FREE www.caribbeanlifenews.com QUEENS/BRONX/MANHATTAN EDITION Jan. 24—30, 2014 INSIDE: LEARN TO EARN SPECIAL READER BONUS NEW HOROSCOPE CAREER TRAINING FREE coupons to save you CASH SECTION INSIDE BRAGG’N ABOUT B’KLYN On King Day Brooklyn’s Finest Stole The Show at BAM By Vinette K. Pryce bining tributes to South African Presi- Cool runnings again Brooklynites reveled in a bragfest dent Nelson Mandela and a borough that celebrated the 28th annual and that boasts milestone achievements in The 2014 appearance of a Jamaican national team at the Salt Lake City Winter Olym- largest gathering marking the birthday politics and culture. pics in Park City, Utah on Feb. 8 is a re-emergence since 2002 when bobsled driver of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by laud- “Earth is not the center of the uni- Winston Watts and Lascelles Brown (in picture) fi nished 28th at the Salt Lake City ing historical firsts which out-distances verse ... Brooklyn is,” Adams said in Games held here in the US.See Story on Page 8. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta) four boroughs that comprise the city’s dispute of Ptolemy’s theory. demographics. Inside the Brooklyn On a day annually devoted to cel- Academy of Music – located a stone’s ebration of America’s best-known King, throw from the news-magnet Barclays the history-making borough presi- Center – Brooklyn’s finest proved the dent thanked his constituency and his Gross Guyana Human Rights Abuse best attraction and most significant predecessor Marty Markowitz before venue to “Come share The Dream” and launching into a series of introductions By Bert Wilkinson ble officer used a police baton Colwyn Harding, 23, uncon- 85th birthday anniversary of Dr. MLK. to emcee the celebration. Just when everyone thought to sodomize a young detainee scious while probing a burglary With Mayor Bill Deblasio and wife “I will never be able to fill Marty’s that the 2009 case involving during interrogation into an case but also had shoved a Chirlayne McCray leading a cheer- shoes but I bring my own pair.” several police officers who alleged burglary in November. baton covered with a condom leading team featuring Sen. Charles The SRO crowd cheered the bold had burned the genitals of a In the latest case that only up his rectum, severely damag- Schumer, Brooklyn District Attorney commentary which defines the past 13-year-old murder suspect came to light in the past ing him. Ken Thompson, US Rep. Hakeem Jef- and current leaders. was the worst ever incident of week thanks to the investiga- Health Minister Bheri Ram- fries, NYPD Commissioner Bill Brat- “I am the first senator from Brook- alleged police brutality or tor- tive work of prominent attor- sarran told parliament last ton and keynote speaker Angela Davis, lyn in 100 years,” Sen. Schumer fol- ture, the country is once again ney and human rights activist week that while authorities are Eric Adams, the first African-American lowed. “ dealing with allegations that Nigel Hughes, the allegation is refuting the specific allegations Brooklyn borough president kicked off Cheers swelled from the rafters a young but apparently unsta- that the officer not only beat Continued on Page 4 a morning of praise to Dr. King com- Continued on Page 4 Updated daily at www.caribbeanlifenews.com • Page 2 Caribbean Life Caribbean CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP THE NEWS FROM BACK HOME Caribbean and of Justice, which deals with A new United Nations report says civil status issues. Jan. 2014 24—30, • economic growth in Latin Ameri- “This is a promise that we made ca and the Caribbean declined this and we are working accordingly,” year but is predicted to improve said Saint Cyr, promising to make over the next two years. every effort to issue cards that will According to the UN’s World allow Haitians living abroad to Economic Situation and Prospects identify themselves. 2014 to be launched in January, Many Haitians living in sev- B growth in Latin America and the eral countries in the region do not Q Caribbean decelerated in 2013, to have identity documents issued by a pace of 2.6 per cent. the Haitian state, while the state The report, however, forecast to which they emigrated denies growth in the region to improve them any documents that allow to 3.6 and 4.1 per cent in 2014 and them to function, as they are una- 2015, respectively. ble to prove who they are. “Growth in the Caribbean has A significant number of Hai- been hampered by weak exter- tians living in the Dominican nal demand, for the tourism sec- Republic are in this situation and tor in particular, the Haitian government is com- and weaker com- mitted to provide these Haitians modity prices, with identification documents but is expected to that are required. strengthen in the This commitment was reit- outlook,” it said. erated recently at a meeting of The report said the regional fis- the bilateral high-level commit- cal position “slightly deteriorated” tee, established by Haiti and the last year, adding that public debt Dominican Republic, to solve the “remains high in the Caribbean migration problem, among other countries”. Climate Change and its Ill-Effects! things. However, it said many countries As people go about their daily lives, the poor would always be at a disadvantage. See Story on retain space for countercyclical Page 8. Photo by Desmond Brown/IPS Jamaica policies. Local Lobby group, Citizens’ The UN report said infla- Action for Principle and Integ- tion outlook was “fairly stable, remain under review by the air- mian radio talk show hosted by Office announced recently a gov- rity (CAPI) has urged the Portia although inflation is expected to line and discussions with ECCAA, Jeff Lloyd. ernment of Haiti initiative to reg- Simpson-Miller led administration accelerate somewhat in 2013 amid noting “it would therefore be inap- Lloyd asked them if they ister and deliver identification and the opposition Jamaica Labor more accommodative monetary propriate to make further public thought capital punishment would cards to Haitians living in the Party (JLP) to be more respon- policies in some countries.” comment at this time.” make a difference in the country. Diaspora, at a time when the situ- sive in addressing the problem Rolle said, while he believes capital ation of many undocumented Hai- of crime in the New Year. In a Antigua Bahamas punishment would make a differ- tians, in difficulty in a foreign statement recently, co-convener The cash-strapped regional air- Two senior police officers are ence, it may not create the level of land, is widely debated. of the group, Dennis Meadows said line, LIAT, said it would hold talks saying that the resumption of deterrence that some people want The director general of the the current dialogue by both par- with the Eastern Caribbean Civil capital punishment (hangings) to see. National Identification Office ties over Jamaica’s crime situation Aviation Authority (ECCAA) after would make a difference in The (ONI), Jean-Baptiste Saint-Cyr said does not facili- it had been slapped with a notice Bahamas, although one doubted Guyana his office is working with some of tate “well-needed of penalty in connection with an it would make as big a difference A Trinidadian-born Canadi- Haiti’s embassies abroad to regis- solutions to the incident that occurred on Nov. 2, as some people think. an citizen is to re-appear in the ter and deliver identification cards problem.” last year. “There are some persons, pris- Georgetown Magistrates’ Court in to hundreds of He said succes- LIAT gave no details regarding on is for them,” said Superin- Guyana next month after he was thousands of sive governments the incident but said it was review- tendent Stephen Dean, who was refused bail on a charge of traf- Haitians living have always taken a short-term ing the findings with its advisors suggesting that ficking in narcotics. abroad. and reactive approach to the issue, and would engage ECCAA in dis- these kinds of The court was told recently that “We developed, rather than pursuing sustainable cussions. criminals don’t Edward James, in close collabora- and proactive policies aimed at “LIAT is com- mind being in 56, had been tion with departments concerned, addressing its root causes. mitted to a fair prison. No form arrested after a plan to identify Haitians living Meadows added that crime is a resolution of the of rehabilitation can do anything nearly 20 pounds abroad,” Saint-Cyr told HCNN. disincentive to economic growth matter based on for them. There are some situa- of cocaine had “We visited the Turks and Caicos and flourishes in an environment full and frank tions where the only thing that been found in the Islands, the Dominican Republic where its perpetrators feel they disclosure by all parties. The safe- can stop a criminal and put him to false bottom of his suitcases at and other neighboring islands to can act with impunity. ty and security of our passengers rest is capital punishment. the Cheddi Jagan International materialize this project,” said St In proposing a crime-prevention remains LIAT’s top priority and “It works and it also has an Airport. Cyr, explaining that he already strategy through the setting up of LIAT continues to operate in full effect on others because right now James was an in-transit pas- had meetings with Haitian con- a reserve cohort of the Jamaica and strict compliance with the what criminals are seeing is that senger on the Caribbean Airways suls and ambassadors abroad on Constabulary Force, Meadows said Civil Aviation Regulations and its I can get off… I can get out on flight to Canada.