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Vol. 30, Issue 28 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN July 12–18, 2019
Carib Fest in Jersey
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
Myrie welcomes PFC appointments
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
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HASSLE
FREE
TRAVEL
CARICOM leaders add more
categories to free travel
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
We've Got the Power!
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
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.
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