company stated that the Government’s inaction for nearly four years forced them to delay their reopening.  

"To date, the Government has not demonstrated the same care and deep concern for the citizens and communities of the TCI, by allowing this matter to remain unresolved for so long.  

"We hope and trust that the Government will treat this matter with the speed, sincerity and good faith that it demands.”











































































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The US Extracting Compensation Is One More Hypocritical Act
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few countries in the world have been subjected to as many punitive sanctions as Sudan. After the deposed president Omar al-Bashir came to power in a military coup in 1989, the country was gradually cut off from the rest of the world, with the upholding of human rights the rationale. Economic sanctions were followed by a spot on the state sponsors of terrorist list and then by the indictment of Bashir by the international criminal court. At some point it became hard to keep up with all the legislation, punishment for the reckless harbouring of terrorists in the 1990s, and the brutal slaughter of marginalised ethnic groups in areas such as Darfur. There were sanctions on individuals, a US travel ban on all Sudanese-born people, acts of Congress and lawsuits by members 9/11 victims’ families.

The country became a sort of human rights cause celebre, attracting Hollywood stars and a vast network of lobbyists in Washington who, whenever it seemed like there might be a relaxation of sanctions, campaigned fiercely to keep them going. Bashir was a president over whom it was easy to reach consensus. Here was an African brute in the classic mould, a military man who turned on his own people, and a sharia-wielding terror sponsor to boot.

But it was not Bashir or his government that suffered. He remained in power, if anything getting stronger. He and his vast network of cronies had the means to circumvent sanctions, finding ways to do business and enrich themselves. The Sudanese people, those whom the global human rights community was ostensibly supporting, struggled in isolation, in poverty and with a lack of access to basic healthcare. Eventually, interest in Sudan faded. The war on terror ran out of steam after the killing of Osama bin Laden and the weakening of al-Qaida, and the moral outrage over Darfur found catharsis via war crimes indictments. The international community moved on, but all the sanctions stayed.

The world remembered Sudan last year, when an epic revolution overthrew bashir at long last. His removal came at a heavy cost. Many were killed in confrontations with security forces, and the economy, already on the brink, was pushed over the edge. But it was worth it. The feeling on the streets was that the blood, the economic instability, the political jeopardy were all worth it if the Sudanese were to have a shot at democracy and dignity.

The United States, the Sudanese people’s alleged white knight, took one look at the success of the Sudanese revolution and decided to blackmail the country in return for taking it off the state sponsors of terror list, reintegrating it into the international financial and trade system, and providing aid. Last week Donald Trump made clear that the price tag would be $335m (£256m) of compensation for terrorist attacks that took place under the old regime. Alongside this, the US is forcing the fragile new interim government, already struggling to maintain its mandate amid worsening economic conditions and the plotting of Bashir loyalists, to recognise israel and normalise relations – a move that is hugely unpopular with the Sudanese people, and about which they weren’t consulted.

















































































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