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50,000 Haitians 

Fear Deportation 

By Michael Derek Roberts 

Associate Editor 

Caribbean Times News 

For about 50,000 Haitians now living in 

the United States under the Temporary Protected 

Status (TPS) fear and desperation is 

now the norm. That’s because on April 20 

United States President Donald J. Trump’s 

immigration department recommended 

that this program be ended. Recall that 

those Haitians affected by the measure have 

been living here since the devastating earthquake 

that destroyed this Caribbean nation 

in 2010. Former President Barack Obama 

granted temporary relief status to undocumented 

Haitians who arrived in the United 

States before 2011. 

Since that time Haiti has undergone not 

only a snail’s pace of re-development, but 

faced a number of unfortunate disasters. To 

date, a cholera outbreak that have now been 

classified by health officials as an epidemic 

has killed 10,000 Haitians, young and old 

– and counting. And add to this last October’s, 

Hurricane Matthew hit this poorest 

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke 

country in the Western hemisphere very 

hard causing more death, destruction, and 

endemic poverty in its wake. Based on these 

humanitarian grounds TPS has been extended 

several times. It is now set to expire 

on July 22, 2017, something that worries 

Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. 

“We are alarmed over media reports that 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) is seeking evidence of crimes committed 

by Haitians in advance of the July 

expiration of Haiti’s current Temporary 

Protected Status (TPS) designation,” Congresswoman 

Clarke told Caribbean Times 

News. 

“This is part of an unfortunate continuation 

of then-Candidate Trump and now 

the Trump Administration’s efforts to promote 

a false stereotype of the criminality of 

immigrants as evidenced by the creation of 

the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement 

Office (VOICE) at the Department 

of Homeland Security. The Administration 

has cast immigrants as drug dealers, sexual 

predators, and terrorists who are a drain on 

our society. However, the fact is that immigrants 

are actually less likely to commit 

crimes than non-immigrants and higher 

immigration rates are associated with lower 

crime rates. Moreover, immigrants of all 

backgrounds contribute to our economy. 

Continued on page 22 

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‘Dudus’ moved to 

low-security prison 

NEW JERSEY – Jamaican drug kingpin 

Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has been moved 

to a low-security prison with “no bars, towers, 

or locks” to complete his 23-year prison 

sentence in the United States (US). 

The US Bureau of Prisons confirmed yesterday 

that Coke had been transferred to the 

Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution 

(FCI), located in the state of New Jersey. 

The Fort Dix FCI is located in Burlington 

County, New Jersey, and currently houses 

just over 4,000 male inmates. According to 

its admission and orientation handbook for 

inmates, which has been published on the 

Internet, the facility has “no bars, towers, or 

locks on the rooms located within the community 

units”. 

“Inmates must demonstrate a high degree 

of responsibility and the expectations are 

that each inmate will comply,” the document 

noted. 

This is the third institution across the 

American penal system to house the second-generation 

Tivoli Gardens strongman 

since 2011, when he pleaded guilty to drugs 

and firearm charges in a New York federal 

court. 

Coke was first housed at the high-security 

Metropolitan Detention Centre, located in 

Brooklyn, New York, in the days after he was 

extradited from Jamaica, and remained there 

for a while after his conviction. 


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New Jamaica 

Police 

Commissioner 

tells cops to 

return to basics 

IMF concludes mission 

to St Kitts-Nevis 


KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Newly 

appointed Commissioner of Police, George 

Quallo, says members of the Jamaica Constabulary 

Force (JCF) must redouble their efforts 

in building good community relations, 

as this is still one of the most effective tools 

in crime-fighting. 

Quallo, who was addressing the Jamaica 

Police Federation’s 74th Annual Joint Central 

Conference in the western parish of St James, 

yesterday, said that “now is not the time to 

abandon such a tried-and-proven practice, 

adding that “we risk giving up a huge advantage 

in taking the fight to the criminals”. 

“My challenge to the superintendents, the 

inspectors and every rank and file member 

is for you to get back to the basics,” he said. 

“Start to get back your feet fully grounded. 

Start to rebuild the trust and confidence of 

the people…. That is the only way they will 

feel comfortable to tell you what is going on,” 

he added. 

Commissioner Quallo said he can recall, 

in the early days, when there were regular 

visits to schools by the police, and relationships 

were formed with the church, farmers 

and other interest groups. 

“I remember when I was the commanding 

officer in Manchester, where there were 

many evenings when we would be up in the 

hills talking to the people,” he noted. 

“What it did was allow us to build relationships, 

and the people would share with 

us what they know. There would be no protecting 

of criminals and wrongdoers. They 

would tell us what is happening in their neck 

of the woods. The school is no different and 

the church is no different. It is critical that we 

go back to basics and start rebuilding these 

relationships,” he said. 

The commissioner called on members 

to support each other, while speaking out 

against wrongdoing. 

Meanwhile, the commissioner expressed 

concern that persons who are up for promotions 

are being held back or stifled as a result 

of outstanding disciplinary matters that have 

been on the books for years, and with no resolution 

in sight. 

“Many times, persons are nominated from 

their division for courses or to participate in 

promotion exercises, and what you hear is 

that the person has six or seven orderly room 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- An International 

Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited St 

Kitts and Nevis during April 18-May 4 to 

conduct the 2017 Article IV consultation. 

Notwithstanding a difficult international 

environment, St Kitts and Nevis’ economy is 

expected to grow again in 2017 for the fifth 

consecutive year. St Kitts and Nevis’ strong 

macroeconomic performance owes much to 

the robust Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) 

inflows and their spillovers to the economy, 

as well as overall prudent macroeconomic 

policies. Against the background of elevated 

risks to CBI inflows and risks associated with 

completion of the debt-land swap, the mission 

focused on measures to safeguard macroeconomic 

and financial stability, including 

by strengthening the fiscal policy framework 

and reducing reliance on CBI inflows, and 

necessary reforms to attain sustainable, inclusive 

growth. 

Regional organization benefits from climate 

information course held in China 

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- 

PANOS Caribbean is among the 

more than 30 representatives 

from organizations across the 

developing world, gathered in 

China this month for a training 

programe to boost their knowledge 

of climate information services. 

The “Climate Change and 

Climate Information Service for 

Developing Countries” seminar 

got going on May 5 at Nanjing 

IMF officials meeting with the government of St Kitts and Nevis, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and 

other stakeholders 

1. Economic performance moderated 

somewhat in 2016 compared to the recent 

years. The economy grew at a modest 3.2 

percent in 2016, compared to 4.9 percent 

in 2015, while still exceeding the average 

growth rate in the ECCU region. The overall 

fiscal surplus, at 4.2 percent of GDP, deteriorated 

compared to 2015, owing mainly to 

lower CBI receipts. The underlying overall 

balance (that is, the overall balance excluding 

SIDF grants, CBI-related receipts and 

due diligence expenditure) remains in deficit, 

around 3.3 percent of GDP. A combination 

of lower CBI-budgetary receipts and a larger 

trade deficit resulted in a significant widening 

of the current account deficit. At the same time, 

public debt fell further, projected to reach the 

60 percent ECCU debt-to-GDP target by 2018, 

ahead of ECCU peers. 

2. The authorities made significant efforts to 

strengthen the CBI program, given risks to CBI 

University for Information Science 

and Technology (NUIST), 

and will run until May 25. 

“There is no question of the 

value of being a participant here. 

Climate change education and 

advocacy around climate justice 

forms a part of the core of what 

we do at Panos Caribbean,” said 

Petre Williams-Raynor, country 

director for Panos Jamaica. 

“Only a week into the course 

and already my knowledge of 

revenues in a challenging regional and global 

environment. They have strengthened the 

due-diligence process with dedicated resources 

and global collaboration, as this is essential to 

reduce integrity and security risks, preserve the 

program’s credibility, and avoid a race-to-thebottom. 

3. The medium-term outlook incorporates 

conservative assumptions on future CBI flows. 

Growth is projected to be 2.7 percent for 2017 


climate change has increased. 

Also, my appreciation for the 

rigour of the research that goes 

into arming us with the needed 

information to inform our 

projects and, ultimately, empower 

our beneficiaries in the 

region has been significantly 

enhanced,” she added. 

So far, the seminar has taken 

participants through an introduction 

to climatology; the physical 

science fundamentals of climate 

Continued on page 21 Petre Williams-Raynor 

Continued on page 23

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commentary 

Dealing with private and public 

Readers, this Issue’s Commentary 

has nothing to do with (my) 

politics per se...It has more to do 

with the realities of seeking and 

holding political Office, especially 

when one (President Trump) 

is transitioning from the private 

to the public sector--where one 

has to tolerate and cope with a 

variety of Bureaucratic stressors 

and delays. 

This Commentary springs 

from reported comments that 

were attributed to President 

Donald Trump, just days before 

he celebrated his 100 days in Office. 

The President is being quoted 

as claiming “that it was easier in 

his previous life, and that he did 

not know that it would have been 

so difficult and complicated”. 

--Of course, Media-outlets 

have been constantly airing 

Mr.Trump’s claims from the 

campaign-trail about “how easy 

it would be for him to deliver on 

campaign-promises.” 

It is easy for me to extend 

empathy within the context of 

a comparatively rich businessman, 

who in his previous life 

within the private sector, (a).. 

would have hardly had to tolerate 

resistance from subordinates; 

(b)..whose (decision) timings for 

YES/NO would not have been 

dependent on the whims and 

fancies of his staff-members; 

and (c)..who when he made or 

handed down a decision would 

not have been subjected to work 

stoppages and Nays from the 

Courts; or civil-disobedience 

and protests from Trades-unions 

and Interest-groups . 

sector differences 

By Carlyle Harry 

WASHINGTON 

T.V. Talkshow host and moderator--Jake 

Tapper began his show on 

Sunday, April 30th (one day after 

Mr.Trump’s first 100 days in Office) 

like this,”The President’s first 100 

days were long on Executive-Orders, 

but very short on Legislative 

accomplishments”. 

Prior to Mr.Tapper’s declaration, 

President Trump did admit that 

he did not realize that “Congress 

worked so slowly”, and he was further 

surprised that a Republican 

House and Senate could not get 

more done. 

** Senators Angus King and 

Susan Collins of Maine, feel that 

more is not being accomplished 

in Congress, because elected Representatives 

are”busy protecting 

themselves.” 

Senator Collins noted that the 

(majority) Republican Congress 

was deeply split along ideological 

lines. 

Another Talk-show host and 

Moderator-Chuck Todd voiced 

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that President Trump was learning 

that while he wanted to have 

things done in a hurry,”Congress 

worked at its own pace”. 

On the Military/Foreign-policy 

front, Pentagon Correspondent-Helen 

Cooper showed that 

important interventions that 

the President had to accommodate 

and contend with, were the 

views of his Cabinet and his Military-Officers. 

PRIVACY 

Of course, President Trump 

is admitting to the (now) incursions 

on his privacy and private 

life, and particularly observations 

and analyses from the Media--some 

of which he often declares 

as “enemies” 

T.V.Talk-Show host, Jake Tapper 

has opined that because of 

the Nation’s racial and partisan 

divides, on most occasions “for 

some-the President can do nothing 

wrong; then for others he is 

doing nothing, or he cannot do 

anything right.” 

I am imagining that a private 

business-owner normally lives 

and abides by a fixed agenda, a 

President of the United States 

enjoys no such luxury, because 

there is no way of anticipating 

the scale of Domestic and Foreign 

challenges that just turn up 

unannounced like natural disasters 

and North Korea. 

Former White-House (senior) 

Staff-Member, Andy Card has 

pointed out in media-interviews 

that the biggest challenges that 

Presidents, their Cabinets, Advisory-Teams 

and staff-members 

had to cope with, is massive interruptions 

at home like 9-11; 

and overseas occurrences like 

coups, electoral changes, and 

trade negotiations. 

As a sole proprietor, the President 

would have been accustomed 

to seek consultation, and 

take advice as he wanted to; but 

in the final analysis he would 

make decisions as he thought fit. 

Therefore, I could fathom the 

wake-up call that Mr.Trump got 

that he could not whip Republican 

Office-Holders in line to vote 

for the repeal of Obama-Care on 

two separate occasions . 

Then to add YEAST to the issue, 

the former Apprentice-Host 

was not able to say to the dissenting-ones 

“you are fired.” 

Former President Obama very 

early in Office, appropriately noted”Being 

President of the United 

States of America is an extraordinarily 

powerful position, but One 

has to realize that there are other 

powerful people and positions inside 

and outside of America” 

IN CONCLUSION, another 

lesson that President Trump 

is probably learning, as (now) 

C.E.O. of this country--words, 

concepts, hypotheses, phrases 

and clauses really do matter, and 

many will come under immediate 

and continuing parsing, dissection 

and analyses. 

IN OTHER WORDS 

There is no fixed agenda, 

there is natural disasters, 

North Korea and Russia, 

which affect an American 

Leader.

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organizational profile 


At Left: Walk 2015.. This walk is held annually to spread awareness about autism and other developmental disabilities. At Right: Honoring Parents.. Each year MY TIME inc. at its annual gala, salutes and honors 

our parents who work tirelessly advocating for their child/ren with autism and other developmental disabilities. 

Spotlight on MY Time Inc. 


The Mission of My Time Inc. is to Support, 

Educate,Empower, Enlighten, and Uplift parents 

and guardians of children who are diagnosed 

with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities 

to live a quality of life that they deserve and 

look forward to. 

The Organization is working to bring new 

prospectives to Parent Support with the categories 

of parents that it is working with. 

My Time Inc. was launched in 2007, after observations 

of the frustrations that these categories 

of parents were enduring when seeking services 

for their child/ren with Autism and other 

Developmental Disabilities. 

The observations were made by Executive 

Director/Co-Founder Lucina Clarke when she 

worked as an intergrant teacher and was assigned 

to serve with one of these parents. 

Ms. Clarke noticed first hand the difficulties 

and frustrations that this parent endured as she 

negotiated with various Bureaucracies in efforts 

to obtain services for her child. 

After that mother died, Lucina vowed to do 

something to help similarly affected parents, and 

that Vow resulted in the formation of My Time 

Inc. 

GOALS 

The goals and objectives of MY TIME Inc. 

are to help our members to navigate and negotiate 

with the Bureaucracies that they have to 

Breakfast with the Chefs. Honoring those who perpetuate humanity within their community. Also, for 

the parents to interact with the broader community. 

approach for services for themselves and their 

children. The objective of the organization is to 

provide direct and indirect services and assistance 

to its members and associates. 

MY TIME inc. works in partnership with 

other Entities in order to pursue its goals and 

objectives. 

MY TIME inc. is managed by Lucina Clarke 

Executive Director/Co-Founder, Wayne Clarke, 

Director of Operations/Co-Founder, and Denise 

Jordan, Executive Assistant. 

My TIME inc. gets funding from NYC Autism 

Initiative, Office of People with Developmental 

Disabilities (OPWDD), City Council 

Members Alan Maisel, Jumaane Williams, 

Brooklyn Delegation (NYC Council), Senator 

Roxanne Persaud and Assemblymember Jaime 

Williams. It also hosts three principal fund-raising 

events, namely Breakfast with the Chefs 

(April), Parents Supporting Parents Walkathon 

(June), and amGala in December. 

A Major project that is undertaken by MY 

TIME inc. is called “ Me Time” a social/recreational 

program that is hosted for parents every 

month. it involves taking a percentage of parents 

to activities such as bowling, movies, dinners, 

spas, galas, operas, broadway shows and other 

events. 

The parents get to feel a sense of “self” and 

enjoy interacting with other parents and the 

broader community. Some of these parents told 

us “they haven’t been out in years.” 

For the future, MY TIME inc is aiming to establish 

a Resource Center/ Conference Room, 

a Music- Room (Sensory Room for those with 

autism), a Play Room (designed for kids on the 

spectrum), Child Care Services, and a Sibling 

Support Group. 

MY TIME inc.’s office and program site are 

at 9603 Flatlands Ave Brooklyn NY 11236. It 

meets three times a week—Tuesday, Wednesday 

and Thursday from 11am-3pm. Its telephone 

number is 917-933-9875. 

The Organization has a Board of Directors, 

namely, Chairperson Marielle Schank, Treasurer 

Sharon Morrison, Member Gwendolyn Robinson, 

members Michelle Schank Molina, and Ivy 

Gonzalez Fledman PH.D BCBA-D.

news 

7 

caton market do-0ver 

NYC Council approves the DeBlasio Administration’s plan to convert Caton Market to a mixed-use facility 


New York City’s Economic Development 

Corporation(NYCEDC) has announced that 

the New York City Council has approved the 

DeBlasio Administration’s plan to transform 

the Flatbush Caton market--a local commercial 

and cultural institution, into a rejuvenated, 

mixed-use Facility. 

The proposed-plan will bring an expanded 

and renovated market, 250 units 

of affordable housing, new space for the 

Caribbean Association of Commerce and 

Industry(CACCI), additional community 

space, and a commercial kitchen that will 

serve as an incubator space that will support 

the long term growth and vitality of dozens 

of vendors and entrepreneurs. 

This Project will be partially supported 

by capital funding from the Brooklyn 

Borough President’s Office, Council-Member-Mathieu 

Eugene, and the New York City 

Council. 

COMMENTS 

James Patchett, President and CEO of the 

NYCEDC admitted”The renovation of the 

Flatbuch Caton market offers a unique opportunity 

to preserve a cultural institution, 

foster the growth of local vendors and entrepreneurs, 

and create affordable housing” 

HPD’s Commissioner-Maria Torres-Springer 

noted”This new development 

is the product of extensive community engagement, 

and it brings both affordability 

and economic opportunity to Flatbush; with 

over 250 units of 100% affordable housing, 

hundreds of New York City families will be 

able to call Brooklyn home, and with an expanded 

Flatbush Caton market and entrepreneurship 

training programs, local residents 

will have the resources and space they 

need to thrive”. 

Brooklyn’s Borough President-Eric L.Adams 

emphasized”Since the beginning of my 

administration, I have been focused on the 

redevelopment of Flatbush Caton market 

into a high-quality, mixed-use project to 

re-energize the surrounding Flatbush community 

and to be worthy of the residents and 

entrepreneurs in its success.Today, we celebrate 

an important milestone on the journey 

to opening the doors of an expanded market, 

hundreds of affordable housing units 

and new community space to support our 

rich Caribbean diaspora.” 

Council-Member-Mathieu Eugene declared”The 

new Flatbush market is an important 

Project for the local community and 

the whole of Brooklyn.” 


Guyana Action Committee honors mothers 


They attended the G.A.C.’s Mothers’s brunch 

that was held on Saturday, May 13th, at the Cristo 

Rey school auditorium on Brooklyn avenue. 

In their addresses to attendees, both Ms.Atherly 

and Senator Persaud commended the G.A.C. 

on the services and material assistance that it was 

donating to young people in Guyana. 

Senator Persaud indicated that her principal 

motivation to seek elected Office, was to “render 

service to humanity”; while the Consul-General 

described the efforts that she was making to be 

more accessible to her publics. 

Three individuals were honored during the 

brunch--Yonette Hooper, an outstanding Guyanese 

musician; Natricia Hooper who won the 

triple-jump for Guyana at this year’s CARIFTA 

Games; and Ms.Paula Sandy was given the 

G.A.C.’s Humanitarian Award. 

The Acting District Attorney of Brooklyn Eric 

Gonzalez extended compliments to the Mother 

of the Year--93 year old, Albertha Brathwaite. 

Mr.Gonzalez who is seeking election to the 

Office of Brooklyn’s District Attorney, also outlined 

crime-prevention efforts that he and his 

staff-members are pursuing. 

The President of the Guyana Action Committee-Mr.Errol 

Lewis in thanking the gathering for its 

attendance, continuing contributions and support, 

disclosed that the Organization is in the process of 

finalizing plans to build a Battered-Women’s Shelter 

in Guyana within the near future. 

Pictured above from left to right: Guyana’s Consul-General Beverly Atherly, Senator Roxanne Persaud, and Bonita Montague Project Director of 

the Guyana Action Committee. Pictured far right: GAC’s Mother of the YearMs.Brathwaite(sitting) with her daughter-in-law, Janice.

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letters to the editor 

poetry corner 


HOUSING & TAXATION 

Dear Editor, 

Thank you for affording me space in your 

Newspaper in order to highlight this Housing 

discrepancy. 

It concerns the over-taxation of homeowners. 

The Mayor has two homes worth $1.5 

million each...The tax bill on each home is 

$3,581. 

I live in the Southview section of the 

Bronx, and my house will never be worth 

anything close to that, but every year my taxes 

go up. 

Last year, I paid over $3,000 in taxes, and 

this year, it will go closer to $4,000. 

The Mayor receives a salary, I am a senior 

citizen living on a fixed income--Who do I 

have to know in order to get a better deal. 

— Yolanda R. 

GETTING YOUR CALCIUM 

Dear Editor, 

There is nothing “stupid” about avoiding 

dairy products. 

As a Medical Doctor, I am glad to see 

more young people turning away from milk. 

There is simply no evidence to suggest that 

a “dairy deficiency” is the cause of Osteoporosis. 

A study of nearly 100,000 persons found 

that the more milk that men drank as teen 

agers, the more bone fractures they experienced 

as adults. 

While many people think of milk as a 

source of calcium, the fact is that cows don’t 

make calcium, they simply take calcium 

from grass and put traces of it into milk. 

But then, less than one-third of the calcium 

in milk is absorbed by the human body. 

We can get calcium from plants too just as 

cows do; and the calcium in broccoli, kale, 

Brussels-spouts and collard greens has absorption 

fractions of 50%, or better. 

While there is mention of a ticking-time 

bomb of osteoporosis for those who do not 

get enough calcium, the real ticking-time 

bomb is heart disease--America’s top killer. 

Milk and other dairy products come with 

a high dose of cholesterol and fat, the top 

sources of artery clogging saturated fat in the 

American diet. 

Drinking milk has also been linked to certain 

types of cancer, including prostate cancer, 

breast cancer and ovarian cancer. 

The majority of us--about 60% of adults- 

-have trouble digesting dairy to begin with, 

which can lead to uncomfortable symptoms 

like cramping and bloating. 

No one needs dairy. What will really 

happen if young people avoid milk?... They 

might just avoid major health problems as 

they get older. 

 

— Dr.Neal Barnard, M.D. 

INVESTING in EDUCATION 

Dear Editor, 

It is being reported that recent breakthroughs 

in Neuroscience reveal that children’s 

brains are growing explosively during 

the first years of life--developing more as the 

child grows. 

Therefore, it is important for the Federal 

Government, State Governments and Municipalities 

to increase funding, and pay 

greater attention to the educational provisions 

for children from poorer communities 

in this country. 

 

— Brian K 

CHANGES 

P. is finding out that more is less 

when one is accustomed to instant success. 

P. is learning the differences 

in sectoral influences. 

One can understand P’s stresses 

as he strives to keep promises. 

I empathize with P 

that it has not been easy 

to get his way 

as others have their say. 

If P. wants to continue 

to share his views 

and stay in the news, 

He has to accommodate 

tons of analyses and debates. 

That private sector power 

is different in the public sector. 

CHANGE is the only CONSTANT in Life. 

 

— Carlyle Harry 

commentary: Telling it as it is 

Prerequisites for Peace — elevating the 

discussion beyond ideologies 

By Gerry Hopkin, JD 

Maximum respect to all of our 

veterans, living and deceased -- my 

dad, Roy Peters, a Vietnam War/ 

Conflict Veteran, included. 

We ought to honor those who 

have fallen in service of country, 

considering that they have honorably 

followed the orders of their 

commanders, trusting in the authority, 

judicious considerations 

and wisdom of their superiors. 

Hence, it is appropriate that nation-states 

honor their fallen soldiers, 

as will soon be the case in the 

United States of America. 

However, it is up to all free citizens, 

even the soldier despite his/ 

her obligatory constraints, to demand 

sound thinking, moral responsibility, 

accountability and less 

waste in global military spending 

and engagements. 

Any objective study of history 

will clearly show that NO war has 


given any people complete and 

lasting peace, and that only a few 

wars or military conflicts have received 

close to unanimous praise 

from observers, or seen as necessary 

and called-for under the ‘just 

war theory.’ 

World War II is one of the few 

wars that most students of history, 

except for a modern-day Nazi 

Supremacist, would posit as justifiable 

with respect to most of the 

means and ends of the Allied forces. 

I say most, because there are 

some like myself, who take exception 

to the use of the atomic bomb 

in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, 

on grounds that it was done in violation 

of the proportionality element 

of the ‘just war theory.’ 

The bombs which were detonated 

above those two cities in Japan, 

essentially destroyed and burnt just 

about everything and killed, injured 

and caused to disappear approximately 

200 thousand mostly 

innocent civilians within a radius 

of over a mile of the ground zero 

of each. 

Yes, it helped to end the war, but 

the massive loss of lives and the 

lasting devastating effects of exposure 

to radiation were excessive 

and disproportionate to anything 

known to human warfare until 

then. Besides, the use of that bomb 

could have led to an unhealthy escalation 

of the war too, and it in 

fact did start the world down a slippery 

slope of a nuclear arms race in 

the context of a post World War II 

(after 1945) cold war, which more 

than once brought the US and the 

then Soviet Union, close to attacks 

that would have amounted to total 

annihilation. 

When and if the heavy-weights 

engage in war, everyone will suffer. 

And since every war, in which the 

economic giants of the world are 

involved, is one which will affect 

the global economy and the local 

landscape of vulnerable/volatile 

developing and underdeveloped 

nation-states, it is imperative that 

folks in the Caribbean concern 

themselves with the military actions 

of the heavy-weights who 

spar and start unbearably costly 

wars/military conflicts, from time 

to time. 

It is very much a bread and butter 

issue for Caribbean folks in the 

Diaspora and back home, since 

many have relatives in the military 

forces of major powers (especially 

the USA, England and Canada) 

and many also depend on essential 

remittances from relatives in these 

nation-states. 

Unfortunately, the ‘just war theory’ 

has been rendered obsolete by 

the likes of Osama Bin Ladin (who 

unacceptably opined that it was fine 

to callously bomb innocent victims 

in retaliation to the perceived greed 

and disrespect of a government) 

and former world leaders George 

Bush and Margaret Thatcher (who 

many scholars agree, disregarded 

international law with certain military 

actions they authorized). 

Additionally, Bush advocated 

pre-emptive and retaliatory strikes 

and Thatcher supported apartheid 

in South Africa and colonialism in 

the Falkland Islands in an era of 

modern self-determination. 

Further, we have the likes of fundamentalist 

believers of various 

persuasions (from east, west, north 

and south) who believe that its all 

about their way of seeing and doing 

things, or no other way at all. 

The only real solution to our 

problems is the internalization and 

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BABY SHOWER TO EMPOWER 


On Saturday, April 29, Sister Friends— 

community volunteers of the Brooklyn 

Birthing Project, celebrated its third annual 

community baby shower in collaboration 

with the Christopher Rose Community Empowerment 

Campaign at the Wyckoff Farmhouse 

Museum in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. 

The hosts chose the theme for this year 

‘Shower 2 Empower’, because they feel that 

pregnancy, along with the ability to give life, 

was one of life’s most precious attributes, and 

thus should always be celebrated. 

The hosts view Pregnancy as one of the 

most vulnerable times of life for both mother 

and baby. The aim of these annual showers 

is to provide emotional and material support 

to pregnant women...In a statement, the 

Sponsors declared “We love doing this baby 

shower. every year , we look forward to the 

opportunity of celebrating each precious new 

baby and having the community share in the 

collective experience. This is why Shower 2 

Empower was created”. They added” For every 

expecting mother or for those who have 

recently given birth, this is their time to be 

special, their time to be recognized, and their 

time to feel nothing but love and happiness 

Photo: Photo of Sister Friend volunteers (left to right) Sharon rose,Emara Grainger, Elzie Wright, Kadian 

Simpson, Tabitha Boney, Maxine Lewis, Ameerah Merrin, Cynthia Juhans, Lynda Canaii, Michelle Cameron, 

Desma Peter, Iris Medas, Cynthia Stephenson, Sonia Clarke, Michelle Edwards, and Denise West. 

from the community. We’re happy to partner 

with the Birthing Project to support maternal 

health in the Borough”. 

The Nationally renowned Birthing Project 

model pairs community volunteers with 

pregnant women and provides social and 

emotional support to ensure that. they have 

healthy babies. In Brooklyn, The Birthing 

Project is sponsored by the Brooklyn Perinatal 

Network and supported by NYC’ Department 

of Health’s Healthy Start – Community 

Action network (CAN). 

This year’s ‘Baby-Shower’ event was sponsored 

by the Christopher Rose Community 

Empowerment Campaign, Inc. with support 

from HealthFirst, Footprints Cafe, Silvers 

Krust Restaurant, Suede Restaurant, Visions 

Decor and Trader Joe’s It also obtained generous 

assistance from Borough President 

Eric L. Adams a strong supporter of prenatal 

and infant health. 

Representative Italia Granshaw addressed 

the mothers-to-be on behalf of the Borough 

President. The afternoon was topped off by 

an inspirational keynote address by Dr. Sophia 

Lubin, 

The day’s event was hosted on the grounds 

of the landmark Wyckoff Farm House Museum. 

The landscape was teeming with children 

and families were offered educational 

tours of the Facility. One woman who attended 

the event went into labor and delivered a 

healthy baby boy the next morning . 

The major Sponsors of this event utilizes 

the Theme “It takes a village to raise a child “ 

For more information about the Sister 

Friend Birthing Project in your community 

email bpsisterfriend@gmail.com ; call BPN 

at (718) 643-8258 ; or contact Sharon Rose or 

Elzie Wright at CRCEC (718) 272-2363. 


health 

Focusing on Fibromyalgia 

A puzzling and oftentimes painful condition 

You’ve probably heard of fibromyalgia, but 

you may not know what it is. Fibromyalgia is a 

long-term (chronic) pain condition that affects 

5 million or more Americans ages 18 and older. 

For unknown reasons, most people diagnosed 

with fibromyalgia are women, although men 

and children also can be affected. People with 

certain disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis 

or lupus, may also have fibromyalgia, which can 

affect their disease course and treatment. 

Fibromyalgia can take a powerful toll on 

health, well-being, and quality of life. “People 

with fibromyalgia suffer from severe, daily pain 

that is widespread throughout the body,” says 

Dr. Leslie J. Crofford, an NIH-supported researcher 

at Vanderbilt University. “Their pain 

is typically accompanied by debilitating fatigue, 

sleep that does not refresh them, and problems 

with thinking and memory.” 

People with fibromyalgia often see many 

doctors before finally receiving a diagnosis. The 

main symptoms—pain and fatigue—overlap 

with those of many other conditions, which can 

complicate the diagnosis. 

“To make things more challenging, there are 

no blood tests or X-rays that are abnormal in 

people with the disorder,” says Crofford. With 

no specific diagnostic test, some doctors may 

question whether a patient’s pain is real. “Even 

friends, family, and coworkers may have a difficult 

time understanding the person’s symptoms,” 

Crofford says. 

A doctor familiar with fibromyalgia can make 

a diagnosis based on the criteria established by 

the American College of Rheumatology. Diagnostic 

symptoms include a history of widespread 

pain lasting more than 3 months and 

other symptoms such as fatigue. In making the 

diagnosis, doctors consider the number of areas 

throughout the body where the patient had pain 

in the past week, and they rule out other causes 

of disease. 

What causes fibromyalgia isn`t fully understood. 

Many factors likely contribute. “We know 

that people with fibromyalgia have changes 

in the communication between the body and 

the brain,” Crofford says. These changes may 

lead the brain to interpret certain sensations as 

painful that might not be bothersome to people 

without the disorder. 

Researchers have found several genes that 

may affect a person’s risk of developing fibromyalgia. 

Stressful life events may also play a role. 

Fibromyalgia isn’t a progressive disease, so 

it doesn’t get worse over time and may even 

improve. It’s never fatal, and it won’t harm the 

joints, muscles, or internal organs. 

Medications may help relieve some—but not 

all—symptoms of fibromyalgia. “Drug treatments 

by themselves don’t result in remission 

or cure of fibromyalgia,” says Crofford. “We’ve 

learned that exercise may work as well as or better 

than medications. In addition, therapies such 

as tai chi, yoga, and cognitive behavior therapy 

can also help to reduce symptoms.” 

People with fibromyalgia often have the best 

results when treated with multiple therapies. “It’s 

critically important for health care providers to 

help patients develop an understanding of fibromyalgia, 

and to provide realistic information 

about treatments, with an emphasis on using 

exercise and other physical therapies in conjunction 

with medications,” Crofford says. 

Crofford and her colleagues are exploring 

whether a treatment called TENS (transcutaneous 

electrical nerve stimulation) can help people 

with fibromyalgia exercise more comfortably and 

reduce pain. She and other NIH-funded teams 

are also seeking markers of fibromyalgia in the 

blood that might ultimately lead to more targeted 

and effective treatments. 

If you or someone you know has fibromyalgia, 

see the “Wise Choices” box for tips on reducing 

its impact.

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news 


University of Guyana 

seeks ties with U.S. 


Striving to cement preliminary linkages 

that have been established with individuals,organizations, 

and educational-institutions 

in the United States of America, U.G.’s 

new Vice-Chancellor-Ivelaw Griffith and his 

Administration are hosting an inaugural ‘Diaspora 

Engagement Conference from July 

23rd. to 28th this year. 

The Conference which will be held in Guyana, 

will have as its Theme”Dreaming Diaspora 

Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement”...The 

intention behind this Assembly, 

is to mobilize financial and material forms of 

assistance for the Guyanese Institution. 

Another aim of the first Diaspora-Engagement 

Conference is to provide platforms for 

developing strategies to establish a Caribbean 

Diaspora Engagement Center. 

Vice-Chancellor Griffith expressed this 

hope, “the Conference will contribute to the 

development of diaspora policy, and a framework 

to effectively attract direct diaspora investments, 

as well as to attract direct diaspora 

investment and engagement in nation building”. 

Guyana’s President-David Granger has 

been invited to declare the Conference open, 

and give the Keynote address on Monday, 

July 24th; while Guyana’s Opposition-Leader-Bharat 

Jagdeo has been invited to deliver a 

luncheon address on Tuesday, July 25th. 

This inaugural Conference has three components, 

namely:--an academic symposium; 

a business forum; and community engagement. 

The University of Guyana currently has 

an enrollment of 8,000 students...It now offers 

more than sixty under-graduate and 

post-graduate courses. 

The University of Guyana is now offering 

on-line, continuing-education and extra-mural 

classes. 

Jumaane announces run 

Representative of the 45th City-Council 

District, Jumaane Williams has announced 

that he is seeking re-election to the Council; 

and once re-elected, he is going to compete 

for the Speakership of the City-Council. 

The City-Council Representative who 

turned 41 last week, stated that he wanted to 

become Speaker of the Council”because of 

the current era that has been ushered in by 

the election of Trump” 

Jumanne Williams, whose parents are from 

Grenada, presently chairs the Council’s committee 

on Housing and Buildings. 

His supporters have launched an energetic 

fund-raising campaign in order to enable 

these runs. 

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It’s not a novel 

idea. But when 

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Caribbean 

chef it garners 

the kind of attention 

that mere 

culinary mortals 

cannot dream of 

attracting. Now Richardson Skinner 

a top Trinidadian 

chef is saying that the Caribbean region 

can do much more to promote its cuisine 

to attract interest and travel to the 

region. 

“In the past, visitors came to the Caribbean 

for sand, sun and sea ... and the 

food was just simmering on the back 

burner,” said celebrity chef Richardson 

Skinner. He’s the executive chef at Ti Bananne 

Caribbean Bistro and Bar, located 

at the award-winning Coco Palm hotel 

in Rodney Bay Village in St Lucia. 

Skinner, with over 20 years’ experience 

in Trinidad, Martinique and St 

Lucia, points out that travelers go out of 

their way for fresh culinary experiences, 

particularly for meals with a savor of the 


Chaquanzha Stephenson, Miss Dream Castle 2016 

The music, culture and cuisine of the Caribbean 

Islands will be on colorful display 

once again when Braata Productions in association 

with Sam’s Caribbean Marketplace 

presents the 2017 Bankra Caribbean Folk 

Festival on Saturday June 3 beginning at 12 

noon. 

The third annual edition of the outdoor 

festival will take place on 160th Street between 

Jamaica Avenue and 90th Street in Jamaica, 

Queens. 

The one day festival is fast becoming one 

of the largest and most eagerly anticipated 

summer events of its kind in New York City, 

attracting patrons of all ages who are treated 

to an array of cultural activities from across 

the Caribbean. 

This year’s event will again feature a food 

pavilion with cuisine from various islands, 

face painting and clown activities for children, 

cultural exhibits, and participatory folk 

games and dances for patrons. 

Returning too are the twenty foot high 

‘stilt walkers’ who have both enchanted and 

amazed audiences with their movement, 

dance skills and dexterity at previous editions 

of the festival. 

The high point of the event will again be 

the Grand Cultural Concert which begins at 

4pm and which will which will feature music, 

dance and drumming performances from a 

lineup of celebrated Caribbean artistes, to be 


Miss Dream Castle 2017 to be crowned in June 

YONKERS, NY – Miss Dream Castle 

2017 will be crowned on Saturday, June 10 

in a glitzy affair at the Royal Regency Hotel 

in Yonkers, New York. A diverse group of 

talented, attractive and intelligent women 

drawn from across the tri-state will vie for 

the coveted title. The new queen will take 

over from Connecticut native Chaquanzha 

Stephenson who will be special guest at the 

coronation and crown the winner. Now in 

its 8th year, Miss Dream Castle Pageant, the 

brainchild of Gwendolyn Nicks-James, owner 

of Dream Castle Villa in Montego Bay, was 

created to help empower young women and 

raise funds for educational needs in Jamaica. 

Stephenson, a graduate of the University 

of New Hampshire with a dual degree in Political 

Science and Justice Studies had an active 

year, visiting beneficiaries of the Dream 

Castle Foundation Scholarships during 

her prize trip to Jamaica and building her 

non-profit, Don’t Oppress People, Educate! 

(DOPE) Inc. 

Tickets for this year’s grand coronation are 

now available for purchase at Eventbrite and 

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to win one of three 4-day/3-night vacation 

packages to Dream Castle Villa in Montego 

Bay, Jamaica. 

This year’s pageant, to be hosted by Lenny 

Green of 107.5 WBLS, will see a performance 

from special guests, Meesha, Kendall Williams 

and The Manhattans featuring Gerald 

Alston. Part proceeds from this year’s event 

will go towards Austism Speaks.

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37th Annual Mother’s Day Show 

By Monica Gill 

After five years, the Caribbean Annual 

Mother’s Day Show returned, Sunday, May 

14, 2017, to Brooklyn College, Performing 

Arts Center with 13 amazing from Brooklyn, 

Trinidad, Barbados and Dominica. Many 

new, and younger Artists, along with Calypso 

Icons, entertained the full, elegant, audience 

of beautiful Mother’s, and their families. 

MC Ian ‘D’ Goose, held the show together, as 

he continuously kept the energy going. 

Some of the younger artists featured this 

year was: Orlando Octave, the 2017 first 

runner-up Soca Monarch; Karene Asche, 

the youngest Calypso Monarch, who was a 

runner-up in 2017; Dane Gulston, Master 

Pannist, who lead Trinidad All Stars to their 

Panorama victory in 2017; Denise ‘Saucy 

Wow’ Belfon—the Wining Queen; talented 

Soca artist, Daddy Chess from Dominica, 

Edwin Yearwood, Soca King from Barbados; 

and Peter Ram, also from Barbados, singing 

‘Good Morning’; and Ricky Jai, Chutney-Soca 

artist; Farmer Nappy, 25-years with 

Marchel Montano and Xtatic., closed the 

show with ‘Big People Party’. 

We also brought in the mature music 

Icons and entertainers like Mervyn ‘Dr. Witty’ 

Carter, defending Calypso Monarch, KC- 

The James Brown of Soca, and All Rounder-- 

who celebrated his 50th year in the business, 

along with his two daughters, who did most 

of the back-up vocals. All backed up by the 

incredible Sunshine Band, whose professional 

style added the rhythm to the show and 

made it, with their stepped-up style. 

Our famous comedian from Brooklyn, 

Damon Rozier, opened up the show with 

great jokes to warmed up the crowd, with his 

unique jokes from his wheelchair. He set the 

tone for a night to be remembered. 

The audience was gracious, and well 

dressed. The range of revelers from—Grandmothers 

to children—enjoyed the family 

Show together and interacted with the artists, 

dancing and singing along. 

The DJ’s from Triple 99.9 FM added their 

style and kept the energy high. DJ Redman, 

DJ Chinee, and Princess Chow, did what they 

do best, and blessed the show with the energy 

they gave the promotions throughout the 

last couple of weeks. Chris, the manager, has 

a great, hard-working team. 

Awards and recognition was given to the 

Late Mr. Isaac Mcleod, whose vision to celebrate 

the Mother’s with a good show. He 

would have been proud to know that his son, 

Mr. Howard Mcleod, carried on his legacy 

and his dream. Both Mr. Isaac Mcleod, and 

Mr. Howard McLeod received a citation, 

from the NYS State Senator, Jesse Hamilton, 

for their excellence and service to the community. 

Trevor Wilkins from 91.5FM was given an 

Photo by Kevin Edwards 

Photo by Kevin Edwards Photo by Kevin Edwards 

award for his continuing promoting and celebrating 

Calypso, Pan and the classics; Dane 

Gulston, received an award, for his contribution 

to pan and changing the style pan is 

played. Icon, All Rounder, and his daughters-- 

were given a Citation for his 50-years of 

singing and entertaining the world of Calypso. 

Ms. Dianne Hendrickson-Lady Wonder 

and Manager Shirlane Hendrickson-Thomas, 

His daughters, are also accomplished 

former Calypso Queens of Trinidad and 

Tobago. And finally, The ‘Goose’ received an 

award for his loyalty and commitment to the 

industry. Ian Eligon, has worked for WLIB, 

WBLS, KISS FM radio stations, to name a 

few, besides produced many ads and shows 

for many artists of all genres. 

Mr. Mcleod, thanked everyone, the audience, 

family and friends for their support 

and appeared pleased to be back to celebrate 

the Mothers. The show’s staff did a great 

job—thank you Sandra Bell and her assistant 

for holding it down. The teamwork made a 

difference. There were so many more friends 

and family who gave their all and McLeod 

thanked them. 

Many of the sponsors: Allan’s Bakery, 

Conrad’s Bakery’ Caribbean Times, Tropical 

Paradise, Straker Records, Trinbago Express 

Shipping 

Service, S.A. Johnson’s Funeral Homes; 

Safe & Sound Audio; Strike sound and 

lighting, Veggie Castle, Re-upholstery Restoration, 

Triple 99.9 FM, MadMan Maddy, 

Trevor Wilkins, 91.5 FM, 106.3 FM, 

104.7FM, Flavastation, and Two Lion Tours 

made this event possible. It was a great show 

and looking to next year for more. 

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Linden Fund hosts annual 

breakfast 

The Linden Fund is holding its annual 

breakfast from 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. on Saturday, 

May 20th at the Woodbine-Hall, at and 

Church and Bedford Avenues, Brooklyn. For 

information, call 732-216-3137. 

Ontario Society of Queens holds 

90th anniversary concert 

The Ontario Society of Queens is holding its 

90th anniversary concert on Sunday, May 21st 

from 4.00 p.m. at the Queensborough Performing 

Arts center in Bayside...The concert will 

feature selected Americana and folk music. 

A Career and College Readiness Fair 

A Career and College Readiness Fair is 

going to be held from 1.00 to 5.00 p.m., on 

Sunday, May 21 st.at the Hebrew Educational 

Society, 9502, Seaview, Brooklyn. 

At that forum, there shall be workshops 

dealing with preparation for College; and 

transition to High school and College. For information, 

call 718-241-3000. 

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Fundraising Card Party 

The Brian Gewitz Memorial Foundation is 

holding its second annual fund-raising card 

party on Saturday, May 20th, from 7.30 to 

11.30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Council 

building, 3051, Nostrand avenue. 

Fundraising Fish-Fry 

SS Elder In-Home Care is holding a 

(fund-raising) Fish--Fry on Saturday, May 

20th from 1.00 p.m. at 145-69, 167th street, 

Springfield Gardens. For information, call 

718-949-3316 . 

Borough Prez honors Asian-American 

and Pacific Islander Heritage 

Borough-President, Eric Adams is hosting 

a celebration on May21st, in order to honor 

‘Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage’. 

‘Golden-Oldies’ Fundraiser 

St.Gabriel’s church is holding a ‘Golden-Oldies’ 

fund-raiser, from 9.00p.m. to 2.00 

a.m. on Friday, May 26th at 331, Hawthorne 

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Free weekly runs for all age-groups 

Jazz Under The Stars 

The Bishops High School Alumni Association 

(Tri-State Chapter) is holding a fund-raising 

event, termed’Jazz under the Stars’ from 

7.00 p.m. to 12.00 a.m. on Saturday, May 27th. 

at 86 Pensylvania avenue, Mt.Vernon. 

Senator Roxanne Persaud to host 

Memorial Day Parade 

Senator Roxanne Persaud along with other 

elected Officials is hosting a Memorial-Day parade 

on Monday, May 29th, from 10.30 a.m to 

2.00 p.m. 

Cocktails and Conversations with 

Congresswoman-Yvette Clarke 

Friends and well-wishers of Congresswoman-Yvette 

Clarke are hosting an event, entitled” 

Cocktails and Conversations with Congresswoman-Yvette 

Clarke”. 

The event will take place from 6.00 to 9.00 

p.m. at the Door restaurant, 163-07 Baisley 

boulevard, Queens. 

Free weekly runs for all age-groups 

The New York Road-Runners’ Club is 

holding free weekly runs for all age-groups. 

The free runs are being held on Saturdays 

from 9.00 a.m. at Canarsie park, Seaview avenue 

at east 86th street; and at Marine park on 

Sundays from 8.00 a.m. behind Camine Carro 

Community center, on Filmore Avenue. 

The Jamaica Bay Library hosts 

story-time sessions for children and 

adults 

The Jamaica Bay Library is continuing to hold 

(Saturday) story-time sessions for children and 

adults from 2.30 p.m. at 9727, Seaview avenue. 

For information, call 718-241-3751. 

City’s free emergency notification 

system 

New Yorkers are being encouraged to sign up 

for ‘The Notify NYC — the City’s free emergency 

notification system which issues phone calls, text 

messages, and e-mail alerts about severe events 

and emergencies. To sign up call 311. 

free professional development workshop 

for 

middle school teachers 

The NYU Tandom school of engineering is 

conducting a free professional development 

workshop for middle school teachers in the 

summer of 201. For more details, contact 

Prof.Vickram Kapila at vkapila@nyu.edu

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Fetter to Caribbean 

development: Crippling debt 

By Michael Derek Roberts 

Associate Editor, 

Caribbean Times News 

It has long been the quintessential Caribbean 

paradise. A tropical getaway, a rumsoaked, 

sun-scorched island for the rich and 

famous for over a century. But that was then. 

Now it is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. 

Which Caribbean island is that? Barbados. 

For decades Barbados was one of the 

better-run nations in the Caribbean. But the 

island’s tourism industry has struggled in the 

wake of the global financial crisis, and a burst 

real estate bubble added to the economic toll. 

Today, the country’s finances are now a 

mess. Government debt has now ballooned 

to over 100 per cent of gross domestic product 

(GDP). That’s dangerously high for a 

small island state that tried to address this 

challenge by firing the equivalent of 1 per 

cent of its population from the public payroll. 

But this bleak financial situation is not 

unique to Barbados. Debt is the millstone 

around the necks of Caribbean nations. Its 

crippling effects have had a negative impact 

on the growth and quality of life of the region’s 

people. 

Indeed, this unsustainable debt is the main 

reason humbugging all development in the 

13 small states of the Caribbean and goes directly 

to the myriad of social and economic 

difficulties that they experience in combatting 

poverty reduction across the board. In 

fact, some economists point to the inescapable 

fact that the Caribbean region stands 

to lose the first three decades – 30 years – to 

backward, negative and retrograde growth 

caused by this stultifying and strangling debt. 

But the problem is not that of debt accumulation, 

per se. It’s that unsustainably high debt 

servicing costs poses a real existential threat 

to poverty reduction, growth and development. 

I’m no economist but I know that for small 

and large countries promoting development 

by raising loans has been an effective tool. 

One can argue that some managed levels of 

debt have contributed to growth by investing 

in productive enterprises that produced 

revenue streams to repay borrowings. The 

problem? When debt is used to pay for recurrent 

expenditures from which there are 

no returns, the level rises with no means of 

repayment. 

In this scenario, the cost of servicing existing 

and recurring debts for the Caribbean 

has become so high that it places heavy 

constrains on spending capacity and limits 

governments ability to provide goods and 

services needed by their people. It also leaves 

no money for them to invest in projects for 

socio-economic growth. Today, international 

debt servicing payments eats up a disproportionately 

high portion of government-generated 

revenues. And when that’s not enough 

they have to borrow more money just to 

service these debts, thus digging themselves 

deeper in an unsustainable financial hole. 

Here’s the Caribbean debt situation as of 

2016: 

• Only 2 of the 14 independent Caribbean 

Community (CARICOM) countries had 

debt to GDP ratios under 60% – Guyana and 

Haiti. 

• The 12 with ratios over 60 percent were: 

Antigua and Barbuda 92.1%, Bahamas 66.9%, 

Barbados 107.9%, Belize 98.6%, Dominica 

81%, Grenada 84.4%, Jamaica 115.2%, St 

Kitts-Nevis 65.8%, St Lucia 82.6%, St Vincent 

and The Grenadines 79.2%, Suriname 64.6% 

and Trinidad and Tobago 61%. 

• Six of these countries experienced an increase 

in their debt to GDP ratios over their 

2015 performance. Those countries are: Bahamas, 

Barbados, Belize, St Lucia, Suriname 

and Trinidad and Tobago. 

The real problem is the dire long-term 

projections when it comes to debt in the 

region. On its present course, by 2020, debt 

will remain unsustainable in 11 Caribbean 

small states, and there will be no change by 

2030. So unless the international community 

responds in a timely basis to this grave problem, 

these CARICOM nations will lose the 

first three decades of the 21st Century. This 

will have a real negative impact for growth 

and development in the region. The Caribbean 

will see a reversal in the advances they 

have made, poverty and unemployment will 

increase, and opportunities for economic 

growth will them by. 

Winair now flies to Haiti and Curacao 

PHILLIPSBURG, St Maarten -- Effective 

June 3, 2017, Winair, the national carrier of 

St Maarten, will commence flights to Haiti 

and Curacao. These flights will be operated 

by Winair twice a week, on Tuesday 

and Saturday. Flight routing, operated by 

a MD-82 will be Curacao – St. Maarten – 

Haiti – St. Maarten – Curacao. 

With this, Winair will offer convenient 

and fast jet service from Curacao to St 

Maarten and will be the only airline serving 

St Maarten - Haiti - St Maarten. 

These flights are now available in the 

computer reservation systems and can be 

booked through any travel agency or booking 

website. 

“For the past several months we received 

many calls from customers who are frustrated 

with the current air transportation 

options to Curacao and Haiti. Therefore, 

Winair has opted to enter into those markets 

to assist with the travel demands within 

the region. The flights will connect with 

Winair’s extensive Caribbean route network,” 

said Michael Cleaver, president and 

CEO of Winair. 

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Caribbean. 

“As crazy as it sounds, it’s actually what’s 

driving business right now,” Skinner noted. 

“Look at TripAdvisor, and see what visitors 

say in their reviews. More often than not, 

they’re talking about what they ate on their 

vacation. Food matters.” 

The former auto mechanic, who is now a 

leading authority on Caribbean cuisine, tips 

his toque to the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism 

Association (CHTA), lauding them for 

launching Caribbean305, the region’s newest 

culinary and cultural celebration taking 

place at Miami’s Jungle Island on Saturday, 

June 3, 2017. 

“This is huge,” Skinner says, explaining 

that efforts to spotlight Caribbean culinary 

excellence need reinforcing. “This event 

showcases what I have always believed – 

that Caribbean cuisine can step up to the 

plate against any other in the world. People 

have high respect for Caribbean cooking.” 

Skinner is speaking from experience as 

he recalled the flurry of questions about 

the region, its culture and its culinary arts 

whenever he hosts cooking demonstrations 

at events in New York and Toronto. He believes 

food can set the region apart from its 

global rivals: 

“Caribbean cuisine is right up there with 

the classic cuisine of the French or the 

Italians – right there, ripe and ready to be 

plucked.” 

commissioner 


charges pending,” he pointed out. 

“What I did…was sign a nice little thing 

and send it to all divisional commanders 

and formations to say that all orderly room 

matters, in excess of a year, must be withdrawn. 

I want to be clear. I am not saying 

all orderly room charges, as of now, that go 

beyond a year, will be withdrawn. This is a 

one-off thing, as we want to give everybody 

a clean slate to start all over,” the commissioner 

said. 

Quallo took office, last month, as the 

29th commissioner of police, amid a 21 percent 

hike in murders. 

He has been charged with enhancing the 

security services, improving public order, 

reducing corruption, improving accountability 

across the force and implementing a 

comprehensive succession planning process 

for the Directorate of Constabulary. 


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adoption of the understanding that we are 

in this experience called life in this global 

village called earth, together. We are interdependent 

and we are stewards with a duty 

to meet our current needs in a manner that 

would ensure that generations that follow 

us would also have a place to call home. Its 

about other-regarding sustainable development; 

not about communism or capitalism 

(economic theories), or about democracy or 

totalitarianism (governmental systems). 

It is also about respect for the dignity and 

rights of each other, for justice and for fairness 

from and among all people, beginning 

at the level of individuals in families, all the 

way up to the level of state-government to 

state-government. 

Any individual, any nation, any ethnic 

group who/which uses violence to forcefully 

obtain a political end or to bully another into 

doing what he/she/it wants others to do, is a 

terrorist. I learnt this a while back in one of 

my philosophy courses (Making Moral Decisions) 

at Loyola Unversity in New Orleans. 

We must adopt what Immanuel Kant 

called the categorical imperative maxim. 

Let’s do unto others as we would have 

them do unto us (a universal maxim) and 

use/see no one as mere means to selfish ends, 

which one may easily justify as right through 

selfish, myopic non-Bible/non-Torah/non- 

Koran-based sophistry. 

It is up to you and me to light a candle 

today, rather than curse darkness or allowing 

our world leaders to waste more of our 

scant resources building and using weapons 

of mass destruction and sending our men 

and women to often die unjustifiably and to 

sometimes (as was the case in Iraq) unintentionally 

end the lives of innocent mothers 

and children in the thousands. 

It is noteworthy that this discussion here 

is not merely an academic exercise for me, 

since my dad who passed away four years 

ago, was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict 

while in the US Army. May his soul, and that 

of every fallen or naturally departed soldier, 

rest in peace. 

Of course, many of us know that the claim 

that these military operations are to rid the 

world of weapons of mass destruction and to 

defend peace, stability in the name of democracy, 

is often fallacious. In fact, we know that 

these missions are actually quite often about 

protecting allies (who may be democratic 

or totalitarian/monarchial), about monetary 

and linked territorial interests, or about 

avenging some unresolved misunderstanding, 

allowed to fester into hatred, chaos and 

destructive violence. 

Suffice it to say that we would be much 

closer to global peace today if we had been 

devoting more time to understanding why 

our neighbors are upset with us. 

Similarly, our neighbors would be more 

understanding if we have been engaging 

them, and vice versa, in dialogue about 

words, thoughts and actions that offend us 

and them, all towards better understanding, 

compromise and sensitivity in an operationalized 

framework of RESPECT for each other. 

Yes, diversity and tolerance do still matter, 

and this is an understanding and an end that 

must be understood, articulated and promulgated 

among and by all regional/Caribbean 

leaders en bloc in every international body 

wherein they vote – from the Organization 

of American States (OAS) to the United Nations 

(UN). 

Let’s arrest the disrespect, the violence and 

the build-up to wasteful wars, as of today! 

Not later. 

May Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day, 

one day become days when we would be remembering 

fewer new fallen soldiers or no 

new victims of wasteful, avoidable wars. 

Violence at every level – in our homes, 

on our streets and between nation-states – 

should no longer be the order of the day. 

I cannot help but recall the recent display 

of hypocrisy, which ensued in the wake of 

the Obama Administration’s Iran Nuclear 

De-proliferation Deal, which reactionaries 

were unfortunately resisting. 

It is ironic and highly hypocritical that 

whereas this new Iran Deal is quite like Nixon’s 

and Reagan’s past concessions to the 

Chinese and the Soviets in 1972 and 1982, 

respectfully, that some of the very architects 

of those earlier deals which had no human 

rights improvement stipulations/guarantees/ 

demands on those foreign governments in 

exchange for more open US trade and diplomacy, 

have given President Obama’s internationally 

accepted agreement with Iran, as 

well as, his more open policy towards Cuba, 

failing grades based on their foreign policy 

agenda. 

What we need is serious, realistic, pragmatic 

dialogue, as well as compromises, 

negotiation, understanding and sensible 

accommodations, which would take us to 

sharing and trading the resources of Mother 

Earth, which we are accountable for to God, 

to each other and to generations yet unborn. 

dudus 


More than 70 persons, including a 

member of the Jamaica Defence Force, 

were killed in West Kingston in May 2010 

as heavily armed thugs loyal to Coke battled 

the security forces for over two days to 

prevent his arrest and extradition. He was 

extradited to the US a month later. 

In 2013, Coke was transferred from New 

York to the Edgefield FCI, located near the 

border of South Carolina and Georgia. 

The Fort Dix FCI said that the average 

age of inmates at the facility is 41, while the 

average sentence is 11 years. 

Coke is scheduled to be released on July 

4, 2030, according to the US Bureau of 

Prisons. 

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For example, Haitian TPS-enrollees contribute 

nearly $35 million each year for Social Security 

benefits they do not receive,” she added. 

If TPS is not renewed then the fate of these 

Haitians will boil down to President Trump 

taking the decision to kick them out of the 

United States. Brooklyn community leaders 

and lawmakers worry about the anti-immigrant 

climate stoked by the Trump Administration 

and the ensuing fear that now grips 

the immigrant community in general, and 

Haitian community in particular. 

“My people are very, very fearful because 

this is an extremely difficult situation. This is 

a vulnerable community that needs protection. 

TPS is a relief mechanism and a humane 

approach to those who have suffered as a result 

of the earthquake. TPS allows poor Haitians 

living here to help their families back in 

Haiti. I urge President Trump to review and 

renew TPS. It’s the right, decent, and humane 

thing to do,” said Mercedes Narcisse, a Haitian 

community leader in Brooklyn. 

In Haitian communities across the United 

States people are fearful because TPS – that 

mandates undocumented Haitians that benefit 

from the program register with the Federal 

government – could be used as the vehicle 

to deport them. President Trump’s constant 

threat to round up and deport undocumented 

immigrants from the United States has hit 

home in the Haitian community. Given the 

change in administration, TPS, like registering 

for the Deferred Action for Childhood 

Arrivals (DACA) for many undocumented 

Mexican families, has meant that it places a 

target on their heads. TPS and DACA, makes 

undocumented immigrants visible to the authorities 

and thus more “deportable.” 

For many Haitians this particular threat 

represents a betrayal of sorts. Unlike Mexican 

Americans, specifically targeted by 

then-candidate Trump, Haitian Americans, 

particularly in Florida, were actively courted 

by Republican strategists and largely left 

alone. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 

Florida is home to an estimated 424,000 people 

of Haitian descent. Many Haitian community 

leaders and organizations were early 

backers of former President Barack Obama, 

the country’s first Black president. 

The flirtation with the Republican Party 

during the 2016 presidential elections had 

little to do with Barack Obama or Donald 

Trump, but a lot to do with Bill and Hillary 

Clinton. Many Haitians are still very angry 

about the role that they played in the rebuilding 

of their country after the 2010 earthquake. 

The implications of ending TPS are many. 

It would be disastrous to a community still 

traumatized by loss of livelihood and family. 

It would cause a deep fissure in the Haitian 

community, ripping apart families, and punishing 

people who endured sub-minimum 

wage jobs because they believed the United 

States government would in the long run be 

fair and just. And it’s especially important 

because of the causes of Haitian migration 

–endemic and systemic violence and exploitative 

working conditions that ultimately benefit 

U.S. companies.

SPOTLIGHTING CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN 

ENTREPRENEURS & PROFESSIONALS 

FAITH BERNAL: 

Registered Nurse & CEO of both 

FAB Homecare Services and God’s 

Little Angels Daycare 


A dynamic, caring and enterprising 

Caribbean-American lady, Faith Bernal 

is a registered, board certified nurse, who 

obtained a degree in Nursing from Medgar 

Evers College, CUNY. 

Faith has over 30 years of experience in 

providing care as a nurse. She has served 

honorably at various major New York 

City hospitals, including Bellevue Hospital, 

New York University Hospital, Beth 

Israel Hospital and the Hospital of Special 

Surgery, prior to establishing and launching 

F.A.B. Homecare Services. 

Over the years, Faith has been recognized 

for her community service and 

accomplishments as an entrepreneur. 

Awards received by her, include: 1) The 

Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare Award 

from the International Nurses Association; 

2) the 2013 Women Celebrating 

Women 21st Anniversary Entrepreneur 

Award from the Progressive Democrats 

Political Association; 3) the Contribution 

to Family, Career & Community Award 

from the International Women’s Leadership 

Association; and 4) the VIP Recognition 

Award by the Worldwide Who’s Who 

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announced in due course. 

Executive Director of Braata Productions 

and Founder of the Bankra Festival Andrew 

Clarke, is elated at the remarkable growth the 

event has seen since its inception in 2015. 

“The excitement and anticipation for this 

year’s event is unprecedented and we are 

thrilled about that. We think it is largely attributable 

to a great hunger and curiosity 

about all things Caribbean, that manifests itself 

daily in a wonderful cultural melting pot 

such as New York. When we founded this 

event, we called it a “Bankra” festival because 

Registry of Executives, Professionals & 

Entrepreneurs 2012-2013. 

Faith is the founder and Chief Executive 

Officer of the New York-based F.A.B. 

LLC and it’s subsidiaries -- Homecare 

Services (visiting nurses) and God’s Little 

Angels (a daycare center). 

The services available through her 

homecare agency include: nursing; home 

health aide; personal care; physical, occupational 

and respiratory therapies; audiology; 

nutrition; mesical; social work, 

homemaking and housekeeping. 

All of these services are available to 

patients in all five boroughs of New York 

City, as well as Nassau County. 

Faith’s slogan, “The passion of caring is 

contagious,” is indicative of her dedication 

and her approach to caring for patients, 

which is engendered in the work ethic of 

each of the care providers at F.A.B. LLC’s 

Homecare Services and God’s Little Angels 

Daycare Service. 

Currently, FAB Homecare is accepting 

applications for LPNs, HAAs, CNAs, 

PCAs and registered nurses. Contact information 

is available at www.fabhomecare.com. 

in Jamaica, a bankra is actually a large woven 

basket which is usually used to carry an array 

of food and cultural items. So we view our 

festival as a huge basket of culture and folk 

traditions that we are sharing annually with 

our growing audience. And they are responding 

in large and very encouraging numbers.” 

The event is also supported by the New 

York State Council on the Arts with the support 

of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and 

the New York State Legislature, as well as the 

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs 

in Partnership with the city Council and 

Council Member I. Daneek Miller. 

The festival is free and open to the public 

and runs from 12 noon till 7pm. 

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change; climate change impacts, adaptation and 

mitigation; as well as the monitoring, assessment 

and service of climatic resources. 

Participants are comprised of development 

communications and media practitioners, 

engineers and meteorologists from Ethiopia, 

Grenada, Panama, and Malawi, among 

other countries, and represent organizations 

including the Caribbean Maritime Institute. 

In addition to the other course content, 

they have been provided with a healthy dose 

of statistical methods for short-term climatic 

diagnosis and prediction and will, in the 

coming days, look at the utilisation of climatic 

resources and the international cooperation 

on climate change. 

“The information has been tremendously 

rich. I have new found respect for the work of 

our scientists in and outside of the Caribbean 

working, independently and collaboratively, on 

climate change,” Williams-Raynor noted. 

“Research is vital if we are to get ahead of the 

changing climate and the implications it holds 

for life as we know it,” she added. 

Zhu Jinjun, of the World Meteorological Organisation 

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NUIST, said the seminar is an important service. 

“Our training centre is WMO Training 

Centre. That means we do some contribution 

to the WMO, to meteorology, to the climate 

and weather. We hope this training does just 

some service for world meteorology,” he said. 

The seminar is one of several being hosted 

“The information has 

been tremendously rich. 

I have new found respect 

for the work of our scientists 

in and outside of 

the Caribbean working, 

independently and collaboratively, 

on climate 

change.” 

— Williams-Raynor 

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The climate impacts they face include rising 

sea levels, coastal inundation and erosion, 

which could undermine livelihoods, particularly 

in agriculture, fisheries and tourism. 

Other impacts include warmer temperatures 

and extreme weather events, such as hurricanes 

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Four uncapped players in West Indies 

Women’s squad to ICC Women’s World Cup 

Stafanie Taylor (Captain) 

BROOKLYN (New York): The 

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 

has announced a 15-member 

squad to represent the region 

in the upcoming ICC Women’s 

World Cup from June 24 to July 23 

in England. Four new players have 

gotten the selectors nod in a team 

that many feel confident will be the 

one to beat. 

Making their debut trip with 

the squad are: Reniece Boyce, a 

19-year-old wicketkeeper/batsman 

from regional champions 

Trinidad and Tobago; Quiana 

Joseph, a 16-year-old fast bowler 

from St Lucia; Akeira Peters, 

a 23-year-old left-handed 

all-rounder from Grenada; and 

Felicia Walters, a 25-year-old 

opening batsman and part-time 

spin bowler, also from Trinidad 

and Tobago. 

“The team is composed of a 

mixture of youth and experience. 

Performances in this year’s 

Women’s Regional Super50 

Tournament along with the 

form of incumbent players over 

the last few international tours 

were taken into consideration,” 

said Courtney Browne, chairman 

of the Selection Panel. 

In respect to the inclusion 

of four uncapped players in 

the squad, Browne explained: 

“The panel felt that we have 

enough experience in the side 

and that all four players bring 

a specific skill-set to the team. 

It should also be noted that all 

four players are products of our 

last training camp for emerging 

women’s players held last year. 

We also feel at this time that 

these players, although not as 

experienced, have shown improvement 

and can add value to 

our squad. We would encourage 

those that missed out to continue 

working and improving their 

skills, so that they can be considered 

for future tours.” 

Browne was also asked 

about the return to the team of 

left-handed all-rounder Shanel 

Daley. He said that “Shanel’s 

ability as a player has never been 

in question. She however, had 

some injury issues over the last 

few years. Those issues are now 

under control and our medical 

personnel, as well as Oba Gulston, 

the physiotherapist for the 

women’s team, will continue to 

monitor and manage her.” 

The full squad: 

Stafanie Taylor (Captain) 

Merissa Aguilleira 

Reniece Boyce 

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26th Annual New York Caribbean Cup Tournament 

Brooklyn, New York – The annual New 

York Caribbean Cup Soccer Tournament is 

schedule to kick off on Sunday, May 21, 2017 

at 1:30 PM with three schedule games at the 

spacious Thomas Jefferson Sport Complex- 

125-08 Flatland Ave, Brooklyn, NY. This 

year marks the twenty sixth anniversary of 

the New York Caribbean Cup Tournament. 

The Caribbean Cup Tournament is a yearly 

event where fans and supporters of the various 

Caribbean countries come together to 

socialize; raise their flags and voices as they 

cheer on their favorite teams and players. 

The tournament will run from Sunday, 

May 21st through Sunday, September 3rd 

culminating with the championship game 

on Labor Day Sunday. This year’s theme 

will spotlight both the heightened level of 

the competition on the field and the significant 

growth of soccer in the United States. 

Caribbean Cup’s main goal is to continue to 

drive toward becoming the most respected 

and recognized tournament in the tristate 

area. 

This year, Caribbean Cup will be taking 

on a new initiative, as the organizers will be 

exporting the Caribbean Cup brand soccer 

to East Orange, New Jersey. Four top Caribbean 

Cup teams will be displaying their talents 

– Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti 

and Jamaica. The Venue will be the Paul 

Robeson Stadium in East Orange NJ on 

June 11, 2017. The organizers hope by introducing 

the brand to a new audience, will 

increase fan support and raise community 

awareness of the Caribbean culture and, 

also the love and respect for the beautiful 

game. 

About Caribbean Cup Inc.: 

Caribbean Cup Inc. (CCI) is a non for profit 

(IRS Code 501(C) 4) organization formed 

in 1991 and incorporated under the laws of 

the State of New York in 1993. It is a community 

based organization whose purpose 

is to bring together the cultural diversities of 

the soccer playing Caribbean community for 

four (4) months of exciting soccer late spring 

through the summer months.

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and is expected to average around 3 percent in the 

medium term. The projected slowdown in construction 

would be offset by public investment 

on infrastructure and higher tourism growth (as 

source market growth accelerates and new tourism 

facilities come on stream in 2017-19). The external 

current account deficit should remain large 

with CBI inflows tapering off. 

4. Risks to the medium-term outlook are 

broadly balanced. Key risks include further delays 

in completing the debt-land swap and a sharp 

drop in CBI inflows due to more acute competition 

and global security concerns. Other negative 

risks include a stronger U.S. dollar, a tighter 

financial environment, a more severe Zika epidemic, 

and a major natural disaster. Loss of correspondent 

banking relationships (CBRs) could 

add to challenges. Softer global climate change 

policy may exacerbate natural-disaster risks. On 

the upside, stronger CBI inflows (from ongoing 

program reforms and tougher immigration policies 

in the United States on other countries) and 

weaker oil-prices could support faster growth. 

5. The authorities’ 2017 policy priorities focus 

on preserving the gains in fiscal sustainability 

while supporting growth and strengthening resilience. 

The strategy aims at controlling government 

recurrent spending while scaling up public 

investment to build resilience, and to support 

stronger sustainable and inclusive growth. The 

budget does not propose new taxes, but envisages 

streamlining concessions over the next 2-3 

years and implementing public financial management 

reform. 

6. The medium-term fiscal framework should 

continue to focus on reducing reliance on CBI 

inflows in a world of heightened uncertainty. 

The VAT and import-duty exemptions since 

2014 have weakened the fiscal framework. Notwithstanding 

the large fiscal buffers accumulated, 

an extreme scenario of a sharp drop in CBI 

inflows could result in fiscal deficits that erode 

the buffers as early as 2020 and risk reversing 

the downward debt trajectory, absent fiscal adjustment. 

An economic slowdown could further 

weaken tax performance. 

7. A medium-term fiscal framework anchored 

to a balanced underlying primary-balance 

target would help increase resilience to 

sharp drops in CBI inflows, with needed adjustment 

at about 2.1 percent of GDP paced over 3-5 

years. Such a target, along with the ECCB-debt 

target, could be enshrined in fiscal responsibility 

legislation that would provide the government 

with a commitment device to anchor its adjustments. 

It would safeguard against pressure 

to deviate from the adjustment path, and save 

windfall CBI inflows, excluded from the rule, in 

a contingency fund. Approval of both Cabinets 

of an action plan to meet the primary balance 

target at the country level is key. 

8. On the revenue side, the tax base should 

be broadened, including by streamlining tax incentives 

and continuing to improve tax administration. 

The revenue loss from tax incentives 

remains high (at 6.4 percent of GDP -- both 

discretionary and granted by legislation). Tax incentives 

should be transparent, rule-based, and 

well-targeted. The Fund supports the authorities’ 

intention to refine the system and stands ready 

to assist. Consideration should also be given to 

updating property valuations and enhancing 

compliance. Other taxes, including on cigarette, 

alcohol, and sugary products (consistent with 

initiatives that CARICOM is exploring) can 

raise revenue, while contributing to government 

efforts to reduce noncommunicable diseases. 

9. On the expenditure side, containing spending 

on goods and services and the public wage 

bill should remain a priority. We welcome the 

intention to establish a more predictable system 

for public pay-packages and recommend 

that pay increases be consistent with budgetary 

constraints, macroeconomic developments, and 

regular benchmarking with private sector wages. 

A ceiling on the public-wage bill could be set, 

guided by the medium-term fiscal framework 

anchored to the debt and primary-balance targets. 

Allocations could be communicated by 

Cabinet to line ministries within the budget process, 

taking into account the envisaged qualification- 

and performance-based incentive system. 

10. Plans to introduce universal health-coverage 

(UHC) are commendable, but its fiscal 

implications should be carefully managed. The 

design, coverage, and financing of UHC should 

limit risk to fiscal sustainability. The scheme 

should be funded from permanent revenue 

sources to avoid recurrent drains on the budget. 

The benefit package for the population should 

ensure the system’s financial viability, and use 

specific measures to target the poor. Appropriate 

incentives and regulatory tools should contain 

costs. Drawing on expertise from PAHO and 

the World Bank should help tailor the scheme 

appropriate to the country characteristics. 

11. We welcome the commitment to establish 

a Growth and Resilience Fund (GRF) and stand 

ready to assist with the modalities. The GRF 

should have a simple sovereign-wealth-fund 

structure, with a prudent investment strategy and 

flows fully integrated with the fiscal framework. 

We welcome the agreement on the budgetary arrears 

with PDVSA and near-agreement on NIA 

debt-restructuring, and support any further liability-management 

efforts, including reducing 

outstanding T-bills, accelerating payment of expensive 

debt, and improving debt terms. 

12. Structural reforms to strengthen public 

financial management need urgent attention. 

The SIDF’s quasi-fiscal spending should be contained, 

including by streamlining its activities 

and integrating with the general government’s 

consolidated account to facilitate more comprehensive 

fiscal planning and cash management. 

Once the GRF is established, the authorities 

should consider transferring revenue from CBI 

flows and resulting SIDF deposits to the GRF. 

The authorities have accepted the need to enhance 

the oversight of public corporations by 

enforcing timely reporting of financial statements. 

The overall public financial management 

would also benefit from the strengthening of the 

NIA’s debt and cash management frameworks. 

13. Fiscal efforts should address the need to 

prepare for the inevitable recurrence of natural 

disasters. A comprehensive risk-management 

framework focusing on risk reduction and 

mitigation is critical to building resilience and 

reducing the fiscal burden of disasters. Natural 

disaster risk could be assessed and incorporated 

into budget and debt management frameworks, 

with investments in risk reduction (e.g., targeted 

infrastructure projects, early warning systems, 

and risk maps), and self-insurance (financed 

through fiscal buffers). Contingent financing 

plans, risk-transfer arrangements, and encouraging 

private sector investment in risk mitigation 

are also essential. 

14. The sale of lands under the debt-land 

swap arrangement must be completed urgently 

to limit fiscal and financial risks. A clear action 

plan and timetable with concrete milestones are 

needed. Completing existing purchase proposals 

and stepped up marketing to generate sales, including 

through real-estate agents and the SLSC 

website, will help establish momentum and remove 

the policy uncertainty. Cooperation with 

CIU and SKIPA is welcome and should support 

these efforts. We welcome the ongoing discussions 

on the renewal of the dividend-guarantee 

agreement with banks at renegotiated terms. 

15. The authorities should continue strong 

efforts to reduce CBR risks and maintain the integrity 

of the CBI-program. The authorities have 

further improved compliance with international 

AML/CFT standards and exchange of information, 

and are jointly working with the ECCB to 

implement AML/CFT standards. Banks continue 

to suffer from increasing costs through higher 

fees, lengthier transactions, and increased due 

diligence, but open communication and information-sharing 

between respondent and correspondent 

banks have helped limit loss of CBRs. 

Introducing Basel II and the continued implementation 

of risk-based supervision should also 

improve perceptions. Careful consideration of 

amalgamation opportunities can help address 

volume-of-business concerns and improve 

risk-management capability. 

16. Banks are still burdened by high levels of 

nonperforming loans (NPLs). Their swift resolution 

is critical to limit further deterioration, revive 

credit expansion, and support economic growth. 

The establishment of the ECAMC will allow for 

a more efficient collection and disposal of distressed 

assets. Ongoing efforts to modernize the 

foreclosure and insolvency frameworks would 

help maximize recovery. The new collateral appraisal 

guidelines, credit bureau, and land registry 

should help contain future losses from NPLs. 

17. The authorities should monitor other 

potential risks, including the implications 

of a slowdown in CBI inflows for the banking 

system. While the direct impact may be limited, 

and even though the local and CBI-related 

real-estate markets are segmented, and most 

CBI-properties are self-financed, slower inflows 

may affect banks through reduced construction 

activity and its spillover effects on borrowers’ 

repayment capacity. Authorities should monitor 

market developments closely and ensure adequate 

prudential oversight to minimize any potential 

effects on banks of further slowdown in 

CBI inflows and the ending of the 5-year holding-period 

for existing CBI properties. 

18. The authorities should adopt a comprehensive 

strategy to overcome persistent 

structural challenges that continue to limit the 

potential for inclusive growth. Ongoing efforts 

to expedite business registration, establish 

a dedicated land-registry, credit bureau, and 

SME partial-credit-guarantee scheme, and revise 

the foreclosure legislation should improve 

the weak business environment that lags peers. 

Alternative investment options under the CBI 

program could channel funds to renewable 

energy, health, education, supporting skill development 

and economic diversification, while 

also reducing the risk of asset bubbles. Soft-skills 

training program is welcome; however, timebound 

participation should be enforced upon 

certification, and stipends set below the minimum 

wage. A substantial rise in the minimum 

wage (already high compared to non-Caribbean 

tourist-islands and competitive middle-income 

countries) should be avoided without increased 

productivity. Focusing on housing programs for 

the poorest and emphasis on gender gaps in the 

National Social Protection Policy should support 

inclusiveness. Ongoing actions to reduce 

crime through increased use of CCTV systems 

and community-related programs are welcome. 

19. The authorities welcome technical assistance 

to improve the availability and quality of 

data with respect to balance of payments, national 

accounts, and labor market and social statistics. 

These are key to assessing vulnerabilities 

and for effective policymaking. 

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