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Trump’s action constitutes one of the most inhuman acts against humanity DEAR EDITOR, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was introduced by President Obama in 2012 and brought hope and structure to the lives of 800,000 young people to date with the opportunity to live, work, drive, and participate openly in society without fear of apprehension and deportation from America-the only country they call home. It gave these “Dreamers” a chance to live the American dream. The program’s termination is one of the most inhumane acts of disenfranchisement known to humanity and an affront to the highest principles of American civilization. We can no longer call ourselves “a nation of immigrants,” or “the land of the
free and the home of the brave.” It will place hundreds of thousands of the young people directly affected in jeopardy and fear, and will collaterally affect their families, friends, and neighbors, as well as workplaces and educational institutions. It is most un-American. We have enough natural disasters affecting our lives to add more of our own creation! The elimination of DACA without adopting an alternative solution is as tragic as it is draconian. It sends the wrong message to young people who grew up in our communities that they are not deserving of any rights, that they are inferior, and can be removed from that the US on a whim.
The central requirement for strong, integrated societies-public trust in our government and laws, will be further eroded. Trust me, I have personally experienced this abomination of laws and injustice. See, e.g. this Daily News article on how my American political aspirations were savagely abrogated: http:// www.nydailynews.com/opinion/errol-louis-nyc-campaign-finance-tangle-article1.2403316. DACA, because of its basic goodness, has forged an emotional connection with the broader US population, called the “DACAmented” population-a sophisticatedly organized collection of sympathetic elements, with a presence in every corner of America.
This mistreatment by GTT is shameful DEAR EDITOR, I have cause to once again seek recourse through your newspapers in having a simple issue rectified by GTT. I have exhausted every possible and conceivable avenue and unlike Freddie Kissoon, as he wrote in one of his columns a few weeks ago, I simply do not have the connections to call-up a favour from Ms. Parker or Mr. Nedd. I am a simple, regular layperson. I have no connections and absolutely no claim to fame. I guess that is why my issue is being left to fall by the wayside…just as before, earlier this year. My landline started freaking out on Saturday August 12, 2017. The line became crossed with what I imagined were a number of different neighbours as I was hearing their conversations…and I figure they would have been hearing mine. So much for privacy! Once this happens, the DSL service invariably goes down. I gave it a few days and after nothing improved a report was made on August 17, 2017 (Reference # 1948917). I was advised that it will take between 5 -7 working
days to fix. 5 -7 working day to fix a line? This wasn’t in the North Pakaraimas or Deep South Rupununi; this was in Agriculture Road, ECD. Anyway, so I waited, and honestly didn’t expect miracles so I didn’t expect to have it fixed by the 5th working day. Indeed, no miracles for me. The 5th working day came and went. But, the 7th working day came and went as well. And the 8th…and the 15th working day and the 21st working day and counting So, I decided to call the famous number that they have…you know, the number that you call but keep holding for an eternity for a customer service person? But we hold, because we’re told that our call is important to them…so we hold…and hold. Eventually, I was connected to a BRAINIAC. A real live BRAINIAC. After explaining the whole scenario all over again, she said “something wrang wid the line”. Seriously? I didn’t see that one coming. It immediately reminded me of the air crash investigator that declared very boldly after a particularly deadly airplane crash that “something went wrong”. They walk among us. Evolution clearly took a left turn here. We are now into the second week of school and my son who is now in third-form has no WiFi to do research. What a shame GTT, what a complete and utter disgrace. You people really have absolutely no shame. I was forced to go and “borrow” somebody’s WiFi
closer to Georgetown. They actually have the BLAZE thing that there was this whole hype and excitement about. No Blaze…it was more like a failure to ignite. Agonizingly slow. Definitely no Blaze here. It was like a flare-up of a hemorrhoidal nature! An irritating flare-up! The name is either a marketing gimmick or the marketing people really had no idea what they were actually marketing. So, the wait continues… indefinitely… until someone decides to show up…or not. Stanton Seepersaud
The time to act is now! It must flex its muscles, and mobilize resources and numbers. The DACA movement must never give up its collective rights to stay in America, and must not be silenced while forcing the legislative and executive branches to enact a permanent solution to a growing problem that can no longer be swept under the carpet. A large number of states, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and DACA recipients have immediately petitioned the federal court to stop DACA’s termination. Three lawsuits have been filed thus far. One lawsuit was filed by 15 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.), another by the state of California individually, and a third by a DACA recipient and Make the Road New York (MRNY), all seek to have the court declare the administration and Department of Homeland Security’s DACA announcement unconstitutional. The widespread opposition to DACA’s repeal around the country must be supplemented by urgent Congressional action to reinstate and/ or make the program permanent. Remember President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s counsel to us, “Peace, like charity, begins at home.” Albert Baldeo, civil rights activist. President, Baldeo Foundation and Queens Justice Center
Tuesday September 12, 2017
City Council’s actions that defy logic DEAR EDITOR, It was quite agonizing and indeed simply appalling to sit in the Chambers of the City Hall in Georgetown recently and witness the Mayor and Councillors engage in an exercise that not only defied logic and the will of the vast majority of the citizenry, but also in one that showed a complete lack of regard and thorough disrespect for the rule of law and the judicial system of Guyana. It is simply beyond any rational person’s comprehension how in the midst of a matter engaging the Courts of Guyana, and I speak of the burdensome and unlawful parking meter system that was foisted on businesses, residents and visitors to Georgetown by City Hall, they could be pontificating on the way forward for that very unwise and illegal initiative. It should come as no surprise that the ‘Fantastic Four’ and their cronies voted in favour of the council continuing on with the illegal parking meter system, and more disgracefully continuing with the same company, Smart City Solutions, as they clearly has a vested interest in this purported company continuing with this infamous project. One should not forget that it is they who got us into this mess in the first place, with the signing the contract, which the Town Clerk had no authority to so do, flying off to Central America to pal up
with representatives of the company, and it was they who hid the contract from the rest of the Councilors and the citizens at large, and who boasted that Smart City Solutions was here to stay. But in addition to the show of indifference to and defilement of the Court System of Guyana by some Councilors, it was the public display of pomposity, contempt and impertinence to the Councilors and the citizenry by the Town Clerk that was most egregious. Clearly this individual believes that he is a legal luminary even though he has no legal qualifications, believes that he is the smartest person in the room, even though Georgetown must be the most bankrupt and worst managed city in the Caribbean and Latin America Unless the Town Clerk can produce the agenda and minutes of a Council meeting he claimed that was purportedly presided over by then Mayor Hamilton Green and which decided that a parking meter agreement should be entered into with Smart City Solutions, or in the absence of that, unless the Town Clerk can show on what legal authority he exceeded the limit of GYD$250,000 that he on his own can enter into as a contract on behalf of the Council, then that contract is null and void. But more importantly he should be severely disciplined and possibly prosecuted. Modi Sankar
A certain newspaper is playing a dangerous game of... From page 4 according to Bisram because Africans couldn’t do anything on their own. On August 6, 2017 in the Guyana Times, Bisram wrote “As the Africans did, the Indians had to build the coastal plantations to prepare them for cultivation of sugar cane. So they had to move more than 300,000,000 tons of earth by hands (as the Africans did) without machinery. So Indians are superior to Africans even if the numbers are made up (Bisram, where is your source?) A month later, on September 10, 2017, as if the first lie of 300 million tons was not enough, Bisram wrote in the Guyana Times “Indians would have moved 500 million tons of earth. And logically they would be entitled to five times 15,000 (since they developed five times as many acres as the slaves) or 75,000 square miles. Bisram has written letter in the Guyana Times on August 6, 8, 10, 12 and many more
times in the last 2 weeks. His main focus is to poison the minds of ordinary Indians and to say to them “black man shouldn’t get no land”. To cap of his assault on Africans in Guyana, on July 28,2017 in the Guyana Times, Bisram wrote “Descendants of slaves are seeking reparations (compensation) for the inhumane treatment meted out to their ancestors. Indians, Amerindians, Chinese and Portuguese also suffered inhumane conditions under indentured labour; their descendants are also entitled to reparations. He repositions the call for reparations by Africans as Africans calling for land as payment for “land development, which incidentally Bisram claims Indians moved 500 million tons to develop lands. For his edification, although he knows, let me share this truth. Reparations are internationally recognized as justice for crimes against humanity. According to the
International Court of Justice, crimes against humanity are (a) Murder (b) Extermination (c) Enslavement;(d) Deportation or forcible transfer of population(e) Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law; (f) Torture (g) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity(h) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender as defined in paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Rome Statute., or other grounds that are universally recognized as impermissible under international law, in connection with any act referred to in this paragraph or any crime within the jurisdiction of the Court (i) Enforced disappearance of persons (j) The crime of apartheid (k) Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally
causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. Which crimes against humanity Indians, Portuguese , Chinese or Amerindians suffered in Guyana. Does one deny 475,000 Africans died to build Guyana? Or will Bisram claim 900,000 Indians died to build Guyana? Mr. Bisram, none of your trips and presentations to GOPIO in Mauritius or India will change the truth. You cannot change facts nor create your own personal facts. These Indians mentioned above should be ashamed but they lack honour or dignity or truthfulness and add to the deceit of the Guyana Times whose editors including Ravi Dev know the truth. I have refused to respond to the 12 letters from July to September 2017 of Guyana Times’ onslaught against African achievements and African dignity. Eric Phillips