Its Tuesday, March 7. We are looking at some of the top across your Caribbean-American community.
President Donald trump has signed a revised executive travel order in Washington on Monday. The new travel ban excludes Iraq from the list of Muslim majority countries that were targeted in a first executive order that was rejected by an Appellate Court. Refugee travel will be suspended for 90 days under the new order and travelers with Green cards and refugees who were already cleared to enter the U.S will be exempt from the travel ban.
The Bahamian Government has issued an immediate evacuation order after a massive fire broke out at the city dump in the Capital city Nassau yesterday and continues to burn. Residents living in the affected area have been advised to take all necessary precautions to ensure their safety.
Police in Jamaica have arrested a woman who is reportedly the mastermind behind a massive extortion racket that spread across seven parishes in that Caribbean nation. The woman was arrested on Sunday, just days after two men had been nabbed in connection with an extortion letter that had been sent to several businesses in seven Jamaican parishes demanding exorbitant payment for protection.
And in sports…
The Combined Islands defeated India by 29 runs while The Trinidad red force routed India by 58 runs in the Lauderhill Night cricket T20 tournament at the Lauderhill Sports Park on Saturday.
Here’s What’s trending
Dr. Ben Carson, US Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has created controversy from a speech to the department’s workers yesterday. In the speech he referred to slaves brought to America forcibly in slave ships as other immigrants, who had dreams that their future generations would have “prosperity and happiness in this land.” He emphasized the point he was trying to make that immigrants find prosperity in America by saying, “That’s what America is about.”
For Tomorrow’s weather forecast
It will be partly cloudy with isolated showers in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties with a high of 84 and a low of 62. For more on these and other stories, visit us online at caribbeannewsweekly.com. Make sure to pick up your copy of the Caribbean News Weekly at your nearest Caribbean American outlet.
