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THE EDITOR: This country will pay a heavy price for the lack of education of our children during this covid19 lockdown. We still have thousands of children without electronic access to education, and the Education Minister's answer is to send the police for them.
All this while large corporations are declaring profits of tens of millions of dollars in a quarter. How much does an electronic device cost? Maybe $1,000? So for $20 million we can supply 20,000 children with devices. Is that too much for these huge businesses to donate to the country? It is obvious that the politicians will not do it.
If the businesses make these donations they can surely claim some tax credits. Better than that, they will change the perception that the public has of them, which is that they are only interested in profits. Think of it as a PR stunt. They can take all the pictures they want and do some good.
Also, we need TSTT and Digicel to get together and increase the internet reach throughout the country. They must know where the need is. Just do it. Time is wasting.
We keep hearing that we are in this together. Well, prove it!
ANNE DE SILVA
St Joseph
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Tamil Nadu - The World Bank Group's lending to India more than doubled between 2017 and 2020 as the economy contracted, despite a number of government reforms to spur growth. The funding to India increased from $2.2 billion in 2017 to $5.11 billion in 2020, the Word Bankreported, while citing the country's 'remarkable progress in reducing absolute poverty' since the […]
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JODIE This week’s Spotlight feature, we bring you the lovely Jodie. This young lady is an outgoing and optimistic person who loves taking pictures as long as they depict her as being classy. Jodie is very comfortable in front of the camera, and has a burning desire to be successful, and knows she’ll have to […]
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As Muslims in Guyana anxiously await the start of the holy month of Ramadan which should be either the 13th or 14th of April 2021, we were greeted with some horrible news by the government’s national Covid-19 task force that decreed that no feeding or eating should take place at masjids after Muslims break their fast after fasting for 14 hours every day with no food or water.
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[Daily Maverick] Without a magic wand, no country will immediately be able to vaccinate very large numbers of people, but for developing countries, the hurdles between approval in the northern hemisphere and a jab in the arm in the 'global south' are infinitely more challenging.
Africas worst drought of the century occurred in 1992, and, coupled with the devastation of civil war, Somalia was plunged into a severe famine that killed 300,000. U.S. troops were sent in to protect the delivery of food in Dec. 1992, and in May 1993 the UN took control of the relief efforts from the U.S. The warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid ambushed UN troops and dragged American bodies through the streets, causing an about-face in U.S. willingness to involve itself in the fate of this lawless country. The last of the U.S. troops departed in late March, leaving 19,000 UN troops behind.
Since 1991 Somalia has been engulfed in anarchy. Years of peace negotiations between the various factions were fruitless, and warlords and militias ruled over individual swaths of land. In 1991, a breakaway nation, the Somaliland Republic, proclaimed its independence. Since then several warlords have set up their own ministates in Puntland and Jubaland. Although internationally unrecognized, these states have been peaceful and stable.
In Aug. 2000, a parliament convened in nearby Djibouti and elected Somalias first government in nearly a decade. After its first year in office, the government still controlled only 10% of the country, and in Aug. 2003, its mandate expired. In Oct. 2002, new talks to establish a government began; in Aug. 2004 a 275-member transitional parliament was inaugurated for a five-year term. Parliament selected a national president in September, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the president of the breakaway region of Puntland. The new government, however, spent its first year operating out of Kenya—Somalia remained too violent and unstable to enter—eventually settling in the provincial town of Baidoa.
In May 2006, the countrys worst outbreak of violence in 10 years began, with Islamist militias, called the Somali Islamic Courts Council (SICC), battling rival warlords. On June 6, the Islamist militia seized control of the capital, Mogadishu, and established control in much of the south. Somalias transitional
I visited the Kitty Market on 14th March 2021 to purchase some items and I observed that the vendor used a rusty Gloria brand tin of milk as a substitute for a pound weight.
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Branford is part of the musical Marsalis family, which includes his slightly-more-famous brother Wynton and slightly-less-famous father Ellis. Branford is best known as a jazz saxophonist and bandleader, but has also made a splash in other genres: in 1985 he joined a backing band for rock star Sting (recording the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles) and in 1992 he signed on as bandleader for Jay Lenos version of The Tonight Show. Branford has sometimes been criticized in jazz circles for not being a purist in the vein of his brother Wynton. Branford won Grammy awards for best jazz instrumental (1993) and best pop instrumental (1994).
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Editor: Participation in local government is arguably the most direct and effective way of influencing ones immediate environment, way of life and standard of living; at the City and County level, council and commissioner meetings provide a direct link to the running of your local community and involvement does make a difference. The recent decision by Waynesboro City Council to […]
Madagascar măd˝əgăs´cär [key], officially Republic of Madagascar, republic (2005 est. pop. 18,040,000), 226,658 sq mi (587,045 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, separated from E Africa by the Mozambique Channel. Madagascar is the worlds fourth largest island. The country also claims several small islands including the French possessions of Juan de Nova Island , Europa Island , the Glorioso Islands , Tromelin Island , and Bassas da India . The capital and largest city is Antananarivo .
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With elections’ reform in the air, Guyanese must remember that each of us, regardless of political loyalty, suffered at every election since independence, with the March 2020 Elections providing the clearer, most recent example of the will to lie, cheat and steal by the politically affiliated persons in GECOM.
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Liberian Commission recommended financial aid to Liberia and the establishment of a U.S. Navy coaling station in the African country.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola registered, in the last 24 hours, 55 new cases, 17 recovered patients and one death.
Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte dIvoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest peak is Mount Nimba at 5,748 ft (1,752 m).
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Beginning in 900, the Susu migrated from the north and began settling in the area that is now Guinea. The Susu civilization reached its height in the 13th century. Today the Susu make up about 20% of Guineas population. From the 16th to the 19th century, the Fulani empire dominated the region. In 1849, the French claimed it as a protectorate. First called Rivières du Sud, the protectorate was rechristened French Guinea; finally, in 1895, it became part of French West Africa.
Guinea achieved independence on Oct. 2, 1958, and became an independent state with Sékou Touré as president. Under Touré, the country was the first avowedly Marxist state in Africa. Diplomatic relations with France were suspended in 1965, with the Soviet Union replacing France as the countrys chief source of economic and technical assistance.
Prosperity came in 1960 after the start of exploitation of bauxite deposits. Touré was reelected to a seven-year term in 1974 and again in 1981. He died after 26 years as president in March 1984. A week later, a military regime headed by Col. Lansana Conté took power.
In 1989, President Conté announced that Guinea would move to a multiparty democracy, and in 1991, voters approved a new constitution. In Dec. 1993 elections, the presidents Unity and Progress Party took almost 51% of the vote. In 2001, a government referendum was passed that eliminated presidential term limits, thus allowing Conté to run for a third term in 2003. Despite the trappings of multiparty rule, Conté has ruled the country with an iron fist.
Guinea has had ongoing difficulties with its neighbor Liberia, which was embroiled in a long civil war during the 1990s and again in
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO could pay a heavy price for leaving Afghanistan too early, its chief warned Tuesday after a U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw a significant number of American troops from the conflict-ravaged country in the coming weeks. NATO has fewer than 12,000 troops from dozens of nations in Afghanistan helping to train and advise the country's national security forces. More than half are not U.S. troops, but the 30-nation alliance relies heavily on the United States for transport, air support, logistics and other assistance. It's unlikely that NATO […]
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