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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
This entry was previously published on Guyanese Online on Sept, 12, 2014
Conference on Aging – Keynote Speaker Fritz Coleman
Part Two – Senior Conference On Aging. Held at the First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena. Keynote Speaker Fritz Coleman NBC4’s weathercaster is a Southern California broadcasting icon. NBS 4’s Weathercaster Plus standup comedian great weather report. Continue reading
– by Francis Quamina Farrier
On March 27, Nations around the world, observed “World Theatre Day.” This annual event was established in 1962 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and supported by UNESCO. In this article, I am pleased to throw the spotlight on veteran Guyanese dramatist Ken Corsbie, who has been in the theatre arts for over seven decades.
Now in his early 90s, Ken Corsbie has been a member of the Theatre Guild of Guyana from its inception. However, his initial activities with theatre arts actually began at the Taitt’s Yard, now known as Cara Lodge on Quamina Street, previously Murray Street. Continue reading
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Here is the Buxton-Friendship Express for the period January-March 2021. Among the contributing writers to this issue is our village sage, Eusi Kwayana. He takes a critical look at the COVID-19 Pandemic. By the way, we would like to take this opportunity to extend Happy Birthday to him as he turns 96 next Sunday, 4th April, 2021.
As you observe the Easter holiday, please be safe and stay well!
Download a copy of the attached file, or click on the following link to access it:
http://buxtonguyana.net/Buxton-FriendshipExpress2021-01-03.pdf
Regards, Continue reading
By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN
The federally mandated minimum wage is $7.25 an hour but the average actual wage is $19.33; for Florida, $16.
The average hourly wage of a CEO is $369 but can be as high as $9,000. The average hourly wage of a billionaire is $1 million but can be as high as $4 million.
Billionaires numbered 565 in 2017and their combined wealth was $2.7 trillion. By 2020, in four years of the Donald Trump presidency and a year of the coronavirus epidemic, their number rose to 614 and their wealth to $2.9 trillion. By April 10, the number increased by15 to 629 and their wealth to $3.2 trillion. Meanwhile, more than 20 million Americans have had to survive on about $333 per week in jobless benefits. Continue reading
Super League: Why are football’s biggest clubs starting a new tournament? – BBC News
BBC NEWS 20 April 2021: There’s been a massive backlash against plans by some of the world’s biggest football clubs to start a new European Super League (ESL).
The clubs involved say the ESL will benefit football as a whole, but critics say it’s driven by greed.
Which teams want the Super League?
Twelve clubs have signed up – six of them from the English Premier League.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, have joined AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. Continue reading →
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