Capitol News TV News vides 26 August 2013

Capitol News TV News vides 26 August 2013

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• No shift in the position of the country’s main opposition party on the Amaila Hydro Project issue
• University of Guyana officially reopens
• Former Attorney General and Senior Counsel Doodnauth Singh cremated
• Young man lashes out at some members of the Police Force over what he views as unprofessional conduct
• Horse Racing – Elle’s Vision gallops away with $5mil grand prize

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No shift in the position of the country’s main opposition party on the Amaila Hydro Project issuePosted: 26 Aug 2013 04:57 PM PDT

People over 60 – funny jokes from the AARP

People over 60  ...From the American Association Of Retired People…    Clyde Duncan passed this on to us. Thanks!

Questions and Answers from AARP Forum
Q: Where can men over the age of 60 find younger, sexy women who are interested in them?	A: Try a bookstore, under Fiction.
Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?	A: Keep busy.. If you’re handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you’re done, you’ll have a place to live.

Concerned Citizens Against Domestic Abuse – Dance – Toronto Sept 7, 2013

Canada opens visa application centre in Guyana

Canada’s High Commission in Guyana

Monday, 26 August 2013 (CMD) Canada on Monday announced the opening of a new visa application centre (VAC) in Georgetown to make the process of applying for a visa to enter Canada easier and more convenient.
The High Commission, however, pointed out that the centre  will not decide whether applicants will be granted visas.

“It is important to note that VACs are not involved in the decision making process and are not authorized to provide applicants with advice about their visas,” the High Commission said in a statement.  Canada several years ago shifted its visa processing operations to Trinidad after a racket was uncovered here.   

Capitol News – TV News Videos – 23 August 2013

Capitol News – TV News Videos – 23 August 2013

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• APNU expresses concern about the state of Guyana’s Education system
• Calls continue for shared Governance and for the State’s resources to be distributed equitably
• Guyana continues to receive financial assistance to preserve biodiversity and natural resources

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APNU expresses concern about the state of Guyana’s Education systemPosted: 23 Aug 2013 06:59 PM PDT

Calls continue for shared Governance and for the State’s resources to be distributed equitablyPosted: 23 Aug 2013 06:56 PM PDT

Guyana continues to receive financial assistance to preserve biodiversity and natural resourcesPosted: 23 Aug 2013 06:53 PM PDT

Cricket: CPL hailed a massive success

CPL hailed a massive success

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday August 26, 2013 – The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League has been hailed by organisers and players as a “massive success.”

Picture:  Limacol CPL CEO Damien O’Donohoe with Chris Gayle and The Most Honourable PJ Patterson

The tournament ended on Saturday night in front of a full house at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad with the Jamaica Tallawahs crowned as the champions after beating the Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets with 15 balls in hand.

It was the culmination of 24 matches over 26 days involving six franchise teams from across the region, with those matches played out at packed venues.  

Five Ways Stress Affects Your Mind and Body

By Christina Sarich – Nation of Change – 26 August 2013.

Here are five reasons why learning how to destress is so important.

We all know we should lower our stress levels, but it isn’t always easy. Sometimes, though, knowing exactly how stress is affecting us can be highly motivating to take steps that will actually decrease stress in our lives. Whether we do it by spending time in nature, practicing yoga or tai chi, laughing more often, or by unplugging from our computers and smart phones for at least a few hours every day, lowering stress is imperative. Here are 5 reasons why learning how to destress is so important:

• 1. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, stress leads to some of the most debilitating diseases of our time, including higher rates of heart disease, cancer, accidental injury and even suicide. Try taking ten deep, relaxed breaths to combat stress and live a little longer.  

Education in Guyana – commentary

Education in Guyana

AUGUST 25, 2013 · BY Stabroek News – EDITORIAL

Every year the CXC results are announced it triggers the annual hand-wringing about English and Maths, and a spate of suggestions about what can be done to rescue the education system. The first thing to be said is that education is a long-term process, and generally speaking, innovations or reforms introduced to bring about an improved outcome take a while to work their way through the system. In other words, with some special exceptions, instant solutions will not happen. In fact, sometimes, as the English authorities found out to their cost at one point, too many reforms introduced too quickly produce confusion and the opposite consequences from the ones which were intended.

The second thing is that under no circumstances should education be made into a political football; it is far too important for that. For those who look back to some rosy era when education was free from kindergarten to university, etc, etc, it must be pointed out that it was under Burnham that education went into precipitous decline.   

50-Year Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Iconic Speech

March on Washington inspired the masses and, at the time, encouraged U.S. citizens that democracy could work.

It was 50 years ago this month that Martin Luther King Jr. stood before millions of people gathered at the Washington Mall and delivered his most memorable and iconic speech. As it came to be called March on Washington, King’s speech is recognized as the emotional high point of 1963.  [read more]

Can the Human Race Save Itself from Self-destruction?

Blog entry from the blog of Guyana-born Rosaliene Bacchus.

Three Worlds One Vision

Planet Earth – Image taken by a Russian weather satellite
Source: Live Science Online

We all belong to the human race or human species: Homo sapiens. Black, brown, white or yellow, we are bound together as one on Planet Earth. Traveling at 67,000 mph or 18.6 mps around the Sun, our Spaceship Earth is a beautiful, tiny, fragile planet with a paper-thin atmosphere. The few privileged individuals who have seen Earth from outer space share an awareness of our home planet as a living, breathing organism. (See the video, Overview).

We are all part of this organism. There is no separateness, only what we have created in our skewed conception of who we are and our place in the world. Growing inequality in the world’s richest, most powerful nation and across our planet is a signal of distress. If we want to survive, we have to start thinking…

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