Guyanese OnlineGO TO: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/canada-day.html
Across the countryEnjoy virtual Canada Day celebrations happening in cities and communities across the country on July 1.
Find out what Canada Day activities our embassies, consulates and high commissions outside of Canada have organized.
Sir Shridath Ramphal with support from several international lawyers, this morning argued before the International Court of Justice (World Court) that it has the jurisdiction to decide that the Paris Award which settled the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela is binding.
You can access it here: https://ilas.sas.ac.uk/publications/memory-migration-and-decolonisation-caribbean-and-beyond Please do promote far and wide…. Open the Link & it’s FREE to download on PDF
In recent years, academics, policy makers and media outlets have increasingly recognised the importance of Caribbean migrations and migrants to the histories and cultures of countries across the Northern Atlantic.
At the heart of this book are the voices of Caribbean migrants themselves, whose critical reflections on their experiences of migration and decolonisation are interwoven with the essays of academics and activists. Continue reading
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European Union -The ambassadors of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed on strict criteria by which they will remove entry restrictions, DPA agency reports. The decision was made according to epidemiological criteria.
There are two lists, one for those that will be accepted, and one for those who will not.
The list has already aroused controversy after sources revealed that the United States – the worst-affected country worldwide by COVID-19 with more than 2.4 million cases, is on the following list. Continue reading
Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold –
Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker – HEADS OF STATE
“Time is running out to prepare for the next pandemic. We must act now with decisiveness and purpose. Someday, after the next pandemic has come and gone, a commission much like the 9/11 Commission will be charged with determining how well government, business, and public health leaders prepared the world for the catastrophe when they had clear warning. WHAT WILL BE THE VERDICT?”
That is from the concluding paragraph of an essay entitled “Preparing for the Next Pandemic” that one of us, Michael Osterholm, published in Foreign Affairs in 2005. The next pandemic has now come, and even though COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that emerged in late 2019, is far from gone, it is not too soon to reach a verdict on the world’s collective preparation. THAT VERDICT IS A DAMNING ONE. Continue reading
Trump slams Guaidó while expressing openness in speaking with Maduro
Trump and Guaido
By Paul Antonopoulos | June 22, 2020
In what potentially could be a radical change in Washington’s policy towards Venezuela, U.S. president Donald Trump confessed that he has had doubts about his decision to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of the South American country.
Trump revealed in an interview with Axios in the Oval Office what he thinks about the self-proclaimed wannabe president of Venezuela, Guaidó, and even confessed that he “would maybe think” of meeting personally with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has already publicly expressed his willingness to talk with the American president. Continue reading
By David Jessop – June 23, 2020
Last week a culture war erupted in Britain over its colonial history.
Ostensibly the debate revolved around how to respond to public protests against the memorialising in city streets, squares, and public spaces of those involved in slavery. More profoundly, however, what happened and was said illuminated the need for Britain to find ways to rebalance the nation’s understanding of the role played by conquest, exploitation, and empire in creating its wealth.
The matter achieved prominence because of events on June 7 in Bristol in the West of England. There protestors had taken to the streets to join the international condemnation of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and to make clear that Black Lives Matter in Britain too. Continue reading
Selma Alabama Bridge -1985
TODAY’S BIG QUESTION: WINDOW DRESSING, OR THE ROAD TO CHANGE?
By Debra Adams Simmons, HISTORY Executive Editor – National Geographic
Hope infused last week’s broad Juneteenth celebrations and U.S. Supreme Court decisions protecting nearly 700,000 “Dreamers” from deportation and the civil rights of America’s LBGTQ communities.
Statues fell, flags with Confederate symbols came down, portraits of house speakers who served in the Confederacy were removed from the U.S. Congress. Venerable brands, which have long used labels such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s, announced an end to faces on food boxes and bottles that were born in racist stereotypes. Longtime companies that worked with slavers and profited from them, such as Lloyds’ of London, apologized to the Black community and promised to make amends. Continue reading
SCIENCE: Will the Sahara Dust Plume Help or Hurt Us? – National Geographic
Neatnik that I am, I think of dust as a constant foe. Keeping bookshelves and gaming consoles clean is hard enough in a normal week, so my attention was instantly piqued when news broke of a huge dust plume bearing down on North America.
In this case, the dust in question (pictured above) comes from more than 5,000 miles across the sea, blown off the Sahara desert and carried by trade winds across the Atlantic. It’s actually a common occurrence, as our Alejandra Borunda reports. Winds sweep millions of tons of mineral-rich dust out of the Sahara every year. This event is only unusual because the plume is riding lower than normal, carrying denser amounts of dust into the air layers where we live and breathe. Continue reading →
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