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TRINIDADIAN DESIGNER TOPS IN PROJECT RUNWAY
By Walter Greene
ANYA AYOUNG CHEE, the fashion designer from Trinidad & Tobago, who is one of the front-runners in the current Lifetime Television reality series; `Project Runway,' emerged winner of the latest fashion challenge ... Read more...
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Guyana Goes to Polls November 28th
Tony Best
How will Guyanese vote on November 28, the day when hundreds of thousands of people across the Caribbean nation cast their ballots for a President and parliament in Georgetown?
For President, the choice is either Donald Ramotar, the standard-bearer of the People’s Progressive Party Civic, an Indo Guyanese, or David Granger, a highly respected Afro-Guyanese retired military officer who is the presidential candidate of “A Partnership for National Unity,” APNU, a coalition of opposition parties, including the People’s National Congress, fighting to unseat the deeply entrenched PPPC.
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Ease for Caribbean Immigrant Facing Deportation
Tony Best
“This is the Barack Obama I have been waiting for.”
Like many of his Congressional colleagues from New York, U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat of Illinois, one of the most vocal immigration advocates on Capitol was reacting to the decision by the White House in Washington to soften its tough immigrant deportation stance. It’s a significant shift in policy that would thousands of people from the Caribbean, Latin America and elsewhere the green light to remain in the country despite the fact that they may be undocumented immigrants facing deportation. Read more...
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STAR-MODEL JOAN SMALLS
By Walter Greene
She's hailed as the `new' face and body that is sought after by designers across the globe, but in actuality star model JOAN SMALLS has been a working models for over 4 years. Seems like all of a sudden this Puerto Rico born beauty is the new `it' girl. Read more...
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FASHION LUMINARIES HONORED AT HARLEM FASHION ROW
by Walter Greene
New York's top male superstar model Tyson Beckford, Metropolitan Museum of Art Chief Audience Development Officer, Donna Williams and fashion stylist June Ambrose were the honorees at Harlem Fashion Row's `Beautifully Out of Place' celebration and fashion show, held at the Allen Room - Frederick P. Rose Hall in the Time Warner Building, Columbus Circle in New York City. Read more...
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Jamaicans at Home and Abroad Hail Smooth Selection of Andrew Holness
Tony Best
Although some Jamaicans at home and abroad may wonder if Andrew Holness, a youthful cabinet minister, is the right person to become their country’s next leader, the one thing they agree on is that the ruling Labor Party deserves top marks for the smooth way it has chosen Bruce Golding’s successor.
From ardent JLP supporters in the United States to some of its strong critics, the reaction was the same: the JLP has done well by selecting a Prime Minister without public rancor and political blood-letting that could set back the island as it pursues a path towards economic stability. Read more...
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Occupy Wall Street and the King Legacy
By Basil Wilson
The dedication of the monument to Martin Luther King was unveiled on Sunday, October 16, 2011. Forty-three years after his assassination, every segment of American society can identify with Martin Luther King, Jr. Conservatives sing his praises and liberals honor his contributions to racial justice. There is a remarkable consensus on the historical significance of the civil rights movement and the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Golding Hints at Early Exit, Holness Likely Succssor
Only two weeks after Prime Minister Bruce Golding surprised the nation by announcing that he was stepping down as the leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and ultimately Prime Minister, it appears that his likely successor, Andrew Holness could take over before the party’s annual conference in November. Golding himself has given indication that he intends stepping down before November.“The person who is expected to succeed me in a matter of days has provided very strong leadership in transforming our education process, but that is not something that can be done in any short time span,” he told reporters. Read more...
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New Haitian Prime Minister Brings Hope
by Tony Best
Hope! That’s the word on many people’s lips, especially Haitians in and out of the Caribbean country and its large Diaspora in North America as Dr. Garry Conille becomes the Haiti’s new Prime Minister.
And the idea of generating hope is being articulated by the 45 year-old gynecologist himself whose nomination by President Michel Martelly to head the government was approved by the Senate which had rejected two previous candidates put forward to the upper chamber by the country’s head of state.
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What's Going On 10/13/11
by Victoria Horsford
BREAKING NEWS
America is almost as volatile as the American stock market. There is always something relevant unfolding in our wonderful republic. The nascent Occupy Wall Street phenomena is the beginning of a new social movement or a political movement. Read more...
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Editorial: Crime and Violence in the Caribbean
When the United Nations convenes an international diplomatic conference on the Arms Trade Treaty next year, Caribbean nations will have quite a lot to say and for good reason.That’s because most members of the Caribbean Community are being victimized by the steady flow of small arms and ammunition to their shores. Read more...
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Editorial: How Small Business are Showing their worth in NYC
It’s a predictable fact of our daily lives that in extremely difficult times we search for a glimmer of hope, anything that would tell us that better days are ahead.
So it is the small businesses, especially those in minority communities which are suffering heavy blows from the demoralizing effects of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Read more...
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