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BAN THOSE GUNS By Garth A. Rose
“Certainly, the founding Broward County's Caribbean- fathers did not envisage a American Commissioner, rie that could shoot over a Dale V. Holness, is adamant hundred bullets with one that action should be taken to pull of the trigger. An AR-15 ban assault rifles in Florida is a weapon of modern war, and nationally. and a weapon of murder Reacting bluntly in an interview with CNW, Commissioner Holness asked: “Why do we that should be banned from needs ARs in the society?” our society.” – Holness He added that “America is not at war (and) America is not at risk of being invaded by a foreign force as back in the 18th century.” Commissioner Holness said he's wary of those who support the general sale and use of assault rifles like AR-15's and use the Second Amendment in the US Constitution to defend their argument. “The Second Amendment do support the right for every American to bear arms', but the amendment was ratified in 1791,” said Holness. “Its main purpose was to assure people could protect themselves against counter invasion by foreign forces. Perhaps the most dangerous weapon at the time was a musket, which fired once and had to be reloaded.”
Holness cited a vote taken last week by the Broward County Commission to ban the assault rifle but believes the ultimate effectiveness against the sale and legal use of these rifles rest with the Florida Legislature. However, over the past weekend although the Florida Senate met in an all-day Saturday session and initially adapted a motion to ban assault rifles, the motion was later defeated. “That was very disappointing,” Holness said. “But the power to ultimately ban these deadly weapons rest with the people. The Florida Legislature may be controlled by the NRA and related lobbyists, but the people need to turn out in droves to vote against anyone who
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A Trinidad-born, Vero Beach woman was killed by her husband Sunday in what the Indian River County Sheriff's Office is blaming on domestic violence.
takes money from the NRA or NRA lobbyists. The people are more powerful than the NRA and the people should use this power.” As an elected official, Holness says he wants to see: a comprehensive ban on assault rifles; ban on access to guns by the mentally ill and those on 'no-fly' lists, and to young people age18 and under. He also says he's “fundamentally” against any proposal that allows school personnel to have guns in schools. “I only support law enforcement having guns on school campuses,” the commisioner said. “But I must reiterate the call for banning ARs. These weapons are more lethal than weapons carried by law enforcement. Why should we allow citizens to bear arms more powerful than the arms generally borne by law enforcement officers?”
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE The state's Senate, however, narrowly passed a bill Monday that would create new restrictions on rifle sales and allow some teachers to carry guns in schools. The 20-18 vote came after three hours of often emotional debate. Support and opposition crossed party lines. The bill now goes to the House, which has a similar bill still waiting for continues on A7 – Ban Those Guns
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Vicky Leela Samaroo-Torres, 45, originally from Williamsville, Victoria in South Trinidad, according to her Facebook page, was killed by her husband, Pedro Torres, inside their home Sunday morning. The mother of three married Torres in 1994 and the couple have two children. Torres was later found dead by police Monday near the Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, from “a self-inflicted gunshot wound” inside a green 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan. “We spotted the vehicle in the area, tried to make contact and he was found deceased,” Sunrise Police Officer Chris Piper said. “No officers fired their weapons.” A Linked In profile showed SamarooTorres worked as a tax specialist at the Florida Department of Revenue from May 2004 to until the time of her death. Torres reportedly had called his mother after killing his wife to tell her what he had done. She went to the couple's home at around 7:45 am on Sunday morning and then called the sheriff's office. Samaroo-Torres is survived by two children, Arianna and Nick along with sisters Vidyma and Vishma.
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It's My Birthday Birthday girl, Sasha, celebrated her birthday this past weekend with friends at Sunscape AllWhite Brunch last Sunday at the Historic Needham Estate. (Photo – Seetdeh.com)
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This Caribbean Woman Makes History At World Customs Level A Caribbean woman has made history at the World Customs Organization, (WCO), by becoming the first person from the region to be elected as chairperson of the organization's Capacity Building Committee, (CBC). Jamaican-born Velma Ricketts Walker, was elected to the post late last month by the membership of the WCO, during the 9th Session of the CBC in Brussels. Ricketts Walker is also the first person from Jamaica to hold the post. She will serve for a period of one year and will be eligible for reelection. Ricketts Walker was appointed as Commissioner of Customs and Chief Executive Office for the Jamaica Customs Agency, (JCA) by the country's Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in April 2017. She first entered the doors of the Agency as a trainee in 1999 and quickly rose through the ranks. In 2011, she served as assistant commissioner, Compliance and Enforcement with the Customs Agency. Ricketts Walker then went on to work for the International Monetary Fund, (IMF), as revenue administration advisor, where she assisted regional customs administrations with the development and strengthening of their risk management programs and organizational strategic reform. Jamaica has been a member of the WCO
Ricketts Walker is an IMF certied and trained Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) Assessor with over 17 years of experience in customs administration, trade facilitation, risk analysis, strategic planning, international trade, security, compliance and enforcement.
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since 1963. The WCO has 182 members from across six regions; namely the Americas and the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern and Southern Africa, Western and Central Africa and the Middle East and Northern Africa. The CBC has been gaining increasing support in recent times, as Customs administrations focus on modernization and capacity building, based on their obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), implemented on February 22, 2017. Canada will serve as vice-chair for the Committee. Previous chairpersons were from Canada, Brazil and Norway. The CBC enjoys wide membership support and comes in second, with over 200 participants, only to the WCO's Annual General Council Meeting. The CBC's mandate is to initiate work and studies on capacity building to consider overall capacity building priorities, and to prepare guidelines, standards, tools and instruments to support capacity building objectives. It also provides a forum for cooperation and information exchange on development topics.
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“More Than100 ISIS Members In T&T” – US Official The head of the US' Southern Command says there are more than 100 members of the Islamic State operating on the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Admiral Kurt Tidd, made the claim at a Pentagon press briefing Monday, according to Stars & Stripes. Tidd said some ISIS fighters in Syria originated in Trinidad and Tobago, which has been reported as one of the most fertile breeding grounds for Islamic extremists in the Western Hemisphere. “There are individuals who have been radicalized, where this pernicious message has taken root. That's a concern to the government of Trinidad and Tobago,” Tidd was quoted as saying. Tidd added that while an increased effort by the international community has had some success in keeping ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq from returning home to countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Trinidad and Tobago, the issue is still a serious concern. The admiral added that other nations in the Caribbean are starting to realize Islamic extremism could be a serious problem in the region but would not confirm if ISIS fighters have infiltrated the United States from its southern border. He, however, said that law enforcement, the intelligence community, the military, diplomats and other nations are working together to protect against ISIS attacks. (News Americas Now.com)
US Says Cuba Will Now Be “Unaccompanied Post” The U.S. Embassy in Havana will continue to operate with minimal staff and will become what is known as an unaccompanied post, with an indefinite ban on family members of embassy employees residing there, the State Department says.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson temporarily pulled all non-essential State Department staff out of Cuba in September 2017 after numerous diplomats reported experiencing strange medical symptoms, ranging from dizziness to hearing loss. The reduced staffing was set to expire last weekend. In a news release last Friday, the State Department said the safety of personnel in Cuba was a critical factor in making the staffing reductions permanent.
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Hello Congress, Where Is The New DACA Law? The net result is, despite a highly profiled bipartisan White House meeting during which the President assured all that he would approve an immigration bill, two government shut-downs and submission of bipartisan bills, a stalemate continues over immigration reform, and DACA in particular. The White House and conservative Republicans insist on abolishing nearly all family immigration, in exchange for permanent protections for Dreamers. Democrats refuse to agree to legislation which places limits on family immigration, or which does not include a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. However, this situation must not continue. It's Trump, in refusing last year to extend the up to Americans sympathetic to immigration program initiated under the Barack Obama reform, immigration advocates striving for reforms, administration to provide legal immigration status and Dreamers and other immigrants who have to immigrants brought to the US illegally as deportation hanging over their heads, to continue children, passed the buck to Congress to authorize the fight for reform. the relevant laws by March 5th to govern the While this unfortunate stalemate continues, program. every day, Dreamers and other Since Trump issued the immigrants who assumed they had ultimatum to Congress, Without this law, some 800,000 Dreamers, including an some form of temporary amnesty, indicating he would sign any bill passed, there has been no estimated 20,000 Caribbean nationals, risk being rounded are losing their work permits and protection from deportation. indication that the parties in up, detained and deported, to their countries of origin. According to the Florida either chamber of Congress, Immigration Coalition, an average can come up with a bi-partisan of 122 young people are losing bill. partisan bill. The problem is, the opposition to their DACA status daily. Were it not for the ruling of a Federal judge in immigration reform and a path to permanent Since mid-February, publicity of events like the San Francisco, California, to temporarily block the residency and citizenship for undocumented tragic mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman termination of the program for existing DACA immigrants, is extremely difficult to overcome. Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has applicants and those seeking renewals, and the In the latter half of February, four amendments shifted the focus off the plight of undocumented recent refusal by the US Supreme Court to hear an to the nation's immigration laws were tabled to immigrants. appeal of the California Court ruling, Dreamers address the DACA program. Each was voted down, The need for permanent immigration reform, would be now facing the 'ICE man.' unable to secure the required 60 votes to pass. including a new DACA law, cannot be relaxed. As it now stands, the fate of the DACA program These measures failed because of the inability to Targeted pressure must be placed on Congress to remains either with Congress passing permanent find consensus on conditions set by Trump. These fulfill its obligation to those depending on them for legislation, or with final adjudication of the DACA conditions include funding for a Mexican border the required action. March 5th has passed with lawsuit still pending before the California appeals wall; penalties on sanctuary cities and cessation of temporary respite; but the time is now for a new court, which theoretical could take several years. so-called chain or family immigration to be DACA Act and other positive immigration reforms. Whatever the eventual outcome, these replaced by immigration based on merit.
March 5th has come and gone without the US Congress meeting the goal set by President Donald Trump to come up with a bill that would govern the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, (DACA) program.
Dreamers continue to live in a situation of limbo and abject uncertainty, which could change at any time. No solution has been reached for new DACA applicants or for permanent protection to allow Dreamers to live in the U.S. permanently and obtain citizenship. Adding to the uncertainty of the fate of these Dreamers, is that another March date looms, which could have either a positive or negative impact on them. The federal government is current functioning under a temporary budget extension, which expires on March 23rd. Democrats in Congress agreed to this budget extension on assurance from Republican Congressional leaders, that Congress would debate immigration reforms, including DACA, and craft a bi-partisan bill. There is absolutely no indication of a bi-partisan immigration bill becoming a reality in the next three weeks. It's not that US House or Senate representatives haven't been trying to come up with a bi-
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consideration by the full chamber. The annual 60-day session is scheduled to end on Friday, March 9th.
ARMING TEACHERS Meanwhile a Florida coalition including, the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and the League of Women Voters of Florida, issued a statement on Monday, denouncing any decision made by the Florida Legislature to “arm public school administrators, teachers, or staff as a way to defend against a mass shooting.”
Haiti is still angry with the United Nations, after an official of the agency, Susan D Page, issued a statement welcoming a judicial corruption inquiry into how US$2 billion in oil loans from Venezuela was spent by former Haitian government officials. Page is the head of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti — known by the French acronym MINUJUSTH. Haiti recalled its United Nations ambassador in protest and has now cancelled its participation in a high-level UN retreat on cholera in New York. The event, hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his Special Envoy for Haiti Josette Sheeran, and involves some of the world's leading innovators in public health, finance and business, discussing eradicating the deadly waterborne disease from Haiti. Several Haitian government ministers were scheduled to attend, along with Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, who was to give the keynote remarks but have since canned all attendance. Moïse told reporters that he pulled his ambassador to protect Haiti's image. “The country is fighting to defend its image,” said President Moïse. “I will do all I can do to ensure that Haiti's image is respected.” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said “the Secretary General stands in full solidarity with the people and the government of Haiti,” making no mention of the Haitian government's decision not to attend the retreat, calling it “an opening of a new relationship between the government of Haiti and the United Nations.” Cholera has killed more than 9,000 and sickened one million Haitians
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“Arming people in our schools that are not School Resource Officers (SROs), whose ONLY job is to protect the school, will not properly protect our schools and will ultimately cost more money in the long run,” the statement added. Robert Runcie, the Jamaican-born superintendent of the Broward County School District, has also expressed his opposition to arming teachers and other school personnel with guns. He said the District has a zero-tolerance weapons policy, which has attracted criticism for being too extreme. But he emphasized the District take weapons infractions very seriously and there are no exceptions.
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Supt. Runcie Wants Independent Review of Parkland School Shooter Jamaican-born Broward County Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Robert W. Runcie, has recommended a comprehensive an independent review of the educational record and academic, social and emotional services the Parkland School shooter, Nikolas Cruz, received.
Following a March 6th meeting of the Broward County School Board, Runcie issued a statement saying there needs to be a transparency and urgent quest done to understand the conditions that may have led to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre of Feb. 14, 2018. “I am, therefore, recommending a comprehensive review of the educational journey of the individual charged with this horrific act of violence,” he stated, along with a thorough review of the student's academic records; identification and review of the academic, social and emotional services provided to him during the time he was
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enrolled in Broward County Public Schools; onsite interviews with BPCS staff and agency partners, who provided academic and support services and a review of policies and procedures in place during Cruz's academic journey. The review is set to start immediately and conclude by June 2018, with a final report of findings and recommendations. It will cost $60,000. “While we cannot undo this heartbreaking attack on our school community on February 14, we can and must do what we can to understand the conditions that lead to such acts, in hopes of avoiding them here and elsewhere,” Dr. Runcie added.
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The Broward County Supervisor of Elections' Office will kick off the annual High School Voter Registration, (HSVR) Drive two weeks early this year. It got underway on March 7th and will run through March 23, 2018. High School students who are 18 years are eligible to register to vote if they are U.S. citizens and have no felony convictions without their rights being restored. Students who are 16 and 17 years of age may pre-register. The Florida online voter registration website was launched last year in compliance with a 2015 Florida law that required online registration to be available by October 1, 2017. This also offers students another way to register to vote or update an existing registration that is convenient, secure and user-friendly. The goal is to register 10,000 students this school year!
Marc Celetti, Fire Chief of the City of Lauderhill, has nominated the crew of Engine 57 - Lieutenant Jamal Clarke, Driver/Engineer Lexcy Belfon and Firefighter Daniel Speerin, for “The Fire Chief’s Association Award of Broward County” award for their acts of bravery, critical decision making and preventative actions that ensured civilian and firefighter safety. The nomination relates to an incident on April 10, 2017, when the city’s Fire Engine 57 responded to a fire alarm at 2551 NW 41 Ave., in Lauderhill. When the crew arrived, they saw flames coming from the fourth floor of the building. The crew of Engine 57 was informed that people were trapped on the “C” side of the structure. As Engine 57 made its way to the “C” side, the crew witnessed a mother hanging over the edge of a balcony railing of the 4th floor, about to drop her 4 and 5-year-old children to bystanders at the bottom of the building, who had mattresses and chair cushions to catch them. With the mother clutching the balcony railing with one hand and holding her 4-year-old child with the other hand, an Officer from Engine 57 feverishly tried to persuade the mother to not throw her child off the 4th floor and return to the balcony. With understandable fear, the mother’s only reaction was one of panic and fright and all directives and
plea from the Officer was ignored. An Engine 57’s Officer, however, took control quickly of the escalating scene. Although the Officer didn’t have a ladder tall enough to reach to the 4th floor, a 24-foot extension ladder was set up, which reached a few rungs above the third-floor balcony. The Officer out of reach and standing on the very top of the ladder, was able to speak to and calm the mother, convincing her to return to the safety of the balcony landing with her children. The officer remained at the top of the ladder and kept his focus on the family to be calm until Engine 57’s Driver/Engineer and Firefighter arrived on scene. A 35-foot extension ladder was retrieved from the first arriving ladder company and was quickly set up for rescue as flames from the building increased. Engine 57’s Firefighter and Officer then took turns and climbed up to the fourth floor and safely brought down the two children and two adults to safety. Immediately after the rescue of the family, the crew of Engine 57 did not delay or hesitate, they continued assisting with the search and rescue efforts for additional victims and fire attack of the fire that would eventually go to a third alarm response. The Fire Chief said, based on the action of the crew of Engine 57, “It is with great honor and pride” that he nominates them for the award.
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Machel Montano For Jamaica Carnival
Ity & Fancy Cat coming to Ft. Lauderdale South Florida will be treated to “An Evening of Comedy and Culture” featuring Jamaica’s top comedy duo, Ity & Fancy Cat, renowned actor, educator and stand-up comic, Blakka Ellis, entertainer and musician extraordinaire Harold Davis, the young and talented singer Kristen Alicia along with other performers. Scheduled for Saturday, April 21, 2018 6pm – 9pm at THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., in Fort Lauderdale, the evening promises to be a delightful mix of music and comedy, offering something for everyone to enjoy.
The countdown is on to the 2018 Jamaica carnival and soca superstar Machel Montano is set to be part of the celebration. Montano, who won the hotly contested Road March competition in February with his song 'Soca Kingdom,' a collaboration with the legendary Austin 'Superblue' Lyons, a ten-time Road March champion, will be participating in Jamaica's Carnival with the band Xodus Jamaica's carnival is set for April 8th to 16th in Kingston.
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Etana Set To Drop New Album Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, Etana, is set to drop her new album today, March 8th.
By Daniel Strom Trinidad-born actress, Lorraine Toussaint, is set to return in an AMC series. Toussaint, 57, returns to Badlands Season 3, which blends an apocalyptic setting with mystical martial-arts tropes. Into the Badlands Season 3 will arrive on Sunday, April 22nd at 10 p.m., with a larger order of 15 episodes this time around. Toussaint will play Cressida, described the “self-styled Prophetess and mentor.” The character is a spiritual guide, political counsel and chief military strategist.
‘Reggae Forever,' is a 14-track project released under Tad's Record label and takes listeners on a mission of love and unity. It features tracks like 'Free Pt 2,' 'Fighting for Nothing,' 'Spread Love,' 'Carry You,' and 'You're The One.' The album will be available on all digital platform, compact disc and a vinyl release is promised for her fans this year. Etana was born in August Town, Kingston Jamaica and raised in South Florida. Toussaint
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Jazz In The Gardens Spices Things Up The count-down has begun to Jazz In the Gardens 2018. This year, organizers are adding more interactive food, dance and mixology on Friday, March 9th at the Caribbean Marketplace at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 5925 NE 2nd Avenue in Miami. Headlining the edition is Haiti's Chef Thia Verna and New Orleans' Chef Gason Nelson, who has been voted one of Louisiana's top 25 chefs of 2017.
Spice It Up Miami attendees will also learn how to make some of the most delectable Caribbean-fusion recipes and New Orleans inspired dishes from the two master chefs. Tickets can be purchased at SpiceItUpMiami.com Jazz in the Gardens is set for March 17-18th and will include performances from Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Smokey Robinson, Anita Baker, Joe and Salt-N-Pepa among others.
ESPN Host “Wondered What Rihanna Tastes Like” Claims Lawsuit By Daniel Strom A former ESPN host and legal analyst is suing the Disney-owned company for sexual harassment, accusing her co-workers of among other things, wondering aloud what Bajan star Rihanna must “taste like.” According to a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court of Connecticut on March 4th and obtained by TheWrap, Adrienne Lawrence claims the Worldwide Leader in Sports is “a company rife with misogyny” where “women are humiliated, degraded, and forced to navigate a misogynistic and predatory culture.” Lawrence was a sports and entertainment host, reporter and legal analyst on the network. “At ESPN, male executives and talent keep 'scorecards' naming female colleagues they are targeting for sex,” the lawsuit states. “Men openly watch porn on their computers without a
care and make repulsive comments about women in front of women, like when they discuss the women in the office 'they want to f—' or when SportsCenter producer Adam Strain and Ms. Lawrence's co- fellow, Treavor Scales, openly wondered, in Ms. Lawrence's presence, what pop star Rihanna must 'taste like,' concluding that she 'must taste good,' and then howling with excitement while Ms. Lawrence sat in disgust before being forced to leave the room.” Scales, who like Lawrence is black, began as a crewing coordinator at ESPN responsible for staffing college football, volleyball, NASCAR and other sporting events, before making it into the co-host post. He is a former student at Harvard University. Strain is white and produces a daily SportsCenter for 19 countries in Africa according to his Linked In profile. The lawsuit also contends that anchor
Jonathan Coachman, (now with WWE), was a serial sexual harasser; TV and radio host Bomani Jones made Lawrence feel uncomfortable by looking her up and down; host Chris Cotter attempted to kiss her against her will; and several other producers and executives hit on her under the guise of mentorship. ESPN issued a statement Monday saying: “We conducted a thorough investigation of the claims Adrienne Lawrence surfaced to ESPN and they are entirely without merit. Ms. Lawrence was hired into a two-year talent development program and was told that her contract would not be renewed at the conclusion of the training program. At that same time, ESPN also told 100 other talent with substantially more experience, that their contracts would not be renewed. The company will vigorously defend its position and we are confident we will prevail in court.”
Haitian-American Singer On Official World Cup Song The 2018 FIFA world Cup is three months away and a top Haitian American singer is a part of the CocaCola's official World Cup song, 'Colours.' Cassper Nyovest has teamed up with Jason Derulo for the song, which was recorded at Derulo 's home studio in LA. Th Miramar-born Derulo, whose latest single 'If I'm Lucky' is currently at number 10 on the Coca-Cola Top 40 chart, shared a behindthe-scene's look at the new song on YouTube last month. (News Americas Now.com)
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Jamaicans Disqualied From 4x400-m Relay Final Jamaica suffered misfortune at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Sunday, after being disqualified in the women's 4x400-m relay final in Birmingham, England. The Jamaican quartet of Tovea Jenkins, Janieve Russell, Anastasia Leroy and Stephenie-Ann McPherson had looked like favorites to secure a spot on the podium and crossed the line well clear in second spot behind the United States. But when the result board flashed a few minutes later, the Jamaicans were shown in last place with the dreaded DQ label. The infringement was ruled to be a lane change violation as Russell shifted over into lane 1 from lane 2, pushing in front of Ukrainian athlete Hanna Ryzhykova during the changeover. The United States won the gold in a record time of 3:23.85 while Poland moved into the second spot. Great Britain and Northern Ireland moved up to third place with a 3:29.38 season's best.
Kim Collins Calls It A Wrap St. Kitts and Nevis track and field stalwart, Kim Collins, has announced his retirement from the sport. Collins,41, ended his run by pulling out of the 60-metre semi-finals at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England. The former World 100-metre champion, had, in the morning, finished third in his heat, clocking 6.77 seconds behind eventual World Indoor Champion, the United States' Christian Coleman, 6.71, and Sweden's Odain Rose, 6.75. Though the time allowed him into the semis as an automatic qualifier, Collins was a no-show in heat two, where he would have challenged Coleman, 6.45, again. Collins ended his career having notched a gold and four bronze medals at the World Championships, two World Indoor silver medals but may have rued missing an Olympic accolade to go with his long list of achievements.
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CARICOM Leaders To Meet ICC On Cricket West Indies CARICOM leaders will meet with the International Cricket Council, (ICC), next month in London to discuss their recently adopted position on the future of West Indies cricket, as they step up pressure on embattled Cricket West Indies, (CWI), to restructure its governance. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, chairman of CARICOM's Prime Ministerial sub-committee on cricket, will lead a small delegation of regional leaders, who will sit down with cricket's world governing body in an attempt to convey the “desperate urgency” of the changes required. According to Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, CARICOM leaders had adopted legal advice at the two-day Intersessional in Haiti last week, concerning CWI's right to manage the “public good” of West Indies cricket. The CARICOM delegation will use the occasion of the Commonwealth Meeting in London from April 16-20 to engage the ICC.
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Port St. Lucie Win Over St. Bess; Ambassadors Crush Palm Beach Titans And Southshore Whips Tropics United By David Maitland The Fourth Round of the South Florida Cricket Alliance, (SFCA) 40 Over Competition, continued on Sunday, March 4th, with Port St. Lucie cruising to victory over St. Bess; Ambassadors crushing Palm Beach Titans and Southshore whipping Tropics United. Port St. Lucie cruised to victory by 41 runs over St. Bess, at Girl Scout Friendship Park after winning the toss and electing to bat. Port St. Lucie reached 198 for 9 in their allotted 40 overs. Mark Pinnock cracked 8 fours and 3 sixes while Charles Reid slammed 6 fours and 4 sixes
as both batsman scored 80 runs, respectively. No other batsman got into double figures. The best of the bowlers for St. Bess were Clevon Sailsman, who bagged 3 for 15, and Herlando Johnson took 2 for 34. In reply, St. Bess was bowled out for 157 in 28.4 overs. Clevon Sailsman top scored with 34; Vickram Kumar 31; Masood Mohammed, 20 and Herlando Johnson, 19. Bowling Port St. Lucie to victory, Captain Richard Louis led the charge by taking 3 wickets for 23 from 6 overs. Charles Reid grabbed 2 for 16; Elton Tucker Jr., 2 for 26 and Elton Tucker Sr., 2 for 33. At the Lauderhill Sports Park, the visiting team Palm Beach Titans won the toss and took
Jamaica Tops CFU In New CONCACAF System Jamaica has been ranked the highestrated nation in the Caribbean Football Union, (CFU), when CONCACAF launched their new rankings system this past week. The Jamaicans, finalists at the last CONCACAF Gold Cup, were rated at number six in the confederation behind Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Panama, and Honduras. The rankings are based on the results of all official and friendly matches played by national teams from each of the confederation's member associations, taking into consideration historical data from 1990 to present day.
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Salomon, who bagged 5 for 37. In reply, Tropics United was skittled out for 149 even though Kimoy Salmon added 61 and Ernie Joseph, 22. They were the only batsman to get to double figures. Bowling Southshore to a massive 73 runs win over Tropics were Maxie Gayle, who took 5 for 21 and Sylvester Hickie, 3 for 30. This Sunday, March 11th, Southshore will play Lauderhill Jammers at the John Stretch Park; Port St. Lucie will face Ambassadors at the Girl Scout Friendship Park and St. Bess faces the Palm Beach Titans at The Lauderhill Sports Park. All matches will get underway at 11 a.m.
Windies Women Lose By One Windies women's cricket captain, Stefanie Taylor, missed out on a sixth One-Day International hundred as West Indies Women narrowly lost by one-run to New Zealand Women, in the opening ODI Sunday. Asked to chase a challenging 279 at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in New Zealand, the West Indies women's team ended on 277 for nine off their 50 overs with Taylor having the top score of 90 off 93 balls. The Caribbean side required 11 runs from the last over with Kyshona Knight and tail-ender Tremayne Smartt, at the crease but only managed to eke out nine, after losing Smartt and failing to get the four runs required for victory off the final delivery. Sent in earlier, the White Ferns earlier piled up 278 for nine off their 50 overs, with veteran Sophie Devine striking 108 – her third oneday century – and opening partner and captain Suzie Bates getting 44.
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