One Caribbean Nation. Deryck Thomas By William Skinner Sweet Drinks: A High School Friendship and Memories Back in the sixties, while a student at the famous Modern High School located on Roebuck Street, Deryck Thomas and I developed a wonderful friendship that remains wonderfully intact. Deryck’s father, worked in a managerial/ supervisory capacity at what we called the Coke factory, which was situated extremely close to our school. Occasionally, the students were treated to free beverages, and we all believed, it was the magnanimity of our distinguished Headmaster and owner of the Modern, Louis Lynch, who remains a legend among educators, in our country. It is widely known that there have been calls to make him a national hero. There was also a rumor that th...
One Caribbean Nation. UN slavery resolution hailed as reparations campaign watershed By Ricardo Roberts Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong has hailed a United Nations resolution describing the transatlantic slave trade as a "grievous crime against humanity" as a landmark victory for the global quest for reparatory justice, saying it cements the Caribbean's case for reparations on firm legal and historical ground. The resolution, passed by 123 member nations on Wednesday, calls for the return of stolen cultural artefacts, the establishment of a global reparations fund, and increased public education through agencies such as UNESCO. The United States joined with Israel and Argentina to vote against the resolution while 52 other countries, including all of Europe's former colonial powers that captured and enslaved millions of Africans, abstained. In an exclusive interview with Barbados TODAY, Amb Comissiong emphasised that while the journey began in earnest at the ...
One Caribbean Nation. National Flag of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana The Mahogany Coconut Group is deeply disturbed by the emerging post-election violence in Guyana. Reports from Georgetown reveal there have been four brutal murders to date. The revelation that both Afro and Indo Guyanese have been victims, indicate that unless there is a swift political and judicial response to these atrocities, the violence that is not unknown to the good people of Guyana would not only continue but could escalate. CARICOM /regional leaders , who were deeply involved in the issues surrounding pre-election Guyana, must now let their voices be heard , and apply the needed pressure to ensure that this violence, does not become the undoing of the country. They must ensure that those, both in government and opposition, present a national unified front against violence, especially rooted in racial and political differences. Exploiting racial and political differences to further opportunistic ...
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