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BUSINESS HONORS:Street Hype’s publisher Patrick Maitland and Colette Cyrus-Burnette CEO, NYSuper Wings showoff were honored by the members of the Society For theAdvancement of the Caribbean Diaspora (SACD) for their contribution to theCaribbean Diaspora. Maitland was honored for his contribution to local journal-ism and Cyrus-Burnette for entreprenurship. The presentation took place at theSACD Annual Awards Dinner Gala on Saturday (November 17) at the BrooklynCampus of the Long Island University in Brooklyn.

Food Co-op Votes to Boycott

Coca-Cola

The meeting is the top decision-mak-ing body of the co-op. The vote continuesthe banning of Minute Maid juices,Odwalla juices and smoothies and HonestTea, which used to be sold at the PSFC.

Co-op member Lew Friedman,described Coke's ongoing global labor,human rights and environmental abuses,which clash with the Mission Statement ofthe Co-op, which states:"...We seek toavoid products that depend on the exploita-tion of others....We oppose discriminationin any form..."

Friedman distributed literatures high-lighting the horrible abuses that Coke triesto hide and cover up. "These abuses," hesaid, "include complicity in murder ofunion leaders in Colombia and Guatemala;over exploitation and pollution of water indrought-prone areas of India; trampling onworkers rights in the United States andelsewhere; racial discrimination andaggressive marketing of unhealthy prod-ucts to children, especially in black andLatino communities that fuel the childhoodobesity and diabetes epidemics."

Friedman spoke of The Coke 16, agroup of black and Latino present-and- for-mer Coca-Cola employees in bottlingplants in Queens and Elmsford, New York,who are suing Coke for racial discrimina-tion. The New York Daily News dubbedthem The Coke 16 in "Coke's not it: 16workers sue, call giant 'cesspool of racialdiscrimination.'

These workers described how theysuffered from biased work assignments,unfair discipline and retaliation and a caus-tic work environment.

The Coke 16 claim that minorityworkers at Coca-Cola are typicallyassigned to the most undesirable and phys-ically dangerous jobs and that managerscontravene the seniority system by givingbetter jobs and more overtime hours toCaucasian workers with less seniority.

Minority workers become the objectof racial slurs and are denied opportunitiesfor promotion. When workers dare to speakout against the abuse, Coca-Cola retaliatesagainst them through unwanted scrutiny,unfair disciplinary actions, suspensionswithout pay and firings based on fraudulentcharges.

Continued page 4

By Pat Clark, Contributing [email protected]

The Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) in Brooklyn, with a membership of more than16,000 working members, voted on November 27 at its general meeting with

300 members present to boycott all Coca-Cola products.

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This is a quote written in an article thatI recently read in Forbes Magazine.

Although we have heard this statementbefore, somehow it is considered notimportant or it is forgotten by small busi-ness owners, managers in organizationsand people in leadership positions.

You cannot look at the bottom linewhich is creating revenue and disregardthe importance of employees’ retention.Running an organization is no easy taskbut being fair to employees should alwaysremain top priority. When employees startto express that they are not happy in theirwork environment it is up to the superiorto assess and address their concerns.

I have seen top employees resign fromorganizations. The key stakeholders knewthe resignation was in the pipeline but didnothing before or after the employee leftthe organization. Other employees makenote of this and start reciting these sadwords, “they wouldn't miss me if I wasgone.”

When employees start saying thesewords usually productivity decreases.Other words that are expressed are, “Idon't get the support I need to get my jobdone.” As an employer you need to learnthe skills necessary for your employees tofeel appreciated. Of course you can’tplease everyone, but people know whenyou are doing your best to support them.

Let us not forget other reasons keyemployees resign.

They are for lack of opportunity foradvancement and compensation.

If you are not being compensated foryour education and experience, you are outthe door, so why would you expect youremployees to stay.

As a boss, help your organizationgrow by giving your employees an oppor-tunity to build a career. A good boss triesto identify his or her employees’ expertiseand allow them to utilize it. Once utilized,allow them to build a career around it atyour organization.

How can you identify your employ-ees’ strength? Being the boss, communi-cation needs to be used effectively. Listento your employees and have an open doorpolicy.

It is important that you as the superiorcommunicate your expectations without

letting your employees feel fearful. Lastbut not least, be fair. As John C. Maxwellsaid, leaders must be close enough torelate to others, but far enough ahead tomotivate them.

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Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc withtotal cost of damage put at $71 billion.

Governor Andrew Cuomo said New Yorkneeds some $32.8 billion to restore damagedhousing, parks and infrastructure and tocover lost revenue and other expenses.

Another $9.1 billion will be used to mit-igate potential damage from future severeweather events.

The horrific destruction and floodingcaused by Hurricane Sandy continue toimpinge on thousands of residents in NewYork counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, NewYork, Richmond, Suffolk and Queens and thepeople in New Jersey’s counties of Atlantic,Cape May, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex,Monmouth, Ocean and Union.

While, the State and Cities have beenproviding assistance including federal fund-ing, a significant number of the victims arecrying out for more help.

The situation is becoming terrifying, asmost of the victims don’t have adequate

insurance protection for their businesses,homes and personal items.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office hasestimated that New York City alone had $4.8billion of uninsured private losses, $3.8 bil-lion of insured private losses and $4.5 billionin losses to City agencies.

As the victims of Sandy seek to put theirlives back on track, they are expected to facemore challenges and setbacks.

The City will also be hard pressed forresources, included an estimated $800 mil-lion needed now to fix damaged roads.

Therefore, everybody is being affectedin some ways as a result of Sandy.

Natural disaster and other act of Godwill continue to be a way of life for every-body.

We cannot stop them or predict their pre-cise occurrence.

Therefore, planning and preparing fornatural disasters are among our only viableand long-term solutions.

Although there were rooms for improve-ment, the State and City authorities performreasonable well in their preparation andresponse to the hurricane.

Governor Cuomo’s formation of threecommissions charged with undertaking acomprehensive review and making specificrecommendations to overhaul and improveNew York State’s emergency preparednessand response capabilities are steps in theright directions.

The State should however, considerworking with insurance companies to devel-op and implement affordable insurance pro-grams to mitigate losses.

We are not suggesting any further com-pulsory insurance policies or a new ‘naturaldisasters taxes.’

An aggressive education and trainingprograms on natural disasters would alsohelp people to better manage and prepare formajor weather incidents.

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WASHINGTON:

Adis Medunjanin, age 34, a Queens, res-ident who joined al-Qaeda, then plotted

and attempted to commit suicide terroristattacks, was last week sentenced in theEastern District of New York to life in prisonfor multiple federal terrorism offenses.

The defendant and his accomplicescame within days of executing a plot to con-duct coordinated suicide bombings in theNew York City subway system in September2009, as directed by senior al-Qaeda leadersin Pakistan. When the plot was foiled, thedefendant attempted to commit a terroristattack by crashing his car on the WhitestoneExpressway in an effort to kill himself andothers.

The sentence was announced by LorettaE. Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the EasternDistrict of New York, and Lisa Monaco,Assistant Attorney General for NationalSecurity.

The government’s evidence at trial inthis and related cases established that in2008, Medunjanin and his co-plotters,Najibullah Zazi and Zarein Ahmedzay,agreed to travel to Afghanistan to join theTaliban and kill United States military per-sonnel abroad. They arrived in Peshawar,Pakistan, in late August 2008, butMedunjanin and Ahmedzay were turned backat the Afghanistan border. Within days,Medunjanin, Zazi and Ahmedzay met with anal-Qaeda facilitator in Peshawar and agreed

to travel to Waziristan for terrorist training. There, they met with al-Qaeda leaders

Saleh al-Somali, then the head of al-Qaedaexternal operations, and Rashid Rauf, a high-ranking al-Qaeda operative, who explainedthat the three would be more useful to al-Qaeda and the jihad by returning to NewYork and conducting terrorist attacks.

In Waziristan, Medunjanin, Zazi andAhmedzay received al-Qaeda training onhow to use various types of high-poweredweapons, including the AK-47, PK machinegun, and rocket-propelled grenade launcher.During the training, al-Qaeda leaders, includ-ing Adnan El Shukrijumah, continued toencourage Medunjanin and his fellow plot-ters to return to the United States to conduct

a “martyrdom” operation, and emphasizedthe need to hit well-known targets and maxi-mize the number of casualties. Medunjanin,Zazi and Ahmedzay agreed and discussed thetiming of the attacks and possible target loca-tions in Manhattan, including the subwaysystem, Grand Central Terminal, the NewYork Stock Exchange, Times Square andmovie theaters.

Upon their return to the UnitedStates, Medunjanin, Zazi and Ahmedzay metand agreed to carry out suicide bombingsduring the Muslim holiday of Ramadan,which fell in late August and September2009. Zazi agreed to prepare the explosives,and all three agreed to conduct coordinatedsuicide bombings.

Continued from page 1"Because of these working conditions,"Mr. Friedman stated, "these workers havesuffered serious emotional trauma in addi-tion to loss of income and job promo-tions."

Coca-Cola has a long history of racialdiscrimination. In his last speech beforehis assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr.told his audience: "We are asking youtonight to go out and tell your neighborsnot to buy Coca-Cola."

In 2001, Coke settled a class actionlawsuit accusing Coca-Cola of racial dis-crimination against African-Americanemployees. The company agreed to pay$192.5 million, which became the largestracial discrimination settlement in U.S.history.

For all these reasons, Friedman askedthe General Meeting to vote to continuethe Coca-Cola boycott which passed near-ly unanimously for the fourth time.

Al-Qaeda Operative Gets Life in Prison

TOYS FOR KIDS DRIVE:Venroy Nairne president and founder of the Cotton Tree Toys for Kids Inc (c) along with Herman LaMont Jamaican consulgeneral (1st l) and Lyndon Williams vice-chairman of 13th District of the Westchester County Board of Legislators at the 4thannual “Toy Drive Barbecue,” held in Mount Veron on November 17. The foundation which is in operations for the past 16years aims at securing toys and other educational supplies for children in Jamaica.

Food Co-op Votes to Boycott Coca-Cola

Co-Op City ToRemain AffordableHousing ProgramThe Bronx's Co-op City will stay in an

affordable housing program for atleast another 35 years, thanks to a $621million government-backed loan.

The money will fund maintenanceand repair projects in the 44-year-oldcomplex, as well as pay off the existingmortgage.

The move is expected to save $150million over the next 14 years, keepingthe complex from having to raisecharges to owners.

Officials say in a high-priced realestate market like New York City, it'simportant to make sure Co-op City staysas inexpensive as possible.

Co-op city has about 55,000 resi-dents.

President ObamaApproves Gas

Pipeline Through Parts Of Queens, BrooklynPresident Barack Obama recently

approved a natural gas pipeline run-ning through the Gateway National

Recreation area of Queens and Brooklyn.

It clears the way for the federal gov-ernment to hand out permits for a roughlythree-mile natural gas pipeline through theGateway National Recreation area, flowinginto Brooklyn and Queens.

Michael Grimm and Gregory Meeks,the congressmen who sponsored the bill,said it will help get clean energy and jobsto New Yorkers.

"This is going to be able to bring incheaper, less expensive gas that we desper-ately need, and in so doing, there'll be workdone on an infrastructure that obviously weneed as well," Grimm said.

"One of the things that we are lookingto do, which is important now, given thestorm, is creating jobs," Meeks said. "Thisis an opportunity to hopefully put somefolks back to work."

Critics, including some residents inthe area, say the pipeline will damage theenvironment.


NEWS

Suspensions ComingIn Stuyvesant

Cheating ScandalThere is more fallout from the cheating

scandal at Stuyvesant High School.Suspensions are being handed down

after a student was caught texting answers toregents exams.

66 of the 71 students caught cheatingface a five-day suspension from school.

Stuyvesant is also instituting an honestypolicy that will have to be reviewed andsigned by every student and their parents atthe school.

Since classes began Thursday, 17 cell-phones have been taken away from students.

In a statement, Schools ChancellorDennis Walcott said "As we said at the startof this investigation, we have zero tolerancefor cheating or academic dishonesty of anykind and the students involved in this inci-dent will now face disciplinary action."

Seven students from the Mount VernonHigh School were arrested and

charged by the Mount Vernon Police onThursday (November 30) in response toseveral fights in the school’s in the cafe-teria area.

The students were arrested on vari-ous charges, however information wasnot available at this time and the causefor the initial fighting is still under inves-tigation.

According to a press release from theMount Vernon Mayor’s office, as thePolice entered the cafeteria, they weremet with several fights, as well asonlookers that began throwing bottles,cans and food at the Officers.

Officers removed several personsinvolved in the fighting, however, acrowd estimated at over 200 students fol-lowed outside, and continued the distur-bance where several additional fightsbroke out.

The Officers arrested combatantsand mutual aid was requested from sur-rounding Departments. No major injurieswere reported by any students or byOfficers at the scene. There were no non-lethal methods of restraint used by anyofficers responding to the scene.

“A staggered dismissal was placed inaffect to ensure the safety of all childrenon their return home. TheSuperintendant, the School Board and thePolice Department worked cooperativelyto bring this situation under control with-out further incident,” the release noted.

Seven Mount VernonStudents Arrested

Drivers should get ready to pay evenmore when using Port Authority

bridges and tunnels.Starting Sunday, cash tolls on the

George Washington Bridge, LincolnTunnel, Holland Tunnel, GoethalsBridge, Bayonne Bridge andOuterbridge Crossing will go up $1 to$13.

E-ZPass users will see their tollsincrease 75 cents to $10.25 during peaktimes and $8.25 off peak.The hikes are part of a series of increas-es planned by the Port Authority.

They're scheduled to go up againnext December unless a pending lawsuitblocks the increase.

Increased Toll Charges

RHYTHM REVUE:Council Member Jumaane D. Williamsjoins acclaimed actor and directorMelvin Van Peebles at the RhythmRevue Dance Party at RoselandBallroom on Saturday, November 17th;Councilmember Williams presentedhost and founder Felix Hernandez aCity Council proclamation for theparty’s twentieth anniversary.

-Photo Credit: Keith Dawson/NYC Council

Hold On Public Housing Eviction Notices

Extended AgainThe hold on eviction notices for public

housing residents affected by HurricaneSandy is being extended again.

New York City Housing Authority offi-cials say they will not pursue any new courtactions for non-payment of rent, includingevictions, until February 1 instead of NewYear's Day.

It will also put a freeze on 30-dayvacate orders. Cases already in the systemwill be left to the judge's discretion.

Eviction notices and vacate orders willstill be issued if residents are found to bebreaking the law, such as running illegalbusinesses out of their apartment.

A reminder; if you're a public housingresident who was without heat, hot water orelectricity as a result of the storm, you stillmust pay your full rent this month, but you'llget a rebate that will be good toward yourJanuary rent.

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Jamaica sees significant reduction in AIDS-related deaths

Kingston, Jamaica WI:

Dr. Fenton Ferguson; Jamaica'sMinister of Health, has expressed

confidence that the country will see fur-ther improvements in reduction of HIVand AIDS related illnesses and deathswithin the next three years.

In his message to mark World AidsDay on Saturday, Dr. Ferguson pointedto significant declines in AIDS relateddeaths in Jamaica since 2006; due inlarge measure to the introduction ofanti-retroviral drugs.

So far there have been 333 AIDS in2012, compared with 665 in 2004.

Of the 2012 figures, 197 weremales and 136 females. AdditionallyDr. Ferguson said Jamaica's HIV pro-gramme has been lauded as beingamong the most successful in the LatinAmerican and Caribbean Region.

Increased access to testing,improved HIV surveillance andincreased awareness about HIV amongthe general population, as well as healthworkers have been cited as among thereasons for Jamaica's successes.

EU parliamentarian lashesout at ACP countries

PARAMARIBO, Suriname:

Louis Michel, co-president of theACP-EU Joint Parliamentary

Assembly, lashed out at the formercolonies in the African, Caribbean andPacific region (ACP) for their unrelent-ing complaints and stalling to sign orratify the Economic PartnershipAgreements (EPA) with the EuropeanUnion (EU).

At the just concluded joint meetingin Paramaribo, once again the EPAscame under fire from ACP countriescriticizing the power the EU will havewhen signatories to the agreement wantto establish preferential trade arrange-ments with third economic partners.

Grenada journalist pleads 'not guilty' to finance ministerST GEORGE’S, Grenada --

One of Grenada’s best-known writersand commentators has accused the

country’s finance minister, NazimBurke, of engaging in a fight for powerand badmouthing political friends.“You’ve done a very good job at that andyou needed no help,” journalist HamletMark said on Wednesday in commentsdirected at Burke, who is also deputyleader of the ruling National DemocraticCongress (NDC).

Burke and Mark were on the samecampaign team that brought victory tothe NDC in general elections in July2008.

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Jamaican Exporters Not ReadyTo Meet US Food StandardCourtesy of Jamaica ObserverBY SHAMILLE SCOTT

Kingston, Jamaica WI

JAMAICAN food exporters are engaged ina fierce battle against time to meet newUS safety standards, which could bar manyof them from shipping products to the keyoverseas market by early next year.

After working on improvements tocomply with the US Food SafetyModernization Act (FSMA), some Jamaicanexporters still don't have Hazard Analysisand Critical Point (HACCP) plans, requiredunder the new rules.

Late last year to early and mid-2012,exporters realized that they had to comply,said Dr Andre Gordon, former past presidentof the Jamaica Exporters' Association (JEA).

"It is expected that some exporters won'tmeet the requirements if they haven't startedthe process," he told Caribbean BusinessReport yesterday at JEA's Annual GeneralMeeting.

The FSMA is considered to be the mostsweeping of America's food safety laws inmore than 70 years. President Barack Obamasigned it into law in January last year.

US Ambassador to Jamaica PamelaBridgewater warned exporters about the seri-ous impact the new measures could have ontheir businesses, while stating that the USFood and Drug Administration (FDA) hasactively engaged local exporters and hasshared with them best practices to improvetheir standards.

"Exporters must be reminded that prod-ucts that are brought to the US market mustmeet the same standards as our domesticproducts," she said. "We've heard it will neg-atively impact Jamaican exporters, but it hassparked exporters to improve their quality,"she added.

Turks and Caicosgovernment pushesfor independence

Turks and Caicos Islands:

The newly-elected gov-ernment of the Turks and

Caicos Islands (TCI), led byPremier Dr Rufus Ewing, hasindicated that one of its toppriorities is to move the terri-tory rapidly towards inde-pendence.

In the Throne Speechoutlining the government legislative agenda,delivered by Governor Ric Todd onWednesday at the opening of the newNational Assembly, he said, “My governmentholds as one of its greatest charges, theresponsibility of readying our Islands and ourpeople for the move toward independence.”

“We will convene a Commission forIndependence whose mandate will be todefine the process required to achieve thisgoal by creation of specific developmentaltargets. The achievement of these objectiveswill enable this eventual transition whencalled for by our people through a free andfair referendum on the question,” the gover-nor concluded.

In the recent election campaign, thequestion of independence was frequentlyraised but the narrow winners at the polls, theProgressive National Party (PNP), appearedto back away from the issue in the final days,possibly fearing an absence of widespreadsupport locally for independence.

EwingUS Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater with Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA)President Vitus Evans at yesterday’s JEA Annual General Meeting. (Photo: Marlon Reid)

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The American Immigration Council’sLegal Action Center recently argued

that local police violated the FourthAmendment by unnecessarily prolongingan individual’s detention based solely onthe suspicion that he was not lawfullypresent in the United States.

In Arizona v. United States, theSupreme Court cautioned against pro-longing a detention to investigate immi-gration status when it sanctioned Section2(B) of SB1070, which requires localpolice to investigate immigration statusduring a lawful stop or arrest based onreasonable suspicion of unlawful pres-ence.

The Legal Action Center filed anamicus brief in Jimenez-Domingo v.Holder, No. 12-14048-D, which is cur-rently pending in the Eleventh CircuitCourt of Appeals. Following a routinetraffic stop, the Palm Beach GardensPolice Department detained the Petitionerand other passengers for over an hour toawait the arrival of Customs and BorderProtection (CBP).

Rejecting the Petitioner’s repeatedrequests to consult his lawyer, CBP arrest-

ed, interrogated and placed him inremoval proceedings.

The Council challenged the Board ofImmigration Appeals’ denial of thePetitioner’s motion to suppress evidenceobtained through the police’s unlawfulconduct.

Although the Supreme Court has heldthat evidence unlawfully obtained by fed-eral immigration officers need not alwaysbe excluded from removal proceedings,the Court’s rationale does not apply to sit-uations in which evidence was obtainedthrough a constitutional violation by locallaw enforcement officers.

“Given the increasing involvement oflocal police in immigration enforcementand their relative lack of training in feder-al immigration law, the suppression ofevidence is necessary to deter the type ofconstitutional violations foreshadowed inthe Supreme Court’s decision on SB1070,” according to Melissa Crow,Director of the American ImmigrationCouncil’s Legal Action Center.

The Petitioner is represented byRebecca Sharpless, who directs theImmigration Clinic at the University ofMiami School of Law.

AIC Challenges Unlawful PoliceConduct Towards Detainees

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The Supreme Court of theState of New York is the

only court that handlesdivorce cases, and aSupreme Court judge is theonly person who can legallygrant a divorce.

You should go to theSupreme Court in the countywhere you or your spousenow live. You cannot get adivorce in Family Court.

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Visit CourtHelp.org formore information on choos-ing the right court for yourparticular issue.

What is an annulment?Unlike a divorce that ends avalid marriage, an annulmentestablishes that the marriageis not legally valid, and thegrounds for annulment aredifferent from a divorce. Toget an annulment, you willneed to prove ONE of thefollowing:• Bigamy: one of the partieswas still married to someoneelse at the time of the secondmarriage.• Either spouse was incur-ably unable to have sexualintercourse at the time of themarriage.

• After marriage, eitherspouse becomes incurablyinsane for five (5) years ormore. The Court may requirethe sane spouse to supportthe Marriage between per-sons under 18, if the spouseunder 18 wants the annul-ment. The annulment willnot be granted if the personunder 18 freely cohabited(had sexual relations) withthe other spouse after turning18.• Spouse is unable to under-stand the nature, effect and

consequences of marriagebecause of mental incapaci-ty.• Spouse agreed to marry asa result of force or duress bythe other.• Fraud (most commonground): the consent tomarry was obtained by fraudthat would have deceived anordinarily prudent personand was material to obtain-ing the other party's consent.The fraud must go to theessence of the marriage con-tract.

Concealment of a mate-rial fact may constitute fraud.Sexual intercourse evidenc-ing forgiveness is an absolutedefense.

To learn about religiousannulment, you should con-sult the religious faith thatperformed the marriage.

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Usain Bolt garnersfourth IAAF award

BARCELONA, Spain --

Usain Bolt won the IAAF WorldAthlete of the Year award for the

fourth time Saturday after defending his100 and 200 meter gold medals at last sum-mer's Olympic Games in London.

The Jamaican sprinter, who beat outAmerican hurdler Aries Merritt andKenyan runner David Rudisha, had previ-ously won the award in 2008, 2009, and2011.

"For me this is a great honor to win afourth time. I really worked hard and I wasreally focused this year. This season wasone of my toughest. I had my ups anddowns, even though we don't like to talkabout them," said Bolt, who thanked hiscoach and the fans at the Olympics.

"The London games were magnifi-cent. Fans were there in the stadium from10 in the morning. I had never seen any-thing like that."

Sprinter Allyson Felix of the UnitedStates took home the women's award.

In 2003, Bolt and Felix won the RisingStar awards for the most promising youngathletes of the year.

"Nine years ago I was here withAllyson, now I am back, that means I amgetting old, which is slightly worrying,"said the 26-year-old Bolt. "But I will con-tinue to work hard."

Felix won the 200-meter gold medalin London after settling for silver fouryears earlier in Beijing.

"My biggest defeats have come at theOlympic Games. After Beijing I was dev-astated, I had worked as hard as possiblebut I came up short," she said. "But I decid-ed to rededicate myself even harder and itwas a blessing in disguise. I was able towork harder than ever before and finally itall came together."

The awards were announced on thefinal day of the IAAF's 100th anniversarycelebration.

Brazil's coach firedBrazil's football federation has firednational team coach Mano Menezes aftera meeting in Sao Paulo on Friday.

According to reports federation pres-ident Jose Maria Marin made the changebecause he wanted new methods and newplanning ahead of the 2014 world cup thatbrazil will host. 2002 world cup-winningcoach Luiz Felipe Scolari is one of thenames being touted to replace Menezes.

Rogge supports doubling of doping ban

International Olympic Committee (IOC)president Jacques Rogge is supportingproposals to double the length of dopingbans to four years as a way of keepingdrug cheats out of the Olympics.

The world anti-doping agency isplanning to raise the penalty from two tofour years for serious drug violations inthe next version of the Global Anti-Doping Code, which comes up forapproval next year and goes into effect in2015.

West Indies BeatsBangladesh 2-0

West Indies won the second Test andthe series 2-0 against Bangladesh

after winning the Khulna Test by 10-wick-ets.

The 31-year-old Barbadian followedhis maiden five-wicket haul in the firstTest win in Dhaka with 6-40 to dismiss thehome team for 287 in the second inningson the fifth and final morning at SheikhAbu Naser Stadium.

The tourists knocked off the required27 runs in just 4.4 overs to win their sec-ond successive series in Bangladesh. Theyalso won the two-Test series 1-0 last year.

Chris Gayle finished with 20 not outwhile fellow opener Kieran Powell (ninenot out) sealed the win with two consecu-tive boundaries off Naeem Islam.

Bangladesh avoided an innings defeatthanks to a fighting 94 by Nasir Hossainbut lost their last four wickets with theaddition of 61 runs after resuming at 226-6.

It is Bangladesh's 65th defeat in 75Tests since gaining Test status 12 years ago-a dismal record which constantly raisesquestions over their right to play the five-day version of the game. Their lossesinclude 34 defeats by an innings.

Shakib Al Hasan had delayed a WestIndian win on Saturday when he hit a defi-ant 97 but he fell to an irresponsible shot inthe penultimate over of the day, exposingthe tail for the West Indies on the final day.

By Susan Friedman

Despite Hurricane Sandy, New YorkMartial Arts Hall of Famer Hanshi

Rick Diaz was able to pull together thelargest Martial Arts tournament in NewYork City.

Although they had a change of venuedue to Sandy, Karate Tournament ofChampions (KToC) did not quit. Theywent from Queens College to a venue ¼of the size; the Electrical IndustriesCenter. Over 600 Competitorsfrom the five boroughs and around theworld and 400 Spectators had a great time

at the annual tournament. Martial artistsof all ages displayed a spectacular array ofskill and competitors took home 6-foottrophies, cups and medals.

The Grand Champion Winners areboth World Champions from New YorkCity. World Champion and Men’s GrandChampion Winner was Ross Levine fromBrooklyn and World Champion andGrand Champion in youth forms wasDestiny Vergara from Queens.

New York has some of the bestMartial Artist in the world. We are lookingforward to next year's KToC International.

Infamous Grand Master Miyazaki (from Japan), Hanshi Rick Diaz, Master KaiLeung, Destiny Vergara (Youth Grand Champion)

The 2012 Karate Tournament Of Champions Kicks Off

DEVASTATING FORM: Tino Best took a career best 6-

40 against Bangladesh.

Sunshine girls beatenby Australians

The under-21 Sunshine Girls were beaten60-31 by their Australian counterparts inthe first of their three netball tests at theNational Indoor Sports centre Fridaynight.

The Jamaicans were within two goalsof their opponents at the end of the firstquarter, but could not keep pace as thematch wore on.

The answer was also not to be foundin the numerous substitutions in trying tostem the

Australian goal-tide.


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Reggae To Make Its Debut At NewBarclays Center

News Americas, Brooklyn:

The Caribbean’s most popular musi-cal genre is set to make its debut at

the multi-purpose Barclays Center, inBrooklyn, NY.

The borough, home to thousands ofCaribbean nationals and fans of reggaemusic, will get a front seat to top actswhen the ‘BIOLIFE Sounds of Reggae’concert rolls into the home of theBrooklyn Nets on Dec. 12, 2012.

The event, the first reggae concert atthe new arena, is set to feature four of thebrightest stars on the reggae scene: AliCampbell’s UB40, Beres Hammond andGrammy Award winners Maxi Priest andShaggy.

Jammins Entertainment, producer ofthe event, also said the concert will beheld under the distinguished patronageof the Consul General of Jamaica,Herman La Mont while part proceedswill benefit the American Foundation forThe University of The West Indies(AFUWI) Scholarship Fund.

Tickets range from $83.50 (upperlevel) to $103.50 (lower level) and areavailable through ticketmaster by visit-ing barclayscenter.com or www.ticket-master.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.

Courtsey of www.mp3waxx.comSuper-producer Dr. Dre surpasses popstars, rock stars, and fellow rappers torank No. 1 on Forbes’ Highest-PaidMusicians 2012 list. See how much Dre &other top music stars made.

Hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre earned $110million based largely on his Beats by Dr.Dre headphones line.

He pocketed a reported $100 millionpretax when handset maker HTC paid$300 million for a 51% stake in the com-pany last year. He and his partners laterbought back half of what they sold.

Rihanna comes in at No. 12 with $53million thanks to her endorsements withVita Coco and Armani Jeans, her fra-grance Reb’l Fleur, and her “Loud” tour.

She is followed by Lady Gaga at No.13 with $52 million. Diddy ties with KatyPerry for the No. 14 spot ($45 million).Beyoncé holds it down at No. 18 with $40million, while her husband Jay-Z landstwo spots below with $38 million.

Here’s the full list:Forbes’ Highest-Paid Musicians 20121. Dr. Dre – $110 million2. Roger Waters – $88 million3. Elton John – $80 million4. U2 – $78 million5. Take That – $69 million6. Bon Jovi – $60 million7. Britney Spears – $58 million

8. Paul McCartney – $57 million (tie)8. Taylor Swift – $57 million (tie)10. Justin Bieber – $55 million (tie)10. Toby Keith – $55 million12. Rihanna – $53 million13. Lady Gaga – $52 million14. Foo Fighters – $47 million15. Diddy – $45 million (tie)15. Katy Perry – $45 million (tie)17. Kenny Chesney – $44 million18. Beyoncé – $40 million19. Red Hot Chili Peppers – $39 million20. Jay-Z – $38 million21. Coldplay – $37 million22. Adele – $35 million (tie)22. Kanye West – $35 million (tie)24. Michael Bublé – $34 million25. Sade – $33 million

Dr. Dre Tops Forbes 2012Highest Paid Musicians List

Super-producer Dr. Dre surpasses pop stars,rock stars, and fellow rappers to rank No. 1 onForbes’ Highest-Paid Musicians 2012 list. Seehow much Dre & other top music stars made.

Mike Tyson show hits stage next yearAstage show about the life of former

heavyweight boxing champion MikeTyson will be shown in 36 cities over 10weeks next year.

The show is being heled by Oscar-nominated director Spike Lee and is writtenby his wife, Kiki Tyson, Undisputed Truthis an autobiographical monologue, whichpremiered in Las Vegas in April.

After a run on Broadway, TheHollywood Reporter described it as "weird-ly fascinating" while "The Telegraph said itwas, at times, "self-indulgent."

The two-hour production, showsTyson reflecting on growing up inBrooklyn without a father, his rise to fame,a stint in prison, battling drug addiction andhis infamous biting of Evander Holyfield'sear in a 1997 match.

MEMBERS OF THEHANDBELL CHOIR FORTHE WHITE HOUSE:

The growing acclaim ofthe English HandbellChoir of the Church ofthe Good Shepherd inthe Bronx, New York isabout to intensify withthe arrival of the aston-ishing news that thechoir, made up of mostlyJamaicans, will performat the White HouseChristmas Showcase inWashington DC.


DIASPORA AFFAIRS

In the past, Dr. Ross has helpedarrange international bond issues for thegovt of Jamaica and he shared with me hishope for Jamaica's future and the role ofthe diaspora.

Q: We are in a global financial crisis;however, it is said that Jamaica, as chal-lenged as the country is, is in a better stateof affairs than several major Europeannations. What are some of the positiveindicators in Jamaica’s economy that givehope for riding out this global crisis?

A: From the point of view of financialmarket investors, Jamaica has a fewredeeming qualities that give hope that thecountry will ride out the crisis. First, thereis a broad social consensus in foreignexchange stability and honoring externalobligations.

This has prevented capital flight, mar-ket panic, and social instability that wehave seen in some countries in Europe.Second, the debt amortization profilelooks fairly benign, with the next majorexternal bond amortization not due until2014.

Thus, there is no looming maturity toexcessively worry investors. Moreover,the government has been able to roll overdomestic debt maturities and fund itselfwith relative ease in the local bond market.

Finally, the government has shownwillingness to work with the IMF on a newprogram that will focus on policies to rein-vigorate economic growth.

Q: How does Jamaica compare with othernations in the region, such as Belize?

A: Jamaica suffers from many of the sameills that are affecting the Caribbeanregion—namely, low growth and highdebt.

However, Jamaica has shown remark-able resilience in maintaining payments onits external indebtedness, despite painfulconditions at home. The population (repre-sented by its policymakers) seems to feel avery strong moral obligation to honor itsdebt obligations.

Market participants call this having astrong “willingness to pay”. This stands incontrast to some other countries in theregion, such as Belize in the Caribbean, orEcuador and Argentina in the LatinAmerican region. These countries haverestructured their debts in the past, in orderto try to avoid difficult adjustment pro-grams.

Q: What role might the Jamaican diaspo-ra play in strengthening Jamaica’s econo-my and is the bond market a good invest-ment for Jamaicans abroad?

ANSWER: The diaspora has a strong roleto play in strengthening Jamaica’s econo-my. It already provides a crucial role in

terms of remittance flows to relatives inJamaica.

Beyond that, Jamaicans living abroadare better equipped than most to: a) assessbusiness opportunities in Jamaica; b) fig-ure out how industrial and businessprocesses learned abroad could be appliedin Jamaica; and c) harness the resources totake advantage of the opportunities. Thus,it is somewhat surprising that we have notseen more business investment dollarsfrom the diaspora moving into Jamaica.

As for the Jamaican bond marketbeing a good investment for the diaspora,that would depend on the yields offeredand the available alternatives, but again,diaspora investors may be better equippedto assess the risk-reward profile of suchfinancial investments than others.

Q: Name a few of the best bond invest-ments in the Jamaican market?

A: Without commenting on the relativemerits or recommending any specificsecurities, bond investments available inJamaica range from pure governmentbonds in US dollars across the maturityspectrum (from 2015 maturity to 2039maturity), bonds from quasi-governmentagencies such as Clarendon Alumina(CAPJAM), Air Jamaica, and the NationalRoad Operating and ConstructionCompany (NROCC), as well as bondsfrom strong private sector issuers such asDigicel and Jamaica Public Service. Thus,there is no shortage of investment optionsin this space.Q: What is your take on Jamaica’s eco-nomic recovery in the short-, medium- andlong-term?

A: Jamaica’s short term economic outlookis fairly weak, due to the weak externalglobal conditions (at least in Jamaica’s

main tourist markets) and the likely needto maintain ongoing austerity in the con-text of the IMF program. Indeed, econom-ic growth has been 0%-1% this year.

However, the medium to long termoutlook can be rosier. It depends greatly onthe cocktail of economic policies that theIMF and government agree upon to rein-vigorate economic growth in Jamaica.

Not only does the cocktail of policiesmatter, but successful implementationmatters even more.

This has been Jamaica’s weak spot inthe past. Blueprints for tax reform, publicsector reform, and others have been on thetable.

However, implementation has beenlacking, due in large part to the weakexternal environment and the political

realities of the dislocation that thesereforms can cause in the near term.

With the right set of policies, com-bined with financial support from the mul-tilateral institutions, as well as, perhaps,inward investment from the diaspora, thereis no reason why Jamaica’s economy can-not be catapulted onto a better and moreprosperous growth path.

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Jamaica's Economic Recovery and Its Diaspora As A Key PlayerMuch is being touted about the vital role of the Jamaican diaspora in the develop-

ment of the country beyond the massive remittance flows, for which the diasporais responsible. The heated debate about Jamaica's debt strategy with the IMF aside, Iwanted to hear from a top financial expert about the country's ability to ride out theglobal financial crisis. Who better to consult than Carl Ross, PhD, and ManagingDirector, Oppenheimer.

DR. CARL ROSSManaging Director, Oppenheimer

-Dr. Geneive Brown Metzger is Jamaica's 8thConsul General to New York and a marketingand public relations expert. Described as adiaspora innovator, she served on a U.S. StateDepartment Think Tank on diaspora affairsand currently blogs for the State Department'sdiapora initiative, International DiasporaEngagement Alliance (IdEA), website. She canbe reached at [email protected].

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DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE:Vincent Hosang President & CEO of Royal Caribbean Bakery was conferred with an honorary Doctor ofLaws degree by the University of the West Indies at the commencement ceremonies held at the campusin Kingston Jamaica WI on Friday November 2nd. In photo HoSang (r) receiving his honorary degree fromChancellor, George Alleyne.

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STAFF PARTY:Pimento CaribbeanRestaurant CEO’sLloyd James (2ndright), poses withhis staff along withDJ TC (1st right)and DJ Oxtail (4thleft stooping) at thecompany annualstaff party and din-ner held last Fridayat Eastwood Monorin the Bronx

Jamaican Comedian/Singer Henry Lindo (c) raps withPimento Caribbean Restaurant CEO’s Lloyd James andStreet Hype/radio personality Divine Diva after his per-formance at the company’s dinner/party recently.

The men andwomen ofBrooklynMetropolis LionsClub collaboratedwith Hope CityEmpowermentCenter, which isled by BradleyBackus, Esq tohelp 338 men andwomen celebrateThanksgiving infine style.


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Brooklyn:

After months of preparation andpromotion, the 8th Annual

Reggae Culture Salute scheduled forSaturday, November 3rd was forcedinto postponement by HurricaneSandy but took place on Sunday(November 25) to rave reviews.

"Postponements don't usuallywork out well," said CarlyleMcKetty, president of the Coalitionto Preserve Reggae (CPR), host ofthe event, as a steady flow of patrons

gathered inside the performancespace at Nazareth Regional HighSchool. "We are very fortunate tohave this robust gathering with sucha positive vibe despite the circum-stance," he said.

The family friendly event gotstarted with a libation by MC SharonGordon which was followed byNyabinghi Drumming by RasMenelik and the Ark Angels beforemoving to a solo dance routine by 8year old Douglas Baldeo.

The CPR Showcase which alsofeatured other CPR members includ-ing Major Daps, Sis Cindy,Tayazawan, Major One and PrinceAloysius.

Presentation of awards fol-lowed, with Luciano the Messengerreceiving a Congressional Pro-cla-mation from Congresswoman YvetteClarke, and a New York City Citationfrom Councilman Juumane Williamspresented by Jamaica's ConsulGeneral to New York, Honorable

Herman LaMont who also broughtgreetings on the occasion ofJamaica's 50th anniversary ofIndependence.

Following the award presenta-tions, Luciano took the stage withAnthem Band backing, and foralmost two hours kept the audienceon their feet singing and dancing tohit after hit. Luciano was in rareform and his exuberance made for agreat stage presence.

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Luciano Shines at Reggae Culture Salute

SURPRISED:CPR Chair and co-founder, Sharon Gordon (r) wassurprised when Congresswoman Clarke (c) present-ed her with a Congressional Proclamation for hermany years as a cultural activist.

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YOUTH IN FOCUSKIDS ADVICE

For children, divorce can be stressful,sad, and confusing. At any age, kids

may feel uncertain or angry at the prospectof mom and dad splitting up.

As a parent, you can make the processand its effects less painful for your chil-dren. Helping your kids cope with divorcemeans providing stability in your homeand attending to your children's needs witha reassuring, positive attitude. It won't be aseamless process, but these tips can helpyour children cope.

A parent’s guide to supporting your child through a divorce

As a parent, it’s normal to feel uncertainabout how to give your children the rightsupport through your divorce or separa-tion. It may be uncharted territory, but youcan successfully navigate this unsettlingtime—and help your kids emerge from itfeeling loved, confident, and strong.

There are many ways you can helpyour kids adjust to separation or divorce.Your patience, reassurance, and listeningear can minimize tension as children learnto cope with new circumstances. By providing routines kids can rely on, youremind children they can count on you forstability, structure, and care. And if you canmaintain a working relationship with yourex, you can help kids avoid the stress thatcomes with watching parents in conflict.

Such a transitional time can’t be with-out some measure of hardship, but you canpowerfully reduce your children’s pain bymaking their well-being your top priority.

What I need from my mom and dad: A child’s list of wants

I need both of you to stay involved in my

life. Please write letters, make phone calls,and ask me lots of questions. When youdon’t stay involved, I feel like I’m notimportant and that you don’t really loveme.Please stop fighting and work hard to get

along with each other. Try to agree on mat-ters related to me. When you fight aboutme, I think that I did something wrong andI feel guilty.

I want to love you both and enjoy thetime that I spend with each of you. Pleasesupport me and the time that I spend witheach of you. If you act jealously or upset, Ifeel like I need to take sides and love oneparent more than the other.

Please communicate directly with myother parent so that I don’t have to sendmessages back and forth.

When talking about my other parent,please say only nice things, or don’t sayanything at all. When you say mean,unkind things about my other parent, I feellike you are expecting me to take your side.Please remember that I want both of you

to be a part of my life. I count on my momand dad to raise me, to teach me what isimportant, and to help me when I haveproblems.

Helping children cope with divorce: What to tell your kidsWhen it comes to telling your kids

about your divorce, many parents freezeup. Make the conversation a little easier onboth yourself and your children by prepar-ing significantly before you sit down totalk.

If you can anticipate tough questions,deal with your own anxieties ahead oftime, and plan carefully what you’ll betelling them, you will be better equipped tohelp your children handle the news.

What to say and how to say itDifficult as it may be to do, try to strike anempathetic tone and address the mostimportant points right up front. Give yourchildren the benefit of an honest—but kid-friendly—explanation.

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The USA Swimming Foundation hosteda swim clinic at the Imagine

Swimming Pool in Manhattan for 31 thirdgraders from P.S. 92 in Harlem. Parksarranged P.S. 92's participation in the clin-ic, since the school took part in our SwimFor Life program last year at the JohnHansborough Pool in Manhattan Monday(November 19).

Learning how to swim is one thing,learning how to swim from four Olympiansis quite another. Olympians participating inthe clinic included Cullen Jones-2012 and

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The clinic highlighted the USASwimming Foundation's Make-A-Splashprogram, which is a national water safetyinitiative to teach children to swim and pre-vent drowning. Parks is a local Make-A-Splash partner receiving grant money fromthe USA Swimming Foundation to supportour Swim For Life program.

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I give my children threechances when they misbe-have. If they continue, theyare punished. They knowthat there will be conse-quences if they do wrong.

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Dear Mom In Control:Thank you for commenting.However, I stand by myposition that there are moreeffective ways to discipline achild than by using physicalpunishment.

After printing "Wade inGeorgia's letter, I was flood-ed with mail from parentsand adult children across thecountry.

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When you strike some-one with an object, you haveno idea how hard you arereally hitting.

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Weh Buju deh, weh Kartel deh, wehAnandi Lowe deh, weh Denroy Morgan deh,weh Captain Barkey deh? Dem end up sad,but what is even more sad is that is where agreat part of the country also deh.

Now, on the track some can run, butthat’s the thing only some, that still leavebehind some, the whole country splitbetween ‘Gully’ and ‘Gaza’, and in thatthere is the cruel reality of ‘klans’ and ‘One-Order,’ and other murderous gangs fightingfor border.

It has brought some fame, but thedancehall with its core ghetto mentality to anextent is to be blamed. In other countriesthere is music that promotes violence, sexu-al explicitness, disobeying the law and otherimmoral and society breakdown teachings,like Hip Hop,

Dancehall’s cousin in America, howev-er the influence of Rap music in the U.S islimited, relatively marginal to the ghettosand not impacting all of the society, due tocertain implementations the country has inplace.

Jamaica on the other hand have theDancehall music culture against its progress.Jamaica is too small – it’s not a society yetthat is advance in development to limit thereach of the music.

Everyone in Jamaica listen to Dancehalland the street mentality which it promotes isnot only practiced and glorified in Kingston,but now is in all parishes, for example theGully and Gaza gang affiliation started in St.Andrew just outside of the capital and inPortmore, St. Catherine, respectively. Nowthere are persons in all parishes who havesworn their allegiance to either gang.

Jamaica is a nation with a thrivingunderworld culture including the music thatglorifies things like illegal guns, killings,drug trafficking and as of late demon wor-shipping.

So as the people tend to opt to live thelifestyle which Dancehall glorifies they goand become murderers with illegal guns, anddrug sellers. Some join gangs and furtherperpetuates violence while others orches-trate different forms of illegal activities.

I am not saying Dancehall music is notgood overall, but given the reality ofJamaica, the underworld culture and thegenre spreading of the ghetto mentality itmakes the country ripe for turmoil.

In Jamaica there are other ways wherethe people way of doing things also stands inthe nation way.

Obviously, the country’s high murderrate are attributed to the disorder in theisland and the sad truth that both men andnow increasingly women are giving ‘bun.’.

Yes, cheating is common to all of theworld, but in Jamaica it has been practicedlike it is a norm. .

Now, we all know the practice of cheat-ing is self-destructive given sexually trans-mitted diseases and the rage of jealousyretaliation which can lead to death.

Moreover, there is the indiscipline fac-tor which is common to most of Jamaican. Alot of Jamaicans are indiscipline, and evenwhen some attain professional status theydon’t conform their attitude and behavior assuch.

The leaders of Jamaica have to do astrict review of the country right now, to seethat there need to be implementations of per-manent correction for the indiscipline mala-dy of Jamaicans, and the growing connec-tion between dancehall music, its cultureand the nation’s increasing ills.

Still, there is cause for guarded opti-mism. For example, the number of infectionsin newborns fell by 23% in 2009 and 2010,compared with a 19% drop in the 6 yearsfrom 2002 through 2008. In several countriesin sub-Saharan Africa, the most affected areain the world, the number of new infections innewborns has dropped by at least 40% fromthe beginning of 2009 to the end of 2010.

On the other hand, while the pace ispicking up, it may still be too slow, accordingto the New York-based advocacy groupAVAC. While there's plenty reasons for opti-mism, there is already real cause for concernthat progress isn't quick enough, the groupsaid in an early summary of a report it plansto release in time for World AIDS Day onDecember 1.

"The year-on-year pace is not fastenough," according to AVAC executive-director Mitchell Warren. For instance, henoted that the UNAIDS report says therewere 2.5 million new infections in 2011,compared with 2.6 million in 2010. "There isdefinitely progress but we are not yet on an'end the epidemic trajectory.” Indeed, thedata is still a profile of a disease that is farfrom beaten. It is as if for every step forwardthere are three backwards. For instance, the UN agency reported that, in2009 and 2010:

•The number of people getting anti-HIVtreatment increased by 63% globally, and insub-Saharan Africa by 59%, reaching arecord 2.3 million people on the hard-hit con-tinent.

•TB-related AIDS deaths fell by 13%,largely owing to a 45% increase in the num-ber of people with HIV/tuberculosis co-infection getting antiretroviral treatment.

Overall, some 34 million people aroundthe world are living with HIV, the agencyreported, and about half don't know it. Theagency also noted that 2.5 million peopleacquired HIV in 2011, down only slightlyfrom 2.6 million in 2010, and AIDS-relateddeaths continued to fall, from 1.8 million in2010 to 1.7 million in 2011.

Here in the United States there is causefor optimism. “Science has brought theworld to the point where the end of AIDS –though not necessarily HIV – is in sight,”according to Secretary of State HillaryClinton. And, she added, "It is science thatwill allow us to finish this job." To worktowards what the Secretary of State called

“an AIDS-free generation” she outlined afive-point "blueprint" that she said will guidethe President's Emergency Plan for AIDSRelief, or PEPFAR, in the next few years.Central to the plan, Clinton said, is anemphasis on evidence and science.

PEPFAR is the main U.S. weapon glob-ally against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, withoutlays of more than $6.6 billion in fiscal2012 for treatment and prevention of HIV. Itis also, arguably, the most successful U.S.foreign policy initiative in decades. Theblueprint commits the U.S. to rapidly scaleup treatment and prevention programs.

New figures now show that in 2012, theprogram directly supported antiretroviraltherapy for more than 5.1 million people –twice the number who got therapy thanks toPEPFAR in 2008.

Ms. Clinton noted that the blueprint alsosays that PEPFAR money will increasingly"go where the virus is" – marginalizedgroups, such as sex workers, injection drugusers, and men who have sex with men.Interestingly, while the pandemic is mainlyheterosexual in most parts of the world, inthe U.S. it remains very largely confined togay and bisexual men, and mainly in bigcities, according to new figures released bythe Center for Disease Control (CDC).

The CDC also reported that geographicanalysis of new infections in 2010 showedthat male-male sex was the main method theHIV transmission:

• In 103 so-called metropolitan statisti-cal areas – regions with at least 500,000 peo-ple – male-male sex accounted for 62.1% ofall new infections

• In 263 smaller metropolitan areas –with between 50,000 and 499,999 people –male-male sex accounted for 56.1% of newHIV diagnoses.

• And in 198 areas with fewer than50,000 people, such contact accounted for53.7% of all new infections.

Let me end by urging all of New YorkCity’s residents to get tested for HIV. I paytribute to the millions of people living withHIV/AIDS in the United States and aroundthe world, and commemorate those who havedied. Let us recognize that HIV testing andlinkage to care can save lives. It is alsoimperative that those organizations and agen-cies at the forefront of the AIDS War contin-ue to build on their successes.

I urge the Obama Administration to con-tinue its commitment to AIDS research andprevention efforts. In my view, this is theonly way that we can achieve the goal of anAIDS-free generation and prevent transmis-sion of the virus to millions of people.

[Senator John Llewllyn Sampson, Leader of theDemocratic Conference, was elected to theNew York State Senate in 1996. He representsthe 19th Senatorial District which encompass-es Canarsie, East Flatbush, Parts ofBrownsville, Crown Heights, East New York,portions of Old Mill Basin, Spring CreekTowers, and parts of Midwood and Kensingtonin Brooklyn.]

Reflections On World AIDS Day

Battles Won; War Continues

Jamaica Is Under Seige By Its Own Culture

As we mark another World AIDS Day and reflect on the progress made, so far, let usremember that the war is not yet over even though we have won many battles. Yes,

progress in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is "quickening," says the UnitedNations agency charged with fighting the AIDS pandemic. But millions of people con-tinue to get infected yearly and millions more who need vital therapy still can't get it,the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said in a recent report.

By State SenatorJohn L.Sampson

byFabian Hamilton

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