Caribbean Life News Update – 02 November 2016

Caribbean Life News Update – 02 November 2016  

Weeks after hurri­cane, Haitians struggle for clean water BY DAVID MCFADDEN | CARIBBEAN COTEAUX, Haiti (AP) _ It’s been nearly a month since Hurri­cane Matthew tore through southern Haiti and people like Kettley Rosier and many of her neigh­bors still have to spend their meager savings to buy drinking water. Trinidad PM reshu­ffles his Cabinet BY AZAD ALI | CARIBBEAN With just one year in office, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago has fired two of his Cabinet minis­ters in a major reshu­ffle he promised last month. Venez­uela’s congress opens polit­ical trial against Maduro BY JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JORGE RUEDA | CARIBBEAN CARACAS, Venez­uela (AP) — Venez­uela’s oppos­ition-contr­olled congress has opened a polit­ical trial against Presi­dent Nicolas Maduro for breaking the constit­utional order, deepe­ning a standoff trigg­ered by the author­ities’ suspe­nsion of a recall refer­endum against the embat­tled socia­list leader.          Longer, but less meani­ngful lives? BY JOHAN GALTUNG ALICANTE, Spain, Nov. 1, 2016 (IPS) – The last one hundred years life expec­tancy has incre­ased by about 25 per cent-from near 80 to near 100-in some count­ries. But, instead of incre­asing playful child­hood, educa­tion, work and retir­ement by 25 per cent, the age of retir­ement has moved much less than the age at death.   Brooklyn soca artist lands deal with local network BY ALEXANDRA SIMON | MUSIC & FASHION Starting the early stages of his music career in his cousin’s basement studio, his music is now being listened to by more than one million Tri-state resid­ents on late night show after landing a deal with a major network. Tale of a Jamaican pioneer on two wheels BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER | BOOKS It’s a great big world out there. So many things to see, so many places to visit. You can find pictures of those spots, but photos aren’t enough. You want more, and you aim to touch as much of the world as you can. It’s a common desire and, as in “Tales of the Talented Tenth: Bessie String­field” by Joel Chris­tian Gill, you might make history while you’re doing it. Battle­field exploits of heroic Army medic BY KAM WILLIAMS | MOVIES Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfi­eld) was born in the Blue Ridge Mount­ains where he was raised as a Seventh-day Adven­tist. Devoutly relig­ious, he followed his faith’s literal interpr­etation of the 10 Comman­dments, inclu­ding the 5th’s dictate that “Thou shalt not kill.” Regional confe­rence condemns gender violence in the Carib­bean BY NELSON A. KING The Economic Commi­ssion for Latin America and the Carib­bean (ECLAC) says Urugu­ayan author­ities and represen­tatives of interna­tional organiz­ations have strongly conde­mned violence against women in Latin America and the Carib­bean Carib­bean RoundUp 800,000 Haitians in dire need of immed­iate food assis­tance BY NELSON A. KING | CARIBBEAN An asses­sment condu­cted by the United Nations Food and Agricu­lture Organi­zation (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), together with the Haitian gover­nment and its National Coordi­nation for Food Security (CNSA), has deter­mined that in the wake of Hurri­cane Matthew some 1.4 million people are in need of food assis­tance, 800,000 of whom are in a dire situa­tion. Williams hosts town hall on city initia­tives, consti­tuent issues BY NELSON A. KING Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane D. Williams on Monday hosted a town hall meeting with Flatl­ands Flatbush Civic Group at P.S. 109 in East Flatbush, addre­ssing City initia­tives and consti­tuent issues. Trinid­adian songw­riter fights Zika in song BY NELSON A. KING | MUSIC & FASHION The Pan American Health Organi­zation (PAHO) says Trinid­adian singer-songw­riter Darryl Gervais has recorded a new song for to raise aware­ness in the Carib­bean about the need to fight Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that carries Zika, chikun­gunya, dengue, and other arbovi­ruses. Independent & Foreign Films BY KAM WILLIAMS | MOVIES All Govern­ments Lie (Unra­ted) Prestige biopic recou­nting intrepid investi­gative journ­alist I.F. Stone’s (1907-1989) career dedic­ated to uncov­ering polit­ical corru­ption and coverups. Immigr­ation fees set to increase BY NELSON A. KING Brooklyn Congres­swoman Yvette D. Clarke is urging indivi­duals who want to file immigr­ation applic­ations and petit­ions to submit them before Dec. 23, 2016, when several fees will increase. The Power of Pink and Prayer HEALTH On Wedne­sday, Oct. 19, The Salem Missi­onary Baptist Church hosted an impor­tant annual health event for the commu­nity. Radics releases self-empowe­rment album BY ALEXANDRA SIMON | MUSIC & FASHION Legen­dary Jamaican artist Jack Radics is relea­sing a new album with a much more personal spin. CARIB COURT OR NOT BY BERT WILKINSON | CARIBBEAN Two count­ries in the Eastern Carib­bean are prepa­ring to hold refere­ndums to deter­mine whether to ditch the British Privy Council as their final courts of appeal but indica­tions are that both govern­ments may struggle to persuade citizens to do so in suffi­cient numbers.

West Indies suffers another loss

BY AZAD ALI | SPORTS

The West Indies team conti­nues its poor showing in the Test matches in the United Arab Emirates when the team slumped to a 133-run defeat in the Second Test on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2016 to concede the three-match series to Pakistan.

England defeats West Indies

BY AZAD ALI | SPORTS

England Women won the fifth and decisive One-Day Interna­tional (ODI) by a comfor­table five wickets at Sabina Park, Jamaica to clinch the series 3-2.

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