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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!
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By Geoff Burrowes
When I was growing up I knew a mild mannered boy named Malcolm Rodrigues. His nickname was “Milky”. I later heard that he had become a Jesuit priest.
When many of us, decided that life under the heel of the Forbes Burnham regime was not supportable and emigrated to other countries to enjoy their freedoms, Malcolm continued to minister in Guyana. I recently read an article written by him about the martyrdom of Father Darke and realized that Malcolm had grown into a courageous priest who had stood up against the excesses of the politicians of the time. I guess that his Jesuit training and expectations were partially responsible for that growth. Continue reading
From: Juanita Cox
Guyana SPEAKS will reflect on this fateful day with input from the following speakers: Captain Gerry Gouveia, Eusi Kwayana and Rod Westmaas. Continue reading
Eusi Kwayana
VENEZUELA – Letter to the editor – By Eusi Kwayana
Dear Editor,
A situation fraught with danger arose in the Southern Caribbean when the Venezuelan government in its May decree sought to violate Guyana’s territorial integrity and by marshalling troops on our border sought to subdue us by intimidation. This crude adoption by reflex of the colonizers’ tactics is all the more regrettable on wider considerations as it suggests a decline in quality at the leadership of the Bolivarian revolution.
There is other, less established but persuasive evidence that elements of both the Venezuelan military and civilian leaderships have spoken disrespectfully of the Guyanese population in terms of their religion and their colour. Continue reading
SEAN HINDS – Posted on July 25, 2015 – by Ralph Ramkarran
Ralph Ramkarran
Sean Hinds comes out of the dark and dangerous recesses of our recent history. In the relating of events of that era, he cleverly ensures that the confessions that he makes stop short of implicating him in any criminal activity, save that his admission that he was contracted to kill Ronald Waddell may point to involvement in a conspiracy to commit a crime. That admission is a matter for the Police.
Sean Hinds emerged against a background of seething political convulsions, which started immediately after the 1992 general elections, subsided, resumed after the 1997 general elections, subsided, then resumed again after the 2001 general elections. Continue reading
We have not done enough talking, grounding, conferences on power-sharing
eusi Kwayana (90) -in 2014
Letter: By Eusi Kwayana
Dear Editor: Mr Tacuma Ogunseye, arguing the case for Africans, has raised the issue of power-sharing as it can play a part in the governance of Guyana. My own view is that while he stands out as a voice for the future of all Guyanese society, he recommends marches as a means of achieving it. We need means that inform, educate, or appeal to reason or goodwill. He is in Guyana, and I am not, and perhaps he believes that none of these matter any more.
Political marches of one race, from when they started, and regardless of their cause, have terrified others. We do not seem to realise that what we have not done enough of is grounding, talking, conferences, on these important issues. Continue reading
BALRAM SINGH RAI
Ralph Ramkarran
Posted on June 6, 2015 by Ralph Ramkarran
Guyanese who have served their country with distinction can once again look forward to being recognized. National Awards to three persons, Brynn Pollard and Llewelyn John, the latter a vintage politician going back to the 1940s, and Hamilton Green, a politician from the 1950s with a controversial past, revive the possibility that distinguished service given in the distant past by those ignored by the PPP can still be recognized.
I refer to Fenton Ramsahoye and Balram Singh Rai, of the same era as the above three, but this article is about the latter. The atmosphere may now be more conducive and the time opportune to raise the issue of Rai. Continue reading
Eusi Kwayana (94)… is a priceless gift to Guyana, the Caribbean and humanity – By David Hinds
Eusi Kwayana – 2014
OPINION: Demerara Waves – April 6, 2019 – By David Hinds
This past week, one of the architects of our relatively young nation, Eusi Kwayana, celebrated his 94th birthday. Kwayana, by any measure, is a rare human being—a priceless gift to humanity. I use this occasion to remind Guyana that we have given this remarkable gift to ourselves and the world.
As a Caribbean civilization, we are not known for powerful armies, rich economies and high skyscrapers, but our contribution to world civilization has been mostly in the form of what another Caribbean treasure, Rex Nettleford, calls the creative intellect and creative imagination. It says something beyond the ordinary that these former colonial outposts could in the fields of art, sports, political economy and academia produce men and women of the highest caliber who sit and stand among the best of what humanity has produced. Continue reading →
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