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May 16-22, 2014

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By Bert WilkinsonIt’s a classic example of a David vs Goliath story; but this one is not Bib-lical. A small Eastern Caribbean island which genuinely thought it had found an innovative way to make millions, by offering itself as a home-base for Inter-net gambling to supplement annual revenues from its tourism and offshore finance sectors.

But U.S. authorities -- upset that Americans were taking advantage of the opportunity to log on to the site and place millions of dollars in wagers, declared the operation a major crime and began preparations to dismantle it.Court challenges followed but once the system was dismantled almost completely and indictments handed out to some of the investors, a full-

fledged trade war developed between the U.S. and Antigua with the U.S. using its superior might to not only crush the online gaming sector, but also refuse to accept a ruling from the world trade referee that it was wrong to shut down the Caribbean island’s major revenue source.Stunned by what Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer described as the loss of more than 3,000 jobs and more than $1B in revenues annually, Antigua took the mighty U.S. to the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2004 to challenge the move and won. Washington made it clear that it was not amused but even before then, had agreed to abide by the ruling, confi-dent it would have its way.

Now 11 years after the WTO ruling that Antigua had not only won its case

CARICOM backs Antigua against US

By Kenton KirbyFriends of Wingate Park, a volunteer non-profit organi-zation in Flatbush, Brooklyn formed in 2011 primarily to engage Brooklyn youth in activities aimed at maintain-ing a healthy physical environ-ment, is today in the vanguard of the citywide effort to stem gun- and gang-violence.

Friends of Wingate Park targets youth and families of Crown Heights, East Flat-bush, Brownsville, East New York, Bedford Stuyvesant and Canarsie in the effort to cre-ate a “One Brooklyn” iden-tity, according to Jamaican-born Vivia Morgan, the group’s founder and president. Friends of Wingate Park

builds community activism by “bringing neighbors together in an effort to drive out nega-tive influences and create posi-tive, free, fun, healthy pro-grams for the community at large, so as to build a stronger Brooklyn,” Morgan told Carib-bean Life.In addition to the group’s

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Friends of Wingate Park President Vivia Morgan Photo Credit: Shaun Clark

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Largest Caribbean AmericanCirculated Paper in the US ■ Over 360,000 readers per issue ■ Circulation of 71,500 per week; 5.1 readers per copy ■ 1,040 Total Distribution Points in the New York Area

Facts: ■ 2 out of 3 Caribbean Life readers read the paper every week ■ Average household income of $55K ■ 23% of readers have a household income greater than $75K ■ 50% of readers have attended/graduated college ■ Average age of the reader is 41.8 (younger than the average age of the newspaper reader in the NY DMA) ■ 62% of readers are under age 44

Caribbean Life is more than the news,it is part of the neighborhood ■ Ability to zone by geography - Two different versions each week ■ Publishes several newspaper supplements annually including Caribbean Day Parade, Black History Month, Caribbean American Heritage

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June 6-12, 2014

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BROOKLYN/STATEN ISLAND EDITION

By Bert Wilkinson The Commission of Inquiry investigating the June 1980 bombing assassination of world renowned Caribbean academic Walter Rodney heated up in his native Guyana this week with explosive revelations from a key member of a former pro-govern-ment sect that was openly linked to the PNC administration of Prime Minister Forbes Burnham and allegations that it had done a string of dirty jobs for the the Burnham regime.

Dr. Rodney, 37, the man who had authored the defining piece on European colonialism, “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” -- was killed on a dark city street in Georgetown when a two-way radio set he was allegedly given by an undercover army sergeant explod-ed in his lap as he drove near the main city prison. His quantity sur-

veyor brother, Donald, who was in the car with him was injured as and is in the line-up to testify in the hearings. He lives overseas.It is clear from evidence emerg-ing from the hearings so far, that it is providing interesting political fodder for the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) which has been openly toying with the idea of holding snap elections in the coming months, to divert atten-tion from the negative press it has garnered with regard to problems it has had with a combined oppo-sition that controls the 65-seat parliament.So far, most of the witnesses -- including Rodney’s elder brother Eddie, Eusi Kwayana -- the leader who co-founded the Working Peo-ple’s Alliance (WPA) with Rodney in the mid-70s and others, have pointed fingers at the PNC, even

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By Vinette K. PryceThe silver anniversary sojourn to Coney Island will mark a land-mark Tribute to the Ancestors ceremony on June 14 when faith-ful celebrants gather at 16th St. & Ancestor’s Circle at Coney Island Boardwalk gather to mark the treacherous sea voyage Afri-cans made across the Middle Pas-sage to reach this continent.It has been 25 years since Peo-ple of the Sun Middle Passage

begun what has become an annu-al tradition of acknowledging the watery death trail from the Afri-can continent to the Americas. With flowers, music, and a ritual that ends with a seaside a tribute to the ancestors that recalls the contribution of cultural icons who have enhanced the state of the community.This year a long list of ances-tors add to the multitudes lost at sea, during slavery and more

recently to natural causes.Among them: poet Maya Angelou, Pan-African activist Elombe Brath, poet Amiri Bara-ka, former South African Presi-dent Nelson Mandela, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Dr. Mary Umola (founding member of the Collective) and on the 51st anniversary of his assassination Medgar Wiley Evers. The cer-emony begins at noon and ends at sundown.

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams on Wednesday, June 3 proclaimed June 2014 as Caribbean Heritage Month in Brooklyn, known by many as the “Caribbean capital of Amer-ica,” during a news conference in the rotunda of Brooklyn Borough Hall. The borough is home to the largest such population outside of the Caribbean region. From left, Edmond Sadio, CACCI membership chairman, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, CACCI Presi-dent Roy A. Hastick, Sr. and Deputy Borough Diana Reyna. Photo by Lem Peterkin

Milestone tribute at Brooklyn seaside

Caribbean Heritage Month at Borough Hall

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