FIND THE LATEST NEWS UPDATED EVERY DAY AT CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM Vol. 29, Issue 51 BROOKLYN EDITION DON’TDec. 21–27, 2018 FISH HERE Suriname stops Chinese Kids learn table manners mega trawlers from Creator of the class, Amarimba Charles, shows a student how to manage his plate. Students learned about proper dining and table manners in the classroom and ap- plied that at the event. See story on Page 38. Photo by Alexandra Simon operating in its waters
By Bert Wilkinson local regulations so authorities Fearing that a fleet of six had no choice but to turn them Weed legalization ‘overdue’: Adams Chinese mega fishing boats down and ask them to leave including two processing moth- local waters. By Nelson A. King nisms in place that ensure the misdemeanors. er vessels would quickly deplete The matter had caused so Brooklyn Borough Presi- public is protected from rec- He, however, said a legal fishing grounds off Suriname, much tension that it reached dent Eric Adams has wel- reational marijuana’s harmful marijuana market requires authorities there have asked the 51-member national comed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s effects, as well as that create setting stringent health stand- the captains of the group to assembly where lawmakers proposal for legalization of truly meaningful pathways for ards, just like recommended leave the Caribbean trade bloc were almost unanimous in marijuana, saying that “it is historically disadvantaged and dosages for alcohol and warn- nation as soon as possible after their rejection of their applica- time overdue for New York to persecuted communities to be ing labels for cigarettes. rejecting their applications for tions in a country where offi- chart a path toward” regular- uplifted out of the shadows “Without these kinds of permits to work in the coun- cials already complain about izing the herb. and into the bright light of advisories and protections, we try. the less than acceptable abil- “As legislative debate begins a new economic and social risk exposing our communi- The appearance of the ves- ity of enforcement agencies to on this issue in Albany, we opportunity for themselves, ties to lifelong health dam- sels in local ports in recent properly monitor activities off must keep mindful of long- their families and the com- age, which could also lead to weeks had triggered alarm bells Surinamese waters. standing disparities between munities in which they live,” an increasing burden on our among the country’s fishing In 2015, representatives communities across our state he added. health care system,” Adams community and calls from law- from a company calling itself in commercial entrepreneur- Adams said that includes warned. “We cannot have makers for their applications to Fuzhou Hongdong Pelagic ship, criminal justice and expunging the records of indi- legalization lead down a path be rejected forthwith. Fishery had applied to neigh- public health,” Adams said on viduals previously convicted toward irresponsible use of Minister of Fisheries, boring Guyana for permits for Tuesday. of low-level marijuana-related marijuana that exacerbates Lekhram Soerdjan said the 35, 120-foot trawlers and drift “There must be mecha- crimes, such as possession Continued on Page 1 100-foot vessels did not meet Continued on Page 1 3007 Farragut Rd., Brooklyn, NY 11210 (corner of Nostrand Ave.) LAB TESTS SONOGRAMS EKG’S
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2 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 They mean business: Sisters return with Kwanzaa crawl
By Alexandra Simon “This year we are expecting 4,000 It’s black for the third time! people, and we’ve exceeded sales from The business boosting Kwanzaa last year with 2,900 tickets already Crawl will return for its third year on sold,” said Stark. Dec. 26, sending thousands of bar hop- Most of the locations from the last pers to 31 black-owned bars and restau- two crawls have joined in again, along rants in Brooklyn and in Manhattan’s with several new additions, including Harlem neighborhood. The day-long Negril BK, Nzuri Lounge, and the Slope event is the brainchild of two Carib- Lounge, among others. bean-American sisters who wanted to Local businesses have been espe- focus on black economic power on the cially thrilled with the results of having first day of the pan-African holiday. a giant crowd coming out on the day In a year when a white manager after Christmas, traditionally a slow called the cops on two black men sit- time, said Coddett. ting inside a Starbucks , and Flatbush “We had one owner in particular who nail salon employees attacked two black hadn’t even been open for a year and customers, it is more important than was a first time restaurant owner when ever for the black community to pri- she participated, and she welled up in oritize black businesses, said the event’s tears saying that we helped saved her co-founder. business,” she said. “When companies or businesses like The siblings say hearing that type of that nail salon or Starbucks mess up, testimony is not only rewarding, but that’s when we start to look for black- a clear example of the positive effect owned coffee shops and black-owned the crawl has throughout the year, by nail salons,” said Kerry Coddett. “With exposing the businesses to new people, the Kwanzaa Crawl, I want black people said Stark. to start becoming more active than Participants will gather at a meet- reactive.” ing location in Brooklyn or in Harlem, The bar crawl also puts a positive where they will be divided into teams. focus on spots that are often the subject Each group will set out on a different of negative stereotypes, she said. route to visit at least four bars, many of U.N.I.T.Y: Particpants in the annual Kwanzaa crawl trek Brooklyn and Har- “We don’t celebrate our businesses which offer drink and food specials. lem exploring black-owned businesses on the fi rst day of Kwanzaa, Umoja, enough and say they have bad service, This year the sisters will also add which means unity. Deneka Peniston but this is a chance to go to all venues,” social media awards for best outfit, said Coddett. “They’re all so different — dopest venue, best disk jockey, and some are dive bars and some are fancy other categories, judged from the hash- like-minded people,” she said. “It’s just Utica avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, eateries.” tag #KwanzaaCrawl2018. a great experience where we make you www.kwanzaacrawl.com]. Dec. 26, Every year the crawl’s popularity Coddett says that the Crawl is a great feel pride in being black and celebrat- 12:30–11 pm. $27-30. continues to grow, and ticket sales this event that people should join, whether ing each other.” Harlem Meetup at C.S. 154 Harriet year have already surpassed the 2,800 they celebrate Kwanzaa or not. Tubman [50 West 127th St. between who joined the Kwanzaa Crawl last “It’s an opportunity to do some- “Kwanzaa Crawl” at various loca- Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton year, according to Coddett’s sister and thing positive, to have fun — but for a tions. Brooklyn meet-up [Boys and Girls Powell Jr. boulevards in Harlem, www. co-founder, Krystal Stark. good cause and have fellowship with High School between Schenectady and kwanzaacrawl.com]. Kings County Hospital showcases robotic surgical system
By Nelson A. King da Vinci Robot® is operated by a trained Health + Hospitals/Kings County surgeon, who is in control at all times. says it has enhanced its surgical capa- “Acquiring the da Vinci Robot Sys- bilities with the acquisition of the high- tem® at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings ly advanced da Vinci Robotic Surgical County modernizes the quality care we System, which it shared with the com- provide our patients every day,” said munity recently through demonstra- Sheldon P. McLeod, the hospital’s chief tions. executive officer. “The new da Vinci Robotic Surgical “Robotic surgery will allow our sur- System is expected to expand surgical geons to improve both their vision of care and improve patient outcomes and the surgical field and their surgical experience at the hospital,” the hospital precision while performing complex said in a statement. and routine surgeries,” he added. “This Demonstrated to the community at advantage strengthens our commit- the hospital’s inaugural Robot Day, the ment to providing advanced patient system is an innovative robotic technol- care to the Brooklyn community and ogy that allows surgeons to perform From left, Steven Pulitzer, chief medical offi cer; Sheldon McLeod, chief ex- beyond.” minimally invasive and complex surgi- ecutive offi cer; Andrew G. Winer, chief of urology and Councilmember Dr. In addition to being less invasive cal procedures with precision and dex- Mathieu Eugene. Kings County Hospital than traditional surgery, Kings County terity, using smaller surgical incisions, Hospital said robotic surgery allows reducing blood loss and the need for console that allows surgeons to sit while eliminating normal human tremors or surgeons to see patients’ tissue and transfusion, and accelerating recovery operating. shaking during surgery, which is an organs magnified up to 10 times. time. “This state-of-the-art equipment important improvement over tradition- It said patients are expected to experi- According to Kings County Hospital, allows surgeons to operate in hard- al surgery.” ence minimal incision scarring, shorter the da Vinci Robot® has four interac- er-to-access places during operation,” While the term “robot” can be con- hospital stays, reduced pain and dis- tive arms, a high-definition 3D vision the hospital said. “The technology has fusing, because some robots act autono- comfort, less need for medication to system and an ergonomically designed the power to scale hand movements, mously, Kings County Hospital said the manage pain and faster recovery times. Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 3 Updated daily at www.caribbeanlifenews.com CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP THE NEWS FROM BACK HOME
Barbadosb d Barbados and Russia are seeking to strengthen and deepen relations, as the communist country is seeking to setting up a permanent mission in the Caribbean island. This was revealed when Russian Ambassador to Barbados, Alexander Kurmaz met with Barbados Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Sen- ator Dr. Jerome Walcott during a cour- tesy call recently. During the dis- cussions, Ambassa- dor Kurmaz, who is non-resident diplomat based in Guyana, with responsibility for Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Grenada, said he would very much like to have a per- manent mission in Barbados to aid in efforts at dealing with the four coun- tries, to enhance bilateral relations. The ambassador noted that it was Russia’s decision to build constructive cooperation with Barbados in all areas, preferably in bilateral and multilateral fora. Minister Walcott, agreeing with the Petrojam investigation need to strengthen the relationship, noted that Barbados and Russia estab- Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has ordered the state oil refi nery to take action to recover missing funds. lished relations over 25 years ago, but Associated Press / Richard Drew, File more had to be done to conclude some bilateral agreements as well as techni- cal assistance. waters last year with over four tons of vessel, claimed that they were in search with the auditor general’s report. The discussions also centered on cocaine valued US$71.7 million pleaded of a missing vessel for two months. La judicial assistance Russia could offer guilty in a United States federal court Cruz was said to be the engineer of the St. Vincent and the need for Barbados to continue recently. boat. A high court judge in St. Vincent accessing scholarship programs pro- They now face up to life in prison, Apart from facing life in pris- and the Grenadinesrecently sentenced vided by that country. United States Attorney Gretchen Shap- on, the four also face a fine of up to a former police officer to a total of 45 pert announced. US$10,000,000. years in jail after he was found guilty Haiti According to a press release Moham- last month of having sex with a 12-year- Canada has deported more than 160 med Hosein, 70, and Richard La Cruz, Jamaica old girl to whom he had given a ring Haitians during a nine-month period 51, both of Guyana pleaded guilty on Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Hol- and cellphone. this year, according to Nov. 28, 2018 to possession of cocaine ness has directed the board of state oil However, Eugene Noel, 32, will only figures released by the on board a vessel. refinery, Petrojam, to take the neces- serve 30 years as some Canada Border Serv- Neville Jeffrey, 66 and Mark Anthony sary actions to recover funds misappro- of the sentences are to ices Agency (CBSA). Williams, 32, of Guy- priated from the entity. run concurrent. It said that the l60 ana, pleaded guilty in He gave the instructions following Justice Brian Cot- Haitians were expelled during the peri- federal court on Nov. a report of the auditor general into tle imposed the prison od April 1 to Nov. 15 and that up to 29, 2018 and Dec. 3, the refinery, which identified certain term on Noel during a sentencing hear- September it had rejected more than 2018, respectively, to administrative and oversight shortfalls. ing in which the convicted man chal- 32,000 asylum requests of nationalities the same offense. Holness said the board should seek lenged his conviction and accused the including Haitians. The release said the plea agreements legal advice and prepare to recover jury of not considering all the facts in Last month, the Canadian Depart- filed with the court state that the Unit- such funds through civil means. That, the case. ment of Immigration temporarily sus- ed States Coast Guard Cutter Napier he said, is part of the principle of res- A nine-member jury returned a guilty pended the deportations of Haitians on Feb. 16, 2017, intercepted a suspi- titution that will ensure that there is verdict in November and the trial saw because of the on-going political situa- cious vessel in a joint operation with accountability. the use of a provision under the Witness tion in the French-speaking Caribbean the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, The prime minister noted that in Special Measures Act, which prevented Community (CARICOM) country where about 70 nautical miles north of Par- the past where issues of the magnitude Noel, who represented himself, from opposition parties have been staging amaribo, Suriname, in international of what occurred at cross-examining the victim directly. street demonstrations calling for the waters. Petrojam were brought Instead, the cross examination was removal of President Jovenel Moses “The US Coast Guard boarded the to public attention. done by a lawyer appointed by the from office. vessel pursuant to a bilateral agree- He emphasized that state. Media reports said Haitians being ment between the United States and St. this is an important The court heard that Noel was deported had arrived in Canada in 2017 Vincent and the Grenadines. They dis- principle that the government must involved in a “relationship” with the after illegally cross the border. covered 185 bales containing numerous “not just speak about in words, but (put girl, a secondary school pupil, whom packages of cocaine in the vessel’s fish into) practice and reinforce it.” he befriended after meeting her on the Guyana hold weighing 3,769 kilos,” the release Holness said that every effort will be street four years ago. Four Guyanese men who were inter- said. made to ensure that the relevant com- After meeting her on two occasions, cepted in a trawler in international Hosein was identified captain of the mittees of Parliament are furnished Continued on Page 14 4 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 ALL FRAMES % 50 OFF*
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Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 5 Justice Wavny Toussaint: ‘Nothing is impossible’
By Nelson A. King judges are doing; that’s what poration Counsel for the City Trinidadian-born, New York keep our feet to the fire. When of New York, an associate at a State Supreme Court Justice judges are on the ballot, do private law firm, managed her Wavny Toussaint is urging your research. own practice, and served in the young people wishing to pur- “Judges should respect each New York State Unified Court sue studies in the law or to individual and be fair,” Justice System as a court attorney/ seek a judgeship to follow their Toussaint added. “Also remem- law clerk. dreams, stressing that “noth- ber that compassion is also an Justice Toussaint is current- ing is impossible.” essential part of being a judge. ly assigned to Kings County “Understand that you have The bottom line is: Judges are Supreme Court, where she pre- to set your goals and work on the bench to serve the com- sides over civil trials and man- hard,” said Justice Toussaint munity.” ages a general civil inventory of in a wide-ranging interview Justice Toussaint said she about 1,000 matters. with Caribbean Life on Sunday. migrated to Brooklyn, as a She said she addresses, “Everything is possible; believe teenager, in 1973, from Bara- among other matters, motor everything is possible. taria, a few miles from Port-of- vehicular, New York State “There are going to be set- Spain, the Trinidad and Tobago Labor Law and medical mal- backs,” added Justice Toussaint, capital. practice cases. considered the first Trinidadian After graduating with a “As a judge, it’s fascinat- to become a judge in New York. Bachelor of Arts degree in Pre- ing how much information we “I’ve had setbacks in my own law from City College of New learn from the medical field,” life. I tell people before I was Justice Wavny Toussaint at the annual event in November York, she pursued legal studies she said. “I request from the elected, I ran in 1999. I spent a 2018 for the Tribune Society Inc., which is an organization at Howard University School members from the community lot of money; there were many of African-American and other minority judicial and non- of Law in Washington, D.C., to show up as juror. It’s up to people supporting me. But, judicial court personnel. graduating cum laude with a the members of the communi- despite my failure, I believed Juris Doctor degree. ty to evaluate the case. In doing I’ll be a great judge. who were skeptical, came to School of Law-trained judge Justice Toussaint is admit- that, we bring credibility.” “So, a few years later, I ran my court room and said what tells the community at large to ted to practice law in New York From 2010 through 2014, she again,” continued Toussaint, you do in your court room is “remember the court is there State, the Southern and East- served as an Acting Supreme who was first elected as a judge exemplary. to serve the community. ern Federal District Courts of Court Justice. in the Civil Court of the City “I give God the glory,” added “It’s not there for the judges New York and the United States At that time, at the height of New York in 2002, and re- the Christian at the Church of to be proud with the power Supreme Court. of the mortgage crisis, Jus- elected in 2012. the Nazarene. “And, if we trust they have,” she said. “I encour- Prior to her election, Tous- tice Toussaint said there were “I’ve been told I’m a great Him, his plan is revealed.” age members of the commu- saint practiced law for 19 years, “thousands and thousands of judge,” she said. “Even those, The Harvard University nity to come in to see what our serving as an Assistant Cor- foreclosure proceedings. >@=AB/B313 6 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 Last MinuteGift Ideas Gifts Under $50 28% OFF PORTABLE DVD/CD PLAYER SAVE $20 • 9.0” Swivel Screen LCD Monitor -SDVD9321 WAS $69.97 $ 97 28% OFF NOW...49 SAVE $20 STAR WARS COLLECTOR’S EDITION LASER BATTLE QUAD T-65 X-WING DRONE $ 95 -SW-1977-CX-1 WAS $69.95 NOW...49 5-SPEED ULTRA POWER HAND MIXER -KHM512ER WAS $49.99 25% OFF HANG UP 4 SLICE STAINLESS STEEL 30% OFF WIRELESS SAVE $10 TOASTER OVEN BROILER $ SPEAKER 50% OFF • Fits 9” Pizza SAVE 15 -HXP101BK $ -31401 WAS $39.99 $ 99 Stick on any wall, shower tile, WAS $29.99 SAVE 15 NOW...29 $ 99 or wherever else NOW... 34 you’re looking to sing along! $ 99 NOW... 14 EACH PORTABLEPORTA WATERPROOF 16% OFF WATER RESISTANT 50% OFF BBLUETOOTHLUET SPEAKER PORTABLE BLUETOOTH SAVE $50 -JBLCLIP3BLK-JBLC SAVE $10 SPEAKER WASWAS $59.95$ -PK3 WAS $99.97 $ 97 $ 95 NOW...49 NOW...49 EACH Gifts Under$100 Gifts Under $200 38% OFF KIDS TAB 3 LITE SAVE $50 CHARGE 3 • 7” Touchsceen Display ADVANCED -T113NDWACCC $ 99 FITNESS WAS $129.99 NOW... 79 TRACKER -FB409GMBK WAS $149.99 DS4V+BLUETOOTH REMOTE STARTER SYSTEM 25% OFF SAVE $20 -VIPERDS4VP SAVE $20 OFFER EXPIRES 12/24/18 WAS $229.99 Phone Not $ 99 Included INSTAX MINI 9 BLUE CAMERA NOW... 129 SAVE $30 WITH FREE 10 PACK OF FILM $ 99 $ 99 -INSMINI9BBUN WAS $79.97 59 NOW... 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RICHARD & SON Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 7 bring their catch ashore for processing Surinamese which must be done by Surinamese. Marijuana opportunities abound All processing are done on the mother ships so authorities fear they may never Continued from Page 1 fishermen see the boats again or be able to moni- tor what they catch and process legally. health disparities in poor, urban com- The fisheries sector nets about $40 mil- munities of color.” launch protest lion annually. The Brooklyn borough president “The Chinese ships do not land after also said disadvantaged communities Continued from Page 1 their catch but process and move it must also be empowered to “actively directly to a mother ship. A well-known participate in a newly regulated mar- netters to work in Guyanese waters system in the large fishing industries,” ket that would eliminate racial and but the umbrella seafood and proc- said Udo Karg, the head of the Suri- socioeconomic disparities.” essors association railed against the namese seafood association. “The Chi- He said licensed vendors should be granting of any work permits as drift nese trawlers have to leave because able to open new establishments in netters clean up fishing grounds and they do not meet the licensing require- disadvantaged communities through Brooklyn Borough President Eric leave little or nothing for local vessels. ments of Suriname.” the promotion of local entrepreneur- Adams. Photo by Stefano Giovan- Then Minister of Fisheries, Leslie Ram- Prahalad Sewdien, the Farmers Fed- ship, particularly in communities of nini sammy and other officials sat on the eration president noted that “the Chi- color. applications resisting pressure from nese ships do not even land after their “In the months ahead, I look for- former President Bharrat Jagdeo and catch but process and move it directly ward to working with my colleagues the opening of the first medical mari- others who were lobbying for a place in to a mother ship. A well-known system in the State Legislature on this impor- juana dispensaries in our borough,” the sun for the Chinese. It is unclear in the large fishing industries. It is a tant matter, as well as preparing for Adams said. if these boats are linked to the same narrow strip where there is work, there company. is no room for more fishermen.” This was so because the same gov- Local media quote officials as say- ernment had placed restrictions on the ing that there were already 450 active number of registered local vessels to permits issued in 2018. Any additional protect the fish and shrimping stock ones would harm the environment and but was still angling to allow these deplete fishing grounds. mega Chinese vessels to operate in Authorities around the world are Guyana’s economic zone. complaining about a virtual war by In protesting against the Chinese Chinese fishing companies as Beijing vessels, meanwhile, Surinamese fish- has been pushing governments to sign ermen pointed to regulations limiting legally binding port state measures engine horsepower of all boats to 500. agreements. So far several CARICOM The Chinese were listed at around 3,500 countries including Barbados, Domini- hp, nearly seven times more powerful ca, Guyana, St. Kitts have signed bilat- and greater than the allowable limit. eral agreements with China to cover Cannabis products on displayed at the Cultivate dispensary in Leicester, Local rules mandate that all vessels seafood activity. Mass. 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Similar action condemn- Kwanzaa, by definition, is a have is a tremendous amount highly regarded federal judge through over ing lack of fair warning and celebration held in the United of purchasing power to har- with over 24 years’ experi- overbreadth have animated States and in other nations ness, as well as a huge manu- ence, has exposed a serious criminalization, the federal courts, to reverse of the Africa Diaspora in the facturing base! flaw in our justice system. passing and convictions, like the Arthur Americas and lasts a week. People of color will never “Prosecutors are responsible enforcing far too Andersen, Marinello, Skilling, The celebration honors Afri- have any REAL power unless for holding people account- many stereotypes Yates, Johnson, McDonnell, can heritage in the African / they have ECONOMIC power. able when they violate the and criminal laws Bond, McNally, McCormick Caribbean-American culture, And we DO have power – over 3 law, but what happens when that are making and Sun-Diamond Growers and is observed from Dec.26 trillion dollars of GDP in Afri- the prosecutors are the ones cases. to Jan. 1, culminating in a ca, and at least another trillion who break the rules? In most criminals out of Albert Baldeo, a maverick feast and gift-giving. Kwan- and a half in the US, Caribbean instances, nothing.” (Daily respectable, law- grass roots advocate who fre- zaa has seven core principles: and elsewhere. But if we don’t News Op-Ed July 30, 2018). abiding citizens. quently bucked the political Umoja — Unity; Kujichagulia unite together and start look- Political and legal expert establishment, was selectively — Self-Determination; Ujima ing out for our OWN economic Errol Louis deserves kudos prosecuted for a civil, admin- — Collective work and Respon- interests, we will get sidelined for his advocacy to “Rein in federal Courts, including the istrative violation that fre- sibility; Ujamaa — Cooperative again by the huge multina- N.Y.’s prosecutors to prevent large ratio of the truly inno- quently occurs in hundreds Economics; Nia — Purpose; tionals like Amazon and Ali- abuse” dated June 19, 2018. cent who succumb for lesser of campaigns annually. His Kuumba — Creativity; and baba; companies that are mak- Governor Cuomo signed jail time, closure and expedi- federal prosecution for “major Imani — Faith. Africa House ing hardly any investment in into law the bill to establish ency, incapable of, or afraid of crimes carrying 20 years sen- Global LLC has adopted these our communities, if any at all. a commission on prosecuto- the consequences of fighting tences” highlights these over- principles! Making that investment in our rial misconduct in our state overzealous prosecutors. reaches, especially since the In this age of uncertainty, future is what Africa House courts which passed the State America is losing its soul Supreme Court, in Citizens our neighborhoods are under Global is all about. legislature. However, Con- through over criminaliza- United, ruled that political attack by the scourge of the The economies of Africa and gress must also pass similar tion, passing and enforcing spending is a form of pro- drug culture. Our schools are the Caribbean are entering a legislation to review and pun- far too many stereotypes and tected speech under the First under-funded, many of our stu- golden age. Economic growth ish federal prosecutors who criminal laws that are mak- Amendment. dents graduate illiterate, and across both regions is above similarly pervert the rules ing criminals out of respect- In a recent editorial, the joblessness is soaring. In the the world average, and private in the federal court system, able, law-abiding citizens. Daily News opined in its June United States alone people of foreign direct investment into immune from personal or We must collectively make 1, 2018 edition: “Google-try it, color have a purchasing power Africa is at record levels. With professional consequences for a major effort to return the Mr. President!-helps identify of approximately $1.3 Trillion a population nearly equal to railroading innocent people criminal law and prosecutors a few others who have been Dollars. When you add that to China and India COMBINED, into prison. to their proper role in society- treated at least as harshly as the worldwide spending power corporations are waking up to Federal prosecutors are to ensure public safety and [the pardoned] D’Souza was,” of nations such as the 54 coun- the huge spending power of just as rampant in withhold- protect the innocent. citing “Albert Baldeo, a New tries that make up the Afri- Africa’s new middle class. Peo- ing and destroying exculpa- Our lives can be upend- York Democrat, was charged can Continent, Brazil, member ple of color in America are tory evidence, stalling trials, ed by the government, on with crimes for soliciting nations that make up CARI- likewise prospering. If African coercing guilty pleas, suborn- a whim, using legally sanc- approximately $15,000 in COM in the Caribbean, and the Americans were our own coun- ing perjury, and pushing the tioned methods. Modern straw donations from seven many other countries through- try, we would be the 15th rich- outer limits of legal bounda- federal criminal laws have individuals. Prosecutors pur- out the world with significant est country in the world. ries, sometimes in conjunc- exploded in number, and sued those allegations, ending Black populations such as So, what is the problem? tion with pro-prosecution have also become impossibly in acquittal, and won convic- Great Britain, Canada, Central Hundreds of millions of peo- judges, who, contrary to state broad and vague. The aver- tion on related charges.” Bal- America, other South Ameri- Continued on Page 12 Judges, essentially enjoy life age American is unaware that deo suffered the injustice of tenure. he or she has likely commit- being convicted of obstruct- These rogue prosecutors ted several federal crimes in ing crimes he was acquitted must also be reined in, and a routine day, as Harvey A. of, a legal impossibility, but held accountable in their rat Silverglate explains in “Three a real consequence a federal race for higher offices and Felonies a Day.” The integrity prosecution can cause. statistics. Their egregious of our constitutional democ- Prosecutors have not used Founded 1990 • Published by Brooklyn Courier Life LLC abuses hardly ever surface, racy is being destroyed with this statute again to indict Corporate Headquarters: One Metrotech Center North, Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201 and remain hidden in the 95 each broadening “crime.” the many hundreds of simi- PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER: Victoria Schneps-Yunis percent morass of indicted The dozens of insider trad- lar and even worse conduct CEO & CO-PUBLISHER: Joshua Schneps citizens who plead guilty in ing and political corruption Continued on Page 12 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Ralph D’Onofrio EDITOR EMERITUS: Kenton Kirby ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Kevin Williams REPORTER: Alexandra Simon Contributing Writers: Azad Ali, Tangerine Clarke, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcome from all readers. They should be addressed care of this newspaper to the Editor, George Alleyne, Nelson King, Vinette K. 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The Caribbean Life, its advertisements, articles and photographs, may to edit all submissions. not be reproduced, either in whole or part, without permission in writing from the publisher except brief portions for purposes of review or commentary consistent with the law. 10 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 ‘A Christmas Carol in Harlem’ revises classic Dickens tale New Yorkers are having a Dickens of a time this holiday season. Inside Life Especially patrons who enjoy theater and specifically The By Vinette K. Pryce Classical Theatre of Harlem — the untraditional presenters of classic literary works -- they generations inclusive of mil- unexpected visitors arrive on are being gifted with a fun fam- lenials and baby boomers, CTH Christmas Eve to show him ily experience, if only for a lim- with Ty Jones, producing artis- that the value of family and the ited seasonal holiday run. tic director and his creative impact of cooperation will lead Traditional to the offerings team has scored a holiday hit to a healthy, thriving and pros- of presenting relevant contem- to run thru the season. perous community.” porary theatrical productions, Graham is director with Through 80 minutes of on this go-round there is a Steve H. Broadnax III and cho- entertaining revisions, the trio plethora of levity and mirth reography by Tiffany Rea-Fish- is able to effectively convince to “A Christmas Carol” as the er enhances movement and Scrooge that he is able to Make age-old tale about a thrifty artistry that should be applied Harlem Great Again by reflect- British, businessman and his to every presentation. ing on his life practices and loyal employer is reconditioned “Re-imagining of the classic perhaps reposition for real- to spotlight a Harlem landlord Christmas tale includes some time positive possibilities. who exploits his community. original music and classic holi- Infusing uptown flair, pop “A bad episode of Good day carols tinged with gospel, music, dance and fashion-for- times” does not compare to hip-hop, pop and r&b influenc- ward outfits the uptown ham- Spirited spirit in Harlem version of “A Christmas Carol.” CTH this reimaged presentation es, to celebrate the spirit of the let is projected with familiarity staged at Aaron Davis Hall on season the Harlem way.” to an obvious conscious and X Daniel who delivers image, Transportation Association. the City College Campus in Set in present day Harlem, sensitive script. style and interpretation of the Nix the Dickensian three Harlem. Ebenezer Scrooge is depicted Imagine a spirit arriving on phrase MTA. While New Yorkers scary fellas who descend Shawn Rene Graham con- as a “real estate mogul who roller skates. accept the acronym to describe into nightmarish episodes to figured Charles Dicken’s classic has made his fortune at the Try to picture another the mass transit system cor- frighten youngsters and their to deliver a “fierce and fabu- expense of others. Scrooge blinged-out in sequins and glit- porately known as the Metro- unsuspecting parents, the Har- lous” relatable version that the foregoes using his wealth to ter telling it like it is about the politan Transportation Author- lem remake introduces lively worst student of literature can affect positive change within “queendom.” ity, the Spirit of Christmas Yet individuals who dance to The comprehend and applaud. his Harlem community and Score one for the women’s To Come relates that the true Jackson Five and “boogie oogie Acclaimed for adapting time- instead lives a life of miserly liberation movement. meaning — based on rider- oogie” to pop songs. less classics to the suitability of solitude. That is, until three Two snaps up for Kahlil ship — is actually the Minority Catch You On The Inside! ©2018 New York Lottery Top off any present with a $1 Gift Tag Scratch-Off . ©Will Bullas You could make any gift a winning gift. PLEASE PLAY AND GIFT RESPONSIBLY. 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This precedent setting case now ment to our shared future. If we pull Indeed, these same prosecutors-Martin enables prosecutors to indict citizens Continued from Page 10 together, we see a very bright future. Bell and Daniel Richenthal, were caught on false underlying crimes, and convict ple of color are being completely left Millions of African women can get and exposed by the media and public them with impunity for ancillary tack- behind. Multinationals are making jobs instead of spending their time record, abusing DOJ’s computers and on crimes like obstruction, conspiracy huge profits in Africa, while millions of gathering water or mourning for chil- resources soliciting prostitutes on tax and attempt. It stinks to high heaven people there still have no safe drinking dren poisoned by filthy water. Millions payers’ dime and time on the Ashely that all of the evidence that convicted water, hundreds of thousands are dying of Black men in America can get voca- Madison website, and unashamedly hav- Baldeo in his remaining obstruction from water-borne illnesses, and 40 bil- tional training instead of incarcera- ing their spouses representing people convictions came solely from immi- lion hours are wasted every year collect- tion, and the economic strength of the indicted by their offices! grants who were threatened by the FBI ing water. Here in America, the richest united people of color will increase that The jury’s acquittals of all of Baldeo’s with arrest and deportation. country history has ever known, an much more; because there is no power underlying charges confirmed that fed- Errol Louis had earlier warned in entire generation of young black men without economic power. eral prosecutors abused federal laws to his Daily News Op-Ed back in October is being channeled straight from high Nothing will ever change for disad- indict him on a false and fundamen- 20, 2015, that the government should school to prison by a system that has vantaged people of color unless we all tally defective campaign theory that his “Stop treating minor campaign vio- utterly failed them. If record prosperity do your part. Contact us at info@afri- use of his own money in a City Council lations like major crimes. 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R Williams on Wednesday unveiled his Specifically, it includes three reforms: Sale 3 39 “Housing Justice For All” platform, a Universal Rent Control, “which would EXPIRES 1/2/2019 three-point-plan to help end housing vastly expand the rent-regulation sys- displacement, improve tenant protec- tem to tenants across the city;” Reform c 9DD >GJ &G:KL=J *JA;=K GF )L@=J -AR=K tions and increase the affordable hous- the city’s approach to land use and ing stock across the city. development process by calling for a c &G:KL=J .9ADK c GGC=< J=K@ -@JAEH Williams was joined by New York moratorium on rezonings that simply Communities for Change (NYCC), one transfer wealth from communities to c 0GF?GD9 D9EK c 9;9D9 the state’s larger tenants’ rights advo- real estate developers; and fix and fully cacy groups, in Brooklyn in meeting fund New York City Housing Author- c 9D9E9JA c -=9>GG< -9D9< c -;MF?ADDA with tenants who have been faced with ity (NYCHA) facilities, “while adding c J=K@ AK@ c .GH &ALLD= (=;C D9EK landlord harassment and poor living NYCHA to the ‘Public Advocate’s Worst conditions. 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Professional dance ing much about giving as your gifts with us, made teacher Shola Roberts at well, she wanted to chal- me happy — you are the The School of Integrated lenge that and demon- future,’” said Roberts. Learning, M.S. 354 cre- strate to them how Many of residents do ated, “The Art of Giving “Working with chil- not often get to see a show Back,” an interactive initi- dren, I do see how it can of the sort, and Roberts ative demonstrating how be easy to feel entitled to was glad to provide them students can exemplify receiving, and not in a with the opportunity. selflessness through acts bad way, but because they “The individuals we of kindness, particularly don’t know what really it performed for may not because it is a time where is to have until someone be able to see a Broad- many youngsters will be else appreciates it,” she way show or see the Ailey expecting gifts. said. “But I want to show Dance Company, but if we “I felt like its appropri- them, what does it mean are able bring it to them, ate for the holiday sea- to celebrate others, and and make them feel spe- son because during this how can we celebrate peo- cial, then I feel like we are time we are taught about ple we don’t know.” successful,’ said Roberts. receiving, but what a joy it With the common and Students in Shola Roberts’ class performing for elders at the David Minkin The class will also would be if we continued daily use of smartphones Rehabilitation Institute. 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Schneps Community News Group / Alex Mitchell more sellers to present buyers with a wider range of items to choose from, said the market spokeswoman. “In addition to the 30 vendors Top skateboarder Tyshawn Jones we already have, we are going to add 10 more,” said Stephanie Pierre. ”These vendors will be selling a myriad of products — opens Caribbean restaurant dry spices, things for kids, per- fumes, and a lot of things that appeal to the community.” By Alex Mitchell currently in San Francisco to formally cult-classic movie ‘Friday After Next,’ Many of the additional ven- A recently opened take-out restau- accept the skater of the year title. starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. dors run independently-owned rant doesn’t have a conventional name, it Not a fan of traditional competitive “I’ve loved those movies since I was businesses, sell online, and do doesn’t have a conventional flavor and it skateboarding, TJ prefers performing and kid,” TJ said. pop-ups. doesn’t have a conventional backstory. filming his moves around the Bronx and His own mother Tamisha works in the She said the event will be Newly opened Caribbean-American rest of the city. kitchen, whipping up some of the best, among one of many markets she joint, Taste So Good (Make You Wanna Elite Global Travel Services savory Caribbean treats that the Bronx has hosted for the holiday sea- Smack Your Mama) at 1752 Lafayette As far as creating his artistic maneu- has to offer. son, and this one will be geared Avenue is bringing a necessary spice-up vers, TJ likes to modify standard moves TJ’s favorite items on the menu are the to the younger shoppers. to the Soundview food scene, according to like ollies, a simple jump trick, by adding jerk shrimp and the ribs, but the spicy “Last weekend we had a 19-year-old owner Tyshawn ‘TJ’ Jones. a new edginess to them. jerk chicken is also a big-time seller. Christmas welcome, and this So, how does a 19-year-old open up a “I like doing them, but getting really, Pair that chicken with Caribbean rice Saturday we anticipate a young- restaurant in New York City? really high in the air,” TJ said. and mac n’ cheese to make a lunch that er crowd,” said Pierre. Being named Thrasher Magazine’s In the past, he’s gotten enough air to could warm up an ice sculpture. “This is a last minute market 2018 Skater of the Year certainly helped clear a #6 IRT station platform. Being that TJ can’t stand cold weather, to get a gift for the kids, and move things along. It was only two months ago that TJ some spicy Caribbean flavor is exactly we’re giving away gift bags,” Skateboarder by day, restaurateur by opened Taste So Good, to fill a need in the what he’s looking for this winter. she said. night, this Soundview native took up neighborho ods’s gastric choices. He also wouldn’t mind a second loca- Gift bag giveaways for lucky skating in 2010, first learning to keep his “We have nothing good to eat in this tion for Taste So Good. winners will include electronics, balance at Bruckner Skate Park behind area. We haven’t since I was a kid and it “Next I want to open a sit-down version handmade jewelry and designs, M.S. 101. drives me crazy,” he said. “I had to put of this place, this one is a little spot for and clothing. Long since those days of skating in some great food in Soundview,” TJ said the neighborhood to do take-out from, “Holiday Market” at Flatbush Throggs Neck and later on 161st Street, mentioning that he also opened Taste So but I’m sure thinking about expanding,” Caton Market (2184 Clarendon TJ mastered his craft, earning sponsor- Good as a career backup. TJ said. 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Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 35 Guyanese reminisce about Christmas By Tangerine Clarke Loraine, a Guyanese-born, Christ- mas enthusiast who spends many hours decorating every corner of her Brooklyn house, reflected on the meaning of Christmas, saying, “Jesus is the reason for the season, and then there is the joy and thankfulness in seeing my home decorated with flow- ers, fairy lights, ceiling ornaments, and to top that off, welcoming family, for sharing and caring.” Nine Mornings performance at Heritage Square in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Guyanese never gets tired of SVG National Nine Mornings Committee doing the same things every year for Christmas; they feast on black ‘rum’ cake, sponge cake, garlic pork, ginger beer, pickled vegetables, Pepperpot Nine Mornings before Christmas with bread and Guyana’s classic, XM Rum. Chef Delven Adams, owner of By Nelson A. King dered back to their houses, eagerly something, which is special to them,” Backyard Café in Georgetown, says Vincentians on Dec. 2 officially greeting friends with holiday bless- he said. Christmas has a special place in his began celebrating Nine Mornings, a ings and peering in the still-shut shop This year’s official lighting-up of heart. He sums up it up as very spe- festival unique to the nation at Christ- windows, which developed into today’s Heritage Square, in capital Kingstown, cial with family. His mother-in-law, mas time. celebration,” he added. was followed by a candlelight march Lynette James prepares the pepper- “Nine Mornings before Christmas, “Soon it became customary for the through the streets of the capital, cul- pot, his wife, Malini select the black Vincentians awake in the early hours ‘boom drum’ bands, composed of musi- minating at Heritage Square. cake from her #moistdelight collec- and part take in a range of activities, cian playing goatskin drums and wood- Lennox Bowman, deputy chair of the tion, and they all sit around and among them sea baths, dances (or en flutes, to accompany the walkers National Mornings Committee, said savor ginger beer, baked chicken, in local parlance, fetes), bicycle rid- home,” he continued. “Street dancing, this year had a record turn-out and garlic pork, ham, and delight in the ing and street concerts,” said Michael of course, was soon to follow, and, in participation, according to the local season after a whole year’s work. Peters, chairman of the National Nine time, the character of the nine morn- Xtreme Radio 104.3 FM. Christmas he says, is deeply rooted Mornings Committee, which, since ings’ celebration changed.” In his remarks at the event, Bowman in Guyanese who visits each other 1999, began officially organizing the Over the years, Peters said the said the committee works year-round Boxing Day, the day after Christmas 105-year-festival, about the event’s his- number of walkers grew, and, with in planning activities for the Christmas to gaff and reflect on the meaning of tory. the advent of the steel drum band, a season in bringing Christmas to Vin- Christmas. “In the rural areas, the final morn- carnival-style ‘Nine Mornings’ tradi- centians in “true Vincentian style.” “Before Christmas day, stores are ing of the festivity usually ended with tion evolved. “I want to say that it is the com- festooned with ornaments, and play- a steel band ‘jump-up,’” added Peters, He said street vendors joined the munities which make this thing hap- ing Christmas carols, as vendors stating that the origins of the festivity celebration, selling drinks made from pen, we are mainly the facilitators,” on the sidewalk, sells decorations,” are clouded in some mystery. ginger and sorrel, as well as holiday said Bowman, urging nationals to visit recall Evadne Van Slytman-Duff, He said, although the oral tradition cakes and sweets. communities that are staging activities who loves waking up to the aroma relates it to the “novena” of the Catho- Peters said a later addition was the during the Nine Mornings, which offi- of garlic pork, and eating pepper pot lic Church on the nine days before tradition of the “carolers”, who went cially started on Dec. 16 and ends on with cassava bread. Christmas, “it is believed that, after the house-to-house singing Christmas car- Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. early morning church services of the ols. “The month of December is an Catholics, worshippers began walking He said Nine Mornings was particu- important month for St. Vincent and the streets, while others went for sea larly popular with young people “for the Grenadines to shine; and, each and baths. whom the normal restrictions at home every one of us, we must play our part,” “From this, the popular festivity were relaxed, giving them an opportu- urged Minister of Culture, Cecil “Ces” emerged,” Peters said. nity to socialize with friends.” McKie. He said, although popular opinion A welcomed addition in recent years He said that, in 2019, the committee has this practice as starting during the is the “lighting up” of towns, villages, will begin the process in having the fes- period of slavery, “it was more likely to commercial buildings, churches and tival recognized worldwide as a “world have been a post-emancipation prac- private homes, Peters said. festival,” according to Xtreme FM. tice.” He said the organized activities, It said the community lighting-up “It is also believed that something which are now run by the SVG Nine began in Coulls Hill, a village along the around 1913, a Vincentian member of Mornings Committee, are “relatively western coast of mainland St. Vincent, the Dominican Order of the Catholic new since the traditional practices were on Dec. 8. Church initiated a tradition of celebrat- totally spontaneous and unorganized. 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Charles graders got to test their din- assisted some students with ing and etiquette skills at a cutlery, as they applied the eti- lunch event in Park Slope on quette knowledge they learned Dec. 18. in class at the restaurant. Students from two classes Aside from the overall con- at P.S. 213 enjoyed a full lunch sensus of the spicy chick- meal at the “Etiquette Class en, many of the pupils were Luncheon” held at the BK9 pleased with the arrangement restaurant. — even sharing a few of their The youngsters learned ear- critiques on the food. lier in the school year, the “I never tasted a macaroni basics of practicing proper eti- like this before,” said fifth- quette skills such as, appropri- grader Justin Florentine Var- ate greeting habits and hav- Lunch is served: Fifth grade gas. “I like my mom’s better.” ing table manners, through teacher Ms. Hourihan serv- And a few others did not an in-class workshop organ- ing plates of food to her like the food as much as they class. 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A person can continue to Hospice care offers several ben- ing a program, make sure it includes a hospice because of its associa- be recertifi ed as long as he meets the efi ts. One of the greatest benefi ts is hospice team that is available 24 hours M tion with dying. But this is not hospice criteria. Hospice nurses and that it is paid for by Medicare, so the a day. It should also have additional always the case. Although a person physicians are specially trained in patient does not have to pay. Once en- services such as friendly visits, mas- who enters the program shows signs pain management, and when they be- rolled with hospice, an interdisciplin- sages, or music programs. that he or she is at the end of life, not come involved in a person’s care, the ary team consisting of social workers, Death is something we all must everyone who enters into hospice care medical condition frequently stabi- nurses, and physicians are assigned face. It is hard to lose a loved one, but dies. Sometimes people “graduate” lizes, allowing the patient to enjoy life to work together for the benefi t of the hospice can help make passing a peace- from the program. Often, a person who again. patient. Clergy visits are offered if re- ful experience. Many hospice staff and enters hospice receives enough person- There are patients who actually quested. Even after a death, the team volunteers have had family members alized care that they are willing to live leave hospice. Some people might re- stays in contact with the family for up who were recipients of this service. longer than originally expected. member the story of Arthur “Art” to a year after the death to ensure emo- Once they experienced how much hos- Hospice care is intended for people Buchwald, a prominent humorist tional needs are met and the family pice helped them, they wanted to give with six months or less to live. Before and columnist for the Washington has adjusted to life without their loved that same care to others. They found entering a hospice program, a medi- Post. In early 2006, Buchwald was di- one. hospice a life-changing experience. cal doctor or nurse practitioner must agnosed with kidney failure and re- Hospice allows for some medical Joanna R. Leefer is a senior care ad- certify the patient is terminally ill or quired frequent dialysis treatments treatments that makes the patient visor, advocate, and founder of Elder- is diagnosed as failing to thrive. A per- to survive. After several treatments, more comfortable but are not life sus- CareGiving, a service that helps fami- son who is failing to thrive must show he decided to discontinue dialysis, taining. For instance, a patient can re- lies make diffi cult care decision for a weight loss of more than fi ve percent, and checked into hospice care even ceive pain medications, but will not re- aging loved ones. She understands the has a decrease in appetite, and an in- though he was warned he would live ceive treatments for cancer. regulations covering long-term care, ability to be active. only three more weeks without dialy- A person can select from several helps with life transitions, and moni- That does not mean a person has to sis. Six months later he checked him- hospice programs. The fi rst step in tors care through regular visits. She die in that time span. After 90 days, the self out of the program, spent a sum- fi nding the right program is to ask teaches advocacy skills to caregivers patient is reevaluated. The fi rst two mer in Martha’s Vineyard, fi nished your doctor to suggest a service. You and professionals. For more informa- benefi t periods are 90 days in length, one of his books, and continued to can also fi nd hospice programs by tion, visit www.joannaleefer.com. Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 41 Wellness Gift ideas for the special seniors in your life ith lifetimes of experiences cover that special treat. and seemingly everything You may be able to ship a specialty Wthey could ever want or need soft drink or favorite cookie that is in life already at their disposal, se- not available in a nearby store. Oth- niors can be difficult to shop for erwise, ask a store manager if a par- come the holiday season. Many even ticular item that’s not in stock in the insist that their family members store can be a special order. save their money and not buy them anything for the holidays. Photos But if the thought of grandma or What grandparent does not enjoy grandpa not having something to looking at his or her family members? open come the holidays is simply un- Computer-savvy men and women can acceptable, consider the following use photo software to design person- gift ideas: alized photo books, calendars, mugs, and other photo-related gifts. Just Activity assistance about anything can be emblazoned devices with a photo, including tote bags and The realities of getting older of- pillows. ten mean the body slows down and Another idea is to collect old photos activities may not be as easy as they and compile a memory book. Scan the used to be. Many active seniors are images so they are preserved digitally not ready to live sedentary lives, nor With lifetimes of experiences and seemingly everything they could ever want or need in life and then print out the images in a book should they be forced to do so. Plenty already at their disposal, seniors can be diffi cult to shop for come the holiday season. that includes the family history. of products exist that can make life easier and more comfortable for low users to mute their televisions. in the car or at home. Time older adults. 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Capture the memories with beautiful settings like this. staff. That’s the secret of their longevity and of their For the further convenience of your guests, success. Paradise also can provide free valet parking. 46 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 ENTERTAINMENT FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT, GO TO CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM/ENTERTAINMENT Reggae group Mighty Diamonds will perform at Milk River on Dec. 28. Dolwain Green Photography Mighty Diamonds in Brooklyn By Alexandra Simon The world-renowned reggae band Mighty Diamonds, is slated to perform at Milk River in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Dec. 28. The legendary three-member Jamai- can band, active since the late 60s, is TOURING internationally known for their roots reggae jams and harmonious tunes. The group earned themselves popular- ity by creating the weed-themed hit, “Pass the Kouchie,” and other hits like “Have Mercy,” and “I Need a Roof.” Continued on Page 48 AFRICA Empowering Roy Morgan off MorganMorgan HeritageHeritage performingperforming songs at ‘Reggae‘Reggae on thethe Rocks’Rocks’ inin Denver,Denver, Colorado.Colorado. TheThe Grammy-winningng group is nominated fforor another Grammy forfor their “Avrakedabra” album.album. children to Associated Press / Rick Scuteri, FileFile Morgan Heritage ends year with African tour say no By Alexandra Simon Their current song “Africa “This Africa x Jamaica tour is Grammy-award winning reggae x Jamaica,” featuring Ghanian the beginning of something great band Morgan Heritage begin their dancehall artist Stonebwoy, and for us as a group and a family of “Don’t Touch My Hair!” by Sharee tour in Africa on Dec. 21. The Tanzanian Afro-pop singer Dia- African decent,” said the percus- Miller sibling-comprised band — all chil- mond Platnumz, is a major hit sionist and vocalist. “For years our c.2018, Little, Brown and Company dren of reggae artist Denroy Mor- that continues to gain increasing fans in Africa have been asking us $17.99 / $23.49 Canada gan, will kick off the premiere show popularity. to perform more because they only 40 pages of the Africa x Jamaica tour in Zim- The group said the tour will be get to see us on video. So as we babwe’s capital city Harare. as much of a tour as it will be an prepare to release our new album By Terri Schlichenmeyer The band is also set to perform in ancestral trip. They are also look- we will give them what they want May I have that, please? Zambia on Christmas Eve, Ghana, ing forward to meeting eager fans as the great Burning Spear would That’s what you say when you want Kenya, and close out the tour with who have expressed a strong inter- say.” something, and people are impressed by a final show on the Tanzanian est in seeing the band perform live, The band won a Grammy for the your manners. You’re a kid who never island, Zanzibar on Jan. 19. said Mojo Morgan. Continued on Page 48 Continued on Page 48 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 47 TOURING AFRICA Continued from Page 47 They have released three best reggae album in 2016 for compilation albums by “The their “Strictly Roots” project. Morgan Heritage Family and TOP 10 They were nominated in the Friends”, and a live album, same category earlier this Live in Europe!, recorded SINGLES year for their most recent on their 2000 tour. Follow- album, “Avrakedabra.” ing the release of their 2001 Morgan Heritage, formed in album More Teachings... Mor- The Middle 1994, made their first appear- gan Heritage toured Europe 1 Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey ance at Reggae Sunsplash in again, and they have returned Psycho Jamaica. They were subse- several times since. 2 Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign quently signed by MCA and Their sixth studio album, released their debut album Three in One, came out in Nice For What Miracles the same year. They 3 2003. They have released Drake have since criticized the Mir- two successful DVDs, “Live acles album as being overly In London” and “Live Over Never Be The Same pop-influenced. Europe 2003”, and their sev- 4 Camila Cabello After the release of Mira- enth studio album Full Cir- Delicate cles, the family moved to Den- cle was released in 2005. 5 Taylor Swift roy’s homeland of Jamaica. Their latest album, Mission In this period, three family In Progress, was released on Reggae band Morgan Heritage will close off the year with a No Tears Left To Cry fi ve-country tour in Africa. Morgan Heritage 6 members left the group. Once 15 April 2008. It includes the Ariana Grande in Jamaica, Morgan Heritage singles “Faithful” and “Raid In My Blood began working with famed Rootz Dance.” VP Records in June 2013, fol- many of the top reggae bands 7 Shawn Mendes reggae producers Bobby Dixon After several years working lowed by a tour of Europe. and DJs of today includ- and Lloyd James, resulting on solo projects, they released The Royal Family of Reg- ing Capleton, Junior Kelly, Meant To Be in the release of their criti- the single “The Return” in gae, has taken the impres- Luciano, Gentleman and 8 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line cally acclaimed second album 2012, and indicated that a sively significant step forward Beres Hammond. Protect Us Jah (1997), fol- new album would be record- by releasing their upcoming The group’s 2015 album God’s Plan 9 lowed by One Calling (1998), ed after their 2012 European album, “Strictly Roots” in Strictly Roots won the Gram- Drake and the spiritually-inclined tour. The album, Here Come 2015 on CTBC Records.[3] my Award in the Best Reggae Mine Don’t Haffi Dread (1999). the Kings was released by They have worked with Album category in 2016. 10 Bazzi TOP 10 Empowering children Continued from Page 47 ALBUMS just takes, you always ask first because you want the same kind of manners back. But in EVERYTHING IS LOVE the new book “Don’t Touch My 1 The Carters Hair!” by Sharee Miller, you might have to ask for them, Nasir 2 too. Nas Aria loved her hair. Youngblood She loved it because it was 3 5 Seconds Of Summer Jamelody (right) and Pengo Music producer Randall Alex- bouncy and curly, dark and ander. Aba Luke, File soft. She loved it because it Liberation grew “up toward the sun like a 4 Christina Aguilera flower,” and because she could do a whole bunch of different Post Traumatic 5 things with it, depending on Mike Shinoda Mighty Diamonds her mood. ed by fluffy hair! And when she The Greatest Showman Problem was, everybody else did finally find a spot with no 6 Soundtrack Continued from Page 47 tinue to perform for over four loved her hair, too. And they all reaching hands, it was a lonely As Rastafarians, many of decades. wanted to touch it. place. SQUARE UP (EP) the group’s songs fall under Their most popular album Aria knew that people were That wouldn’t work at all, so 7 BLACKPINK the roots reggae subgenre, and was the 1976 release of “Right trying to be nice. They were Aria just went home, hoping they often promote and praise Time,” their debut project, just curious because they didn’t she could ignore the problem. Redemption the African continent, such as which brought them critical have hair as bouncy-soft as hers. She covered her hair with the 8 Jay Rock songs like, “Africa.” acclaim as a band. The band is But nobody ever asked permis- hood of a sweatshirt but people ? The band is comprised of expected to perform several of sion before touching, and that still wiggled their fingers. Aria 9 XXXTENTACION members Donald Shaw, who is their hits at the show. was a big problem! was at the end of her rope, and the lead singer, Fitzroy Simp- Joining the band for the She tried to hide, but they she let go. KIDS SEE GHOSTS 10 son, and Lloyd Ferguson — 8 pm event is special guest found her on land. She pretend- She yelled and she screamed KIDS SEE GHOSTS each respectively known as and Trinidadian reggae singer, ed to be a mermaid but even and she shook her arms. She Tabby, Bunny, and Judge. To Jamelody. the ocean’s creatures wanted stomped and she shouted. And date the band has put out more Mighty Diamonds at Milk to touch her hair. The jungle finally, Aria stood up for her- Presented by than 30 studio albums, along River [960 Atlantic Ave. was no better, and someone self, nicely. Because sometimes, with appearances on compila- between Grand and Washing- very large was waiting for her “nicely” gets you what you tions and several live projects. ton avenues in Bedford-Stuy- when she hid “in the tallest want. wireless They have performed and vesant, (718) 636-8600, www. castle tower.” Not even a trip to No. It’s such a simple word: toured North America, the Car- milkriverbrooklyn.com.] Dec. the moon helped Aria — even two letters, one sound, one ibbean, and Europe and con- 28 at 8 pm. $30. moony creatures were fascinat- unambiguous meaning. 48 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 Dysfunctional family drama unfolds at Christmas Neal’s not only concerned “Ben Is Back” about the prospect of Ben Very Good (3 stars) using again, but about the Rated R for drug use and welfare of Lacey (Mia Fowl- pervasive profanity er) and Liam (Jakari Fraser), Running time: 103 min- his impressionable, young utes offspring with Holly. By con- Production Studio: Black trast, teenage stepdaughter Bear Pictures / 30 West / Ivy (Kathryn Newton) is well Color Force aware of Ben’s tendency to Studio: LD Entertainment relapse, and is dead set against / Roadside Attractions / an impromptu reunion. Lionsgate Unfortunately, headstrong Holly gets the final say. Against her better judgment and Ben’s own warning that he can’t be By Kam Williams trusted, she agrees to a one- Holly (Julia Roberts) and day visit. What ensues is a Neal (Courtney B. Vance) are harrowing 24-hour nightmare raising a family in a quaint the gullible mom will come to country home in upstate New regret. York ostensibly far removed Thus unfolds “Ben Is Back,” from the sort of woes which a timely cautionary tale writ- plague the inner city. It is ten and directed by Peter Christmas Eve, and we meet Hedges (Pieces of April). It Holly in church where she is Courtney B. Vance and Julia Roberts star in “Ben is Back.” www.rottentomatoes.com stars his son Lucas in the patiently watching three of her title role opposite Julia Rob- four kids practicing for the erts who proves quite convinc- Christmas pageant. center where he has managed when he breaks into the house with open arms. Meanwhile, ing as a mom in denial who However, looks can be to keep clean for the past 77 when nobody’s there upon his his African-American stepdad becomes increasingly frazzled deceiving, since missing from days. arrival. is very skeptical about allow- over the course of the misad- the idyllic picture is her eld- But Ben has left the facil- Understandably, Holly and ing the addict to stay, pointing venture. est child, Ben (Lucas Hedges). ity without permission to be Neal have different reactions out that, if he were black, he As chilling a depiction of the For, the troubled 19-year-old with the folks over the holi- to Ben’s return. 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Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 49 SUN KULCHA COMMUNITY EVENTS LONG-RUNNING avenues; 50 West 127th St. between JOHN DUNKLEY EXHIBIT: American Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Sq. at Colum- Powell Jr. boulevards, Brooklyn; www. bus Avenue, Manhattan; (212) 595–9533; kwanzaacrawl.com; 12:30–11 pm; folkartmuseum.org. In the first exhibit $27-30. The annual bar hopping event of his work outside of Jamaica, the returns for its third year on Dec. 26, American Folk Art Museum brings the sending thousands to 31 black-owned paintings and sculptures of the late bars and restaurants in Brooklyn and Harlem. artist in “John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night.” HOLIDAY MOVIE SCREENINGS: 1–2 pm. Rochdale Village Library. See Satur- RACE, MYTH, ART, AND JUSTICE day, Dec. 22. EXHIBITION: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, 120 E. 125th St. between Lexington and Park THURS, DEC. 27 avenues, Manhattan; (212) 307–7420; www.cccadi.org; Tuesdays, Wednesdays CELEBRATE KWANZAA: 2:30–4 and Fridays, 1–6 pm, Thursdays, 1–8 pm. Brooklyn Children’s Museum. See pm, Free. ($5 suggested donation). An Wednesday, Dec. 26. exhibition exploring the ideas of race, myth, art, and justice through the lens and unique interpretations of FRI, DEC. 28 twelve inter-generational photogra- CELEBRATE KWANZAA: 3–4:30 phers. pm. Brooklyn Children’s Museum. See Carolina Cabanillas Photography Wednesday, Dec. 26. Kwanzaa book CELEBRATE KWANZAA: Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. reading: Calabar Imports, 2504 Freder- FRI, DEC. 21 at St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 735–4400; www.brooklynkids.org; ick Douglass Blvd. at W. 134th Street, TOYS FOR TOTS: St Mary’s Kids, 2–3:15 pm; $11 (Members and kids under 1 year old free). The Brooklyn Manhattan; (646) 964–5062; www. 29-01 216th Street, 11360, Queens; (800) Children’s Museum’s 10th annual “Celebrate Kwanzaa.” The family- calabargallery.com; 6–8 pm. On the 270–2478; www.stmaryskids.org; 2 pm. oriented event is five days of exploration of the pan-African holiday third day of Kwanzaa — Ujima, which Founders of Trinihaitia Bijoux, Steeve and its principles. Daily programming consists of different activities represents collective work and respon- and Natalie Joseph, are hosting a toy ranging from storytelling, dance workshops, singing, and special per- sibility, join a book reading and signing giveaway event with their son Sch- formances. event with Malika Iman and Cathie neider, for children hospitalized at St. Wright-Lewis. Mary’s Hospital for Children. MIGHTY DIAMONDS: Milk River, 960 HOLIDAY MARKET: Flatbush Caton SOLSTICE SOULTRAIN: Caribbean SUN, DEC. 23 Atlantic Ave. between Grand and Washing- Cultural Center African Diaspora Insti- market, 2184 Clarendon Rd. between Flat- ton avenues, Brooklyn; (718) 636–8600; LITTLE CARIBBEAN FOOD POP-UP: tute, 120 E. 125th St. between Lexington bush Avenue and E. 23rd Street, Brooklyn; www.milkriverbrooklyn.com; 8 pm; $30. (718) 941–1424; noon–6 pm; Free. The 1–5 pm. Caribbeing. See Friday, Dec. 21. and Park avenues, Manhattan; (212) The 40-year-old reggae band per- Flatbush Caton Holiday market is host- 307–7420; www.cccadi.org; 3–6 pm; Free. THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER: Kings forms their hit songs at Milk River. The Caribbean Cultural Center African ing a special market the final weekend Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave. between Bev- Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) partners before Christmas. An additional 10 erly Road and Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn; with Uptown Grand Central to hosts vendors along with the market’s www.kingstheatre.com; 6 pm; $69. The SAT, DEC. 29 its second annual Solstice Soul Train existing 30, will be selling everything annual run of the hip-hop inspired featuring a holiday Market and a live from clothing, jewelry, crafts, to food KWANZAA 2018: American Museum of show, adding a flair to the classic Natural History, Central Park West at West performance by Kumbakín. products. Tchaikovsky score. 79th St., Manhattan; (212) 769–5200; LITTLE CARIBBEAN FOOD POP-UP: HOLIDAY MOVIE SCREENINGS: Roch- www.amnh.org; noon–5 pm; $23–33. Caribbeing, Parkside and Ocean Avenues, dale Village Library, 169-09 137th Ave. at MON, DEC. 24 The American Museum of Natural his- Brooklyn; [email protected]; 4–8 170th Street, Queens; (718) 723–4440; tory hosts a midday event celebrating pm. The annual holiday pop-up shop www.queenslibrary.org; 1–2 pm; Free. The HOLIDAY GIFTS AND GAMES: Co-Op Kwanzaa, featuring programming that hosted by Caribbeing — the Caribbean Rochdale Village library in Jamaica City, 135 Einstein Loop N. at Elgar Place, includes music, dance, drawing, and a cultural center housed in a shipping hosts holiday movies and shows on The Bronx; noon; Free. Councilman marketplace. container, offering guests a chance to Saturdays, Mondays, and Thursdays, Andy King (D–Baychester) is partner- CELEBRATE KWANZAA: 2–3:15 pm. try out and purchase imported and including “A Rugrats Hannukah,” ing with the Bronx Youth Empower- Brooklyn Children’s Museum. See locally-made food products from all “Home Alone,” “A Charlie Brown ment Program and the RiverBay Wednesday, Dec. 26. Kwanzaa Celebra- over the Caribbean. Christmas,” “A Muppet Christmas Corporation to host the 13th annual tion: Regeneration Night: Apollo Carol,” “How the Grinch Stole Christ- “Sharing is Caring” holiday party for Theater, 253 W. 125th St. between SAT, DEC. 22 mas,” and “The Proud Family: Seven 600 kids and families on Christmas Frederick Douglass and Adam Clayton Days of Kwanzaa.”” eve. Powell Jr. boulevards, Manhattan; LITTLE CARIBBEAN FOOD POP-UP: (212) 865–9606; www.apollotheater. noon–8 pm. Caribbeing. See Friday, Dec. TOY DRIVE: Rochdale Village Grand Ball- org; 2 pm; $25-$40. The annual 21. room, 169-65 137th Ave. at 170th Street, WED, DEC. 26 Apollo show honoring Kwanzaa, Queens; 3–7 pm; Free. State Sen. Leroy KWANZAA CRAWL: Brooklyn; 12:30 featuring the Forces of Nature dance HOLIDAY TOY PARTY: M.S. 246 Walt Comrie’s (D–Briarwood) Christmas pm–11 pm; $25-40. The third annual company and special guest Sonia Whitman, 72 Veronica Pl. at Albemarle party and toy drive. Road, Brooklyn; (718) 282–5230; cmeu- Kwanzaa Crawl returns to support Sanchez. Tickets can be bought via [email protected]; noon–3 pm; COMEDY SHOW: Kings Theatre, 1027 black businesses in Brooklyn and Har- Ticketmaster or in person or at the Free. Councilman Mathieu Eugene Flatbush Ave. between Beverly Road and lem on the first day of the Pan-African Apollo Theater Box Office. Kwanzaa (D–Crown Heights) partners with Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn; www.king- holiday. Kwanzaa crawl: Meetups at Celebration: Regeneration Night: 7:30 local groups to host his annual stheatre.com; 8 pm; $40-$50. Comedians Boys and Girls High School and C.S. pm. Apollo Theater. See Saturday, Dec. 29. holiday toy party at M.S. 246 Walt Capone and Ray DeJon host a holiday 154 Harriet Tubman, 1700 Fulton Whitman. comedy show “It’s About Damn Time.”” St. between Schenectady and Utica Compiled by Alexandra Simon 50 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 A MESSAGE FROM Africa House Global UMOJA Unity Honoring KUJICHAGULIA Kwanzaa Self-Determination It is time to unite and prosper! wanzaa, by defi nition, is a celebration held and Alibaba; companies that are making hardly K in the United States and in other nations of any investment in our communities, if any at the Africa Diaspora in the Americas and lasts a all. Making that investment in our future is what UJIMA week. The celebration honors African heritage Africa House Global is all about. in the African/Caribbean-American culture, and Collective work and The economies of Africa and the Caribbean are Responsibility is observed from December 26 to January 1, entering a golden age. Economic growth across culminating in a feast and gift-giving. Kwanzaa both regions is above the world average, and has seven core principles: Umoja – Unity; private foreign direct investment into Africa is at Kujichagulia - Self-Determination; Ujima – record levels. With a population nearly equal to Collective work and Responsibility; Ujamaa – China and India COMBINED, corporations are Cooperative Economics; Nia – Purpose; Kuumba – Creativity; and Imani – Faith. Africa House waking up to the huge spending power of Africa’s Global LLC has adopted these principles! new middle class. People of color in America are UJAMAA likewise prospering. If African Americans were Cooperative In this age of uncertainty, our neighborhoods Economics our own country, we would be the 15th richest are under attack by the scourge of the drug country in the world. culture. Our schools are under-funded, many of our students graduate illiterate, and joblessness So, what is the problem? Hundreds of millions of is soaring. In the United States alone people of people of color are being completely left behind. color have a purchasing power of approximately Multinationals are making huge profi ts in Africa, $1.3 Trillion Dollars. When you add that to while millions of people there still have no safe the worldwide spending power of nations such drinking water, hundreds of thousands are dying NIA as the 54 countries that make up the African from water-borne illnesses, and 40 billion hours Purpose Continent, Brazil, member nations that make are wasted every year collecting water. Here in up CARICOM in the Caribbean, and the many America, the richest country history has ever other countries throughout the world with known, an entire generation of young black men signifi cant Black populations such as Great is being channeled straight from high school to Britain, Canada, Central America, other South prison by a system that has utterly failed them. If American Countries, and beyond; you have is record prosperity across the world hasn’t helped a tremendous amount of purchasing power to those left behind, and hasn’t given them hope, KUUMBA harness, as well as a huge manufacturing base! what will? Creativity People of color will never have any REAL power Nothing will ever change for disadvantaged unless they have ECONOMIC power. And we people of color unless we all do your part. DO have power – over 3 trillion dollars of GDP Contact us at [email protected] and in Africa, and at least another trillion and a half we will update you on this movement. We have in the US, Caribbean and elsewhere. But if we got to stick together, every one of us, and that don’t unite together and start looking out for our includes YOU! Visit www.AfricaHouseGlobal.com IMANI OWN economic interests, we will get sidelined and learn how you can become part of this great Faith again by the huge multinationals like Amazon movement! Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 51 MetroPlus opens Bronx facility; Our Perspective ranked NYC’s highest-rated plan You Can’t Call Yourself Pro-Worker or Pro-Union if you Ignore Amazon’s Behavior By Stuart Appelbaum, President Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, UFCW MetroPlus Health Plan executives, partners and elected offi cials cut the ribbon, marking the mazon has been well documented as one of grand opening on Southern Boulevard. Photo by Silvo Pacifi co the most anti-worker, anti-union companies Ain the U.S. and around the world. Amazon is a trillion-dollar company and is controlled by the By Alex Mitchell The location on South- “This outstanding MetroPlus Health Plan ern Boulevard near East result is another indi- wealthiest man on the planet; yet it consistently hosted a grand opening 163rd Street was a strate- cation of the superior mistreats and dehumanizes its workers around the globe – the very women celebration and holiday gic decision, according to healthcare and coverage and men who have made the company successful. toy distribution at its new MetroPlus’ Bronx super- that MetroPlus members Amazon workers in Germany, Italy, and Spain have gone on strike, and community-based office visor Rasheeda Petersten. receive and is reflective we’ve seen massive demonstrations by Amazon workers in Great Britain in Longwood on Wednes- “We chose this location of the excellent Metro- over the way they are being mistreated. Amazon’s business model is based day, December 12. for a number of reasons, Plus provider network Held at the first Bronx- on receiving taxpayer subsidies, paying little or no taxes, and mistreating the primary one being that puts quality health- based MetroPlus Commu- the population density care and our members their employees. nity Office, 953 South- in the immediate area as first,” said Dr. Arnold Amazon warehouse workers face outrageous work quotas and cruel ern Boulevard, it was a well as how many of these Saperstein, president working conditions that have left many with illnesses and injuries. fun-filled holiday event people are not insured,” and CEO of MetroPlus. Contracted workers, such as those making “last mile” deliveries, have with toys and healthy Petersen said, mention- The 2018 Consumer’s described inhumane working conditions and demands. These couriers say treats. The grand open- ing that the area’s huge Guide rates plans on they cannot take bathroom breaks and often feel compelled to drive ing offered free dental number of transit options ten distinct measures screenings for children, also played into the site’s across three categories, dangerously to satisfy the stringent demands of Amazon. teens, and young adults, selection. “The goal preventive and well-care In the United Kingdom alone, there have been 600 ambulance calls to ages 2 to 20. now is to take over the for adults and children, the online retailer’s warehouses in the past three years, and, according to a More than being fun for Bronx market share,” she quality of care provid- study by the GMB union, roughly 80 percent of workers experience pain on an entire family, the new added. ed to members with ill- the job. location will also position etersen went on to nesses, and patient sat- Gov. Cuomo was absolutely right when he said recently at a rally about MetroPlus to tackle a criti- explain that before all of isfaction with access Charter Communications: “What’s happening in this country is there’s more cal health care issue the that, the goal was to sim- and services, ultimately Bronx is faced with. ply bring affordable insur- resulting in an overall and more corporate power and they’re trying to abuse workers. It’s Roughly, out of the ance to those in need. rating of 0 to 5 stars. happening all across the board. It’s happening all across the nation. But Bronx’s 1.4 million peo- Fittingly enough, The health plan’s we’re saying it’s not going to happen in the state of New York.” ple, 313,055 or 22% of just days following that 2018, five-star over- The importance of Amazon and what it means for the future world of work Bronx residents are unin- grand opening, Metro- all rating included five transcends one company. These issues and more are examined and exposed sured. MetroPlus chief Plus announced that it stars in the clinical areas in a new report by the RWDSU called “What’s Wrong With Amazon?,” which growth officer Roger has been ranked New of cardiovascular care, Milliner has made it his York City’s highest-rated diabetes care, child and can be viewed online here: https://tinyurl.com/WhatsWrongWithAmazon. personal mission to slash health plan, according to adolescent care, wom- The report details the extent of Amazon’s detrimental effects on workers and that number drastically the NYS Department of en’s preventive care and communities, and shows why, in the words of Sharan Burrow, the newly re- with the opening of the Health’s 2018 Consumer’s adult care. elected head of the global labor movement, Amazon is the global labor new ‘brick and mortar’ Guide to Medicaid and MetroPlus’ new Bronx movement’s number one target. location. Child Health Plus Man- location’s hours will be Nobody can call themselves pro-worker or pro-union “Our goal is to bring aged Care Plans in New 9 am to 6 pm Monday if they exempt or ignore Amazon’s behavior. If Amazon affordable healthcare York City. through Friday, 10 am to the Bronx now,” he The annual rating is to 6 pm on Saturday, and wants to be welcomed in New York, it needs to said mentioning how the based on managed care Sundays by appointment change the way it treats working women and men facility will also be used plans on quality of care only. and their unions. for basic medical screen- delivered in addition to For a list of MetroPlus ings as well as communi- members’ satisfaction locations and hours of ty space, including offer- with the care and serv- operation, including the ings of English as second ices they receive. Across new Bronx location, visit language classes. the city, MetroPlus Health https://www.metroplus. www.rwdsu.org “We want to be part of Plan earned an overall rat- org/business-communi- the community,” Milliner ing of five stars, the high- ty-partners/metroplus- added. est possible score. near-you. 52 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 SPORTS FOR MORE SPORTS, GO TO CARIBBEANLIFENEWS.COM/SPORTS N’Keal Harry and his grandmother, Felina Harry. Dawn Dopwell Football star By Nelson A. King The Louisville Sports Commission says Arizona State University’s (ASU) junior wide receiver Vincentian N’Keal Harry has been named to the Paul Hor- nung Award Honor Roll. Harry, who also returns punts, accounted for 203 all-purpose yards in ASU’s 38-35 recent win at the Univer- sity of South Carolina (USC), ending the Trojans’ 19-game home winning streak at the Coliseum, ASU said. It said Harry was responsible for ASU’s first touchdown of the game when he scored on a 44-yard reception. Continued on Page 54 SERIES CWI president issues warning By Azad Ali Cricket West Indies (CWI) President DEFEAT Dave Cameron has warned that “serious decisions” will be taken at the level of the board to deal with West Indies players’ commitment. Speaking in a radio interview in King- West Indies’ Shai Hopee batsbats duringdduriuring thethe thirdthird one-dayone-one-dday internationalinternational cricketcricket matchmatch betweenbetween IndiaIndia andand WestWest ston in wake of the Windies historic Indies in Pune, India, Saturday,aturday, Oct.Oct. 27,27, 2018.2018. Associated PresPresss / RajanishRajanish Kakade,Kakade, fi llee series whitewash to Bangladesh in the recent two-Test series recently, Cameron said the board was spending “millions Bangladesh beats Windies 2-1 in ODI matches of dollars” to develop players but was not managing to maximize the investment. By Azad Ali series in Dhaka, two days before, was once again the only beacon He said the challenge is having players West Indies has lost the One-Day West Indies faltered again when for the regional team, hitting 108 who are going in and out of the system International (ODI) by eight wickets their batsmen once again disap- not out. and they are not fit enough and “we to Bangladesh in the three-match pointed, managing a paltry 198 for He batted through the innings, spend millions of dollars on bringing series (2-1) last week. nine off their 50 overs. facing 131 balls, striking nine fours them to where they’re at and we need Entering the contest at the Syl- Barbadian Shai Hope, whose and a six but had no support what- players to commit to West Indies.” het International Cricket Stadium career-best unbeaten 147 was soever, as only two other top order A CWI board meeting was held in with high hopes after levelling the instrumental in leveling the series, Continued on Page 54 Continued on Page 54 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 53 Honor roll Continued from Page 53 Then, late in the third quarter with ASU trailing 28-24, ASU said Harry returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown to put the Sun Devils ahead. Harry’s return was the third-long- est in Sun Devil history and the long- est since Morris Owens’ school record 95-yard return in 1972, ASU said. It said Harry also caught four passes for 95 yards and carried the ball twice for five yards. “The Paul Hornung Award, now in its ninth season, is given annually to the most versatile player in major col- lege football by the Louisville Sports Commission and football legend and Louisville native Paul Hornung,” ASU said in a statement. It said the winner and his family will be honored at the annual Paul Hornung Award dinner, presented by Jewish Hospital Sports Medicine, to be held at the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville in March 2019. This will be the Paul Hornung Award’s third year as an associate member of the National College Foot- ball Awards Association, ASU said. It said Texas Roadhouse signed on as presenting sponsor of the Paul Hornung Award in 2011 and will team with the Louisville Sports Com- mission to “power fan voting again this season.” Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan bats during a Twenty20 international cricket match against the West Indies, Sun- ASU said college football fans day, Aug. 5, 2018, in Lauderhill, Fla. Associated Press / Lynne Sladky, File nationwide will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite player during the regular season and again during the bowl season. WEST INDIES SUFFERS SERIES DEFEAT For more information and to vote, go to www.louisvillesports.org/paul- hornung/award-poll/. Continued from Page 53 struck his fourth One-Day Interna- Tamin Iqbal top-scoring with an tionalcentury. unbeaten 81 and Soumya Sarkar strik- batsmen — Marlon Samuels (19) and Not for the first time, West Indies ing a near run-a-ball 80, comfortably Darren Bravo (10) — reached double had little answer to off-spinner Mehidy reaching their target in the 39th overs figures. Hasan, whose four for 29 from his l0 under no pressure. All-star player Hope deservedly voted Man-of-the overs left him with the Man-of-the The series defeat was the Windies’ Series, did not take the field when Match honor. second of the year to Bangladesh fol- By Azad Ali Bangladesh batted, after taking a blow Captain and medium bowler lowing a similar 2-1 loss in the Car- All-rounder Deandra Dottin was to the helmet at the start of the 50th Mashrafe Mortaza (2-34) and left-arm ibbean earlier this year, and are now the only players named in the all- over and was taken to hospital for spinner Shakib al-Hassan (2-40) sup- without a series success since they got star team for the just concluded ICC observation. ported with two wickets apiece. the better of the Tigers in the Carib- Women’s Twenty20 World Cup. West Indies batting star, Hope Bangladesh coasted home with bean in 2014. While the hosts underperformed in failing to defend their title, Dottin stood out especially with the ball as she claimed the joint most wickets (10), along with Australian medium- Contractual commitments fast bowler Megan Schutt and team- mate, off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner. Continued from Page 53 franchise cricket. Dottin, 27, produced a career-best “Everybody wants to game to be over figures of five for five against Bang- Trinidad recently which Cameron said in three hours and we all want to get rich ladesh as West Indies got their cam- would have been used to come to “seri- very, very quickly,” he noted. paign off to a start with a 60-run vic- ous decisions” on what is referred to For the ongoing three-match ODI tory in Guyana. as the “West Indies cricket team first series and T20s in Bangladesh, West With the bat, she scored 121 runs policy”. Indies are again without players like — the most by a West Indies player — The policy urges players to prioritize Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine which was good enough to place her West Indies availability over global Twen- and Andre Russel. in the top 10 for the tournament. ty20 leagues, with the aim of ensuring In the past West Indies selectors have Dottin had a top-score of 49 against the best squad at all times for interna- struggled with player unavailability due Sri Lanka in St. Lucia and also struck tional tours. to contractual commitments to foreign 46 as West Indies pulled off a dra- Cameron noted that at the moment, it franchises and were forced to do without matic last over victory over nemesis appears the players seem to be distracted several key players for their World Cup Cricket West Indies (CWI) President England in their final preliminary by the lure of the lucrative short format qualifying tournament last March. Dave Cameron. match at the same venue. 54 Caribbean Life, Dec. 21–27, 2018 Chargers new Bajan volleyball champions By George Alleyne Playing through the season on splendid form, Chargers convincingly beat two more opponents last week on their way towards gaining enough points for an unassailable lead making them the Barbados Volleyball Association Division One League 2018 champions. En route to the top and title of reigning queens, the Charg- ers ladies last week swept aside and dethroned last year’s mon- arch, Warrens, by three sets to one to end the season wait a total of 53 points. Two days earlier the now 2018 Queens hammered Dea- cons in straight sets. Though the Chargers’ victo- ry over Warrens was the icing on the cake, the 2018 queens had already amassed enough points, 48, in the previous game against Deacons to put them in an unbeatable position and earn the league title. The 2018 crowning was all the more sweet for Chargers as 2018 Barbadian volley ball champions, Chargers. 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