Its Thursday, March 9. We are looking at some of the top across your Caribbean-American community.
Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, and other former top government officials were arrested in connection with the Sparendaam Housing Project probe in that country. The probe looked into the fraudulent acquisition of seaside housing lands obtains by former ministers and other members of the former Guyana government. Jagdeo and his former colleagues have been subsequently released.
In defiance of recent immigration policies announced in Washington DC, that has heightened threats of immigrants in the US being detained, and/or deported the Broward County School district unanimously passed a resolution to have county public schools become safe zones for undocumented immigrant students and their families. This resolution was passed by the school board on Tuesday.
A total of 32 deported Jamaicans were processed at the Mobile Reserve facility in Kingston on Wednesday as they began a new chapter of their lives in Jamaica after being shipped home from the United Kingdom. The group of returned Jamaicans, including six females, arrived early Wednesday afternoon on a charter flight at the Norman Manley International Airport. They were then put on a bus and taken to the Mobile Reserve where they were processed and released.
And in sports…
Dutch football great Ruud van Nistelroy will tour Jamaica with the EUFA Champions League Trophy in tow later this month. The trophy is due to arrive in Jamaica in two weeks as part of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) Trophy Tour. Jamaica is scheduled to be the trophy’s first stop but it is also expected to tour Panama, Colombia, Egypt, India and Vietnam. While in Jamaica the trophy will be hosted in the cities of Kingston, May Pen, Ocho Rios and Montego Bay.
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Defending world women’s 100 meters champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, will not be defending her title at this summer’s World Championships in London, England, due to being pregnant with her first child. Known as the ‘Pocket Rocket’, Fraser-Pryce made the revelation via social media on Wednesday and vowed to return to the track in 2018.
For Tomorrow’s weather forecast
It will be partly cloudy in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties with a high of 81 and a low of 63. 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.
