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GUYANA VOTE IN DOUBT
Guyana: Guyana’s elections commission was on Wednesday night fixing to announce a winner of presidential and general elections held on Monday but indications were up to press time that the main opposition grouping was unlikely to accept any result showing that they had lost to the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP), which was seeking a fifth consecutive five-year term amidst widespread allegations of corruption, the spectacular growth of the narco trade and over-taxation of ordinary Guyanese. Comment.
Homes for needy Haitians
Haiti: “At first, I really didn’t want to go,” said Rodneyse Bichotte, whose day job in Corporate Development Mergers and Acquisitions at American Express and her other job as Democratic District Leader in the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn, a non-paid elected position, keeps her really busy. Comments (2).
How to fix distrust in government
People: The latest New York Times/CBS News poll had bad news for Congress, whose support is down to single digits. But it had even worse news for the Republic. Americans’ distrust of government, the pollsters found, is “at its highest level ever.” Comment.
American Red Cross ‘Thank You’
People: During this season of hope and thanksgiving, the Greater New York Red Cross reflects on the generosity of those who helped us bring comfort and assistance to our neighbors in need this year. Comment.
Independence Message from the New York Consul General
Barbados: Fellow Barbadians. Comment.
Annual Double Dutch classic returns to The Big Apple
Manhattan: Once again, jumpers from Europe will join counterparts from Japan and cities across the United States to see which country will win the best-in-the-show contest when the 20th Annual Double Dutch Holiday Classic gets under way 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th St. in Manhattan. Comment.
Regents endorse financial aid for undocumented students
People: New York State Board of Regents has endorsed the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act that would allow Caribbean and other immigrant students to obtain permanent residency, earn high school diplomas and go on to college. Comment.
Jamaica: Jamaica’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Andrew Holness made his first official visit to New York recently. Comment.
Marilyn’s Musical Thanksgiving
Music & Fashion: Last Saturday, Nov. 19, soprano Marilyn Oliver gave a Thanksgiving Celebration concert at the South Oxford Space in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Thomas Siklos accompanied her on the piano and steel panist Sheldon Rathan was a guest artist. Comments (3).
Civic Leaders of Tomorrow Fellows
People: The selection process was difficult - from 40 applicants where five were chosen - for the 2011 “Civic Leaders of Tomorrow” Fellows, announced at a brief ceremony at the Manhattan Borough President’s office, Nov. 9. Comment.
Heritage Awards for Carib industry leaders
People: The Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) paid special tribute to eight Caribbean Americans who it claims have “blazed paths of success” in the arts, science, technology, business and the media. Comment.
Cuba elected to UNESCO executive board
Cuba: Cuba was the only Caribbean country that was elected on Nov. 2 to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) executive board. Comment.
Ceremony commemorates the Howard Beach horror
People: Caribbean Life columnist and reporter Vinette K. Price was honored for her continued commitment to coverage of stories addressing the concerns of various communities and in particular her coverage of the ‘Howard Beach Incident’ of December 1986 which shocked New York when Michael Griffith, a Black teen was struck and killed by a passing car as he ran onto the Belt Parkway to escape a group of white teens who were chasing him, following a verbal exchange in Howard Beach, Queens. Comment.
IRAWMA returns to mid-west
Music & Fashion: After making an international outing to Trinidad & Tobago this year, the annual International Reggae & World Music Awards will return to the mid-west where it first started in 1982. Comment.
Cops in Labor Day arrest of City councilman face disciplinary charges
People: Three NYPD officers involved in the wrongful arrest of a City Councilman at the West Indian Day Carnival parade in Brooklyn have been disciplined by the department, according to the victim Jumaane D. Williams. Comment.
UniWorld Group leads the pack for 2nd year in a row
People: Multicultural advertising agency UniWorld Group, Inc., (UWG) for the second year in a row won grand prizes in the Best African American Campaign and African American Print Campaign categories at the 11th Annual Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Multicultural Excellence Awards ceremony held last week in Miami, Florida. Comment.
Montefiore celebrates 64th anniversary
Bronx: November is National Home Care Month and Montefiore Medical Center is celebrating the 64th anniversary of Montefiore Home Care, the nation’s first hospital-based home care agency. Comment.
Brownsville foster child speaks at gala
Brooklyn: Sylvia Pericles, a 16-year-old foster child from Brownsville, told her life story at the Seamen’s Society Black & White Gala before an audience of more than 650 people that included President Bill Clinton. Comment.
New York Garifuna group honors a compatriot
St Vincent: The board of directors of the Bronx, N.Y.-based Garifuna Coalition, U.S.A, say they will honor Erline Williams-King, a former aide to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines New York Consul General, at its “Fourth Annual Yellow, White, Black Garifuna Settlement Day 2011” fundraising gala on Nov. 19. Comment.
Philly group honors Vincy community organizer
St Vincent: The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organization of Pennsylvania, Inc. (SVGOP) on Saturday night bestowed a special honor on prominent community organizer Verna V. Arthur during its annual Independence gala in Philadelphia. Comment.
Closer Carib,LatAm ties with the EU eyed
People: The newly-founded European Union (EU)-Latin America and Caribbean Foundation (EU-LAC) opened its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, on Nov. 5, aimed at developing economic relations between the German government and Caribbean and Latin American countries. Comment.
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People: Milk Carton Molly
Tavon Ray Dejon & Jammins Entertainment presents the stage play Milk Carton Molly, a musical by Tarana Peaches about Molly, who goes missing, after her husband goes to prison at C-PAC, 1020 East 48 St., Brooklyn. Doors open 8:00 p.m. For tickets log onto www.tix4me.com & for more information call (718) 282-8041. Comments (1).
Carib Catwalk at USVI Fashion Week in St. Thomas
Music & Fashion: After a two-year break, USVI Fashion Week founder and CEO Henry Marsham, returned to the helm for this year’s event, held Oct. 4-9 in the majestic Frenchman Resort in St Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands. Comment.
Faith leaders support Occupy Wall Street
Manhattan: In response to the violent suppression of demonstrators in Oakland and Atlanta, dozens of faith leaders from across New York led hundreds in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to join those occupying Zuccotti Park. Comment.
Tri-state photographers receive Lucie Awards
Arts & Theater: The Lucie Awards were presented alongside the International Photography Awards (IPA) in an evening that mirrored but without quite the paparazzi and glittery style of the Academy Awards at the Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday, Oct. 25. Comment.
Occupy Harlem takes root; on the move
Manhattan: As Occupy Wall Street continues to galvanize America and numerous ‘Occupy’ movements keep springing up in cities, towns and communities across the nation, it was only a matter of time before Harlem residents and activists took the bull by the horns and brought the initiative uptown. Comment.
