Walter Rodney

Type: Person

Name: Walter Rodney

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

A NEW STRATEGY HAS TO BE FOUND IN SEEKING THIS AWARD

Yesterday, I woke up to the pleasant discovery contained in a letter from the Mayor of Georgetown,$ $ Mr. Hamilton Green, who pointed out that he had attended the Independence Celebrations of Namibia on 21 March, 1990 and that$ $ ”all of the leaders, ... [Published Kaieteur News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Forbes Burnham, Walter Rodney, Sam Nujoma, Cheddi Jagan, Namibia

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Time for Burnhamites to defend the former president’s legacy

Dear Editor,I have been observing the debate surrounding the Oliver Tambo Award and Burnham; I have made my notes and decided to say my piece.It is clear that the political enemies and those who despise Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (LFSB), Guyana’s first ... [Published Kaieteur News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Walter Rodney, Oliver Tambo, Guyana, Haters, Apartheid

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

David Hinds Right on Kwayana but …

Dear Editor,Reference is made to Dr. David Hind’s letter “Kwayana’s partition was the alternative” (KN March 29, 2013) in response to Mayor Hamilton Green (KN Mar 28) who stated that “Kwayana advocated partition for Guyana”.Dr. Hinds noted that Bro. Kwayana ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 17 2013]

Entities: David Hinds, HAMILTON Green, Walter Rodney

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

The real Burnham is hardly known

Dear$ Editor,Allow me to add my two bits to the matter dealing with the suspension of the award to Forbes Burnham by the South African Administration.First, the question of Walter Rodney’s death has again surfaced ? why after all these years we have not ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Forbes Burnham, Walter Rodney, David Pollard

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

AN IRONIC AND TERRIBLE PARALLEL TO OUR SITUATION TODAY

DEAR EDITOR,I thoroughly enjoyed Dave Martin’s excellent column, “The Black Watch Time” (SN, May 12), particularly the anecdotal history present therein, although I find myself in a qualified disagreement with his conclusion, “I don’t think we’re in that ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Rodney Carter, Guyana, Ruel Johnson, Walter Rodney, Dave Martin

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Gregory Smith

Carl Parker is hiding from the truth

I READ Carl Parker’s letter in the Kaieteur News under the caption “Who had the most to gain from Rodney’s death?” in its issue of Sunday May 12, 2013.In relation to this letter, I wish to state the following:-1. Forbes Burnham must not be conferred with ... [Published Guyana Chronicle Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: Walter Rodney, Forbes Burnham, Lethem (Guyana), Gregory Smith

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The desirability of constructing a cohesive society

Dear Editor,There has been much public comment on the matter of the Oliver Tambo Award to former President Forbes Burnham. My own public comments are confined to three issues arising from the public discourse.The first is that for Burnham the termination ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Forbes Burnham, Walter Rodney, Guyana

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: Cubans no longer require visas to come to SVG

There are already 30 private Cuban persons residing here [300 more to come] who are somehow eking out a living here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). How does a private Cuban citizen, who previously earned US$30 a month in Cuba, afford to get to ... [Published Caribbean News Now! - May 15 2013]

Entities: Ralph Gonsalves, Cuba, Grenada, Maurice Bishop, Walter Rodney

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Let the truth be told: Now is the time for the AFC

$ Dear Editor,For its entire life since independence, Guyana has little to show to demonstrate it has evolved as a nation, thanks to the misrule of the PPP and the PNC. Annual rates of population growth have averaged less than one per cent, yet countries ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 14 2013]

Entities: Guyana, Moses Nagamootoo, Nigel Hughes, Mortality, Walter Rodney

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 2 reports

Award or not, Mr. Burnham contributed to helping end apartheid in South Africa

Dear Editor,I am compelled to make a few comments on Mr. Dennis Wiggins’ letter ‘The South Africa Government’s initial decision has proven to be a terrible miscalculation’ Kaieteur News, 9th May 2013. My concern with this letter is its dishonesty.Mr. ... [Published Kaieteur News - May 14 2013]

Entities: Walter Rodney, South Africa, Apartheid, Bharrat Jagdeo

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

South African government supported for deferring award to Burnham

PERMIT me to refer to the Stabroek News article under the caption, “No ‘justifiable’ reason for withdrawal of South Africa award to Burnham” in its issue of Saturday May 4, 2012. I wish to state the following:1. I fully support the South African government ... [Published Guyana Chronicle Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: Forbes Burnham, Gregory Smith, Walter Rodney

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

South Africa’s postponement of ‘Tambo award’ to Burnham

THE government of South Africa, headed by President Jacob Zuma, has found itself in an embarrassing position after having felt compelled to quietly postpone last month a posthumous conferment of its highest national honour, the ‘Oliver Tambo Award (gold), ... [Published Guyana Chronicle Online - May 12 2013]

Entities: Forbes Burnham, Oliver Tambo, Walter Rodney

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