Author: Carma Henry

The Florida Department of Health (Department) is issuing a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory following four confirmed and recovered local cases of malaria in Sarasota County. All individuals have been treated and have recovered. Malaria is transmitted through infected mosquitoes. Residents throughout the state should take precautions by applying bug spray, avoiding areas with high mosquito populations, and wearing long pants and shirts when possible – especially during sunrise and sunset when mosquitos are most active.

BATEAU Funeral services for the late Paul Antoine Banes Bateau – 90 were held June 24th at Jubilee of Praise Church with Bronze Anozar officiating. GADSON…

KNOX Funeral services for the late Ethelee Knox – 80 were held June 24th at The Calvary Baptist Church. MCLEAN Funeral services for the late Inez…

DUKES Funeral services for the late Mae Francis Mattair Dukes – 78 were held June 24th at First Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. G. Bernard…

     Florida A&M University alumna and environmental scientist Natasha D. White, Ph.D., will receive the Professional Achievement in Government award at the Women of Color STEM DTX Conference in Detroit this fall. The award recognizes significant minority achievement and excellence in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Victor Harvey, founder of Victor George Spirits, presented a $10,000 donation to representatives from the Fort Mose’ Historical Society in St. Augustine on Friday, June 23. Former NFL player Oronde Gadsden, a Charleston South Carolina native joined Harvey for the presentation to share his insights. Additional attendees at the ceremony and celebration included Fort Mose Historical Society President Charles Ellis and Vice President Sedrick Lee, St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline, and State Park Manager Michael Watkins.

     Contrary to the NBA Players Association position,  I believe the 25 game suspension for Ja Morant is fair in light of second gun violation. His future as a potential hall of fame player and as a man depends on a positive outcome. And if things go as planned, the suspension can be modified.

Calling the state’s policy “invidious discrimination” against transgender people, a federal judge ruled that Florida’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy is unconstitutional.

Hospitalman Recruit Antony Ossa, a native of Miami, Florida, provides beneficiary care and expeditionary medical readiness while serving with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Lemoore at Naval Health Clinic Lemoore. Ossa joined the Navy 11 months ago.

  The history of the  belief of white privileged arrived on  the shores of this country with the arrival of the Pilgrims in New England on November 11, 1620.  It was then further  enshrined in the U.S. Constitution in 1776 when Thomas Jefferson penned “all men are created equal.”  Given the fact that Native Americans were labeled as savages and Black people had already been enslaved since 1619, Jefferson really meant that all white men, more so if they owned land, were created equal.