Caribbean Times 42nd Issue - 23rd November 2016

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2 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g Wednesday 23rd November 2016 Local group pens letter to Prince Harry By Everton Barnes While a local debate rages on the appropriateness of lack thereof of comments made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne at a function in honour of Prince Harry, one local group wants the visiting Royal to address past atrocities against the African peoples by the British colonials. In an open letter to Prince Editor’s Note Caribbean Times is printed and published at Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road. The Editor is Justin Peters. Contact: Caribbean Times, P.O. Box W2099, Woods Estate/Friars Hill Road, St. John’s, Antigua. Tel: (268) 562-8688, Fax: (268) 562-8685. Visit us online at our website: www. caribbeantimes.ag We ask you to send: Pertinent news items to news@caribbeantimes.ag. Advertisement inquiries to accounts@caribbeantimes.ag. Letters to the editor to editor@caribbeantimes.ag Henry of Wales, commonly called Prince Harry, the Antigua and Barbuda Reparation Support Commission noted that while it does not recognize the accession to special privileges of anyone simply on the nature of his or her birth, it however welcomed him as a representative of the governance of the United Kingdom. Penned by ABRSC Chairman Dorbrene O’Marde the letter described Britain as ‘a country with which we have had a four hundred year relationships – alas – categorized by the enslavement and colonial domination of our ancestors’. O’Marde called on the Prince take some time to explore with the people of Antigua and Barbuda the legacies of slavery and colonialism that continue to thwart ‘our efforts at sustainable economic development and the psychological and cultural rehabilitation of our people’. The ABRSC chairman noted that in January of this year, the Prime Minister of Barbados, acting in his role as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CAR- ICOM) Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Reparations, invited former British Prime Minister, David Cameron and his Government to meet with CARICOM ‘in order to discuss how best we may amicably exchange views on reparations with the framework established by the United Nations. That framework called on the developed world to ‘acknowledge and profoundly regret ‘the untold suffering and evils inflicted on millions of men, women and children as a result of slavery, the slave trade, the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, apart- Informative, reliable, enriching! Think you have a good news story; did you witness anything that is news-worthy; did you take that valuable picture; things happening in your community but there is no outlet or voice for you? You can earn just by telling your story. Call Caribbean Times at (268) 562 8688 Email: editor@caribbeantimes.ag Or news@caribbeantimes.ag Reach us now with that breaking news! heid, genocide and past tragedies’ and further to ‘find some way to contribute to the restoration of the dignity of the victims.’ O’Marde said to his dismay Prime Minister Cameron declined to discuss the matter in any meaningful way, but was however more forthcoming with respect to the Holocaust; declaring there was need to preserve its memory for generations. “We simply ask the question ‘are African people and their descendants in the Caribbean not worthy of the dignity expressed through reparations to Israelis/Jews, Japanese Americans, Native American Indians, The Allies of World War ll, Polish slave laborers, The Canadian Eskimos, the Australian Aborigines, the New Zealand Maoris and a host of others who have been compensated for crimes committed against them?” he wrote. The Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission (ABRSC) highlights the fact that the African is the only wronged race that has not received even an apology from those who committed the most brutal crimes against us. We hold that Reparation is not only about compensation for lost labour. The injury to Africa and African peoples was the comprehensive destruction of human lives, human cultures and human possibilities.
Wednesday 23rd November 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 3 By Renio Abbott His Royal Majesty Prince Henry of Wales affectionately known as Prince Harry has concluded his visit to Antigua and Barbuda. Before bidding farewell to our lovely twin island state, which was the first stop in his visit to the Caribbean to commemorate the Independence celebrations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Dominica as well as the celebration of the Queen’s 90th birthday. The 3-day visit that introduced the prince to Caribbean hospitality, was concluded with the prince’s presence at the dedication to The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy and Arbour Day Fair at the Queen Victoria Park Botanical Gardens. The fair is an annual Upon his arrival at the fair, he was introduced to representatives from various organizations such as including Victory Centre, the Antigua and Barbuda Horticultural Society, the Environmental Division and various vendors who offered Prince Harry goes green the opportunity to purchase a tree or products that were the by-products of agro processing, such as locally made juices and ice creams. The at the end of his visit, before moving on to St. Kitts planted a Lignum Vitae tree which marked the dedication the Queen Victoria Park Botanical Gardens to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.
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