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Article by – Barbados Today – Published on February 15, 2020
Senator Caswell Franklyn
Opposition Senator Caswell Franklyn has called out some immigration officers for what he describes as xenophobia, abuse, deception and discrimination, particularly against other citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
“They deceive them. They don’t tell them the truth. It is a kind of xenophobia. Continue reading
Mike Elliott -CMEI
A group of businessmen in the Caribbean Marketing Enterprise Inc (CMEI) are building two branded hotels on 20 acres of land at Ogle and a sod-turning ceremony will be held on Wednesday February 19, 2020.
It is expected that one of the two hotels to be built by CMEI will be a Hilton-branded one. Continue reading
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration is deploying highly trained officers to boost arrests of unauthorized immigrants in a number of cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, the latest move in a battle against localities that adopt “sanctuary” policies to protect them from deportation.
YEARS OF HIGH HOPES: A Portrait of British Guiana, 1952–1956, from an American Family’s Letters Home
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The Letters of Marian and Howard Irwin
Edited and with an Introduction by Dorothy Irwin
The anniversary of Guyana’s 50th year as a republic is a natural time to look back and to reflect on how much has been accomplished and how much has changed since the wind-down of the not-so-distant colonial era. The startlingly detailed depiction of life in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), presented in Years of High Hopes casts light on a seminal period of the colony’s push toward nationhood.
Howard Irwin was the first of several Americans to arrive by way of a Fulbright grant at Queen’s College, where he taught biology. The letters and journal entries that make up this book were written by him and his wife, Marian Irwin, and sent to their parents in the U.S. during the three and a half years the couple lived in Georgetown. A candid, unofficial American perspective, the book presents news-making incidents as they punctuate everyday life in the capital and beyond. Continue reading
OPINION: What should Guyana learn from Singapore – without oil? – By Wayne Forde
Many Guyanese often compare Guyana’s progress to that of Singapore. Although there are some similarities between Guyana and Singapore, there are significant differences. Guyana achieved Independence from the U.K. in May 1966, and Singapore gained Independence in August of 1965 also from the U.K. And that is where the similarities end and divergence begins.
Singapore is a highly developed and prosperous free-market economy that depends on exports of electronics, petroleum products, medical and optical supplies, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, as well as transportation business, and financial services. Guyana is an under-developed and noncompetitive country with deficiencies and gaps in many areas. Divergence of economies. Continue reading →
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