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Daily Archives: 04/14/2016
Guyana– Latest News from various sources – April 14, 2016
GUYANA – LATEST NEWS – 14 April 2016 – Kaieteur News
(see other News sources at the end of this entry)
- Private ‘Jet trip’ was paid for by Chinese Govt. – President Granger
- Harmon to defend actions on BK, BaiShanLin and China trip today
- Dutch team helping to map city’s flood prone areas
- Nawbatt’s High Commissioner contract signed weeks before 2015 elections
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Democracy Spring: Liberty Arrested – by Rosaliene Bacchus
Democracy Spring: Liberty Arrested
Reblogged from Views àla JoAnn:
A haunting image from the Democratic Spring protest in Washington D.C. – Liberty arrested.
“We need to get $ out of politics so we can get people back in.”
– Kaja Rebane
Democracy Spring is protesting money in politics and voter suppression. Learn more in the following video featuring Redacted Tonight’s Lee Camp and Democracy Spring organizer Kia Newkirk.
UPDATE ON “DEMOCRACY SPRING” IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Have you seen any coverage of this major people’s peaceful protest on the national mainstream news?
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) launched its El Dorado Grand Special Reserve 50-year Old Rum
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) launched its El Dorado Grand Special Reserve 50-year Old Rum
President David Granger (right) receives the first bottle of the Special Reserve 50-year-old from the Executive Chairman of DDL, Komal Samaroo. (MOP Photo)
The occasion saw participation from various local and foreign dignitaries as they were treated to an evening of music, dance and rum-tasting, among other activities.
Executive Chairman of DDL, Komal Samaroo, informed the gathering that the product costs G$500,000 (vat inclusive), per bottle. Every bottle carries a unique number along with an 18-carat gold pendant bearing the El Dorado logo attached.
Samaroo continued that with every bottle sold, G$100,000 will go towards the DDL Foundation.
The first bottle was handed over to the President of Guyana, David Granger.
Executive Chairman of DDL, Komal Samaroo, informed the gathering that the product costs G$500,000 (vat inclusive), per bottle. Every bottle carries a unique number along with an 18-carat gold pendant bearing the El Dorado logo attached.
Samaroo continued that with every bottle sold, G$100,000 will go towards the DDL Foundation.
The first bottle was handed over to the President of Guyana, David Granger.
Native American Women: Keepers of the Spirit! – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Native American Women: Keepers of the Spirit!
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
The old woman sat on a rock and unlocked the matrilineal puzzle. Below, the confluences of the river celebrated in a joyful cacophony as strong currents poured the debris into the sea. All was not well and the woman could tell that the worse was yet to happen. She closed her eyes and the pictures moved in the dusty heat as if it were yesterday. There was a time when the land was respected as the giver of life, when the birds flew undisturbed and when the word of the people stood for something. But today it’s different.
The lungs of the forests have been sucked dry by poisons; axes decimate the trees and the rivers and their arteries are blackened by gold seekers. The manioc too has lost its shape and taste, while the birds have flown in the opposite direction. The woman looked at the smoke in the forests. She heard the noise of the dredges and wondered why her people’s lot was to minister over an ecosystem that may be eclipsed by the dawn of the crescent moons. As a native woman she was one with the ebb of the milk river. She was a keeper of the spirit. Continue reading