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Caribbean
S everal Caribbean immigrants are among
225 nabbed by officers from the U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement (US
Community
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ICE) agency during a recent six-day round-
up period in New York City, Long Island and Call Now for Consultations
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fender; a 36-year-old Dominican national
who is wanted in his home country for mur-
der; and a 58-year-old, twice removed
Trinidadian national, who has been convicted
of conspiracy to produce fraudulent identifi-
cation documents.
The Haitian national was arrested in East
Elmhurst, Queens, NY and had been sen-
tenced to 4-12 years after being convicted, not
just for second degree manslaughter, but also
for tampering with physical evidence and
criminal possession of a weapon.
THINKING OF
The 39-year-old Jamaican national and
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a suspect as they con-
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registered sexual offender was arrested in
duct a targeted enforcement operation in New York City recently. The agency arrested NEW BEGINNING
Brooklyn and has been convicted of at-
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state transportation of stolen property, and
possession of stolen property, and false state-
ment on a U.S. passport application.
athletes
Also nabbed by ICE agents were a 57-
year-old Jamaican national who has convic-
tions of sexual abuse of a child under age 14;
race to
and two Dominican Republic nationals, who
were arrested in Manhattan and the Bronx, re-
spectively.
A 38-year-old previously removed Do-
Penn
minican Republic national was arrested in
Manhattan after being convicted of attempted
criminal possession of a weapon, criminal
possession of a controlled substance, identity
Relays
theft and grand larceny and stalking. See pages 11-15
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EDITORIAL
Penn Relays should also
inspire African American kids
S ome 5,000 athletes will con-
verge on the grounds of the
University of Pennsylvania’s
Franklin Field April 26-28 to
participate in the 124th running
of The Penn Relays games--now
the longest uninterrupted colle-
giate track meet in the country.
Penn Relays is indeed
among the largest track crowd in
the United States with some
100,000 patrons in attendance
over the three-day, high-energy
event.
Despite challenges of lim-
ited resources, the organizers,
Friends of the Penn Relays –
continue to produce one of the
best track meet of all time.
We must commend the
Friends of the Penn Relays for
maintaining the goal of the event
– to provide the best track and
field competition for the greatest
number of participants of all lev-
els, ages, and abilities.
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PRIL 26-28
Fr
rank
klin Field
Known as theWITNE ESS
grooming
ground and the showpiece for
young, aspiring and talented
high school and collegiate track
and field athletes, Penn Relays is
now an international event, at-
tracting more participations
from overseas especially Ja-
maica, Caribbean and few
African countries.
Certainly, it was never the
intention of the founders, but
today Penn Relays has been “Ja-
maicanized” to the extent that
Jamaica has more teams than
any other participating countries
and schools. Teams from Ja-
maica dominate the most popu-
lar events.
If you cannot find a long-
time friend or family member
during the last weekend in April,
perhaps he or she is at “Penn”
waving their Jamaican flags or
decked out in the
Black, Green and Gold in
raucous support of the favorite
high school in Jamaica.
The development, growth
and indeed the success of Ja-
maican track and field athletes
could be attributed in part to
their participation at Penn Re-
lays.
For that we are grateful.
Perhaps more schools in our
communities with large African
American and Caribbean popu-
lation should follow the exam-
ples of Jamaica and prepare the
youth to participate in Penn Re-
lays.
Track and field should be
given top priority as part of the
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Medical Marijuana Program lacks diversity!
A s President of ‘New York State
Committee to Legalize Mari-
juana’ (NYSCTLM), I have been con-
cerned about the lack of racial diversity
in New York’s Medical Marijuana Pro-
gram. Around 2014, NYSCTLM filed
a Freedom of Information Request
(FOI) with New York State’s medical
marijuana program seeking answers to
questions regarding diversity.
In January 2018, the New York State
Assembly Standing Committees on Codes,
Health, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse con-
vened a public hearing to discuss the ‘Mar-
ijuana Regulation and Taxation Act
(MRTA), aimed to legalize the use, distri-
bution, and production of cannabis for
adults aged 21 and over.
Kassandra Frederique, New York State
Director for the Drug Policy Association
said “New York’s marijuana arrest crusade
has resulted in significant harms for those
who are most vulnerable and has been used
as a justification for the hyper-policing of
communities of color, funneling tens of
thousands of New Yorkers into the maze of
the criminal justice system every year and
putting people at risk of deportation, losing
custody of their children, and barring them
from employment and housing for nothing
more than possessing small amounts of
marijuana.”
A team of NYSCTLM volunteers,
began to research how other States are ad-
dressing the issue of racism in the mari-
juana industry. The city of San Francisco
announced that it would “wipe out or re-
duce the sentencings for all cannabis-re-
scheduling a meeting with the dean of New
York Pot laws Assemblyman Gottfried to
seek support and advice on an equity pro-
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that thousands of primarily people of color
who are serving time or who have served
time will have their cases reviewed,” and
will have their old marijuana records ex-
punged. I would like to see similar legisla-
tion in New York State that would expunge
criminal records for marijuana users and
immediately release prisoners serving time
for marijuana related crimes.
We want our New York equity program
to be modeled after the one in Oakland. It
launched its cannabis equity assistance pro-
gram, which is designed to help people who
either lack the capital to start their own
business or have been restricted from doing
so because of past weed crime convictions.
States with legalized marijuana programs
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The time is right for New York to con-
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MOUNT VERNON:
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The felony complaint alleges Scott
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an apartment complex at 531 East Lincoln
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he was alone with the child Monday, April
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Mount Vernon Police charged Scott Tues-
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NEWS
Friends of Wingate Park calls for action
after two gun killings in the community!
BROOKLYN:
F riends of Wingate Park is organizing
its 3rd Stop Gun and Gang Violence
Rally in response to the latest gun shoot-
ings in Brooklyn of an alleged pipe-
welding man. There was another
shooting death of a man last Friday.
This year's event will be on the lawn
of Wingate Park on April 27th between
3 P.M. to 7 P.M.
Borough President Eric Adams, 71st
Pct. Commanding Officer: Deputy In-
spector Francis Giordano, and Brooklyn Commanding Officer:
Deputy Inspector Francis Giordano
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez are
scheduled to speak.
There will be special live perform-
ances from local entertainers.
According to Director Friends of
Wingate Park and organizer of the Brooklyn Borough President
event, Vivia Morgan said the Wingate Eric Adams
Park is the right place to hold this year’s Friends of Wingate Park encourage
rally because the Park is named after neighbors, community leaders, political
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In the Bronx, a 33-year-old Domini-
can national, who was sentenced to 6 years
in prison and 5 years of parole supervision
after being convicted for criminal posses-
sion of a loaded weapon, robbery and
forcible theft, was also detained.
Of those arrested, more than 180 were
convicted criminals or had criminal
charges pending and more than 80 had
been issued a final order of removal and
failed to depart the United States or had
been previously removed from the United
States and returned illegally.
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Maitland appointed CRO at Jamaican
Consulate General in New York City
Kimmy Blair
Street Hype Writer
C ommunication, trade and
agricultural specialist
Patrick Maitland has been ap-
pointed Community Relations
Officer (CRO) at the Jamaican
Consulate General office in New
York City.
Maitland, who assumes of-
fice on April 3, 2018, is the
founder and publisher of the
Street Hype Newspaper in New
York and the influential The
Agriculturalist newspaper and
Tropical Farmers' Almanac, both
published in Jamaica WI. As ed-
itor and publisher of Street
Hype, which is distributed
throughout the New York metro
area, Mr. Maitland has been in
touch with the pulse of the Ja-
maican communities at home
and in the Diaspora.
He also previously served as
Consultant and Advisor to two
former Jamaican Ministers of
Agriculture, as well as commu-
nication consultant to several
Legionnaires’ cluster in
the Bronx leaves 1 dead
BRONX:
A Legionnaires patient has died
in the Bronx and two others
were hospitalized after coming
down the severe form of pneumonia,
city health officials said Wednesday.
The three cases are connected
to three connected buildings at Co-
op City in the Bronx and they oc-
curred within the last 12 months, the
NYC Health Department said.
All of the patients had underly-
ing conditions that increased their
chances of getting Legionnaires dis-
ease.
“As part of the protocol to as-
sess potential sources of Legion-
naires’ disease, the Health
Department will be sampling the in-
ternal plumbing of the building. The
building complex involved does not
have a cooling tower,” the depart-
ment said.
What Is Legionnaires’ Disease?
Legionnaires’ disease is a treatable
Parking permits free up spots for city residents
BROOKLYN:
P arking on the streets is not easy
in the city, and some City Coun-
cil members are looking to change
that. Two bills are expected to be in-
troduced Wednesday that would pave
the way for reserving parking spots
just for residents.
agribusiness companies, farm-
ers’ organizations, and Jamaican
fresh produce exporters.
According to Consul Gen-
eral Miss Trudy Deans, Mr.
Maitland’s knowledge and expe-
rience of the Jamaican Diaspora
community will contribute to the
Consulate’s strategic plan to
strengthen the linkages with the
Jamaican Diaspora and encour-
age their participation in island’s
development.
“Mr. Maitland is a perfect
match and will perform a major
role at Consulate as we focus on
tapping into the vast human re-
source capital while protecting
the interest of Jamaicans living
and doing business in the com-
munities,” Consul General
Deans noted.
His educational achieve-
ment includes a Bachelor’s de-
gree in Business Administration
with a concentration in market-
ing from the University of Tech-
nology (UTECH) in Jamaica and
Associates degree from the Col-
infection using antibiotics for pneu-
monia. Every year, there are be-
tween 200 and 400 cases of
Legionnaires’ disease in the city.
Legionnaires’ disease is caused
by the bacteria Legionella.
Most cases of Legionnaires’
disease can be traced to plumbing
systems where conditions are favor-
able for Legionella growth, such as
cooling towers, whirlpool spas, hot
tubs, humidifiers, hot water tanks,
and evaporative condensers of large
air-conditioning systems.
Legionnaires’ disease cannot
be spread from person to person.
Groups at highest risk for Legion-
naires’ disease include people who
are middle-aged or older, especially
cigarette smokers, people with
chronic lung disease or weakened
immune systems and people who
take medicines that weaken their
immune systems (immunosuppres-
sive drugs). Those with symptoms
should call their doctor and ask
Council Member Ydanis Ro-
driguez is looking to divide Manhat-
tan and the rest of the city into
residential areas where the trans-
portation department will issue per-
mits. Many of those spots would then
be reserved for residents.
"The residential parking system
will reduce congestion, it will save
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NEWS
lege of Agriculture, also in Ja-
maica.
He has also completed pro-
fessional courses in marketing
and public relations from the
University of the West Indies
(UWI) and recently completed a
six-month “political reporting”
fellowship at the CUNY School
of Journalist, New York City.
Maitland is married with a
daughter and enjoys writing,
playing table tennis, chess, and
other indoor games.
The primary mission of the
Consulate General of Jamaica is
to promote and safeguard the in-
terest of Jamaica and Jamaicans
in the thirty-three States under
the jurisdiction of the United
States, Puerto Rico and
Bermuda.
Journalist Kadia-loy Knight
has been appointed editor-in-
chief at Street Hype Newspaper
while Maitland is seconded to
the Jamaican Consulate General
Patrick Maitland as Community Relations Officer.
Community Relations Officer - Jamaican Consulate General
about testing for Legionnaires’ dis-
ease.
Symptoms
Symptoms include fever,
cough, chills, muscle aches,
headache, fatigue, loss of appetite,
confusion and diarrhea. Symptoms
usually appear two to 10 days after
significant exposure to Legionella
bacteria.
The Health Department is urg-
ing residents in the area with respi-
ratory symptoms, such as fever,
New York’s
cough, chills and muscle aches, to
promptly seek medical attention.
The Health Department has alerted
Caribbean
health care providers in the area
about this cluster.
Treatment
Legionnaires’ disease can be deadly,
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Most people get better with early
treatment, although they may need
to be hospitalized. Others have died
from complications of the disease.
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Chinese gaining
ground in region
as second foreign
language
By Caribbean News Now contributor
SANTIAGO, Chile:
S peaking recently at the China-Latin
America Ambassador Forum, Robert
Ladenden, director of the Latin American
Center of Confucius Institute, noted Chinese
has become the second foreign language of
Chile and other Latin American countries.
There are 39 Confucius Institutes and 11
Confucius Classrooms in Latin America and
the Caribbean, with more than 50,000
trainees and more than eight million cultural
activities.
He pointed out that China has been in-
creasingly influential in the region in the past
ten years and learning Chinese and under-
standing China has gradually become the
consensus and trend of the Latin American
people.
Both sides have had frequent exchanges
in the fields of culture and education, espe-
cially the establishment of the Confucius In-
stitute, paving the way for the exchange of
languages and cultures between China and
Latin America.
Haimai Watt, president of St Thomas
University, said that over the past ten years,
through the Confucius Institute, St Thomas
University and Anhui University and other
Chinese universities have established a co-
operative relationship, implementation of an
exchange program and, through the Confu-
cius Institute Headquarters, a scholarship
program.
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Guyana Govt.
Actively Engaged
With U.S Authority
On Catfish Ban
GUYANA:
T he Government of Guyana, through the
Ministry of Agriculture, is actively en-
gaged with the United States (US) authority
to resolve the issue of a restriction on the im-
portation of smoked and salted Siluriformes
species of fish to the US, in the shortest pos-
sible time.
This was revealed yesterday by Minis-
ter of State, Joseph Harmon at his weekly
post-Cabinet press briefing.
Minister Harmon explained that the ac-
tion by the US, which saw the revision of the
rules for import of fish into the US, was a
protective measure. He said that Guyana is
one of several countries that were affected.
“The Minister of Agriculture who briefed
Cabinet on the matter, pointed out that there
are other international markets which remain
unaffected.
The Minister stated that the difference
in the ways in which catfish (one of the
species of Siluriformes fish) was sourced,
that is farm raised, against wild caught fish
and processed in the USA and Guyana, and
the required documentation were the main
reasons for the restriction.”
The Minister of State further explained
that the ban is seeking to address the issue of
farm-reared catfish, hence, he believes the
engagement will lead to positive outcomes.
CARIBBEAN NEWS
New Ministers and State Ministers Sworn in Jamaica:
Governor-General, Patrick Allen (3rd left) and Prime Minister, the Andrew Holness (4th left), with newly appointed Ministers andMinisters
of State at a swearing-in ceremony, at King’s House, in St. Andrew, on March 27. They are (from left): State Minister in the Ministry of
Labour and Social Security, Xavier Mayne; Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Alando Terre-
longe; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, and new Minister of Finance and
the Public Service, Nigel Clarke. (Photo: JIS)
CARPHA Executive Director urges
caution on decriminalisation of Marijuana
BASSETERRE, St Kitts:
T he executive director of the Trinidad-
based Caribbean Public Health Agency
(CARPHA), Dr James Hosepdales, is urging
regional countries to “proceed with an abun-
dance of caution” when it come to the de-
criminalisation of marijuana.
Hospedales, who spoke on a government
radio programme “Working for you”, said
there is much discussion on the decriminali-
sation issue and that there have been several
times in history where populations and soci-
eties have gone very liberal with substances
of abuse.
“The Americans are in the middle of a
big opioid crisis and some many decades ago
they had a huge problem with addiction and
especially among white women,” he said.
“We in the Caribbean have a problem
with marijuana and clogging up of the courts
and the justice system and that's understand-
able to try and reduce that side effect. I think
though, in introducing these kinds of public
policies, consideration has to be given to the
full range of impact.”
He said said that if marijuana had to be
decriminalised, there may be repercussions.
“We don't want that when you've solved the
St. Kitts & Nevis to host
citizenship by investment summit
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts:
I n May, St. Kitts and Nevis will welcome
hundreds of regional and international key
players in the economic citizenship industry for
high-level discussions on issues affecting the
sector, as well as exploring opportunities for
further growth of citizenship by investment
programmes, when the twin island Federation
plays host to the Caribbean Investment Summit
2018.
The 2018 summit, which will be held
from May 16-19 at the St. Kitts Marriott Re-
sort, will bring together the five Citizenship by
Investment jurisdictions in the Caribbean,
namely, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St.
Lucia, Grenada and host St. Kitts and Nevis.
Other key stakeholders in various fields such
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problem so to speak of reducing the burden
of the judicial system and the prisons you cre-
ate a great surge in the increase of mental
health admissions for marijuana addiction
and other addictions.
“What I think needs to happen is that
there should be strong public education con-
comitant with decriminalisation if govern-
ment proceeds along that route; also, proper
monitoring of impact policies," Hospedales
stated.
He added that there are some countries
where there are reports by the chief medical
officers that they are indeed seeing major in-
creases in admissions for mental health prob-
lems associated with marijuana psychosis and
increased use.
“So, generally you have to look at the
whole thing when making a public policy de-
cision,” he said, adding that research has
shown that a significant percentage of young
people in the Caribbean already use mari-
juana even if it is only infrequently.
“The harmful consequences of this are
well documented. From mental health to so-
Dr James Hosepdales cial interactions to occupational opportuni-
Executive Director
ties.”
Caribbean Public Health Agency
as banking, due dili- Addressing the nation during his press
gence, risk manage-
ment and cyber
security, cryptocur-
conference today, Wednesday, April 25, Prime
Minister and Minister of Finance, Timothy
Harris, said the theme chosen for this year’s
rency and real estate event, “Unity in the Age of Division, Emerging
will also be in atten- Trends of CIPs in an Uncertain World,” is one
dance. that reflects the changes in the industry. “Never
The landmark has there been a better time to unite. As CIPs
summit is expected to proliferate across the globe, we urge the world
cover topics including to remember where it all began – right here in
embracing new tech- St. Kitts and Nevis in 1984 and we ask them to
nology for better CIPs; recall that with age comes wisdom. As the mar-
responsible conduct ket continues to grow amid political and eco-
Timothy Harris
for service providers; nomic tensions, the industry must take a
Prime Minister
key approaches to sus- holistic approach to ensure its longevity, and in
St. Kitts and Nevis
tainable development doing so, must provide the appropriate fora to
and collaboration for a common cause. engage and stimulate the growing numbers of
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LEGAL NEWS
DMX Wants Rakoff To Hear
His Music At Tax Sentencing
Rapper DMX asked U.S. District Judge
Jed S. Rakoff on Monday not to sentence
him to prison for tax evasion, citing his
need to work and a lifelong struggle with
personal demons, and offering to play his
music "as he may be too emotional to
speak" at an upcoming hearing.
Goldman Code Copier Tells
NY Top Court It Was No Crime
A Goldman Sachs programmer who
copied proprietary computer code on his
way out the door squared off with prose-
cutors before the New York Court of Ap-
peals on Tuesday, saying the court below
pushed an old law too far when it rein-
stated a jury’s verdict against him.
Lack Of Cash On Hand Dooms
$15.4M Contract Verdict
A New York appeals court vacated a
$15.4 million award against now-closed
Tesla Wall Systems LLC on Tuesday,
finding that the company does not have
cash on hand to pay back a real estate de-
veloper over an agreement to install cur-
tain and window wall systems for
projects.
LEGAL AFFAIRS
Legal requirements to start a divorce case?
(1) Residency: Before a New York Court can
give you a divorce, you need to show that you
and/or your spouse have lived in New York
State for a certain amount of time, without in-
terruption, generally for one year.
(2) Grounds: You need to have grounds – a
legally acceptable reason – to get divorced in
New York. That means that you need to prove
one of the grounds listed below:
• Cruel and Inhuman treatment
• Abandonment
• Confinement in prison for 3 or more consec-
utive years
• Adultery
• Living separate and apart pursuant to a sep-
aration judgment or decree
• Living separate and apart pursuant to a sep-
aration agreement
• Irretrievable breakdown in the relationship
for a period of at least 6 months (for divorce
proceedings started on/after October 12,
2010)
For more details on grounds, see pages
3-5 of the Uncontested Divorce Forms Packet
Instructions.
What is the difference between a Contested
and an Uncontested Divorce?
UNCONTESTED: Your divorce will be un-
contested if both you and your spouse:
• Want to get a divorce
• Agree about what will happen with your chil-
dren, your finances, your property after the di-
vorce
If your divorce is uncontested, and you and
your spouse have reached agreement on all fi-
nancial and parenting issues, you may use the
Court’s free Uncontested Divorce Forms
Packet. You can also use the DIY (Do-It-Your-
self) Uncontested Divorce Program if you are
filing for an uncontested divorce, your mar-
riage has been over for at least six months,
there are no children under 21, and all marital
property issues, including debt, have been set-
tled.
If you have not reached agreement, and
you think you and your spouse could come to
an agreement with some help, you might want
to consider divorce mediation or collaborative
family law.
CONTESTED: Your divorce will be con-
tested if either you or your spouse:
• Do not want to get a divorce
• Disagree about the grounds (legal reasons)
for the divorce
• Disagree about what will happen with your
children, your finances, your property after the
divorce
Because the judge will require detailed in-
formation to decide the issues you disagree
about, your contested divorce will require you
and your spouse to go to the Supreme Court
numerous times. If your divorce will be con-
tested, you should seriously consider finding a
lawyer to represent you.
You might want to consider divorce me-
diation or collaborative family law.

Platinum Execs Can’t Evade

Investor Fraud Indictment
A New York federal judge on Monday de-
nied a bid by Platinum Partners execu-
tives to toss an indictment alleging they
defrauded investors during a liquidity cri-
sis, saying the bid’s singular focus on op-
posing the government’s interpretation of
an allegedly incriminating email chain
was “unavailing.”

Gas Co. Must Fill Cleanup

Coverage Gaps, NY Justices Say
A National Grid PLC unit must pick up
the tab for its own costs to clean up con-
tamination at manufactured gas plants at-
tributed to years when no pollution
liability insurance was available in the
marketplace, New York’s highest court
ruled Tuesday, rejecting the energy com-
pany’s bid to put a Chubb Ltd. insurer on
the hook for those amounts.

Housing Groups Sue Facebook

Claiming Ads Allow Bias
Facebook Inc. lets advertisers exclude
people from seeing listings for homes to
buy and rent, violating the Fair Housing
Act by permitting sellers to discriminate
against protected groups based on family
status, gender and other attributes, a group
of housing advocacy organizations said in
a suit filed Tuesday in New York federal
court. Maurice D. Maitland, Esq.

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Caribbean
finishes with
42 medal haul at
Commonwealth
Games
By NAN Sports Editor
News Americas:
T he Caribbean region finished with a
combined 42 medal haul as the Gold
Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
wrapped up Sunday, April 15, 2018.
That included 15 gold medals. Jamaica
led the region with a whopping 27 medals
in total, including 7 gold.
were:
The gold medal winners for Jamaica
1: Ronald Levy, who picked up the
first gold for Jamaica on Tuesday, April
10th in the Men’s 110m Hurdles;
2: Aisha Praught, the Jamaican Amer-
ican running for her parents’ homeland,
who made history by winning gold in the
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase;
3: Janieve Russell, who won gold in
the Women’s 400m Hurdles;
4: Kimberly Williams, who won the
Women’s Triple Jump;
5: Fedrick Dacres, who won the Men’s
Discus Throw;
6: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, who won
the Women’s Shot Put and
7: The Women’s 4 x 400m Relay, who
won gold on Sat. April 14, 2018.
Trinidad and Tobago finished with
three medals – 2 golds and 1 silver. The
T&T Gold medal winners were:
1: Michelle-Lee Ahye, who won gold
in the Women’s 100-m on April 9th and
2: Jereem Richards, who took gold in
the Men’s 200-.
The Bahamas finished with four
medals – 1 gold and 3 silver. The gold
medal winner was Shaunae Miller-Uibo
who won gold in the women’s 200-m.
Grenada finished with two medals –
one gold and one silver. The country’s gold
medalist was Lindon Victor who won the
Men’s Decathlon.
Bermuda, the British Virgin Island,
The Bahamas, Guyana and St. Lucia fin-
ished with one gold medal each.
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy won gold for
her country in the women’s Triathlon while
Guyanese American Troy Doris won gold
for his parents’ homeland of Guyana in the
Men’s Triple Jump.
Kyron McMaster put the British Is-
lands’ gold medal on the table in the Men’s
400m Hurdles while St. Lucia’s Levern
Spencer won gold for her country in the
women’s high jump.
Dominica rounded out the Caribbean
medal count with two – one bronze and one
silver. Yordanys Duranona Garcia added
the silver for Dominica on Sat. in the men’s
triple jump while Thea LAFOND had won
the bronze on April 10th in the Women’s
Triple Jump.
Overall, host’s Australia finished at the
top of the medal table with a massive 198
medal haul, including 80 gold medals. Eng-
land was second with 136 followed by
India in third with 66.
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Jamaica’s Whitmore
Withdraws Resignation
By NAN Sports Editor
News Americas:
T heodore Whitmore is now back in
charge as coach of the Jamaica Reggae
Boyz. Whitmore has withdrawn his resig-
nation and has been restored as head coach
of Jamaica’s senior football team following
mediation by the country’s Minister of
Sports, Olivia Grange, on April 13th.
According to a statement from
Grange’s ministry late Friday, Whitmore
has withdrawn his resignation letter, the Ja-
New IAAF rules could affect
controversial South African athlete
S outh African Caster Semenya's long
and controversial reign as the queen
of middle distance running looks set to
end this year not by a track rival but by a
new hyperandrogenism rule that will stop
her from running 800 and 1500 meters
races.
The IAAF will publish new rules on
Thursday to prevent women with the
condition, which produces higher than
normal levels of testosterone and is
deemed by the governing body to give
them an unfair advantage, from running
distances from 400m to the 1500meters
The IAAF would allow them to com-
pete at the international level only if they
took medication to reduce naturally oc-
WI face Pakistan in World Cup opener
LONDON:
Two-time winners West Indies will open
their 2019 World Cup campaign against
nemeses Pakistan in their bid for a third
title in the International Cricket Council's
premier 50-overs showpiece.
While the world-governing body is
set to officially unveil the full schedule of
the event today, the fixtures were leaked
yesterday for the May 30 to July 14 tour-
nament in England and Wales.
West Indies will take on Pakistan in
Nottingham on May 31, having not beaten
the Asian side in a bilateral series in 27
years and winning just four of the last 19
ODIs against them.
The Caribbean side will clash with
world champions Australia on June 6, also
in Nottingham, before facing South Africa
four days later in Southampton.
Jason Holder's side will then do battle
with hosts England on June 14, also in
Southampton, and take on Bangladesh in
Taunton three days later.
The Windies will lock horns with
New Zealand (June 22) and India (June
27) in two Manchester fixtures, and battle
Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street on July 1
before wrapping up their preliminary
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maica Football Federation (JFF) has offered
him a new contract and all issues between
the parties have been settled.
“I’m very pleased with what transpired
at today’s meeting between myself, the JFF
and the minister,” Whitmore was quoted as
saying. “I’m looking forward to getting
back to doing what I love and that is coach-
ing, and to making sure that the nation’s
football is a priority and we move forward
with myself and the federation and the min-
istry to make it a success.”
South African middle distance runner
Caster Semenya
Star batsman Chris Gayle is
expected to feature for West Indies
at next year's Cricket World Cup.
Theodore Whitmore
Jamaica Soccer Mens National Coach
curring levels of testosterone. But ac-
cording to prominent sports scientist
Ross Tucker, Semenya could run up to
seven seconds slower under new rules re-
quiring her to lower her natural testos-
terone levels to race internationally
Under rules due to be announced on
Thursday morning by the IAAF, the
world athletics governing body, a sepa-
rate female classification for an athlete
with differences of sexual development,
or DSDS, will be introduced. The IAAF
Council announced last month that the
changes could come into force on No-
vember 1.
campaign on July 4 against Afghanistan
in Leeds.
All 10 teams will play each other in
the preliminaries, with the top four pro-
gressing to the semi-finals carded for
Manchester and Birmingham on July 9
and 11.
West Indies will not play a single
game at the historic Oval in London,
where most of the their traditional
Caribbean support can be found. How-
ever, the ground will be the scene of the
tournament opener between England and
South Africa.
The Oval will be one of 11 venues
utilised, with Lord's, Edgbaston, Trent
Bridge, Headingley, Old Trafford,
Taunton, Bristol, Chester-le-Street,
Southampton, and Cardiff all hosting
matches.
West Indies missed out on automatic
qualification for the World Cup for the
first time after finding themselves outside
of the top eight in the ODI rankings at the
cut-off date of September 30 last year.
They sealed their spot at the tourna-
ment, however, after finishing second be-
hind Afghanistan in last month's 10-team
qualifier in Zimbabwe.
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ENTERTAINMENT
‘Go Freddie Go'
#1 Song On
Reggae Charts
By Anthony Turner

The Dumpling Cove held their official re-launch in the northeast Bronx, New York recently. Seen here at the East 222
Street location are (L-R) Patrick Maitland, NY Community Relations Officer at the Jamaican Consulate General office;
New York City District 12 councilman Andy King, owner Kerith Mair and Joelle, Brand Ambassador of Blue & Bougie
Hundreds celebrate re-launch of Dumpling Cove
By Anthony Turner
O n a sunny spring Saturday afternoon that
saw temperatures fluctuating between 72
and 40 degrees, New York food and music
lovers including NYC councilman Andy
King, came out to celebrate the launch of the
Dumpling Cove Restaurant, located 1530 East
222 Street, Bronx.
The event served up a mouthwatering
menu of dishes ranging from jerk chicken, fish
and shrimp. The launch also had a musical
component with a live performance of the
very entertaining Royal Khaoz Band.
The Dumpling Cove Restaurant is the
brainchild of Jamaica born Kerieth Mair, who
migrated to the USA in 1975. The Dumpling
Shop (the original name of the business) was
established in 1990. Mair started managing
the store in 2002 and took control of its oper-
ations soon after his uncle returned to Ja-
maica.
The restaurant quickly established itself
as the top take-out joint for dumplings and fish
in the northeast Bronx. After being in a rented
building space for over 20 years, in 2012 Mair
borrowed from his 401K and purchased a cor-
ner street building in the Bronx. Two years
later he retired from his full time job as a Tran-
sit engineer to manage the Dumplin Shop. His
vision was to transform the 'Shop' into a full-
fledged sit-down restaurant.
Today the full service restaurant serves
excellent food in a clean and welcoming es-
tablishment. The "Cove" is open for business
from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday -Wednes-
day and 6am - 2am Thursday to Saturday and
on Sundays 6am -7pm. The sit-down restau-
rant offers a spacious seating area for cus-
tomers, a bar and a small stage which is
utilized for local area bands that play on
Karaoke Thursday and on 'live music' Satur-
days. For breakfast, the ackee and saltfish is
pure delight, as is the calaloo, fried bammy,
fried yellow plantains, boiled yam and green
banana. For dinner, the menu offers the signa-
ture fried fish & dumpling, sizzling spiced
jerked chicken, curry chicken & goat, oxtail,
broiled shrimp, lobster and brown stew
chicken. All meals are served with the option
of white rice and peas, steam cabbage and
plantains.
Prior to the Dumplin Shop, Mair worked
as an engineer at the Metropolitan Transporta-
tion Authority, MTA, where he helped to write
the specification for the design of the modern
passenger fleet of the New York City Subway
that emerged from modernization efforts in
the 80's. This was when the subway "was on
the verge of collapse". Sometimes referred to
as New Millennium Trains, they are known
for improvements in technology, energy effi-
ciency, reliability, and comfort along with ad-
vanced passenger information systems.
Aside from being an engineer and a
restaurateur, Mair is a philanthropist at heart.
He gives generously to various charities in-
cluding Team Jamaica Bickle, the Caribbean
Day of Giving which assisted Caribbean na-
tionals in the islands who were affected by
hurricanes Maria and Irma; the Police Benev-
olent Association; the Alumni Association of
Jamaica among others.
R eggae Ambassa-
dor and CEO of
Big Ship Music Inc.
Freddie McGregor
O.D. is blazing up the
charts in New York,
South Florida and Ja-
maica with 'Go Fred-
die Go,' the first single
off his upcoming
album on VP Records.
The melodically
rich song, “Go Fred-
die Go” is #1 on the
Foundation Radio Network Top 30 Music
Chart in New York; the South Florida Top 25
Reggae Chart and the Weekly Star Top Ten
chart in New York.
In Jamaica, the song is #13 on The
HITZ 92 FM Reggae Top 20 Charts and #14
on the Jamaica Music Countdown, Top 25
Reggae Singles chart.
"I thank my fans for making this song
#1 in NY and Florida. You have been with
me through the ups and downs...this song is
for you" McGregor said.
Produced by Lincoln Thomas for
Linkgitz Production and written by McGre-
gor with Lincoln Thomas and Kemar
Williams, 'Go Freddie Go' is a musical
chronology of McGregor's life, career, expe-
riences, journey and his legacy.
"My life's journey has taken me places
I only dreamt of as a youth. Thinking back
on all of it, I remember the times I was en-
couraged to 'Go Freddie Go'. Looking for-
ward to seeing you all very, very soon" he
continued.
Freddie will embark on a North Ameri-
can tour this summer with stops in Vancou-
ver, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington DC
and New York with more dates to come.

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Lady Peace MN to release EP ‘Breakthrough Today’

Lady Peace MN is a dedicated and
committed artist; she is demonstrating the
limitlessness of God to change a life.
Lady Peace MN is a woman in love with
life, living each day on purpose.
MBMN Heavensgate Inc.
Email:Artist@mbmnheavensgate.com
Instagram/ladypeacemn
Twitter.com/Ladypeacemn1
https//www.facebook/MBMNHeavensgate
www.ladypeacemn.com. Music available
online for sale at Itunes.com and
Amazon.com.

SAVE THE DATE

LADY PEACE MN

B e Inspired - Love, Joy, Peace and

Happiness. Lady Peace MN has
woven a tapestry to show the limitless-
ness of God to show greatness in us.
Her music is soft melodic and blends
well with contemporary music genres.
Lady Peace MN is releasing a new
upcoming Gospel EP, April 30, 2018 en-
titled, “Breakthrough Today.”
A fresh and inspirational compilation
of songs reveals the heart and essence of
Lady Peace MN the artist and composer.
“Breakthrough Today”, captures the ver-
satility of Lady Peace MN as an artist,
composer and writer of short music
videos; she has moved away from the
first CD, “Songs from the Heart.” Faith
and trust in God is the central theme of
her new gospel release. The music is well
written, and arranged. One of her tracks
entitled “My Best Friend” reveals trust
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and faith to see God in the details of life.
Lady Peace MN composed five of the six
songs on the EP. Breakthrough Today, is
at 6:00PM
a gift to be shared; the songs are a com-
position of experiences saturated with
faith and set to music.
Lady Peace MN began her musical
journey singing in church as a teenager.
The Garvey School
She later diverged and began exploring
other art forms, and was the lead female
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L.U.S.T FORCE MDs

L.U.S.T. and Force MDS for Miss Dream Castle Pageant 2018
Lyndon Taylor consistent presence at radio and in the hearts Castle Villa in Montego Bay. Tickets for the Tony Cobb of WVIP 93.5 FM will be
Contributing Writer of their fans. grand coronation are $90 each and can be serve as host for the evening.
YONKERS: The Miss Dream Castle Pageant, which purchased via Eventbrite at Miss Dream Cas-

R eggae group L.U.S.T. and legendary

American rap/R&B group Force MDs
will headline the entertainment at the grand
is open to women age 17-25, is the brainchild
of Gwendolyn Nicks-James, owner of Dream
tle Pageant.

coronation of Miss Dream Castle 2018 on

Saturday, June 9 at the Royal Regency Hotel
in Yonkers, New York. Now in its 9th 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.
Both L.U.S.T. and FORCE MDs will de-
light patrons throughout the evening in
what’s expected to be a top-quality entertain-
ment package and will also serenade the
queens.
The reggae quartet L.U.S.T consisting of
Lukie D, Thriller U, Singing Melody and
Tony Curtis first came to prominence when
they performed at the MIDEM 97 Festival in
France.
Great vocals, smooth harmonies, signa-
ture tunes and inspiring melodies all soulfully
combine to provide the quartet a winning for-
mula and it’s played out in their songs and in
their on-stage performances. With an out-
standing repertoire of chart-topping songs,
dating back as far as 1998 to the present, the
group has remained resilient and has forced
even the most discriminating of music lovers
to pause, listen and appreciate what L.U.S.T.
has to offer.
The group has released two albums,
Sweetness of your Love in 2007 and Inspira-
tion in 2010. Since then, L.U.S.T. has per-
formed at a variety of events mainly in
Europe and have been working on a number
of solo projects over the past few years. To-
gether, the group L.U.S.T. is a “dynamic
force” as one member puts it, each person
bringing his individual success and experi-
ence to benefit the group as a whole.
Force MD’s is the embodiment of the
classic eighties Hip-Hop R and B soul. And
patrons attending the grand coronation are in
for a treat. The group is most known for the
overwhelming commercial success from the
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis-penned classic
"Tender Love.” The song proved to be a huge
success, peaking at #10 in the Billboard Hot
100 chart, remaining there for 19 weeks, and
helping Jam & Lewis garner a Grammy
Award for Producer of the Year. The group
followed this success in 1987 with their first
#1 R&B hit "Love is a House.” But the Force
MD’s deep catalog of classic R and B/ Hip-
Hop staples including “Tears,” “Here I go
Again,” “Let me Love You,” and their con-
tinued release of new anthems for all occa-
sions has allowed them to maintain a
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Kevin Parker (NY State Senator) flanked (l-r) by Trudy Deans, (Jamaica's Consul General to New York) and Kiva Clarke
(Trinidad & Tobago's Consul General to New York).
Team Jamaica Bickle Launches Penn Relays Activities
Announces Romain Virgo As Ambassador
By Anthony Turner
Contributing Writer
T eam Jamaica Bickle (TJB) launched its
2018 Penn Relays program in a well-at-
tended event at Sandz Bar & Grille located
in Queens, New York recently. The event an-
nounced the organization’s activities leading
into the Penn Relays which forms a part of
its community outreach and fundraising ef-
forts.
Master of ceremonies for the evening
Robert DeSouza welcomed all to the event.
A special welcome was extended to the Con-
sul General of Jamaica to New York, Ms.
Trudy Deans and Consul General of Trinidad
and Tobago to New York, Ms. Kiva Clark.
To set the tone and highlight Jamaica’s
dominance in track and field the video of Ja-
maica’s Aisha Praught’s (surprising) win in
the Steeple Chase at the Commonwealth
Games was shown to much applause by Ja-
maica’s Consul General and the audience.
Ms. Clarke was welcomed by the video of
Trinidadian Michelle Lee Ayhe winning the
100m at the Commonwealth game to her de-
light.
Remarks were delivered on behalf of
Caribbean Food Delights/Royal Caribbean
Bakery, TJB’s founding partner, by Janice Ju-
lian, Marketing/Public Relations Officer.
They are celebrating 40 years in business 24
of which have been committed in part to TJB
around the Penn Relays.
The official launch of Romain Virgo, as
ambassador of the organization for 2018-
2019 was the highlight of the evening and
was presented by VP Records Aaron Talbot.
Romain has committed part-proceeds from
the download of the song Still from the
album Lovesick to Team Jamaica Bickle. He
will make an appearance at this year’s Penn
Relays.
"At only $1.29 per download this is an
opportunity for many people to help with the
efforts of TJB. Let’s make ‘Still,’ the most
downloaded reggae song ever in one week so
that we can make a significant contribution
on the behalf of VP Records, Romain and the
fans;" said Richard Lue, Dir. Business devel-
opment, VP Records
The event highlighted the organiza-
tion’s calendar of activities as well as its
MANNA Raffle. The MANNA (medical at-
tention and nutrition now for athletes), raffle
offers a grand prize of 5 days/4 nights at the
all-inclusive Sandals Jamaica, coupled with
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Some 50 Caribbean
Schools For 2018
Penn Relays
By NAN Sports Editor
News Americas:
S ome 50 Caribbean highs schools and
colleges are set to participate in this
year’s Penn Relays and US-based Diaspora
organization, Team Jamaica Bickle is again
pleading for financial support to help pro-
vide hot meals, transportation and medical
care to the athletes.
The Caribbean schools and colleges
participating in this year’s Relays in
Philadelphia from April 26-28, 2018 ac-
cording to Penn officials are as follows:
Bahamas - College – Bahamas College;
High Schools-Bishop Eldon, Grand Ba-
hamas; St. Augustine’s, St. John’s, and
Freeport
Barbados - High Schools- Christ Church,
Daryll Jordan, St. Lucy;
Guyana - College – Guyana Technical Col-
lege, Berbice; High Schools- Fort Welling-
ton, Berbice New Campbellville,
Campbellville and Georgetown
Jamaica - Colleges: G.C. Foster, St.
Catherine, Knox CC, Clarendon, MICO,
UTech, UWI Mona; High Schools - Ar-
denne, Belair, Bellefield, Bridgeport, Cal-
abar, Cornwall Coll, Edwin Allen,
Excelsior, Godfrey Stewart, Greater Port-
more, Green Island, Herbert Morrison,
Holmwood Tech, Hydel, Immaculate Con-
ception, Jamaica College, Kingston Col-
lege, Manchester, Mona, Munro College,
Muschett, Papine, Petersfield, Rhodes Hall,
Ruseas, Spalding, St. Andrew Tech,
St. Catherine, St. Elizabeth Tech, St. Jago,
Tacius Golding, The Queen’s School,
Vere Technical, Wolmer’s Boys,
St. Vincent & the Grenadines - High
Schools - St. Vincent Grammar, Thomas
Saunders;
Trinidad & Tobago - High Schools, Fa-
tima, Queen’s Royal Coll., St. Francois
Girls.
a Catamaran Cruise, courtesy Island Routes
and an USD $800 air-fare travel voucher. It
raises funds mainly to outfit schools in Ja-
maica with defibrillators. Several raffle tick-
ets were sold at the event.
Akelia Lawrence Maitland, Jamaica Di-
aspora advisory Board Member, NE Chapter,
spearheaded an impromptu fundraising mo-
ment that raised over $1500 on the spot and
sparked donations at teamjamaicabickle.org
In his remarks Irwine Clare, Snr.,
thanked founding partner Caribbean Food
Delights/Royal Caribbean Bakery for 24
years of solid support. He went on to also
highlight the calendar of events leading into
the Penn Relays and closed by expressing
gratitude to all who supports the organization
especially those in attendance.
Several community notables were in the
room: New York State Senator, Kevin
Parker; Mrs. Pat Chin and Chris Chin of VP
Records; Attorney Stephen Drummond, Reg-
gae Singer, Ed. Robinson; Mike Mullings,
Sandra McCarthy, Caribbean Business Con-
nections; Sharon Gordon of Coalition for the
Preservation of Reggae and Sherie Murray,
Vashti Cunningham won the ODM
Republican State Committee Woman.
High Jump n 6-04 at Penn Relays 2017
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largest track and field relay meet and is the
nation’s longest uninterrupted collegiate
meet.
The event has drawn top high school,
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numerous American and world records.
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the top athletes from around the globe, in-
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next generation of superstars look to make
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the 14th-straight year the Penn Relays had
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BLESSINGS
10 Simple Ways to Make People Like You More
By JOHN BRANDON likable people at work are those who can set
www.time.com aside their concerns and go with the flow.

T his post is in partnership with Inc.,

which offers useful advice, resources
and insights to entrepreneurs and business
They’re selfless.

owners. The article below was originally
published atInc.com. In the office, it’s pos-
sible to exhibit traits that help you to be
more likable. In my years as a corporate
manager and developing my writing career,
I’ve noticed when people appear more lik-
able and I’ve tried to develop these traits
myself. Here’s a few to cultivate.
1. Ask questions.
I’ve noticed people who ask questions are
often well-liked. It’s human nature to be
helpful and we all have a great desire to
share what we know. When someone ap-
pears to need our help, we tend to like them
more because we like being the one who
provides the answers.
2. Talk more, not less.
A friend of mine is a small business owner
and he is extremely well liked. One of his
strongest traits is that he tends to talk con-
stantly. You never have to guess what he’s
thinking. He’s not blunt or rude, but he ex-
plains things in detail. (Being an introvert,
I need to develop this trait more in myself–
and use texting and e-mail a little less
often.)
once in a while! Likable people are always
listeners who are curious to (genuinely)
learn new things. The best communicators
talk and talk–and then listen for a response.
That makes them an office favorite.
5. Really and truly care.
How do you develop the personality trait of
caring? It can be difficult, especially in an
age of social media where everyone is dan-
gerously close to being a narcissist. Caring
is an act of setting aside your own interests
and ambitions for a while and helping oth-
ers. It requires effort. You have to con-
sciously decide you are going to care about
someone else. When you do, and you are
genuine about it, you’ll find that more peo-
ple will like you.
make sure you are ready to see the humor
in something. Be someone who can laugh
easily and smile often. You’ll win people
over.
8. Lighten up.
I will admit to struggling with this one. I’m
a serious person with serious concerns!
(Most of the time.) But it’s better to see the
big picture in life. Really serious people are
essentially acting selfish because they focus
too much on their personal issues. Highly
9. Don’t be pushy.
Here’s an interesting one–and difficult trait
to master. I went on a road trip with some-
one a few years ago, and I remember how
he told me he doesn’t have highly distinct
tastes. What does that really mean? For
starters, he’s not that selfish and won’t push
his preferences–he’ll go to lunch at any
restaurant and listen to any form of music.
He’s flexible. That makes him likable be-
cause he will adjust to the situation.
10. Admit your weaknesses.
That character on the show Mind Games is
right: Admitting weaknesses makes you
more likable. People figure them out on
their own anyway. Of course, it’s important
not to act like a victim or share your prob-
lems with everyone you meet. At work, it’s
okay to go into a meeting and lead with the
challenges you face. People are more likely
to suggest a few solutions, come to your aid,
and even pat you on the back.

3. Give your time…gratis. 6. Admit it, you don’t know everything.

A no-strings-attached approach to helping
others also makes you more likable. Think
of the person you like the most–usually, it’s
someone who will help you with the copier
machine or is willing to read through your
business proposal in a pinch. Of course,
those who help just to be liked always re-
veal a manipulative trait, so make sure
you’re genuine.
We all know how important it is to steer
clear of the office know-it-all. Why is that?
Part of the reason is we know that person
won’t ask for our help, and we like to be
helpful. More importantly, those who have
all of the answers are usually pushing their
own agenda. In their conceited attitude, they
exhibit a sense of pride that’s not attractive
to anyone.

4. Listen better. 7. Go for the laugh, every time.

I mentioned how talkers tend to be more lik-
able, and that’s true. Sometimes, over-com-
municating puts people at ease. But it’s also
important to pause once in a while and lis-
ten. Good communicators take a breath
It’s hard to hate a jokester or someone who
has a carefree approach to life. Usually, the
most-liked people are those that can fill a
room with laughter. It might not be in your
nature to joke around, and that’s okay. Just

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NEW JERSEY
Paterson New Jersey Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty
NEW JERSEY: Southern District of New York accepted the “As he has now admitted, Joo Hyun Bahn

officer dead A New Jersey-based real estate broker

pleaded guilty today to foreign bribery
charges in connection with his role in a scheme
after crash to bribe a foreign official in the Middle East to
secure a real estate deal for a South Korean
PATERSON: construction company, Keangnam Enterprises
guilty plea. Sentencing is scheduled for June
29 at 11 am.
Bahn was charged alongside his father,
Ban Ki Sang (Ban), and Malcolm Harris in
December 2016. Ban was a senior executive
at Keangnam. Harris, an arts and fashion con-
schemed to bribe a foreign official to close an
$800 million real estate deal for a skyscraper
in Vietnam -- a deal that would have earned
him a multimillion-dollar commission and
much needed capital for his client, Keangnam
Enterprises,” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney

A Paterson North Jersey police officer

whom friends described as a loving,
kindhearted family man was pronounced
dead after a one-car crash on Getty Av-
enue late Sunday morning, according to
the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Police Officer Tamby Yagan, a
Wayne resident, was on duty and crashed
into a parked car, city officials said.
The Prosecutor’s Office said police
arrived to find that a Paterson police offi-
cer had been involved in a crash with a
parked vehicle while in his cruiser. “The
officer was the only person involved in
the crash and was transported to Saint
Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where
he later died from his injuries,” a press re-
lease said.
There were no other injuries. The
crash remains under investigation. “He
was a cop’s cop,” said Police Director
Jerry Speziale. “He’s somebody who went
above and beyond. He was a true commu-
nity person.”
—————————-
Officer arrested
on drug charges
Co. Ltd. (Keangnam).
Acting Assistant Attorney General John P.
Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal
Division, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman
of the Southern District of New York and As-
sistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney
Jr. of the FBI’s New York Field Office made
the announcement.
Joo Hyun Bahn, aka Dennis Bahn, 39, of
Tenafly, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal
court in Manhattan to one count of conspiracy
to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(FCPA) and one count of violating the FCPA.
U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos of the
N.J. suspends applications for
programs offering foreclosure relief
NEW JERSEY:
T wo New Jersey programs that provide
financial assistance to homeowners on
the brink of foreclosure are temporarily sus-
pending acceptance of applications, a state
official said this week, bringing an indefinite
hiatus to a set of funds that have helped thou-
sands of residents stay afloat in the aftermath
of the Great Recession.
New Jersey's HomeKeeper and Home-
Saver programs, both of which are housed
under the state's federally bankrolled Hard-
sultant and blogger, held himself out as an
agent of a foreign official.
“Bribery and corruption undermine fair
competition and the rule of law,” said Acting
Assistant Attorney General Cronan. “The fact
that Joo Hyun Bahn’s intended scheme was
thwarted by the greed and deception of one of
his codefendants does not change the fact that
he sought to steer an $800 million real estate
deal by paying hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars in bribes. The Department is committed
to prosecuting those like Bahn who seek to
corruptly tilt the playing field to their advan-
tage.”
No new applications are being accepted at
this time."
The decision to suspend new applica-
tions to the assistance programs comes as
homeowners across New Jersey remain in
the throes of the state's foreclosure crisis.
Nearly 2% of housing units in the state —
almost 68,000 properties in total — are in
some state of foreclosure, according to
Attom Data Solutions, a California company
that tracks foreclosures.
Berman. “As Bahn’s conviction demonstrates,
federal law enforcement stands ready to root
out commercial bribery wherever it is found.”
According to admissions made in connec-
tion with Bahn’s plea, from between February
2014 and May 2015, Bahn joined a scheme to
pay bribes to a foreign official in a country in
the Middle East in order to facilitate the sale
by Keangnam of a commercial building known
as Landmark 72 in Hanoi, Vietnam, to the
Middle Eastern country’s sovereign wealth
fund.
In November alone, one out of every
737 housing units in New Jersey had fore-
closure proceedings initiated against the
homeowner, a rate far higher than the na-
tional average of one out of every 2,074
units.
Since September 2015, New Jersey has
had either the highest or second-highest
number of new foreclosure proceedings filed
every month, said Daren Blomquist, senior
vice president for Attom.

PATERSON: est Hit Fund, are not taking new applications

U niformed city police officer Ruben

McAusland drove his marked patrol
vehicle to meet with a drug dealer on Feb.
"in order to better assist the current pipeline
of applicants," Tammori Petty, director of
communications for the state's Department
11 in the parking lot of a Paterson super- of Community Affairs, said in emails this
market, according to documents released week.
by federal authorities on Friday. “There’s "The agency wants to ensure that there
cameras here,” McAusland warned the is enough funding to process all applications
dealer as the cop allegedly sold the man 5.1 that are currently in process," Petty said. "...
grams of heroin, an exchange made less
than half a mile from Paterson police head-
quarters, according to federal authorities.
What McAusland apparently didn’t
know was that the drug dealer – whose
name has not been released – was cooper-
ating with law enforcement officials to get
a break on another case and that months of
conversations between the cop and the
dealer were being recorded, according to
the United States Attorney’s Office.
McAusland was arrested Friday on
drug distribution charges, becoming the
third Paterson cop in two weeks accused of
corruption by federal authorities.
McAusland, 26, of Paterson, allegedly
sold heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine
and marijuana on multiple occasions be-
tween October 2017 and April 2018, ac-
cording to an announcement by U.S.
Attorney Craig Carpenito. Advertising & Editorial
Law enforcement officials said most of
the alleged crimes took place while Contributions:
McAusland was off-duty, but that some
happened while he was working.
DAVID WARREN
Authorities have not revealed exactly Contributing Editor
how McAusland got the drugs he allegedly
sold. But the complaint cited one instance
Regional Marketing/
in January when the officer allegedly told Advertising Director
the federal witness that he would have got- david@streethypenewspaper.com
ten crack from a city drug bust but “too
many bosses” were present. 201-281-7226
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RELATIONSHIP
What Adam and Eve Can Teach Us about Love
By BRUCE FEILER autonomous decision to be with Eve,” Deci coined the phrase “collective monologue” vides them in two, they alone are responsi-

I spent the last few years traveling in the

footsteps of history’s first couple, from
the Garden of Eden in Iraq to the Sistine
said. Only when Adam and Eve face death
alone can they face life together. “Learning
to be oneself,” wrote Thomas Merton,
to describe how preschoolers play, meaning
they gather together but talk only to them-
selves. Love is the opposite of this. It’s
ble for writing their own narrative. Theirs
is the first joint byline. This need to author
your own intermingled experience is the
Chapel to Mae West’s Hollywood, trying to “means learning to die in order to live.” “collective dialogue.” Two voices construct final lesson from the oldest couple: Love is
figure out what the first relationships can Only when they fall from grace can they a shared story. Creating this shared story — a story we tell with another person. It’s co-
teach us about relationships today. What I fully fall in love with each other. what psychologists call “co-narration” — is creation through co-narration. And it’s a re-
found is that Adam and Eve introduced the the last great quality of romantic love, and minder that sometimes the timeliest
idea of love into the West. 3. The Importance of Co-Narration. the one Adam and Eve are most responsible wisdom comes from timeless sources.
They were the first to grapple — some- The great Swiss child psychologist Piaget for introducing. From the moment God di-
times successfully, other times not — with
the central mystery of being alive: being un-
alone. Yet instead of celebrating this
achievement, history has blamed them for
bringing sin, lust, even death into the world.
This is the greatest character assassination
ever. More important, it’s allowed us to
overlook that the earliest figures to grapple
with a long-term relationship embody the
exact qualities that the latest research sug-
gests we all need to follow. So what can
Adam and Eve teach us about love?

1. The Power of Connectivity.

A seminal findings of positive psychology
is that relationship are central to well-being.
George Valliant, who ran the famed Grant
Study of 268 men at Harvard, said the 75
years and $20 million expended point to “a
straightforward five-word conclusion:
‘Happiness is love. Full stop.” At the same
time, the biggest threat to happiness is feel-
ing isolated, left out, alone. Those with
higher rates of loneliness have higher rates
of depression, anxiety, and hostility, along
with increased rates of dying from heart dis-
ease, cancer, and every other cause of death
studied. Social isolation is on par with high
blood pressure, obesity, lack of exercise,
and smoking as a risk factor for illness and
early death. Why? John Cacioppo of the
University of Chicago has shown that being
lonely triggers cellular changes in the body
that make the immune system less able to
protect vital organs. The first thing God
says about human beings in the Bible, after
creating Adam, is “It’s not right for humans
to be alone.” Hebrew Scripture got there
3,000 years before modern science. From
Eve’s risky reach for knowledge to the un-
bearable pain of losing a child at the hand
of another, the first couple are constantly
wrestling with loneliness. God clearly
wants them to find refuge in each other. The
aching question: Can they find a way?

2. The Need for Autonomy.

Another pillar of psychology is that being
emotionally healthy requires a high degree
of self-directedness. Edward Deci, of the
University of Rochester and the founder of
this line of thinking, told me that hundreds
of studies across culture, gender and age
have shown that people prefer being moti-
vated from within and need to feel au-
tonomous. This, too, is a major theme of
Adam and Eve. The two begin life crazy for
each other. Eve is “the one,” Adam en-
thuses. But Eve craves independence, wan-
ders off and eats the fruit. Since the text
says she gains knowledge with this act,
Deci thinks she’s seeking more meaning.
“For Eve, eating the fruit appears to be an
autonomous choice.” The same applies to
Adam, who given the option to eat, chooses
companionship over duty. “He makes the
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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Selecting fruits and vegetables NUTRICARE
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Can your spouse’s impact your credit score?
A re you married or planning to
tie the knot soon? Are you
wondering if your spouse’s credit
can impact your credit score, and
vice versa? In marriage, two be-
come one. Your lives are inter-
twined in many ways – but are
your credit reports combined? The
answer is no, but your credit could
still reflect one another’s credit
behavior in some instances.
Your State of Credit
When You Get Married
Generally speaking, nothing will
happen to your credit after you
and your spouse have exchanged
marriage vows. Your spouse’s pre-
vious history will remain on his or
her separate credit report. Your
credit history will only appear on
your credit report. If there is a past
blemish on one of the credit re-
ports, it won’t show up on the
other report after the wedding
simply because you’re married.
If your significant other
chooses to change their name, the
new name will be added to their
credit report. If your spouse has
bad credit, good credit or no
credit, your credit report will not
be impacted by the name change.
When Marriage Can
Impact Your Credit Score
If you decide to apply jointly for
a loan or credit card, both your re-
ports and scores will be checked
before your application’s ap-
proval. If one or both of you has
had difficulties managing credit
usage in the past, you may run
into challenges. As such, there is
always a chance your joint appli-
cation will be denied if one or
both of you have bad credit. Or, if
one of you has less than excellent
credit, that could result in higher
interest rates and fees if your joint
application is approved.
With joint accounts, the ac-
count histories are reported on
both spouse’s credit reports. Both
spouses can be held responsible
under the account contract for
making sure loan or credit card
payments are current.
If you default on your pay-
ments, both of your credit scores
will feel the impact because the
late payments will appear in both
credit reports. If one spouse runs
up the credit card tab, both credit
scores will be affected because the
high balance and higher utilization
rate will show in both of your re-
ports.
Another option is for one
spouse to include the other as an
Authorized User on their credit
card.
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Either way, always pay your
bills on time, use your credit
wisely, and stay informed about
your credit by regularly checking
your credit report. That way, your
credit can help you reach your
joint goals sooner – together.
This article is provided for
general guidance and information.
It is not intended as, nor should it
be construed to be, legal, financial
or other professional advice.
Please consult with your attorney
or financial advisor to discuss any
legal or financial issues involved
with credit decisions.
Published by permission from
ConsumerInfo.com, Inc., an Ex-
perian company. © 2014 Con-
sumerInfo.com, Inc. All rights
reserved.
This can be ideal if one
spouse’s credit history would neg-
atively impact the joint applica-
tion. With authorized user
accounts, the primary card holder
is the only one legally responsible
for making payments. For that
reason, Experian will remove the
account from the authorized user’s
report if it becomes delinquent.
However, the same advice to
make on-time payments still ap-
plies—no matter who goes on a
spending spree.
Some states have community
property laws requiring that ac-
counts opened while married au-
tomatically be joint accounts. Be
sure to check your state law to un-
derstand how your accounts will
be reported.
Your Credit: for
Better—Not Worse
Difficulties managing your fi-
nances could create difficulties in
other areas of your marriage. With
your spouse, you will want to do
everything possible to make sure
that your credit, and theirs, remain
in the best shape possible. Be
open to discussing your financial
status. Your financial holdings
may include savings, salaries, in-
vestments, real estate—and espe-
cially your credit.
With different credit reports
and scores, handling credit-based
applications may require a differ-
ent way of communicating with
each other. Are you the spouse
with better credit? Will you fill out
all the applications to get better
rates and list your spouse as an au-
thorized user on the account? Or
will you choose to apply jointly, at
the risk of higher interest rates, in
the hope of improving your
spouse’s credit?
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