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Vol. 32, Issue 9 BROOKLYN EDITION Feb. 26-Mar. 4, 2021
Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.in her campaign headquarters on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in
Brooklyn, New York. Associated Press/Kathy Willens, fi le
By Nelson A. King
As Americans in February
celebrate Black History
Month, Caribbean American
Democratic Congresswoman,
Yvette D. Clarke on Wednesday
introduced a resolution the
US House of Representatives
calling for the exoneration of
Jamaica’s first national hero
and human rights activist,
Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
Clarke, the daughter of
Jamaican immigrants, who
represents the largely Caribbean
9th Congressional District
in Brooklyn, highlighted
Garvey’s accomplishments,
identifying him as a champion
for the liberation of people of
African descent.
The resolution, H. Res. 148,
hails Garvey as a human rights
activist and seeks to preserve
his legacy by exonerating him
of unfounded charges brought
against him by the US Government.
The resolution also calls to
newly-elected US President Joe
Biden to exonerate Garvey.
“Marcus Garvey is an iconic
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By Bert Wilkinson
In the past year, several Caribbean
Community countries,
led by Barbados, have taken
innovative steps to earn state
revenues as tourism dried up
as airports shuttered, as planes
were grounded and their economies
slowed to a crawl because
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mia Mottley’s proactive government
had put out a worldwide
alert inviting professionals
to take a year off, come to
the tourism paradise and work
remotely from home for a small
fee while experts try to get the
virus under control.
Despite vexing travel challenges
the program has slowly
but surely picked up steam
with many cashing in on the
relatively low numbers of positive
cases and deaths in Barbados
and the region compared to
what they had left behind.
Now, authorities in Bermuda
say that the time for new fiscal
ideas has come. The David Burt
administration is moving to
implement a similarly innovative
scheme to earn revenues
from the travel shortfall as it
joins many of the Eastern Caribbean
nations in inviting the
wealthy to bring their cash to
the island in exchange for long
term residency, programs many
in the region have already been
running.
Those interested in switching
to Bermuda are invited to
invest $2.5 million into the
country in cash or real estate
or contribute to the island’s
debt reduction fund, earning
long term residency in the
process.
Its Caribbean neighbors like
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Clarke calls for Garvey’s exoneration
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Bermuda joins Eastern
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