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The Publisher’s Thoughts Well folks, this week we have seen a slight break in the heat; however we are stilling praying for rain. “Lawd send down de rain.” Unlike the East Coast where hurricanes, tropical storms and floods are wreaking havoc, we have drought and forest fires in Texas. Hopefully the remaining summer is safe.
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And now this! As you know, we Caribbean people are multifaceted. And don’t forget that. Yeah, we have a reputation for being hard workers, and we know how to party, too. But let me tell you, we also have an eye for the fine arts. And this year was no exception. It started out with the Caribbean play ‘Judgement’. I heard it was a stunning performance (I was on a mission Jamaica). Weeks later we had a Caribbean comedy show, ‘The Jamaican and the Virgin’, and the annual Vintage Fashion Show. Most recently, we had the one-woman play ‘Jamaica Farewell’. Our enthusiastic support of these events allows the world to see that we are not just a one dimensional people, but we are capable of enjoying the finer things in life. It also demonstrates to the promoters and producers of these events that there is a market for the arts in Houston. The bottom line, it benefits our community. “Now since we talkin bout de fine art, let me tell you dis! Did you see how de Bajans cook up a storm at de Taste of Barbados. Well my peace! Hear dis! I had some fried flying fish and coo-coo and de only ting dat was missing was de sandy beach in Christchurch.” The food was excellent. So if you missed it this year, you cannot afford to miss it next year. Next week, we at OLC News celebrate our third anniversary with a signature event called Caribbean Empowerment Conference on September 17, 2011 at Cool Runnings Restaurant (see the ad on back page). Our Caribbean breakfast and registration begins at 8:00 am followed by the conference at 9:00 am. We have four dynamic speakers: Thecia Jenkins, Sharifa Charles, Wendi-Ann Walker, and Dzifa Job. They are experts in their field. And they speak for a living. Call us for tickets at 281 769 2253. We wish to welcome a new addition to our One Love writing team: Ms. Hermina Frederick. Hermina originally hails from the island of St. Lucia, and has resided in the Greater Houston area for over 30 years. She is a teacher in the HISD school district. Hermina is multi-talented. In addition to being a published newspaper columnist, she is a poet, playwright, musician, song writer, actress and an excellent raconteur. You may say she is a modern day Renaissance woman. Hermina’s column for the newspaper will run the gamut of what strikes her fancy for the month. We are privileged to have her on our team, please help us welcome her to the OLC News. Check her out on page 13 under the column, The Final Call. Enjoy.
Recent statistics show that the employment rate for blacks in the United States is at an all time high – 16 percent. The nationwide unemployment rate stands at 9.1 percent. Low skilled workers, many of whom are Black, are experiencing the worst of the downturn in the economy. And President Obama has so far failed to address the state of employment within black community. Yes, I know. I know that in the Caribbean community we do not say any negative things about our President. But I am going there! All past Presidents have some policy, big or small, to provide some access to Blacks. The fact remains that racism to alive and well in America. And without a policy from the top, it creates an even worse scenario. There is no doubt that the President has focused on gays issues, Hispanic issues and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. But want about Black issues? Now let’s see. President Obama is scheduled to address the nation on his plans for jobs on Thursday, September 9, 2011, let us all tune in to see whether he has concrete plans to remedy this situation which has affected those around us. Finally, I want to congratulate our Houston Kittians and Nevisians on the twenty eighth year of Independence. I grew on a small estate in St Croix called Baron Castle. The residents were primarily Lucians, Kittians, Nevisians, and Antiguans. When folks were migrating to St. Croix and had no family to stay with, the taxi would simply drop them in Baron Castle; at that point, they may get connected to someone from their island. There is that special bond between Kittians and Nevisians and me. Just ask my daughter, she will explain. But better yet, the St. Kitts and Nevis Association of Houston is celebrating this historical landmark with an Independence Dinner and Dance at Cool Runnings “Red Room”. Please support this event. So until then, One Love!
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This year, the guest artist calypsonian “Crazy” performed some of his greatest hits to include “Soucouyant”, “Paul Yuh Mudder Come”, “Penelope” and “For Quriosity”. In photo, “Crazy”, Cheryl Spooner (Vice President to the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Texas) and Cleveland S. Harris ( President of the Jamaica Foundation of Houston). OLC Photo.
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It is expected that enacting this new law will save the state over $100 million annually if 5000 convicts are removed from the state prison system and deported. It costs the state approximately $213 million dollars to house the 11,000 foreign convicts, of which approximately 8500 have Mexican citizenship. Of the total foreign convict population, about 6000 have current deportation orders pending.
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Maggie is the daughter of Ed McDaniel of the Barbados Association of Greater Houston. Keep an eye on this one, she flies below the radar and has a lot more surprises for those who don’t know!
U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement assured state officials that paroled convicts handed over to the ICE office would be deported. No one knows how many cases of parole-to-deport cases might be approved.
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Maggie defeated the numbers 1, 2, and 3 seeds enroute to a stunning upset victory on the women’s State golf scene. WTGA officials stated they knew very little about her and were surprised by her prowess on the links. Locally, Maggie had a stellar Jr. Golf record with numerous wins in HGA, STPGA, and at Thurgood Marshall High School
Maggie started at Houston’s Hermann park golf course at the age of 5 years under the tutelage of volunteers with the Lonestar Jr. Golf inner city program. She moved on with the inaugural First Tee Jr. Golf program now at Houston’s F.M. Law Park. She competed during the summers in the HGA Jr. Golf tournaments and was known as a fierce competitor.
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Texas parole officials have been worried about how to implement the new law, because in recent years hundreds of foreignborn felons were paroled and released to federal officials for deportation, but were instead allowed to remain in Texas on parole at the cost to the state taxpayers.
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She played collegiate golf for the University of North Texas and graduated in 2010. After 14 months of no golf, she decided to resume her passion and see how well she stacked up against the competition. In only her 2nd tournament after a few hard weeks of practice she was able to bring the trophy to Houston for a year. This trophy is in its 90th year and has engraved some world-class notables such as Babe Dietrich – Zacharias.
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By A. Jean Baptiste There are currently 11,000 foreign convicts incarcerated in the Texas Prison system. According to a new state law which went into effect on September 1, 2011, the Texas Parole Board can approve for foreign convicts to be paroled, on the condition that they are deported to their home country.
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ROUND DE YARD - Houston Caribbean News New Texas Laws Effective September 1, 2011
On September 1, 2011, many new laws become effective. Here’s a summary of these laws as illustrated by the Star-Telegram of Dallas.
having to register as a sex offender if he or she had consensual sex with someone age 15 or older and if there is less than a fouryear age gap between the couple. SB198
‘Sexting’: Minors who like sexting -- sending sexually explicit pictures or messages, generally from one cellphone to another -better watch out. Until now, such cases were dropped or prosecuted under adult pornography laws. Starting September 1, youths can be charged with a misdemeanor, which can lead to jail time with repeated offenses. Convicts will have to take a state-sponsored class about the dangers of sexting with one of their parents. However, the conviction may be removed from a youth’s record at age 18. Senate Bill 407
Respectful language: Over time, the term mental retardation will be weeded out of state statutes and usage, as officials say it can be hurtful and offensive to those with developmental and intellectual disabilities. HB1481
Guns: Under a new law, most employers will no longer be able to prevent employees who legally own guns and ammo from storing them in locked private vehicles parked in company parking lots during business hours. There are a few exceptions, such as school and federal building parking lots. And the law only allows guns and ammunition to be stored in parking lots, garages and other parking areas provided to employees, not inside businesses. SB321 Speed limits: Texas motorists no longer have to worry about slowing down at sundown, now that the state won’t have separate speed limits for day and night driving. The black nighttime speed limit signs that required motorists to drive 5 mph slower at night will start coming down Thursday, but officials say it will take months to remove all of them. Officials say uniform speeds during the day and night can cut down on problems such as motorists tailgating and changing lanes to pass -- actions that factor in some accidents. New laws also let transportation officials raise limits to 75 mph in some remote areas, none of which are in Tarrant County. HB1353 ‘Romeo and Juliet’: This law is intended to spare teenagers and young adults who have consensual sex from being labeled sex offenders. It prevents a young defendant from
Homestead exemption: Texas homeowners who apply for a homestead exemption on their primary residence must show identification, mainly a driver’s license or ID card, and a copy of their vehicle registration receipt. The address on the ID and receipt must match the residence’s address. Those without vehicles may submit a notarized affidavit certifying that they don’t have a vehicle and a current utility bill that bears the name and address that is on the homestead exemption application. B252 Innocence Project: A package of bills proposed by the Innocence Project of Texas will go onto the books. They include: overhauling eyewitness practices by law enforcement; ensuring the testing of DNA evidence that can prove a person’s innocence; and creating uniform standards for the collection, retention and storage of biological evidence. Cory Session, brother of Tim Cole of Fort Worth, who died while in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, is now the policy director for the Innocence Project and supported these bills. HB215, SB122, SB1616 Day care: This bill was passed in the memory of Nathan King, who died after daycare workers gave him medication that his parents had not approved. Under this bill, day-care workers need written parental permission to give medicine to a child or face prosecution. HB1615 Domestic violence: Protective orders will now cover not only the human victims but also their pets. Victims have said this is important because they often have to leave Continue on Page 13
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Celebrating Twenty Eight Years of Independence The Federation of St. Kitts-Nevis By Abdul Ali of St. Croix Contributing Writer Houston Kittians and Nevisians celebrate the twenty eight years of Independence from the British crown with a gala at the Cool Running Restaurant Red Room. The Federation of St. Kitts-Nevis has come a long way since its founding by Christopher Columbus in 1493, the rule of the British, the influence of the French and Dutch, the birth of US Statesman, Alexander Hamilton and the Federation’s independence from Great Britain on September 19th 1983. Those factors along with British imperialism in the Caribbean, links to enslaved Africans in the 18th century and the growth of a thriving sugar colony formed the backdrop for a Federation that some are calling today, “A sleeping giant that is about to explode.” The Federation has also seen the rapid change associated with the falloff the cotton and sugar industries, the rise of the service clusters, the diversification of technology and the development of financial service centers and Tourism. Its lush forests, fresh water, fertile soil, salt ponds, picturesque architecture, scenery, cultural diversity and World Heritage sites such as the Brimstone Hill Fortress are now seen as “Island Treats” that are attractions to many visitors and local population alike. St. Kitts, the larger of the two islands of the Federation is 69 sq miles in size and has a population of approximately 42,000 residents. Nevis, on the other hand, is approximately 35 sq miles and it has a population of 11,000 residents. Both islands in the Federation are in the Leeward Islands group located a mere 200 miles Southeast of Puerto Rico. The road to independence has been a challenging one to say the least. It included the secession of Anguilla in 1967 (at one time the union represented St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla), the adoption of universal suffrage in 1952 that gave persons over twenty one the right to vote, the push for elections in 1937 by groups like the Universal Benevolent Association and the Workers League and the act of becoming a part of the United Nations on September 23rd 1983 are just some of the highlights of the Federation’s rise to fame. The 1980 elections also played a part in that they resulted in the formation of a coalition government that produced the St. Kitts-Nevis Federation and one that gave Nevis the right to develop its own administration. Although the Federation has a Westminster model of government, one that calls for a separation of power between the Legislature, The Executive Branch and the Judiciary, many fear that there is no true separation of powers as the Cabinet is made up of members of the Legislature and comprises the majority of it. In short, the Cabinet is the Legislature. Despite these inequities leaders like Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the Federation’s first Premier and C.A. Paul Southwell pushed on to help ensure that workers rights were protected, programs were developed that provided access to universal childhood programs and considerable gains were made in the area of the access to universal early childhood programs and also to tertiary education at the AA and BA degree levels.
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The development of sporting and cultural activity has been very well maintained over the years and this has proven to be a big source of inspiration for the Federation’s youth. Other Federation leaders over the years include Prime Ministers, Dr. Kennedy Simmonds and Dr. Denzil Douglas (who is the current prime minister) and premiers of Nevis, Vance Armory and Joseph Parry (who is the current premier). Despite the successes of the Federation with regard to its competitiveness for securing a place in the “Global market” and business development initiatives with high-level hotel development sectors like the Marriott St. Kitts Resort and the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel in Nevis, as well as smaller privately held hotels and guest houses , the Federation, like everywhere else, finds itself having to develop plans to ward off crime and associated problems, and also having to figure out how best to combat the challenges brought on by the decline in the global economy. Some of the sons and daughters of the Federation have spread their wings and to that end, they have emigrated to Britain (The mother Country), Canada, The US & British Virgin Islands and the United States (to include New York, Houston, Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles) and to many other places around the globe. Reports indicate that these “Sons and daughters of the Soil” have excelled in a variety of fields and professional engagement areas, and in that context, have sought to make the Federation proud of them and of their contributions to society as a whole. While it is of importance to refer to members of the Federation who have immigrated to other places mention must be made of those who came to our lands seeking a better life for their families. They include Jews, Portuguese, Jamaicans, Guyanese, Antiguans and the Lebanese folks, to name a few groups. Christopher Columbus came too in 1493 and so did the British Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), who liked the Federation so much that he married a woman from Nevis, called Fany Nisbet. The Coat of Arms highlights “Country Above Self”, the National Flower (the Poinciana or Flamboyant), the National Bird (the brown pelican) and the National Flag (red, gold, black and green colors), and its national anthem “O land of Beauty” are all reminders of the progress that the people of the Federation have made over the years. As we embark on our 28th Independence Day celebrations on September 19th 2011 it might be as good a time as any to reflect on the past, to plan ahead with liberty and justice for all and to continue to work towards the building of a “common destiny” for all - one that enhances the quality of the lives of the people of the Federation.
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Ocho Rios to Benefit from $1.8 Billion Development
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Ocho Rios, Jamaica - The town of Ocho Rios in St. Ann is to benefit from major infrastructural development, costing some $1.8 billion, which is expected to see the establishment of new and exciting tourism products, over a five year period.
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According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, this development is part of plans by the Ministry to ensure that the tourism product is greatly enhanced and that Jamaica maintains its image as having more attractions than all of the Caribbean combined. “We have taken a serious look at some of the critical areas of decay in the Ocho Rios area. We have focused primarily on the areas of sanitation and what contributes to what I call ‘the uglyfication’ of the town of Ocho Rios. We have also looked at some new developments for the town, one of which is the Artisan Village, a new concept in not only merchandising the creative products of our people, but also creating a setting for the creation of (unique, authentic, one-of-a-kind) products,” the Minister said. He emphasised that it was not the responsi-
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bility of government to maintain Ocho Rios in a clean and pristine condition, but that of the people. He called on the wider business community to take up that challenge. “The people in the town have to buy into it and take that responsibility. We can come in and put up the $80 million to fix up the sidewalks and to clean drains and to bush the area and generally give it an appearance of beauty, but it cannot be sustained unless the community buys into it and stop throwing the garbage all over the place,” the Minister said.
These comments have come from Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Energy and Telecommunications, Immigration and Invest Barbados, Senator Darcy Boyce. He was speaking at the Opening of the Digicel/Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry Seminar on Information and Communication Technology ICTs, today at the Hilton Barbados.
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Access was only blocked after the appropriate hardware and software was received to manage the process, he explained. Exceptions will be made for certain departments and personnel who need to access particular sites to support their daily work.
Senator Boyce stated that discussions had taken place between the Telecommunications Division and promoters of the free island-wide Wi-Fi initiative in order to provide the support needed for this venture.
“The Division has to concern itself with matters such as interference, the licensing of businesses with Wi-Fi systems, the rights of persons with commercial licenses to provide services to the public and the general good order of the environment within which wireless communications are conducted in the country,” he added. The Telecommunications Minister disclosed that the Chief Telecommunications Officer had set up a task force within the department on the initiative. He noted that the department plans to work with promoters to “ensure that rollout of the project does not compromise the quality of the telecommunications services available here or trespass on any rights that exist or lead to unnecessary or undesirable exposure of participants in the initiative.”
Dominicans Students to Pursue Studies in China The director explained to senior government officials on Wednesday that the need to do this was two-fold. First, the government purchases bandwidth services which is necessary to manage the hundreds of users on the systems. Personnel using social media, downloading content and others using chat services was significantly slowing down the system. West cautioned that blocking access would not mean that the productivity of workers would improve but that the attitudes of employees would need to change.
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Prior to leaving, the students attended a ceremony at the Chinese Embassy which was attended by China’s Ambassador to Dominica, Wang Zonglai, His Excellency the President of Dominica, Dr. Nicholas Liverpool, Hon Minister for Education and Human Resource Development Petter Saint Jean and Hon Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Kelver Darroux.
Hon Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Kelver Darroux, had sound words of advice for the scholarship recipients.
“The eight universities that you are going to study in soon are located in eight major cities of China, seven of which are provincial capitals. There is a beautiful interior city in the central part of China. All of them are frontiers of China’s economy and academic development.” Hon Education Minister, Petter Saint Jean, reminded the students of their roles as ambassadors to their country while in the People’s Republic of China. “You go out as ambassadors of this beloved country in a land, that for many of you, you have heard of or read only on television and
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“Current efforts by the Barbados Entrepreneurial Foundation to get Barbados to a position of free island-wide Wi-Fi are laudable”.
BRADES, Montserrat – As of August 1, most of the employees of the Government of Montserrat can no longer access social networks and free email account websites from their desktop in an effort to increase productivity and offer a more stable web experience for users. Denzil West, Director of the Department for Information Technology and eGovernment Services (DITES) said that it was instructed to block access to social networks and free email sites through an Executive Council decision taken earlier this year.
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“In addition to the academic and intellectual benefits, you will also be beneficiaries of a wonderful cultural exchange as a result of being bilingual in the future and sharing your respective cultural attributes with your host. You will be a great distance away, but I urge you to never forget Dominica and the purpose for which you are there. That is why, students, I urge you to be disciplined. Never forget your purpose for going to China. When you have to be at class make sure that you are in class. When you have to be studying in China, make sure that you are studying. I know that you are relatively young people and the opportunities are out there, may attractions, but the onus is on you to remain focused on your goals as individuals and also as a collective to ensure that at the end of your tenure, you have achieved what you had set your mind to previously set out to achieve because your education depends on you.” Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart pins the Efficiency Medal on Jewyl Ward, retired Captain of the Barbados Regiment, for his dedicated service to the Barbados Defense Force for over a decade at the BDF’s 32nd Anniversary Ceremonial Parade at St. Ann’s Fort, the Garrison, St. Michael. (C.Pitt/ BGIS)
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Trinidad Declares State of Emergency
TRINIDAD - A limited state of emergency is in force in several areas of Trinidad, as the government moves to tackle a recent spike in violent crime. The measures, announced on Sunday by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, include an overnight curfew. She said they were targeting what she called “hot spots” as part of efforts to tackle “wanton acts of lawlessness”.
By M D Jones On Thursday, August 18, the Caribbean Impact Foundation held its quarterly Meeting & Mixer at Tropical Diner Jamaican Restaurant in Katy as part of its 5th annual birthday tribute to the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first National Hero. Nationalities represented in the audience included USA, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, the Virgin Islands, and The Bahamas. Titled Purpose & Poetry, the event featured Caribbean poets Linda Edwards of Trinidad & Tobago, Gary Daniel of Haiti, Reginald Naphthali and Wilbert Oliver of Jamaica, and the multi-talented Ras So I who opened the evening with interactive Rastafarian drumming. The first purpose component of the event was a presentation by mission group Re-
pairer of the Breach on their trip to Portland, Jamaica where they worked in collaboration with engineer and One Love publisher Sylvanus Donaie to rebuild the weather damaged home of a single parent community servant leader. Their inspiring story dramatically outlined the extreme Caribbean 2-week makeover with the help of local youth and community leaders along with donations from Caribbean and American residents of Houston. In the Garvey spirit of enterprise, CIF officers Marilyn Douglas-Jones, Edward McDaniel and Gertrude Florent extended congratulations to the owners of Tropical Diner on their successful move to Katy and expressed appreciation for hosting the event where entrepreneurs were able to network and sell their products.
The opposition said it was a “panic response” by the government. The declaration of emergency rule in six areas in Trinidad, which will last 15 days, came after the country saw 11 murders in just a couple of days. Ms Persad-Bissessar said the killings were a reaction by drug gangs to recent major seizures by the police of consignments worth millions of dollars. “These large sums of money simply do not disappear from the
drug trade without consequences,” she said. The aim of emergency rule was to halt the current spike in gang activity and crime in general in the shortest possible time, the prime minister said in a televised address. “The nation will not be held to ransom by marauding gangs of thugs bent on creating havoc on our society. The limited state of emergency in hot spots across Trinidad and Tobago is merely part of a larger aggressive reaction response by the government.” The measures include a 21:00 to 05:00 overnight curfew, as well as increased powers for police to conduct searches and make arrests. Opposition leader Keith Rowley said the measure showed that the government had no plans to deal with rising crime. “Our initial thought is that this is a panic response which has not been the product of any serious deliberations,” he told local radio.
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EDITORIAL A Long Way Back tional economy. We know from experience that a GDP refers to the sum total value of all goods and services produced within a country during a given period of time. So it’s not hard to see the big picture of what is happening to us financially, as we our debt exceeds our valued productivity by 283%.
Terry Layne Staff Writer
It’s no secret at this point that the economy continues to struggle for air; and we’ve got a long way back to pre-recession rhythmic breathing. It was in early June 2011 when Chris Isidore of CNNMoney.com reminded us about this projected “period of pain” in recovering from the mess of our financial recession. A major reason, according to Isidore, is households, as well as businesses debts that are an even bigger problem than the debt of our national government. But what do we hear more about through the media? Government debt! That’s right! Some undefined group of people seems highly vested in our focus being on government spending, when we ought to be really paying more attention to our own private spending ‘cause that’s where the bigger problem lies, according to the pundits. By the way, with our upside down private sector debt, as it stands today, we won’t be seeing any significant market restoration without a difficult stretch of high unemployment and slow economic growth for another six or seven years to come, based on expert assessments and historical trend. What the experts say is that the combined total debt held by private households and businesses peaked at 283% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008. That’s almost three times the size of the whole na-
The harder question is, how could anybody come out of the 2008 financial collapse better off? Well, we also learned that the 1 per centers did. But that’s a whole other story. Sufficient it is to remind ourselves that it was Elliot Spitzer on CNN in April of this year, who charged, “They got away with it!” He was actually ranting about who’s to blame for our financial mess. Don’t lose sight of what is happening as a result. Millions are still unemployed; millions lost their homes, and others lost their life savings. Despite having reports of shoddy and deceptive practices in our banking system, Spitzer reported that no Wall St. banker has been charged. In fact, he went on to report that when the mess was first uncovered, a spokesperson from Goldman Sachs is on record saying, “We can make some money here; don’t tell anyone!” And many came out financially better off! Where am I going with all this? Well, some people are courageously fighting their way back in this economy, as gloomy as it may be right now. They are taking on new challenges with self employment. They are risking at developing their own businesses. We can help by purposefully spending some of our money with these brave risk takers. We’ve got to really think about it because we may have become robotized consumers by now. Meaning; we spend without thinking too often. The recorded private debt index of 283% of our GDP says that! And realizing how difficult it may be to form new habits, all I’m suggesting is that we consciously target some of our spending to support the 90% plus of those who struggle through the long way back in our community! Look for them; they’re out there trying!
September 2011
Remembering the Father of Trinidad and Tobago
Dr Eric Williams 100th Birthday
By Kathleen Williams Contributing Writer
Dr. Eric Eustace Williams was arguably, one of the outstanding Caribbean leaders of the 20th century establishing political and economical changes with passion, eloquence, and brilliant insights. His impact extended far beyond his native Trinidad and Tobago to the entire Caribbean, Europe, the United States, and Africa. Had he lived, the Dr. William would be 100 years old on Sunday, September 25, 2011. He was educated at Queens Royal College (QRC) in Port of Spain where he won an island scholarship that took him to Oxford University. In 1935, he obtained a B.A. in history while ranked 1st in his class; then went on to receive a doctorate in philosophy in 1938. His doctoral thesis, The Economic Aspect of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery, was considered an important contribution to research on the subject and was published in 1944 in Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery. In 1939 he moved to the United States to Howard University (‘Negro Oxford’ as he called it in his autobiography), where he was rapidly promoted twice, and attaining full professorial rank. In Washington he completed the manuscript of his masterwork – Capitalism and Slavery – which was published by the University of North Carolina in 1944. He published several other books such as History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago (1964) and British Historians and the West Indies (1964). In 1948 Williams returned to Trinidad as the Commission’s Deputy Chairman of the Caribbean Research Council. In Trinidad, Williams delivered a series of educational lectures for which he became famous. In 1955 after disagreements between Williams and the Commission, the Commission elected not to renew his contract. In a famous speech at Woodford Square in Port of Spain, he declared that he had decided to “put down his bucket” in the land of his birth. He renamed that enclosed park, which stood in front of the Trinidad courts and legislature, “The University of Woodford Square”, and proceeded to give a series of public lectures on world history, Greek democracy and philosophy, the history of slavery, and the history of the Caribbean to large audiences
Dr. Eric Eustace Williams 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago In office November 10, 1956 – March 29, 1981
drawn from every social class. “I was born here, and here I stay, with the people of Trinidad and Tobago, who educated me free of charge for nine years at Queen’s Royal College and for five years at Oxford, who have made me whatever I am, and who have been or might be at any time the victims of the very pressure which I have been fighting against... I am going to let down my bucket where I am, right here with you in the British West Indies.” (Woodford Square, Trinidad, June 21, 1955) From that public platform, Williams on January 15, 1956 inaugurated his own political party, the People’s National Movement, which would take Trinidad and Tobago into independence in 1962, and dominate its postcolonial politics. Until this time his lectures had been carried out under the auspices of the Political Education Movement (PEM) a branch of the Teachers Education and Cultural Association, a group which had been founded in the 1940s as an alternative to the official teachers’ union. The PNM’s first document was its constitution. Unlike the other political parties of the time, the PNM was a highly organized, hierarchical body. Its second document was The People’s Charter, in which the party strove to separate itself from the transitory political assemblages which had thus far been the norm in Trinidadian politics. There is much to be said for his love of Continue on Page 13
Empress Promotions Presents Its Annual Vintage Fashion Show By A. Jean Baptiste - On August 12, 2011 under a warm summer night in Houston, Empress Promotions presented its annual vintage fashion show. The well attended, crowd pleasing event was hosted poolside at Chancellors Family Center in Houston. Top local fashion designers presented their vintage collections, modeled by young models, who sashayed the poolside runway to music from each era. The clothing represented styles from the Civil War to the 1970’s. Some of Houston’s top fashion designers were featured in the show: Z Boutique, Nae George Collection, Random Identity, Goddess Hair, Mero & Co, El- Bee London, Raige Rockstar Jewels. The second half of the show featured designers: Wicked Hair,
Archarne’ Couture, Culture Boutique, Leanna Designs, Always Myne, Chloes Clozet, and Absolute Yaad 1962. According to Founder and President of Empress Promotions, Ms. Kadene Smith, “Good impressions are essential in the fashion world and it starts with self esteem and appearance. That is the gist of this Vintage Fashion Fest which showcases affordable dress options, high quality, character, and in-style clothing that can carry you through another fashion era looking fabulous.” The show was hosted by Model Desiree McKinney & Fashion Stylist Josh o. Johnson. The DJs were Team Soca Passion & RocKhard.
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Encouragement from the Word of God
“Take A Grip My Brother”
could slip something into it without one being aware. The song expresses a similar encouragement, that of purpose, alertness to guard that which one possesses. In this case it was referring to one’s faith or relationship with Christ. It suggests don’t be neglectful, but hold it close as you journey through life. Christ promised to never let any of His sheep go (“… and none shall pluck them out of my hand”), but we are also told to be steadfast. While we are not the ones initiating or maintaining our salvation, we have a responsibility for personal nurture, maintenance and growth in Christ.
Charmaine Bailey Staff Writer
“Take a grip my brother, Take a grip, Hold fast and never let go.” This was a chorus we sang in church back in Jamaica. When I used to hear this song as a child, it conjured up images of someone taking hold of a grip (a word we used for a “suitcase”) and taking it on a journey. Later I came to learn that the general meaning of “grip” was “grasp, hold, the act of hanging on, control, rule, authority”. This referred to the kind of hold that one makes with one’s hand – a firm or tight hold so as to not lose a precious possession. One can also think of a person hanging on to the limb of a tree or a beam for dear life, since letting go would mean a fall to serious injury or even death. As I reflected on the meaning of the song it occurred to me that my childish imagination was not too far off, as when one sets out on a journey, one has to clutch one’s “grip” or suitcase and keep control of it for the entire journey. At the airport there are frequent announcements about not leaving one’s luggage unattended. If one is careless with one’s suitcase, one could lose it or someone
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So, what could “taking a grip” look like? Reading and studying the word, prayer, obedience to the word, i.e. a practical application of the principles of the Bible, living to please Christ, service to our fellow man, giving of one’s time, talent and finances, helping and living life to the fullest. The grip is where the “tire” of your person meets the “road” of life. Some folks sang this song with an “add-on”: “Take a grip my brother, take a grip, another grip…” Usually this is just for fun and style, but this could be significant to one who is wavering in one’s faith or has no hope. Strengthen your hold, take “another grip” and start trusting and living for Christ again.
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Virgin Islands Population Drops by Two Percent
The population of the Virgin Islands now stands at 106,405 residents, a drop of two percent from the previous decade, according to the census results.
Last year, 50,601 people were recorded living on St. Croix, 2,633 less than there were during the 2000 census. The population of St. Thomas rose by 453 people to 51,634, and St. John lost 27 people, for a total population of 4,170. Our towns of Charlotte Amalie and Christiansted each shrunk a bit, with 10,354
and 2,433 residents respectively in 2010. Frederiksted town picked up 127 residents for a 2010 population of 859 people. There are several factors that account for the declining population of the Virgin Islands. The territory has seen a dramatic decrease in its birth rate since the 1970s. In part, the declining number of births was an expected reflection of a demographic transition characteristic of greater economic success and a higher standard of living. Continue on Page 12
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Hebrews 10:22-23 (NLT) “…let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him… 23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise”.
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The rest of the song says: “No matter what the people of the world may say, Hold fast and never let go”.
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SUGARCANE ALLEY - Open Editorials
Falling in love Online: How Technology sparks Romance how can you tell if they’re telling the truth?
Dzifa Job Staff Writer
The Match.com ad that appears every time I log onto Facebook boasts that one in five relationships start online. I don’t know how true the stat is because I have plenty of stories to tell from my failed attempts at online dating, but that’s beside the point. My longest relationship started with a single voicemail. What followed was an intense three-month courtship that occurred primarily online. I went from New Orleans to New York, followed by an extended stay in Trinidad and my love interest at the time lived and worked in New Jersey. After our first date in New York, we kept in touch via e-mail, MSN messenger and phone. Somewhere between that first date at South Street Seaport with the bridges of New York behind me, and marathon MSN conversations, I fell in love. As outlandish as it may seem, given the advances in communication technology, falling in love online is easy. Human beings are social animals. We need to feel connected to those around us, and technological advances like Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Twitter and WhatsApp, have undeniably – in the past five years – become an integral part of the way we communicate. At the risk of sounding hopelessly corny, being constantly in touch with someone, while sharing your innermost thoughts and feelings, can, and, in many cases, does lead to strong feelings of attachment and attraction. Mark Sanford the former governor of South Carolina, who resigned after admitting that he’d had an affair with an Argentinean woman, said in his public apology, “It began very innocently, in just a casual e-mail back and forth. But then it became much more than that”. Commentators on the Sanford scandal theorized that “by removing the body from relationships, electronic communication makes romantic love less animal. The lovers’ discourse becomes simultaneously more childlike and more intellectual, more spiritual”. My own experiences seem to support this theory. It is impossible for me to not feel some form of attachment to someone I talk to every day, regardless of the forum where the conversation takes place. Admittedly, I also feel it is easier to talk about certain key issues from a distance, without the distraction that physical attraction can pose. It’s all too easy to put the cart before the horse when getting to know someone, if you’re always around him/her physically, especially when the chemistry is undeniable. This, of course, is the catch 22 of online love affairs. If you’re not around someone all the time,
Like most women, I use the frequency and quality of a man’s communication with me to gauge the level of his interest, so I’m not sure whether being face to face with someone would help much. Technology doesn’t have to be a barrier to getting to know the essence of someone. This may be especially true for the generation of young people growing up at a time when Twitter, Facebook and texting are established means of communication. For these people, their online presence is a seamless extension of real life, not a made-up alter ego. Communication ‘apps’ can help bridge the gaps of distance and time that come built into a lifestyle, where we spend the majority of our waking hours at work. After a tenhour workday, I rarely have the time to chat for an hour plus on the phone, but it is possible for me to get to know someone fairly well, and vice versa, if like me they’re glued to a computer screen for at least eight hours every day, and a phone is almost an extension of your hand. An hour-long conversation can now be broken up over the space of several hours on the go, and – if you’re an adept multitasker, you may be able to cover more ground.
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Additionally, the immediacy of text, online conversations and video chats – especially those of a sexual nature – can enhance the physical attraction in a relationship. Sexting is so popular because it makes it easy to create the fantasy of what you want to do to someone, or have them do to you, when you’re not staring them dead in the eye. By the time you do see them, the longing and anticipation has added a significant edge to the seduction ritual. If you’re still a non-believer, my only advice is don’t knock it, until you’ve tried it. Sexting is awesome, and I have it on good account that strip teases via Skype can help make the time apart in long-distance love affairs less of a burden, and keep some men on the straight and narrow. Most modern technophiles, myself included, can’t survive more than a few hours without access to the Internet, the devices that keep us connected and the accompanying apps. This only gets worse when you’re in the initial stages of a love affair. We can often be found staring at our phones, checking our e-mails and Facebook compulsively to see if our love interest has responded to a message, or rushing home to make the appointed Skype video chat. Sometimes this is done at the expense of people around us. In spite of this, I don’t agree with critics like The New York Times reporter Virginia Heffernan, who wrote after the Sanford scandal, “ur current bind is with offline reality — real life. We’ve been cheating on it, all of us, for a long time, living in a wireless fairyland where we r all so giddily hot.” As social creatures, I think we are biologically programmed to form bonds with people around us. Given that modern life is in many ways inherently solitary, I don’t see the point in mandating that only certain Continue on Page 15
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Page 11 Virgin Islands... The tremendous population growth that characterized the 1960s and 1970s was mostly the result of streams of immigrants coming to the shores of the Virgin Islands. That trend has been reversed in the past decade, partly a result of greater border vigilance in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. For decades, statistics were not available on the numbers of Virgin Islanders who migrated to the U.S. mainland. With the results of a recent survey, however, we can begin to assess those trends. In all, 63,629 Virgin Islanders in 2009 lived away from the islands, with a quarter of the territory’s natives living in Florida and some 15 percent in New York. From 2008 to 2009,
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almost 5,000 people born in the territory moved to the U.S. mainland, making clear the outflow of residents to other parts of the country is a major factor to the territory’s declining population. The University of the Virgin Islands has for several years been studying the population trends. UVI researchers have particularly been interested in the territory’s decline in fertility since the 1990s—a trend that has resulted in an aging population. Another demographic shift is an increase in the percentage of native-born Virgin Islanders out of the total population—the result of immigrants who swelled the population in previous decades now raising their family’s first generation of VI natives.
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THE FINAL WORD... by Hermina Fredrick Letter to the Money Changers on Education
lified, guided and strengthened for good citizenship and solid nationhood. It is the Gestalt, Sir. The whole of it is greater than the sum of its parts. It is fixing the child for society, and not allowing the dogs of society to eat crumbs thrown under the table to the children. It is the seedling raised for the growing of good cedars in the forest, and not the tearing down of the soil for the planting of degenerate seeds of strange vines, neither is it the offering up of the “chillun’s” learning for the making of fickle kings.
Change Your Mind, Change Your Community those beliefs, thoughts and behaviors playing in your relationships on a personal, professional and community level? These are the questions that I am posing to our community.
Thecia Jenkins Staff Writer “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy You’ve heard the story of the newlywed who was preparing a roast for dinner. While preparing the roast, her husband observed her cutting the end off both sides of the roast before putting it into the roasting pan. Her husband inquired as to why she did this since there was nothing wrong with the portions she cut off. She replied in sincerity, “Well, that’s how my mother cooked her roast and her mother before her.” After her conversation with her husband she called her mother to discuss this “family tradition” and her mother simply said that’s how my mom did it. So they both called the grandmother to pursue the mystery of preparing the famous roast. The grandmother simply stated, “Well, honey I didn’t own a roasting pan large enough; so, I cut the ends off.” Wow! Two generations carrying on a practice simply because of a family tradition based on limited information and resources! What beliefs, thoughts and behaviors are you perpetuating because of lack of information and resources? And what role are From Page 5 New Laws... pets behind when fleeing violence and their abusers may threaten to kill or injure the pet. SB279 Loser pays: The goal of creating a “loser pays” system aims to cut down on frivolous lawsuits in Texas, potentially making the court system more affordable for all Texans to use. The bill calls for some plaintiffs who sue and lose to pay not just the court costs, but also the legal fees, of those they are suing. HB274 Paddling prevention: Parents may now forbid school districts from using corporal punishment on children. HB359 Funeral protests: Those who want to picket a Texas funeral must end their protests three hours before a funeral begins. Protestors also must wait for three hours to pass when funeral services conclude. HB718
Moreover, are you caught up in belief systems that an individual’s gender, race, physical abilities, economic status or language determines their role in life? Having said this, let me address the real issue - violence. What may surprise you is that some of the risk factors for domestic and sexual violence within a community are deeply rooted in an individual’s beliefs, thoughts and behaviors which were learned from previous generations. The result translates into struggle with power and control. And it plays out in our personal relationships. Domestic and sexual violence is preventable when individuals begin to change their mindset on their belief system and understanding how it affects their family. One of the ways of address this issue is to evaluate our thoughts on gender roles. It can begin with simple things such as encouraging your daughters to pursue careers in science and math or allowing your son to prepare a meal. Too often, I have seen people with a belief system that does not allow individuals to pursue “non-traditional” roles such as women in law enforcement or a men pursuing a career in dancing. Unfortunately, failure to challenge our personal worldview can lead to discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault in our community. Self awareness is essential. But most of all, it is important to understand the reasons and factors, which leads to your thought processes and its end result. Starting today, I challenge you to examine your belief system and to understand how it impacts your community. From Page 10 Eric Williams... the peoples of the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago. In this writers view, the country and its needs came before God and family at times but I am just an observer looking through rose colored glasses that shares the same love of God and country. He was the father of our Nation. He brought us out of the ashes and into the light. He poured his blood into us which stills runs with national pride. To this day, some of us cannot forget the feeling pride well up in us when we hear our national anthem. Some of us are still moved to tears of pride when our flag is raised. Let us celebrate the man, his love and his vision. Join me at St. James Episcopal Church, 3129 Southmore Blvd, Houston, Texas 77004 in worship to say Thank You for his gift to us all. We are for better or worse children of his vision.
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Dear Mr. Mammon: I see you have come to the problem of Inner-city Education like a blind man beating his stick from side-to-side; knowing where he wants to go, but woefully ignorant of the blueness that marks the healing of the children’s intellectual wounds. Someone has beguiled you with the notion that the education of “them” children in the “hood” can be conducted like a business. They showed you how to out-source their learning like common stocks to thugs in pin-striped suits. Somebody got the teachers together, stole their best practices, tacked on some phony acronyms, called it The New Approach to Insulting Teachers in the Trenches, and came speaking Shiboleth to your money. So you beat your stick in that direction, trusting the one-eyed joker selling snake oil in your boardroom.
Caveat Emptor, the mantra of Business, cannot be the mission statement of the school, or we reign in anarchy One built the walls of Inner-city Education with untempered mortar and the others dubbed it with falsehood and foolishness. They made you feel the broken bricks of standardized testing; filled with data and deceit; and even as you asked about the convulsions caused by ignorance sodomizing the “chillums” in the hood, someone only mumbled something about the closing down of school buildings, and the boom-and-clatter of the building of prisons for the “chilluns” whom your money didn’t reach. So you beat your stick in that direction, knowing where you want to go but never seeing the anxious faces of mothers resigned to the meager offerings of school sports, and the merciful psalms of coming-out-of-jail relief. • An education system mired at the top by people shackled by each other’s sins. • Experienced teachers forced out of the schools, leaving the children’s learning in the hands of despots – people who know little or care less about the significance of the children’s learning in the strengthening of nationhood. • Unscrupulous research establishments and textbook publishers selling minstrelsy to the grand children of mother Moses again-and –again –and again. Mr. Mammon, Sir, despite what they told you, Inner-city Education cannot be conducted like a Corporation. There is a heart and soul in it that must be carefully mol-
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Let us consider the difference between Inner-city Education and Business as a plant nursery and a forest. Nature teaches that the physical make-up of a seedling will not allow it to be used as a fully grown tree. Its tender parts must go through many specialized changes before it can be presented to the market as lumber, or as food. If we dare disobey the codes of nature and attempt to force the little seedling into the market prematurely, there will surely be famine and desolation in the land. So, in keeping with the natural law, we attend to the ways of bringing the plant from a seedling to a sapling and then to its fullness as a tree. Caveat Emptor, the mantra of Business, cannot be the mission statement of the school, or we reign in anarchy. Already, we see the level of dissatisfaction, apathy and dishonesty in the workplace; all caused by people infected with various forms of illiteracy. It becomes apparent, that the Teaching Profession must retain the prerogative of engaging the student at those sensitive maturational stages. Sir, what we need is not Business encroaching on the domain of Inner-city Education. Instead, as in a well run race, each meeting the other at a point of completion and the baton passed deftly for a well executed finish. There must be a dialog in which these strategic pillars of nationhood ask each other – What can I do for you? – And Business saying • We need students who are academically well rounded in every subject. • We need students who are fluent in several languages • We need students with high emotional quotients; strong in ethics and able to stand up and deliver in the storm. Then Inner-city Education answering – Put the money at the school gates, back-off and let us get the job done. • Let us hire and retain knowledgeable teachers. • Let us encourage experimentation and innovation of teaching methods by teachers in the trenches. • Let us stratify the curriculum to match the intellectual difference seen among our students, and so prepare both the college bound and the vocational student for the market. This is the division of labor, Sir, that must be maintained in the nursery of Inner-city Education in order to produce a sturdy forest of educated workers for the market. Sometimes it requires money, but mostly, it requires men and women of vision, courage and determination who are willing to live in a hut to guide the nation to academic solvency than speak Shiboleth to your money.
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Days Of Innocence BY: HUTCHIE SIMEON
Gone are the days Of shooting birds In the woods Young boys with sling shots And pockets full of stones Wading through tall grass Seeking their prey
Forgotten are the days Of children laden With buckets of water Skillfully balanced On their heads Coming from the spring Droplets running down their faces Lost is the fear Of dark starless nights When owls hoot And fireflies float aimlessly Where wood fires blazed And story telling adults Were main attractions Faded are memories Of cocks crowing at dawn And chirping birds Announced the new day Children moving sulkily Braving the cold air Doing their morning chores Where are the days When young girls and boys Swam together at the creek Where is the togetherness Of one big family Living and sharing In village communities Lost is the innocence Of playing in the rain Gathering ripe mangoes Under the trees Avoiding being hit By falling fruits All for the adventure Forgotten are kite seasons Men and boys gathered Making all types Then the entire village Would perch on a hill Watching them hover above And cheering them on Missing are boys playing marbles Kneeling in the dust Then the ketchi shubi Game of cricket Three pieces of sticks Coconut bough for a bat And a ball made out of wood Gone is the fun on rainy days Of roasting corn Or running boats The big blazing wood fires Dumpling with ackee and salt fish The wild idle jesters And the fun of induleance
“The Song of the Banana Man” BY EVAN JONES.
Touris, white man, wipin his face, Met me in Golden Grove market place. He looked at m’ol’ clothes brown wid stain , AN soaked right through wid de Portlan rain, He cas his eye, turn up his nose, He says, ‘You’re a beggar man, I suppose?’ He says, ‘Boy, get some occupation, Be of some value to your nation.’ I said, ‘By God and dis big right han You mus recognize a banana man. ‘Up in de hills, where de streams are cool, An mullet an janga swim in de pool, I have ten acres of mountain side, An a dainty-foot donkey dat I ride, Four Gros Michel, an four Lacatan, Some coconut trees, and some hills of yam, An I pasture on dat very same lan Five she-goats an a big black ram, Dat, by God an dis big right han Is de property of a banana man. ‘I leave m’yard early-mornin time An set m’foot to de mountain climb, I ben m’back to de hot-sun toil, An m’cutlass rings on de stony soil, Ploughin an weedin, diggin an plantin Till Massa Sun drop back o John Crow mountain, Den home again in cool evenin time, Perhaps whistling dis likkle rhyme, (Sung)Praise God an m’big right han I will live an die a banana man. ‘Banana day is my special day, I cut my stems an I’m on m’way, Load up de donkey, leave de lan Head down de hill to banana stan, When de truck comes roun I take a ride All de way down to de harbour sideDat is de night, when you, touris man, Would change your place wid a banana man. Yes, by God, an m’big right han I will live an die a banana man. ‘De bay is calm, an de moon is bright De hills look black for de sky is light, Down at de dock is an English ship, Restin after her ocean trip, While on de pier is a monstrous hustle, Tallymen, carriers, all in a bustle, Wid stems on deir heads in a long black snake Some singin de sons dat banana men make, Like, (Sung) Praise God an m’big right han I will live an die a banana man. ‘Den de payment comes, an we have some fun, Me, Zekiel, Breda and Duppy Son. Down at de bar near United Wharf We knock back a white rum, bus a laugh, Fill de empty bag for further toil Wid saltfish, breadfruit, coconut oil. Den head back home to m’yard to sleep, A proper sleep dat is long an deep. Yes, by God, an m’big right han I will live an die a banana man. ‘So when you see dese ol clothes brown wid stain, An soaked right through wid de Portlan rain, Don’t cas your eye nor turn your nose, Don’t judge a man by his patchy clothes, I’m a strong man, a proud man, an I’m free, Free as dese mountains, free as dis sea, I know myself, an I know my ways, An will sing wid pride to de end o my days (Sung)Praise God an m’big right han I will live an die a banana man.’
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Ingredients 1/4 pound stale bread 2 cups hot milk 2 eggs (beaten) 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons butter (melted) pinch of salt 1/2 cup raisins 4 1/2 teaspoons flour Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a baking pan and set aside. Remove and discard crusts from the bread. Cut remaining bread into cubes. Place cubes in a mixing bowl. Soak bread cubes in the hot milk for 5 to 10 minutes. Mix the soaked cubes well and then strain off excess milk. Dredge raisins in the flour and then fold into the bread and milk mix. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl. Mix well. Pour the bread mix into the greased baking pan. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes, or until a knife Sorrel Drink
Ingredients 1/2 lb butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons browning sauce 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 large eggs, 1 cup red wine 1/4 lb mixed peel, 1/4 lb cherries 1/4 lb mixed nut, 1/2 lb prune chopped 1 lb raisins, 1 freshly grated lime zest Directions Preheat oven to 325F. Spray a nine-inch cake pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. Place butter, sugar, vanilla and browning in a mixing bowl. Mix at low speed together until soft and creamy. Beat the eggs with the rum in a second bowl. Add egg mixture to butter mixture. Continue mixing at medium speed. Add in zest, dry fruit, and nuts. Sift and mix all dry ingredients. Switch mixing at low speed. Add flour mixture; do not overbeat. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for approximately 90 minutes. Remove cake from pan when cool.
Ingredients 1 lb Sorrel Leave Ginger (optional) Bay leaf Cloves Sugar Vanilla extract Whole spice 2 qts. water
Caribbean Peanut Punch
Directions Bring water to boil, then add Sorrel, bay leaf, cloves, spice, peel and mash ginger, add to boiling water. Boil for 25 minutes on moderate fire. Let cool. Add sugar and vanilla extract, put to chill for one day, then serve.
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Participants can also avail themselves of For further information about the retreat, the hiking, snorkeling, mountain biking and contact Lisa Charles of Milestone Developother outdoor activities for which Soufrière ment at 758 489-2433 or email info@mileis known the world over. “We are delighted stone-development.com. About Saint Lucia One of the Windward Islands of the West Indies’ Lesser Antilles, Saint Lucia (pronounced Saint LOO-sha) is nestled halfway down the Eastern Caribbean archipelago. The “Helen of the West Indies,” Saint Lucia is known for its natural beauty and diverse attractions, including the signature Piton Mountains - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - a tropical rainforest and one of the world’s few drive-in volcanoes. Culturally rich offerings include the bustling marketplace in the capital of Castries, quaint fishing villages along the coastline, and the annual Saint Lucia Jazz festival. Saint Lucia’s wide range of accommodations includes world-class five-star resorts, all-inclusive resorts, intimate inns and value-oriented properties. Saint Lucia also is home to world class cruise and yachting facilities. For more information, visit www.saintluciahealthandwellnessretret.com.
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