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Vol. 30, Issue 28 BROOKLYN EDITION July 12–18, 2019
Carib Fest in Jersey
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Dancers at last year’s South Jersey Caribbean Festival. This year the event willl be
held on Sat. July 13 at Wiggins Park. See story on Page 31. Kylla Herbert
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Sen. Zellnor Y.
Myrie, chair of the Senate Elections
Committee, has welcomed
last Wednesday’s appointments
to the Public Finance Commission.
“This last legislative session
showed what happens when we
elect candidates powered by the
grassroots,” said Myrie, who
represents the 20th Senatorial
District in Brooklyn. “The Elections
Committee’s hearing on
public financing hearing made
it even clearer that New York is
in dire need of strong campaign
finance reforms that reduce the
influence of special interests and
magnifies the voices of everyday
New Yorkers.
“This is why it is critical
that we have a public financing
Continued on Page 18
By Bert Wilkinson
Successive generations of
Caribbean community leaders
and high officials have been
grappling with mounting scepticism
in the bloc about difficulties
professionals experience
while trying to work and
resettle in member states outside
of their home nation.
In recent decades, they have
implemented systems allowing
professionals who wish to
work in contributing member
states to do so once they are of
good character, produce proof
of their qualifications and tender
the mandatory skills certificate
certifying who they say
they are.
Aware of the scepticism surrounding
their efforts to provide
free movement of people
within the bloc, professionals
especially, leaders at their most
recent summit in St. Lucia
added to the list of persons
who would qualify under this
system.
Continued on Page 18
Myrie welcomes PFC appointments
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CARICOM leaders add more
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