COMMUNITY AWARDS: (Standing l-r) Desmond Green, director of Caribbean Affairs, Universal Peace Federation, NY, Dexter McKenzie, President, Provident Clinical Society, Dennis Hawthorne, CEO of Dennis Shipping Company, Robert "Bob" C. Desouza, CEO, Trans-Continental Express Shippers, Ian Forrest, communicator and honoree, Mathieu Eugene, New York City Council Member; Jamaica's Acting Consul General to New York, Lincoln Downer, Bishop Cecil G. Riley of Freedom Hall Church of God and Harry Bhoorasingh, Manager of Jamaica National Overseas, NY with honorees (seated l-r) Hope Morris representing Ken Williams, veteran broadcast; Karlene Gordon, Director of the Caribbean American Program for Empowerment; Annette M. Nelson, stage manager, Hyacinth E. Spence, community activist and Sadie Aarons-Campbell, President of the Jamaica Progressive League, Inc who were honoured at Black History Month Celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Monday, (February 25)

WELCOME PARTY: Patrick Maitland, publisher of Street Hype Newspaper (l) poses with (l-r) Geneive Brown-Metzger, consul general of Jamaica to New York, Dr Metzger and Tony Cobb at the Generation 2000 (G2K) organized welcome party held last Saturday at The Elegant Rose Hall, the Bronx in honor of the ambassador.