A year on from Brexit – Britain going in wrong direction -polls

A year on from Brexit

Most Britons think their country is heading in the wrong direction

 A year after they plumped for Brexit and two months after they voted to take away the government’s majority, nearly three-quarters of Britons think their country is on the wrong track. That is the most in nearly five years, and places Britain eighth of 26 countries surveyed by Ipsos, a polling firm.

Health care and terrorism are Britons’ main worries, along with poverty (and social inequality). Concern over immigration—the biggest beef of 2016, a consistent top concern and a powerful driver of the vote to “take back control” from the European Union—has fallen by half.

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Victories against Trump are Mounting. Here’s How we Deal the Final Blow

Victories against Trump are Mounting. Here’s How we Deal the Final Blow

President Donald Trump

The judiciary, legislative and media have all helped keep Trump in check. But it’s the residents of the United States whose response will matter most in the end

Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian UK

In this moment, populist intervention is everything, not as hate and attack but as an expression of popular will and power. Or as love, since we defend what we love. It is an extraordinary moment, an all-hands-on-deck emergency in which new groups and coalitions are emerging along with unforeseen capacities in many people who didn’t previously think they were activists. It is saturated with possibility, as well as with danger.  

The world’s most liveable cities – 2016: Living on the edge

The world’s most liveable cities

Aug 18th 2016, The Economist Magazine

The world’s cities: Living on the edge A report released today by the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Melbourne as the world”s most liveable city—for the fifth year running. Australia and Canada both do well, with three cities each in the top ten. But growing global instability means nearly a fifth of the 140 cities surveyed earned a lower score this year. Ten of these cities are in western Europe—notably Paris, which has suffered multiple terrorist attacks, writes our data team

More Details on Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s $221B Budget for 2015

Finance Minister unveils $221B Budget

AUGUST 11, 2015 – KAIETEUR NEWS – By Kiana Wilburg

·     Salaries move from $39, 540 to $50, 000
·    Old age pension increased from $13, 125 to $17, 000
·    Gold miners exempted from paying custom duties on fuel, 10 other items
·    Berbice Bridge toll for passenger cars, buses reduced from $2, 200 to 1900
·    Uniform Voucher increased from $1,500 to $2,000
·    Sausages and 21 other items to attract zero VAT

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“After 23 years, it is time” say Barticians as APNU+AFC churns out promises

Kamla Persaud addressing the crowd

Monday, 27 April 2015 – By Denis Scott Chabrol – CND

Fed up of waiting 23 years for the incumbent administration to provide quality basic services, many residents of the gold mining township of Bartica are prepared to give the opposition a chance to run Guyana’s affair.

In turn, the opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is promising better health care, reliable electricity, proper roads, a modern ferry stelling, improved security, proper garbage collection and disposal and incentives for the gold mining sector.

Bartica television producer and broadcaster, Edward Persaud, who was previously associated with the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), sent a recorded endorsement that was played and greeted with excitement by attendees. “I am going to tell you now that for you to see that change, it is time for that change and you have the power in your hands in the form of that ballot to place your X next to the boxes for the APNU+AFC come the 11^th May. It’s time Bartica,” he said. 

The Shocking Truth About Your Health – video

The Shocking Truth About Your Health – Lissa Rankin

Uploaded on Dec 5, 2011 TEDxFiDiWomen

Lissa Rankin, MD is an OB/GYN physician, author, keynote speaker, consultant to health care visionaries, professional artist, and founder of the women’s health and wellness community OwningPink.com. Discouraged by the broken, patriarchal health care system, she left her medical practice in 2007 only to realize that you can quit your job, but you can’t quit your calling.

This epiphany launched her on a journey of discovery that led her to become a leader in the field of mind/body medicine, which she blogs about at OwningPink.com and is writing about in her third book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself (Hay House, 2013).