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Jamaican born model Alexia Palmer will have to wait until theend of March when a Manhattan judge is expected to decidewhether to throw out the model's wage lawsuit against GOP pres-idential front-runner Donald Trump's modeling agency, accordingto a clerk in the judge’s office.

Reports from multiple sources say the model is suing the billion-aire real-estate magnate for racketeering, breach of contract, mail fraudand violating wage laws for immigrants.

Palmer alleged in an October 2014 lawsuit that Trump ModelManagement only paid her $3,880.75, plus cash advances totaling$1,100, from 2011 to 2013, even though the agency filed immigrationdocuments to obtain a special work visa for the then-17-year-oldPalmer, certifying she would work “full-time” and earn $75,000 a year.

In an interview with ABC News, Palmer said that she had beenexploited by the agency. “That’s what slavery people do; you work anddon’t get no money,” she said.

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On March 8, the world tooktime out to celebrate Inter-

national Women's Day. But letus not stop there in recognizingthe significant contributions ofwomen worldwide. As the lateAmerican religious and politicalleader, Brigham Young, ob-served: “You educate a man; youeducate a man. You educate awoman; you educate a genera-tion.”

Women across the globecontinue to make great strides,and over the last few decadeshave been out-performing menat just about every level of oureducation spectrum. These gainsin education spans racial andethnic groups and is also evidentin just about every corner of theglobe, developed as well as un-developed.

However, women havebeen facing several other issues

as noted by the InternationalWomen's Day 2016 campaigntheme #PledgeForParity. Thiscall to take action is seeking thesupport of ordinary people tomake a pledge, financial andotherwise, to help accelerategender parity.

We should consider thepledge to help women and girlsachieve their ambitions, chal-lenge conscious and uncon-scious biases and discriminationagainst women, call for gender-balanced leadership, valuewomen’s and men's contribu-tions equally, and create inclu-sive and flexible cultures.

We need to support and em-power our women to contributemore to the social, economic,cultural and political advance-ment of our community.

Nonetheless, we have muchto celebrate on the achievement

of women. But we cannot becomfortable if we continue torecord a high level of poverty inhouseholds headed by a singlewoman and sit on our laurels as

progress towards gender parityslows in many places.

The celebration of“Women's Day” should not beseen as a mere personal senti-mental expression for people inrelationships, but a deliberateand structured effort to fix thesegermane problems affecting ourwomen.

“Women's Day” should notbe the exclusive preparative ofsome so-called men of “sub-stance” demonstrating or gettingexcited about their love and af-fection for women. At the sametime, women in general need tobe more genuine and proactivein support of other women.

As we reflect on the cele-bration of “Women's Day” 2016,we are urging everyone to bemore genuine and supportive ofwomen and not be cynical andhalf-hearted detractors.

The opinions expressed in this newspaper, except for the above, do not necessarily reflect the views of Street Hype Newspaper and its publishers. Please sendyour comments and or suggestions to [email protected]. Responses should be no longer than 400 words. Not all articles will be published.

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Jamaica, on Thursday March 3,2016, celebrated the swearingin of Andrew Michael Holness asPrime Minister of the largest Eng-lish speaking Caribbean nation byGovernor General Sir PatrickAllen.

Prime Minister Holness is nostranger to the process becauseback in 2011 he was sworn in afterthen Prime Minister Bruce Goldenstepped down from the positionand he was elevated through partyselection to head a new JamaicaLabor Party government.

Prime Minister Holness tookcontrol of the government thistime around after defeating thePortia Simpson Miller lead Peo-ple’s National Party in generalelections held on February 25,2016 where his party secured 32of 63 seats. This in essence is theclosest result in any of Jamaica’sparliamentary elections since in-dependence. The result of thiselection will see Prime MinisterHolness traversing uncharteredwaters with this one seat majority.

Because of this razor thinmajority in parliament, it has setthe tongues and keyboards of po-litical pundits and analysts wag-ging and click clacking as they tryto make sense of how things willplay out over the next five years.

Amongst the early predic-tions of things to come is that Hol-ness could trigger off openwarfare again which could resultin members of his own teamcrossing the floor to join the oppo-sition. Just one such incidentcould result in the tipping of thescale towards the opposition, whowould automatically be asked toform a new government.

Mr. Holness has been placedin a “tight rope walking” positionbecause he has to find a balance tokeep his own team happy at alltimes while at the same timemaintain civil discourses with theopposition who could make hislife in parliament very miserable.

It is based on these scenariosthat it is believed Mr. Holnessmight be forced to seek a newmandate by going back to thepolls in the not too distant future.But those scenarios are but onlytwo of how things could play out.

The new Prime Minister hasinherited a house that was run ona very tight purse string by disci-plined fiscal managers which washeaded by Finance Minister Dr.Peter Phillips.

But he rode to victory on apromise of no income tax for peo-ple making up $J1.5M or $18,000on average for each person. Thismessage was deceptively deliv-ered causing many people withvery low income or even the un-employed believing they wouldreceive $18,000. This is the prom-ise that could lead to the downfallof Mr. Holness. How can he takeup to $30 billion from an alreadytight budget?

With the reduction of tax in-take and the IMF keeping a closewatch on how Jamaica managesits financial resources and is ex-pecting the country to come upwith $120 billion, up from $60 bil-lion in order to pass the next test,one wonders where will Mr. Hol-ness get the money after givingsuch a large tax break.

Just think, if you are on atight budget in running your houseand you decided to start givingaway up to 60% of your income toyour church, what do you thinkwould happen?

You will have to find ways ofgetting more money because yourmortgage lender is expecting yourmonthly payment, the childrenneed food, clothing, lunch moneyas well as telephone, light andwater bills are due.

In the case of the country Ja-maica, increased taxation is thequickest way. Based on this as-sumption, one can expect an in-crease in the General ConsumptionTax (GCT) to make up the short-fall. The question here then is, howhappy or understanding will con-sumers be after finding that theprice of everything has increased.

These are amongst the chal-lenges Mr. Holness will have toovercome in order to have a suc-cessful tenure as PM of Jamaica.With that in mind, all the opposi-tion People’s National Party (PNP)have to do is dust themselves offand be ready at all times for theeventuality of a snap election.

-Stafford Perkins is a journalist whospent over seven years in the RJR newsroomin Kingston Jamaica and a short stint at NewYork News Day in New York.

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Jamaican ModelSues Donald Trump

Continued from page 1The lawsuit against trump’s agency,

which has drawn international attention,highlights his continued use of undocu-mented immigrant labor. Palmer’s case alsocomes as Trump is increasingly being ques-tioned by his political rivals about his treat-ment of women and immigrants, andspecifically, his frequent use of the guestworker visa known as H-1B.

The agency is reported to have taken 80percent of Palmer’s earnings as expenses andfees but only found her 21 shoots over threeyears. And under the terms of her visa, shecould not work anywhere else if she wantedto stay in the U.S.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s attorney,Alan Garten, disputed Palmer’s claim, claim-ing that she was treated the same as any otherfashion industry prospect and made littlemoney because “she had a lack of work.”

Trump Model Management lawyerLarry Rosen said Palmer’s case "hinges onwhether she was an employee, which she wasnot. She’s a model that engaged TrumpModel Management to be her model man-agement company.” Rosen continued to say,“That is customary in the industry. Modelsare not employees of their modeling agenciesbut rather get paid a percentage -- here, 80percent of whatever she earns as a model…We fully expect a decision reflecting that shewas not an employee of Trump Model Man-agement.”

R&B singer Chris Brown has alsoblasted the presidential hopeful in a rant viahis official Instagram page, labeling Trump’spractices as evil.

A20-year-old Brook-lyn man was sen-

tenced to 23 years to lifein prison for the murderof Gilbert Kelley, a 57-year-old homeless manwho was shot dead inClinton Hill last year fol-lowing a brief verbal dis-pute.

Victorious Kings-berry, 20, of Clinton Hill,Brooklyn was sentencedMonday (March 7) to 23 years to life in prisonby Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Neil Fire-tog, following his conviction in November oncharges of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon fol-lowing a jury trial.

According to trial testimony, on March15, 2014, at approximately 4 a.m., the defen-dant, who was 18 years old, and five of hisfriends were on the way home from a partywhen they exited the subway near Grand Av-enue in Clinton Hill. The group then turnedonto Grand Avenue and started to walk to-wards Lafayette Gardens, a few blocks away.

As they walked up Grand Avenue, ac-cording to trial testimony, they encounteredGilbert Kelley, 57, a local homeless man whooften swept the sidewalks of Grand Avenueand helped the homeowners on that block bydoing odd jobs such as carrying groceries, rak-ing leaves and shoveling snow.

Kelley was pushing his shopping cart atthe time and told the defendant and his friendsto be quiet because the neighbors were sleep-ing. The defendant and his friends then gotinto a dispute with Kelley and started to ap-proach the victim, who pulled out a kitchenknife. The defendant and his friends thencrossed to the opposite side of the street, andthe defendant then pulled out a .380 caliberhandgun and fired, striking the victim in thechest, and ran off.

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charges Thursday.The Westchester County Police said

Jose Ramirez, 35, of Bowie, TX wasstopped on the northbound HutchinsonRiver Parkway near Webster Avenue inNew Rochelle for a traffic violation.

He was driving a rented 2016 HyundaiSonata. He did not have a valid driver’s li-cense and his name was not on the sedan’srental agreement.

County Police Officer ChristianGutierrez said he detected a strong odor ofmarijuana in the car.

After Ramirez was taken into custody,Gutierrez and his partner Jax, a narcoticsdetection canine, searched the vehicle andallegedly found a loaded handgun inside aduffle bag and 13 ounces of marijuana in-side a plastic container hidden near a wheelwell in the trunk.

Golden Krust retains Finn Partnersas PR agency

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Finn Partners, named "Best MidsizeAgency" in 2015 by The Holmes Reportand PR News, has been retained as public re-lations agency of record for Golden KrustCaribbean Bakery & Grill, the fastest growingCaribbean owned franchise in the UnitedStates.

With over 120 stores in eight states,Golden Krust, the leader in casual, authenticCaribbean cuisine tapped the Agency to bolsterthe company's growth and expansion. This isthe first time in the company's 27-year historythat a PR firm has been retained to managecommunications for the family-owned busi-ness.

Finn Partners will work in partnershipwith Golden Krust to elevate and extend itsbrand leadership, introduce new productsacross all sales channels, and leverage PR andsocial media to enhance consumer and brandawareness.

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LUNCH MEETING: (l-r) Council Member Jumaane D. Williams; Brooklyn, Assemblywoman LatriceWalker; Community Leader Vivia Morgan and Assemblyman N. Nick Perry pose forthe camera following a lunch meeting on Sunday at Trelawni Place Seafood Bar andGrill in Brooklyn.


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Mayor Richard ThomasThomas envisions a bright futurefor the City

MOUNT VERNON:

It’s a new day in Mount Vernon, accord-ing to first-time Mayor Richard Thomas,who preached patience and confidence forthe future at his inaugural State of the Cityaddress.

On Thursday night at the RebeccaTurner Elementary School, Thomastouched on various problems that have re-cently plagued his city, including infra-structure issues, funding the school districtand “zombie housing” that has become acommon sight - and blight - in the city.

Barely three months into his first termat the helm of Mount Vernon following themuch-maligned reign of former MayorErnest Davis, Thomas implored a capacitycrowd to ignore the sins of the past andlook forward toward what he envisions asa bright future for the city.

“Issuing the ‘State of Our City’ is trou-blesome, because the problem we face did-n’t just happen overnight, nor will they befixed overnight,” he said. “Moving forwardmeans making the hard decisions to bringabout a new day in Mount Vernon.

Thomas spoke of a vision for MountVernon that included improved schools, in-creased collaboration between city stake-holders, and more transparency in officialcity actions.

“The ‘State of Our City’ is becominghopeful. It’s the same hope that has beenspreading to our families,” he said. “Weneed to have the same hope that the nextgeneration of Mount Vernon lives can bebetter than ours.

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Family members of Ramarley Graham arecalling on city officials to fire the NYPD

officer who killed the Bronx teen in 2012.They joined supporters for a rally outsideCity Hall.

It comes days after the U.S. Justice De-partment cited insufficient evidence as thereason behind its decision not to pursue thecase through a grand jury.

Graham was shot and killed by OfficerRichard Haste inside the bathroom of hisfamily's home. Police believed he had a gun,but no weapon was found.

Graham's mother, Constance Malcolm,says the other officers involved should be outof a job. "We can't have these people on theforce," she said. "I asked de Blasio for a meet-ing, and I still haven't gotten a response fromhim yet. So let me find out you're not goingto do your job, because I figure you're goingto be a one-term mayor."

Police Commissioner William Brattonsays a departmental trial against Haste willnow move forward and that the NYPD de-cided on its own to hold off on the internaltrial until U.S. attorney Preet Bharara finishedhis investigation.

Earlier this year, Bratton implied he wasasked to delay any discipline. "That doesn'tmake any difference. We do that as a matterof course, whether he requested it or not,"Bratton said. "We, as a matter of practice, sowe don't step their investigation by interview-

ing our personnel on an administrative matterthat then may impact on the more significantcriminal case."

Haste is on modified duty and remainsstripped of his gun and badge.

Constance Malcolm, the mother of Ramarley Graham, who was killed by NYPD Officer Richard Haste after officers bustedinto their home on February 2, 2012, calls for Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton to hold accountable the officersinvolved in the death of her son on the steps of City Hall on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2016.

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Former Curacaoprime minister sentenced to threeyears in prisonfor corruption

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Gerrit Schotte, former prime minister ofCuracao, has been found guilty of cor-

ruption and sentenced to three years in prison.The judge also ruled that Schotte cannot standfor election to public office for five years. Thepenalty corresponded to that sought by thePublic Prosecutor (OM).

Schotte’s life partner, Cicely van der Dijs(owner of the gas stations VanDis) was alsofound guilty. She was sentenced to 18 monthsin prison, of which nine is conditional. Thismeans that she will only stay in prison for ninemonths.

Schotte was accused of several other of-fences including money laundering and for-gery. The judge said that he abused hisposition as prime minister.

According to the OM, Schotte receivedfunds from the Italian mafia linked St Maartencasino boss, Francesco Corallo, to establishhis political party. As prime minister, Schotte,as alleged by the OM and found proven by thejudge, abused his power in favour of Corallo.

Schotte was prime minister of Curacaofrom 2010 until 2012. He was the first primeminister of the new country Curacao, after theNetherlands Antilles was abolished. He alsofounded the political party MFK, which isnow the largest opposition party in parliament.

As expected, Schotte announced throughhis defence lawyer Eldon Sulvaran that he willappeal the judge’s decision. “We will appeal,which means that Schotte should still be con-sidered an innocent man,” Sulvaran said.

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Newly elected Bronx District AttorneyDarcel Clark told New York City

Council members Tuesday that her officeneeds an additional $11.5 million to hire164 more employees and create a satelliteoffice on Rikers Island, among other initia-tives.

Clark's request is nearly 20 percentmore than the $59.6 million Mayor Bill deBlasio included for her office in his prelim-inary 2016-17 budget. The extra fundingwould grow the Bronx DA's office, nowwith 691 employees, including 458 prose-cutors, by more than 25 percent.

"My borough cannot go on like this, asa national emblem of criminal justice gonehaywire," Clark told the council's publicsafety committee.

All told, de Blasio proposed to spend$344 million for the city's five district at-torneys and the special narcotics prosecutorin the fiscal year that begins July 1, up from$337 million budgeted for the current fiscalyear.

The preliminary budget does not in-clude increases to staffing at the prosecu-tors' offices, which have a combined headcount of 3,357.

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She also wants the city to work withthe Office of Court Administration to createa new court part on Rikers Island, whichshe said would save money by reducing thenumber of times defendants and witnessesneed to be produced at the Bronx Hall ofJustice on East 161st St.

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over 120 years, the world’s elite trackand field competitors have convergedupon the University of Pennsylva-nia’s Franklin Field to compete infront of one of the most passionatecrowds in sports. This year, a new op-portunity is available via the Friendsof The Penn Relays which will allowpatrons a VIP Experience unlike anyother in international track and field.

Donors of $1,000.00 or more to theFriends of the Penn Relays – who havepurchased tickets to attend Saturday ofThe Penn Relays – will have access to thefollowing for themselves and one guest:

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High-end food and beverage optionsParking adjacent to Franklin Field

Exclusive photo opportunities with win-ning teams and Penn Relays Wall ofFamers

Press conferences with USA vs. TheWorld championship teamsThis rare opportunity is limited to the first100 people and is available until April 1.

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UP DATES NEW YORK, NY:

An assault on the worldrecords in the indoor

marathon for men and womenwill be held at the New Bal-ance Track & Field Center atThe Armory in Manhattan onSaturday afternoon, April 9,2016.

The two separate races,one for men and one forwomen, will be contested aspart of the larger inauguralArmory NYC IndoorMarathon to be held at TheArmory’s banked 200-metertrack from April 8 to 10.

There will be 12 othermarathons held during thethree days at The Armory. Allof the other races will be teamrelay marathons where eachparticipant will run only aportion of the marathon.

The lone individualraces will be limited to 40men and 40 women. Thewomen’s race will go off at 1p.m. April 9, the men’s at4:30pm. Online registrationis now open. Entries will beaccepted based on past per-

formance and will be an-nounced two weeks prior tothe race.

Prize money is being of-

fered to the first three finish-ers of each race as well as a$5,000 bonus for any winnerwho sets a new world record.The existing records are con-sidered to be 2:27:21 for themen, by the AmericanMichael Wardian, set in 2010in Arlington, Va., and 2:53:53for the women, by MonikaKalicinska in 2014 inToronto.

Kalicinska’s perform-ance was done on an over-sized track, longer than 200meters, but it is believed to bethe fastest ever run indoors bya woman. Wardian ran hisrace in 2010, on a flat 200-meter track, breaking the pre-vious world best of 2:34:54set 82 years earlier by JoieRay, in Boston in 1928.

Armory FoundationPresident Dr. Norbert Sandersaid: "Over the years, I havetalked about how fitting itwould be to set the world in-door marathon records at theArmory, home of the fastesttrack in the world, and now itis only weeks away."

Armory Announces IndoorMarathon Record Challenge

There will be a women’s andmen’s individual marathonworld record challenge on theSaturday of the upcomingthree-day NYC IndoorMarathon event. Photo cour-tesy of John Nepolitan.

KOLKATA, India --

Evin Lewis has been named as the re-placement for Lendl Simmons in the

West Indies squad for the InternationalCricket Council’s World Twenty20 Tourna-ment.

The 24-year-old left-handed batsmanwill join the team ahead of the start of theglobal event.

He is yet to play at the internationallevel. He has represented Trinidad and To-bago in the Caribbean T20 and the Champi-ons League.

He also played for Trinidad and TobagoRed Steel and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots inthe Caribbean Premier League.

Chairman of Selectors, Clive Lloydnoted: “Evin Lewis a young and excitingbatsman who we believe he will fit into theteam set-up very well. He has the ability toperform at this level of the game.”

Lloyd added: "His selection is in keep-ing with our policy to give exposure toyoung, talented players we believe will helpto carry West Indies cricket forward.”

The Windies arrived in Kolkata onMonday after a two-week camp in the United

Arab Emirates where they won all fourwarm-up matches.

They will have official warm-upmatches against India on Thursday, March10, and against Australia on Sunday, March13.

West Indies have been drawn in Group1 of the Super 10 stage where they will playalongside England, South Africa, Sri Lanka,and one of the qualifiers from the first round.

Bolt resumes fulltraining after ankle niggle

Kingston, Jamaica WI:Six-time Olympic gold medalistUsain Bolt says an ankle injury

suffered earlier in the season should-n't adversely affect his preparation forthis summer's Olympic Games inBrazil.

The 29 year old had what he referredto as a minor ankle injury but says hispreparation has been going well other-wise.

“I’m fully in training now and train-ing harder than I was training earlier thisseason to regain my fitness and to catchup on the lost time. Everything is goingsmooth and going well. He (coach GlenMills) will look and see when I’m fit andwhen I need to compete; hopefully it willbe very soon because I’ve been pushingmyself and working very hard to get myseason opener to see where I’m at andwhat I need to do to continue pushing for-ward,” said the six-time Olympic goldmedalist.

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I.O.C retestinghundreds of

doping samplesThe International Olympic Committee

I.O.C says it is retesting hundreds of dop-ing samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympicsto eradicate drug cheats before they can com-pete in this year’s Summer Games in RIO.

The IOC stores blood and urine samplesfrom each games so they can be reanalysedyears later with improved testing methods.

Any positive tests can lead to retroactivesanctions, disqualifications and loss ofmedals.

The statute of limitations for retestingwas extended in 2015 from eight to 10 years,meaning the Beijing samples remain validthrough 2018.

Scientific Techniques will continue toimprove in the next two years, the IOC iskeeping the other Beijing samples for retest-ing closer to the 2018 deadline. It’s not thefirst time that samples from Beijing havebeen retested.


ENTERTAINMENT

by Dave Rodney

Jade, a Jamaican dancehall artistwho is loaded with lyrics andoozing with confidence was re-cently signed by the New York Citylabel, Punch This Records.

The multi-faceted Jade wasborn and bred in Old Harbour. Sheis a deejay, a singer and a song-writer, and her talent for reggaemusic first exploded as a teenagerwhen she started to pay serious at-tention to a diverse roster of hergreatly admired artists- Bob Marley,Beres Hammond and Lady Saw,among others. She absorbed inspi-ration from them and it fired her upto go after her own dreams.

Not surprisingly, Jade's fa-vorite pastime is recording hermusic in studio and her efforts arepaying off. Her latest singles 'Mi AGwaan Live' and 'Me and My Baby'have just been released to rave re-views. Both are available on I-tunesand the latter has caught the atten-tion of a radio station in Germany.

The new releases will formpart of an as yet to be named debut

album for the Punch This Recordslabel.

"I am very excited about thisnew partnership and I am lookingforward to steady professionalgrowth, and taking my music talentto the next level", Jade told the Star.Jade will be making an Easterweekend appearance on Punch Festalongside reggae icon Sizzla at the

V Club in Independence City onSaturday March 26.

A lineup of fresh and excitingreggae talent from Jamaica andNew York, including Ivision, Jarie,Dadre and Tiana will be featured onthe Punch Fest Easter Extravaganzaas well. For more on Jade, go topunchthisrecordz.com

Reggae Plus TV is a multi-Cul-tural entertainment television

program which was recently nom-inated for the 'Linkage AwardShow' in the Digital Media Cate-gory.

According to RonaldDiedrick, president/executive pro-ducer, Reggae Plus TV's approachhas always been to provide theviewers with an authenticCaribbean experience from thecomfort of their home.

“Our programs cover news,artists, prominent sport figuresand politicians that reinforce pos-itive values within the Caribbeancommunity. Our program cur-rently airs on Caribvision whichcan be found on the CablevisionNetwork,” he said.

Reggae Plus audience is pri-marily from 19 - 45 years andprogramming has become abridge between the younger andthe older fans of Caribbean/Amer-ican Culture.

Diedrick further notes that hisorganization is aggressively com-mitted to growing the viewershipand believes in providing an au-thentic multi-cultural experience.

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BRADES, Montserrat:

The third Annual National Hon-ours and Awards ceremony will

award eight Montserratians onWednesday March 16 at the Montser-rat Cultural Centre.

The prestigious honour of Orderof National Hero will be bestowed onthe late Alphonsus ‘Arrow’ Cassellfor the outstanding contribution to

culture in the field of calypso and es-pecially his unparalleled internationalachievement in the genre of soca. Hissong Hot-Hot-Hot has been sung inmany languages world-wide.

The awards are to honourMontserratians who have selflesslycontributed and committed to the de-velopment and advancement ofMontserrat.

King of Soca King to be namedNational Hero of Montserrat

Courtesy of IrieFM.net, by K'Shema Francis

Weeks after Rolling Stones Magazine labelled Ri-hanna’s work Tropical House, another promi-

nent publication is at odds with dancehall.Billboard Online in a recent article titled “How

Rihanna’s ‘Work’ Made Dancehall Reign in PopAgain” referred to Sean Paul as the dancehall Kingwith SP’s Temperature in 2006 being the last dancehallsong to hit number one on the Billboard Hot One Hun-dred charts. This has opened a can of worms withdancehall insiders.

What defines a king of dancehall? Is it just aboutthe sales? It is clear from research that Billboard con-clusions are all based on sales, but dancehall is morethan the sales. Since the publication last week, dance-hall industry professionals have been weighing in.

Veterans like YellowMan, Shabba Ranks and Bee-nie Man have all been tossed around as having donethe ground work to be considered Kings in their ownrights.

Sean Paul has made the sales, topped the chartsand has a Grammy under his belt all without runningany sort of dancehall space in Jamaica, and running thespace is what many consider to be the true mark of adancehall King.

The debate is on, but what really is the criteria tobe crowned King? Why are so many credible main-stream media publications getting dancehall wrong?

Just last year in another controversial article, Bill-board named multi-platinum soul singer Joss StoneReggae Artiste of the Year.

Billboard calls Sean Paul‘Dancehall King’

SEAN PAUL

Jade Signed To NYC Label

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Reggae Plus TV promotesCaribbean culture on Caribvision Network

RONALD DIEDRICKPresident/Executive Producer

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Oliver Samuels on the ‘Guilt Trip’ Come see Oliver Samuels, Ruth Ho Shing and Dennis Titus in Jamaica'svery popular play for the entire family filled with laughter and drama.For fans who want prime tickets for the Brooklyn Center performanceon May 28 and for Lehman Center, Bronx on Memorial Sunday, May29, now is the perfect time to purchase them.

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NEW HAVEN, CT. --

Alderwoman Jeanette Morrison, theAfrican American Cultural Center at

Yale and Sisters of Today and Tomorrow arepartnering to bring to New Haven an engagingWomen’s History Month program, “Celebrat-ing Women of Color…Women Pioneers ShareTheir Story,” March 19, 10 AM to noon, 211Park Street.

According to the organizer and host,Carla Morrison, the event is “a feel good pro-gram, highlighting and celebrating the accom-plishments of women” that she has beenproducing since 2003 while living in Atlanta,Ga.

“I am now making the transition back toNew Haven, after 20 years, and thought thiswould not only be a great way to reintroducemyself and my passion to my hometown andthe beloved community, but establish a newkind of programming for New Haven girlsand women,” said Morrison, who is also ex-ecutive director of Sisters of Today and To-morrow.

The event will include entertainment,

food, vendor shopping and an enriching con-versation with New Haven’s women pioneers.Panelists include: First Gold Medalist in theHammer Throw, Alexandria Givan; Firstwoman Captain of New Haven Police Depart-ment, Patricia Helliger; First woman Mayorof New Haven, Toni Harp; Alderwoman Ty-isha Walker, first woman president of the New

Haven Board of Alders and first womanelected president of the Greater New HavenNAACP, Doris Dumas. Babz Ivy Rawls, edi-tor-in-chief of Inner City News, will moderateit.

Sisters of Today and Tomorrow is a501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps tobuild confidence, character and leadership.Founded by Morrison in 2008, the organiza-tion is reputable across America for its sincereneed to assist women and children. The organ-ization has produced over 25 community pro-grams, promoted higher education,entrepreneurship, self-esteem, health & fitnessand personal development, in both Atlanta,Georgia and New Haven, Ct., impacting over5,000 youth and adults.

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PATERSON – A suspected city drug dealerwas arrested on murder charges Friday for al-legedly shooting a Sussex County man in the4th Ward on March 4, police said.

The victim, Justin Pease of Stanhope,managed to drive several blocks from thescene of the shooting before his Jeep crashedinto a utility pole, police said. Investigatorsinitially did not realize Pease was fatally shotwhen he was found dead in the vehicle andthought he may have suffered a drug over-

dose. But the case became a homicide inves-tigation after the bullet wound was detected.

The suspect, 22-year-old Davine Camp-bell, allegedly shot Pease in the area of Hamil-ton and Madison Avenues during the earlyafternoon, police said. Campbell was arrestedat his home near that same corner at 6:30 a.m.on Friday, according to Capt. Heriberto Ro-driguez. He is being held at the PassaicCounty Jail on $2.5-million bail, according toPassaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik.

The widow of the late reggae singer,Bunny Rugs has issued a statement

warning the members of the Third WorldBand of her intentions to take legal actionagainst them for failure to pay over moneysowed to the late singer.

According to Bouvier Clark, the widowof the former lead vocalist of the internation-ally acclaimed band, she has been ignoredand disrespected by the remaining membersof Third World.

In a news release, Clark revealed that asof July 2014, she was appointed as the per-sonal representative of the estate of WilliamClark a.k.a. "Bunny Rugs" by order of theDistrict Court of Osceola County in the Stateof Florida. Clark says gives her the right todemand, sue for, recover and receive allproperty belonging to William "BunnyRugs" Clark.

However, whencontacted the band’slegal representative, PaulBeswick, said the state-ments made by Clark arefalse. “Third World re-jects any assertion that ithas failed to account toBunny Rugs' estate orthat it holds any funds due

to be paid to the estate. The fact is that allpayments due to Bunny Rugs personally forroyalties and intellectual property rights arepaid individually by the various performingrights societies which handle payments ofthis kind,” the statement read.

Bunny Rugs, 65, who died of leukemiain the US state of Florida in 2014, was withThird World at the time of his death. He issurvived by his wife and eight children.

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PATERSON:

Former Paterson public safety directorGlenn Brown has filed a lawsuit against

the school district, faulting it for breach ofcontract for not following through on agree-ments to hire him for two different six-figurejobs more than a year ago.

Brown’s lawsuit also accuses schools su-perintendent Donnie W. Evans of discrimina-tion, claiming the woman the districtappointed to a position similar to the one hewas seeking is not a minority and is less qual-ified than he is. Both Brown and Evans areAfrican-Americans.

Brown’s proposed appointment in Sep-tember 2014 as the district’s $114,000 trans-portation director drew criticism from somePaterson education advocates who cited hislack of credentials for that position. Monthslater, the district created a new job at the same

salary -- director of operations – which ex-panded the transportation duties to includeoversight of emergency preparedness.

Brown claims in his lawsuit that Evansand his deputy superintendent, Eileen Shafer,both signed off on his appointment to the op-erations job in February and March 2015, butthe district quickly voided the hiring decision.

“To date, Plaintiff Brown has never re-ceived a phone call or letter terminating, re-jecting or withdrawing his appointment asDirector of Operations,” reads the lawsuit.

The school district declined to commenton the allegations. “The lawsuit speaks for it-self,” Brown said when asked for comment.Brown is collecting a $100,000 annual pen-sion after retiring after 10 years ago as chiefof detectives for the Passaic County Prosecu-tor’s Office.

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At each of the sites, including four local branches of theBrooklyn Public Library, taxpayers will be able to completetheir tax returns with a user-friendly computer program that dra-matically reduces errors and finds all available tax credits; vol-unteers from NYSDTF will be available to answer questionsand provide assistance with the computer program. A majorityof New York State taxpayers have not yet filed returns for 2015;the deadline arrives on Friday, April 15th.

“Thanks to this initiative, many taxpayers throughoutBrooklyn may e-file their personal income tax return in a safe,secure, and confidential environment,” said NYSDTF Commis-sioner Boone. “This is a great option that can save filers hun-dreds of dollars that they might otherwise spend on a paidpreparer or tax software. While they’re saving money, they’llalso learn about valuable tax credits and receive the refundthey’ve earned.”

“Tax season can be challenging for those who lack the fi-nancial means to acquire the assistance of an expert who knowsall of the relevant credits and deductions, which is why initia-tives like these that educate and empower thousands of Brook-lynites are so valuable,” said Borough President Adams. “I ampleased to partner with colleagues on the city, state, and federallevel, to put hard-earned dollars back into homes across Brook-lyn, benefitting hard-working families that are the foundationof our borough.”

Filing assistance is available at: the Asian CommunityUnited Society, located at 6506 Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst,on Thursdays from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM; the DeKalb branch ofthe Brooklyn Public Library, located at 790 Bushwick Avenuein Bushwick, on Mondays from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM; the Ja-maica Bay branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, located at

9727 Seaview Avenue in Canar-sie, on Mondays from 10:00 AM– 4:00 PM as well as Thursdaysfrom 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM; theConey Island branch of theBrooklyn Public Library, locatedat 1901 Mermaid Avenue inConey Island, on Wednesdays andThursdays from 10:00 AM – 4:00PM; and the Red Hook branch ofthe Brooklyn Public Library, lo-

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Those interested in more information about free tax assis-tance sites in New York City can visit tax.ny.gov/fsa or call 311.Details on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) volunteer taxassistance program is available at irs.gov, as is a directory ofsites in Brooklyn offered by AARP and the IRS, where certifiedvolunteers will help eligible taxpayers earning less than$54,000 each year prepare and file their taxes online.

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