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Church lashes out against UN UN recommendation on anal sex angers Jamaican church lobby group A United Nations (UN) recommendation that Jamaica's legislators approve a reclassification of sexual intercourse to add oral and anal penetration, has angered a church group.

The Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society (JCHS) and Associated Gospel Assemblies (AGA), have warned the island's lawmakers to reject the proposal.

Last Wednesday, representative of the UN Country Team, Mark Connolly, offered the recommendation to a parliamentary committee reviewing Jamaica's sexual offenses statutes.

Under the island's Sexual Offences Legislation, sexual intercourse is "penetration of the vagina of one person by the penis of another person".

But Connolly contended that the definition is limited.

"If sexual intercourse does not consider the possibility of other penetrative practices that may be used for inflicting grave sexual violence to any person, it does not recognize the same nature of any sexual penetration and diminishes continues on A4 – Lashes out

The UN is working an ideological framework that is seeking to remove consideration of the reality of biology in order to advance its political agenda. You don't have to redene sex from its biological moorings in order to punish people who offend other individuals, – Wayne West Head of JCHS

“If intercourse does not consider the possibility of other penetrative practices that may be used for inicting grave sexual violence to any person, it does not recognize the same nature of any sexual penetration and diminishes particular humiliating or painful traumatic experiences that victims may go through," – Mark Connolly UN Country Team Rep.

Be careful how you travel Immigration attorney warns Caribbean nationals

by Karyl Walker

Immigration attorney, Dahlia WalkerHuntington, is advising Caribbean nationals with green cards, who have been charged with a crime in the United States, not to travel abroad at this time.

Despite a court in Seattle, Washington, placing a temporary stop order on President Donald Trump's travel ban on persons from seven Muslim countries, Caribbean

nationals living in the US are still on edge.

Speaking at an immigration forum at the Holy Cross Episcopalian Church in Miami Gardens, WalkerHuntington said there are still negative implications for nonUS citizens.

She warned that local law enforcement officers have been re-ordered to act as immigration agents by the Trump administration. This stipulation was dropped during President Barack Obama's tenure.

“You may have had a minor offence many years ago and you now want to apply for citizenship or you want to travel.

My suggestion to you is do not travel. If you are a green card

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Friday will mark another round of grilling for dancehall star Alkaline by Jamaican police. The deejay is being detained as a person of interest in the January 15 murder of Rohan 'Head' Morris in Kingston, the Jamaica capital.

Police say Morris was shot fifteen times by gunmen at his home.

On Thursday morning, Alkaline turned himself into the Area Four Police in Vineyard Town, a middle-class area in the east end of Kingston.

He was accompanied by his attorney, Peter Champagnie.

Detectives at the Criminal Investigations Branch, who began questioning Alkaline at 9:00 am, said he will remain in custody for further questioning Friday morning.

On Wednesday the deejay went on social media to proclaim his innocence.

“There is a rumor circulating. Regarding Alkaline, Earlan Bartley (his real name) and questioning for murder. Please ignore, this is one of the most cruel, vicious, destructive, degrading, derogatory, ruthless lie, I have ever experienced in my 23 years of existence. I am asking my fans to be calm, relax. I am in no form of mix-up with any form of illegal activities of any sort.

And I declare innocence in all its entirety," the post read.

Alkaline also took jabs at the media.

“I am therefore asking the media personnel to desist from spreading rumors on me unnecessarily. BIG LIE!!!! Alkaline!!

Try again!!”

On Tuesday, the Twitter accounts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and National Security Ministry posted information regarding interest in the entertainer who ruled dancehall charts in 2016 with hits like City, Formula, My Side of The Story and Company. continues on A4 – Alkaline

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Commi ed to the cause The Commi ee for the Daveon L. Hall Scholarship Founda on launch.

Included are Daveon's mother, Barbara Drummond (back right), and his sister, Chanel Drummond (3rd from le ). – Uriah Benne photo

All smiles These lovely ladies were all smiles at the MLK Task Force 17th Annual Dr. Mar n Luther King, Jr Celebra on. – Uriah Benne photo

Large and in Charge Lauderhill Police Chief, Constance Stanley poses with keynote speaker, Michael Baisden at the MLK Task Force 17th Annual Dr. Mar n Luther King, Jr Celebra on. – Uriah Benne photo

Beauty and the Mayor City of Miramar's Mayor Wayne Messam with 1st runner up Miss Universe 2016 Rachel Pelissier of Hai at a special recep on in her honor. – Contributed

A orney Q&A All-A orney Panel at the Caribbean Americans special immigra on forum at the Holy Family Church in Miami Gardens (l-r): Oliver Langstadt, Wayne Golding, and Dahlia Walker Hun ngton. – Contributed

The Civil Rights Award Keynote speaker Michael Baisden receiving an award from City of Lauderhill Commissioner M. Margaret Bates. – Uriah Benne photo

A break form the court Members of the JamaicanAmerican Bar Associa on: Judge Denise Marks Lane, JABA President Don James, and A orney Tamar Hamilton, represen ng at the Kozyak Founda on's Annual Minority Mentoring Picnic. – Contributed

Top Educator Miss Jamaica Florida's Execu ve Director, Orkisha Edmond, awarded by Legacy Magazine as one of South Florida's Top Black Educators – Contributed

Backpack giveaway crew Holy Temple Holiness Church backpack giveaway distributed 1,000 backpacks to students of Park Lakes Elementary, Oriole Elementary and Central Charter – Mayor Hazelle Rogers (3rd le ) and Bishop Thomas Douglas (far right). – Contributed

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Commissioners pressured to oppose mayor There's growing pressure from Miami-Dade County residents being placed on the county commission to not support county Mayor Carlos Giminez's support of President Trump’s executive order to detain undocumented immigrants on federal orders or risk losing federal financial grants.

Some 100 protestors turned up at county hall on Tuesday during a commission meeting to protest Giminez actions which has been criticized “as a rush to judgement” and encourage the commissioners to vote against the mayor. During the protest the protestors repeatedly chanted, “Gimenez shame on you, you are an immigrant too.”

The commission did not take up the matter of the mayor's response to the executive order,

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For Mayor Giminez's order to law enforcement to be binding, he needs the county commissioners to approve it. but deferred the matter to a special meeting set for February 17 to review his actions.

Two commissioner, Xavier Suarez, and Levine Cava have previously publicly opposed the mayor's response to President Trump.

There is pressure also being placed on the commission to rescind his order to county law enforcement to comply with the presidential executive order, from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). On Monday, the union submitted a 10-page letter to county commissioners seeking that they do not support Giminez. In the letter the ACLU assumed Giminez was misled into making the hasty response to the executive order.

The letter stated in part, “Although Mayor Gimenez and others may have been misled to believe otherwise, Miami-Dade does not risk the loss of any federal funding…..Regrettably, the mayor appears to have been duped.”

The presidential executive order targeted cities and counties that provide sanctuary to undocumented immigrants earning the name “sanctuary cities.” Last year the Obama administration categorized Miami-Dade County as a Sanctuary City as the county's law enforcement officials did not detain undocumented

immigrants unless they were charged for a serious criminal felony. However, as the mayor has attested, Miami-Dade was never officially categorized as a sanctuary city.

Over the past days since Giminez has drawn a rush of criticisms for his actions, he has repeatedly sought to justify his decision. He said he agreed with the order as he cannot risk the county being denied, according to him, “$350 million of federal funding, and possibly hundreds of millions, if not billions, in terms of transit money that's totally discretionary that's at risk. I don't think that's something, we want to do.”

For Mayor Giminez's order to law enforcement to be binding, he needs the county commissioners to approve it. The ACLU is one of the largest organization seeking county commissioners to overturn the mayor's decision. It has embarked on a mission seeking county residents to call their respective commissioners to vote against the decision.

BROWARD COUNTY

Public wants effective medical marijuana regulations

by Garth A. Rose

On Tuesday, the relatively small room at the Broward County Health Department in Fort Lauderdale was jammed with over 200 people eager to contribute to the pending Florida regulations related to the state's medical marijuana laws.

The public hearing was the first in several convened by the Office of Compassionate Use (OCU), the state agency that regulates the use and distribution of medical marijuana. These public hearings have been scheduled as part of the state's responsibility to establish the regulations based on the approval of the medical marijuana amendment in last November's general elections.

The large, enthusiastic crowd on Tuesday,

including medical doctors, attorneys, school officials, and people afflicted with various ailments who have benefitted from using marijuana as treatment, and anxious to have legal access to the herb.

The two-hour meeting heard draft proposals already prepared by the OCU, to which the public response and input is being sought.

However, as Palm Beach County attorney Julius Brooks explained, “The process to finalize these regulations is frustratingly tedious. Even with the public's input, and OCU's final proposals, the ultimate regulations will depend on related laws to be passed by the Florida Legislature when they meet next month.”

According to the terms of Constitutional Amendment 2, approved by voters last year, the state has until July 1 to announce the required regulations.

The suggestions made by the public on Tuesday were varied, but focused on making the

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medication available as soon as possible, easily accessible to those who genuinely need it, and not accessible to children or those who need the herb for recreational purposes.

Several doctors sought to reduce a state proposal that require patients to have to wait 90-days from first being examined by a doctor and determined to need medical marijuana until the doctor can prescribe the drug.

“That's ridiculous,” said Dr. Antony Lewin of Boca Raton. “A patient suffering from cancer, and in excruciating pain will need the medication to help him immediately. In 90 days, the man could be deceased.”

Dr. Lewin also wants the state to be more “flexible” to what ailments are applicable to medical marijuana prescriptions.

Under the state's current proposals medical marijuana would be approved to treat patients suffering from cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, PTSD, ALS, Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis.

Officials from South Florida school districts suggested that the dispensaries for medical marijuana be established at “safe distances” from schools. They also want the packaging for the drug to be such that the packets don't appeal to young children.

Denver Pratt, a Jamaican-American, told National Weekly after the meeting he was conflicted about medical marijuana. “I want the state to hasten the regulations. I have Parkinson disease and have used marijuana to control my tremors and balance. However, I have sons that smoked the weed and have seen the negative effects on them. I am all for relatively easy access to medical marijuana, but these must be effective regulations.”

Similar public hearings are scheduled this week in Orlando, Tampa and Tallahassee.

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particular humiliating or painful traumatic experiences that victims may go through," he said.

However, head of the JCHS Wayne West, countered. He argued that the UN motive disregards the 'biology of sex' and promotes a 'gay agenda'.

"The UN is working an ideological framework that is seeking to remove consideration of the reality of biology in order to advance its political agenda. You don't have to redefine sex from its biological moorings in order to punish people who offend other individuals," West said.

Other churchmen have argued that legalizing anal sex would be the first step to legalizing same sex marriage in Jamaica.

Gay lobby group, the Jamaica Forum for All-Sexuals Gays and Lesbians (JFLAG), supports the UN recommendation.

Skerrit says his government will not be overthrown The Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit says his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) would not be removed from office unless through the ballot box as he condemned the violence that erupted across the country on Tuesday night as police used teargas to disperse opposition supporters demanding his resignation.

Addressing the 24th annual general meeting of the Agricultural Industrial and Development (AID) Bank, Skerrit, who had earlier toured some of the businesses looted or set on fire by the protestors, said that his silence should never be regarded as a sign of weakness.

He told the bankers that the riot had been organised “clearly by the leadership of the

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opposition United Workers Party and their associates” had resulted in millions of dollars in losses.

“I visited the Muslim store, they set fire to the back of the store and I saw the volume of stock, millions of dollars destroyed. Those that

were not damaged by smoke or fire were damaged by water,” Skerrit said, adding it is incomprehensible as Christian people and go to church every morning and praise God “would be condoning this action by the United Workers Party (UWP) because of our partisanship…”

Skerrit said that the storeowners and others had invested significant amounts of resources into the island. Adding that the stores attacked were done so randomly.

However, opposition leader Lennox Linton condemned the “violence and vandalism” in the capital on Tuesday night and denied that the party played any role in getting protestors to set fires and loot several buildings.

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The police were tight-lipped when CNW asked if Morris had been an associate of Alkaline.

Since news broke Tuesday evening that police were seeking the flamboyant entertainer, there has been a buzz throughout Jamaica. Many persons are already likening the case to the Vybz Kartel murder trial that dominated headlines for two years.

Kartel, like Alkaline a colorful character, is serving a 35-year prison sentence for masterminding the August, 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams.

Alkaline, whose fashion statement is his tattooed eyes, has had his share of controversy. He has had run-ins with officials in St. Kitts/Nevis, Dominica and Antigua/Barbuda.

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines to ban Styrofoam

The Secretariat of the 15 member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has reached an agreement with Cuba on the expansion of preferential access to each other's markets. The Georgetown based secretariat says the agreement was reached during the 10th meeting of the Joint Commission that was established under the Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between CARICOM and Cuba last month.

“A significant number of items from the Community, including beer, fish and other agricultural products, and manufactured goods, have been approved for entry into the Cuban market free of duty once both sides formalise the agreement.

“CARICOM member states have also agreed to grant duty-free access to Cuban goods, including pharmaceuticals.

More Developed Countries (MDC) in the Community will also determine the level of preference they will grant to Cuba on a number of other items,” the Irwin LaRocque Secretariat said.

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has announced a ban on the importation of Styrofoam products. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in delivering the budget to Parliament on Monday night, also announced the removal of value added tax on biodegradable packaging and food containers.

“This measure is intended to lower the costs of these environmentally positive substitutes for plastics, including Styrofoam, and reduce the adverse effects that plastics have on our environment,” he said. The new measure goes into effect on May 1.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines join several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that have banned Styrofoam which is made of fossil fuels and synthetic chemicals, which may leach if they come in contact with hot, greasy or acidic food.

Environmentalists say while Styrofoam keeps coffee hot, they may also add an unwanted dose of toxins to the drink and even animals are affected by the product, which is indigestible.

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If you were to have audience with President Trump, what would you ask of him? (outside of the immigration issue)?

Audrey: Miramar/Trinidad and Tobago – The money that is being used to build a Mexican border can those funds be used to assist in Flint's clean drinking water? That's important in my opinion because the poor people need help and only Donald Trump could do so.

Rhisa: Miramar/St. Croix – Why doesn't he believe that global warning exists? Global warming means (we) will not be able to fish from the sea and reap from our gardens... Because everything will be contaminated with high levels of greenhouse gases. This is urgent, prevention is better than cure.

In other words, if you can prevent it now, why wait until later when you can't do anything about it?

Jeanne: Miami Gardens/Antigua – I would ask him to declare amnesty. It would mean that my coworkers, or whoever, they would be legal, because they're afraid to come forward. Caribbean people, they are private.

Ann: Miami/Jamaica – I would like him to tell me more truth about his presidency. It means a lot because sometimes he says one thing and when he is caught and questioned again, he says something else. I want a President that will speak the truth.

Lisa: Miami Gardens/Jamaica – My question would be to ask Mr. Trump why he don't pay his taxes, because that mean a lot to me, because we are paying for him. That's right, we're paying for him and I don't like the idea. Why he don't pay his?

Janet: West Palm Beach/ Jamaica – That's a hard question, because I would first of all have to search deep because I really don't feel like I have much in common… He doesn't strike me as a person that I would even approach to ask a question. Everything seems so political with him, or racist. I think it would be hard to connect on a human level. Maybe if you had asked me what I would ask him on a political level, I would be able tell you something.

Patrick: West Palm Beach/Jamaica – That's simple – Why are you trying to turn America into a dictatorship? He's trying to do things on his own, whether good or bad, without Congress having any say; trying to get a bunch of 'yes people' around who aren't going to challenge him. He was a millionaire from before he was born, so who does he associate himself with? Other millionaires. So how can he relate to me and you, and Joe Blow on the road?

Balance: Miami/Jamaica – I would ask him what makes him so different from the people that he wants to get out of this country, that he wants to ban from this country? When this country was stolen, when indigenous people from this land have fought to maintain their rights, as their lands have been stolen from them. What right does he have, and even Congress, to ban anyone from this country?

Kevin: Miramar/Jamaica – Trump's party cannot change how he thinks and neither can I. We have to tolerate him for the next 3 years and 10 months.

So what would I like to tell him? Nothing.

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Sexual abuse of girls must be stopped Last week, the head of Jamaica's Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) told a joint-select committee of Parliament, currently reviewing Jamaica's sex laws, that pastors and policemen are among the main perpetrators of sex offences against minors, mainly girls.

The official revealed the police “constantly arrested high-profile members of the society, and, in particular, the Church. The Church and policemen are really our two highest, high-profile persons.”

This damaging revelation is shocking but not surprising. Anyone who has followed the Jamaican scene closely will attest to the betrayal of trust by some clergymen, police officers and male teachers who lure young girls on pretense to be helping them socially, only to take advantage of their sexual innocence.

The CISOCA disclosure coincides with damaging media reports of high-level pastors in Jamaica's Moravian Church charged with sexually molesting girls aged15 and under.

However, casting blame on a particular church, the church as an institution, police and teachers, is to look at the problem through half-skewed eyes. Neither can the problem be associated solely with poverty, although there definitely is some correlation.

Underage girls are being abused across Jamaica. There have been reports of female minors being sexually molested by their male relatives.

There's a serious sociological problem based on a high level of perverse behavior. Men in Jamaica are known to boast to having taken the virginity of female relatives. But the prevailing cause in many cases is the troubling trend by grown men having sex with young girls. This is where poverty can be considered a cause of sexual abuse. Many of the girls who are abused are from poor homes, headed by single mothers. Unable to provide the basic necessities, male predators entrap these girls with cash or kind, seeking sexual favors in return.

It is also not unheard of for mothers to encourage their young daughters when she blossoms into womanhood to offer sex in return for favors or money to

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The situation gets real sickening when a girl turns to a pastor or a policeman she believes she can trust and ends up exchanging sexual favors. It becomes more scandalous when the pastor that's sneaking around having sex with a minor, vehemently condemns his parishioners to burn in hell for committing fornication and adultery. What blatant hypocrisy!

There's an unfortunate tendency for society to cast blame on some of these young girls for dressing provocatively.

Women have been enticing men since Eve offered the prohibitive apple to Adam. So-called respectable men of the community, must be able to exercise selfcontrol regardless how sexually appealing a minor may be.

Maybe the only possible way to curb this mess in Jamaica, and here in the US, is to set Draconian penalties that will serve as a deterrent against men even thinking of having sex with a minor.

This dark cloud must be removed. A very important component of society's future, our young women, are being tarnished and destroyed. This scourge must be stopped.

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Moise sworn in as Haiti's 58th president Jovenel Moise was on Tuesday sworn in as Haiti's 58th president taking the oath in the Parliament packed with several parliamentarians and foreign dignitaries .

The 48-year-old businessman succeeded Michel Martelly, who left office one year ago in an environment of political uncertainty after efforts to stage presidential and legislative elections before his departure were unsuccessful.

Moise won the November 20 presidential election last year and members and allies of his party were swept into office in the

legislative elections.

But critics contend that while he won the presidential election by gaining 55 per cent of the votes cast, he does not have a mandate as barely 20 per cent of the electorate bothered to go to the polls. Three former presidential candidates had unsuccessfully filed legal challenges to his victory.

A businessman from northern Haiti, Moise had never run for office until he was hand-picked to be the Tet Kale party candidate by outgoing President Martelly.

UN launches program to save lives in Haiti from natural disasters,” said Mourad Wahba, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, The UN said that the two-year Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan is built on lessons learnt in the transition from a relief-focused type of operation, like one that follows a disaster like an earthquake, to a longer-term development approach in fragile countries.

The UN said the plan should be seen as a convergence process rather than sequential since the humanitarian and

The United Nations says it is collaborating with relief organizations in Haiti to launch a two-year, US$291 million response plan with the government to reach more than 2.4 million people across the island that was struck by a devastating hurricane last October.

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According to estimates undertaken by the Humanitarian Country Team, some 2.7 million Haitians will require humanitarian protection or early recovery assistance in 2017, of which 2.4 million will be targeted countrywide.

Under the plan, humanitarian interventions with a focus on improving access to lifesaving services to those affected by Hurricane Matthew, cholera and other diseases, as well as on protecting the most vulnerable will be scaled up.

CARICOM pledges support for Haiti Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), President David Granger says the regional integration grouping welcomes the transfer of power in Haiti after the Frenchspeaking CARICOM country inaugurated its 58th head of state on Tuesday.

Granger – who is President of the Republic of Guyana, represented CARICOM at the ceremony and said that “the Caribbean is not only a zone of peace from a strategic point of view in terms of the absence of war but it is also a zone of Constitutional stability.

“There is predictability and we don't want to see that there are elements in any member state, which disrupt the Constitutional process, (or) which use extra legal means to seize power or delay the holding of elections.”

Granger acknowledged that there “have been delays here but Haiti has finally come through and I am very happy to be here to put the stamp of approval on behalf of the entire Caribbean Community on those elections and the duly elected President Moise.”

Jovenel Moise, 48, was sworn in to replace Michel Martelly, who left office one year ago in an environment of political uncertainty after efforts to stage presidential and legislative elections before his departure were unsuccessful.

Moise won the November 20 presidential election last year and members and allies of his party were swept into office in the legislative elections.

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Executive order targets employment and investment visas While many Immigrants, Americans and nations around the world are still reeling from Trump's executive action against nationals of certain countries, yet another proposed Immigration related Executive Order has been leaked to the press.

Although there are no specific details, the order seems to indicate changes may be made to the current H-1B program for professional workers in “specialty occupations” (like engineers working in the tech industry), including further restricting visas to certain professional fields or occupations and increasing H-1B employee eligibility requirements, based on an undefined ”merit-based system.”

Similarly, the proposal calls for reforming the E2 Treaty Investor visa system which may result in the restriction of the type of businesses or

increased investments amounts which would be required under the program. The order also calls for performing site visits for all approved L-1 worker visas.

The draft order also targets the Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT) work permit programs for graduated F-1 students, which may be eliminated or curtailed. It also proposes changes which may restrict or reduce visas for the Exchange Visitor (J-1) work-and studyprograms.

The proposal would likely eliminate the dual Visa Bulletin instituted in 2015 by the Obama administration which allows certain Immigrants in lawful immigration status in the U.S. to adjust status to Residency early.

As feared, this is another signal big changes could be coming for all areas of immigration.

However, it's likely that any policy changes will be for future applicants and may not affect those

who are currently hold the employment or investment visa status. For instance, if the H-1B visa becomes restricted to only certain “specialty occupations,” those who are currently holding H-1B visas, who would not qualify under the new policy, would not lose their current visa, and would likely be allowed to continue working until the visa ends, but would not be able to renew it.

With the possibility of these changes, international students are advised to concentrate their education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields. These are occupations in high demand and may not have enough U.S. workers to fill. Therefore, they are likely the fields which will receive the most consideration in future Trump policy changes, to keep America's IT industry going. Other college degree programs in liberal arts, media, graphic design, general business, etc, may no longer be eligible for U.S. work visas in the future.

Miami Gardens Junior Commission for Women advisory committee accepting applications Miami Gardens Councilwoman Lisa C. Davis has announced that the Junior Commission for Women Advisory Committee is now accepting applications.

Councilwoman Davis wants young women in the City of Miami Gardens to have their voices heard. The Junior Commission for Women Advisory Committee was formed out of a need to address issues pertinent to the well-being of young women.

The committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the City of Miami Gardens Commission for Women and the City Council by conducting investigative studies and reports in respect to education, health care concerns of young women, social services, living conditions of young women, and the importance of mental health care/suicide prevention.

Members of the commission shall be appointed by a member of the City Council. The

commission shall consist of 15 members between the ages of 13-18 years of age. The members of the commission shall be either a resident of the city, or a student at one of the three high schools within the city: Miami Carol City, Miami Norland or Monsignor Pace High Schools.

Interested applications contact Councilwoman Lisa C. Davis's assistant – LaShara Bostic by email at lbostic@miamigardens-fl.gov

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holder and you were arrested, even if you were not convicted or even if the case was dismissed, do not travel as you may be caught and be unable to return,” Walker-Huntington said.

She told the audience that green card holders who have been charged with offenses in the US are more likely to be harassed than persons arriving in the country for the first time.

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Caribbean nationals who have green cards and spend more time outside the country than on American soil, also stand a chance of losing their green card.

“If you can't actually live here there is a level entry permit that you can apply for that will allow you to stay out of the country for two years,” she said.

Walker-Huntington also had words for undocumented aliens.

“The non-criminal undocumented, those who came across from The Bahamas… the Executive Board now sees them as a threat to national security and they are to be repatriated swiftly, consistently and humanely. Some 10,000 new Homeland Security agents are to be recruited and they also say the “overstayers” are to be detained until the merit of their case is heard,” she said.

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Third World coming to Pembroke Pines for

RETRO.LIFE.LIVE Reggae lovers in South Florida are in for a special treat when the internationally acclaimed, 10-time Grammy nominated band, Third World performs live at RETRO.LIFE.LIVE in Pembroke Pines on Saturday, Feb 18, 2017.

One of the most iconic Reggae bands ever to grace the global stage, with their unique style infused with R&B, funk and soul, this special live performance by the “Reggae Ambassadors” at the popular RETRO.LIFE event series will transform the Grand Palms Resort in Pembroke Pines into an atmosphere of live music, tropical poolside ambience enhanced by fine Caribbean cuisine and music.

RETRO.LIFE.LIVE is expected to be a thrilling evening of timeless hits from the band's extensive catalog, including Now That We've Found Love, 96º In The Shade, Always Around, Forbidden Love and Sense of Purpose.

Antigua's Reggae Ambassador CAUSION and South Florida's own Kristine Alicia will be the opening acts at 6PM sharp, while Fort Lauderdale's DJ Radcliffe and Jamaica's DJ Bobby Wong will keep the vibe flowing.

ADAHZEH

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Look out world Adahzeh is coming. The all-female band has been making waves with their unique brand of Reggae and has been gaining recognition with their singles Island Girl, Critically low and Good Vibes.

Formed in 2013, the musical aggregation was formed through the vision of Karissa Palmer- band leader and keyboardist, of creating an all-female band.

She later discovered Tara Williams (Guitarist) and Tashana Barnett (Drummer). This vision manifested when her sister Chevanese Palmer (Bass guitarists) had no choice but to join her on this musical voyage. They got the name 'Adahzeh', from a close friend, which translates into the 'King's Daughter'.

Adahzeh classifies themselves as 'change agents for society' by breathing new continues on B2 – Adahzeh

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Queen Ifrika, Ninja Man hit out at rapists, murderers Two prominent members of the entertainment fraternity in Jamaica have joined the chorus of condemnation against the recent spate of macabre attacks against young women in the island.

Ninja Man, the self-proclaimed 'Don Gorgon', and Queen Ifrika, have both taken to social media to vent their anger at the ghastly acts which have seen a number of young females, many of them teenage girls being abducted, raped and killed.

Queen Ifirika was strong in her condemnation of the acts; while Ninja Man swore that if the perpetrators were caught they would be tortured to death as just reward for their heartless crimes.

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A 19-song collection of songs released by Studio One 9 Dis A Kind Of Loving Nana McLean in the Golden era of Ska and Rock Steady during late 1960s and early 1970s, debuted at number 15 on the 10 Rockabye Billboard Reggae Album Chart this week.

Clean Bandit, Sean Paul The albums - entitled Soul Jazz Records Presents: Studio One Rocksteady Volume 2 and The Soul Of 11 Oh Cherry Oh Baby Patrice Roberts / Busy Young Jamaica were released on January 27 by London's Soul Jazz Records. It has Hortense Ellis's cover of Sitting In The Park and her brother, Alton Ellis' I'm Still In Love With You.

Scotty Pippen gets slapped for speed Former NBA star Scotty Pippen, found himself on the wrong side of the law recently.

Pippen, 51, who helped fellow Hall-of-Famer, Michael Jordan, win six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls was pulled over by Florida State Troopers in his grey $220,000 Mercedes AMG G65 after he was clocked clipping a steady 95 miles per hour on the I-595 near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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life into reggae music with their contemporary sounds. Their style of music is influenced by Ska, Reggae, Dancehall and Pop. In addition to their congruent sound, these Jamaican songbirds have the perfect mix of personality and radiate an authentic oneness that reflects into their music. They are comfortable with the group's dynamics, understand each other and know how to capitalize on each other's strengths and weaknesses.

The group has been making waves outside of Jamaica's shores and was rewarded for their efforts in Poland at the World Reggae Contest, where they were one of five finalists out of 75 bands. They have also been highlighted on the world renowned Reggae Sumfest in 2016, St. Mary Mi Come From, and the Jamaica Cancer Society-promoted Relay For Life event. Adahzeh have also performed at the recent staging of Rebel Salute.

The group is also set to appear on 'BBC 1xtra live' which is hosted by David Rodigan and Seani B, Reggae Jam Jamaica, the Youth View Awards and the Dwight Richard and Dean Fraserpromoted Musical Enchantment', in February.

The sky is the limit for this talented group of ladies who are flying Jamaica's flag high.

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Lost Bob Marley recordings found in London hotel basement A set of Bob Marley recordings, that were previously believed to have been lost, were found after more than 40 years.

The tapes were found in the dank basement of a run down hotel in London and, as luck would have it have been restored.

The tapes are reported to be the original, high-quality live recordings of the Reggae King's performances in London and Paris between 1974 and 1978.

Tracks include No Woman No Cry, Jamming and Exodus. The recordings were at first believed to be ruined beyond repair, due to water damage. They were discovered in a rundown hotel in Kensal Rise, north-west London,

where Marley and the Wailers lodged during their European tours in the mid-1970s.

They were found when Joe Gatt, a Marley fan and London businessman, took a phone call from a friend, who had found them while doing

a building refuse clearance.

From the 13 reel-to-reel analogue master tapes, 10 were fully restored, two were blank and one was beyond repair. The restoration effort lasted for one year and cost £25,000 (US$31,200).

The recordings are from concerts at the Lyceum in London (1975), the Hammersmith Odeon (1976), the Rainbow, also in London (1977), and the Pavilion de Paris (1978).

The discovery of the lost tapes is expected to rake in additional millions more in revenue for the Marley estate.

Afrikin set to heal the nation Black History Month will herald in a series of discussions and a live music event to address the condition of the African diaspora in the United states.

The event, which will be held at 6010 NE 2nd Street, Miami, Florida, will feature live musical performances

by Grammy-nominated Haitian outfit, Boukman Eksperyans while Jamaican dub poet, actor, and educator, Mutabaruka will lecture on the current state of race relations.

Professors from Cornell University, University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, and Florida

Memorial University will join a panel discussion that will focus on approaches to healing our nation.

African-inspired food will be the fare on offer..

Event proceeds will benefit Give Me Dignity, a Miami-based nonprofit that provides resources for survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Haitian-American award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat and Cornell University professor, author, and Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Dr. Carole Boyce Davies will join a panel of industry leaders, activists, and scholars during AFRIKIN.

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HEALTH

Asthma and allergies Asthma is a relatively common disease that according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America affects some 30 million Americans annually.

Some people in the CaribbeanAmerican community tend to see asthma as a childhood disease characterized by bouts of acute wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. However, asthma does affect a large percent of adults. It is not unusual for children or adults that are afflicted with asthma to succumb to serious asthma attacks if not treated immediately.

Asthma is primarily a disease in which the airways are occasionally blocked or narrowed creating the prominent symptoms of shortness of breath, coughing and breathing difficulties.

Today, although asthma still afflicts a large national and international population, there are effective treatments that cause patients to live normal and active lives.

The basic causes of asthma are either caused by reaction to an allergy, called Allergic (Extrinsic) Asthma, and asthma that results from internal problems within the body called Intrinsic Asthma.

Allergic asthma can also be caused by mold or mildew, dust mites, and garden pesticides, household cleaning products, perfumes, deodorants, and soaps and shampoos. Some people are known to have allergic asthma attacks fro shellfish.

Many of these allergies obstruct and inflame the airways to/from the lung.

The resulting effect is coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, and tightness of the chest,

Fitness on the go A consistent recommendation by health and wellness professionals is that we should exercise regularly to prevent several diseases, and remain physically and mentally healthy.

Not everyone has the time or can afford the cost of attending a gym or fitness center to exercise regularly.

However, since regular exercise is imperative to living healthy, there are other ways to ensure one gets enough exercise. These exercises include:

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alleviated only by medication, including an asthma inhaler which people who are prone to allergic asthma should carry around with them.

Instrinsic asthma is closely associated with chronic inflammation of the airways and unlike asthma directly caused by allergies, it is more difficult to treat, although the symptoms are similar: intense coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. People who are subject to chronic inflammation of the airways are liable to have asthma attacks caused from factors like: over exertion from exercise, severe climatic changes, stress related situations, second hand smoke. When the attack is severe, the patient tends to hyperventilate as their fits of coughing intensify. This occurs because there is airflow obstruction with the lungs having difficulty expanding and contracting, and air being obstructed from coming in and going out.

Normally, asthma is either treated by anti-inflammatory medication that is inhaled or consumed orally. Some of the medications are over-the-counter therapeutic products that create a quick relief of the immediate symptoms, and prescribed medication that one takes over a long time to lessen the frequency and severity of asthma attacks.

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Recent statistics show that half of people with asthma have at least one asthma attack each year, with children (57 percent) more likely to have an attack than adults (51 percent).2, 4 Asthma is often hereditary.

Weather conditions such as extremely dry, wet or windy weather can worsen an asthma condition.

Walking is one of the easiest ways to be physically active regularly, lose weight and become healthier.

Research indicates people who walk regularly, at least 20 minutes daily in a brisk manner, burn more calories than those who make weekly visits to a gym.

For those with busy schedules, try to walk more by walking instead of driving short distances. Aim to walk 10,000 steps daily, burning up to 400 calories.

To keep track of your walking, use a pedometer, or exercise your brain by counting your steps while you walk.

You'll be surprised how many steps you can take within 30 minutes by simply walking in or around your house, garden, office, or the shopping mall.

Home exercises Burn calories, lose weight and feel great with simple exercises at home. These exercises include: walking, jogging on the spot, stretches, sits-ups, pushups, pull-ups (using a door jam), stairs climbing, stomach crunches, rope-skipping, and/or working out with a medicine ball.

Skipping is also an excellent home exercise. Just 15 minutes daily generates health benefits, including heart and lung fitness, strong bones, balance and flexibility. The average person will burn up to 200 calories during 15 minutes of skipping.

Swimming Swimming, like walking, is one of the most effective exercises. Whether swimming free style, back stroke or breast stroke, when one swims all the muscles are engaged. Understandably, unless one has a pool at home, or is a member of a club with a swimming pool, access to a pool may be inconvenient.

However, there are several public pools and beaches in South Florida, where one can swim even a few times monthly. Regular swimming tones and energizes the body.

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TRACK & FIELD

Jamaica wins 4 x 200m gold in New York strained a hamstring muscle on in his 200m heat, while Ramone Hill, a member of the 4x200m pool, sustained a slight injury on Saturday prior to the start of the event.

“The ladies did themselves, the coaching staff and their many fans proud by winning a very competitive an exciting race in a smart time of 1:37.80 running out of lane 6” Team Manager Louie Grant said.

“Unfortunately their male counterparts of Andre Clarke, Rayon Lawrence, Kevahn Rattray and Ramone Hill were unable to defend their title or try to lower the national record because Ramone sustained a slight injury during warm up, mere minutes before taking the track.”

Grant said the plan for next year is to invite select high school teams from Jamaica and the Caribbean for the 18th staging. This, he noted, would provide valuable experience for young athletes from the region.

The Jamaica 4x200m women's team of Venice Baker, Yanique Ellington, Ladonna Richards and Shavine Hodges stopped the clock at 1 minute 37.80 seconds to secure the gold medal at the 17th annual Armory Track and Field Invitational in New York last weekend.

The winning black, green and gold clad team easily defeated the second place USA team 1:38.19; the British Virgin Islands copped the bronze in 1:38.5 and France placed fourth place in 1:43.84 seconds. The Canadian team was disqualified.

Victory by the Jamaica female team follows the success of the Men's 4x200m team who set a National Record in the event at last year's Armory Invitational. Unfortunately the men's team did not compete this year as team member Romell Lewis

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Rock Island defeat Creekers in thriller

Haiti host Nicaragua in Gold Cup play-off

Rock Island FC came up trumps with a nail-biting 5-4 win over Creekers FC at the Lauderhill Sports Park on Wednesday in the Caribbean American Soccer Association Super League.

Creekers were the first to get on the score sheet when they scored in the tenth minute. But Rock Island were not about to lay down and play dead and equalized just two minutes later The Rock Island team went ahead almost with the last kick of the first stanza.

In the second half it was end to end action and Creekers clawed their way back into contention via a strike from the penalty spot. Both teams gave up no quarter and with minutes to go the scores were locked at four goals apiece. But Rock Island had other ideas and two minutes from time the grabbed the lead for the final time to clinch a memorable victory.

This was the second defeat in a row for Creekers FC who suffered a humiliating 6-0 defeat to Fort Lauderdale Juniors at the same venue on Saturday last.

The Super League continues this Saturday with Team Haiti tackling Fort Lauderdale Juniors while Plantation FC do battle with Lauderhill Lions.

In the Masters League, Attackers FC face Oldtymers FC and South FLA Kickers oppose Lions Masters.

Haiti has been drawn to host Nicaragua in the first leg of the CONCACAF Gold Cup play-off following a draw held at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.

The Haitians, who hold the distinction of being the first Caribbean country to play in the World Cup, booked a spot in the play-off after claiming the Caribbean Cup fifth spot.

The will host the opener of the home and away fixtures on March 24th, before travelling to Nicaragua for the second leg.

The matches will decide the 12th and final Gold Cup place.

The marquis regional tournament kicks off on July 7 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.

The Haitians are placed 69th in the FIFA rankings and have won four of the last five games played, including a 5-2 win over Guyana, Jamaica 2-0, St Kitts & Nevis 2-0, Suriname 4-2 and Trinidad 4-3.

Nicaragua, has won one of its last five games.

SOCCER / FRIENDLY

Reggae Boyz suffer 1-0 loss to USA Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz suffered a 1-0 loss to their United States national football team in a friendly international at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Friday night.

Jordan Morris scored the winner for the Americans at the 59th minute, following a slick one-two pass with Benny Felihaber, that left the Jamaica defence flatfooted and forward slotted past substitute goalkeeper Ryan Thompson.

The Jamaicans feilded a largely inexperienced squad, with a number of localbased players getting a run in a match which served as preparation for the team’s upcoming defence of the Caribbean Cup, which is at the semi-final stage.

The Jamaican team struggled at times to create chances against Bruce Arena’s fluent team. The Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore coached Jamaicans’ biggest goal threat came on the counter and from the left flank where Oneil Fisher produced a cross that left the US defence exposed, but Romario Williams muffed a rebound high and wide from inside the six-yard box.

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Nesta Carter cleared to run Sprinter to compete at western Relays in Jamaica Jamaican Olympic and World Championship Gold medalist, Nesta Carter, has been cleared to run at this weekend's Milo western Relays in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

This will mark his first outing since being unceremoniously stripped of his Beijing Olympic 4X100 relay gold medal after a retroactive test found a banned substance in his sample.

Carter's re-tested sample from 2008 was found to have traces of the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, the

International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last month.

As a result Jamaica's 4x100m relay team which included the world's fastest man Usain Bolt, former world record holder Asafa Powell and World Championship silver medalist, Michael Frater were ordered to return by the IOC their gold medals.

Carter has announced his intention to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The 31-year-old Carter has not raced competitively for 17 months due to injury

and because he was notified of the positive test, He has not been banned by world governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and he is clear to run until his appeal has been heard.

Carter, also part of Jamaica's 4x100m relay team that won gold at the 2012 London Games, has until Feb 15 to file his appeal with CAS.

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SOCCER

Holness, Powell replaced for Honduras friendly Coach of the Reggae Boyz, Theodore Whitmore on Wednesday named a 20-man roster for an international friendly against Honduras. Missing from the squad which fell to a 1-0 defeat to the USA, are Omar Holness and Alvas Powell, who will be replaced by midfielders Fabian Grant and Andre Lewis. The match will be played February 16 at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas, USA. Despite the loss to the US Whitmore was confident of an improved showing by the Jamaican team. “The good thing is that we have a platform to build on going forward and based on what we have seen, the future looks bright where this team is concerned and I can definitely see us improving as we look to take on Honduras,” he said.

Also included in the squad is defender Kemar 'Taxi' Lawrence, who plays for the 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinalist New York Red Bulls.

Five players have been selected from the country's champion club team, Montego Bay United, including forward Owayne Gordon and schoolboy Jordaine Fletcher.

Jamaica is preparing for the 2016/17 Scotiabank Caribbean Football Union Men's Caribbean Cup finals in June and the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup in July.

The full squad reads: GOALKEEPERS: Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union/USA), Ryan Thompson (no club) DEFENDERS: Sergio Campbell (no club), Oniel Fisher (Seattle Sounders/USA), Rosario Harriott (Harbour View FC), Kevon Lambert (Montego Bay United), Kemar Lawrence (New York Red Bulls/USA), Damion Lowe (Tampa Bay Rowdies/USA), Ladale Ritchie (Montego Bay United) MIDFIELDERS: Dwayne Ambursley (Montego Bay United), Michael Binns (Portmore United), Ewan Grandison (Portmore United), Fabian Grant (Harbour View), Andre Lewis (Portland Timbers 2/USA), Je-Vaughn Watson (New England Revolution) FORWARDS: Cory Burke (Bethlehem Steel FC/USA), Jourdaine Fletcher (Montego Bay United), Owayne Gordon (Montego Bay United), Shamar Nicholson (Boys' Town), Romario Williams (Atlanta United FC/USA)

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Wavell Hinds returned as WIPA president President of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), Wavell Hinds, was given the green light to continue leading the association after an Annual General Meeting in Antigua recently.

The WIPA members, returned Hinds his entire administration for a third successive term. The AGM was held at the Halcyon Cove

by Rez Resorts and included healthy debates on a number of issues affecting West Indian players.

Hinds, will now be at the helm of WIPA for another two years. His team is completed by Nixon McLean - vice president, Wayne Lewis honorary secretary, Ridley Jacobs - honorary treasurer and Liam Sebastien - honorary assistant secretary.

Over the last few years, Hinds has been accused of siding with the board in creating unfair deals for West Indies players, much to the chagrin of the players who walked out on a tour of India.

Russian runner Mariya Savinova loses London gold for doping Russian runner Maria Savinova has been stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping, putting Caster Semenya in line to take to the title.

Savinova won the women's 800m title at the London Games ahead of South African star Semenya, who went on to capture gold in the same event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) says Savinova was "found to have been engaged in using doping" from July 2010 until August 2013.

As a result the 31-year-old has received a four-year ban which has been backdated to August 2015. She has also been stripped of all titles and appearance money won between July 2010 and August 2013.

B8 – NATIONAL WEEKLY

| THURSDAY, FEB 9 – FEB 15, 2017 | VOL. 14 NO. 6

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