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GUYANA: IMBOTERO RESEARCH CENTER : Merging Coastal Communities

GUYANA: IMBOTERO RESEARCH CENTER : Merging Coastal Communities & Science

The Imbotero Research Center (IRC) is a new field facility designed to accommodate international researchers in biological sciences, environmental studies, and cultural/ethnographic subjects.

GUYANA: US Ambassador Lynch speaks: It is a long large mouthful – The GHK Lall Column 


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Hard truths… By: GHK Lall

Kaieteur News – Her Excellency, American Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch has spoken; she could not have spoken more clearly, or with more authority.  Ambassador Lynch has praised the Government of Guyana for honouring, abiding by, being obedient to the ironclad dictates of sanctity of contract (SN March 19).  Whether I like this or not, there is this fact set in US steel: Ambassador Lynch speaks on behalf of the American Government.

After all the silence, all the subtleties and sophistications, this is to what and where the clashes over this contract stand: the business of America is business.  A hundred years ago, Calvin Coolidge reportedly coined that storied, pregnant string of words.  He was an American President, not a tiny plenipotentiary.  In more recent times, Ronald Reagan and that unmentionable brother who came before the present White House occupant have also signaled American business as the central focuses, thrusts, and priorities of their presidencies.    Continue reading

Demographics: Russia’s Population Nightmare Is Going To Get Even Worse – The Economist

War in Ukraine has aggravated a crisis that long predates the conflict

The Economist

A demographic tragedy is unfolding in Russia. Over the past three years the country has lost around 2m more people than it would ordinarily have done, as a result of war, disease and exodus. The life expectancy of Russian males aged 15 fell by almost five years, to the same level as in Haiti. The number of Russians born in April 2022 was no higher than it had been in the months of Hitler’s occupation. And because so many men of fighting age are dead or in exile, women outnumber men by at least 10m.

War is NOT the sole — or even the main — cause of these troubles but it has made them all worse. According to Western estimates, 175,000-200,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded over the past year (Russia’s own figures are lower). Somewhere between 500,000 and 1m mostly young, educated people have evaded the meat grinder by fleeing abroad. Even if Russia had no other demographic problems, losing so many in such a short time would be painful. As it is, the losses of war are placing more burdens on a shrinking, ailing population. Russia may be entering a doom loop of demographic decline.              Continue reading

GUYANA: World Poetry Day – 21st March 2023 – Moray House Trust

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Once again we have organised (and pre-recorded) a recital for World Poetry Day.

This year we had an excellent response to our call for submissions.
It is our privilege to host poets and readers from Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago as well as Guyana.

Event: World Poetry Day
Date:  Tuesday 21st March 2023
Time:  11.00 AM Guyana
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GUYANA: History: Remembering Winifred Gaskin: A ‘Political Woman’ in a Man’s World

By Rosaliene Bacchus -March 12, 2023

Guyanese Politician Winifred Gaskin (1916-1977)
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.org

Radical social change is possible. I saw it unfold as a teenager growing up in Guyana, a former British colony caught in the tight grip of the rich and powerful white sugar plantation owners. Such change demands courage, persistence, and self-determination. It means pushing upstream against the flow, ignoring the voices of naysayers, and not succumbing to discouragement and hopelessness when faced with setbacks and defeats. Winifred Gaskin (1916-1977) was a woman who displayed such traits to the fullest measure.

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USA: The 10 Most Asian Cities in the United States – video

USA: The 10 Most Asian Cities in the United States – video

See YouTube comments here: USA:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdHSIRTvXDY

GUYANA: 53rd Republic Anniversary Greetings from PPP and PNCR

‘Let Mashramani 2023 reflect camaraderie and oneness’ – PPP

See full statement from the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic:  On the occasion of Guyana’s 53rd Republic anniversary, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) expresses best wishes to…

Republic Anniversary greetings to all Guyanese – PNCR

See full statement from the Peoples National Congress:  Happy 53rd Republic Anniversary to all our fellow Guyanese at home and abroad. On this day, 53 years…

Guyana: 53 years as a Republic – By The GHK Lall Column

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By GHK Lall –  Feb 23, 2023

Kaieteur News – After 53 years of existence as a Republic, Guyana should have so much more to show for that time, so much to be proud about, even boast about, considering our fabulous endowments.  In people.  In the fruits of the earth, and now of the sea.  In the reality of potential and possibilities actually in our hands, in how well we are now positioned.  Though I am loathe to acknowledge, after 53 years, we have fallen short of our grand promise, been a huge disappointment.  So much given, so little to show for it.

Half of our citizens, however counted, have foreign addresses as their home.  The most telling demographic is our youth, the vigorous bloodstream of a polity and people, only for them to live and relive the ancient prejudices and bigotries of their forebears.  It is what punishes our social environment, what tampers with our minds, yokes our thinking.  We can have all the riches in the world (and we do), but if we do not have the skills and smarts and strengths to make the most expansive (inclusive) use of them, then we are all the poorer for what we have failed to contemplate, prioritize, achieve.  We have failed to do so, haven’t we?        Continue reading

TECHNOLOGY: The new AI Bing ChatGPT told our reporter it ‘can feel or think things’

The AI-powered chatbot called itself Sydney, claimed to have its ‘own personality’ — and objected to being interviewed for this article

Last week, Microsoft launched a “reimagined” Bing search engine that can answer complex questions and converse directly with users. But instead of a chipper helper, some testers have encountered a moody and combative presence that calls itself Sydney.

These types of AI chatbots are built to be people-pleasers, so questions and prompts that treat the AI as human will elicit humanlike responses, as The Washington Post reported.

By Friday night, Microsoft had started restricting how long the chatbot could talk, saying in an announcement that overly long conversations with people could “confuse” the bot into speaking in “a style we didn’t intend.”

Before this latest episode, our reporter interviewed Bing. Here’s what happened:

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CANADA: Ghost Immigrants: Paying for Canadian citizenship – The Fifth Estate Video

Immigration consultant Sunny Wang orchestrated one of the largest immigration scams in Canadian history. The twist in this tale isn’t that the people were trying to sneak into the country; it’s that they were sneaking out, pretending to be Canadian residents while having no intention of living here.

Comments on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMtBEgk9ls

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