Caribbean Life News Update – 8 April 2017
Guyana Travel Tax billed into ticket
BY TANGERINE CLARKE | GUYANA
During a departure procedure on April 2, 2017, at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana, a ticket agent told this reporter, that a departure tax is no longer payable at check-in, he said the fee is now billed into the airline ticket at time of purchase.
Silicon Valley seeks Caribbean entrepreneurs and creators
BY ALEXANDRA SIMON | HAITI
The technology capital of the country is looking for Caribbean creatives to be a part of their initiative to improve the environment and the lives of people living in the region. Singularity University, a global educational technology organization based in California, is asking Caribbean entrepreneurs and innovators to present a startup idea that will change the livelihood and scope of climate in the Caribbean.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — For several weeks now, people apparently bent on making mischief have been posting bogus and Photo-shopped news extracts on social media that purport to show that Guyanese no longer require a visa to travel to the United States.
TED TALKS – The Effects of Racism in the United States – 10 videos
TODAY’S TED TALK – How racism makes us sick
17:27 minutes · TEDMED 2016
Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system — and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination. Watch now »
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