www.bigeyenews.com - email: [email protected] THE BIG EYE 1 Tel: +44 (0)207 498 4452 /+44 (0)7960 214 527 - Jamaica: 876-981-2973(Office)/ 876-575-8316(Cell) BRITAIN’S FASTEST GROWING BLACK NEWSPAPER 50p WHERE SOLD ISSUETHE 25 BIGyour views our news EYEJULY 08 WWW.BIGEYENEWS.COM - [email protected] -Tel +44 (0) 207 498 4452 / +44 (0) 7960 214 527 BIG EYE & DOMINO TOURNAMENT BRIXTON UK’S NO1 A GRAND DOMINOE CHAMPS NINJA MAN SUCCESS MARCIA GRIFFITHS t was Saturday 14th June 08 the sun was shining nedy Food Products & JWray & Nephew. Iand motor cars and coaches from around the coun- try were gearing up destined for Bristol, yes it was As the best Dominoe teams in the country made the historical day that all DOMINOE lovers had their way into Bristol followed by their loyal fans the anticipated THE BIG EYE in association with JAMA- atmosphere was guaranteed to be explosive. BY 1.30 CIA NATIONAL “One Day Knock Out Dominoe pm the Malcomn X Center was filled to it’s capacity Tournament.” The Event was held at the Malcomn X as most of the coaches had arrived. Every where you RITA MARLEY BERES HAMMOND Centre in St Paul’s Bristol and was also co sponsored looked you could see hundreds of yellow & white by Jewel Isle Rum Punch, Heineken Beer, Grace Ken- BIG EYE /JN Tshirts worn by players & spectators SEE YOUR FAVOURITE REGGAE STAR ENDORSING CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 THE BIG EYE Pages18-19 www.bigeyenews.com - email: [email protected] THE BIG EYE Tel: +44 (0)207 498 4452 /+44 (0)7960 214 527 - Jamaica: 876-981-2973(Office)/ 876-575-8316(Cell) 2 IN THIS PAPER Businesses fail to recognise the PAGE>>>8 spending power of the BME Ethnic mortality Vogue communities. Italia Rate Higher consumers. Communicating makes in Multicultural Britain for white babies. a stand takes place on September 2 The death 2008, with one aim in mind rate was quite st in favour of – to help communication high in the 1 Black models practitioners and business month amongst leaders to adopt a Caribbean babies he spending heterogeneous approach and quite high in power of BME when it comes to reaching the 1st year for PAGE>>>18 communities out to consumers in the Pakistani babies. Tcontinually grows This is the 1st UK. Eye On Africa immensely each year, On average 10% of the report that has however businesses fail to population is ethnic, with been broken take note of this in the UK. an expected spending power down into Tapping into this market of £300 billion in 2010, ethnicity. has proved lucrative in the which is a considerable Michael Head PAGE>29-31 US. amount considering the size (Royal College of Bright Star Public of the population. Obstetricians and CATCH UP ON Relations, a UK’s PR Bieneosa Ebite (MD Bright Gynaecologists consultancy will be hosting Star Public Relations), said: Spokesperson) THE LATEST a seminar to address Unfortunately there isn’t n average 3,200 highlighted SPORTS NEWS what UK businesses are enough cultural diversity at babies die in why these figures were not missing out on and to seniors levels to influence infancy each year. surprising. OThe death rate amongst highlight the business the market, which explains He said ‘The problem case for engaging with why the UK is slow to catch Pakistani and Caribbean is people in ethnic black and minority ethnic on. communities born in communities do not 2005 was reported as always access the health th twice as high as infants care effectively, however, Windrush 60 born amongst white there might be a specific communities. cultural reason to explain Anniversary. This information was the differences. For example reported by the office cousin marriage – raises of national statistics, in the risk of congetial comparison the death rate abnormalities, found more amongst Caribbean babies common amongst the was 9.8 per 1,000, Pakistani Pakistani Communites babies 9.6 per 1000 where abortion is not an compare to 4.5 per 1,000 option. n 12 June, former Navy at the outbreak of Opassengers on the MV the Second World War Empire Windrush attended and served on board HMS the opening of From War Hauken until 1943 when to Windrush. he was transferred to the A new special exhibition Royal Air Force. After a at Imperial War Museum brief period in Jamaica London, to mark the 60th after the war, Wilmot eaders Of This anniversary of the first returned to Britain in 1947 Column Are Fore SEH DEM A CHRISTIAN arrival in Britain, by telling and developed his career Warned That The AN MI KNOW FI AH RContents Of This Column FACT DEM AH GI WEH personal stories. as an actor and singer. He The exhibition was opened was a founding member May Contain Written DI SITTEN by Diane Abott MP of the singing group the Material That May Be Sam King MBE, Born in Southlanders, who enjoyed Offencesive To Some. So These Are The Type Of Jamaica in 1926, Sam King chart success in the 1960s. Readers Are To Proceed At Headings With Full Explicit returned to Britain on the These veterans were at the Their Own Will. Descriptions That You Will MV Empire Windrush after exhibition to share their If You Are Easily Offended, Most Likely Find In: Do Not Understand The YU TOO MIX UP! serving with the Royal Air stories and achievements. Meaning Of Passa Passa, Force in Britain from 1944 The exhibition shows Don’t Like Scandal, Don’t Read This Column To until 1947. After serving historical and personal Like To Read Bad Words Enjoy The Explicit Down a further four years in the memorabilia, some of Then Do Not Proceed. To Earth Jamaican Spoken, RAF, King went on to which has been displayed Degrading, Dehumanising, become a Labour councillor in public for the first time. DI GYAL SO HYPE AN Demoralising And Yet Do not withhold your in Southwark and in 1983 The exhibition also shows SHE STILL A PISS BED Comical “Who The Cap mercy from me O became the borough’s first how black women and Fits Let Them Wear It” LORD, may your Black mayor. black men contributed LARD AH WAH DIS Section. By The Way If You love and your truth Allan Wilmot, born in to the establishment MI CAAH BELIEVE DI Have Read This Far ......Yu always protect me. Kingston, Jamaica, in 1925. of Britain’s Caribbean BWOY DUN BEFORE WI Too Mix Up! PSALM 40:11 Wilmot joined the Royal population. EVEN START MORE ON PAGE 24 Freephone:www.moneygram.com 00800 8971 8971 *In addition to the transfer fees applicable to a transaction, a currency exchange rate set by MoneyGram or its agent may be applied. ©2008 MoneyGram. All rights reserved. And anywhere you see the MoneyGram sign ® CS0179 CS0179_pr_uk_ad_en.indd 1 16/5/08 12:11:35 www.bigeyenews.com - email: [email protected] THE BIG EYE 4 Tel: +44 (0)207 498 4452 /+44 (0)7960 214 527 - Jamaica: 876-981-2973(Office)/ 876-575-8316(Cell) UK News CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE showing appreciation to the or- that others are feeling the same ganisers that put on the event. way. The atmosphere was as good as the Mr Mitchell CEO of THE BIG liveliest carnival, with sweet Reggae EYE simply said “to GOD be the music being played on the inside, glory Great things HE has done” he Jerk Chicken on the outside, in also went on to thank all the spon- almost every hand you would see, sors that joined with him to make a bottle of Grace Tropical Rhythm this day a grand success and then juice drink , or a bottle of Heinek- publicly announced that there will en, or a bottle of Jewel Isle Rum be a BIG EYE One Day Knock out Punch, or a bottle of Red Stripe or Dominoe Competition three times a glass of JWray & nephew Rum a year to be held in different parts mixed with coke. of the country. The next competi- tion will take place in Leicester on After all the coaches arrived and Saturday 8th November 08. For old friends ended their greetings more info contact 07947511065 of each other the MC for the day or 07930361578 Mr Naptalie called for attention and the eleven team captains were given the order of play. The eleven teams were BradField, Wolver- hampton, Tottenham All Stars, Cosmo, Bristol, Clapham Eagles, Croydon, Brixton, Leicester Ti- gers, Hampton Hawks, Tooting & Balham. With all the best teams in the country battling for supremacy it was not surprising that the com- petition took nine hours to end. With nine teams knocked out all attention was drawn to the finalist Brixton & Clapham Eagles, both teams shared the desIre to win this 1st annual BIG EYE / JN CUP but at the end of play there could only be one winner and that was The Courtyard Clinic at St George’s Hospital Brixton. offers a friendly, confidential and free service Prizes given out on the night were where you can have an HIV test. cases of Jewel Isle Rum Punch, 15 baskets filled with Grace Kennedy Food Products, Cases of JWay & tJOQFPQMFMJWJOHXJUI Nephew Rum, a total of five tro- NEW HIV RAPID phies and thousands of pounds of )*7BSFVOBXBSFUIBU cash paid out between all the com- UIFZBSF)*7QPTJUJWF TESTING CLINIC peting teams. t5IFPOMZXBZUPmOEPVU **RESULTS IN 20 MINUTES** Mrs Rhoda Lee the operational JTUPIBWFBUFTU Every Tuesday morning 8.30am - 10.30am manager of Jamaica National t)*7NFEJDBUJPOJTOPX stated “it was a good event the turn out was overwhelming and WFSZFGGFDUJWFJOIFMQJOH $BMMUIF$PVSUZBSE$MJOJDUP we look forward to an even bigger QFPQMFXJUI)*7UPMJWF CPPLBOBQQPJOUNFOU IFBMUIZMJWFT event next year.” 020 8725 3353/3354 Mr and Mrs Witter who were very instrumental in the organising of the event stated “this is definitely a Want more information? 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