May 28, 2016

Angels Caribbean Band Canada Tour 2016

New York's Finest Angels Caribbean Band will open their Canada Tour on Friday, July 29 at the Saints Alumni Toronto AnnualCaribJam Dance at the Pickering Recreation Centre https://www.pickering.ca/en/recreation.asp.

This will be another sold out event and you are encouraged to book your tickets early with your usual supplier or online at toronto-tickets@st-stanislaus-gy.com 

Saints Alumni Toronto is proud to continue its tradition of providing high caliber entertainment and enjoyment at their fund raising events for their alma mater celebrating in 2016 - 150 years of Excellence in Education in Guyana .

It is not too early to plan which Caribana events to attend but Saints CaribJam Dance starts it all off and ends with Last Lap Lime http://lastlaplime.com/  on the holiday Monday. BTW, Last Lap Lime tickets will be available at the CaribJam Dance Saints CaribJam at the bargain price of$10.00. Did I say that the Angels will also be the featured band at Last Lap Lime? Come on out and enjoy the Power of Live Caribbean Music at both events.

Looking forward to your ticket(s) reservation.

Happy Toronto Summer!

Arthur

Chris Fernandes Honoured

Our Lady of the Rosary RC Church's photo.
Congratulations to Mr. Chris Fernandes, Chairman of the Board of Governors of St.Stanislaus College and Chairman of the John Fernandes Group of Companies on receiving the Cacique Crown of Honour for his service in the field of business and commerce in Guyana.


The Cacique’s Crown of Honour is the second highest award in the Order of Service.  It is awarded to any citizen of Guyana who has “rendered service of an exceptionally high quality in the public service, social and voluntary services, industry or trade unions, or in any other area of public service, or achieved excellence of national or international standing and recognition in the arts, professions, sciences or sport or in any other area of activity.”  It may also be awarded to institutions, organisations, corporations or a group of people who have made substantial contributions to the national economy, for achievements of a significant advance resulting in increased efficiency, for applying technology to production or development process in industry, or other significant achievements and contributions to national development.

Previously
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/sports/03/07/hikers-club-honours-chris-fernandes/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2012/03/07/hikers-hold-glitzy-awards-ceremony/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2010/06/20/businessman-administrator-christopher-fernandes-aa-is-a-%E2%80%98special-person%E2%80%99/
http://guyanachronicle.com/multi-million-insurance-company-launched/
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2016/02/04/massy-group-absorbs-john-fernandes-insurance/

Related
http://stanislauscollege.blogspot.ca/2012/09/john-fernandes-sr.html


May 23, 2016

Srinivasa Ramanujan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Ramanujan.html
http://www.usna.edu/Users/math/meh/ramanujan.html
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Srinivasa-Ramanujan
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/srinivasa-ramanujan-503.php
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/a-passage-to-infinity-the-untold-story-of-srinivasa-ramanujan/
http://www.businessinsider.com/researchers-unlock-formula-mathematician-srinivasa-ramanujan-2012-12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2254352/Deathbed-dream-puzzles-renowned-Indian-mathematician-Srinivasa-finally-solved--100-years-died.html
http://www.famousscientists.org/srinivasa-ramanujan/
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Ramanujan.html
http://qz.com/670254/the-unlikely-friendship-that-uncovered-an-untrained-indian-mathematicians-genius/
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/sundar-pichai-mark-zuckerberg-team-start-srinivasa-ramanujan-foundation-676458
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/man-who-knew-infinity-mathematician-s-life-comes-movies
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/remembering-mathematical-genius-srinivasa-ramanujan/16792165
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/the-legacy-of-srinivasa-ramanujan/article2746988.ece
http://www.softschools.com/facts/scientists/srinivasa_ramanujan_facts/1897/
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/ramanujan.htm

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCFck3laziI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_0NuOBNobk  N.B.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSOYdsaTYBU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Ufxl-zSRI  N.B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNGCn_3hmc
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=srivas+ramanujan&view=detail&mid=F5F2FDFB2FEF8B7C1F4DF5F2FDFB2FEF8B7C1F4D&FORM=VIRE
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=srivas+ramanujan&view=detail&mid=B041AAF2F1C7E789EC75B041AAF2F1C7E789EC75&FORM=VIRE

Movie Trailer
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/Indias-math-genius-Ramanujan-brought-alive-on-screen/articleshow/52025306.cms

Museum
http://www.ramanujanmuseum.org/

Of Interest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namagiri_Thayar
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.religion.hindu/aeRbnv-fEcE

Contraception and Abortion in Brazil

Women protesting in front of the National Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 29, 2015.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/02/23/3752371/brazil-tightens-abortion-laws-zika/
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/3/zika-reignites-brazil-debate-over-abortion-access.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/brazil-abortion/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3431101/Nothing-justifies-abortion-Brazilian-Catholic-archdiocese-says-women-not-use-method-birth-control-combat-spread-Zika-virus.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/health/zika-tests-catholic-position-on-birth-control/
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/02/brazil-zika-virus-harsher-abortion-penalties-are-pointless.html


Related
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/02/17/mexico-confirms-zika-virus-cases-in-pregnant-women-as-pope-francis-exits-the-country/
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/02/05/3746661/un-birth-control-zika/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Brazil
http://www.businessinsider.com/illegal-abortions-2013-5

Of Interest
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2013/05/abortion_and_birth_control_a_global_map.html
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399332.2015.1055746?journalCode=uhcw20
https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/is-zika-a-tipping-point-for-reproductive-rights-in-latin-america/
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/catholics.and.the.zika.virus.why.abortion.and.contraception.are.very.different.issues/79488.htm
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/brazil-subsidizes-birth-control-pills/
http://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6874-14-27

Black Media Needed in Brazil

Viver Brasil brings Afro-Brazilian dance, music and storytelling.: https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/05/15/two-women-shot-dead-in-rio-one-black-one-white-report-by-top-tv-network-demonstrates-why-independent-black-media-is-so-necessary/
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2015/02/16/23153/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/07/brazil-television-mister-brau-black-couple-race-issues
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3345339/racist-social-media-posts-plastered-on-billboards-in-brazil-1.3345407
https://igarape.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Black-Bloc-Rising-Social-Networks-in-Brazil.pdf
http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-20/black-brazilian-women-are-finding-their-power-and-theyre-even-showing-it-their
https://www.facebook.com/BlackBrazilNews/
http://www.afropunk.com/profiles/blogs/photography-i-got-tired-tired-of-not-having-any-black-references?xg_source=activity
https://blackmediacouncil.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/black-press-in-brazil-another-chapter-of-black-history/
http://www.flowjournal.org/2012/12/racial-contours-of-visual-culture/
http://www.forharriet.com/2015/08/how-i-found-black-consciousness-in.html#axzz48jKOpbPz
https://mediadiversified.org/2016/05/06/in-the-favela-this-happens-every-day-brazils-disregard-for-black-bodies/
http://fusion.net/story/274184/that-moment-you-look-in-the-mirror-and-realize-youre-black/
https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/102526/original/Look%25252Bat%25252Bher%25252Bhair.pdf
https://mediadiversified.org/tag/brazil/
http://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/content/becoming-black-nation-brazil%E2%80%99s-racial-identity-and-%E2%80%98african%E2%80%99-foreign-affairs
https://books.google.ca/books?id=Nwb8L46ZFgEC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=Black+Media+Needed+in+Brazil&source=bl&ots=jRb1-jjTRY&sig=yx9t-BRwIUIPIlNGna5XDo6T9U8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS6u7gj9zMAhWG1R4KHbKNDW0Q6AEIPDAF#v=onepage&q=Black%20Media%20Needed%20in%20Brazil&f=false
http://america.aljazeera.com/multimedia/2015/4/brazilian-soap-operas-slowly-cast-black-middle-class.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/5369132/10-of-models-in-Brazilian-fashion-week-must-be-black.html

Of Interest
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/06/02/17-year-old-rio-student-wins-neuroscience-competition-will-represent-brazil-in-denmark-why-did-ministry-of-education-whiten-her-image-as-an-homage/
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/06/28/after-20-years-on-the-air-globo-tv-novela-malhacao-will-have-its-first-black-protagonist/
https://blackwomenofbrazil.co/2016/10/04/what-do-brazils-ultra-white-magazine-stands-tell-us-about-race-will-the-real-racist-country-please-stand-up/

May 14, 2016

The Durban Park Project

http://guyanachronicle.com/durban-park-project-shaping-up-nicely/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/04/25/critical-look-at-the-durban-park-project/
http://citizensreportgy.com/?p=22496
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2016/03/03/durban-park-development-project-lacks-transparency-pppc/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/04/20/president-yanks-delayed-durban-park-project-from-ministry-of-the-presidency/
http://demerarawaves.com/2016/04/21/21-days-for-completion-of-150m-durban-park-project/
http://www.inewsguyana.com/govt-justifies-durban-park-project-releases-details/
http://guyanachronicle.com/world-class-durban-park-arena-taking-shape-residents-briefed-on-plan-facilities/
http://guyanachronicle.com/race-on-to-prep-durban-park-for-feb-23/
http://websvsb.com/articles/2016/04/21/150m-completion-durban-park-project
https://guyaneseonline.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/georgetown-guyana-durban-park-to-become-major-public-venue/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/06/26/durban-park-stands-to-remain-intact-pres-granger/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/07/09/small-contractors-on-durban-park-project-yet-to-be-paid/

Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOrrmkCLydo 1
https://www.facebook.com/newsroomgy/videos/1761847324092293/
http://www.capitolnewsgy.com/2016/05/11/durban-park-project-to-be-completed-at-the-weekend-min-patterson/
http://newsroom.gy/2016/04/21/concerns-quality-work-durban-park-project-still-remain/
http://hgptv.com/durban-park-project-moving-apace-2/

Social Cohesion Day

http://www.guyana-times.com/?p=4200
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/media/photos/05/12/social-cohesion-day-wraps-one/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/opinion/letters/05/14/social-cohesion-either/
http://www.inewsguyana.com/social-cohesion-day-scores-brave-early-morning-showers-to-pray-for-guyana-see-photos/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/12/guyana-hosts-inaugural-national-day-of-prayer/
http://www.inewsguyana.com/rohee-should-stop-being-bitter-amna-ally-fires-back-at-ppp/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/04/25/we-cannot-achieve-social-cohesion-through-closed-minds/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/13/unity-concert-one-reflects-guyanas-diverse-cultural-background/

Amna Ally
http://guyanachronicle.com/fostering-peace-unity-amna-ally-lays-out-vision-of-social-cohesion-ministry/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/04/11/cabinet-colleague-amna-ally-says-nothing-wrong-with-harmons-actions/
http://demerarawaves.com/2016/02/11/amna-ally-lashes-out-at-opp-for-warped-renaming-of-cohesion-ministry/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/15/social-cohesion-is-just-not-practical-without-the-ppp/

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VeR973DxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckdyxht_Ntg

Controversy
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2015/11/23/discrimination-three-cases-for-amna-ally/
http://newsnow.gy/politics/amna-ally-says-she-was-like-a-mother-to-selman/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2015/news/stories/03/07/abuse-from-chief-whip-made-me-quit-apnu-selman-says/
http://www.alibabatube.net/chief-whip-allegedly-abused-selman_e4821400f.html

Perry Mars R.I.P

'KILLED': Professor Parietdeau Mars, a.k.a 'Perry'
Front Coverhttp://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/13/retired-professor-bound-strangled-in-home/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/news/stories/05/13/professor-perry-mars-dies-found-beaten-tied-home/
http://demerarawaves.com/2016/05/13/six-including-two-girls-arrested-for-prof-perry-mars-murder/
http://clas.wayne.edu/ad5965
http://www.inewsguyana.com/ppp-saddened-at-killing-of-professor-perry-mars/
http://newssourcegy.com/news/six-teens-arrested-for-professors-murder-family-say-they-were-known-to-him/
http://www.stabroeknews.com/2016/opinion/letters/05/14/shock-killing-perry-mars/
http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/1120998/1
http://www.inewsguyana.com/granger-deeply-concerned-about-crime-situation-extends-condolences-on-perry-mars-death/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/11/perry-marss-murder-im-ashamed-to-be-guyanese/
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Perry-Mars/287887225
http://lh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/lh/article/view/5404/4599
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/14/professor-75-was-slain-after-inviting-girl-17-into-home/
http://guyanachronicle.com/condemnation-and-condolences-for-killing-of-prof-mars/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/16/killing-of-retired-professordoes-17-year-old-girl-know-of-another-murder/
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/18/five-teens-remanded-for-murder-of-retired-professor/

Video
http://www.capitolnewsgy.com/2016/05/13/six-persons-in-custody-in-connection-with-murder-of-university-professor/

Of Interest
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2016/05/20/murder-of-retired-professorchildcare-agency-investigates-whether-parents-can-be-held-accountable/