Democracy breaks down when there is a disconnect between people and their governments. When the voices of ordinary persons are drowned out by officialdom confidence weakens. The system becomes a fraud despite the rosy platitudes of the political elite.
According to Obama, ‘democracy breaks down when the average person feels their voice doesn’t matter.’ As Americans get ready to welcome a new President Obama’s legacy will be a divided America. He will leave a fractious society in which most people feel that the system is rigged in favor of the rich and the powerful. Continue reading →
Hundreds turned out last Monday night for a candlelight vigil, and called for justice for Guyanese-American Alasasia Bryan, a 25-year-old corrections officer of the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island, who was brutally murder in her car at the corner of 73rd Street and Avenue L, in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn.
Dr. Molefi Asante, professor and chair of the Department of African-American Studies of Temple University will be the guest speaker at the first pre-Kwanzaa cultural celebration hosted by members of the Queenstown Essequibo Guyana NY Association, on Sunday, Dec. 11. Continue reading →
Bank of Guyana suspends buying TT, Barbados currencies from cambios
Posted by: Denis Chabrolin Demerara Waves – December 8, 2016
The Bank of Guyana on Thursday announced that it has temporarily stopped buying Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago dollars from cambios as part of efforts to stem increased demand for United States (US) dollars.
He said there was evidence shows that persons have been coming from Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago to buy American dollars, resulting in a decision by the Bank of Guyana to stop buying those countries’ currencies from cambios. “We have temporarily stopped buying Trinidad and Tobago as well as Barbadian currency from cambios. However, individuals can still come to the Central Bank with legitimate transactions for these currencies,” he said. Continue reading →
Caribbean Life News Update – December 8, 2016
Candle light vigil, $50,000 reward for Guyanese correction officer’s murder
BY TANGERINE CLARKE | NEW YORK
Hundreds turned out last Monday night for a candlelight vigil, and called for justice for Guyanese-American Alasasia Bryan, a 25-year-old corrections officer of the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island, who was brutally murder in her car at the corner of 73rd Street and Avenue L, in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn.
Guyanese group hosts first pre-Kwanzaa event
BY TANGERINE CLARKE
Dr. Molefi Asante, professor and chair of the Department of African-American Studies of Temple University will be the guest speaker at the first pre-Kwanzaa cultural celebration hosted by members of the Queenstown Essequibo Guyana NY Association, on Sunday, Dec. 11. Continue reading →
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