Meeting Scheduled to Resolve Dispute Involving the Barbados N.Y. Consul General

U.S. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke will host a meeting on Monday to resolve a dispute over an alleged encounter involving Barbados’ Consul General in New York Mackie Holder and a New York council woman.

The alleged incident occurred on a bus during the recent Labour Day West Indian Carnival in Brooklyn.

A statement from sources close to the Barbados Consul General says that Mr. Holder unequivocally denies the allegations that he verbally abused a New York Assembly Member.

The statement claims that several people who were on the bus and witnessed what occurred have vehemently denied what was alleged in various social media posts.

Meantime, an entity called the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy is insisting that there was indeed an encounter over the assembly member’s attempt to obtain refreshments on the bus.

The organisation has urged that Mr. Holder be sanctioned over the matter.

Starcom Network News has been told that CARICOM Consular officials have reached out to the Barbados consulate and, in light of the differing account, have been working to bring the parties together.

That meeting takes place on Monday hosted by Congresswoman Clarke and will also be attended by the senior Barbados diplomat in the United States, Noel Lynch, Barbados’ Ambassador to the USA and the OAS.

In an interview with Starcom Network News, President of the Caribbean Guyana Institute Rickford Burke, who has been a leading voice in highlighting the incident, says he’s happy that a meeting is being held to resolve the matter.

But he continues to insist it should never have occurred.