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Vol. 30, Issue 27 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN July 5-11, 2019
Justice Sylvia Ash with carnival costume. Roderick Randall
Kings County courts celebrate
Caribbean Heritage Month
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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T&T
PLANS
FOR ISIS
ISIS returnees could pose
new threat to Trinidad
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
We've Got the Power!
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
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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