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NATIONAL WEEKLY | THURSDAY, MAY 19 – MAY 25, 2016 | VOL. 13 NO. 20
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY URGENTLY NEEDED SAYS JAMAICA FINANCE MINISTER PAGE A4
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Business, not barrels Caribbean Investment Summit calls for meaningful Diaspora engagement Monique McIntosh
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RIHANNA LAUNCHES FUND FOR DIASPORA
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WHO OWNS IT? WHO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A CO-OWNER? PAGE B3
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This carnival player is all smiles at the annual Unifest celebration this past Sunday at the Vincent Torres Park in Lauderdake Lakes. Celebrating their 22nd anniversary, this year's festivities included performances from headliners Glenn Washington, Skip Marley, and a slew of local talents. The city's young also put their Caribbean pride on display, with a carnival parade, dance performances, and a marching band showdown.
Changing investment relations with the Diaspora was at the top of the agenda at the recent Caribbean Investment Summit, held at the Marriot Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach. Government Ministers and business stakeholders from across the Caribbean gathered to showcase development in the emerging arenas of niche tourism, tech services and renewable energy. Hosted by Carib-Export (Caribbean Export Development Agency), the summit seeks to expand the Diaspora's engagement with the continues on B6 – Business , not barrels
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PB Sheriff says Looking for a no to marijuana breakthrough in Sunrise Caribbean-born candidate seeks historic citation Dr. Garth A. Rose Palm Beach County's Sheriff Office is holding Bradshaw off from a new policy passed last year by the county commission to remove jail time for low-level marijuana possession. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has not implemented the commission's ordinance, pending review. The new ordinance reduces penalties for those found with less than 20 grams (less than an ounce) of marijuana from possible arrests to a $100 citation, similar to a traffic ticket. One reason for the commission's support for the new policy was reports that jailing small time offenders cost the county's tax payers $1.1 million between 2009 and 2015. However, the sheriff's office questioned this cost, requesting the County's Justice Commission to reexamine the estimate. On Monday, the CJC issued revised estimates, which reduced the cost of jailing offenders to $322,915 over the 6-year period. The higher figure had included those arrested for associated minor offenses, such as trespassing. “I assume the sheriff's office is trying to make an argument that it isn't costing the county all that much to arrest people found with small quantities of marijuana. But cost isn't the real issue here,” said county attorney, Wes Cooper. “The issue is that people, mostly youth, are being branded with arrest records that impede their future careers. The county continues on B4 – Marijuana citation
appointment on city commission
by Cnweeklynews.com
Another Caribbean-American is seeking to make history in the City of Sunrise, as local lawyer Mark Douglas enters the race for a city commission seat. Douglas is only the second Caribbean-American candidate to run for office in the heavily Caribbean-populated city, following Ghenete WrightMuir's candidatcy in 2008.
Mark Douglas
Douglas is contesting the city's Group A seat, held by incumbent Donald Rosen since 2001, who is now retiring. The city's municipal elections are scheduled for November 8. Douglas is currently the only minority candidate, running against Yomtov “Vivi” Assidon, who contested the seat and lost in 2013, Gerald Brignola, Steven Del Re, a recently retired city of Sunrise cop, and Steve Feren, a former mayor who lost his Circuit judgeship after one term in 2014. Unlike other Broward cities with a large contingent of Caribbean-Americans, such as Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes and Miramar, the City of Sunrise has never elected a Caribbean-American representative, and has been traditionally dominated by white men. However, Sunrise resident and attorney Mark Douglas, who graduated from FIU Law School in 2006, is seeking to change the status quo. Douglas, who was born in Clarendon, Jamaica and has been a Sunrise resident since migrating from Jamaica in 2001, says he's prepared for this opportunity, having been actively involved in the community for years, serving on the board of condo associations and on three city advisory boards, chairing one for two years. continues on B4 – Mark Douglas