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Vol. 32, Issue 22 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN May 28-June 3, 2021
Vincentians say thanks
SVG Consul General to New York, Howie Prince presents a gift to Jamaican volunteer,
Patricia Matthews. See story on Page 3. Photo by Nelson A. King
By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez, together with
Pastor Gilford T. Monrose, president
of the 67th Precinct Clergy
Council in Brooklyn, popularly
known as “The GodSquad,” on
Tuesday announced a new strategic
partnership to help reduce
gun violence in Brooklyn.
Working together with community
members, the New York
Police Department (NYPD) and
faith leaders, Gonzalez said
his office and Clergy Councils
will “endeavor to provide support
and guidance to at-risk
youth, and offer assistance in
several high-crime precincts to
strengthen trust between communities
and law enforcement
as part of a holistic approach to
reducing crime and breaking
the recurring cycle of violence
and criminal justice involvement.
“We are proud to announce
this vital partnership with our
Clergy Councils to work together
to help eradicate violence in our
communities,” Gonzalez said.
“Finding community-based
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By Bert Wilkinson
Barbados, long and globally
considered as the “Little Britain”
of the hemisphere is taking
its boldest step yet to abandon
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth
as the island’s head of state,
become a republic and move
to choose a black or brown ceremonial
head before its 55th
independence anniversary in
November.
Earlier this week, the cabinet
of Prime Minister, Mia Mottley
announced the establishment
of a republican status
transition advisory committee
to oversee what is being regarded
as the most serious phase of
systematically decolonizing the
country of just over 300,000
since independence back in late
1966.
The plan is for the Caribbean
island chain’s most easterly
island to become a republic
like fellow Caribbean Community
members Guyana, Trinidad
and Dominica, the only
difference being that Guyana’s
head of state functions as a
president with executive rather
than ceremonial powers as the
others are or would be.
The committee has until September
to submit its guidance
report, detailing what would
be necessary for the country to
undergo such a major cultural
and physiological transition
from a former British colony
which had retained the queen
as its head of state, appoint
one of its own to oversee ceremonies
and other state functions
and switch to republican
status.
For those who wish to debate
whether Mottley’s administra-
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Partnerships to help reduce gun violence
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Barbados to say farewell to
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