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From our archives: 6 June 2017: Members of the ruling Dominica Labour Party say they are concerned – a delegates’ conference is overdue by four years

Loud rumblings can be heard within the belly of the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP), the Sun can report.

Members say they are upset over the unusual long delay in holding delegates conferences which according to the DLP’s constitution should be an annual affair.

The last one was held four years ago, in Pointe Michel in September 2013. At that conference, a resolution, read by Edward Registe, general secretary, ensured that the entire executive was returned unopposed for one year.

“The executive of the party doing what they want,” a top member of the DLP, who requested anonymity to be able to discuss the issue, told the SUN. “The year has come and gone, we are now well passed that and they (the executive) are playing football with the delegate’s conference.”

But in response, another top party official revealed that the DLP expects to hold a delegate’s conference towards the end of 2017.

“They (the executive) have put it in the hands of a management team. I can confirm to you that the executive gave them the power to set the date for the delegate’s conference and so we are waiting on them,” the source said. “It (the issue of a delegate’s conference) has come up several times but the executive gave that power to the management team. This matter comes on regularly at meetings but it remains the same.”
He added: “It went to a vote at Goodwill School to put the matter in care of a management team. All the 21 constituencies have to put in their nominations. But for now nothing has happened,” the source said.

The executive of the DLP consists of political leader, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit; deputy leader, Ambrose George; president, Petter Saint Jean; general secretary, Edward Registe and public relations officer, Dr. Philbert Aaron.

Asked if he expects changes in the executive whenever a conference is convened, the source said the position of deputy political leader, held by Ambrose George for more than a decade, will be up for grabs.

“He is not expected to put his hat in the ring since he won’t be a candidate for the next elections, but with the way things are going expect anything, it will be difficult to keep those who want to be on the executive out, I promise you it will be fireworks,” the source said. “We are waiting on the management committee to set the date for the delegate’s conference and the place, to be ratified by the executive who it seem like they don’t want to leave office.”

Meanwhile, the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) is expected to hold its delegates conference in January 2018 when observers expect several challenges to the position of party leader now held by Leader of the Opposition Lennox Linton. The UWP last held a “special delegates’ conference” in 2016.

Additionally, nominations for the post of Deputy Leader previously held by Joshua Francis will be highly interesting since Francis was stripped of that post on 24 April 2016 following allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a minor. Reportedly estranged from the party for months since then, Francis has apparently been welcomed back into the fold.

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Under the Sun, Moon and Stars

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Pondering: By Dr. Francis O. Severin

I have always been interested in and fascinated by the lyrics of Jimmy Cliff’s song, a very old and popular one, entitled “Under the Sun, Moon and Stars.” I have wondered what the message or moral really is. After pondering this for some time, I believe I have reached the Aha Moment. It is tempting, at first blush, to misconstrue his intention. It may seem that he is promoting a selfish, acquisitive and hedonistic culture. For instance, witness the following lines from one of the verses:

I want it right here on Earth.

Got to have some fun,

‘for [before] my life is done.

Let happiness run under

the Sun, Moon and Stars.

Isolated in that way it can be misleading. It appears to run contrary to deferred gratification and it certainly does violence to what religious leaders are at great pains to teach and preach, that is, make sacrifices now, turn the other cheek, and so on, in the hope of salvation at some distant or indistinct time, based purely on Christian Faith. This is actually the essence of Christianity and the very reason, curiously, Karl Marx refers to religion as the “opium of the people” in the famous statement, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”

Karl Marx really meant that religion acts as an illusory or deceptive buffer or bulwark against oppression, apparently assuaging the pain so that essentially those who oppress and who mete out injustice are cushioned and shielded from the anger of the sufferers (the masses). This is so because religion says to them that it is okay to suffer now as their present suffering on earth is transient and they will receive permanent relief in heaven. Tragically, the foregoing was also a convenient rationalisation for the atrocities of dictators like Idi Amin, Mobutu Sese Seko, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Kaddafi, and others who are moving inexorably and relentlessly in that direction (and who simply do not learn from the mistakes of others).

In contemporary Dominica, and I suspect other Caribbean islands, it is therefore not surprising when religious leaders condemn people who complain or criticize those in authority. Turn the other cheek, they say; don’t be negative; be patient; revenge is mine, says the Lord, and so forth. Evidently, scolding those in authority has never been a comfortable or easy endeavour for the institutional Church. The latter, save a few nonconformists (as it were), appears more at ease and secure when it is on the side of
the oppressor, or so it seems. Hence Jimmy Cliff is saying:

My fore-parents worked, from

sun-up, ’til sun-down.

Peace could not be found now

they’re under the ground.

I’ve heard dem complain and

cried out in pain.

Seeking peaceful gain under the

Sun, Moon and Stars.

But he quickly rejects the complacency and satisfaction with their condition/status,
which he views in his forebears:

Won’t happen to me.

I’m not blind, you see.

I’ve got to be free.

I want it right here on Earth.

This is the moral of the song. It is an activist or revolutionary chant (hymn, if you will) and that is why I find profound peace and comfort in such songs. It is a declaration that “We are not ignorant and what we know is not what you taught us”. It is a song for the emancipated and conscious mind. It is not about hedonism; rather it is about justice and equity. It implies that some people ought not to be enjoying the fruits of the labour of others. It speaks to a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay. It eschews exploitation (“I like work, you know. But
when I work I must get paid”). He wants justice and liberty right here on earth. The following lines are merely imagery or metaphors which emphasize the importance of being rewarded presently for hard and honest work, as opposed to exploitation of others, theft, embezzlement, corruption,
dependency, and so on:

Don’t want it on Venus, Saturn

nor Uranus.

Don’t want it on Pluto, I want it

Right here on Earth.

Don’t want it on Jupiter,

Neptune nor on Mercury.

Don’t want it on Mars,

but under the Sun, Moon and stars.

Under the Sun,

under the Moon,

under the Stars, wherever you are!

Got to have some fun under the Sun, Moon and Stars.

Let happiness run under the Sun, Moon and Stars.

In the month of August when we celebrate Emancipation, I believe this song, and others in that genre, can help to raise our self-esteem as self-respecting people who believe in our own dignity. We must have high expectations of ourselves. We must be so confident in ourselves that we must expect to be treated with respect and not
disdain.

After one hundred and seventy-eight years of freedom from slavery, why do beautiful young ladies, apparently intelligent, accept abuse (verbal and physical) from dunce attention-seeking men who wear their pants under their buttocks, exposing their under-wears (and walking like lizards jumping on their tails)? Why do people not feel that earning their own incomes, even if small, is the route to true independence and emancipation and is superior to being on the welfare line or queue, especially when they are able-bodied and able-minded? Why do apparently educated people, who know better and are literate (we assume), accept rubbish from others who are sometimes younger than they are and do not have the mental capacity that they do? Why do Christian leaders who should know better, selectively and opportunistically accept and condone immoral deeds from those who can provide them with financial benefits and other gifts? And why, after one hundred and seventy-eight years of freedom from slavery, some people would like to send others to the gas chamber for simply posing what I consider to be legitimate questions like these? I cannot speak for others but I will certainly say on my own behalf that I will not shy away from my civic duties. Jimmy Cliff’s song provides the clue:

I’m not blind, you see.

I’ve got to be free.

I want it right here on Earth

(C) Dr. Francis O. Severin is Acting Director of the University of the West Indies Open Campus Country Sites

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Jamaica’s PM and wife celebrate 25 years of marriage Loop Jamaica

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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his wife, Juliet, the Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Rural, are celebrating 25 years of marriage today.

The couple shared sweet messages to each other on social media on Wednesday to mark the milestone.

“Happy anniversary J (@julietholness), today we celebrate 25 years of marriage. We look forward to many more years of love, happiness, family, commitment, and friendship,” Prime Minister Holness’s Instagram account captioned a photo of the two.

The same photo was posted on the Instagram account of Juliet Holness and extolled the partnership and friendship they’ve built over the years.

“Twenty-five years ago I married my best friend. Two and a half decades, two sons, countless amazing memories, many lessons and triumphs later, we remain committed to this friendship, this partnership, this journey of life together. Cheers to many more years of growing together my rock, my support, my confidant. Happy anniversary my darling.”

Their posts were immediately flooded with followers congratulating the two with some dubbing them a “power couple”.

“My favs hottest power couple out deh,” one follower wrote.

“Happy Anniversary to 25th anniversary to u both more and more blessings and love, cover them, Lord,” another commented.

The high school sweethearts and St Catherine High alumni got married in 1997. The couple’s two children are Adam and Matthew.

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Transport operators fuming over amendment to TA Act Loop Jamaica

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The Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) will be looking at the recently amended Transport Authority Act that could see transport operators fined up to $500,000 or serve six months in prison for using ‘bad words’ to members of the Transport Authority, who are on duty.

The various transport associations were not consulted — as is customary with other sectors that would be affected by any change in law — before the amendment was pushed through.

Recently when the Education Bill was being discussed, the Jamaica Teachers Association was represented in the committee stage of the Bill.

President of TODSS Edgerton Newman said that whilst he has always implored transport operators to be respectful of law officers and passengers, that piece of legislation is unfortunate.

“We are saying to lawmakers rethink that because you are going to have a hard time in court with us. What one must understand is that the government must spend serious time looking at crime in the country,” Newman said.

Newman pointed out that the new Transportation Act and the Road Traffic Act were implemented to reduce fatal crashes on our roads.

“How is bad word going to reduce fatal crashes on our road? We are concerned. We are putting this piece of legislation before our legal team before we make any strong comment,” he said.

He said the government has been using the Transportation Act and the Road Traffic Act to earn monies off transport operators.

“You as a private man who work at a media house can tell members of the Transport Authority any amount of bad words and nothing comes of it but if I say ‘damn’ to a Transport Authority inspector I am charged $500,000. We are guinea pigs,” he exclaimed.

Newman added: “Who is killing people on our roads? Who killed 482 people on our road last year, not taxi man. [It] is the high-end man who do anything on the road and can get away [with it].”

Meanwhile some transport operators in Spanish Town and Portmore, St Catherine are fuming at the recent amendment of the Act.

“They should go look for police who are hitmen and criminals who they give red plate to that are kidnapping and robbing people because real taxi men are not into that. The transport inspectors don’t have any manners, they treat us like dogs — and now they have power to send us to prison if we answer them,” said Conroy who operates in Spanish Town.

Speedy who plies the Waterford Route pointed out that this is just a new way of exploiting taxi operators for money. “They don’t respect us, and treat our sector like it is a hustle. We pay taxes even more than many Jamaicans but we get treated the worst,” she said.

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CWC unveils ‘JUMP’ at CANTO

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Rosario Veras – CANTO

C&W Communications has unveiled its strategy to help bridge the digital divide across the Caribbean.

An initiative entitled ‘JUMP’ has been introduced by the operators of the Flow, Flow Business, C&W Business and BTC brands in a bid to foster greater digital inclusion in a region that today still enjoys less than 50% broadband penetration.

“Low broadband penetration in the Caribbean contributes to diminished opportunities for individuals, communities, and local economies, but with the support of funding partners, we aim to significantly close this gap within three to five years through a comprehensive programme that focuses on providing access, devices, and digital skills,” said Rosario Veras, Senior Director, Marketing and Operations, C&W Communications.

Veras was speaking to an audience of regional heads of state and heads of government, along with regulators, telecom operators, and industry stakeholders at CANTO’s 37th Annual Conference & Trade Exhibition in Miami.

“Digital inclusion is about ensuring the benefits of digital technologies are available to everyone, and we must have intentional digital inclusion strategies and strive to eliminate institutional and structural barriers to technology accessibility,” she added.

Veras said ‘JUMP’ was a long-term investment aimed at changing lives, unlocking the potential of economies, and truly enabling progress across the Caribbean.

“We are committed to harnessing our resources and capabilities so more students can connect to their virtual classrooms, more people can benefit from telehealth and job seekers can improve their search for work and application access. Our core social mission is to connect everyone to the internet – irrespective of their income or where they live,” she said.

C&W Communications will be partnering with regional governments, along with non-profit organisations and private sector partners to ensure the success of JUMP.

“The digital divide is a large, multifaceted issue that requires holistic solutions, and a successful strategy requires building innovative partnerships, so we must co-create solutions in partnership with the communities we serve to ensure no citizen is left out,” she said.

“There is a role for each business, government, and community, and we are hoping to create an opportunity for all to bring their energy, commitment and collaboration on the mission of uplifting our region.”

Aamir Hussain – CANTO

Aamir Hussain, Chief Technology & Product Officer at Liberty Latin America, the parent company of C&W Communications, also addressed the conference on ‘The Future of Broadband in the Caribbean’.

“Broadband is a fundamental right of every citizen, and although there are currently 27 million users in the Caribbean, this only represents 60% of the total population and therefore there is a tremendous opportunity for growth,” he said.

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Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy Launches a Capacity Building Series on the Social Protection Act of 2020

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Hon. Dean Jonas

Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy Launches a Capacity Building Series on the Social Protection Act of 2020

The Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, with support from UNICEF, launched an awareness campaign to educate the public on the significant and transformational changes to the Government’s social protection system, and the move from the Poor Relief Act of 1961 to the Social Protection Act of 2020.

The campaign’s execution features a 5-part capacity-building video series which breaks down the changes accompanying the shift to the new Social Protection Act, and highlights the benefits that will be derived by vulnerable groups and citizens.

Minister with responsibility for the Ministry of Social Transformation, the Honorable Dean Jonas commented that “This is a major accomplishment and a monumental step in the right direction by implementing a strong policy and legislative framework that ensures our social protection system is impactful, efficient, inclusive and sustainable. The infomercial will assist interested persons to better understand the positive changes.”

Minister Jonas and his team at the Social Protection Board encourages the general public to view the infomercials and increase their understanding of this important and historic act.

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Dr Parasram: Covid BA.5 cases increasing in Trinidad and Tobago

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Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram. –

Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said the BA.5 sub-lineage of the omicron variant was detected in 41 per cent of the samples sent for genomic testing in the last week. He said the variant was only detected in TT the previous week.

At the Health Ministry’s weekly covid19 media conference on Wednesday, Parasram said the BA.5 variant was driving a new wave of infections around the world.

“To date, omicron continues to be the dominant variant of concern in TT, with BA.2 narrowly remaining the dominant sub-lineage at 45.5 per cent of recent omicron samples. BA.4 was detected in 9.1 per cent of recent samples, and BA.5 was detected in 41 per cent of last week’s omicron samples, noting that it was first detected a week prior to that, so it seems to be gaining speed and overtaking BA.2 and BA.4 both locally and internationally.

“A couple of weeks ago, we would have had one delta variant as well, so there seems to be a very low presence detected in circulation.”

Parasram said some of the cases were reinfections. He said it was difficult to quantify the number of people who would be reinfected, especially if they had a mild version of the disease and did not need to seek treatment.

“In TT we haven’t quantified a particular percentage that has been reinfected, but most of the new variants of concern are prone to reinfection. This is why we have stressed on the booster programme and the importance of getting boosted, as another element of reinfection is the element of waning immunity over time.

“Most studies have suggested that you should get a booster every six months, then a second booster four to six months after that. It may not completely prevent infections, but will prevent severe disease outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality related to them.”

The CMO said there has not been a great increase in cases at the long covid clinics thus far, but monitoring would continue in light of the increase in BA.5 cases.

“Arima has a specific clinic dedicated for long covid, while in other hospitals it has been integrated into the internal medicine clinics.

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the ministry would continue monitoring the numbers of covid19 cases as it had done after the removal of each restriction.

“We monitored after Christmas and New Years when we were expecting a spike, after Taste of Carnival, we monitored when we dropped the TTPass requirement and then the proof of vaccine, we monitored after the two large mass events in the Brian Lara Stadium and Port of Spain, and we will continue to monitor after Sunday. The next two-three weeks, by the end of July into early August will give us an idea of the effect.”

He congratulated the population on continuing to wear masks after the lifting of the mandate.

“Masking remains mandatory in health care facilities. We noticed in the public a lot of people remain masked, and it shows that they are managing their personal risk and doing the right thing. There are the odd people making comments, but the vast majority are taking the thing seriously and I’m pleased and grateful that masks were not ditched wholesale.”

Deyalsingh said he noted that many businessplaces were doing away with the requirements for hand sanitising, and appealed to them to continue inviting their patrons to sanitise.

“It’s not the law, but the three recommendations of wearing a mask, washing your hands, and watching your distance are still fashionable and should still form part of the public health landscape.”

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Bad drainage, ‘developers’ blamed for Freeport flooding

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Couva North MP Rudranath Indarsingh, Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation chairman Henry Awong, and Balmain/Calcutta #2 councillor Arlene Solomon-Ramesar walk through floodwater along the Calcutta #2 Road, Freeport on Wednesday. – Lincoln Holder

Freeport residents affected by Tuesday’s flooding are blaming improper drainage and inconsiderate “developers” who block watercourses to have “fancy properties.”

On Wednesday, the residents lamented that flooding has been happening for years. They are also calling on the authorities and residents to do their part to solve the issue.

At Calcutta No 2 Road near Kurban Junction, businessman Luiz Garib said it only takes about five minutes of rain for the road and his property to become flooded.

He owns Sporting Boys Bar and a straightening and auto paint shop.

“The floodwater was knee-high yesterday (Tuesday). People are not coming when it floods. The entire week, the bar was closed because of the weather. I have to constantly be spending money, paying people to clean because the water is very nasty,” Garib told Newsday.

“Drainage is a major problem. The drains are too small and are running in people’s yards. In six months, we had about 80 floods. This has been happening for years.”

Another affected resident, Marisa Mohan, also said flooding has been a recurring issue for years.

She, too, blamed poor drainage.

“For years I have been begging the authorities to redirect this drain. It is running through people’s properties.

“My entire house was flooded yesterday.”

Mohan lives with her three children, including a one-year-old baby.

“People are talking a lot of political propaganda. I have been lobbying to have this fixed. It is on the onus of everyone to clean their drain. I cannot go and force people to tell them to clean their drain.”

Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh visited the affected areas with Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation chairman Henry Awong and other representatives. Mohan also shared her views with the team.

The opposition MP said he spoke earlier in the day with Rural Development and Local Government (RDLG) Minister Faris Al-Rawi about helping the residents, including clearing watercourses.

“I asked for the redeployment of resources, mechanical and otherwise, through the corporation. He gave a commitment that it would be done,” Indarsingh said.

“If the law has to be applied to people who are running afoul, I am not going to stand in the way.”

He said the affected area includes parts of Calcutta 1, 2 and 3, Fair View Park and Beaucarro.

“Thousands of people are affected. That is why here should be declared a disaster zone. The ministry should have flood assessment done on time so that the Social Development ministry can support people who lost items and produce.”

At 12.13 pm, RDLG’s Facebook page posted photos of the affected area. An accompanying post said municipal police in San Fernando, Princes Town and Penal were mobilised to help.

CEPEP Ltd workers were also assisting with flood relief along with municipal police.

Balmain/Calcutta 2 councillor Arlene Solomon-Ramesar earlier in the day accused Al-Rawi of engaging in a “PR campaign” relating to his ministry’s nationwide cleanup exercise.

To Al-Rawi she said: “Come and join me here. Visit the residents who lost thousands of dollars’ worth of items yesterday, last week, and even the week before. Come and see what it is like to be in flood areas. This is the real thing.”

“Flooding has been continuous over the past few weeks due to the weather. I am all for the people, and it hurts to see the type of flooding knowing we have a central government.”

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Sea Lots mother believes missing son is dead, wants body for burial

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Keston Morris. –

Marilyn Wilson wants to bury her son. She is hoping that whoever killed him will at least give her an opportunity for closure by letting her know where his body is.

Newsday spoke with Wilson at her Production Avenue, Sea Lots, home on Wednesday.

The mother of six said she has accepted that her son Keston “Chos” Morris, 33, is dead, although police is still treating his case as that of a missing person.

She said she saw her son’s body on social media pages.

“I didn’t believe he was dead until I saw pictures for myself. I saw them and I say ‘That is my child, they kill him.’

“All I want, all I would like to have, is his body, his remains, because they say they chop it up.

“We don’t have any confirmation, but the people responsible say we can’t find that body at all, no matter how hard we try. My consolation is I know he dead, may his soul rest in peace somewhere, wherever it is.”

Wilson said her son, who was released from prison in 2018 after eight years on remand for murder, was always partying, seemingly to make up for lost time while in prison.

In April 2018, Morris, Reinaldo Marcano, 36, Raymond Birot, 45, Jirt Serrette, 32, Gerard Hepburn 24, Devon Samuel, 24, Terrence “Trix” David, Keon “Taliban” Lawrence and Joel “Snake” Roberts, 25, were all freed of murdering Ameil George, 24.

George, of Building One, Harding Place, Cocorite, was murdered on January 18, 2010. He was attacked near his home by a group of men during a robbery and was chopped multiple times.

Morris was part of what police called the “Dirty Dozen” after 12 men were charged with George’s murder. In July, the three others, Shawn Villafana, 23, Sherwin Alexander, 32, and Richard “Bulls” Thomas were acquitted.

Relatives, who were around when Newsday visited but did not want to be identified, recalled last seeing and hearing from Morris on July 16 after he planned to go to a party with his sister and some of her friends in the area.

That day he was seen leaving the area in a white Toyota Axio. One relative said he told those who saw him in the car that he was safe. He was never seen or heard from since.

Wilson said, on Sunday she began seeing pictures and hearing rumours that he was killed in Central Trinidad but police had no information on that. Calls by relatives to police stations and hospitals were fruitless in finding him.

Wilson said after seeing three photos of her son tied up, two where he looked alive and one with him looking as though he was dead with what she believes to be a gunshot to the head, she was convinced he was killed.

She said her son must have been betrayed because in one of the photographs he appeared shocked at who was having him tied up.

Relatives said all the photographs they saw came from Morris’ phone. They said the killers were using his Instagram account to send photos and, in some cases, were liking images of him missing. They questioned why police had not tracked his phone to find his body and/or his killers.

Asked why she was so calm speaking about her son in the past tense, Wilson said she accepted that he is dead and had cried before. She believes a time will come when her son’s killers and or their relatives will have to cry.

Wilson said Morris was anticipating his son’s first birthday on Sunday and had plans to go to the Radisson Hotel with his siblings and their children to celebrate.

Relatives said Morris was a “ladies man” who did not work, but was cared for by the women in his life – some of whom knew about the others and had no issue sharing him.

“He is a lucky fella when it comes to girls because he had many,” Wilson said.

Asked why someone would want to kidnap and kill him, Wilson said: “We live in communities that warring each other, so enemy grab him. They want to make it look like is Sea Lots, but is not Sea Lots. Is enemy hands he end up in.”

She could not swear that her son “don’t do nothing,” but could only testify to what he told her and he never told her he was involved in criminality.

“My only hope is to ask God, even if it is in whole, in pieces, in whatever, just for a body to bury – that’s all I want, a body to bury. Even if is just a fingernail, just to say my final goodbye and ‘Son rest in peace.’”

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‘Dorpsjongen van Bakkie’ legt geschiedenis van Javanen vast in ‘Simbah’

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In zijn jeugd heeft Reinier Kromopawiro (72) veel plantages gezien en ook veel meegemaakt. Die ervaring vond hij een mooie

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