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to service the Caribbean and international
routes.
The airline, whose
major shareholder is
Guyana-based businessman,
Jason Aaron, the
chief executive officer of
Aaron Royalty Inc, said it plans to operate
a twice weekly between Suriname
and the Netherlands with onward destinations
to countries such as Thailand,
Indonesia and China.
Angel Airways was founded in 2007
by Etienne Fernandez, a former director
general of Suriname’s Civil Aviation
Authority (CASAS), said after months
of negotiations with various potential
partners, Aaron emerged as the preferred
partner with 40 percent shareholding.
He said based on the treaty between
Suriname and the Netherlands, Paramaribo
can authorize three companies
to maintain operations between the two
countries and that Suriname currently
allows the national carrier, Suriname
Airways and Fly All Ways to service the
route.
In the first phase, flights will be
operated to Europe and further to the
Far East.
In the second phase, operations in the
Caribbean region connecting to Canada
and the United States will be conducted
with Boeing 737’800 air crafts.
Fernandez said flights between China
and Jamaica are being examined.
TRINIDAD
The Caribbean Center for Human
Rights (CCHR) has called for scrutiny
into the decision by the Trinidad and
Tobago Coast Guard to open fire on a
Venezuelan migrant vessel carrying at
least 20 young children a week ago.
In a statement, the CCHR said the
incident underscores gaps in the country’s
policies and legislation regarding
the protection of migrants and refugees
The CCHR was among several groups
which continue to criticize the actions
of the T&T Coast Guard on the shooting
of a migrant woman
and death of her ninemonth
old son on board
a Venezuelan vessel on
Sunday, Feb. 6.
The mother, Darielvis Sarabia, was
holding her son in her arms when the
Coast Guard opened fire on the boat’s
engine.
Sarabia’s baby boy, identified as
Yaelvis Sarabia was shot in the head, the
force of the impact taking off part of his
skull. The boy died in his mother’s arm.
The vessel carrying 37 passengers —
20 children and 17 adults — were trying
to enter T&T illegally around midnight.
The CCHR said it was deeply concerned
about the events that occurred
prior to the shooting and has called on
the government to conduct a thorough
investigation.
The Inter-American Commission of
Human Rights also called on the T&T
government to continue a “prompt and
thorough investigation” into the death
of the migrant baby and to “make full
reparations to the family members.”
— Compiled by Azad Ali
Continued from Page 4
Tom Suozzi picks Diana Reyna as
running mate for governor
By Morgan C. Mullings
Diana Reyna, former deputy borough
president of Brooklyn and City Council
member, will run for lieutenant governor
alongside Congressman Tom Suozzi in
the 2022 gubernatorial race. Announced
Wednesday at a noisy Rodney Park in
Brooklyn, the two expressed their hope to
bring common-sense policies to Albany.
“I’m a first-generation Dominican
American. The first person in my family
to go to high school and college, to graduate,
with opportunities and education that
my parents in the Dominican Republic
could not have,” said Reyna at the press
conference. “I want to help to keep that
American dream alive.”
If elected, Reyna would be the first
Latina lieutenant governor—continuing
the trend of making history that started
with Brian Benjamin, the first Caribbean
American to hold statewide office.
“I want to represent the heart and soul
of New York. And I want to work with
Tom Suozzi to build a better New York,”
she continued. They bond over being
first-generation Americans, Suozzi’s family
being from Italy.
Reyna highlighted two of Suozzi’s key
policies that bolster his campaign: Giving
judges more discretion to set bail, and
creating more affordable housing. And
Suozzi says that she is the right person
for the job because of her work as a City
Council member for Williamsburg, Bushwick
and Ridgewood.
“Diana believes that public service is
about getting things done to improve the
lives of the people we serve,” said Suozzi.
“One of the things that very important
to me about Diana is that she is very
tough.”
Reyna stressed that she would not be
playing to the left or the right in her race,
which is perfectly aligned with Suozzi’s
message so far. “Tom Suozzi and I won’t
hide from the tough issues, won’t pander
to the political left or right, and will stand
up to the special interests and lobbyists
that have been choking Albany for decades,”
Reyna said.
So far, Reyna’s main opponent is Benjamin,
a former state senator representing
Harlem and Governor Kathy Hochul’s
downstate pick when she became Andrew
Cuomo’s successor.
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