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Entries for 21 August 2020
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GUYANA: Reflection on what ‘International Day Of Indigenous People’ means for us
Aishalton Village, South Rupununi. The writing on the banner is in Wapichan and reads: `Strongly and happily we will maintain our customs for future generations`. Photo taken by Immaculata Casimero.By Stabroek News – August 17, 2020
By Immaculata Casimero, Junisha Jonny, Romario Hastings and Medino Abraham
Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from Aishalton, a women’s rights advocate and chairman of Aisharatoon Women’s Association. Junisha Jonny is Macushi and an indigenous activist. She is a former indigenous queen for region 9 and in 2017, was the first runner up at the national indigenous heritage pageant in Georgetown. Romario Hastings is an emerging indigenous cultural advocate and educator from the KaponAkawaio Nation. He is a graduate of the University of Guyana with a background in Environmental Studies. Medino Felician Abraham is Lokono/Arawak from Moruca. He worked among the indigenous people in the Rupununi and Pakaraimas for 10 years, and holds a Masters in Society and Frontiers from the Federal University of Roraima, Brazil. Continue reading →
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GUYANA: The tangled web of nepotism in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Opinion
Aug 19, 2020 KAIETEUR NEWS – Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom
The PPP/C will worsen a bad situation in the Foreign Service. Its recent engineering of changes with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has compounded and confused responsibilities within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Monday last, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced five appointments; an offer to former Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge to be an advisor on Borders (Frontiers); the appointment of the former Director General of the Ministry, Audrey Jardine-Waddell, as its Permanent Secretary; the reversion of the former acting, Permanent Secretary, Charlene Phoenix, as Ambassador to Caricom; the appointment of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, as Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and the appointment of former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud as Foreign Secretary. Continue reading →
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ART: Incredible artist – Nikolaj Arndt – drawings in three dimensions
The Chalk Guy has returned for an encore……
This incredible artist, Nikolaj Arndt, drawings on a flat surface in such a manner so as to give them three dimensions! He was born in a remote area of Russia in 1975, attended art school, moved to Germany in 2006, and since 2009 participates in street art festivals around the world, applying his special technique of 3D art. Enjoy
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MEDICAL: The aliens among us…… How viruses shape the world – The Economist
They don’t just cause pandemics
Leaders – Aug 22nd 2020 edition – The Economist.Humans think of themselves as the world’s apex predators. Hence the silence of sabre-tooth tigers, the absence of moas from New Zealand and the long list of endangered megafauna. But sars–cov-2 shows how people can also end up as prey. Viruses have caused a litany of modern pandemics, from covid-19, to hiv/aids to the influenza outbreak in 1918-20, which killed many more people than the first world war.Before that, the colonisation of the Americas by Europeans was abetted—and perhaps made possible—by epidemics of smallpox, measles and influenza brought unwittingly by the invaders, which annihilated many of the original inhabitants. Continue reading →
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Blog Stats = 7,000,000 hits .... achieved on 20 August 2020
Entries for 21 August 2020