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Caribbean ties to British Privy Council blasted
By RON FANFAIR
Law will remain an area of underachievement in Jamaica once it's in the imperial embrace of the British Privy Council, says International Criminal Tribunal president Patrick Robinson.
Like most of the British Commonwealth, the Privy Council has been the final court of appeal in Jamaica and most Caribbean countries since 1833. The Caribbean has its own final appellate court - the Caribbean Court of Justice - which only adjudicates cases from Guyana and Barbados.
Wheelchair no match for Tamara Gordon
By RON FANFAIR
Tamara Denise Gordon is living proof that anybody can overcome despite their challenges.
The once aspiring professional basketball player suffered a debilitating spinal cord injury in February 2002 while on a high school downhill skiing trip. She sustained spinal cord and brachial injuries that have left her paralyzed from the waist down and without the use of her dominant left hand.
Despite the obstacles and setbacks, Gordon graduated from high school on time with honours, and from York University last year. She was also recognized as a Member of the Dean's Honour Roll.
Scholarship will help Jamaica College students
By RON FANFAIR
The family of late Greater Toronto Area (GTA) businessman Leslie "Ameen" Josephs has established a scholarship in his name for students pursuing Business Studies at Jamaica College.
The academic award was launched last Saturday night at the Jamaica College Old Boys' Association of Canada's (JCOBAC) 22nd annual fundraising banquet in Brampton.
Ethiopian immigrant eyes seat on City Council
By RON FANFAIR
Almost everything that Samuel Getachew's Zambia-based mother, Aster Admassie, puts her hand on seemingly turns to gold.
It's for that reason that the 33-year-old Ethiopian immigrant filed his nomination documents on her birthday last February 18 to run in this October's municipal elections.
He's challenging Paul Ainslie in Ward 43 (Scarborough East).
"She's very lucky and I hope some of that runs off on me," says Getachew, who in 2006 unsuccessfully attempted to become an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee.
Police complaints office to speed up process
By RON FANFAIR
The Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) has received nearly 760 complaints against the province's police officers since it was launched five months ago.
The majority of the grievances have been filed against officers from Toronto Police Service (TPS) and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) which are the largest law enforcement forces in the province.
The OIPRD was created in response to an exhaustive review conducted by former Superior Court Justice Patrick LeSage who recommended a new independent body to deal with public complaints against police.
Community Listings – March 11, 2010
Free Cricket Coaching Session
The North Star Cricket Academy will hold a free cricket coaching session on Saturdays, March 13, 20 and 27 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Markham Road/Finch Avenue. Kids ages 15 and under are welcome.
For more information, call 647-701-6786, or email: info@nscricket.net.
Curry Festival
The eleventh annual "Curry Q" festival will be held at the Islamic Forum of Canada, 200 Advance Road, Brampton (next to Bombay Palace Banquet Hall) on Sunday, March 14 at 1 p.m. All are invited to enjoy curry dishes from around the world. Tickets are $10.
For more information, call 905-790-8859 or visit www.islamicforumonline.com.
Shouters Celebration
A foster mother’s stories of love and understanding
By ANNE RAPPE
When Linda talks about her foster children, she sounds very much like the proud mother, sharing success stories from more than 20 years of fostering abused children for the Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto.
Anita's story can be included in these successes. Before meeting Linda, 12-year-old Anita was living in a group home, feeling alone and out of sorts. Anita didn't feel she belonged at home, because she'd been abused by her father. She had never felt she belonged anywhere.
Young athlete wants to leave high school on high note
By RON FANFAIR
Birchmount Park Collegiate Grade 12 student-athlete Aaron Brown did not win the Junior Athlete of the Year honour presented at the 37th Canadian Sports Awards ceremony last week.
He however considers himself a champion to be nominated with Canadian short track speed skater Marianne St. Gelais who won two silver medals at the just concluded Vancouver Winter Olympics and biathlete Kurtis Wenzel who captured a gold medal at last year's world junior championships in Canmore, Alberta.
No let up in racial profiling of Blacks
By MURPHY BROWNE
The same people who control the school system
Control the prison system and the whole social system
Ever since slavery!
Excerpt from 'They Schools', released March 14, 2000 on Dead Prez's debut album, Let's Get Free.
Ten years ago, the duo Dead Prez made their famous statement about the systems that encompass our lives and the people in control.
In 2000, these two young men (both in their 20s) were rapping about their reality as Africans in America. The situation was the same for Africans in any society where their ancestors had been colonized and/or enslaved.
Daylight Saving Time – bah, humbug
By PAT WATSON
Blame American Benjamin Franklin for germinating the idea, back in the late 1700s, that has become the annual torment of trying to get out of bed an hour earlier between March and November. This annual discomfort commonly referred to as "Daylight Saving Time" or DST (or incorrectly, Daylight Savings Time) will again make its unwelcome presence felt as of this coming Sunday. That is, when 1 a.m. becomes 2 a.m. in an attempt to save daylight time.
One of the most grating messages that weather forecasters and others foist on us unbelievers is that DST gives us an extra hour of daylight. That man has done what God cannot do is truly a miracle since to add an extra hour of daylight is to go beyond the current parameters of nature.
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