Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Articles published on Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Rohee set numerical limits on missionaries

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told the US Embassy’s Political Chief on January 28 last year that the Ministry of Home Affairs had set limits on the number of foreign missionaries allowed into Guyana, according to a cable dispatched to Washington on February 16, last year.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai being escorted in style to the Heritage Village in Aishalton, Region Nine (GINA pic)

Ministerial team lauds Amerindian achievements at Aishalton fete

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai and PPP/C advisor and presidential candidate Donald Ramotar lauded Amerindians for capitalizing on the opportunities provided to boost their livelihoods while preserving their culture, when Heritage Village celebrations were held in Aishalton, Region Nine on Saturday.

Sir Hilary upset about sporting facility delay

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Professor Sir Hilary Beckles disclosed that he was embarrassed when he had to turn down a request from former World 110 metres hurdles champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados to train at an unfinished University of the West Indies facility on the Cave Hill campus.

Ambris called to CCC trials

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Teenaged wicketkeeper/batsman Sunil Ambris has been named in a shortlist of 34 players to play in three trial matches for the Combined Campuses & Colleges ahead of the WICB Regional One-day competition.

Brazil Truth Commission aims to tackle dark past

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil is close to  creating a Truth Commission to investigate abuses committed  during its 1964-1985 military dictatorship, ending a 26-year  taboo on delving deeply into the period but falling short of  calls for human rights abusers to face justice.

9/11 and the Middle East

Even as the United States and other predominantly Western world countries marked the tenth anniversary of destruction and death wrought by al Qaeda in the United States, the sentiments expressed by world leaders suggest a large degree of uncertainty about the consequences of that event.

Guinea launches mining contract review

CONAKRY,  (Reuters) – Guinea will launch a nationwide  review of mining contracts to root out “unconscionable  provisions” granted by previous rulers, and has toned down  Chinese involvement in the resource sector, Mines Minister  Mohamed Lamine Fofana told Reuters.

We need to take a long view of history

“Studying history . . . helps [us] to develop a sense of ‘shared humanity’; to understand themselves and ‘otherness,’ by learning how they resemble and how they differ from other people, over time and space; to question stereotypes of others, and of themselves; to discern the difference between fact and conjecture; to grasp the complexity of historical cause; to distrust the simple answer and the dismissive explanation; to respect particularity and avoid false analogy; to recognize the abuse of historical ‘lessons,’ and to weigh the possible consequences of such abuse; to consider that ignorance of the past may make us prisoners of it; to realize that not all problems have solutions; to be prepared for the irrational, the accidental, in human affairs; and to grasp the power of ideas and character in history.”