Today is Wednesday, December 7 and with a look at some of the top stories making the news today across your Caribbean-American community in South Florida, I’m Jahlisa Harvey for CNW90.
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Here’s a look at our top stories:
In mayoral elections held in the City of Miami Gardens yesterday the incumbent Mayor Oliver Gilbert was overwhelmingly re-elected with 66 percent of the vote. The poll was a special election ordered by a Florida court after potential candidate Johnson James Wright filed a law suit stating he was illegally kept off the ballot in the original August 30 election, which Gilbert also won.
Approved overwhelmingly by voters last November, Constitutional Amendment 2 making medical marijuana legal in Florida is scheduled to take effect on January 3, 2017. However, the existence of a federal law that makes operations of marijuana dispensaries illegal could delay the Florida Legislature and the Florida Department of Health setting laws and guidelines related to the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries. This could delay medical marijuana products not reaching the market by June 2017 as stipulated by Amendment 2.
Shaggy is to be inducted into the Council of Voluntary Social Services Hall of Fame for 10 years of outstanding support to the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston. The Hall of Fame and Volunteer Awards is set to take place at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be the events guest speaker.
In Sports:
Usain Bolt is giving up on his mission to break the 200-meter world record. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist tried to break the record at the Rio Games this past summer but only managed to clock 19.78 seconds. Bolt says he’s content with just winning in his final season.
Now, here’s what’s trending:
Making his final national security speech as president at the MacDill Airforce Base in Tampa, Fl, yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his counterterrorism strategy. He cautioned his successor against a more aggressive strategy, including the use of torture. President Obama cautioned terrorists threats will endure, and overly aggressive tactics could escalate the threat.
For today’s weather forecast:
Scattered Thunderstorms in Broward County with a high of 83 and a low of 71. Scattered Thunderstorms in Miami-Dade as well, with a high of 21 and a low of 72.
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