Caribbean National Weekly June 30, 2022

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TOP STORIES Over 70 Jamaican Students Graduate from Monroe College, New York

1-2-3 for Jamaica at World Champs?

By Patrick Green

With the World Athletics Championships a little over two weeks away, Jamaican track and field fans have a serious problem, and it is creating a division among the people of a nation considered the sprint factory of the world. And while the problem is a good one to have from a national perspective, individually, it has the potential to sew bitterness among supporters, especially Jamaicans. continues on B4 – 1-2-3 for Jamaica?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expands eligibility for Bright Futures scholarships

By Santana Salmon

Florida high school students applying for the state’s college and vocational school scholarship program Bright Futures will be able to substitute paid work experience for volunteering under a bill signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday.

Students who apply for the Bright Futures program starting in the next school year will be able to fulfill the volunteer requirement by working 100 hours. During a bill signing ceremony at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, DeSantis said the change will help low-income families whose teenagers need to work.

Before, students had to volunteer for up to 100

hours to qualify for the scholarship and get tuition at state colleges and universities.

DeSantis said 120,000 students qualified for the scholarship this year and he hopes the law change will increase that number.

“Not every student has the luxury of being able to just do volunteer hours. I mean, we have students who come from lower-income families who need to

work to be able to help support their families, and they should not be denied the opportunity to qualify for a scholarship just because their socioeconomic background makes it more difficult to be able to do this type of volunteer work,” DeSantis said.

The scholarships are awarded to students who attain high grade-point averages and test scores.

They receive various amounts based on what level they achieve.

House Bill 461 also allows students who qualify for the Medallion Scholarship under the Bright Futures program to get 100 percent of tuition paid for at state colleges. That’s up from 75 percent.

It’s a bill that had bipartisan support, including from Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, who was a co-sponsor of the House bill.

Nixon said while she supports the change, she hopes that those who can still volunteer, will.

In the 2020-21 school year, the state distributed about $650 million to about 120,000 students — an average of $5,400 each.

8-year-old Florida boy accidentally shoots and kills baby

Guyana President Ali urges calm as protests continue over alleged release of police ofcer

Opposition PNP accuses Jamaican government of dividing CARICOM over failed Commonwealth bid

UWI’s SRC cops global award for managing La Soufrière crisis

Guyana to provide free treatment for people living with Hepatitis C

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PAGE A2 Bahamian American Yolanda Cash Jackson Esq was honored by the Lauderhill Chamber of Commerce for her work in the Caribbean-American community during a special ceremony over the weekend.

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam (center) and Broward County Mayor Michael Udine (right) share the benefits of doing business in Miramar with United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Trade and Economy, Dr. Thani Al Zeyoud during a recent event in Miramar.

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange (le ), and Minister of Educa on and Youth, Fayval Williams, congratulate Olympian, Yohan Blake, following his victory in the Men's 100metres final during the 2022 Na onal Senior and Junior Athle cs Championships at the Na onal Stadium, on Friday June 24.

Miramar Commissioner Alexandra Davis and the Queen of Bacchanal Destra Garcia pose before Destra's performance at the Taste of the Caribbean Islands event held on June 25.

President of the Lauderhill Chamber of Commerce Oliver Falloon-Reid presents an award to Jamaica's Consul General Oliver Mair for his leadership in the Jamaican diaspora during a special award ceremony over the weekend.

Minister of Educa on and Youth, Fayval Williams (right), presents Olympian, Janieve Russell, with her award following her victory in the Women's 400-metre hurdles final during the 2022 Na onal Senior and Junior Athle cs Championships at the Na onal Stadium, on Friday June 24.

Miramar residents came out to dance at the Taste of the Caribbean Islands event held at the Vizcaya Park, Miramar on June 25.

Miami Gardens Councilwoman Shannon Campbell and Mayor Rodney Harris show off their dance moves during the Bahas Reunion in Miami Gardens on June 26.

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Violet Edwards Jamaican American becomes 5th oldest person to graduate from college in the US Jamaican American Violet Edwards will become the oldest African American to receive a university degree at 96 years and 263 days old. Mercy College, New York will confer the degree to Violet on Saturday, June 25 at 11:00 am.

In addition to being the oldest African American Violet is the fifth oldest person in the world to receive a degree. Certainly, she is the oldest person in Florida to receive a degree.

Violet Edwards was born October 5, 1925, in Kensington in the parish of Portland, Jamaica. She was the youngest of three children and was always an avid reader and a curious child. She excelled in school and became the first in her village to attend school at Happy Grove High School on a full academic scholarship.

This was during World War II, and she remembers many sacrifices to obtain basic school supplies. She went on to pass her Senior Cambridge exams, which were necessary to continue to higher education.

This was before the era of the Internet and exams had to be shipped to England for grading. As you can imagine students worried that the ship carrying these exams would become a casualty of war. Fortunately, Violet's exam made it safely to England and

back, bringing the good news that she was successful.

Violet devoted much of her time to volunteering both in Jamaica and in the USA. In Jamaica, she was active in the Portland Festival Committee, Disaster Preparedness Committee, and helped to start a credit union that is still exists today. In the USA she started and was president of a neighborhood block association in NYC that was recognized by the then mayor of the city for its accomplishments. She was and continues to be a force to be reckoned with.

She gives generously of her time and still enjoys baking and cooking for friends and family.

Money was not available to pursue higher education, so Violet entered the workforce. She made a successful career in the Jamaica Postal Service and quickly climbed the ranks to become the first appointed female regional inspector, a position that put her in a supervisory role in charge of a portion of the island's post offices.

She retired from the position and moved her family to the USA to pursue better opportunities.

Violet focused on family and getting her daughter through medical school. Violet Edwards' daughter is Christine Edwards, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., medical director, Florida Perinatal Center, LLC. Once that goal was accomplished, she decided to go to college to pursue her degree while working full time.

Again, financial roadblocks intervened, and she was not able to complete her goals,

reluctantly leaving school one year shy of obtaining her goal of a bachelor's degree.

She spent the intervening years helping her daughter establish her medical practice, helping to raise her grandchildren and recently opted to return to college to accomplish her goal before she celebrates her centennial. One phone call however revealed that her prior school, The College of New Rochelle had gone out of business, just the year before. Mercy College in New York had become the custodian of the student records. So off to Mercy she went after being accepted as a transfer student.

Unfortunately, Violet was unable to transfer any of her 84 credits earned at the College of New Rochelle. As such, she had to settle for an Associate of Science degree, which she earned from Mercy College, New York with highest honors with a 4.0 grade point average.

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CARIBBEAN

Jamaican Kamina Johnson Smith Defeated in Commonwealth Secretary General Race Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland has retained her position as Commonwealth Secretary-General narrowly defeating challenger Jamaican Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith by a mere three votes.

Voting took place at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda on Friday. Scotland won 27-24.

Following the announcement of the results, Johnson Smith congratulated Baroness Scotland via Twitter, writing, “Thanking all the countries and people who supported me in this journey! As I said to many of you- if I didn't pull through, God wasn't ready for me to leave Jamaica yet! Much love always, I continue to serve, and of course, sincere congratulations to Baroness Scotland. #OneLove.”

Baroness Scotland responded, writing: “Thank you for your gracious congratulations and I am looking forward to working with you closely in the years to come. I am sure you will

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achieve great things by God's grace.”

During Johnson Smith's bid for the post, she had received support from the United Kingdom, Singapore, The Maldives, India, Trinidad and Tobago and Belize.

Her nomination had, however, caused much contention among some CARICOM member states.

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In March, prior to the announcement of Johnson Smith's candidacy, regional leaders issued a communique in which they expressed their support for the re-election of Baroness Scotland.

Following the announcement of Johnson Smith's nomination, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne, criticized the

move, describing it as a “monumental error”. He cautioned that the decision to “break the CARICOM consensus” and present Kamina Johnson Smith as a candidate, “will only serve to divide CARICOM”.

Last month, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit also said he remains “very confident” that Scotland would be re-elected”.

The incumbent Scotland, who has been the Commonwealth Secretary-General since 2016, is the second Secretary-General from the Caribbean and the first woman to hold the post.

On Friday, she declared that she will hand over the baton to Africa in 2024.

“We have laid the foundations for transformational change and I am determined that, when the role of secretary-general rotates to Africa two years from now, I will hand on the baton with a stronger, more effective, more powerful Commonwealth than ever before,” she said.

Trinidad's Piarco Int’l Airport declared the best in the Caribbean The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago says the Piarco International Airport has been declared the Best Airport in the Caribbean.

The declaration was made by the Skytrax World Airport Awards for 2022. Skytrax World Airport Star Rating, which was introduced 20 years ago, has become a global benchmark of quality evaluation for the airport industry.

The Piarco International airport was also named the third best in the global region – Central America and the Caribbean – only being beaten by Panama's Tocumen International Airport and Costa Rica's San Jose

International Airport.

“These accomplishments are a result of the perseverance and resilience of our employees, who continue to work diligently, despite prevailing challenges, to ensure that we consistently achieve high standards of safety and security while demonstrating operational

efficiency and service excellence,” said Hayden Newton, the airport's general manager.

The authority said it intended to continue leading the region by “maintaining the highest standards of operational efficiency and customer service at both the Piarco and ANR Robinson International Airports and making valuable contributions that would enhance the attractiveness of destination TT.” Piarco International Airport is an international airport serving the island of Trinidad and is one of two international airports in Trinidad and Tobago. The airport is located 19 miles east of downtown Port of Spain, in the adjacent town of Piarco. It is the seventh busiest airport in the Caribbean in terms of passengers served and third busiest in the English-speaking

Caribbean, after Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Lynden Pindling International Airport in The Bahamas. The airport is also the primary hub and operating base for the country's national airline, as well as the Caribbean's largest airline, Caribbean Airlines.

Piarco International Airport has direct scheduled service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America, and Europe. It is also a significant transit hub for the Southern Caribbean and serves as the primary connection point for many passengers travelling from Guyana.

This is the second consecutive year that Piarco Airport has claimed this honor.

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Guyanese workers get 36 percent minimum wage increase Private sector employees in Guyana will begin receiving a 36 percent minimum wage increase from July 1, taking their salaries to GUY$60, 147 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents).

A government statement said the increase has been officially gazetted and has now been signed by the Minister of Labor, Joseph Hamilton.

The statement said the move is a fulfillment of a commitment made by the government soon after coming to power in the controversial 2020 general election that was won by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

It said the government had established a new committee, including representatives from the

Private Sector Commission (PSC), the Guyana Manufacturing Service Association GMSA), and all Chambers of Commerce, to immediately hold discussions on the proposed GUY$60,000 increase.

President Irfaan Ali had announced recently that the cabinet was in full agreement with the recommendations made by the tripartite committee to increase the minimum wage.

According to the Gazette, a worker who is being paid a wage rate that is higher than that prescribed should continue to receive that amount and would not suffer a reduction of rate in account of the new order.

It also calls for workers to have a

normal work week of 40 hours which should not exceed five days per week.

Any hours of work beyond the normal working hours will result in the employee being paid at minimum rates set out by the Hours and Holidays Act and the Labor Conditions of Employment of Certain Workers Act, or any other law in force where workers are represented by a trade union.

In addition, any employer who breaches the provisions of the order will be liable to conviction of a fine of GUY$50,000 for the first offense with the fine increasing to GUY$100,000 and imprisonment of one month for a second conviction.

Shelian Allen, the Jamaican Cop Caught with Drugs in Florida to Be Sentenced in July Shelian Allen, the Jamaican cop who was caught trying to smuggle drugs into the United States, will have her fate decided in July.

Allen was scheduled to be sentenced in June, but the sentencing hearing was postponed until July 27 in a federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In February, the 42-year-old was caught smuggling cocaine into the United States, some of which was found in her vagina and stomach.

Allen faces up to 40 years in

federal prison, according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Allen was suspended from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) following her arrest in Florida in February relating to lottery scamming and drug trafficking offences.

Regarding the drug-related charges, the release said Allen admitted that on February 3, she arrived at Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport on a

flight from Montego Bay, Jamaica.

An inspection by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that “Allen had a package of cocaine inside her vagina and a package of cocaine inside each of her bra cups,” the release stated.

“In total, Allen had over 1,000 grams of cocaine on or inside her body when she entered the United States: about 200 in her vagina, about 143 grams in her bra, and about 690 grams inside her stomach,” disclosed the US Attorney’s Office.

Cayman Islands lifts mask requirement, pre-arrival tests dropped Cayman Islands government has removed the mandatory requirement for people to wear masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19.

According to the new regulations released on Friday, mask wearing is now voluntary, with the exception of visitors to hospitals, prisons and care homes.

In addition, bar and restaurant owners can require staff to wear masks when serving customers but the government is no longer compelling their use.

According to Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan, although the mask mandate is being lifted, individuals should remember they still have an obligation for personal responsibility.

“The action that we expect everybody to take is to remember COVID isn't over, your freedoms may be coming back, but take caution,” he said.

The mandatory requirement to wear masks on aircraft bound for Cayman is also being lifted.

Bryan said this change was important, especially for the national flag carrier Cayman Airways, since the mandatory mask rule had placed it at a competitive disadvantage.

“Ever since the US airlines [removed the requirement of] wearing masks on their planes, it has been putting Cayman Airways at a disadvantage, one that affects the bottom line for Cayman Airways, because people will sometimes decide not to fly with our airline due to the fact that they were required to wear a mask on the plane, but not required to do so on other airlines.”

He also disclosed that the Government has also removed the requirement for unvaccinated Caymanians and residents returning the islands to isolate upon their arrival.

Previously, all unvaccinated arrivals to the British Overseas territory other than young children who could take on the vaccination status of their parents – were required to quarantine for seven days.

Under the new protocols, unvaccinated Caymanians and residents must submit an application for a travel authorisation from Travel Cayman no less than five days prior to departing for the islands.

They will also be required to comply with the written directions of the Medical Officer of Health, which may include a direction to carry out a COVID test.

Bryan said the removal of a quarantine restriction on unvaccinated Caymanians and residents meant those individuals could travel freely.

The amended regulations take effect on June 30 and expire on August 31.

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EDITORIAL

Clean energy in the Caribbean: a triple win

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ven in the best of times, Caribbean consumers face some of the highest energy prices globally due to heavy reliance on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports.

Electricity prices in the Caribbean average around US$0.25 per kWh, more than double the average price in the United States and in some countries reach over US$0.40 per kWh. Of 11 Caribbean countries with available data, nine generated more than 80 percent of their electricity using imported fuels and five imported 90 percent of their energy.

With the global oil prices on the rise, the already high energy prices in the Caribbean will hike even further. This will affect the Caribbean households, especially the poorest, squeezing their income even more. It will also have a significant impact on the economy of the region, as many countries in the Caribbean are already struggling with high debt levels and limited economic space.

And it will continue to drive businesses and investors away.

The solution for the Caribbean, which is blessed with abundant renewable energy resources, lies in accelerating the clean energy transition: scaling up renewable energy for power generation, increasing energy efficiency, and electrifying the economies.

While some progress has been made, penetration of renewable energy has been slower than expected in many parts of the Caribbean.

Upfront capital costs associated with scaling-up renewable energy act as a barrier to public financing, and the pace of private financing has been slow.

Energy efficiency, another way to reduce energy costs and emissions, has also not taken off in the region as could be expected, due to insufficient policies, lack of investments, and competing priorities.

Now is a good time to reassess the options available and scale up efforts on transitioning to renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.

One of the first things that could be done is to

create the right enabling environment. Caribbean countries should focus on improving their clean energy policies, regulations and incentives in order to create clear rules of the game for private sector investment. This will be key to achieving investment at scale.

Second, is the use of approaches that reduce transaction costs. Given the relatively small scale of investments in many Caribbean countries, transaction costs for private financiers can be prohibitively high. Regional collaboration will allow using standardized documentation and processes, whereas bundling of investments can help attract additional private capital to support the clean energy transition.

Third, governments should take the lead and set an example. Countries in the Caribbean could demonstrate the benefits of the clean energy transition by initiating investments in public sector energy efficiency and solar energy generation.

Such investments offer a unique win-win-win situation, providing financial relief to the public sector, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and reducing emissions. And there are even more “wins” as such investments can improve climate resilience by providing backup power to critical public infrastructure such as hospitals and emergency shelters, create local jobs and new markets, and set an example that can help catalyze investment by the private sector.

The World Bank Group is supporting Caribbean countries in accelerating the clean energy transition through investments and technical assistance. For example, we are supporting investments to de-risk geothermal power production in St. Lucia and Dominica. In Grenada and Dominica, we are supporting the government in implementing regulatory reforms to support private sector investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

We are also developing regional initiatives to scale-up private investment in renewable energy projects and support investments in energy efficiency in public facilities. Additionally, we are

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The current global energy crisis highlights how the clean energy transition is becoming increasingly important for the Caribbean, not only for the climate benefits but also because their national growth and prosperity depend on it. *Lilia Burunciuc is the World Bank’s Country Director for the Caribbean countries.

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Inmates Die as Haiti prisons lack food, water At least eight inmates have died at an overcrowded prison in Haiti that ran out of food two months ago, adding to dozens of similar deaths this year as the country's institutions crumble.

Hunger and oppressive heat contributed to the inmates' deaths reported this week by the prison in the southwest city of Les Cayes, Ronald Richemond, the city's government commissioner, told The Associated Press. He said the prison houses 833 inmates.

“Whoever can help should help immediately because the prisoners are in need,” he said.

The United Nations Security Council released a report last week saying 54 prison deaths related to malnutrition were documented in Haiti between January and April alone in the country of more than 11 million people.

It urged Haiti's government “to take the necessary measures to find a long-lasting solution to the prison food, water and medicine crisis.”

The country's severely overcrowded prison system has long struggled to provide food and water to inmates. It blames insufficient government funds, and the problem has worsened in recent months, leading to a new rise in severe malnutrition and deaths.

By law, prisons in Haiti are required to provide inmates with water and two meals a day, which usually consist of porridge and a bowl of rice with fish or some type

of meat.

But in recent months, inmates have been forced to rely solely on friends or family for food and water, and many times they are unable to visit because gangrelated violence makes some areas impassable, said Michelle Karshan, co-founder of the nonprofit Health through Walls, which provides health care in Haiti's prisons.

The nonprofit joined three other organizations this year to feed the roughly 11,000 inmates in Haiti's 20 prisons for three months, helping at a time when the country was increasingly unstable following the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moïse.

But the situation has since deteriorated.

“These deaths are very painful,” she said. “The internal organs start to fail one by one. ...

It's a horrible thing to witness.”

Health through Walls has launched several programs to target the problem long term,

including starting a garden at a prison in northern Haiti that produces spinach and other crops, along with a chicken coop and a fish farm.

“But that's one prison,” Karshan said. “The bottom line is the prison system has to take responsibility. They can't sit back. ... They're the government.”

Les Cayes and other cities in Haiti's southern region also have been affected by a spike in gang violence that has blocked the main roads leading out of Haiti's capital, making it extremely difficult to distribute food and other supplies to the rest of the country, said Pierre Espérance, executive director of Haiti's National Human Rights Defense Network.

In addition, a water pump that the Les Cayes prison relies on has long been broken, forcing relatives and friends of inmates to carry buckets of water from long distances, Richemond said.

Les Cayes, like surrounding cities, is also still struggling to

recover from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying or damaging thousands of buildings.

Richemond said some of the prison cells were destroyed and have not been rebuilt, forcing authorities to cram even more people into a smaller space.

The cell occupancy rate in Haiti stands at more than 280 percent of capacity, with 83 percent of inmates stuck in pretrial detentions that in some cases can drag on for more than a decade before an initial court appearance, according to the U.N. Many prisoners take turns sleeping on the floor while others simply stand or try to make hammocks and attach them to cell windows, paying someone to keep their spot.

In January 2010, some 400 detainees at the prison in Les Cayes rioted to protest against the worsening conditions. Authorities said police killed at least 12 inmates, and up to 40 others were wounded.

Espérance, with the National Human Rights Defense Network, blamed the current situation on the government and said officials need to impose rule of law.

“The situation is getting worse every day,” he said. “They can only fix the problem for one or two weeks. After that, the problem will continue. Today, it's Les Cayes.

Tomorrow, it could be somewhere else.”

Haitian Police Detain Known Gang Leader Police in Haiti remain on high alert after the arrest on Sunday of one of the country's most wanted gang leaders.

Police said agents of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) arrested Ezéchiel Alexandre, alias “Ze” and Alexandre “Baz Pilat” who had been based in the southern entrance to the capital.

They said at the time of his arrest, he was in the company of Junior Claude, a former police officer, who was dismissed by the PNH in 2019. Claude was also arrested by law enforcement officials.

Police said Alexandre is accused of involvement in acts of assassination, illegal possession of firearms, rape, and armed robbery.

Following this arrest, his gang members created tension and panic in the city firing automatic weapons and setting up barricades of burning tires, blocking traffic and demanding his release.

The gangs also took to the streets of the third district of Port-au-Prince with pedestrians and motorists having to leave the area in a hurry.

On Tuesday, the PNH has continued the deployment of officers and several specialized units as they seek to regain control of the situation.

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Panel finds probable cause to revoke certification of Sheriff Gregory Tony A state panel found probable cause Tuesday to revoke the law enforcement accreditation of a South Florida sheriff Gregory Tony appointed after the Parkland school shooting after investigators found he lied repeatedly about killing a teenager almost 30 years ago.

The decision by the three-member Criminal Justice and Standards Training Commission means an administrative complaint will be filed against Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony.

It would be unusual for a sitting sheriff to have accreditation revoked, but the accreditation is not necessary for the elected, administrative position.

Tony

On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others. Governor Ron DeSantis fired the previous county sheriff, Scott Israel, days after becoming governor, over accusations that Israel had mishandled the response to the massacre, and then appointed Tony as interim sheriff. Tony was elected to a full four-year term in 2020.

Before the 2020 election, the Florida Bulldog website reported that in 1993, when Tony was 14, he used his father's gun to fatally

shoot an 18-year-old neighbor during a fight at his family's Philadelphia home. He was charged with murder but was acquitted in juvenile court after arguing he acted in self-defense. Tony never disclosed the shooting during his career, even when required, saying he did not see the need because of his acquittal.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement launched an investigation. In its 20-page report issued January 31, the agency said Tony repeatedly lied about the shooting.

He also lied when asked about whether his driver's license had ever been suspended and if he had ever used hallucinogenic drugs.

Jamaican American Dr. Kicia Daniel enters race to become First Black Female City Commissioner in Tamarac Jamaica American Dr. Kicia Daniel has entered her bid to be the next Tamarac City Commissioner.

During last weeks' qualifying period, Dr. Daniel who is a Tamarac resident filed her documents to officially enter the race to become the next Tamarac City Commissioner in District 4. The election is slated for Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

Dr. Daniel was born in Jamaica and is a Plantation High School graduate. She has lived in the city of Tamarac for over a decade with her husband and two sons and has dedicated her life to service. Because of her desire to help struggling students, Dr. Daniel entered the teaching profession. For the last 23 years, she

has worked with the Broward County Public School system and is currently a principal in North Lauderdale and is a Woodmont resident.

“Giving back and making a difference in the lives of others is very important to me,” Dr. Daniel shared. “I work hard each day to help students progress and believe in themselves. I care about my community and its future. I have attended Tamarac Commission meetings and followed the issues. We deserve leaders who will put the needs of our residents first when they vote.”

Dr. Daniel believes the city of Tamarac is a wonderful place to live and wants to ensure that it stays that way. She wants to maintain a high standard of living, keep taxes low, provide

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quality activities and programs for residents in all stages of life, and have safe neighborhoods.

With her experience as a principal, leading students, and teachers, handling a multimillion-dollar budget and a Doctor of Education in leadership, Dr. Daniel is capable, willing, and ready to serve as the next Commissioner in Tamarac's District 4.

If elected, Dr. Daniel will become the first Black female city commissioner in Tamarac.

The qualifying period for the 2022 Tamarac elections is now over; ten candidates qualified for the three seats on the November ballot, including one for mayor and two for city commission..

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8-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills baby An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed a 1-year-old girl and injured a 2-year-old girl at a Florida motel on Sunday, authorities said.

The boy’s father left the gun holstered in his Pensacola motel room closet. After he left the room, his son found it and fired a round that passed through and killed the baby and struck the toddler, said Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons during a news conference Monday. The children who were shot belonged to the girlfriend of the father.

The toddler is expected to recover, Simmons said.

The boy’s father returned to the room, took the gun and what investigators believe were drugs and left the room again, Simmons said. He is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of culpable negligence by storing a firearm within easy reach of a minor resulting in injuries, tampering with evidence and failure to store a firearm in a required manner.

He was arrested and later released on $41,000 bond.

Providers argue Florida’s privacy measure protects abortion A state court is being asked to block a new Florida law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks just days after a conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority overturned a landmark case that had provided constitutional protections for women seeking abortions for almost 50 years.

Planned Parenthood centers in Florida and other reproductive health providers on Monday are asking a Florida judge in Tallahassee to issue a temporary, emergency injunction stopping the new law passed by a GOP-controlled Florida Legislature from taking effect on Friday.

The new law prohibits abortions beyond 15 weeks except to save the pregnant woman’s life or prevent physical harm, as well as in cases where the fetus has a fatal abnormality. A violator of the third-degree felony could face up to five years in prison, and physicians and other medical professionals who violate the law could lose their licenses and face administrative fines of $10,000 for each violation. Under current law, Florida had allowed abortions up to 24 weeks.

In 1980, Florida voters amended the state Constitution to guarantee a broad right of privacy, which includes the right to abortion, the abortion providers said in court papers.

Florida voters reaffirmed the right to privacy again in 2012 by rejecting a ballot initiative that would weaken its protections and would prohibit state courts from interpreting the Florida Constitution to provide stronger protection for abortion than federal law, they said.

“Despite Florida’s history of protecting the right to abortion, the Florida legislature recently engaged in a brazen attempt to override the will of the Florida people,” the abortion providers said. “It will deny Floridians autonomy over their own bodies and undermine their

ability to make deeply personal decisions about their lives, families, and health care free of government interference.”

But the state of Florida in court papers asked the Florida judge to reject the request, saying those who are challenging the lawsuit have failed to show they will suffer “irreparable harm” if the injunction isn’t granted. The state of Florida also argued that the abortion providers don’t have standing to make a claim of a personal right to privacy since they are acting as third parties on behalf of their patients.

“In other words, doctors are not irreparably harmed simply because they cannot perform a procedure prohibited by state law,” attorneys for the state of Florida said.

Separately, a South Florida synagogue also is challenging the legality of Florida’s new abortion law, claiming it violates religious freedom rights of Jews in addition to the state Constitution’s privacy protections. The lawsuit filed by the Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor of Boynton Beach contends the law violates Jewish teachings, which state abortion “is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman” and for other reasons.

The Florida law mirrors a similar measure passed in Mississippi, which a conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court used to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

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1-2-3 for Jamaica?

Most countries would sacrifice almost anything to have one athlete in the sprints of the Word Championships, due to start on July 15th in Oregon, USA. Jamaica doesn’t only have three top-ranked athletes; it has the two fastest women alive and the three fastest of 2022 in 100 m, the third-fastest 200 m runner in history, and the fastest at the same distance this year.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce In Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica has the second most decorated World Championships athlete alive. She is the defending champion in the 100 m and has won 11 medals, including nine gold and two silvers.

She has more 100 m gold medals than any athlete at the World Championships. Not even her countryman, the great Usain Bolt (3 golds), has won that many. As the 100 m defending world champion, she got a bye to defend her title in Oregon and did not compete past the heats at the Jamaica trials from June 23 to 24th (100 m). Twice this year, the “Mommy Rocket” has run the fastest time for the season. She clocked the best time of 10.67 on May 7th this year in Nairobi, Kenya, and repeated the feat on June 18th.

Elaine Thompson-Herah Until the Jamaica trials 100 m finals on June 24th, Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was the second-fastest woman for 2022. The double Olympic champion in 100 and 200 meters came into 2022 on a high. Apart from her historic Olympic achievements, Thompson-Herah became the fastest woman alive when she ran a blistering 10.54 seconds at the Prefontaine

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Classic in Eugene on August 21st. She is a sixtime Olympic medalist, including five golds and a silver. She is the first woman in history and the second sprinter to win the “sprint double” at consecutive Olympics in 2016 and 2020.

You would think that Jamaica’s appetite for sprint domination would end there. But nothing could be farther from the truth for this nation of only 2.75 million with a sprinting record that only the United States matches with a population of almost 330 million people.

Shericka Jackson Shericka Jackson entered the international track and field arena in 2008. She is an accomplished 400 m athlete, and until 2021 she had never participated in the 100 m at the international level. At the Jamaica trials in 2021, she clocked an incredible 10.77 seconds in her 100 m semi-final and placed second in the finals with 10.82 for a guaranteed spot on Jamaica’s 100 m team. Her 200 m time of 21.82 was also good enough for second place, and she got her first chase of Olympic glory in both sprints. Those times ranked Jackson as the third fastest in 100 and 200 in 2021. At the Olympics, Jackson bettered her personal best to win bronze in 10.76 seconds. However, she miscalculated in her 200 m heats and failed to qualify past the heats. But she redeemed herself from that disappointment and anchored Jamaica to the 4×100 gold.

So far, in 2022, Jackson has won three of her seven 100 m races and three of four 200 meters. But two of those wins were jawdropping performances at the Jamaica championships trials from June 23rd to 26th.

The same 10.77 personal best that gave her second place at the trials in 2021 was good enough to avenge her loss and make her the

national champion.

The 200 m was even more sensational.

Coming off a record-breaking 21.91 run in Rome on June 9th at the Wanda Diamond League meet, Jackson blew away her teammates Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce to run a blistering 21.55 seconds. This is the fastest time this year and the third fastest in history. She is only bettered by ThompsonHerah’s 21.53 and Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 21.34. She is now the national champion in the 100 m and 200m.

The problem When Jamaica swept the Olympic 100 m gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, perhaps only Fraser-Pryce was expected to be on the podium. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Jackson and Thompson Herah surprised the Jamaican supporters.

This time around, all three are expected to win. The only problem is that only one of these phenomenal women can stand on the center podium. All three have their support base that is oozing with the confidence of victory. FrazerPryce has 1.3 million followers on Facebook and 681 000 on Instagram. Thompson-Herah is followed by 485,000 persons on Instagram and almost 459 000 on Facebook. Jackson, the baby of the three, is watched by 153,000 on Facebook and 105 000 on Instagram.

In a recent poll conducted by CNW that asked whether fans wanted Fraser-Pryce or Thompson-Herah to break Flo Jo’s 100 m record, 66.29% chose Fraser-Pryce. Former Jamaican Olympian and teammate of FraserPryce, Keron Stewart, told CNW earlier this month that she wants both to break the record.

And retired Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown believes that “Shelly-Ann and

Elaine are motivated to get the record.”

Before fans salivate about the record, however, they must contend with the dilemma of who to support for the women’s sprint championships in Eugene, Oregon. Heats for the 100 m start on July 16th, with the final on the 17th. The 200 m heats will kick off on July 18th and the finals on July 21st.

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Butterflies in The Sky Sharon Marley's new single takes us on a romantic journey After a 20-year hiatus from the stage, Sharon Marley is slowly emerging from her cocoon. Best known for her music and performances with legendary three-time Grammy award-winning Reggae group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Sharon is like a cool breeze this summer.

Butterflies in the Sky is a colorful, groovy, and intimately mellow piece of musical art. Sharon Marley takes us on a cosmic experience, traversing the universe, as a beautiful tropical butterfly, sharing its beauty and love with grace. Even with its short life span, the royal butterfly still floats towards a hopeful future. The lyrics of the song address the magic of love.

The music for the single is produced by K-Jah Sound and is aptly titled Asteroid Riddim. K-Jah is a 20-year veteran in reggae music with roots in Poland. K-Jah brings with him a love of reggae and a mix of his instrumentation through musicians including Bartek Drozd, Olaf Węgier, Szymon Chudy, Bartek Bhakti and Jan Gembala. The mix and mastering with Umberto Echo, Oneness Records takes the sound to an impeccably magical place.

For K-Jah Sound, the song is “a subtle mix of reggae, soul, jazz and passion.” Sharon also assembled a team of talented singers to provide back-up vocals. They include, to voice her long-time mentor Ricky Walters, Fab 5, Nyanda, Brick n Lace, Paul Bent, Virgo, and her son Ingemar Prendergast who co-wrote Butterflies in the Sky. The visuals speak to physical and spiritual evolution and will be directed by her daughter, filmmaker and director, Donisha Prendergast. This song is very personal to Sharon who commented, “family and music is what I know best.”

As humans, we experience ourselves in different ways. Sharon's melodious voice elevates the human experience, filling the vast space between the earth and the sky with cosmic grooves, light energy, and fun memories. Sharon's voice combined with the music of K-Jah Sound brings a high level of art to the musical and visual experience.

“And just when the caterpillar thought her life was over, she began to fly” …

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Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert, and Mighty Diamonds among honorees for Jamaica Music Experience Award this fall Legendary vocalist James Chambers-popularly known as Jimmy Cliff, along with Lloyd “Judge Diamond” Ferguson of The Mighty Diamonds and the late Frederick “Toots” Hibbert are among the artistes from the Jamaican music industry who will be honored at the Second Annual Jamaica Music Experience (J.A.M.E.) and True Tribute Awards on Saturday September 10 in New York.

The event will take place at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center in Garden City and will be presented by the True Tribute Organization, founded, and headed by popular musician and educator, LeRoy Graham Jr. According to Graham, The J.A.M.E. and True continues on C3 – Jamaica Music Experience

Trinidadian Canadian actress Mishael Morgan is first Black Actress to Win Best Actress at Daytime Emmys It's all about her! Trinidad and Tobago-born actress Mishael Morgan has created entertainment history as the first Black woman to win an Emmy award for best lead actress in a drama.

The 35-year-old who was born in San Fernando, plays the role of Amanda Sinclair on The Young and the Restless.

In her acceptance speech at the 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards held recently she stated, “I was born on the tiny island, Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean and now I'm standing on an international stage, and I am being honored regardless of the color of my skin.

Regardless of my passport, for being the best at what I do.”

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Morgan emphasized that little girls around the world are seeing another step forward, knowing despite their industry of choice or vocation, they can strive to be the best at what they do.

“I am so immensely proud of our generation. We are breaking glass ceilings left, right and center, and I am so honored to be a vessel and experience this

moment,” she said. “It's because of everybody who is out there today who is proving to the world that we can, and we will do this thing called equality and unity together.”

Morgan who is in her second-year stint on The Young and the Restless first joined the show in 2013 and stayed until 2018. She returned in 2019 as a different character.

The actress landed the role when she moved to the US as the character Hilary Curtis who was killed off. However, she returned to the show as Hilary's twin sister, Amanda, a criminal lawyer.

The actress who migrated to Canada with her parents when she was five has appeared in many shows including the Canadian teen series The Best Years and Family Biz. She was also featured in R&B singer, Trey Songz's Wonder Woman music video.

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Blake, Jackson deliver impressive performances to win sprint titles at JAAA Championships

By L. Bronson CNW Sports Writer Wow! Just wow!

Shericka Jackson and Yohan Blake produced impressive performances to land the women's and men's 100m titles on the second day of the JAAA National Senior and Junior Championships inside Kingston's National Stadium on Friday night.

Jackson, the bronze medalist in the 100m final at last year's Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, stormed to a 10.77-second (0.9mps) clocking to romp home ahead of Kemba Nelson with a personal best 10.88 seconds, with Olympic Games double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah settling for third in 10.89 seconds.

Brianna Williams with a personal best 10.94 seconds was fourth after leading for the first 80m of the event, which was delayed for more than ten minutes due to technical glitches, as the competitors were called to their mark on a number of occasions.

In the men's equivalent run earlier, Yohan Blake ran his best time in 11 years when he stopped the clock at 9.85 seconds (1.0mps) to win the event ahead of Oblique Seville with 9.88 seconds and Ackeem Blake in third place in a personal best 9.93 seconds.

Earlier, Seville (9.92 seconds) and Yohan Blake (9.98 seconds) won their respective semi-final events to set up the mouth-watering final, which did live up to its billing.

Meanwhile, Jaheel Hyde and Janieve Russell captured the 400m hurdles crowns. Hyde (48:15 seconds) defeated Kemar Mowatt (48.53 seconds) and Shawn Rowe with 49.66 seconds.

Russell (53.63 seconds) came from behind to defeat Shian Salmon with 53.82 seconds and Rushell Clayton (54.20).

The women's discus was won by Samantha Hall with 56.78m, well below the World Championships qualifying standard of 63.5m, while Lushane Wilson won the men's high jump after clearing 2.18m, the same height cleared by second-place finisher Romaine Beckford. Both are well below the standard qualifying mark of 2.33m.

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60-ball tournament to be launched in the Caribbean A “revolutionary” fast-paced format of cricket is to be launched in the region in August, organizers Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) announced Wednesday.

THE 6IXTY, which is being referred to as Cricket's Power Game, will see men's and women's teams compete in a 60-ball tournament with new rules that include each batting team having just six wickets, teams losing a fielder if they bowl too slowly, and fans voting for the timing of a “Mystery Free Hit” where a batter cannot be dismissed by the bowler.

“This is a hugely exciting moment for both CPL and Cricket West Indies as we create a tournament that will see cricket fans brought closer to the game,” said CPL CEO

Pete Russell.

“There will be world-class men's and women's cricketers taking part in a fantastic event for the Caribbean and this combined with cutting-edge innovations, signals a great moment for all fans of West Indian cricket.”

In THE 6IXTY, there will be 30 balls bowled from one end before the action switches to the other end for the final 30 balls; the 30 balls will be delivered as five separate overs, with no bowler being able to bowl more than two overs for the innings; and if teams do not bowl their overs within the allotted time a member of their team is removed from the field for the final six balls.

Additionally, each batting team will have two PowerPlay overs and can unlock a third by hitting two sixes in the first 12 balls. That

extra PowerPlay over can be taken at any time between the third and ninth over.

CWI President Ricky Skerritt said he was excited about “the innovation, excitement, and entertainment that it is going to bring to the fans.”

The first edition of THE 6IXTY will take place August 24-28 at Warner Park in St. Kitts and Nevis, with games being played back-to-back. There will be six men's teams and three women's teams.

The organizers said future expansion plans include the potential of multiple events at various locations around the Caribbean and beyond.

SKYEXCH is the title sponsor for the first year of the tournament.

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Windies storm to easy win to sweep series A dominant West Indies needed only 70 minutes to complete a resounding tenwicket victory and a 2-0 series sweep of Bangladesh and post their third win in five Tests this year while remaining unbeaten.

A wet outfield stemming from overnight and early morning showers at the Daren Sammy National Stadium in St Lucia had threatened to wreck the penultimate day after forcing an abandonment of the first two sessions.

However, once play started at 3:00 p.m., West Indies wasted little time in bundling the Tigers out for 186 and then easily knocking off the 13 runs required.

For the hosts, the series win was their second straight on the back of the result against England last March, and also marked their eighth against Bangladesh in ten series.

“I think the confidence in the guys, especially from the first game, was high,” said captain Kraigg Brathwaite.

“But I was really happy with the group – [especially] the

planning [and] how we went about planning and then executing. I was really happy with that, especially the batsmen.

“Kyle Mayers [got] a chance to bat and I think the partnership with he and Jermaine Blackwood was superb and that really set up the game.

“I thought Bangladesh's bowlers really bowled well throughout the game, the pacers and Mehidy (Hasan Miraz) obviously had a very long spell and very good [spell]. But it was good to see the fight we showed, and I was proud of the boys.”

Bangladesh have now lost 11 of their last 15 Tests and captain Shakib-al-Hasan said an

upcoming five-month break would be a critical period for the squad to re-assess.

“We always knew it would be a tough series especially in the Test format. We are trying our best and I think they're lot of positives we can take from this series,” he said.

“We need to make sure we [start doing] something that will win us a Test match. We have a long break [now] so we'll have a chance to think about all those areas which need to improve and hopefully we can work on them during those five months and get better at it.”

Resuming on 132 for six, Bangladesh were undermined

by Jayden Seales (3-21) who

grabbed two of the four wickets to fall, and fellow fast bowler Alzarri Joseph (3-57) who added another wicket to his tally to finish with a series-topping 12 scalps.

Nurul Hasan top-scored with an unbeaten 60 after picking up from his overnight 16. The plucky wicketkeeper batsman lashed half-dozen fours and two sixes in a breezy 50-ball knock, but it served only to delay the inevitable as wickets fell steadily around him.

Mehidy, yet to score on resumption, edged a short ball from Joseph behind and Ebadot Hossain followed without scoring, fending off another short delivery from Seales, to be brilliantly taken by Raymon Reifer at short leg.

Seales then hit Shoriful Islam in front without scoring and John Campbell threw down the stumps at the non-striker's end from cover point to find Khaled Ahmed well short of his ground, after the number 11 advanced too far from his crease looking for a single.

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Jamaica Music Awards Experience from C1

Tribute Awards is a unique celebration of Jamaica's culture, history, and development within the music industry and beyond. It commemorates the achievements of Jamaicans past and present, highlighting their commitment and pioneering efforts to share Jamaica's cultural heritage and musical legacy with the world. The event also raises funds and awareness for several education projects in Jamaica and the USA developed through the True Tribute Organization Foundation.

“Our inaugural presentation took place in 2018,” says Graham. “However, due to the covid pandemic we have been unable to host the event for the past few years. So, we are titling this year's event the second annual presentation even though in fact several years have passed since the first.”

This year's list of honorees includes some of the most popular and recognizable names associated with the Jamaican music industry over many decades, and is divided into three categories – Entertainers, Radio Personalities and Posthumous Awards. A fourth category, the Organization Leadership Awards, will honor Jamaicans from the diaspora who are actively working to document and promote Jamaica's music and culture.

In addition to Cliff and Ferguson, honorees in the entertainment category include Derrick Morgan and Johnny Osborne – all of whom will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards - as well as Beverly Kelso, the only female member of the original Wailers and Doreen Schafer, a pioneer female vocalist with the Skatalites.

Among the Radio Personalities to be honored are Ken Williams and Conroy Allison, while the Posthumous Music Award honorees alongside Toots Hibbert include Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Cecil “Sonny” Bradshaw, and veteran record producer Sonia Pottinger.

This year's roll of honor for the Organization Leadership Awards includes Faye and Karl Rodney- founders and editors of Carib News, Lesleyann Samuel - president of the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) and Michael R. Duncan – president of The Universal Negro Improvement Association and Africa Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Graham believes this year's list of honorees is an excellent representation of the caliber of individuals and entities he sought to recognize when he first launched TTO in 2014.

“Our mandate is to acknowledge, preserve and continue the achievements of Jamaican foundational musicians and pioneers, who truly embody Jamaica's rich music and cultural legacies. These individuals have exhibited an indomitable spirit and fortitude to overcome tremendous obstacles in pursuit of sustainable progress and have positively influenced society through their dedication, character, and principles during their lives.”

He believes it is especially important that the organization tries to honor individuals during their lifetime, while they are still around to appreciate the accolades.

“Just in April we lost not one, but two members of the incredible Mighty DiamondsDonald 'Tabby' Shaw and Fitzroy 'Bunny' Simpson. It is therefore most fitting that we honor the last surviving member Lloyd Ferguson in person at this year's ceremony.

Regarding Toots, he was slated to be honored at our inaugural event in 2018 but couldn't make it. We agreed that we would do it the following year but covid intervened, and then, sadly, we lost him. So, we at TTO believe there is no better time than the present to acknowledge as many of these outstanding individuals as we possibly can in any given year.”

Graham is promising a glittering and exciting musical presentation on awards night in September, which is why the show is being launched so well in advance.

“We will be using the summer to promote the event, enhance public awareness and excitement, and of course acquire our event sponsors. We are pleased to announce that two have already confirmed their participation – VP Records, original sponsors from our inaugural event in 2018, and IMC Media. As for the evening itself, it will be one to remember as you might expect, especially in the 60th anniversary year of Jamaica's independence. We will be honoring our nation's cultural history with music and movement in a very major way. More details will follow, so stay tuned.”

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