NATIONAL CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2012 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION

On May 24, 1918, Monroe and Myrtle (Wood) Knupp gave birth to their eighth child. Clarence Jean Knupp (CJ) in Warren, Pennsylvania. CJ was the second youngest of six brothers and three sisters. CJ grew up in a house near Warren in the village of Starbrick. He then met the love of his life Mildred Marcella Beck (Milly). 

The memories began when I was in primary school. It usually started with having to get out of bed in the wee hours of the morning (before bird wife wake, you know). Then there was the anxiety of having to wait on my mother, grandmother, aunt or uncle to be really, really ready to leave. Smile. Memories.

Guyana should be poised to take advantage of newly emerging conservation efforts. It can only do so if there are skilled, seasoned, politically savvy and internationally respected personnel at the helm of discussions on the issue, who can credibly represent the interests of the people of Guyana.

Over the past three days, Ms. Amna Ally, M.P. and Chief Whip of the Parliamentary Opposition accompanied by Dr. George Norton, M.P.; and Mr. Sydney Allicock, M.P. traversed several areas across the Rupununi, Region #9.

Guyana has been ranked by the UN at 117th place (5th from the bottom) in the Human Development Index, ahead of only Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Haiti in the Caribbean and Latin American countries category.

The report also shows that:
•The Life expectancy at birth for Guyana is 69.9 years, only above Bolivia
•The expected years of Schooling is 11.9, 5th from the bottom

Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees died Sunday, May 20, 2012. He was born on the Isle of Man on December 22, 1949 to English parents. The family later moved to Manchester, England in the 1950s before moving again and settling in Brisbane, Australia in 1958.

We, of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), support the very enlightened arguments presented by President Donald Ramotar, on Tuesday 15th May 2012, to the General Council Meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington DC, that:

 “.the region [should] put poverty eradication at the top of its agenda...”