Daily Archives: 04/05/2017

Guyana News Headlines – Kaieteur News – April 4-5, 2017

Guyana News Headlines – Kaieteur News – April 4-5, 2017

News – April 5, 2017

Guyana Cultural Association of Montreal – Oldies Celebration – May 13, 2017

Guyana Independence Anniversary – NYC Celebration – May 26 – June 11, 2017

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Guyana – Capitol TV News Videos – 04 April 2017

Guyana – Capitol TV News Videos – 04 April 2017  

A West Berbice Mining Syndicate is accusing a senior public servant of halting their prospecting efforts
Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:33 AM PDT
Murdered political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing’s trial reopened this morning with the lead accused being a no show

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:32 AM PDT

Hundreds of residents from two village’s on the east bank benefited from a Chinese medical service brigade

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:31 AM PDT

President Granger urges Diplomats to strengthen diplomatic strategies

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:29 AM PDT

With widespread concerns surrounding the arrival of over 100 Haitians

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:28 AM PDT

Gold and Diamond exporter granted $3M bail for an alleged fraud

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:26 AM PDT

Diamond Mineral Water Sports Roundup – April 03, 2017

Posted: 04 Apr 2017 05:24 AM PDT

Guyana Government News Brief – April 04, 2017 – video

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Guyana Government News Brief – April 04, 2017

Fear Spreads in Immigrant Communities – Dennis J. Bernstein

Fear Spreads in Immigrant Communities

Friday, March 31, 2017 By Dennis J. Bernstein, Consortium News | Interview

There is “widespread fear” in the undocumented community, says Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), whose work in the first two months of the Trump administration has focused on keeping people from panicking while informing them of their rights and how to defend themselves if US immigration agents show up at their workplace or home or intercept them on their way to work or while taking their children to school.

Alvarado is often compared to Cesar Chavez in terms of his leadership and organizing power in the undocumented community. NDLON represents tens of thousands of day-laborers. I spoke to Alvarado on March 10.    Continue reading

The robots are coming, your job is at risk – By Martin Khor

The robots are coming, your job is at risk – By Martin Khor

Martin Khor

By Martin Khor – http://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/

PENANG, March 15, 2017 (IPS) – Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with humans inside to make corrections in case something goes wrong. If the tests go well, Uber will presumably replace their present army of drivers with fleets of the new cars.

Some personally owned cars can already do automatic parking. Is it a matter of time before Uber, taxi and personal vehicles will all be smart enough to bring us from A to B without our having to do anything ourselves?

But in this application of “artificial intelligen­ce,” in which machines can have human cognitive functions built into them, what will happen to jobs? It is estimated that in the US alone, 4 to 5 million drivers of trucks and taxis could be rendered unemployed.   Continue reading

Guyana Ex-Police Association of Canada – 20th Anniversary Ball -Toronto – April 29, 2017

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Guyana Ex-Police Association of Canada – 20th Anniversary Ball -Toronto – April 29, 2017