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T A KISS e C FOR THE s s Jamaica'sPRESIDENT Prime Minister Portia w Simpson Miller kisses US e President Barack Obama follow- r ing their bilateral meeting in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday. "I just want to say to you, you T might not know, but you are very o loved in this country," Simpson Miller said, before describing t how many Jamaicans mistakenly d had lined the route they thought his motorcade would take after he arrived Wednesday evening. "So I just wanted to say you're well-loved in Jamaica," she said. "Well, first of all I can say to you publicly, 'I love you.'" Obama's visit was the first by an American president since President Ronald Reagan visited in 1982. TURN TO PAGE 6 A G

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concert HARTFORD: n honor of Women’s a fter several months of systematic attempts by History Month, Coalition A Mayor Pedro Segarra and his administration Ito Preserve Reggae Music b Ato intimidate the Caribbean-American editor of (CPR), the reggae lovers’ The Hartford Guardian, she is speaking out about s organization now celebrating media suppression in Connecticut. w their tenth anniversary, the Ann-Marie Adams, the founder of the award- s International Women of winning news site and newspaper that began in THINKING Reggae concert, April 25, 2004, says that political operatives have intimidat- 2015 at the Brooklyn Center ed and assaulted her, saying she should “leave for the Performing arts at OF GOING Hartford” and must “stop writing.” O Brooklyn College. Join with Since April 2014, political operatives have NATURAL? NEW BEGINNING CPR in honoring and cele- been using stealth tactics to engineer a “string of BEAUTY SALON W brating Women in Reggae. misfortunes” for her, the paper’s board of directors B Log on www.cprreggae.com. 718-678-8118 • and volunteers, she said. Ann-Marie Adams [email protected] p Continued on page 5 Editor-The Hartford Guardian tr in

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itizensLet between theus ages of giveages 14-24 theThe situation youth is worst for students a insummerYouth and Community job Development's are called youth or young people. This city high schools with employment rate as (DYCD) 2015 Summer Youth Cgroup continues to face various challenges low as 1 in 10. These youth are also from Employment Program (SYEP) as a useful and have felt the brunt of the slow eco- low income and African-American or initiative for youth in our communities. nomic recovery from the great recession Latino-American families. According to reports, the SYEP is affecting the United States. We share the view that access to only able to employ 50 percent of the An analysis of Bureau of Labor meaningful workforce development and youths who applied for summer jobs. Statistics revealed that over the last several employment programs have the capacity This therefore presents a great oppor- years, the youth unemployment rate has to set young people on the path to a long- tunity for private businesses to join the increased dramatically across the country. term career while helping to decrease the program and provide employment oppor- However, for minority teens, it's far unemployment rate. tunities, mentoring and other professional worse. Nevertheless, long term and perma- support. The July 2013 labor statistics for the nent employment for youth is always very Let us give the youth a job for the unemployment rates for Black youths (28 challenging and not possible in most cases summer as research, and common sense, percent) and Hispanic youths (18 percent) in our communities. strongly indicate the benefits of early work are higher than the 16 percent national We are therefore lauding and endors- exposure for young people and their average. ing the New York City Department of employers. [email protected]

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Caribbean-American Publisher faces Intimidation Continued from page 1 Huffington and not an Ann-Marie Adams in An American citizen of Honduran and America,” said Adams, who was a US Jamaican heritage, Adams said she also has History professor at Rutgers University and strong roots in Hartford and that’s why she a journalism professor at Howard chose to build her business in the city. She University. “That’s the message I’ve been emigrated to Hartford at age 17. And, she getting from my colleagues and others. It’s said, it is disturbing that she is unable to pathetic.” cover President Barack Obama’s visit to Adams is also the only black, female Jamaica from April 8 to 10 before he attends journalist in Connecticut, who writes for a the Organization of the American States’ daily publication and has been covering the meeting in Panama on April 11. She is the Connecticut General Assembly, the US only Jamaican-American that has been cov- Congress and the White House since 2009. ering the White House and Congress since She said that there have been numerous 2009. attempts to sabotage her reporting and writ- “It’s difficult for me to ignore that ing, including death threats. Since June President Barack Obama’s visit to Jamaica 2014, two smartphones with important is at the same time political operatives are recordings about her investigative work sabotaging The Guardian.” Adams said. about the mental health services in “Jamaican-Americans are marginalized in Connecticut and Washington, DC, were Connecticut and the nation. These attacks on stolen. And data on her laptops have been the publication are also a part of that mar- breached. The police have yet to investigate ginalization. His visit is historic but these incidents, she said. poignant.” “Black immigrants with accents are the The Hartford Guardian, an independent most vulnerable residents in the US. Even if news site and publication founded by they are educated and have big houses and Adams, has been publishing since January big cars, they are marginalized,” Adams 2004. For the first time since then, Adams said. “There’s nothing to celebrate about has been forced to stop writing. She said this Obama’s visit unless he will be discussing a has been an attack on free speech, as well as five-point plan to address this crisis. The her civil and human rights. With the local recent incidents to end my publishing career support, however, The Guardian, will be and the number of Afro-Jamaicans deported back online this week, she said. to the island are just a part of that larger cri- “I don’t think many people know that sis Jamaican-Americans face in America. To freedom of the press also applies to inde- help form a more perfect union, he ought to pendent publications and freelance journal- tackle that issue when he returns.” ists. I guess there can be an Arianna 6 • STREET HYPE NEWSPAPER • MARCH 19-31, 2015 WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM

KingOston,b Jamaaimca: a offers energy partnership to woo Caribbean leaders S President Barack Obama met Caribbean leaders Thursday, offering Ua clean energy alternative to nations squeezed by more expensive Venezuelan crude. "If we can lower those costs through the development of clean energy and increased energy efficiency, we could unleash, I think, a whole host of additional investment and growth." Obama's administration announced $20 million worth of financing to further clean energy projects in the region as well as the establishment of an energy security task force. The White House is keen to offer an alternative to cheap Venezuelan oil, which BARACK OBAMA AND CARICOM LEADERS: has enticed many of the region's struggling Jamaican Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller (third right, front row);President of the United States, Barack Obama (fourth economies, but looks set to end. left, front row); and CARICOM Heads of State and Government pose for an official photograph prior to the start of the An initiative by Caracas' state-owned Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US Summit at the University of the West Indies, Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew PDVSA -- Petroleos de Venezuela -- today (April 9). Also pictured (third left, front row) is Chairman of CARICOM, and Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie. offered Caribbean and some Central American nations the opportunity to defer On arrival Wednesday, Obama paid a payment for oil under low interest rates. visit to a Bob Marley Museum at the for - But as Venezuela's own economy has mer home of the superstar musician. faltered, Caribbean states have faced stricter terms and shorter supplies, leaving The US president -- accompanied by them vulnerable. aides including National Security Adviser Obama also held talks with Jamaican Susan Rice -- took a brief tour of the Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller. "I Kingston landmark. just wanted to say you’re well-loved in "I still have all the albums," the US Jamaica," she said offering a warm wel - president was heard to say, as he checked come. "I love you." out a wall of framed records and awards. It is the first presidential visit to the Bob Marley, Jamaica's musical export island since Ronald Reagan 33 years ago with a global following, died of cancer in and comes as the island nation is navigat - Florida in 1981 ing a fiscal crisis.

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Selling Real Estate in Jamaica f you are the owner of real estate in Jamaica, whether a house or commercial building or land only and you are 5. Prospective sellers should make sure that payments due to E utility companies, where relevant, have been paid up to date, 5 Icontemplating the sale of the property to a ready, willing and able purchaser; there are few guidelines worth noting: both at the contract stage and on completion. Vendors JAMAICAN LAWS 1. Confirm that you are in fact the sole registered owner of By Lauren Boyd should also ensure that property taxes are paid up to date,

the property. If you own property along with one or more Attorney-at-Law even those taxes that were due prior to becoming the regis- E- persons then the consent of all registered title owners would tered owner of the property. The purchaser should on duplicate Certificate of Title in his possession and be able to S, need to be sought, with few exceptions, in order to enter into Completion receive a property free of indebtedness, espe- produce same upon request by the Purchaser or the Vendor’s 8- contract with a purchaser and complete the sale. cially indebtedness of the kind that a new owner automati- Attorney. Oftentimes, persons mistake a surveyor’s diagram cally inherits by virtue of ownership of the property. 2. Where there is a mortgage registered against the for a duplicate Certificate of Title and it is important to Certificate of title, the consent of the mortgage institution or establish which one is your possession. 6. It may prove risky for a property owner to attempt the sale mortgagee would have to be sought. This process is usually of property on their own because the process can be a com- 4. If it can be shown that an individual owns property for handled by an Attorney who would provide the appropriate plicated procedure. Further, there are certain legal ramifica- which there is a registered title but they are unable to locate legal undertakings to the mortgage holder. tions to certain actions taken in a sale, especially in the han- the duplicate Certificate of Title because it is either lost or dling of the sales proceeds, making it a more logical move 3. If the property has no mortgage registered against its destroyed, the sale can still be effected and it would prove to retain the services of an Attorney. Certificate of title, the registered owner should have the beneficial to the property owner to retain an Attorney to Continued on page 10 assist with obtaining a replacement title.

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West Indies name squad Bolt to for Test against England run at IAAF ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- The West Indies World Relays UPDATES Cricket Board (WICB) announced a 14- The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, will member squad on Friday for the first Test compete at the IAAF /BTC World Penn Relays Goes against England, starting on Monday at the Relays, Bahamas 2015, the Jamaica Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua. Athletics Administrative Association Commenting on the squad, convenor of (JAAA) announced on Tuesday (7). Digital with WeHUB selectors Clive Lloyd said it was great to see PHILADELPHIA – The Penn Relays is The second edition of this innova- there were a number of players contending introducing a new messaging app to aid tive and exciting competition takes place for a place in the squad. communications during the 121-year-old in Nassau, The Bahamas on the weekend “It is always good when there is strong track and field competition scheduled for of 2-3 May. competition for places,” he said. “A few April 23-25 at the University of players have been rewarded for the work Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field. Penn Relays which they have done, like Shai Hope, is partnering with Penn tech startup, Carlos Brathwaite and Devendra Bishoo, WeHUB Messenger, a new and free com- but it will take some time to reach the stan- munication app that will be used exclusive- Denesh Ramdin dard of consistency that we all desire to see ly by the Penn Relays and its sponsors to (Captain) from our side.” communicate official messages during the The 21-year-old Hope, a budding wick- event. a good chat after he was appointed and we etkeeper/batsman, and compatriot Carlos Founded by Hagen Lee, a 2014 gradu- have spent the last few days in further dis- Brathwaite, a 26-year-old fast bowler, are ate of The Wharton School of the University cussions about a number of things, so we are uncapped, but 29-year-old Bishoo, a leg- of Pennsylvania, WeHUB is a new unified looking forward to see how it all works spinner, has earned a recall following a messaging app with 12 patent pending fea- out.” break of three years before which he collect- tures including Instant GroupTM, where Squad:Denesh Ramdin (Captain); ed 40 wickets at 39.55 apiece in 11 Tests people can create any size group with others Kraigg Brathwaite (Vice Captain); and was voted the 2011 ICC Emerging nearby using a finger stroke and without Sulieman Benn Player-of-the-Year. having to create an account or enter data. At Devendra Bishoo; Jermaine Blackwood; Usain Bolt Lloyd added: “We have a new coach Penn Relays, people using WeHUB will be Carlos Brathwaite; Darren Bravo; and we have to give him as much help as able to keep pace with up-to-the-minute Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Jason Holder ; The JAAA met on Tuesday to possible. He is a very positive guy, he has results, find news about the daily schedule, Shai Hope; Kemar Roach; Marlon Samuels; decide the national team for the competi- been successful and he is one of us. We had get recaps of key events, promote teams or Devon Smith and Jerome Taylor tion and selected the multiple world and groups, and connect instantaneously with Olympic champion, and world record others at the Relays. holder, to compete on both days in “As the first and oldest of relay meets, Nassau. The Penn Relays has always tried to stay at Team Guyana USA urges boycott "I’m happy to be part of the the forefront of advances and our new Jamaican team for the IAAF /BTC World alliance with WeHUB reflects this mission,” Relays in the Bahamas. I am fit, healthy said Dave Johnson, the Frank Dolson of Caribbean Cup tournaments and ready to run,” commented Bolt. Director of The Penn Relays. “This year, we BROOKLYN: self aggrandizement; to the financial anticipate attendance at The Penn Relays to eam Guyana USA Soccer League has detriment of the players. top 110,000. WeHUB will help us stay con- announced its complete withdrawal nected with everyone at Franklin Field and Tfrom Caribbean Cup Inc., (CCI) as well as the surrounding Carnival Village in real from its tournaments, structure and activ- time.” ities. This action is in protest over what it ------described as overt discrimination against, and abuse of Guyanese players and management. Penn Relays Team Guyana called on all Guyanese Ticket Information soccer players and fans to boycott all PHILADELPHIA -- Preparations for the Caribbean Cup tournaments and games, 121st running of The Penn Relays have until another transparent, fair and profes- begun at the University of Pennsylvania sional tournament is established, which and the season ticket renewal process is the League can sanction. underway. CCI sponsors soccer tournaments for Fans who purchased season tickets in Caribbean-American teams in the New the past should have received their renew- York City metropolitan area. Each al invoice for the 2015 Penn Relays the Caribbean nation fields a team, which first week of January. Please make sure to pays significant participation fees to CCI. log on to your account and confirm your Successful teams and players are prom- renewal. ised various prize monies. In addition, if you are not already a However, according to Team Guyana, season-ticket holder, Three-Day Ticket CCI has reneged on prize monies earned We Packages are also now available for the and has been biased and abusive to 121st Penn Relay Carnival. Three-Day Guyanese players and management. Ticket Package prices range from $66- “The anti-Guyanese posture and rhet- publish your $108 (not including fees), depending on oric are palpable in CCI. Prejudice, basis seat locations for each day. If you are on nationality, contravenes US law and sporting news interested in purchasing a new Three-Day FIFA regulations. It is abhorrent and must Ticket Package, click here. be rejected by all,” Team Guyana said in a Single-Day Tickets to the 2015 Penn statement. Relays will go on sale on February 27th at Team Guyana said it believes that 5 p.m. at www.ThePennRelays.com. CCI operatives exploit players for their WWW.STREETHYPENEWSPAPER.COM MARCH 19-31, 2015 • STREET HYPE NEWSPAPER • 9 ENTERTAINMENTENTERTAINMENT EVENTS SOPHIA BROWN TO HEADLINE CONNECTICUT CONCERT The BlackTie Group to host By Anthony Turner ultry lovers rock singer Sophia Brown, who delivered a short but scintillating 3rd Annual Fashion Night Out performance at the 2015 Rebel Salute in By Patrick Maitland S Richmond, St Ann has a busy work sched- Editor-Street Hype ule for the rest of 2015. ew York City-based entertainment She is currently in studio working on and promotion company, The tracks for her soon to be release album and NBlackTie Group will be staging its 3rd will make the trek to Connecticut in May to ‘Annual Fashion Night Out’ on May 30, headline an event bill 'Sophia Brown In 2015 at The Mansion, 4 North Third Concert' that takes place on Friday, May Avenue in Mount Vernon. 8th at the West Indian Social Club in The event is being hosted by Hartford. 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