Guyanese Online
A new political party helmed by former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran, political consultant Dr Henry Jeffrey, attorney Timothy Jonas, and businessman Terrence Campbell will be launched in the coming days with constitutional reform for inclusive governance the cornerstone of its platform. Continue reading
Dec 23, 2018 by Rudi Webster
Clive LLoyd
In this year’s Christmas issue of the Cricketer magazine, former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd was voted as the best-ever international captain, just ahead of Imran Khan, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Captains Mike Brearley, Brendon McCullum, the Nawab of Pataudi, Graeme Smith, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Ray Illingworth, Mark Taylor and Michael Vaughan were all included in the survey.
In an enlightening and revealing article, author Simon Lister explained why he feels Lloyd had to win. This article should be compulsory reading for all West Indians, many of whom have the strange and unfortunate habit of belittling and diminishing the achievements of their own people while recognizing and rejoicing in the achievements of others. Continue reading
Julian Baggini – Mon 24 Dec 2018
You needn’t take the Gospels as gospel: sharing in a collective celebration can be more important than what is being shared.
I once had a Taiwanese student who was about to spend his first Christmas in a culturally Christian country. In Taiwan, Buddhism and Taoism are the two main religions, so all Christmas meant to him was Santa and presents. I tried to explain the rudiments of the Bible story. I had never seen him laugh so much. He clearly had not yet learned the western tradition of showing sombre respect for people’s religious beliefs.
But you could hardly blame him for finding the whole tale ludicrous: God sending his son to die for the sins of humanity, a virgin birth, magi following a star, angels appearing to shepherds. Even those too polite to laugh out loud would surely have an inward chuckle at the credulity of their fellow humans.
READ MORE: The spirit of Christmas doesn’t have to be Christian
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Christmas gifts from the politicians – Commentary – Stabroek News
There is little peace and good will in the political arena this season. And that applies not just to Guyana, but also to some of the leading democracies such as the UK, France and, of course, the US, to name a few. There is President Donald Trump whose administration stumbled into farce a long time ago, and which has since been disintegrating into chaos. As has become customary in more recent times, lawmakers agreed a short-term spending compromise to carry the government over into the new year.
However, Mr Trump has refused to sign the bill unless the Senate attaches funding to it for a border wall fence. So far he has adhered to that position, effectively partly shutting down the government, and sending thousands of its workers home without their end-of-year salaries. Apparently he does not remember that the Republicans paid a heavy price for refusing to sign a compromise when President Clinton was in office. Continue reading →
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