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can say about Jamaicans is been previously. He noted the been dominant since they began and other countries have bene-
that they are very serious about carnival atmosphere at the re- attending the relays back in fited significantly from the
sporting activities, especially in lays that have become a staple 1964. The Jamaican in- event.
the area of athletics. event in the Jamaican vasion has spurred Some seven years ago, Dr.
Jamaicas annual Boy and Diaspora. other Caribbean Geneive Brown Metzger, the Call About Our Fly & Buy Program
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school championship. And the another bumper crowd Barbados, Grenada, We have been witnessing
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Dave Johnson, director of prestigious track and field for the greatest number of more opportunities for our ath-
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he observed that for the past ing more than 18,000 athletes to and abilities.
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mation of minors from their parents, and
claimed them as dependents on other
clients returns. Menzies charged his
clients $250 for the use of the phony de- enter for Caribbean Progress, Inc. gether with the fact that the Caribbean
pendents and often used the same chil- (CCP) a not-for profit organization Community would have finally develop a
drens information in multiple years. based in Queens New York has proposed a voice that would be beyond compromise,
He recruited people to assist him in bold yet simple plan for the Caribbean com- are powerful incentives for the community
filing these fraudulent returns and directed munity to empower itself through the estab- to invest in this plan which ultimately
them to escort his clients to check cashers, lishment of a Community Radio station. would position it to purchase a radio sta-
in order to cash their refund checks and The plan calls for the community to tion for itself.
collect Menzies fee, including the money make a modest investment in itself by do- Wayne Morrison an early supporter of
g
for the false dependents. nating $1.00 per week or $52 dollar per Center for Caribbean Progress, Inc. com-
In addition, Menzies concealed his year for membership in the organization. mented that if supported, this proposal
identity as the preparer by soliciting other The donations will then be used to purchase could be a game changer for the empower-
people to apply to the Internal Revenue air time on existing brokered radio stations ment of the Caribbean Community.
in the tristate area; thus creating a commu- Donald P. Vernon, CCP President
Service (IRS) for preparer IDs and filing
the fraudulent returns using the preparer nity radio station.
identification numbers the IRS assigned to The organizations President, Attorney
these individuals. Menzies admitted that Donald P. Vernon, stated that a Community
he caused a tax loss of more than Radio is a unique and evolving tool for in-
$250,000. formation and knowledge transfer; He went
Menzies also acknowledged that he on to explain that CCP has identified Com-
failed to timely file his 2009 through 2015 munity Radio as an avenue for participatory
personal tax returns. communication and a tool relevant in polit-
Sentencing is scheduled for July 26 ical, social and economic development.
before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vi- The proposed community radio station
lardo in the Western District of New York. has been named Caribbean Public Radio
Menzies faces a statutory maximum sen- (CPR) and is already up and functioning on
tence of three years in prison, a period of WVIP 93.5 FM.
supervised release, restitution and mone- CPR can be heard every Sunday be-
tween the hours of 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM.
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tary penalties.
With the support of the community, Vernon
thinks that the organization will be able to
& Caribbean
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current platform within the next eighteen to Meals, Grocery
twenty four months.
When asked why he has such opti- Juice Bar & Catering
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Corporation (NYCEDC) on Airil 21
announced that citywide unemployment By Kimmy Blair The victim was taken to Mount Vernon
dropped to a new record low of 4.0 percent Street Hype Writer Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.
in March 2017, the lowest rate since 1976, 27-year-olf woman has been sen- The ER doctor who examined her told the
which is the earliest available unemploy- tenced to 19 years for the grisly mur- police that the child was unusually cold and
ment data from the New York State Depart- der of her toddler in their Mount Vernon stated his belief the child had been dead for
ment of Labor (NYSDOL). home last year. some time and may have been refrigerated
The unemployment rate breaks the pre- Deasia Bartee of Washington Street was as she was in an advanced state of decom-
vious record of 4.3 percent in February sentenced on March 28 after pleading position.
2017, and is down from 5.2 percent in guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. The defendant, who was interviewed
March 2016, based on NYSDOL data. City- According to the Westchester County by detectives, implicated herself in the
wide unemployment is down from 8.2 per-
District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., death of her child. She stated that she re-
cent in December 2013, representing a 4.2
on August 5, 2016 at approximately 5:21 peatedly struck the victim on the back with
percent drop since Mayor de Blasio took of-
a.m., a 911 call was received by Mount her hand. She was placed under arrest.
fice.
Based on a seasonally-adjusted analy- Vernon Police for an unresponsive child -- An autopsy conducted by the Medical
sis, New York City added over 6,000 private 14-and-half-month-old Samia Yusuf --- Examiners Office ruled the victims cause
sector jobs in March 2017. New York City who had died in her sleep. of death as blunt force trauma of the body
has added 321,300 private sector jobs since The officers responded to 210 Wash- with a fracture dislocation of the lumbar
Mayor de Blasio took office. ington St. where they found the victim in a spine and internal bleeding.
The New York State Department of play pen. Police said the child was on her Yusuf was significantly underweight
Labor (NYSDOL) releases employment back with her arms rigid pointing towards and malnourished and although 14-and-
data for New York City and State that it col- the ceiling. The victim had no pulse and half-month-old at the time of her death,
lects under a joint program with the Bureau was extremely cold to the touch. Her left Deasia Bartee, 27 weighed only 14 pounds.
of Labor Statistics. eye appeared to be swollen shut.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois:
ST JOHNS, Antigua: bill introduced by a Democratic
high court ruling this week rejected State Representative in the Prairie
an application for judicial review by State of Illinois has named 18 Caribbean
Leroy King, the former head of the Finan- nations as foreign tax havens and if it be-
cial Services Regulatory Commission comes law, would forbid a company in-
(FSRC) in Antigua and Barbuda, against corporated in any of those nations from
the 2012 decision by the government to submitting a bid or entering into a con-
Venezuelan Demonstrators:
approve his extradition to the United tract with the state.
States to face charges of facilitating the The Expatriate Corp/Foreign
multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme by con- Haven act or HB 3419 introduced on
Demonstrators assist an injured man after clashes with the riot police during a protest February 9 by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade,
victed former businessman Allen Stan-
against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on April 20, 2017. Venezuelan Jr. in the Illinois General Assembly has
ford.
riot police fired tear gas Thursday at groups of protesters seeking to oust President Nico- drawn concern from some business lead-
In a 71-page decision, High Court
las Maduro, who have vowed new mass marches after a day of deadly unrest. Police in ers, a few Caribbean and other interna-
Justice Darshan Ramdhani said, having re-
western Caracas broke up scores of opposition protesters trying to join a larger march, tional leaders for listing them as tax
viewed Kings arguments, he saw no rea-
though there was no immediate repeat of Wednesdays violent clashes, which left three havens.
son why either Kings claim for
people dead. Tax Havens are defined as jurisdic-
at least 17 in Manizales
a lack of transparency in the operation
why the order of extradition to the US for
of its tax system, and a lack of effective
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trial should be stayed or quashed. The exchange of information with other
claim for constitutional relief is therefore countries.
dismissed. The application for leave to MANIZALES, COLOMBIA: People and rescue agencies look for
andslides caused by heavy rain have bodies in a destroyed area after mudslides, Those making the list from the
apply for judicial review is also dismissed. Caribbean on HB 3419 are: Anguilla,
There shall be no order as to costs, killed at least 17 people in the city of caused by heavy rains leading several
Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, The Ba-
Ramdhani said. Manizales, in central Colombia, officials rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and
hamas
King had argued that a decision made say. rocks into buildings and roads, in Maniza-
Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, The British
by the then foreign affairs minister, to The search continues for at least seven les.
Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, The
order his return to the US under the Extra- others who are missing, they add. Mud and President Juan Manuel Santos visited
Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominica,
dition Act 1993, was in breach of his right rocks have destroyed several precarious the area and said humanitarian aid was Grenada, Montserrat, Netherlands An-
to the protection of law as guaranteed by houses built on steep hills. being sent. tilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St.
the constitution. Running water, electricity and gas Mr Santos said the death toll was Vincent and the Grenadines and U.S. Virgin
to internet technology
of rain fell in one night, the city's mayor The mayor of Manizales, Jos Octavio any of these nations would be considered an
said. Cardona, said the city was cut off by "rock expatriate corporation under the bill, which
calls on the Illinois Investment Policy Board
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Earlier this month, more than 300 peo- slides, mudslides, floods".
By Gerard Best ple were killed in landslides in Mocoa, in to create a list of expatriate corporations to
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: include in the states rolls of restricted
southern Putumayo province.
companies.
s clouds of uncertainty loom over the
global economy, it hasn't exactly
been smooth sailing for Caribbean com-
panies. But these days, a different kind of
cloud is creating fresh opportunities for re-
gional businesses.
For techies, the term 'cloud' is just a
metaphor for the Internet. And the advent
of cloud computing is creating new possi-
bilities for businesses in the Caribbean and
across the world. Where in the past, busi-
nesses would run applications from a
physical computer or server in their build-
ing, cloud computing provides a simple
way to access servers, storage, databases,
analytics and a broad set of application
services over the Internet. Some of most
recognizable names in the tech industry
are among the major providers of cloud
computing, including Adobe, Amazon,
Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.
As more Caribbean companies con-
front the reality of rising costs for technol-
ogy services, cloud computing is
emerging as an attractive option for those
seeking to reduce routine expenditure
without compromising on competitiveness
or service delivery capability, said Bevil
Wooding, an internet strategist with US-
based non-profit organisation Packet
Clearing House.
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ermaine Mason, the Ja- his is it! Its the weekend of the
maican-born high IAAF/BTC World Relays in the Ba-
federal lawsuit has been filed by CON- jumper who won a silver hamas. The Relays opens April 22 and will
CACAF against disgraced officials Jack medal with Team GB at the run through April 23, 2017. Running for
Warner and Chuck Blazer. The governing Beijing Olympics in 2008, host team Bahamas will be Olympic 400-m
body are seeking $20 million damages to "to has died following a motorcy- champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo plus the
redress the harms caused by warner and cle crash, aged 34. four men who struck gold in the 4x400m at
blazers fraudulent, unfair and unlawful acts Ben Hawes, chairman of the 2012 Olympic Games: Chris Brown,
as former high ranking officials of CONCA- the British Olympics Associ- Ramon Miller, Demetrius Pinder and
CAF". ation athletes commission Michael Mathieu.
Warner, the former CONCACAF boss, said of Mason Winning a sil- Twenty-year-old Jamaican-born athlete
is facing extradition from his native Trinidad ver medal in Beijing places Julian Jrummi Walsh will represent Japan in
and Tobago on charges of wire fraud, racket- him amongst a unique group the 4x400m relays. Walsh is the son of reg-
eering and money laundering. of athletes and underlines gae drummer Emanuel Walsh, who married
Blazer, a former FIFA Executive Com- what a talented individual he a Japanese woman and has lived in Japan
mittee member and former CONCACAF was. for almost 20 years.
General Secretary, struck a plea deal in 2013 Mason was born on 20 The event will feature athletes from 40
and turned whistleblower for the Federal Bu- January 1983 in Kingston, Ja- countries compete across the two days to
reau of Investigation. He was key to several maica, the son of a British fa- win the coveted Golden Baton and guaran-
FIFA officials being arrested in Zurich in May ther and a Jamaican mother. teed qualification for the 4x100m and
2015. He first came to notice at in- 4x400m relays at this Augusts IAAF World
The 71-year-old former FIFA Executive ternational level in the 2000 Championships London 2017.
Jamaica Reigns
Committee member and Warner conspired to World Junior Championships
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downward spiral Sunday, losing to Pak- akistan and the West Indies are set for UAE last October, including the addition medals including 39 gold, 28 silver and 19
istan in their opening T20 international series the historic 50th test to be played at of two uncapped players, one of whom is bronze at the end of the three-day compe-
at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. Sabina Park, with both teams wrapping up ICC Under-19 World Cup winning cap- tition held from April 15-17.
The visitors easily won by six-wicket as preparations ahead of Friday's start. tain Shimron Hetmyer. The Bahamas finished second with 31
18-year old Pakistan legspinner Shadab When West Indies and Pakistan last There has been rain around over the medals while Trinidad & Tobago had 22;
Khan, enjoying his debut, took three wickets met, the Caribbean side avoided a series past few days but the pitch at Sabina Park Barbados 12; Guyana 8 and the Cayman Is-
with his first eight balls as the hapless West whitewash in the United Arab Emirates based on reports, should be good. land 6. The British Virgin Islands athletes
Indies slumped to 49 for 6. with a five wicket win in Sharjah. The match is set to start at 10:00 am bagged 6 medals while Antigua and Bar-
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s part of an effort to promote
Caribbean sports and culture, several
Jamaican-born cricketers and sport enthu-
siasts from the Bronx recently established
the Dynamic Sports Club.
The Clubs president and founder,
Caswell Bryan, explained that Dynamic
Sports came out of necessity to supplement
the floundering New York Cricket League
and to promote professional cricket in the
community.
Less than a year since it was launched,
Dynamic is already creating a buzz as the
top cricket team in New York City. With
scores of experienced cricketers from sev-
eral Caribbean islands, the members sur-
prised fans when they captured the New
York Cricket Leagues Cricket Zone 20/20
trophy.
In their inaugural game, the club
shocked the seemingly invincible Cornwall
SC and later trounced the leagues defend- Dynamic Sports Club: Back row (l-r): Kennedy Charles (Manager), Wayne Ferguson, Andrew Whyte, Delroy Foster, John Roy,
ing champ Primrose Cricket Club before Mark Vitalis, Mario Fannis, Barrington Buckle, Carlan Whyte (Captain). Front row: (r-l) Patrick Francis, Caswell Bryan (President),
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Chairman - Friends
of the Penn Relays
INDIANAPOLIS:
strong lineup of Olympic and World
Championships competitors includ-
Celebrating the legacy ing Jamaicas latest sprint sensation is set
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to face off in the USA vs. The World events
of the Penn Relays at the Penn Relays on Saturday, April 29.
t is again my honor and privilege to wel- Seven nations, plus Team USATF, will light
come all of you on behalf of the Board of up the lanes on the track at Franklin Field.
the Friends of the Penn Relays who will be Teams from the Bahamas, Jamaica, the
attending the 123rd Running of the Univer- Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Nige-
sity of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival on April ria, and the British Virgin Islands are sched-
27, 28 and 29. uled to compete in the six events staged
When I say all of you, I mean every Saturday afternoon. Athletes converge on the
athlete, coach, spectator and all of our offi- Franklin Field oval to vye for titles in the
cials and volunteers who make this wonder- mens and womens 4x100m, 4x400m and
ful event happen every year. sprint medley relays. Team USATF clinched
The year after a Summer Olympics is five of the six events last year.
always very special as so many medalists Highlighting the Team USATF roster
make a return to Franklin Field, hallowed are a quartet of women who won gold in
ground for almost 250 Gold medalists from Rio: Two-time Olympic 4x100m gold
16 countries over the last 29 Olympic medalist and 2016 long jump champion
games. Tianna Bartoletta (Elyria, Ohio); fellow
This year marks the 50th anniversary of 2016 4x100m gold medalists English Gard-
the first artificial running surface in Franklin ner (Voorhees, New Jersey) and Morolake
Field. Last year was the first year with our Akinosun (Chicago, Illinois); and two-time Elaine Thompson Natasha Hastings
new Rekortan surface, which allowed for the 4x400m Olympic gold medalist Natasha Jamaicas newest sprint queen, USA Track & Field Sprinter
expansion of the track. Donations from the Hastings (Brooklyn, New York). Rio 100m and 200m gold medalist Olympic Gold medalist
Friends of the Penn Relays made this possi- With the USA-Jamaica rivalry always
ble. We have so many other improvements Founded in 1895 and officially named The event has drawn top high school,
in the spotlight at Penn, Jamaicas newest
that we would like to accomplish in the fu- The Penn Relay Carnival, the relays gained college and world-class athletes from around
sprint queen, Rio 100m and 200m gold
ture. What makes this event so special is that recognition as the worlds first and largest the globe and has been the scene of numer-
medalist Elaine Thompson provides interna-
all of you are Friends of the Penn Relays. track and field relay meet and is the nations ous American and world records.
tional star power. She is joined by teammate
As the Chairman of the Friends, I ask longest uninterrupted collegiate meet.
Kerron Stewart, who owns two Olympic sil-
that you consider make a donation to the
ver medals and one bronze.
Friends to ensure that the legacy of the Penn
On the mens side, 2008 Team USATF
Relays will continue unabated for centuries
Olympian Wallace Spearmon (Fayetteville,
to come. Im looking forward to seeing all
Arkansas) leads a group of competitive men
of you and hearing your cheers. Travel safe
including Brycen Spratling (Webster, New
York) from 2016s world-record setting
mens DMR squad; Casimir Loxsom (New
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The Frank Dolson 600m (1:14.91) and 2011 World Champi-
Director of Penn onships gold medalist in the 4x400m Mike
Relays Berry (Seattle, Washington). Spearmon, who
has run 26 sub-20 200s, has also won gold
in the 4x100m relay at the 2007 IAAF World
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transformed the Relays vs. the World are subject to change.
elcome to the 123rd Penn Relays! On Earlier this year, USATF and Penn an-
behalf of the University of Pennsyl- nounced a new partnership through 2020.
vania and Penns Department of Recreation The new partnership will expand television
and Intercollegiate Athletics, it is a great coverage from the traditional USA vs. the
pleasure to put together the 123rd edition of World relay events on Saturday to include a
the Penn Relay Carnival. live, Friday night show on NBCSN.
Nearly 75 years ago, Jamaica competed USATF.TV also will stream a live global we-
at the Penn Relays in the person of Herb bcast of the Penn Relays live during all three
McKenley. After his running days, when days of competition from 2017 through
Herb became a high school coach, it was his 2020.
prodding that provided the impetus for a Ja- Fans can follow along at the #PennRe-
maican high school to attend the Relays in lays with #USAvstheWorld on Twitter, Insta-
1964. In the more than 50 years since then, gram, Snapchat and Facebook.
the Jamaican influence has transformed the Over 200 athletes from more than 35
Relays into far more of an international countries competed at the 2016 Rio Olympic
event than it had been previously, and has Games, whose spotlight on the world stage
added to what had long been known as the took them through the Penn Relays. The
Relays carnival atmosphere. 2017 edition will once again bring the top
The Penn Relays extends a hearty wel- athletes from around the globe as the next
come to all who will enjoy the Carnival this generation of superstars look to make their
year. And well try to deliver on a promise mark at Franklin Field. 2016 marked the
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often!) do a big purge. Donate the Never Be Perfectly Neat over to our homes or our desks.
stuff that no longer fits you and recy- Its easy to get overwhelmed But this down-on-yourself atti-
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