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FREE www.caribbeanlifenews.com QUEENS/BRONX/MANHATTAN EDITION April 15-21, 2016 GOVERN DRONES IN CARIB Aviation officials want drone laws before it is too late By Bert Wilkinson crews currently worry about An umbrella aviation body birds bringing down aircraft this week asked Caribbean by flying into engines, a new trade group governments to threat is on the horizon has agree to unified laws to regu- emerged with the preponder- late drones, calling them the ance of drones, often times “bird strikes” for airborne air- operated by people with lim- craft of the future and pointing ited aviation experiences and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley. Medgar Evers College to the steady growth of them in exposure. the community. “We recommend that regu- The Caribbean Aviation lations should be harmonized Safety and Security Oversight in all CARICOM states. Harmo- Medgar Evers College to host T&T PM System (CASSOS) Wednesday nization will ensure a system said it has prepared a special of coordination where a Small By Nelson A. King The Office said on Tuesday free, open to the general pub- briefing paper for a trade min- Unmanned Air Vehicle transits The Office of Internation- that Rowley will keynote its lic, and will recognize pillars isters meeting at bloc head- from one state to another such al Education at Brooklyn’s Inaugural International Edu- of the community who have quarters in Guyana next week as in the areas of airworthi- Medgar Evers College says the cation Awards Ceremony at been supportive of interna- as the time has come for the ness, registration, approvals to college will on Thursday, May 6:30 pm in the college’s Found- tional studies at Medgar Evers region to act. operate and personnel licens- 5 host Trinidad and Tobago’s ers Auditorium, 1650 Bedford College,” said the Office of Experts at the regional over- ing. Different classes or catego- Prime Minister Dr. Keith Row- Ave. (at Crown Street). International Education in a sight system argue that while ries of UAVs should also be con- ley. “The Awards Ceremony is Continued on Page 6 domestic and international air Continued on Page 6 GoFor To More Our Blog Information To See Our Weekly Visit Specials!Us At VistVisit Our Our New www.bronxdentistny.comNEW Web-ite: Web-Site: www.reliablebronxdentist.com www.reliablebronxdentist.com GOT IMPLANTS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT COME SEE US (718) 547-5280 2 Caribbean Life, April 15-21, 2016 BQ Antigua, St. Kitts students win Leeward Islands debate Director of Tourism Paul Penni- cook (l) stands next to Minister of By Nelson A. King Tourism Edmund Bartlett, during Students from community colleges a tourism presentation. in Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts Photo by Tangerine Clarke were adjudged winners last Friday in the much-spirited Evening Program debate in the Leeward Islands Debat- ing Competition (LIDC) at Brooklyn’s Jamaica Medgar Evers College. The opposition team of Kelsey Har- ris and Kamilah Parker (Antigua and Barbuda), and Philmon Roberts (St. to boost Kitts) eclipsed the proposition team of Dwayne Griffith and D’shnay Matthew York (St. Maarten) and Zipporah Ban- nister (Anguilla) in the two-hour debate at the college’s Edison O. Jackson Audi- tourism torium. The debate moot was: “The marginalization of men has led to the By Tangerine Clarke breakdown of Caribbean society.” Jamaica’s newly appointed Min- The debate, which also had a morn- ister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett ing segment, was organized by Medgar announced that his country is expect- Evers College’s Caribbean Research ed to earn $3 billion from tourism in Center (CRC), headed by Dean Dr. 2017, up from $2.5B he said the coun- George Irish, a native of the Leeward try now earns. Island of Montserrat, and the LIDC Bartlett told nationals at a Finn Foundation. Partners welcome reception in New Dr. Irish had started the annual LIDC York City last Wednesday, that the in 1972, at 29, when he was the head of extra ½ percent will come from more the Montserrat Open Campus Branch of than 5000 hotel rooms across the the University of the West Indies (UWI), tourist sector, in places such as Negril as “a medium for cultivating the intel- and Falmouth, where there is a high lectual and civic awareness of students, demand. and preparing them for future leader- In addition to increasing U.S. flow ship.” Ken Irish-Bramble (second left) presents the trophy to Opposition debat- from where 75 percent visit Jamaica, The first debate took place in Montser- ing team Kelsey Harris, Kamilah Parker and Philmon Roberts. the five-part tourism plan will wel- rat with four debaters from Antigua Photo by Nelson A. King come visitors from other markets and Montserrat: Franklyn Michael and such as Europe and South America, Kennedy Edwards (Antigua and Barbu- breakdown in Caribbean values ly impressed with the creativity in and expand to include the Caribbean, da), and Jennifer Greenaway and Pearl “stems from the breakdown of family putting together coherent argu- Asia and Africa. Ryner (Montserrat). values,” adding that the Caribbean ments. “Our immediate thrust will exploit In Friday evening’s debate, the oppo- has “long suffered from the illegal “You come with something fresh, the U.S. market by inviting our friends sition team decried the proponent’s drug trade.” different,” said Irish-Bramble, who, in North America to work with us on claim that the marginalization of men But the proposition team main- as a youth, had also participated a pre-clearance facility arrangement, has led to the breakdown of Caribbean tained that the marginalization of in the annual LIDC in Montserrat. the same enjoy by Aruba, Cancun society, saying that it was “completely men is “most conspicuous in Carib- “We also saw the issue of humor and Cana, and Bermuda, Puerto Rico. If false.” bean society,” blaming slavery for good, friendly jabs.” we get that clearance then connec- “For men to be marginalized, they leaving “a disgusting image.” Dr. Sheilah M. Paul, associate tivity to the secondary and primary have to be not active in society,” the “Men were indoctrinated, forced dean, School of Liberal Arts and airports in the U.S. will be seamless,” opposition contended, stating instead to be marginalized,” the team pos- Education at Medgar Evers College, added Bartlett, positing that this that women are the ones who are at “a ited. “Control and condition are just said the debaters reminded her of arrangement would allow more rota- disadvantage in the labor market. the belief of women. Do not blame “the power of developing and honing tions of airline in a day, with a short “How are men more marginalized men for any marginalization. important skills in young people, as turn around time, because Jamaica when they hold higher positions?” “We cannot only look at the men,” they prepare to take their places in would become domestic space. the team asked. “Every prime minis- the proposition added. “We expect our 21st century global work force. “Jamaica is the most exciting desti- ter [in the Caribbean], at this point, men to act in a macho way. If not, “Your being here, in this experi- nation on earth, and it is so, because is a male. Men have excelled and con- they will feel oppressed.” ence, provides another window to a 40 percent of all tourist that come to tinue to excel.” “You are part of the future,” Dean deeper understanding of culturally Jamaica has been to Jamaica at least The opposition team pointed to Irish told the debaters. “I want to responsive education, particularly once. One of two visitors you see arguments that show that women publish a book on the history of the in a widely diverse learning commu- on the beach has had the Jamaican are the ones who have been margin- debate. Send me what you have, and nity, such as Central Brooklyn,” said experience at lease once, some 50 alized, stating that this has taken I’ll transfer it into a gold mine.” the Tobago native. times, such as a married couple who place since the 15th century. The first LIDC debate was held at CRC said the LIDC involves exten- returned to celebrate their 50th year “Saying that men are marginal- Medgar Evers College in 1998, with sive team research, critical thinking honeymoon.” ized is absurd,” the team declared. participants from Nevis, Antigua and public speaking skills. Bartlett said despite the problems “We stand resolute in our claim that and Barbuda and Anguilla. CRC also said that it is “moving Jamaica has faced, the iconic attrac- the marginalization of men has not Chief judge Dr. Ken Irish-Bram- to revive the debating tradition here tion is its people, and enduring rela- led to the breakdown on Caribbean ble, a professor at Medgar Evers at Medgar Evers College to engage tions that lead to Jamaicans being in society.” College and Dean Irish’s eldest son, our students in similar intellectual Continued on Page 30 The opposition noted that the said the judges were “particular- exercises across disciplines.” BQ Caribbean Life, April 15-21, 2016 3 Updated daily at www.caribbeanlifenews.com CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP THE NEWS FROM BACK HOME Antigua Former Dominica attorney general, Barnard Wiltshire is calling for the creation of a political watchdog body for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). He said it is time for people to unite on the issue of eradicating corruption in the region. His comments came after the Antigua and Barbuda government announced that two matters relating to corruption in the United Progressive Party (UPP) have been handed over to the police.