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he United States is to look at theissue of the increasing number of visa applications which are reject-ed by its Consulate in Jamaica. In recentyears there has been an increase in thenumber of visa applications which havebeen declined and the Government of Jamaica has raised this issue with its UScounterpart.In a recent meeting between Jamaica'sAmbassador to the United States, AudreyMarks and the new US Ambassador toJamaica, Pamela Bridgewater, the newUS envoy gave the assurance that stepswill be taken to address the declining ap-proval rate of visas issued to Jamaicannationals.Jamaica's ambassador in Washington DChad previously raised this issue with theUS State Department and had beenpromised a review of the visa grantingpolicy at the US consulate in Kingston."I will meet with the Consular team at theUS Embassy in Jamaica very early after my arrival to see how this issue can beaddressed to the satisfaction of bothcountries," Ambassador Bridgewater said.Ambassador Marks highlighted the de-clining approval rates for the issuance of visas to Jamaican nationals as an areawhich needed continued review. Shementioned that Trinidad and Tobago for example enjoyed a visitor's visa approvalrate nearly three times as high as Jamai-ca's.The new US ambassador to Jamaica isexpected to assume duty later this year.
US to look at visa rejections in Jamaica
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the US Audrey Marks (L)
and US Ambassador Designate to Jamaica, Pamela Bridgewater meet in Washington, DC
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West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle recently visited Central Floridaand during his stay dropped by Timehri restaurant on West ColonialDrive where he met with several West Indies fans and crics and tookme out to answer quesons. The main message of Gayle’s interaconwith those he encountered on his impromptu visit was “do not believeall you hear and read about West Indies cricket” while encouraging thegathering to connue to support the West Indies team.
Gayle, in his trademark cool mannerism agreed to photos with severalgroups and individuals in the restaurant and even found his way to thekitchen for a photo with a Haian employee who is a fan of his. Patronsat the restaurant were pleasantly surprised to meet Gayle and praisedhis “down to earth” atude in interacng with them.(Vanessa Churaman photo)
Don’t believe all you hear
says Gayle
Orange County candidate for Mayor Bill Segal stopped by CaribbeanSupercenter supermarket on West Colonial Drive during a recent cam-paign swing to small and medium sized businesses in the Country. Ac-companied by his wife, Segal toured the 30,000 square foot supermarketto get a look at the variety of products oered for sale as well as the jobswhich this establishment provides for Orange County residents.
He took the opportunity to talk with employees and to briey express hissupport for small businesses in the area. Here, Segal is pictured with agroup of employees at the supermarket. (Vanessa Churaman photo).
Segal visits Supercenter
Outbreak of dengue feverin Caribbean, Florida
Residents advised to take precauonary measures
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OCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Aug. 26,2010) –Moved by the ongoingcrisis in Hai, Waste Manage-ment presented a $50,000 dona-on to the Florida Marlins “Homes forHai” program during the August 22ndMarlins vs. Astros game which was spon-sored by Waste Management.
“Homes for Hai” is a program by theMarlins and Coconut Creek
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based FoodFor The Poor to build much needed hous-ing in Hai.
Waste Management, which has more than500 workers of Haian descent in SouthFlorida, rallied immediately aer the Jan.12 earthquake to raise $100,000 in emer-gency aid for Hai. Now the company has joined the Marlins’ eort to build homesin a country where more than 1 millionpeople have been displaced.
“We are extremely pleased to partnerwith Food For The Poor and the Marlins inthis vital eort to bring housing and hopeto those in great need,” said Dawn McCor-mick, Community Aairs Manager forWaste Management in South Florida. “It isgrafying to support our Haian cowork-ers, many of whom lost family membersin the earthquake, by parcipang in thiseort that will put families into perma-nent homes and provide them with a safeand more secure future.”
The Waste Management donaon willprovide 10 two
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room homes. Food ForThe Poor homes are permanent, sturdyconcrete construcon with rebar rein-forcements, and strong corrugated zincroofs.
The charity is ramping up its capacity forbuilding, and homes are going up in PierrePayen, Trou Du Nord, Demier,Chastenoye, Delogner, Gros Chaudiere,Mahoere, Leogane, and Grand Goave.
“We are grateful for the support of WasteManagement on one of the most im-portant projects we can do right now,which is to build homes,” said Angel Alo-ma, Execuve Director of Food For ThePoor.
Several thousand Waste Managementemployees from throughout South Florida joined Coconut Creek city and communityleaders at the WM sponsored game. Inaddion, Cathyana Marcel, a student at
Coconut Creek High School, threw out therst pitch in recognion of the Big Broth-ers Big Sisters of Broward County “Bigs inSchools” program which pairs high schoolstudent mentors with students
from Coconut Creek Elementary SchoolThe program is sponsored in CoconutCreek by Waste Management.
About Waste Management
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he project tobuild an Islamiccommunity cen-ter and mosquenear ground zero in NewYork has been the focusof much debate and dis-cussion recently andCaribbean Americanshave been very vocal onthe issue.For some this project would serve as an exam-ple to the world of Amer-ica's commitment to reli-gious pluralism and tol-erance. For others, it would be a slap in theface to the families of those who were victimsof that dastardly act.Some others feel thatshould this project goahead it would mark avictory for Islam.We must remember thatMuslims died in thosetowers on 9/11, too.Muslims are Americans,too. Muslims serve inthe US military, too. AndMuslims wanting tobuild a community cen-ter and place of worshipanywhere in Americashould be no more ex-traordinary than Chris-tians building a churchor Jews building a syna-gogue. "The face of terroris not the true faith of Islam. That's not whatIslam is all about. Islam
is peace,” said then
President George Bush.We fully agree with Pres-ident Obama that Mus-lims have a right tobuild their communitycenter. But is having theright to do somethingmake it the right thingto do. We would like tothink not. We must besensitive to what is likelyto affect people negative-ly and so the developersof this project need to besensitive and to takethis project to an alter-nativ
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Community leadersinvited to discuss arts,culture
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he Center for Mulcultural Wellness and Prevenon Inc.(CMWP) is collaborang with the Caribbean American Cham-ber of Commerce of Florida Inc., Orange County Health Depart-ment and several Community Partners to host the 8
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Annual Caribbe-an Health Summit. This community event will take place on Saturday,September 11
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, 2010 at the Central Florida Fair & Exposion Park(Fairgrounds), located on West Colonial drive, Orlando. The Health Fairis free and will be open to the general public from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
The Health Summit will provide parcipants from the Central Floridaand Caribbean communies of all ages, access to health screenings,informaon and educaonal seminars related to health maintenancewith an emphasis on promong safety, opmal wellness and a happylifestyle.
Free Health Fair September 11
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ealth ocials across the Caribbe-an and in Florida are concernedabout the near epidemic level of mosquito
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borne dengue fever,saying the number of cases have hit a 20
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year high in the Caribbean, Central andSouth America. Some 17 countries in theAmericas, including seven in the Caribbean,have reported cases recently. More than 30deaths have been reported in the Caribbeansince the outbreak
The high number of cases that have causeddozens of deaths across the area are beingblamed on warmer than usual weather andan unusually early rainy season, which has,in turn, caused an explosion in the mosquitopopulaon, health ocials say.
In Florida, the number of cases reported aremuch higher than normal. Two counes
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Monroe and Hillsborough are currently un-der a mosquito illness alert while severalothers including Orange, Osceola and MiamiDade are under a mosquito illness advisory.The health departments in various couneshave stepped up their surveillance and pre-venon acvies including fogging and in-specons.
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The symptoms of this illness include head-ache, fever, dizziness, fague, weakness andeven bleeding. Doctors are being encour-aged to report suspected cases to their re-specve county health departments.
In Trinidad, the Associated Press reports,hospitals are running out of beds, and inPuerto Rico, it is being called the worst den-gue outbreak in a decade. In the U.S. Carib-bean territory, at least ve have died andanother 6,300 cases have been reportedaccording to the Associated Press. Therewere only 100 more cases reported duringPuerto Rico’s worst recorded dengue out-break in 1998. In that year, 19 people diedand some 17,000 fell sick.
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he heads of associa-tions and organizationsrepresenting Caribbe-an Americans in Cen-tral Florida have been invited toa meeting with the Director,Orange County Arts and Cul-tural Affairs, to discuss ways of promoting Caribbean Americanculture in the County. Themeeting is set for Thursday,September 9, 2010 from 6 to 9p.m. at the Marks Street Cen-ter, 99 E Marks Street in Orlan-do.The forum put on by the Or-ange County Arts and CulturalAffairs Office and the Caribbe-an American Cultural Associa-tion of North America is intend-ed to provide an opportunity for the advancement of ideas andproposals about the develop-ment and promotion of Carib-bean culture in Orange County,which is home to a large Carib-bean American population.The Arts and Cultural AffairsOffice works with its AdvisoryCouncil to study ways to pro-mote artistic excellence and torecommend the allocation of funding for relevant activitiesand facilities.The event will begin with a re-ception at 6 pm followed by theforum from 7 to 9 pm.
Thousands from all over Floridaturned out for the 27
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annual FloridaMinority Supplier Development Coun-cil Trade Fair, held August 4-7 held inOrlando. Among the exhibitors at theevent was the Caribbean AmericanChamber of Commerce of Florida.
Along with receptions, luncheons andseminars, the trade fair itself gave mi-nority business owners numerous op- portunities to meet one on one withrepresentatives of companies that areactively seeking minority business andservices. Governments and corpora-tions set up booths with informationand contact people who were there toreach out to minority business owners.
The Florida Minority Supplier Busi-ness Development Council is affiliatedwith a national organization. Its pur- pose is to provide major corporationsand government agencies with accessto minority owned businesses. They provide networking opportunities,trade fairs, training and other servicesall year long.
For more information call 407-824-3869.
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