NATIONAL WEEKLY | THURSDAY, APR 6 – APR 12, 2017 | VOL. 14 NO. 14
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JAMAICA
Rastas not satised with Govt's apology by Karyl Walker
Legal advisor to the Coral Gardens Benevolent Society, Miguel Lorne, has described the apology by the Jamaican government to Rastafarians in the 1963 Coral Gardens Massacre, as unsatisfactory. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, on Tuesday apologized and announced that a J$10 million fund for reparations to the victims had been set aside. Some 21 families have been identified as victims of the assault by agents of the state. Holness also announced that six plots at the site of the first formal Rastafarian commune, Pinnacle in St. Catherine parish, would be marked as heritage sites in honor of the Rastafarian faith.
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BROWARD
Jamaican-American 911 operator honored for saving life The Broward County Commissioners proclaimed April 2017 as National 911 Education Month. Earlier this week, the Commission awarded two 911 operators, Erin Kafka and Charmaine Buckner, for outstanding performance. Both were awarded the 2017 Tom Gallagher Memorial Public Safety Award. Kafka works for the Coral Springs Police Department, and was honored for the sense of calm displayed during a 911 call she received
911 dispatchers, Charmaine Buckner (left) and Erin Kafka, awarded for their life-saving efforts.
during a shooting incident at the Coral Spring Mall last November. Buckner, assigned to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, was honored for her role in dispatching fire and police rescuers to save an infant from drowning in Pembroke Pines last year. Buckner is a veteran of over seventeen years at the BSO. The Jamaican, who migrated to the US when she was 5, currently resides in Atlantis, Palm Beach County. She became a Communications 911 Operator “by accident.” While working at the State Attorney's office, she accompanied a friend to a job fair and was encouraged to apply for the job for which there were vacancies.
Hollywood divided over “racist” street names by Celina DeCastro
Residents of the City of Hollywood are divided over whether to change the names of streets that have been named in honor of Confederate soldiers. The city recently announced a revision to the rules to rename streets from having two-thirds majority vote down to 50 percent of votes to allow a street name change. The controversial streets are Lee Street, Forrest Street, and Hood Street. Named after Robert E. Lee and John Bell Hood who were soldiers of the Confederate Army as well as Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, who not only led massacres against union soldiers and slaves but was also one of the key founders of the infamous Ku Klux Klan immediately following the end of the Civil War. Some of the city's residents believe that the names are a sordid reminder of the dark past which led to the American civil war, while others have no problem with the naming of the roadways as they see it as part of the city's history. Architectural Historian and resident since the 1930's, George Chillag, feels the names should remain not to glorify the generals but to show how far The United States has come from those dark times in history. “I can understand why someone would feel uncomfortable with the names,” Chillag said. “But this gives us a reason to walk over A6 – Divided
Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, was one of the key founders of the infamous Ku Klux Klan immediately following the end of the Civil War.
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