National Weekly October 19, 2017

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JN's Margaret Barrett dies suddenly Former Jamaica National team member, Margaret Rose Barrett, suffered a massive stroke on October 4. Sadly, she never regained full consciousness and died on October 14 at the Florida Medical Center.

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by Garth A. Rose

When Michelle Goldson's cousin called her at 2:00 am last Saturday morning she immediately thought the worst. “Early morning, before-day calls are usually not good-news calls, but this was different. My cousin told me to get dressed as she was coming to get me to go get food stamps at nearby C. B. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines. I was awake and ready to go.”

Goldson and her cousin, Vicki, were among over 340,000 residents of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties who received food assistance provided by the Department of Children and Family (DCF) last weekend. The assistance was provided by vouchers and/or electronic benefits

At Tropical Park in South West Miami-Dade, there were over 50,000 people in line. At that location, distribution continued nonstop to midnight. And even after that time some people did not receive assistance.

transfer (EBT) cards under DCF's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to compensate for food residents lost during electricity outage as a result of Hurricane Irma which struck on September 10.

When Goldson arrived at C.B. Smith Park -- one of the main distribution centers in Broward County --- at around 4:00 am, “about 50 or so people were ahead of me in the line.

When the distribution began the line moved relatively quickly and by 9:00 am I received my food stamps. However, when I was leaving I noticed hundreds of people in line which stretched way down Flamingo Road.”

Barrett's tenure with Jamaica National Building Society stemmed almost a quarter-century of loyal and faithful service, both in Jamaica and the United States. She joined Jamaica National at its chief office in Kingston (the Jamaica capital) in 1987, as manager of personnel and training.

Over 340,000 residents of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties received food assistance provided by the Dept. of Children and Family (DCF) last weekend.

She refused to divulge the amount she received. CNW investigations revealed that some people received food stamps ranging from $700 to $1200.

Reports to CNW described lines of thousands at distribution centers in MiamiDade. Waiting in the hot Florida sun and humidity on October 14, the large crowds became unruly, overwhelming DCF staff. Some centers closed prematurely as the situation threatened to get out of control.

The next morning, even before distribution commenced at Tropical Park in South West Miami-Dade, there were over 50,000 people in line. At that location, distribution continued non-stop to midnight. And even after that time some people did not receive assistance.

Randy Potts, 76, and his wife Sadie, 73, arrived at Park at 6:30 am on October 15, and remained some seven hours in line snacking on crackers and Kool-Aid. They were forced to leave, after Sadie developed “an awful migraine headache.”

The benefits made by DCF were based on income, and available to people not normally

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Over the years, she was highly commended for organizing staff awards functions and for her contribution to the official opening of JN's main office in Half Way Tree in Kingston. Her commitment to hard work, diligence in training and willingness to go that extra mile to achieve targets was well-known.

In 2003, Barrett was appointed Chief Representative Officer for the newly-established JN Florida Representative Office in Tamarac, and for seven years, represented the interests of Jamaica National in the state, while positioning 'Brand Jamaica' not only to the Jamaican Diaspora but to a wider constituent of nationals where JN served and operated.

Throughout the years, her generosity, selflessness and love for people touched the lives of many,

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Commissioner Bates and Friends The West Ken Lark Home Owners Associa on Board, the event headliners Ladies of Soul, and event sponsor Commissioner Margaret Bates in front of the Stage designed by the community (public art). President Willie Mae Cooper of the WKL HOA (4th from the le ), Lauderhill Commissioner M. Margaret Bates (far right) – Contributed

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NEWSMAKER With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CNW continues its look at survivors and ways to detect the disease.

Born in the city of Couva, Trinidad, Hazel Bethel migrated to Florida in 1970 at age 21. The retired secretary was employed with Dade County Schools for 30 years.

“I grew up in Couva, we never used to eat canned peas or frozen chicken, we know to go in the backyard and kill the chicken and cook it,” she said.

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frozen, and I had to go back into the hospital for them to re-infuse the frozen white cells. They sort of made me over. Baptist Hospital doesn't do that procedure anymore.”

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Unique situation Hazel Bethel (left) hangs with daughter Carla, son-in-law Marlon (right) and Trinidadian soca artist KES. One of Carla's favorite artists, KES surprised her at the DLimers stage of the Komen Race For The Cure last Saturday.

With no prior history of cancer in their family, it was a shock to discover that Bethel and her daughter had the disease.

Carla already had a kidney transplant by then. Hazel prayed continuously.

“God, let this happen to me so that I can be an example for her, of doing what you have to do to live.” It was double worry because by then Carla was married to attorney Marlon Hill, “I'd worry about him, worry about her. It wasn't easy.”

Bethel is resilient. “When you have cancer, there is something that wells up in you that says 'this is not going to take me down'. You get that strength.”

Today, she is “living, enjoying life, and thanking God every day.”

Every year, she joins Carla and Marlon in the Team DLimers group for the Komen Race For The Cure. “Every year, I look at her, and I know there's a God,” Bethel said.

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“I don't know to this day how I went to work.

When I had the surgery, they had to remove lymph nodes and it affects your arms, your movement, so I had to stay home for about six

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Bethel discovered a lump while putting on her bra. “I felt a bump and when I touched the bump, I would burp, I said, 'how did gas get under my breast'?” she recalled.

Her doctor knew immediately that it was not gas. He referred her to an oncologist. She had one lump in her right breast and they removed that breast.

weeks and after that, I went to work. I suffered from terrible vertigo. Sometime I would sit at my desk and I would hold on because the whole world would be spinning. That was the aftereffects of the chemo.”

“I was one of those guinea pigs,” Bethel continued. “They had started using the antinausea drugs and (the doctor) asked me if I wanted to try it. Of course I wanted to, who wants to be sick?”

Then they did a stem cell transplant on her.

The last chemo session was so strong she could not drive herself home after treatment as she was used to doing.

With the stem cell transplant procedure, she went through a process lasting four to five hours, where the white cells were “harvested” through “something like a washing machine.” She returned one day later and they inserted two tubes in her neck. “They extracted the white cells (with one) and the other tube had the blood go back into me,” she said.

Following that, the extracted cells were

Not wanting to do a belly tuck to transfer fat to her chest, Bethel began reconstruction utilizing a 'balloon' procedure but found it painful. “Why am I going through this pain?” she thought, and had it removed at the same time the doctors removed the port for chemo treatments. “I wear a prosthesis now,” she said.

Hazel Bethel has been cancer-free ever since.

However, some years later, Carla was diagnosed, and “I had to live this all over again. I wanted to die.”

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(but) I already knew that I was removing it. So I had the surgery, chemo and radiation because it was at stage 3, it was very aggressive, so they had to treat it very aggressively.”

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Bethel's health situation is unique. “I have no background of anybody in the family with breast cancer, and I showed up with breast cancer,” she lamented. “I asked the oncologist and he said there are certain cells that we all have and some cells in some people get radical and some don't.”

November will be 22 years since Bethel was diagnosed, and she began treatments that December, 1995. “It was a shock,” she recalls.

People from the Caribbean are known to react despondently when cancer is discovered.

“Telling my family, it was like telling them 'ok, I am dead',” she said. Caribbean people are also known to refer to the disease not by name, but as 'the Big C,' in whispers of fear and dread.

“It was really, really rough having to go through this ordeal pretty much by myself. I would get the call, 'how you doing', but I don't think anybody understood the strain that it was taking. My kids, Carla (Hill) was in college, and her brother was just starting high school. I had to try to work it out so that I don't shock them,” she related.

“I told them that I was going to have surgery on my breast and depending on what they see, they would probably have to remove the breast,

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Grenada awaits results on discovery of natural gas The government has confirmed the discovery of natural gas in the island's territorial waters, but said it is awaiting results of tests to determine whether it has quality the island could benefit from financially.

The findings are being tested for quality,” said Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, adding that not all natural gas found is of the quality required for refining.

“The finding is one thing but the quality is what will make a difference, I cannot and will not count my chickens before the eggs are hatched,” he said.

Earlier in the year, the government disclosed that it had issued a license to the Russian company, Global Petroleum Group, to conduct the necessary exploration activities to locate oil and natural gas within the island's territorial waters.

In June, Parliament approved the Hydro Carbon Exploration Incentive Bill 2017, outlining a package of incentives for oil and gas exploration to any company.

Red Cross launches global appeal

by Kathy Barrett

The International Red Cross has launched a global appeal for US$5.6 million to help carry out recovery activities in Dominica which was severely battered when Hurricane Maria hit the island on September 18.

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Walter Cotte Witingan, the Red CrossAmericas Regional Director, speaking at the daily briefing in the capital Roseau on October 18, said, “We are now covering around 33 per cent of the appeal, but we are improving. The effect of not having enough money for the appeal is because Dominica (is) experiencing the competition with other emergencies that we

have in the region. It is for that reason that we are calling for collective responsibility of our region…that could help Dominica.”

Witingan added that the Red Cross would maintain its presence in Dominica, noting Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit's recent announcement that the organization would be

taking over the distribution of relief material to communities island-wide. Skerrit said discussions to outline modalities would be held soon.

“We are going to stay here through the Dominica Red Cross and we are going to accompany the Dominica Red Cross …to be better for the next moment you have something similar like this.”

But he told reporters that, “for us the real message we want to deliver today is that we are calling for the urgency to support Dominica.

We are here in Dominica to show solidarity, respect and sense of responsibility for Dominica.”

Tourism Minister Robert Tonge said the government was prepared to assist hoteliers and other stakeholders get back on their feet as soon as possible, but warned, “this must be done in a transparent manner.”

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Police zero in on crime plagued community The police have identified 12 criminal gangs based in the community of Denham Town in West Kingston, even as Prime Minister Andrew Holness named the area as the second Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO).

According to Police Commissioner George Quallo, since 2015 there has been gang conflict between the Young Generation gang in neighboring Tivoli Gardens and the Denham Town Coalition.

“This has resulted in several murders, shootings and robberies. Gang conflicts currently exist between the Upsetter gang and the Superstar gang as a result of a fight for the control of turf,” said Quallo at a press briefing on October 17.

He said these feuds have resulted in increased violence throughout the area, directly affecting free movement of residents and negatively impacting economic and social activities.

“The Denham Town community has been plagued with serious crimes, resulting in approximately 82 victims between six and 65 years-old in 2017. Murders and shootings primarily resulted from the feud between the Tivoli Gardens gang and the Denham Town Coalition gang,” Quallo said.

The Law Reform (Zones of Special Operations) (Special Security and Community Development Measures) Act was passed earlier this year in Parliament. It seeks to contain crime

while safeguarding the human rights of residents and promoting community development through social intervention initiatives.

The law gives the Prime Minister power to declare an area a Zone of Special Operations in order to tackle increased crime and volatility in a community. This is in consultation with the National Security Council.

The Zone can only be established after the Police Commissioner and Chief of Defence Staff make a request for such a declaration in writing to the Prime Minister. The first Zone was declared in Mount Salem in the western parish of St. James, on September 1.

On October 17, Holness said a full-strength, joint Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Jamaica

Constabulary Force (JCF) personnel had been confined to Denham Town.

He reiterated that all members of the force are trained in human rights as well as in the protocols of operations of the accountability and reporting framework.

In addition, all ballistic signatures of weapons used in the zone have been registered and documented.

“There is a system of identification of all members of the joint force in place. In this phase of the second zone, residents can expect to encounter checkpoints, cordons and searches, curfews and targeted operations. Residents should be prepared to provide identification,” Holness said.

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What do you think of California becoming the rst state to recognize a third gender?

Nigel: Jamaican/Margate – I'm agonistic on this. Whether recognized or not, these folks live lives often outside the mainstream. As long as I'm not being forced to change my life to accommodate them, I can accept them. Love and let live!

Persecution of anyone exacts a cost to society that is often significant - many of these people have skills and talents that can be beneficial to our quality of life, and we are worse off for the discrimination.

Christina: Dominican Republic-American/L.A. – That's fine. But biology is biology. If we continue to play God, we'll be making babies in the lab.. Oh wait, we already do that… we'll just need to package them as GMO vs. Non GMO like we do our food.

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Kayla: JamaicanAmerican/Atlanta – Firstly, I was not aware of California's new recognition of a third gender. We live in a time where people are struggling with self identification, so if you objectively consider this new policy, it is certainly a step towards inclusivity of all people in the United States of America.

Mark: American/L.A. – I feel that people are entitled to choose their own identity regardless of my personal beliefs. I feel it's not only a right here in the USA but a right as a human being. Nothing is more important than your health and I believe mental health is most vital when dealing with identity, a sense of belonging and self esteem.

I do not believe a government should interfere with that. People should be happy being who they choose to be with. Society is the one that should educate themselves on tolerance and empathy.

Betty: Haitian/Ft. Lauderdale – I'm all for recognizing different groups and we can protect those groups, but with this not being a trend that the rest of the country should follow. Creating that third gender will require so many accommodations and education. What are they doing by creating that third gender? People should have the choice to not identify just like when there is a survey, if we choose we can put “other” and not identify with a particular ethnic group. To quote my grandmother, “this is a little bit too much for me.”

Ann: Jamaican/Texas – Evolution is real and maybe this is all part of our evolution as human beings. I support people being who they are. The real issue to me is not the recognizing of a third gender, but recognizing that everyone has a right in whole to be able to live as human beings on this planet in whatever skin, ethnicity, race… My only job is to show love, respect and acknowledgement that said person has a Godgiven right to be who or what they are. The short answer is “Yaay, California for your progressiveness.”

George: Jamaican/Atlanta – A step in the right direction. It's past time that we move away from the misperception that our binary concept of gender is natural and all else is morally abhorrent. The recognition of a third gender is not a new phenomenon. Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Asian and Babylonian cultures have always recognized (such). There is evidence of this even in the scriptures (Acts 8:27). According to biblical lore, the Ethiopian eunuch who was the treasurer and an emissary of Queen Candice introduced Christianity to Ethiopia.

Kivanna: Jamaica-American/Atlanta – Genders like most terminology is made up. However, I do feel like giving them more options (to) help people determine who they are. I feel like it will allow others to express themselves as who they are and not what others want them to be, to feel more open to being who they are and not having to worry about comments of hypocrites.

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Self-control deters sexual harassment In recent weeks, America has witnessed the dramatic fall of Harvey Weinstein from the pinnacle of the movie industry.

After a woman went public of being sexually harassed by Weinstein, this sparked an avalanche of accusations. This resulted in him being fired from his own company, and ostracized by the movie industry.

Weinstein, Bill O'Riley and Bill Cosby were all powerful, influential men, with a common, embarrassing history. They all have been accused of sexually harassing women.

Some argue that Weinstein's downfall is unfortunate, and he's a scapegoat for what has been a sick culture of the movie industry. For decades, there were allegations of women aspiring to be actresses or other movie-related careers, being subject to sexual harassment by men that control the industry. This was never right. It can never be right for a woman to have to sacrifice her morals to advance, or have security, in any type of career.

But the flair of publicity, and the furor of criticism over Weinstein's alleged sexual exploits, and other men similarly accused, is somewhat hypocritical.

Women, especially women in America, are indirectly sexually harassed daily. In almost every facet of American life women are highlighted, not for the positives of their gender, but as targets for sex. Women, and

sexual innuendo, are powerful marketing tools. The closer to nudity, and the more sexually explicit a woman appears in an ad, the more likely a product or service sells. Almost every magazine cover on bookstands depict scantily dressed women.

In male-dominated sports, cheerleaders are scantily dressed women. Some men are more interested seeing the cheerleaders kicking their bare legs, and gyrating their bodies at NBA and NFL games than the games themselves.

Every day, America is fed a diet of women as sexual objects. Children fed on too much sugar tend to act wild and disorderly. Similarly, some American men fed a daily diet of women as sex objects, act wild and disorderly, unable to control themselves around women. They see women as targets for sex, and assume they can take liberties; that's basically sexual abuse or harassment.

There's a reason why reports of sexual abuse isn't prevalent in most Middle East countries.

Women are not publicly portrayed as sexual objects.

Women are mandated to cover themselves from head to foot in traditional garments. In some countries, a female athlete cannot even compete in shorts.

The air of publicity, and the furor of criticism over Weinstein's alleged sexual exploits, is hypocritical. Women in America, are indirectly sexually harassed daily. In almost every facet of American life women are highlighted, not for the positives of their gender, but as targets for sex.

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Historically, men have been sexually aroused by women. Books, including the Holy Bible, relate this phenomenon; David aroused by Bathsheba, Sampson by Delilah; even with these women wearing long robes. To portray women in the nude daily in modern life enhances the risk of sexual abuse by men who cannot control their urges.

Since America, and the western world, generally, isn't likely to mandate women to wear Burkas, or shift the focus of using sex and scantily-dressed women as marketing tools, the onus is on men not to harass women.

Sadly, some men are unaware what construes sexual harassment. This is true of men from the Caribbean where society tends to be more tolerant to men openly gawking at, and making sexuallysuggestive comments, and relating sexually-explicit jokes to, women. Several soca, reggae and dancehall songs have lyrics sexually demeaning to women.

Nonetheless, women join men in listening and dancing to these songs.

However, in American society, the way in which a man looks on, speaks to, interacts with, and touches a woman can be determined to be sexual harassment. Relating a sexually-explicit joke to a woman, or women, is also regarded as sexual harassment. Sexual harassment isn't limited to forced, unwelcomed sexual encounters with women.

What men in the western world must realize and adhere to is no matter how sexually tempting women are portrayed; irrespective of how sexually enticing a woman is; they have no right to harass, abuse, or force women into direct or indirect sexual involvement. It's worse for men to use sex as means to manipulate vulnerable women who need jobs, career advancement, housing, transportation, furniture, finances, or any other kind of help.

Every man should realize that using sex as a bargaining chip is effectively sexual harassment.

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eligible for food stamps. Someone with a monthly income of approximately $1,700 could be eligible to receive $386 in benefits, while a family fo at least two, earning under $2,710 could receive $1,289.

To qualify, applicants must complete paper work, have lived or worked in a Florida county, like Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach which were declared Federal disaster counties, and negatively impacted by Hurricane Irma resulting in damage to their home, loss of food or reduction of income.

In a televised interview last Monday, a DCF official admitted to being caught off-guard by the spontaneous response and large crowds. The official indicated that later this month the agency will recommence distribution in certain locations to assist people who were unable to get assistance.

“The virtual stampede for food assistance shown last week is indicative of the 'paycheck-to-paycheck' syndrome in South Florida,” said Miami economist Selwyn Lindsay. “Many residents who lost food in the storm, or lost income, are hard pressed to make up the loss. If they can get assistance to buy food for the next three months they are going to join lines, no matter how long.”

A report had a representative of United Way claiming 58 percent of Miami-Dade households (or roughly 493,485 households) are in poverty or just above.

The DCF food assistance program commenced in Palm Beach County on Tuesday. Similar to the situation in Broward and Miami Dade, long lines were evident at distribution centers before dawn. One center in Delray Beach reached capacity and was closed shortly after opening.

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helping them to achieve their goals, as she in turn fulfilled her personal ambition to change lives for the better on behalf of Jamaica National.

Barrett was very involved in South Florida Jamaican Diaspora Day. She was on a committee commissioned to review the role and impact of the Jamaican Diaspora.

She was also instrumental in forming the University of the West Indies Alumni Association (UWIAA) Florida Chapter. A former president, Barrett was the organization's secretary at the time of her passing.

The current president of the UWIAA-FL, Dr. Carmen Nicholas, in paying tribute to Barrett, said: “It is very difficult to think of UWIAA-FL without Margaret! We will miss her dearly, cherish memories of times with her and honor her tremendous legacy of service.

Barrett is survived by her son, Bertrand.

The funeral service for the life of Margaret Barrett will be held on November 4 at the Episcopal Church of Atonement at 10:00 am.

UN envoy says Haiti’s stability is greater ahead of mission closure The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission says Haiti’s stability and security is greater in the country ahead of the closure of the UN mission.

In her final briefing to the UN Security Council as head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Trinidadian-born Sandra Honoré said Haiti has seen a “significant turnaround” from profound instability, widespread political violence and a climate of lawlessness that in 2004 impacted the every-day lives of millions of Haitians.

“Today, Haiti has a very different outlook. The Haitian people enjoy a considerable degree of security and greater stability; political violence has diminished; armed gangs no longer hold the population hostage.

Thanks to the work of the national police – now 14,000 strong – which has grown significantly in numbers and capacity.”

MINUSTAH is mandated to assist the Haitian government in strengthening rule of law institutions, reinforcing national police capacities, and engaging in human rights monitoring, reporting and analysis, the UN said.

Honoré, who is also the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Haiti, noted that when MINUSTAH was established in 2004, State authority had been weak and limited to parts of the capital, Portau-Prince.

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She said the three branches of power was, at the time, either non-functional or non-existent, and the national police force was overwhelmed by the multiple threats to public order and the rule of law.

The diplomat said that three and a half years later “Haiti has a very different outlook, despite the many challenges still facing the country.”

She said all three branches of power are in place in Haiti with the Executive and Legislative branches restored to full functioning, while the Superior Council of the Judiciary, created for the first time in 2012, remains in need of long-term fixes to allow it to fully play its role as the guardian of an independent and impartial judicial system.

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Floridian employees who make minimum wage will receive a small increase in their paychecks as of January 1, 2018. The minimum wage for 2018 will increase by 15 cents to $8.25 per hour, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced on October 13. That's up from $8.10 per hour this year.

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Minimum wage for tipped employees like restaurant waiters and waitresses is also increasing from $5.08 to $5.23 per hour.

The increase will not be satisfactory as it will be only a very small step to workers across the state who are seeking a $15 per hour minimum rate being sought by Florida's trade unions and other workers' rights groups.

However, according to a recent survey conducted among state employers, the introduction of a $15 per hour rate may not be feasible.

The survey conducted last September by Carnegie Mellon University among 306 Florida business owners and managers found that many don't think they can cope with an increase up to $15 an hour, even if the increase is implemented in phases.

About 30 percent of business owners are concerned they would have to close their business with a $15 minimum wage, while 18 percent said it was "very likely" that they would close. Consumers, the survey found, should expect an increase in prices to help businesses afford the new rate. Roughly 60 percent of businesses said they would likely increase the price of their goods and services.

The survey also indicated that a $15 minimum wage could spark higher unemployment in Florida. Almost 60 percent of business owners in the survey said they would likely have to reduce employees' hours in order to meet the higher rate.

Most Florida economists seem to agree that a $10 per hour minimum wage would be more feasible for state businesses.

Compared to Florida's 2018 minimum rate of $8.25 per hour the federal minimum rate is $7.25 per hour

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stalwart of the Caribbean community has passed. Wilfred Rupert Chan, born in New Amsterdam, British Guiana (Guyana) on April 26, 1931, died on September 27, 2017. Chan, a tall, stately gentleman, was a brilliant, quiet and unassuming scholar. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, teacher, mentor and friend.

Family and friends packed Boyd's Funeral Home in Pembroke Pines on October 14, for a warm and insightful life celebration, most fitting of this humble academic.

Chan left Guyana for Jamaica at age 18 to pursue studies in science at the University College of the West Indies (now University of the West Indies) after

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Balmatee Sukha (a student of professor Wilfred Chan), colleague Basil Burke, Baldwin Mootoo (professor Chan's first PhD student) and colleague Keith Pascoe, pay tribute to him during his funeral service at Boyd's Funeral Home in Pembroke Pines on October 14.

In 1957, Chan became the first UCWI graduate to complete a doctorate degree and in 1958, returned to Jamaica to begin his career at UCWI, where he spent the next 40 years contributing to the development of the Department of Chemistry, and mentoring postgraduate students in the field of Natural Products. receiving an open scholarship upon completion of his London Higher Certificate. At that time, UCWI was a fledgling college, and Chan completed a Bachelor of Science degree in two years.

With the aid of a Geddes Grant

Fellowship, he embarked on post-graduate studies at the Imperial College of London and University of Glasgow under the tutelage of Nobel Laureate, Sir Derek Barton.

In 1966, Chan co-founded the Biennial

International series of symposia, now called the Mona Symposium on Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry, the longest running symposium in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He was appointed the Personal Chair in Organic Chemistry in 1970. In 1996, he retired from the UWI and was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus of Chemistry.

In 2000, the Government of Jamaica awarded him the Order of Distinction, Commander Class (CD).

At his Celebration of Life ceremony, many of Chan's past students were in attendance, and referred to him as a friend and mentor. A member of the Department of Health was also in attendance, with a fitting message.

Many spoke of his sense of commitment, his valued friendship, his quiet demeanor, and his love for family, social interaction, rum and water or his signature Red Stripe Beer. And about him always being ready and available for a good game of cricket, Mahjong or dominoes.

Chan is survived by wife Audrey; children Suzanne, Robert and Carolyn; daughter-in-law Wendy; grandchildren Marlon, Lian, Elliot; sister Doris and brother Randolph; many relatives and friends.

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DEBRIS! It has been almost six weeks since Hurricane Irma breezed through South Florida, but still curbsides and front yards across the region have mounds of debris.

by Garth A. Rose

“I can't understand why the debris can't be removed from by front curb,” said West Kendall homeowner Bridgette Watts. She said she has called the waste management offices at both the City of Miami and MiamiDade County, “but am only asked to be patient, because the debris will soon be picked up. I am weary that rats and other vermin will begin lurking in the debris” Watts' complaint is multiplied several times across the region. However, there is not much that can be done as there are just not enough trucks to complete hauling the estimated seven million cubic yards of debris in Broward, Miami and Palm Beach Counties. Overall, it's estimated Irma left some 100 million cubic yards of debris across Florida.

Larry Downer of Miami's Public Works Department, said, “The region never had this accumulation of debris, consisting of tree branches, broken fence, roof material, etc. In storms in the past the debris was concentrated in one, or a few cities. This storm left debris over all South Florida, trees and fences blew down on a wide scale. There are simply not enough trucks to clear the debris in the time residents would like it to be cleared.”

To attract debris-removing contractors, cities like Miami have been offering much higher rates per cubic yard to remove it. After the storm, the city doubled its rates to contractors, but this succeeded in only some 122,200 cubic yards removed. Recently, city officials again increased the rate from $7.22 to $15 per hour to contractors to remove each cubic yard of debris.

The slow pace of removal had City of Miami Assistant City Manager Dr. Nzeribe (Zerry) Ihekwaba, originally estimating clearing all the debris in Miami would take up to six-months, but he is now optimistic that the increased rates will hasten the process.

With large South Florida cities like Miami able to pay higher rates to contractors, some of the smaller cities north of South Florida, are increasingly disadvantaged by losing contracted truckers to their southern neighbors.

Actually, paying to remove trash won't be an additional financial burden to cities or counties. FEMA is responsible to reimburse them for up to 90 percent of the cost of debris removal. However, it must be efficiently coordinated and documented to enable the municipalities be eligible to be reimbursed by FEMA. “This cannot be done as a hasty rush effort,” Downer said.

He also noted that across the region, people are adding items like old furniture and garbage

Larry Downer of Miami's Public Works Department, said, “The region never had this accumulation of debris, consisting of tree branches, broken fence, roof material, etc. This storm left debris over all South Florida, trees and fences blew down on a wide scale. There are simply not enough trucks to clear the debris in the time residents would like it to be cleared.”

A mound of debris in a Kendall neighborhood.

Resident clearing up debris in Sunrise

bags to the piles. “Residents who pile garbage on to the natural hurricane-related debris will have more delay in getting the debris removed.

Most of the debris will be mulched. The debris removing contractors have no time to process the debris and remove old furniture and garbage bag, so where they see this, they won't collect the debris.”

Earlier this week Palm Beach County announced it was taking a loan of $35 million to help remove Irma-related garbage in that county. The county's director of Solid Waste Authority Mark Hammond was reported as saying some 2.1 of 3 million cubic yards of debris has already been removed, costing $23 million. Additional funding is needed to remove the remainder. The additional funding was approved by the Solid Waste Authority Board.

With additional funding, the county optimistically plan to complete the first round of debris removal for 98 percent of the county households by this week.

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Trump seeking ways to tighten legal immigration As President Trump calls on Congress to make DACA permanent in exchange for reforms, his Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is secretly working behind the scenes and making unilateral changes to existing policies which will tighten requirements and reduce overall immigration without the need for Congressional approval.

These new policies are already having major effects throughout the entire legal immigration system.

Legal work visa policy changes have been implemented under the H-1B program which have retroactively changed the requirements and caused thousands of visa denials.

Consular officers have been given more authority to re-adjudicate approved cases and deny visas for cases previously approved by the USCIS and to deny student visas. This is based primarily on the officers “subjective” belief that the applicant does not intend to return to their home country after their US studies are completed.

Asylum review guidelines for officers have been modified to provide more restrictive interpretation of the proof necessary for eligibility. USCIS officers are encouraged to apply the strictest standards to each application, leading to increased requests for evidence and denials for minor technical errors.

Other policy changes include the recently

announced 90-day rule which abruptly replaced the existing 30/60 day rule. Under this strict new rule, any application for change of status or adjustment, or even marriage to a US Citizen made within 90 days of entering the US will result in an automatic presumption of “preconceived intent”, meaning that it will be presumed by the government that at the time the visitor entered the US, he or she made a “willful misrepresentation” to the officer at the border, which could result in potential revocation of their visa.

Similarly, the DHS is exploring other subtle changes to immigration policies that could have

Other measures being considered may simply just slow down the visa issuance process, so as to significantly reduce yearly levels of legal immigration. This is already being implemented to a degree by a new policy requiring that all employment based residency applicants undergo an interview at local USCIS offices prior to Green Card approval.

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major consequences, including eliminating work authorizations for spouses of professional workers and restricting STEM students to only 12 months of work authorization, rather than allowing them to have an additional two extra years.

There are still other measures being considered that could significantly slow down family cases and also naturalization processing (which currently already takes up to a year in some jurisdictions) even more. This would effectively disqualify many immigrants from voting in the 2018 mid-term general elections, to benefit Republican candidates.

As a result, it is even more important than ever for US citizens and residents file to sponsor family members in order to avoid even more delays in processing, and for residents to file for Naturalization now, to give themselves a chance of becoming a US citizen before the 2018 Midterm elections.

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Bargaining chips Immigration-related demands include:

by Attorney Caroly Pedersen

In his continuing efforts to dismantle US Family Immigration and institute a merit based system in its place, President Trump has released a list of immigration reform demands required in exchange for protecting DACA Dreamers.

Entitled “Immigration Principles & Policies”, the list details required reforms to border security and more importantly, to our country's longstanding immigration system. If enacted, the measure would eliminate most family immigration and cut legal immigration by 50 percent over the next decade.

Democrats in Congress reject Trump's demands, saying they are a complete reversal of the recent agreement reached with Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. The Democratic leadership further reject the principles behind the RAISE Act which would eliminate the family-based immigration system and harm the nation's economy.

Many proponents of DACA say they will fight for a "clean" DACA replacement, without concessions on border security or legal immigration, but the Democratic leadership is likely to give in on some minor concessions in order to protect Dreamers.

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Eliminating most protections for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children;

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Making it more difcult to qualify for asylum by tightening required standards of proof, allowing pre-screening for eligibility and expedited removal of those who are denied;

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Making illegal re-entry to the US a crime;

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Eliminating the “Diversity Visa Lottery” program;

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Limiting the number of refugees;

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Eliminating most of US Family Immigration regulations, and replace with a “Merit-Based” points system by limiting family-based Green Cards to only spouses and minor children. This would eliminate all other immigration entirely for parents, adult children and siblings as proposed by the RAISE Act, currently pending in Congress.

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More love, more harmony at sea

by Howard Campbell

Organizers of the second Love And Harmony Cruise have long launched their promotional campaign for the March 24-29 gig, but some of their best publicity has come without spending a dime.

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Lovers rock king Beres Hammond is again the mainstay. Vocal quartet, LUST, and deejay Elephant Man are also on the return trip which will have an added attraction for passengers who get restless at sea.

“Advertising and marketing has really taken on the same approach as last year, but what we have noticed is that word of mouth has impacted our sales. So, people are recruiting their friends and family to come and be a part of the ultimate Caribbean experience aboard the Love and Harmony Cruise,” said Ronnie Tomlinson, the event's publicist.

Tomlinson told Caribbean National Weekly that the cruise is scheduled to leave Fort Lauderdale on March 24 and make stops in Montego Bay and Georgetown, Cayman.

This year's maiden voyage took place in February/March, and had stops in Miami and Ocho Rios.

Once again, promoters are eyeing markets that are strong on dancehall and lovers rock reggae as the main source of clientele.

“We are trying to engage lovers of all music especially lovers of reggae and dancehall.

Therefore, we know there is a vast array of people who love reggae and dancehall globally, so we definitely take that into consideration this year in our marketing and promotions as well as we target the Caribbean, US, UK and Canada,” she said.

Lovers rock king Beres Hammond is again the mainstay. Vocal quartet, LUST, and deejay Elephant Man are also on the return trip which will have an added attraction for passengers who get restless at sea.

“Last year we learned that the patrons loved the idea of playing dominoes and we didn't have enough dominoes. Therefore, this year we will have the first official domino tournament hosted by Beres Hammond, and a winner will be declared,” said Tomlinson.

A much larger ship, the Caribbean X Summit, will host Love And Harmony Cruise 2018. Another diverse cast of acts will perform.

They include Marcia Griffiths, Beenie Man, Sanchez, Mr. Vegas, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Kevin Lyttle, Rupee, Patrice Roberts and Kerwin Dubois.

Comedy duo, Ity and Fancy Cat, are also billed.

The Love And Harmony Cruise is the brainchild of DJ Jabba, best known as a Disc Jockey and sound system selector alongside Bobby Konders in New York. His partner in the venture is Miami businessman Joey Budafuco.

Following this year's event, Jabba said the cruise was 90 per cent booked with most of the fans being Jamaicans who live in the United States. Fans also came from The Bahamas, Bermuda, Haiti, Guyana, Canada, Nigeria and Australia.

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Barbados honors Rihanna Grammy winner Rihanna will be honored with the naming of a street in November, in her native Barbados.

Work pays off for Richie Stephens Rihanna

A beaming Richie Stephens with his ASCAP Awards at the ASCAP Music Awards in London on October 16.

Singer Richie Stephens and musician/producer Steven 'Lenky' Marsden were honored at the ASCAP Music Awards in London on October 16.

Stephens walked away with two awards: Song of The Year and Top Digital Song, while Marsden earned a writer's award for Luv, a song by Tory Lanez and Let Me Love You by DJ Snake and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber.

Stephens was recognized for his Sail Away rhythm, which he produced in 1998.

The beat was sampled by Rihanna and Drake for their international hit song, Work.

Stephens walked away with two awards: Song of The Year and Top Digital Song, while Marsden earned a writer's award for Luv, a song by Tory Lanez and Let Me Love You

by DJ Snake and Canadian pop star Justin Bieber.

The 50-year-old Stephens was once signed to Motown Records and is known for a number of dancehall hits including Fight Back (with Garnet Silk) and Maniac (with Bounty Killer).

He had a big production 19 years ago with the Sail Away which yielded several hit songs in Jamaica.

This is his third ASCAP award for 2017.

In May, Paul Williams, president of ASCAP, presented Stephens with a songwriter's award for Work during the 34th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Work was arguably the biggest hit song of 2016. It was co-produced by Jamaica-born, Canada-based Matthew Samuels.

Marsden has been one of Jamaica's top musicians/producers for over 20 years.

His biggest success came with the Diwali rhythm, also released in 1998.

It drove several massive hits including Sean Paul's Get Busy and No Letting Go by Wayne Wonder.

The 29-year-old singer, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, grew up at Westbury New Road in the parish of St. Michael. The road will be renamed Rihanna Drive in an official ceremony on November 30, Barbados' Independence Day. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will officiate the two-hour ceremony which is to be attended by the pop star.

Known for songs like the Grammy-winning Umbrella and Work, Rihanna retains strong ties to her homeland. In December, 2012, she donated US$1.75 million to a hospital there in memory of her grandmother, Clara 'Gran Gran Dolly' Braithwaite who died from cancer in June that year.

The donation was made to the radiotherapy department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, the Barbadian capital. It was renamed the Clara Braithwaite Centre for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine.

“This was my way of giving back to Barbados, in a form of philanthropy, by assisting the QEH in its continued modernization program...I believe that this will have a huge impact on the people of Barbados. This was all done to save lives or at least extend them,” she said at the time.

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HEALTH

Eat to build brain power People have what may be a natural tendency to focus on food that will enhance their bodies and tend to ignore foods that enhance the health and effectiveness of their brain power. It is vitally important for everyone, old and young, to maintain a diet that improves and/or maintains brain power.

With several students going off to college shortly and many seniors in retirement who are not exercising the full capacity of their brain power, here are some tips on foods needed to assist in maintaining a healthy brain.

Fish and other foods rich in Omega-3.

These include salmon, mackerel, herring, trout, tuna and all other fish that are rich in oils.

Grains like flaxseed and soy beans, nuts – such as walnuts, canola and soy oil. It's important to eat these Omega-3 rich foods regularly and not depend on supplements that claim to be rich in Omega 3.

Some make the mistake of starting the day with only hot beverage - usually coffee. Others don't break their fast in the mornings at all.

However, it's vitally important to start the day with a meal rich in healthy carbohydrates ie: oats, oatmeal or bran cereal. These cereals are vital to nourishing the body and the brain. In addition to these cereals, whole wheat, or multiple grain bread are useful brain foods in the breakfast diet.

Every day eat foods rich in iron. This is especially important in females who lose iron rich blood through their monthly periods. It's believed that too much iron in the diet causes bowel irregularity or constipation, but this is false, especially if water is consumed regularly .

Iron rich foods like spinach, callaloo, beef, chicken, turkey, fish, soy beans, green bananas, red, black and lima beans are healthy brain

A healthy breakfast is essential, especially for students, as an undernourished body has negative impact on one's ability to reason and concentrate. power of reasoning and general brain power is broccoli. Another good source for combating bad cholesterol in the body is cauliflower.

A lesser known, and perhaps, rarely used vegetable that helps to build brain power is sage, which can be used as a seasoning in cooking meats and fish.

Eat plenty nuts. A diet rich in nuts of all kinds, but especially walnuts, is rich in vitamin E which contributes to mental health. Zinc also contributes to mental health and although not a nut, one of the best sources of zinc is to be found in pumpkin seeds. A daily diet including halfcup of dried pumpkin seed enhances brain health, and for men, as an added bonus pumpkin seeds aids sexual health.

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Fruits and vegetables are especially healthy foods for the brain, especially fruits and vegetables that tend to hydrate the body. This includes berries – blueberries, strawberries -, grapes, watermelon, cucumbers, celery and green leafy vegetables.

Black currants, which include rich amounts of vitamin C are also good for brain health, as are tomatoes, which contain a powerful antioxidant called lycopene that helps to prevent mental digression to dementia and the dreaded Alzheimer's disease.

Another vegetable that helps improve the

Keep hydrated. A simple way of ensuring effective brain heath is maintained is to keep the body well hydrated daily by consuming water regularly. Water improves oxygen flow to the brain, and helps one's memory and cognitive powers. Drinking diet sodas, lemonade, juices, are no substitute for plain water. Drink water even in you are not thirsty.

Water also helps to flush toxins from the body, maintain bowel regularity and prevent headaches.

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Windies hunt win Alfred in Zimbabwe Valentine SALUTE

“Cricket lovely Cricket, At Lord's where I saw it; Cricket lovely Cricket, At Lord's where I saw it; Yardley tried his best, But Goddard won the Test.

They gave the crowd plenty fun; Second Test and West Indies won.

With those two little pals of mine, Ramadhin and Valentine.”

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Hungry for a Test series win, the West Indies face Zimbabwe in the first of two matches, starting in Bulawayo on October 21. The West Indies have lost two series this year: 1-2 at home to Pakistan and by a similar margin away to England.

Their performance in the United Kingdom was satisfactory. After an embarrassing loss in the first Test, they

rebounded to win the second convincingly; the hosts won the decider easily.

Zimbabwe have never beaten the West Indies in a series but will consider this their best chance to do so. They had a good tour of Sri Lanka in July, winning the One Day series 3-2 and losing the lone Test in five days.

Their stocks have been boosted by the return of batsman and former captain Brendan Taylor and fastbowler Kyle Jarvis, who were out of Test consideration due to contracts with teams in English County Cricket.

West Indies have several form players, most notably the Barbadian middle-order batsman Shai Hope who made two centuries on the UK tour.

Fastbowlers Shannon Gabriel from Trinidad and Tobago and Kemar Roach of Barbados are also expected to do well in Zimbabwe.

After leaving Zimbabwe, the West Indies will head to New Zealand for two Tests, One Day Internationals and T20s against the hosts.

They return to Zimbabwe in January for their most important assignment --- a qualifying tournament for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. The winner and runner-up will advance.

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Leading the Windies victory were two young spin bowlers: 21-year-old Trinidadian offspinner Sonny Ramadhin, and 20-year-old leftarm spinner Alfred Valentine from Jamaica.

Ramadhin captured 11 wickets for 152 runs in the match, while Valentine finished with seven for 127.

Their exploits sealed victory for the West Indies and leveled the series 1-1.

The visitors won the series 3-1, their first in England.

Valentine, who died in Orlando, Valentine Florida in 2004, was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951 for a successful tour of England that saw him capture 33 wickets in the four Tests. He played 36 Test matches for the West Indies, taking 139 wickets. His last match was against India in 1962.

While touring Australia in 1961, Valentine visited a 'care home' in Sydney and was so moved by the compassion shown to its young wards, he got involved in mentorship. He migrated to the United States in 1978, eventually settling in Florida where he became a counselor to wayward youth. Indeed, he and his wife took care of many of them at their home, which he was still doing at the time of his death.

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Stephen Francis called to Order Stephen Francis, the mercurial track coach who has nurtured the careers of sprinters Shelly-Ann FraserPryce and Elaine Thompson, was awarded the Order of Jamaica by the Jamaican government on October 16.

Francis received the accolade, Jamaica's fourth highest honor, during the annual National Honours and Awards ceremony at Kings House in St. Andrew, Jamaica.

“It's obviously a great honor,” Francis told the Jamaica Observer after receiving the OJ from Governor General Sir Patrick Allen. “I know that there are a lot of Jamaicans out there who say that they really like the job that we do at MVP, and what we have done over the years, so I think this is a good token for them, and it's added motivation to continue doing what we have been doing.”

The portly Francis has openly clashed with Jamaican track officials over the years, calling them out for not representing athletes properly when they travel abroad for major meets such as the Olympics.

He has also had public spats with some of his athletes including Fraser-Pryce and Asafa Powell, who helped put his MVP club on the map.

Fraser-Pryce and Thompson are Francis' biggest success stories. They won the sprint double at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively.

Several other sports heroes were recognized by the government for their achievements. They received the Order of Distinction, Jamaica's fifth highest honor.

They include West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, former champion jockey George HoSang, former soccer star and current Jamaica coach Theodore Whitmore, West Indies star player Stafanie Taylor, track and field coach Maurice Wilson, track and field administrator Ian Forbes and cricket administrator Brian Breeze.

Renowned Jockey George Hosang (right) receives the instrument of the Order of Distinction (Officer class) from Governor General of Jamaica Sir Patrick Allen

Soccer star Theodore Whitmore (right) receives the instrument of the Order of Distinction (Officer class) from Governor General of Jamaica Sir Patrick Allen

Track and field coach Stephen Francis (left) with sports administrator Ian Forbes

West Indies cricketer hailed for generosity West Indies fast-bowler, Shannon Gabriel, has come in for praise from veteran cricket administrator, Lockhart Sebastien, for his generosity in giving towards the hurricane relief efforts in Dominica.

Sebastien, a Dominican who is also a former West Indies cricketer, said Gabriel made a substantial contribution before he left for the two-Test tour of Zimbabwe last Monday.

“I want to make a special mention [of] Shannon Gabriel. I met him last week and he said to me, ‘Sebo, I need to give you some things to take home because things are rough.’ I told him no problem,” Sebastien recounted.

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all this stuff and you have to congratulate people like that.”

Hurricane Maria, a category five system on the Saffir-Simpson scale, struck Dominica last month leaving 30 dead and causing widespread devastation.

There was also damage to the country’s lone Test venue, Windsor Park, which has hosted five Tests over the last seven years, including a thrilling finale to the Pakistan series last May. The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board, Queen’s Park Cricket Club and Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago joined forces to stage a Hurricane Relief Twenty20 match on Saturday, to raise funds for those countries affected both by Maria and Hurricane Irma.

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