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asked as hand to hand recounting of
poll statements from administration
Region Four encompassing the capital
and outlying areas east and south as
well as other districts recommenced.
For his part, Ramjattan said two
members of the group that immigration
officers deported were Russians,
one American and one a Libyan. They
were armed with high tech computer
equipment. One of the Russians
has escaped detection. Officials are
certain that they were up to no good
and appeared to have had operational
links with officials connected with the
American Chamber of Commerce in
Guyana.
He said that once they were deported,
several attorneys associated with the
opposition People’s Progressive Party
(PPP) “called on behalf of the men we
deported. That says something,” Ramjattan
said.
The PPP said it was leading by a
whopping 52,000 votes or about 10
seats, but the coalition responded that
this number will be easily surpassed
when votes from the city and related
areas were counted, verified and
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announced.
As rumors about exactly who won
continue to spread and as both sides
claim victory, crowds have begun to
gather near the counting center and
police have stepped up their presence
in and around the building to keep the
peace.
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she said 80 percent of New York’s
210,000 teachers are white, while only
18,000 are Black or African American,
and 16,000 are Hispanic or Latino
“It is vital that Black and Hispanic
children see themselves represented
in their classroom teachers,” Persaud
said. “Recent studies have indicated
having just one teacher of the same
race can improve a student’s attendance,
test scores, and even their classroom
behavior.
“I thank the Senate Majority Conference
for passing this important legislation,”
she added.
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Minister of Public Security, Khemraj
Ramjattan.
Year dedicated to Marcus Garvey
By Nelson A. King
Dr. Ron Daniels, president of the
New York-based Institute of the Black
World 21st Century (IBW), said on
Monday that the group will be dedicating
this year to the life and legacy
of Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist
and liberation leader Marcus Mosiah
Garvey.
Daniels said Garvey, Jamaica’s first
national hero, founded the Universal
Negro Improvement Association and
African Communities League (UNIAACL),
“which rapidly developed into
the largest mass-based organization
of people of African descent in the history
of the US and globally.
“The UNIA-ACL was completed
financed by Black people,” Dr. Daniel
said, stating that, in 1920 Garvey took
“the extraordinary step of convening
an International Convention of
the Negro People of the World, which
attracted more than 2,000 delegates
from Africa, the Caribbean, Great
Britain, France and the US.
“The convention began with a rally
at Madison Square Garden, which
drew some 25,000 attendees,” he said.
“In commemoration of the anniversary
of this amazing feat and the
vision and accomplishments of Marcus
Mosiah Garvey, IBW is declaring
2020 ‘The Year of Marcus Garvey’ and
urging Black organizations in the US
and the Pan African World to join us
in mounting a year-long educational
campaign to teach our people about
this remarkable leader and to rekindle
a spirit of self-support for Black
organizations and institutions in his
memory,” he added.
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