Childhood Obesity in The U.S
March 30, 2008
The problem of childhood obesity in the U.S has grown considerably in recent years. Unhealthy weight gains, due to poor diet and lack of exercise is responsible for over 300,000 deaths each year. Read more
Western Ideals and Female Body Image
March 27, 2008
Women in the U.S, U.K and greater western countries aspire to have a thin and ideal body, placing excessive importance on the ideal that being skinny is sexy and experiencing trepidation of being fat. Women value their experiences and emotions on body image and their eating habits. However, in the Caribbean, a curvy woman is regarded as sexy and healthy. Read more
Update: Kris Gounden speaks on the current situation regarding his case on being victimized in Howard Beach
March 26, 2008
The Queens District Attorney called me last Monday to let me know the grand jury was unable to prosecute due to lack of information. Humm, what does this mean (I said). “It’s over!”. These were the same people that called me several times to accept a deal to get rid of this case. Interesting note, Councilman Addabbo and Frank Singh went on a local West Indian radio station (January 2008) to state that my case will be dismissed by the grand jury. Read more
Kris Gounden refers to growing up in Ozone Park/Richmond Hill battling racism in the 1970’s
March 24, 2008
It has been difficult to go thru the past but I guess people really have no clue of how much our people put up with to live in ozone park/ Richmond Hill. There is a local civic organization that meets at 101 Avenue and Lefferts blvd. I am told there are quite a few West Indians that attend these meetings. Its kind of ironic that the same place many West Indians were beaten and arrested (for nothing other than being West Indians!). It was never reported or given any press time. We just knew the places we couldn’t go because we would get “jumped”. Read more
Phagwah Celebration: Held in Richmond Hill, New York 3/22/2008
March 22, 2008
I attended the Phagwah parade this morning, which commenced at 130th street on Liberty Avenue in Queens and culminated at Smokey Park on 125 street and Atlantic Avenue in Queens. Read more
Update: Kris Gounden of Howard Beach Grand Jury Hearing
March 20, 2008
Well today I went to the grand jury and everything went ok. The interesting thing that came out of this is that the jury wanted to know if I was making all these complaints, why the NYPD did nothing. I was actually asked why the local police station did not make an arrest on the night of my altercation? Why Manhattan NYPD (Hate Crimes Task Force) had to make the arrest over a week after the incident? Read more
aristo’s rant - Democratic nomination
March 19, 2008
Let’s get the facts out in the open. Michigan and Florida violated the rules of the Democratic National Committee. On February 20th, Senator Hillary Clinton acknowledged that she knew the delegates of these states would not be seated, and the votes would not be counted because of these blatant violations. Read more
Dreams and Reality
March 19, 2008
So my birthday was this past Sunday. I’m now the big twenty-five. Every year when the big day comes around I sit back, reflect, and analyze my life but even more so this year. I had so many expectations of what my life would be like at twenty-five. Read more
aristo’s rant on U.S. Torturing of Suspected “Terrorists”
March 12, 2008
President George W. Bush was given a bill that would ban torturing of anyone held in captivity. He went on the radio on Saturday to veto this bill, saying torturing is a “legal” way of obtaining information from “suspected” terrorists. Read more
Kris Gounden of Howard Beach Speaks the Grand Jury Hearing Scheduled for Tomorrow 3/12/2008
March 11, 2008
Tomorrow is the grand jury. We’re going to the grand jury because the offer the defendant made is an insult (only in Howard beach the defendants get to “make” offers. The defendant agreed to plead guilty to a charge (he’s being charged with three felonies), and willing to apologize, and will take a program to deal with his anger/racism issues. Sounds good, right -but when I showed up in court, he’s being offered a disorderly conduct/ willing to apologize only for calling my family n*ggas (will not address threats of arson of my home or killing of my family)/ and the program is for ONE DAY. Read more
Kris Gounden Alleges Bias Crime in Howard Beach
March 11, 2008
In New York, Howard Beach resident Kris Gounden, who is of Guyanese nationality, is being harrassed by his neighbors in an attempt to get him to move out of the neighborhood. Read more
aristo’s rant - What Hillary C. is trying to accomplish
March 8, 2008
The Clintons have a long run in U.S. politics which goes back for decades. One would think that after all these years, they would fight kicking and screaming to get Hillary nominated as the Democratic Presidential candidate, and you’re right. Read more
aristo’s rant - How the Republican Party has Crumbled
February 29, 2008
Dating back to the times of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party was quite different from what we now know Republicans to be. Read more
Interfaith Prayer Service
February 28, 2008
New Jersey offers a prayer service during this time of insecurity in Guyana. Read more
NYC Protest Guyana Killings/ Rally on Saturday March 1st
February 27, 2008
UPDATE: We made an error in posting the date of the rally as March 31 in the title of the blog. The rally is tomorrow, March 1. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. Join us tomorrow as we cover the NYC protest against the recent killings in Guyana. Read more