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Vol. 30, Issue 29 BROOKLYN EDITION July 19–25, 2019
Afro-Carib night at Wingate
Cham performs some of his hits at the Wingate Concert Series. See story on Page
41. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Assemblywoman
Rodneyse Bichotte has welcomed
the signing of legislation
that expands the
Minority and Women Owned
Business Enterprise (MWBE)
program.
On Monday, Gov. Andrew
Cuomo signed into law legislation
that extends the program
that promotes greater
opportunities for MWBEs
through state and city contracts.
“I thank Gov. Cuomo for
signing these MWBE bills that
include allowing the extension
of Article 15-A and further
expansion of the MWBE
program”, said Bichotte, chair
of the Subcommittee on the
Oversight of Minority and
Continued on Page 6
By Bert Wilkinson
Once again, two of the Caribbean
Community’s most
important member states are
battling with a spike in their
murder rates and officials are
slowly concluding that only
sustained pressure from police
and the military would put a
dent in in these outbreaks of
deadly violence.
In Trinidad for example,
this week’s murder of beloved,
nationally known actor,
producer and director Raymond
Choo Kong has not only
shocked the nation but has
redirected national attention to
violent crime, a scourge, which
has bedeviled every single government
and or administration
on the island for the past 30
years.
In most cases, police blame
murders on gangsters and drug
dealers but when it touches one
from the middle or upper classes,
society usually shines a new
light on violent crime, sparking
island-wide debates and calls
for tougher action.
Choo Kong’s murder, a stabbing
death at his home, was
one of eight police recorded
in about 48 hours as the week
Continued on Page 6
Bichotte welcomes expanded MWBE program
MURDER
RATES
SPIKE
Two CARICOM countries seek
solutions to this national scourge
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