Daily Archives: 04/24/2021

Guyana: Health Advisor Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says over 115,000 persons inoculated against COVID

04/24/2021 – 12:23 am

—  slams `whisper campaign’ against vaccine

By broek News –

Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Advisor to the Minister of Health today said that over 115,000 persons had been inoculated against the Coronavirus and he slammed what he called a “whisper campaign” against the vaccines.

An edited version of a statement he issued today follows:

By the end of today, Guyana would have vaccinated more than 115,000 persons with a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Already more than 1,800 persons have also received a second dose of the vaccines, thus, being fully vaccinated.      Continue reading →

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David Jessop | Regional tourism outlook brightening

04/24/2021 – 12:06 am
| April 18, 2021   
Recently published visitor arrival figures indicate that Caribbean tourism has started down the long road to recovery. Following a disastrous 2020, during which governments closed borders to try to halt the spread of COVID-19 and months when the sector all but ceased operations, visitor numbers are now slowly increasing.

According to Tourism Analytics, the Aruba-based consultancy that publishes tourism arrivals figures on a rolling basis, stopover visitors to the island Caribbean, excluding Haiti, declined by 66.1 per cent from 23 million in 2019, to 7.8 million last year.    Continue reading →

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Opinion | Why Trump Still Rules the Republican Party – The New York Times

04/24/2021 – 12:03 am

Why Trump Is Still Their Guy – Opinion- New York Times

You don’t hear his name as much. But as far as the G.O.P. is concerned, the former president rules.

April 21, 2021 -By Thomas B. Edsall = Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality

Campaign to Subvert the 2020 Election

His exile in Mar-a-Lago notwithstanding, Donald Trump’s authority over the Republican Party remains vast. You can see it in Republican reluctance to back a bipartisan inquiry into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, in the widespread denunciation of party members who refused to overturn election results and who voted for Trump’s second impeachment, and in poll data showing continuing repudiation among loyal Republicans of the 2020 election results.      Continue reading →

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LFU – Linden Fund USA: Support the future leaders of Linden and Region 10

04/24/2021 – 12:01 am

Linden Town Week – April 24 – May 02. 2021

Dear LFU members and supporters,

The Eustace “Sammy” David Scholarship for Success program, so named to honor our beloved board member and friend, was launched in the 2018-2019 school year as part of LFU’s education mission, which seeks to promote the academic achievement of youths in Linden and Region 10.          Continue reading →

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