Daily Archives: 12/11/2018

Buxton- Friendship Museum Archives & Cultural Center – Donations Request

12/11/2018 – 10:33 pm

Friends of Villages Museum & Archives Inc.

(Supporting the Buxton/Friendship Museum Archives & Cultural Center)

P.O. Box 352, Lanham, Maryland USA 20768-0352

Email – friendsofvmainc@gmail.com  

A 501(c)(3) Organization – Tax ID# 82-1835070

    Happy New Year and best wishes for 2019.

On Saturday August 4th 2018, we culminated the end of one journey to open the  “Buxton /Friendship Museum, Archives & Cultural Center”  at 35 Edmund Ford Street,- Middle Street(Lower Level) in Buxton Village, East Coast Guyana, S.A.

The work is now beginning, as we look towards acquiring more artifacts  and archival materials.

For such a project , sustainability is paramount and we look towards to your continued support in preserving our history.

The launching and Grand opening was a huge success.

Please read  Sunday Aug 5th, 2018, Guyana, Stabroek News for more information.

“Thanks to all who have made contributions, sent congratulations and given their support in various ways to make the opening a success.” Look out for our Web Site coming soon”.

“Together we can make a difference and make all things possible” 

Keith Easton

President & Founder

                  Phone: (240)-601-3892                     

SEE ATTACHMENT BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION

Download:  buxton museum sponsor letter jan 2019

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SCHOOLS VISIT BUXTON MUSEUM

 

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Merry Christmas Greetings – 2018

12/11/2018 – 8:45 pm

Shepherds were in the field that night

When the land was filled with heav’nly light

An Angel of the God spoke the Holy Word

Born today is a Savior who is Christ the Lord

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US Ambassador Holloway’s ‘doom and gloom’ comment regarding Guyana’s oil wealth

12/11/2018 – 6:31 pm

Mr. Holloway: ’Stop the doom and gloom” … appreciate the benefits of Guyana’s oil wealth

Stabroek News – Editorial – 11 December 2018

Perry Holloway

There are times when it takes an opinion that is detached from what, all too often, is our rumbustious political culture to voice truths about important national issues, we ourselves being too immersed in our prejudices to muster the honesty to speak objectively.

Outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway is harnessed  by  no such prejudices so that the last week’s ‘doom and gloom’ remark in his assessment of the chatter on the subject of what is now assumed to be Guyana’s imminent ‘oil fortune’ comes as no surprise.               Continue reading →

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Canadian court to rule on extradition to Guyana of wanted ex-GRDB Accountant

12/11/2018 – 12:00 pm

Canadian court to rule on extradition says Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU)

 Dec 11, 2018 – Kaieteur News

The immigration hearing in relation to former accountant at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran, who is fighting extradition in Canada, has concluded. A Canadian Court is set to rule on the matter soon.
This was disclosed by Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) Prosecutor, Patrice Henry, yesterday, when the case of Police versus Ramcharran – who is charged by police here for several counts of fraud.

The ruling, if favourable, will pave the way for Ramcharran to be extradited to Guyana, where he will face multiple fraud charges in relation to several breaches at GRDB.            Continue reading →

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The Guyana Institute of Historical Research – call for papers for June 2019 Conference

12/11/2018 – 11:41 am

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research – call for papers  

12th Research Conference, on Saturday 29 June, 2019

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research, based in Montrose, East Coast Demerara Guyana. will host its 12th Research Conference, on Saturday 29 June, 2019, and is inviting submission of abstracts and papers.

The conference theme is “Labour, military history and, migration.”   The early registration fee is

G$5,000 for those who register on/offline between December 2018 and 28 June 2019. The late registration fee: G$10,000.

Abstracts must be submitted by 14 June 2019, and early submission of abstracts will ensure that they are included in the Book of Abstracts.    Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’ Say— On clergy who are actively gay – By Yvonne Sam

12/11/2018 – 10:20 am

Pope Francis’ Say— On clergy who are actively gay.

By Yvonne Sam

His expressed sentiments are very clear; homosexuality among the clergy is a veritable fear.  

In his soon- to- be published book, “The Strength of the Vocation”  based on interviews with a Spanish born missionary priest, Fernando Prado, Pope Francis dissertation  on the demands of being a priest, and bemoans the presence of homosexuality in the Church, saying that it is a serious matters  that truly bothers him. “The issue of homosexuality is a grave situation that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates,” He further asserted that admission to the Catholic clergy should be denied males with ingrained homosexual tendencies, and actively gay priests should be encouraged to leave rather than live a double life.          Continue reading →

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Medical Marijuana Framework Coming for Barbados – P.M. Mia Mottley

12/11/2018 – 12:10 am

Medical Marijuana Framework Coming for Barbados, But Referendum to be Held on Recreational Use of the Drug

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday December 10, 2018 – Before Christmas, Barbados should have a framework for medical cannabis in place. However, freeing up the recreational use of the drug will have to be decided by referendum.

Word of this has come from Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who pointed out that Barbados could no longer afford to miss out on the emerging cannabis industry.

“There is no doubt that we will put a framework in place for medical cannabis within the next week or so. In fact, we have more or less taken a decision, we just need some refining and training with practitioners,” Mottley told the business community gathered at the CIBC FirstCaribbean Barbados Client Economic Forum last Friday (December 7. 2018).    Continue reading →

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