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Despite deep Republican divisions, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed ahead Wednesday toward a COVID-19 aid package with the White House as Democrats warned the GOP is delaying needed relief to Americans during the crisis.
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Key GOP senators revolted over the emerging $1 trillion effort as the price tag could quickly swell. Conservative Republicans vowed to slow-walk passage of any bill. But pressure is mounting as the virus crisis deepens and a $600 weekly unemployment boost and a federal eviction moratorium come to an end starting Friday. “We’re hopeful we’ll be able to get there,” McConnell told reporters.
“We’re still on the 20yard line? Where have the Republicans been?” – Sen. Chuck Schumer (D)
Dems warn GOP divisions are delaying virus aid
Briefings were underway at the Capitol and the Republican leader hoped to present a working draft by late Wednesday or Thursday. But the size and scope of the federal spending, and the jumble of competing priorities from President Donald Trump and GOP senators, left the outcome uncertain as the pandemic death toll climbed past 142,000. “I just don’t see the need for it,” Sen. Ron Johnson, RWis., told reporters on Wednesday. Exasperated Democrats, who already approved House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's more sweeping $3 trillion package two months ago, said time is running out for Trump and his GOP allies to act. With millions out of McConell work and a potential wave of
evictions ahead, the severity of the prolonged virus outbreak is testing Washington's ability to respond. Schools are delaying fall openings, states are clamping down with new stay-home orders and the fallout is rippling through an economy teetering with high unemployment and business uncertainty. A new AP-NORC poll shows very few Americans want full school sessions without restrictions in the fall. The White House negotiators, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Mark Meadows, the president’s acting chief of staff, were expected to head to Capitol Hill later Wednesday. But Trump and his GOP allies are tangled over his push for a payroll tax cut, which many Republicans oppose. They also are straining to come up with a way to limit extended jobless benefits, which
“We are just days away from a housing crisis that could be prevented.” – Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D)
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Oh, The Irony! Scott-Rubio Cuba Bill Puts Strain on U.S.Caribbean Relations By Vonnie Lee
If the Cut Profits to the Cuban Regime Act, recently proposed by our local U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, were to pass, it would be at odds with Caribbean countries such as Barbados, Jamaica and St. Lucia that benefit from Cuba’s medical missions. The bill would essentially cut off revenue from Cuba and punish all the countries that utilize these programs. Our neighbors to the south—the Caribbean—seem to be on the right trajectory to overcoming the virus, through strong leadership, adhering to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and, many with help from Cuban medical personnel.
many Republicans say are paying people too much money. A stopgap measure may be needed to prevent a benefits shutoff. As the Republicans battle over their priorities, Democrats warn they are wasting precious time. McConnell’s blueprint is expected to include a new round of direct payments to earners below a certain income level, similar to the $1,200 checks sent in the spring. It also will likely have some version of Trump’s demand for a payroll tax holiday for workers, which many Republicans oppose. Republicans said they want to replace the $600 weekly federal jobless benefit with a lower amount. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said it would likely be swapped for a smaller amount more closely pegged to state benefits rates. That means workers in states with larger benefits would get a more generous add-on. “We cannot allow there to be a cliff in unemployment insurance given we’re still at about 11% unemployment,” Portman said. Republicans want to include at least $105 billion for education, with $70 billion to help K-12
However, while we battle an out-ofcontrol coronavirus crisis here in Florida, with a total of 350,047 cases and more than 5,000 deaths, the leadership in the state seems to be flailing and failing to tamp down the scourge. The bill requires the State Department to publish the list of countries that contract the doctors through the Cuban government and to consider that as a factor in their ranking in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in
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Proud Family: Family members pile in and pose beside Addy ‘Queen’ Gayle's luxury ride for her 100th birthday celebra on.
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Birthday Princess: Najah Kerr is all dolled up and flashing her pearly whites for her milestone Sweet 16 birthday.
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Remembering John Lewis
Civil Rights Icon And ‘American Hero’ By Calvin Woodard
People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t care much for what he had to say. A son of Alabama sharecroppers, the young Lewis first preached moral righteousness to his family’s chickens. His place in the vanguard of the 1960s campaign for Black equality had its roots in that hardscrabble Alabama farm. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group’s leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to a vast sea of people. If that speech marked a turning point in the civil rights era — or at least the most famous moment — the struggle was far from over. Two more hard years passed before truncheonwielding state troopers beat Lewis bloody and fractured his skull as he led 600 protesters over Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. Searing TV images of that brutality helped to galvanize national opposition to racial oppression and embolden leaders in Washington to pass the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act five months later. “The American public had already seen so much of this sort of thing, countless images of beatings and dogs and cursing and hoses,” Lewis wrote in his memoirs. “But something about
Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group’s leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to a vast sea of people. that day in Selma touched a nerve deeper than anything that had come before.” That bridge became a touchstone in Lewis’ life. He returned there often during his decades in Congress representing the Atlanta area, bringing lawmakers from both parties to see where “Bloody Sunday” went down. Lewis earned bipartisan respect in Washington, where some called him the “conscience of Congress.” His humble manner contrasted with the puffed chests on Capitol Hill. But as a liberal on the losing side of many issues, he lacked the influence he’d summoned at the
segregated lunch counters of his youth, or later, within the Democratic Party, as a steadfast voice for the poor and disenfranchised. He was a guiding voice for a young Illinois senator who became the first Black president. “I told him that I stood on his shoulders,” Obama wrote in a statement marking Lewis's death. “When I was elected President of the United States, I hugged him on the inauguration stand before I was sworn in and told him I was only there because of the sacrifices he made.” Lewis was a 23-year-old firebrand, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, when he joined King and four other civil rights leaders at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York to plan and announce the Washington demonstration. The others were Whitney Young of the National Urban League; A. Philip Randolph of the Negro American Labor Council; James L. Farmer Jr., of the interracial Congress of Racial Equality; and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP. After months of training in nonviolent protest, demonstrators led by Lewis and the Rev. Hosea Williams began a march of more than 50 miles from Selma to Alabama’s capital in Montgomery. They didn’t get far: On March 7, 1965, a phalanx of police blocked their exit from the Selma bridge. Authorities swung truncheons, fired tear gas and charged on horseback, sending many to the hospital. The nation was horrified. “The sight of them rolling over us like human tanks was something that had never been seen before. People just couldn’t believe this was happening, not in America,” Lewis wrote. King swiftly returned to the scene with a multitude, and the march to Montgomery was made whole before the end of the month. Lewis was born on Feb. 21, 1940, outside Troy, in Alabama’s Pike County. He attended segregated public schools and was denied a library card because of his race, but he read books and newspapers avidly, and could rattle off obscure historical facts even in his later years. He was a teenager when he first heard King, then a young minister from Atlanta, preach on the radio. They met after Lewis wrote him seeking support to become the first Black student at his local college. He ultimately attended the American Baptist Theological Seminary and Fisk University instead, in Nashville, Tennessee. Soon, the young man King nicknamed “the boy from Troy” was organizing sit-ins at whitescontinues on A4 – Lewis
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only lunch counters and volunteering as a Freedom Rider, enduring beatings and arrests while challenging segregation around the South. Lewis helped form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to organize this effort, led the group from 1963 to 1966 and kept pursuing civil rights work and voter registration drives for years thereafter. President Jimmy Carter appointed Lewis to lead ACTION, a federal volunteer agency, in 1977. In 1981, he was elected to the Atlanta City Council, and then won a seat in Congress in 1986. Lewis refused to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, saying he didn’t consider him a “legitimate president” because Russians had conspired to get him elected. When Trump later complained about immigrants from “s---hole countries,” Lewis declared, “I think he is a racist ... we have to try to stand up and speak up and not try to sweep it under the rug.” Trump ordered flags at halfstaff at the White House and all federal public buildings and grounds, including embassies abroad and all military posts and naval stations, throughout the day Saturday. “Saddened to hear the news of civil rights hero John Lewis passing. Melania and I send our prayers to he and his family," Trump said via Twitter. Lewis announced in late December 2019 that he had been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” he said at the time. Lewis’ wife of four decades, Lillian Miles, died in 2012. They had one son, John Miles Lewis.
Jamaica Won't Follow Bahamas Banning Visitors From The U.S. KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica has no intention of following the Bahamas, and place a ban on tourists coming out of the United States following an upsurge of cases of the coronavirus (COVID019). Over the last weekend, Bahamas Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced a series of new measures to curb the spread of the virus after acknowledging that the decision to reopen its borders on July 1 led to a deterioration of the health situation on the island.
Jamaica's Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, reacting to the position adopted by the Bahamas, told a radio audience any closure of Jamaica's borders to travelers from the United States due to the surge in the virus there, would shut down the country's tourism industry. He said if Jamaica were to go this route, the economy would grind to a halt, plus the island has been managing the cases of COVID-19 so there is no need to consider a ban on US travelers at this time.
Minnis said as of July 22, international commercial flights and commercial vessels carrying passengers will “not be permitted to enter our borders, except for commercial flights from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. “Bahamasair will cease outgoing flights to the United States of America, effective immediately. To accommodate visitors scheduled to leave after Wednesday, 22 July 2020, outgoing commercial flights will be permitted,” he added.
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St. Lucia PM “Pained” By No Carnival This Year Prime Minister Allen Chastanet says he is disappointed that Carnival 2020 had to be abandoned this year because of the threat caused by the coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. “It pains me to know that we cannot follow up with the success and high standard we enjoyed and established last year,” Chastanet wrote on his Facebook page as the island would have observed the annual festival on Monday. Chastanet said he is convinced that this year's festival would have been the biggest and best ever experienced and that the demand for participation in bands, events and local accommodation was already record-breaking dating back to January. “I could just imagine the excitement and energy that the country would have been abuzz with over the next few days,” Chastanet said, noting that over the past four years, his administration had increased investment in the festival. “St. Lucia Carnival 2020 would have been epic. We are not discouraged. The passion, energy and love for the festival that we share as creators, players, musicians, artisans, partygoers and spectators will unite and console us at this time. “We know that today would have been special. Despite the disappointment, we know that we will touch the road again and we will keep our word as a Nation to create a festival that is authentically St. Lucian and highly sort after regionally and internationally,” he added. Carnival Monday has traditionally been observed as a public holiday here, but without the festival, the authorities have withdrawn the holiday on Monday and halfday on Tuesday. St. Lucia has recorded 23 cases of the virus that was first detected in China last year and linked to 603, 691 deaths and 14.3 million infections worldwide.
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Talk UP Based on the rising coronavirus cases in Florida, should the state go into another lockdown? Lauretta Deas - With the cases of COVID rising as they are, going into another lockdown until we have this virus under control would not be such a bad idea!
Luke Ballentine - The decision to lock down or not to lock down is a very simple one. If people refuse to follow basic guidelines to keep themselves safe then one has no other option than to once again go into lockdown mode. Surely this will mean renewed hardships of immense proportion. However, everyone will agree that nationwide chronic illness and death is even more devastating. You can also look for us in Jamaica
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Mikhail Rose - Personally, I believe that Florida should issue a mandatory stay-at-home order to decrease the spread of COVID-19. Numbers went down with the initial lockdown and the younger population has shown the inability to properly follow social distancing and other guidelines.
Heather Douglas - We’ve been in this new “reality” called COVID-19 since early this year in the U.S. What is the plan to get this pandemic under control? “If you fail to plan then you plan to fail.” I believe that is what we, here in Florida, have been guilty of. The positive cases in this state are now hovering at approximately 10,000 daily. If we shut the state down again, how will we eat, pay our bills, and will we receive a monthly stimulus check as other countries, namely Canada, Australia, Denmark et al? If we do not shut down, are we willing to put our lives and our family’s lives at risk? Are we willing to accept a death toll of over 500,000 or more? I am happy that this lifechanging decision is not mine to make. However, let us not forget that God has also given us the solution: 2 Chronicles 7:14! The Louisiana governor announced a 3day fast...a very wise governor indeed. Selah.
THERE IS NO BETTER TIME Judith Phillpotts - Yes. I think the state needs to lock down again and soon. It's the only way we can get the spike in COVID-19 under control. Florida's governor needs to act decisively, lead by example proactively and firmly in a similar manner to what Gov. Andrew Cuomo did in New York.
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Paula S. Scott - I believe the state of Florida (and the entire USA) should be on lockdown. Local leaders should enforce masks, social distancing, and curfews. It’s understandable that business owners and employees need to be working. Yes, it’s hard with school grounds being closed. However, we must take measures to slow down the spread of this virus. The economy needs to be revitalized, but we cannot keep putting money over lives. We need to be in unison to recover from this pandemic. Stop the spread.
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Full Time To Change Public Corruption In Jamaica While the Jamaican government and Jamaicans generally deserve commendation for a great job in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in that country, they are failing to control another devastating virus—public corruption. In recent weeks, news from Jamaica has reported acts of corruption, mostly based on nepotism and cronyism, involving senior government ministers, parish councilors, mayors, government and opposition members of parliament, members of government-appointed boards, and executives of government agencies. A recent report indicated the cost of corruption to the Jamaican economy is costing the economy five percent of GDP or an estimated US$738 million annually. Another worrisome data is the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has ranked Jamaica highly among the more corrupt Caribbean countries in recent years. In 2018, Jamaica was ranked 70 worst corrupt country globally, and 8th in the Caribbean. Barbados was ranked as the least corrupt Caribbean nation. In 2019, as Jamaica became embroiled in the Petrojam scandal, its rank worsened to 74 out of 198 nations. Since then, incidences of public corruption have widened involving the dismissal of a cabinet minister and public officials involved with corruption at the Caribbean Maritime University, and more recently the removal of portfolio responsibilities of another government minister involved in a scandal related to lands owned by the Ministry of Agriculture. Another minister, usually commended for his ministerial responsibilities, came under scrutiny last week for alleged corruption in his ministry. Also
making the news for alleged corruption was a popular ranking member of the opposition People’s National Party (PNP). Most of these corrupt practices involved offering jobs and/or plush government contracts to close and often underqualified relatives, paramours, friends, and party political supporters. Several contracts have been offered outside of the protocols established for offering government contracts. A recent report from the Jamaican auditor general indicated contracts offered to build a classroom at the Caribbean Maritime University offered to a Florida-based company owned and operated by a member of the Jamaican diaspora who did not tender a bid for the said contract within the set deadline.
It’s of signicant concern that most Jamaicans seem to be taking public corruption as normal and acceptable. There are reports of a recent Jamaican poll that revealed the majority of people don’t care about corruption. This is despite the TI Global Corruption Barometer nding some 85 percent of Jamaicans regard the two major political parties as corrupt, and over 70 percent are currently more aware of corruption. Of course, public corruption is not peculiar to Jamaica or other Caribbean counties. It’s a pandemic-like international problem affecting many global communities—in both developed and developing countries. The focus, however, usually seems to be on developing countries, which may not have adequate oversight committees and checks and balances in place.
Analysis of corruption tends to agree corruption is born out of poverty, and greed among public officials and the already wealthy. The poor, most struggling to provide for their household, tend to be willing to accept money for serving others corruptly, or willing, paradoxically, to pay corruptly charged fees for special privileges and benefits for their family members. The wealthy in some developing countries, seem to be persistent in ascending on the social-economic ladder competing with members of their class for bigger, more luxurious homes in choice neighborhoods, and drive the latest model expensive vehicles. The practice of corruption worsens when those elected by the people to effectively manage public funds deliberately use these funds to brazenly compensate their romantic partners, family members, and close associates. This corruption cannot be allowed to prevail. Jamaica does have a public body—The Integrity Commission charged with calling out and reducing public corruption. Obviously, the terms of the commission need to be strengthened to enable it to be more effective in its role. But what’s most needed is a government that places the elimination of public corruption at the forefront of its priorities. Unless government ministers, members of parliament and public officials are swiftly, aggressively penalized, including stiff prison sentences, for misusing public funds, the general public will continue taking corruption as a way of life. Public corruption is a very close relative to crime. If the incumbent, or succeeding Jamaican governments, don’t take aggressive measures to eliminate public corruption, how can they succeed in controlling crime? If Barbados, The Bahamas, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines can rank high among Caribbean countries with the least public corruption, why can’t Jamaica? It’s full time for a change.
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U.S. Haitian-born Legislator Mourns Death Of Civil-Rights Icon John Lewis NEW YORK, CMC – A Haitianborn Democratic legislator Dr. Matthieu Eugene on Saturday joined colleagues and activists across the United States in mourning the death of prominent US congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Lewis, of Atlanta, Georgia, who represented Georgia's 5th district in the US Congress for 34 uninterrupted years. The congressman who was considered “an apostle of nonviolence,” succumbed to Stage four pancreatic cancer on Friday at age-80. “I want to extend my deepest condolences to the family of Representative John Lewis, a noble public servant, a freedom fighter, and an
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icon of the civil rights movement,” Eugene, the first Haitian to be ever elected to New York City Council, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC). “Throughout his life, John Lewis exhibited a profound dedication to fighting for the civil and human rights of all people, regardless of race, religion, gender or socioeconomic status,” added Eugene, who represents the predominantly Caribbean 40th Council District in Brooklyn, New York. “I had the honor of meeting with John Lewis several times, and I was deeply moved by his wisdom and unwavering dedication to fighting for human dignity and for those who were oppressed. “He believed that in order to progress as a country, we must treat everyone equally and empower ourselves to help those in need,” the councilman continued. “His bravery and
practice of solidarity, in the face of injustice, provided inspiration and a guiding light for all who continue to fight for racial unity.” Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, daughter of Jamaican immigrants, tweeted on Saturday that “our nation is suffering an immeasurable loss. “Congressman Lewis was a patriot who put his life on the line in the pursuit of justice, making good trouble everywhere he went,” said the representative for the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn. “May the Honorable John Lewis Rest in Power,” added Clarke, vice chair of the US Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). “My prayers are with his loved ones during this time.”
Haiti Calls For Dialogue Over China's New Law Regarding Hong Kong Haiti has joined the United States and other western countries in condemning the decision by China to enact the National Security Law aimed at curbing protests in Hong Kong. Last month, China passed the wide-ranging new security law for Hong Kong which makes it easier to punish protesters and reduces the city's autonomy. Critics have called it “the end of Hong Kong” and the new law came into effect on June 30, an hour before the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover to China from British rule.
“The Haitian government is concerned about the possible consequences of this legal instrument on the fundamental rights and freedoms enjoyed so far by the Hong Kong people. After an in-depth analysis of this text, the Haitian government realizes that this law systematically violates the fundamental provisions of the Sino-British retrocession agreement as concluded in 1984,” the Jovenel Moise administration said in a statement. It said it is important to emphasize that the agreement had provided that from the year of handover, in 1997, “the region would enjoy broad autonomy for half a century and that the sacramental principle 'one country, two systems', should, in any event, characterize the relations between the People's Republic of China and the special administrative region of
Hong Kong. The government said it “deplores the fact this law will inevitably lead to a significant, even irreversible, decline in the fundamental freedoms that have ensured the prosperity of Hong Kong and its people for several decades. “The Haitian government urges the Chinese authorities to bring back this controversial legal instrument which will only push back the prospect of establishing the atmosphere of harmony essential between the Hong Kong people and the Chinese mainland authorities. Dominica supports China Last week, Dominica, which like Haiti belongs to the 15-member regional integration movement, said it supports the legal efforts by
China to maintain law and order in “all of China including that of Hong Kong” even as Roseau indicated it does not get involved in the internal affairs of countries. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit speaking at the handing over of three bridges funded by Beijing, said while his island does not interfere in the internal affairs of countries, it has nonetheless “recognized that in the international press and in some countries they have attempted to attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of countries. Dominica enjoys diplomatic relations with China, while Haiti has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province. -CMC
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Jamaica Customs Introduces New Online Procedures for Returning Residents In keeping with its thrust to increase operational efficiency and enhance its relationships with its stakeholders, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has been engaged in a process of continuous improvement to ensure the best delivery of services to its customers. With the onset of COVID-19, many organizations, including the JCA, has had to find new and innovative ways to conduct their business operations effectively and safely. In this regard, the JCA has automated the application process for the granting of Returning Resident and Returning Student Status and the accessing of related benefits. The Agency has also revised some of the documentary requirements to improve efficiency in the verification process and enhance the customer experience. The new process now facilitates the use of an online application process for provisional approval, prior to the arrival of the Returning Resident and the Returning Student once all requirements are satisfied. Hence, individuals applying for Returning Resident/Returning Student status are no longer required to visit the offices of the Jamaica Customs Agency for their applications to be processed.
Online Application Process: 1. Applicant logs on to the website www.jacustoms.gov.jm and completes the Registration Form. 2. Computer system generates a username and password to access the Application Form. 3. Applicant accesses the application portal/platform by entering the username and password, and completes the Application
Form, uploads the required documents and submits online. 4. Application is reviewed by the Returning Resident Unit and approval granted once all requirements are satisfied. 5. Applicants may be interviewed if required, and a request made for them to schedule an appointment for an interview, using the online portal on the website. Applicant may also voluntarily request an interview for additional information or where the application has been denied. 6. An Exemption Notice is generated by the Returning Residents Unit and issued to the applicant for submission to the Customs Broker
who will use same, when preparing the Customs Declaration in ASYCUDA to clear shipment (s) on the port. The JCA is also reminding Returning Residents, that regardless of their status, they must satisfy other requirements connected with the importation and clearance of their goods. This will include other documentary requirements, physical examination, and any other requirements, relating to other Border Regulatory Agencies (BRA). For further information on this, and other customs-related matters, customers may contact the Returning Resident and Customer Service Units at 876-922-5140-8.
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GraceKennedy Foods USA Supports Essential Workers In NY And Florida GraceKennedy (GK) Foods USA is this week, winding down its eight-week “With Love from Grace” Appreciation Food Truck Tour, which has seen the company delivering hot lunches to some 2,000 essential workers over some 30 stops in New York and Florida since June. The program was launched out of GK Foods’ acknowledgment of the vital role of grocery store workers in sustainable food supply. Face masks have also been distributed during the eight-week initiative. “Grace does a very good job. We are very proud of our relationship. This is the first time we’ve ever seen anything like this. It brings out
the Jamaican in you,” said Elvin ‘Eddie’ Fernandez, Owner of Bravo Supermarket in West Park, Florida, whose team benefitted from the Food Tour.
The Grace team also made stops at Walmart, Broward Meat and Fish, Presidente, Bravo, Shoprite, Western Beef and Pathmark Supermarkets across New York and Florida.
Essential workers were treated to lunches consisting of Jamaican staples including jerk chicken, plantains, rice and peas, fish with festival and a selection of Grace Tropical Rhythms and coconut water. “Grace is a family brand, known and loved both at home in Jamaica and internationally. While we have contributed to several relief efforts in cash and kind, we also wanted to ensure that retail partners in our key markets, who work to keep our communities fed, are recognized for the essential service that they provide. This was our way of showing our appreciation for the selflessness and courage displayed by grocery store workers in keeping stores open during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have helped millions of people get through the current global crisis without interruption, risking their lives, while maintaining the highest level of quality and service,” said Derrick Reckord, President and CEO of GraceKennedy Foods USA, LLC.
Every Home In Palm Beach County To Receive Masks Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners has approved a countywide mask mail-out program for every residential address in the county to receive four masks; two cloth masks and two pleated masks. The county is currently under a State of Emergency as a result of COVID-19 and issued a mandatory facial covering order effective June 25, 2020. Emergency Order Number 12 requires facial coverings to be worn in business establishments, public places, county and municipal government facilities and while
riding on Palm Tran. On Monday, the county's Graphics Division delivered the first set of envelopes to begin mailing out the free facemasks to 658,995 county residences currently accepting mail using the U.S. Postal Service Every Door Direct Mail (EDDM) program. This number includes 52 zip codes and excludes vacant properties or people with forwarding notices. Each envelope includes the Palm Beach County Combat COVID masks and an 8.5 x 11 flier with important safety information. The entire mail out is expected to occur over the next four weeks. On July 17, Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner held a press conference to discuss the current spike in COVID-19 positivity rates in South Florida and steps that are being taken in
Palm Beach County to lower the numbers and keep citizens safe. On the previous day, the county reported 923 new cases of COVID-19, the second-highest daily number to date (behind the daily high of 1,171 reported on July 12). Health officials are closely watching the cumulative positivity rate, which stands at 12 percent. Three weeks ago, it was 9 percent. “Nothing is off the table,” Mayor Kerner replied when asked if officials may have to revert to shutting down the local economy to stop the community spread. “We have some work to do,” he said. “We are in what I would call a plateau in positivity. What we need to do is keep this manageable.” In an effort to help slow the community spread, “Combat COVID” masks will be mailed out to all Palm Beach County households. The “Combat COVID” app is also expected to be continues on B4 – Palm Beach Masks
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Time Running Out Persons report. Scott and Rubio are supported by Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz. In defending the proposal Scott said, “Cuba is participating in the human trafficking of doctors, and now Cuba is using the coronavirus pandemic for profit at the expense of these hardworking physicians.” Scott’s also accused countries who accept hire medical personnel from Cuba of “aiding their human trafficking efforts.” Rubio, a second-generation Cuban American and a well-known opponent of the Cuban regime, accused them of “exploitative practice of using Cuban doctors for their socalled medical missions, which is a form of modern-day human trafficking.” However, some Caribbean countries that have long enjoyed bilateral relations with Cuba and have benefited from the Cuban medical missions and other programs, especially in the fight against COVID-19, are defending their positions and asserting the right as sovereign
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nations to do so. Caribbean countries push back Barbados recently joined the list of countries that are asserting their independence and are refusing to subscribe to decisions that could be detrimental to their country. Barbados says it does not plan to end the program, which allows Cuban nurses to help in the fight against the coronavirus on the island. “Barbados is a sovereign country and we make decisions in the interest of the country just like other countries large and small. We have engaged the nurses from Cuba. Barbados had diplomatic relations with Cuba when other countries were trying to do the same...and we are not going to buckle under the pressure of any other nation,” said Health Minister, Jeffrey Bostic. The Cuban government, which has almost 30,000 healthcare workers contracted in more than 50 countries, including in several Caribbean countries, has dismissed the accusations and insists that the missions are
examples of cooperation and solidarity. At the time of the proposed bill, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to condemn the move, saying it was “extremely unfortunate” and that…Cuban nurses and doctors are a significant part of the health infrastructure of many Caribbean countries and if they were to force us to get rid of these Cuban professionals, then they will dismantle our health system.” He said his country would be pushing back on any such decision. “As far as we are concerned, we are not involved in any form of human trafficking and for USA officials to suggest that by virtue of us employing the services of Cuban professionals that is a form of forced labor and therefore human trafficking, that is not true, we do not accept it.” Additionally, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States had released a statement praising Cuba for its medical support and asserting that their involvement “has provided
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schools reopen, $30 billion for colleges and $5 billion for governors to allocate. The Trump administration wanted school money linked to reopenings, but in McConnell’s package the money for K-12 would likely be split between those that have in-person learning and those that don’t. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said there will be another boost for small business lending in the Payroll Protection Program. “It’s going to be big,” he said. The centerpiece of the GOP package will be McConnell’s five-year liability shield to protect businesses, schools and others from COVIDrelated lawsuits. It’s also likely to include tax breaks to help shops and workplaces retool safely for the reopenings. Mnuchin and Meadows made it clear during a private meeting Tuesday with Pelosi and Schumer that the White House was
resisting Democratic proposals for new spending on virus testing, housing aid or money for cash-strapped states, according to a person granted anonymity to discuss the private talks. Republicans said some $150 billion allotted previously to state governments is sufficient to avert sweeping layoffs, and they said more housing protections are not needed. Trump's payroll tax break divides the party. Opponents say it does little to help out-of-work Americans and adds to the debt load. The tax is already being deferred for employers under the previous virus relief package. Supporters say cutting it now for employees would put money in people’s pockets and stimulate the economy. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who opposes direct checks in favor of more targeted aid, lamented the White House's handling of the crisis. “I don’t think it’s been a great example for the world to see,” he said. “We’re still struggling.”
McConnell's attempt to pull the party together is only going to become more difficult as he launches negotiations with Democrats. The price tag will almost certainly rise. Democrats are calling for $430 billion to reopen schools, bigger unemployment benefits and direct aid checks, and a sweeping $1 trillion for state and local governments. They also want a fresh round of mortgage and rental assistance and new federal health and safety requirements for workers. Congress approved a massive $2.2 trillion aid package in March, the biggest of its kind in U.S. history. Pelosi pressed on, passing her $3 trillion House bill in May. McConnell at the time said he wanted to “pause” new spending. ___ Associated Press writers Andrew Taylor, Mary Clare Jalonick and Padmananda Rama contributed.
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assurance to the general populations of the region’s capacity to fight and manage COVID19.” Some 473 Cuban medical personnel are working alongside their Caribbean counterparts Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to help manage the spread of coronavirus. “Cuba’s support to the health sector in the Caribbean has a long and exemplary history that has benefitted numerous Caribbean citizens,” the OAS said, adding that it was grateful for Cuba’s “extensive global contributions...in spite of its material limitations and the economic hardships resulting from U.S.-imposed sanctions.” The organization also “repudiates the recent bill introduced by Republican Senator Rick Scott which classifies Cuba’s humanitarian assistance as “human trafficking” and seeks to extend punitive measures against countries accepting this medical assistance.”
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“They (Bahamas) have reacted in this way, but it is not about the American tourists per say that are coming into the country. In our case…we have established resilient corridors (and) we have been managing the visitors in these corridors and enabling a better ability to trace and track. *We are watching closely. Certainly, we are being guided by the science and of course our numbers here. So, if the numbers get out of whack, no doubts we will have to take the steps that are necessary. But for the moment for sure we are not there at all yet,” Bartlett said. The majority of visitors to Jamaica have been from the United States, but Bartlett said Jamaica should receive visitors from the United Kingdom this week. In the meantime, Bartlett said assigned wardens are in place along the 'resilient corridor' on Jamaica's north coast to ensure compliance with health and safety protocols. Bartlett is also appealing to Jamaicans to speak up when they identify breaches of the protocols or weaknesses in the compliance system.
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launched. It notifies those who download the app when they come in close proximity to another app user who has tested positive. “It is cutting-edge technology,” said Mayor Kerner. “It is the type of technology that needs to be developed in the heat of the moment like this.” The COVID Education and Compliance Team (CECT), which conducts unannounced visits to businesses that may not be following mask and social distancing rules, has been very effective, the mayor said. Over 3,300 complaints have been received on the COVID hotline.
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Bajan Singer Krisirie Sends Powerful Message With “Return To Love” With haunting, emotional vocals and a powerful, timely message, Barbadian singer Krisirie and veteran Jamaican musicians Willie Steward and Handel Tucker deliver a ballad of inspiration, asking the world to “Return To Love.” When Krisirie first met Stewart and Tucker at Stewart's On The Beat recording studio in South Florida three years ago, there was an instant synergy. Call it Caribbean chemistry—the three gelled much that day, they co-wrote the stirring “Return to Love.” That ballad was finally released in June. With Tucker on piano, Krisirie's emotional plea for a peaceful world, tugs at the heartstrings. Stewart, former drummer with Grammynominated band Third World, and Tucker, world-renowned Grammy producer were blown
away by the then 19-year-old's maturity and talent. "She has a unique sound and a sincerity in her delivery. She really has a style of her own," said Stewart. It should come as little surprise that Krisirie hit it off with her more experienced colleagues. Born Kristen Walker, she grew up in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados listening to mainly reggae—Bob Marley, Beres Hammond and Third World are some of her biggest influences. Because of the COVID-19, promoting “Return to Love” has been restricted to social media. A gripping music video has attracted a rush of longtime admirers and new fans of Krisirie who began recording three years ago.
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"We're very happy with how things are going. The social media and public response has been great," said Stewart. Krisirie is the latest act he and Tucker have worked with at On The Beat. Others include Krisirie's compatriot, Arturo Tappin; sibling Jamaican trio, 3B4Jhoy, Josef George, a singer from the British Virgin Islands, and Norre Stephenson, brother of singer/songwriter Duane Stephenson. Stewart, who has promoted to the successful Rhythms of Africa show in South Florida for the past 11 years, is confident “Return to Love” and Krisirie have the potential to go all the way. "She is singing a message that the world needs to hear. It's timeless. If we don't have love, we don't have nothing," he reasoned.
South Florida's Jamaican-American Community Loses Popular Singer To COVID-19 South Florida resident and popular Jamaican crooner and author Highland "Dobby" Dobson OD died on Tuesday, July 21 in a local hospital from complications arising from COVID-19 according to a family member. He was 78 years old. Dobson began singing in the 1950s while a student at Central Branch Elementary School in Kingston, and at Kingston College, where he sang on the chapel choir, and successfully took part in Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest as a member of The Twilights. While at Kingston College he wrote the song "Cry a Little Cry" as a tribute to his biology teacher. Recruiting some of his schoolmates he formed a group called Dobby Dobson and the Deltas. The group recorded the song in 1959, and
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Walcott Dominates England Defeats Windies In 113-run Victory Bajan Jockey Wins Five Shamarh Brooks and Jermaine Blackwood carved out polished half-centuries but West Indies' fragile top order was again cruelly exposed, as England leveled the threeTest series with a 113-run victory on the final day at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on Monday. Set an improbable 312 to win the second Test after the hosts declared their second innings on 129 for three an hour into the morning, West Indies collapsed in a heap at 25 for three at lunch thanks to veteran seamer Stuart Broad (3-42) who produced a lethal burst with the new ball. Brooks then top-scored with 62 while Blackwood stroked 55, the pair posting an invaluable 100 for the fifth wicket to revive the innings and the Caribbean side's hopes of forcing a stalemate in the pivotal contest. But once Blackwood perished in the final over before tea, West Indies wobbled again, losing their last six wickets for 61 runs to be all out for 198, with 14.5 overs and threequarters of an hour left to survive in England's northwest. Fast bowling all-rounders Ben Stokes (230) and Chris Woakes (2-34), along with offspinner Dom Bess (2-59), all finished with two wickets each, firing England to a crucial victory and keeping alive their hopes of recapturing the Wisden Trophy, ahead of the deciding Test beginning here on Friday. Man-of-the-Match Stokes had earlier set the tone for England's dominance after they resumed on 37 for two, as he blasted an unbeaten 78 from 57 deliveries, to stun West Indies in the morning session. Dropped on 29 in the second over of the day by John Campbell at deep extra cover off speedster Shannon Gabriel, the left-hander shredded the Windies attack with four fours and three sixes as England frenetically increased their lead. Once the declaration came on the stroke of the first hour, it left West Indies with a
Races Including $40,000 Feature in Canada Barbadian jockey Rico Walcott rekindled memories of his dominant Northland Park days when he snatched five races, including the feature CAN$40 000 Red Tail Landing Handicap, on the nine-race card at Century Mile in Edmonton, Canada, on Friday.
minimum of 85 overs to survive in order to save the game and retain the Wisden but things quickly went awry. Campbell completed a poor match when he fell to the fifth ball of the innings for four, nicking a loose drive behind off Broad and England having to resort to DRS to have the initial not-out decision overturned. His senior opening partner Kraigg Brathwaite followed about 20 minutes before lunch when he was pinned on his crease by Woakes for 12 in a clear lbw decision and five balls later in the next over, Shai Hope was comprehensively bowled by Broad for seven by one that came back. Needing to start well after lunch, West Indies suffered even more disappointment in the fourth over when Roston Chase shouldered arms to Broad, was struck on the back leg, and sent on his way lbw for six. Brooks and Blackwood then joined forces to stabilize the Windies innings, in a partnership which blunted England's attack, albeit temporarily. Already with a half-century in the first innings, Brooks exuded class and confidence in a knock consuming 136 balls in just under 3-½ hours, and which included four fours and two sixes – both elegant straight hits off
Bess. Blackwood, meanwhile, punched seven fours – including three in one over from leftarm seamer Sam Curran – in an innings requiring 88 balls and a shade under two hours. He appeared set to reach tea safely when he fended off a short delivery from Stokes and was taken low down by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler running around to the leg side, off the fourth ball before the break. That dismissal put England firmly in command and they pressed home their advantage after the interval taken at 137 for five. Woakes trapped Shane Dowrich on his crease in the first full over after the resumption to ensure the diminutive righthander completed a “pair” in the game. Unbeaten on 52 at tea after reaching his third Test half-century with the second of his two sixes in the penultimate over before the break, Brooks desperately tried to repair the innings in a 23-run stand with captain Jason Holder who made 35, but was ruled LBW to Curran. Holder, scored 62 runs in an effort at a last ditch rescue effort but when he was he was bowled by Bess, all hopes were dashed.
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The 29-year-old, injured last month in a racing incident here, snatched victories in race three with favorite Raiden, in race four with another favorite Sensame before also taking race five with punters choice Penny a Point. Walcott then paired with favorite Sunburst to win the Red Tail in race eight before also capturing the day's final event aboard 4-1 chance Bear Fabulous Son. A multiple times champion at the nowdefunct Northlands also here in Edmonton, Walcott's latest success propelled him to 14 wins from 42 rides for the new season, five clear of Rigo Sarmiento with Barbadian Antonio Whitehall third on eight wins from 46 outings. In his first full season at Century Mile after a brain operation led to a truncated campaign last year, Walcott's season began in less than stellar fashion when a starting gate incident on the opening day left him sidelined. With Friday's fireworks, however, Walcott showed little effects from that accident, installing himself as the favorite to win his maiden Century title.
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