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Christmas: Deck the Halls with Crowds of Folly – By Yvonne Sam

December 12, 2018 – 12:24 am

Oh Holy Night when would Christians get it right?

By Yvonne Sam

Clearing the hall of crowds of folly.

Historically the season called Xmas has been the recipient of a multiplicity of revisions, and I feel that the time has come for yet another modification. Do not get me wrong, but my main problem with Christmas does not lie in the celebration of itself, but instead the folly and ignorance of those who celebrate this highly commercialized holiday. Millions of December 25th celebrants feel compelled to participate in an expensive holiday, burdened by guilt and shame if they are unable to crowd the base of the Xmas tree.

As one can discern the origins of Christmas are neither biblical nor North American. Christmas in North America is a fusion of cultural folklore from Africa and Europe, brought to North America by Europeans who themselves were divided on their view of the practice of Christmas as pagan. Continue reading →

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The Guyana Institute of Historical Research – call for papers for June 2019 Conference

December 11, 2018 – 11:41 am

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research – call for papers

12th Research Conference, on Saturday 29 June, 2019

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research, based in Montrose, East Coast Demerara Guyana. will host its 12th Research Conference, on Saturday 29 June, 2019, and is inviting submission of abstracts and papers.

The conference theme is “Labour, military history and, migration.” The early registration fee is

G$5,000 for those who register on/offline between December 2018 and 28 June 2019. The late registration fee: G$10,000.

Abstracts must be submitted by 14 June 2019, and early submission of abstracts will ensure that they are included in the Book of Abstracts. Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’ Say— On clergy who are actively gay – By Yvonne Sam

December 11, 2018 – 10:20 am

Pope Francis’ Say— On clergy who are actively gay.

By Yvonne Sam

His expressed sentiments are very clear; homosexuality among the clergy is a veritable fear.

In his soon- to- be published book, “The Strength of the Vocation” based on interviews with a Spanish born missionary priest, Fernando Prado, Pope Francis dissertation on the demands of being a priest, and bemoans the presence of homosexuality in the Church, saying that it is a serious matters that truly bothers him. “The issue of homosexuality is a grave situation that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates,” He further asserted that admission to the Catholic clergy should be denied males with ingrained homosexual tendencies, and actively gay priests should be encouraged to leave rather than live a double life. Continue reading →

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Medical Marijuana Framework Coming for Barbados – P.M. Mia Mottley

December 11, 2018 – 12:10 am

Medical Marijuana Framework Coming for Barbados, But Referendum to be Held on Recreational Use of the Drug

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday December 10, 2018 – Before Christmas, Barbados should have a framework for medical cannabis in place. However, freeing up the recreational use of the drug will have to be decided by referendum.

Word of this has come from Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who pointed out that Barbados could no longer afford to miss out on the emerging cannabis industry.

“There is no doubt that we will put a framework in place for medical cannabis within the next week or so. In fact, we have more or less taken a decision, we just need some refining and training with practitioners,” Mottley told the business community gathered at the CIBC FirstCaribbean Barbados Client Economic Forum last Friday (December 7. 2018). Continue reading →

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Can Guyana’s youth bridge the racial divide? – an Afro-Guyanese Perspective

December 10, 2018 – 12:47 am

Can Guyana’s youth bridge the racial divide? Part One: Race Relations from an Afro-Guyanese Perspective

Dec 03, 2018 – Kaieteur News

According to the Bureau of Statistics, Afro-Guyanese people make up about 30 percent of the Guyanese population. They have a unique experience, by virtue of their ethnicity, in Guyana’s racial climate.

Race Relations in Guyana have been strained since the country’s genesis. Though it seems the issue of racism will continue to plague the country for the foreseeable future, it is important to examine how the millennial generation, (Persons born 1981-1996) and the generations succeeding it, go about handling race relations. Continue reading →

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Guyana Institute of Historical Research Newsletter – December 2018

December 9, 2018 – 12:32 am

Download: GIHR Online Newsletter – December 2018

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POLITICS – Guyana’s Leadership Succession – By Verian Mentis-Barker

December 9, 2018 – 12:17 am

POLITICS – GUYANA LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION

By Verian Mentis-Barker- December 8, 2018

The highest levels of the nation’s politics bear an uncomfortable resemblance to a gerontocracy. And this not being said to be disparaging, in the least.

Disruptive health occurrences are an unavoidable statistical consequence of life and I will hasten to add that it isn’t confined to the older population. I can attest to having suffered a major life threatening incident almost a decade ago at an age when life was supposed to be effusing and though I have no physical deficits, it was an event that drastically forced the change of the course of things…in my comparatively uncomplicated life.

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France: Emmanuel Macron faces the first real test of his presidency – The Economist

December 8, 2018 – 12:22 am

The yellow jackets are not giving up

December 8, 2018. The Economist Magazine

“Iam not made to lead in calm weather,” Emmanuel Macron told a French novelist a year ago. “I’m made for storms…If you want to take a country somewhere, you have to advance at all costs. You can’t give in, you can’t fall into a routine. But at the same time, you have to be willing to listen. Listening to people means recognising their share of anger and suffering.”

The popular revolt that has gripped the country renders the French president’s words prescient, but also reflects advice to himself that went strangely unheeded. If anybody understood the value of listening, it was Mr Macron.

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Anti-Corruption Drives Face the Law of Unintended Consequences Worldwide – commentary

December 7, 2018 – 6:00 am

Around the World, Anti-Corruption Drives Face the Law of Unintended Consequences

Frida Ghitis |WPR: World Politics Review

In recent years, a combination of factors has converged to produce an unprecedented number of high-profile anti-corruption investigations around the world. From Brazil to South Korea, from the Panama Papers to the global FIFA scandals, publics across the globe have seen their worst suspicions confirmed, as daring investigative journalists and hard-charging prosecutors lay out case after case, revealing the details of pervasive malfeasance at the loftiest levels of power.

At first glance, this is unquestionably a positive development for society as a whole, for the economies of the countries affected and for the global political environment. Corruption corrodes the moral fiber of a nation. It undercuts the efficient functioning of the economy. And it taints the decision-making of politicians whose job it is to make the best choices they can for the benefit of their country. Continue reading →

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Knowing more about Ghana in Africa – by Francis Quamina Farrier

December 7, 2018 – 12:13 am

Knowing more about Ghana in Africa – by Francis Quamina Farrier

My recent odyssey in Ghana, was my third visit to that West African Republic, It’s a country which I have come to love to visit. The prior visit was when the country was celebrating its fifty fifth Independence anniversary on March 6, 2012. There were some pleasant surprises for me on this September/October 2018

visit. While the country remained its 95 thousand square miles in area, the population has increased from 25 million to 27 million over the past decade.

There have also been two very peaceful General Elections during that period, which resulted in a change of government. General Elections are held every four years during early December.

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Christmas: Deck the Halls with Crowds of Folly – By Yvonne Sam

The Guyana Institute of Historical Research – call for papers for June 2019 Conference

Pope Francis’ Say— On clergy who are actively gay – By Yvonne Sam

Medical Marijuana Framework Coming for Barbados – P.M. Mia Mottley

Can Guyana’s youth bridge the racial divide? – an Afro-Guyanese Perspective

POLITICS – Guyana’s Leadership Succession – By Verian Mentis-Barker

France: Emmanuel Macron faces the first real test of his presidency – The Economist

The yellow jackets are not giving up

Anti-Corruption Drives Face the Law of Unintended Consequences Worldwide – commentary

Knowing more about Ghana in Africa – by Francis Quamina Farrier

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