Entries for March 02-03, 2021

VIDEO: Positive Journalism should be the focus – by Charles Groenhuijen

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In most news reporting – “Good News is No News” – It does not sell.

That is the message most journalists want to give us. However, seasoned journalists uncover what most news media ignore.

Charles Groenhuijen, journalist and author for forty years, gives his perspective on what news should be like — Our role should be to “AMPLIFY THE GOOD IN THE WORLD”

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TRAVEL: Vaccine passports may hold the key to tourism’s safe return – David Jessop

From Russia to Singapore, nations around the world are considering providing citizens who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with digital immunity certificates for domestic and international use. Their principal objective is to stimulate national economic recovery and a gradual return to normality.

Such ‘vaccine passports’ may, however, come to play an important role in the restoration of international tourism as more people in wealthier nations are immunised against COVID-19.          Continue reading →

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Jamaica Narcotics Police intercepts big cocaine shipment from Guyana

By Stabroek News –  March 2, 2021

Law enforcement authorities in Jamaica announced today that they have unearthed over a hundred packages with more than 300 pounds of cocaine in containers from Guyana at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL).

According to the Jamaica Observer newspaper, the drug was found in two of six containers that arrived on the island from Guyana en route to Haiti and China.      Continue reading →

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Short Stories: Tacuba – By Geoff Burrowes

 – By Geoff Burrowes

There is a word in the Guyanese lexicon: Tacuba

     I’m not sure where the word originates but my understanding is that it refers to a tree or branch that has fallen into a creek or river and over a period of time the bark and the softwood have been worn away by the action of the water, leaving a piece of almost indestructible hardwood.

In our camping days when we came cross a tacuba we would burn it in the fire overnight and it would burn right into the early hours of the morning.      Continue reading →

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AIR TRAVEL: How will covid-19 change travel? | The Economist -video

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How will covid-19 change travel? | The Economist

The falling cost and increasing speed of long-distance travel. Cheaper air fares, rising incomes and more leisure time have made foreign trips routine and a holiday abroad accessible to many in the rich world wishing to escape their daily stress. . The covid-19 pandemic has devastated the travel industry. But as vaccines are rolled out and global travel slowly picks up, how will the industry evolve, and will holidays ever be the same again? 

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MEDICAL: DIABETES CANADA REPORT: ‘We Can’t Wait Another 100 Years’

DIABETES REPORT – FEBRUARY 22, 2021 | The Globe and Mail – Canada

Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best,  who was the founder of the Canadian Diabetic Association now known as Diabetes Canada, along with James Collip and John Macleod, are credited with the discovery of insulin.

BANTING HOUSE | DIABETES CANADA 

A CENTURY AFTER THE TRANSFORMATIVE CANADIAN DISCOVERY OF INSULIN, DIABETES CANADA ELEVATES CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO CURE DIABETES          Continue reading →

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Also check out the RECIPES on Guyanese Online.. Here are some links:

1RECIPES From Guyana and the Caribbean – From Guyana Outpost archive

3.  Guyana Recipes by Zorinaspice – 43 videos – autoplay


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