Daily Archives: 03/22/2015

Guyana: Capitol TV News Videos – 20 March 2015

03/22/2015 – 8:04 am

Guyana: Capitol  TV News Videos – 20 March 2015

  • Man nabbed trying to smuggle 89 pounds of cocaine in seasoning
  • Stanley Ming presents Guyana 2030 Plan
  • No Police records of Crum-Ewing complaints about threats he received
  • Coalition says will investigate Crum-Ewing, Sash Sawh deaths if elected
  • Joint Services in elections preparedness
  • A Look at the Courts
  • Sports

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Man nabbed trying to smuggle 89 pounds of cocaine in seasoning

Posted: 20 Mar 2015 01:09 PM PDT    Continue reading →

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What I learned about politicians and government growing up in Guyana

03/22/2015 – 5:53 am

Thanks Rosaliene.

Three Worlds One Vision

Assassination of Courtney Crum-Ewing - Guyana - March 2015

Assassination of Courtney Crum-Ewing – Guyana – March 10, 2015
Photo Credit: Kaieteur News

On March 10, 2015, Courtney Crum-Ewing was gunned down during his one-man crusade in his neighborhood, calling on residents with a bullhorn to vote out the current government in the upcoming May elections.

Growing up in Guyana during our struggle for independence from Britain and over subsequent years under an authoritarian government, I was not surprised by this brutal act against an unarmed, political activist. One of the advantages of growing up in the administrative capital of a small developing nation was the opportunity to get a close up view of politicians and government in action.

At a young age, I learned that the government was not some entity separate from we-the-people, but rather an integral and vital part of our daily lives. When a government is efficient and effective in executing its diverse functions, no…

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“Guyanese or Indo-Caribbean?” – By Aminta Kilawan

03/22/2015 – 5:36 am

“Guyanese or Indo-Caribbean?”

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Aminta Kilawan

By Aminta Kilawan

“Hot cross buns-hot cross buns-one a penny-two a penny-hot cross buns,” my dad would sing, with an air of nostalgia reminiscing about Eastertime in Guyana. On Good Friday, an Afro-Guyanese woman would walk down the road singing the tune, with fresh buns in a basket on her head, distributing to her Rose Hall Town neighbors in remembrance of Jesus’ crucifixion.

My dad and his family are Hindu. His weekly chore as a child was to offer prayers and flowers in the murthi-laden mandir built in their backyard. Yet my dad and numerous other Hindus attended Sunday school, where they learned and recited the Psalms in the Bible. When I saw my parents close their eyes and state the “Our Father” at my junior high school graduation Mass, I was taken aback by them, the very individuals who taught me the popular Hindu prayer “Twameva Mata.” Continue reading →

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Paloma’s Tribute to Courtney: Requiem for the Unknown Soldier

03/22/2015 – 5:00 am
Paloma’s Tribute to Courtney: Requiem for the Unknown Soldier
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Paloma Mohamed Martin (Ph.D)
Communications/Sociology/ Social Psychology
Anthony Sabga Caribbean Laureate ( Excellence in Arts and Letters) 2015
And above all things grant me the wisdom to know love when I see it,
the grace to touch its face in  reverence and the good fortune to see it reflected in myself.
Paloma
February 2003.
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