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Vol. 30, Issue 27 July 5–11, 2019
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Justice Sylvia Ash with carnival costume. Roderick Randall
By Nelson A. King
Caribbean culture came
alive on June 21 during the
hosting of the Third Annual
Caribbean Heritage Month
in Kings County (Brooklyn)
courts.
According to Justice Sylvia
Hinds-Radix, the Barbadianborn
Associate Justice, NYS
Appellate Division, Second
Department, the event was
very successful.
Justice Hinds-Radix said
she and Justice Sylvia Ash,
who was born in Trinidad and
Tobago to Grenadian and Vincentian
parents, chaired the
proceedings.
“Brooklyn District Attorney,
Eric Gonzalez, attended
and brought greetings,” said
Justice Hinds-Radix. “We
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By Bert Wilkinson
As ISIS terror groups seek to
regroup after losses to western
coalition forces, authorities in
a leading Caribbean Community
member state are bracing
for the imminent return of
dozens of its nationals who had
enlisted to fight in the Middle
East in recent years. Security
experts warn that officials better
be ready to deal with them.
The administration of Prime
Minister, Keith Rowley in
Trinidad said it has been in
talks with US counter terrorism
experts as it prepares to
reabsorb individuals, many of
them currently living in refugee
camps with wives and children
and preparing to return to
the Caribbean.
Estimates of the number of
mostly males who left Trinidad
to fight in Syria and other
conflict zones range from 130
to more than 400 but officials
are unsure how many survived
day after day of air raids and
attacks by western forces.
The issue came alive again
in recent days after American
Embassy Military Liaison
Officer, Colonel Claudia Carrizales
urged officials to be
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Kings County courts celebrate
Caribbean Heritage Month
T&T
PLANS
FOR ISIS
ISIS returnees could pose
new threat to Trinidad
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