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By Arvel Grant, Political and current Affairs Analyst

“SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME ONTO ME AND FORBADE THEM NOT, FOR THEIRS’ IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN” – The great reformer, Jesus Christ

When the Egyptians started wearing the dread locks more than 3,800 years ago, They could not have imagined that religious zealots, in contemporary civilizations, would be preventing children from attending school because of a natural hairstyle,  in use by humans, for almost 4 thousand years.

But with the start of the new school term, a number of (apparently religious) schools across the Caribbean, including Saint Lucia and Antigua Barbuda, took it up on themselves, to continue the strange and backward practice, of discriminating against pupils and students wearing dreadlocks hair styles.

How can any school administrator, in her or his right mind, be doing this to children? Some as young as 5 years! Just imagine the:  Confusion, consternation and anguish,  experienced by a child, on her or his first day at school, when turned away by a mindless principal because of the child’s (lawful) hairstyle??

As soon as the offending School administrators, begin to recognize, that the human hair is just another body part, the sooner they might desist from this mindless and naive practice of discriminating against pupils and students because of their hairdo.

The emphasis really ought to be on cleanliness not texture and style. Clean dreadlocks represent no meaningful threat to buy standards., They are a common-sense protection against head and wider brain injuries. If anything, they should be encouraged and  not discouraged.

Furthermore, most people who wear dread locks, are not observant Rastafarians. Rather, they are part of a lawful,  world-wide cultural phenomenon of dress-code and wider cultural lifestyle.

The Rastafarian movement begun less than 100 years ago in Jamaica. But humans have been wearing dread locks for more than 3,800 years. Additionally, the dread locks hair-do lends itself to easy styling, for mothers who must multi-task, in getting themselves and 1 or more children off to work and school, in a tight time-slot each morning.

The very sad irony about this, is that some of those same offending schools and school-administrators, may willingly admit students wearing processed or artificial hair, while brutishly   objecting to students wearing natural dread locks.

Needlessly to say, some in the Christian communities, may be holding long-standing  biases  against the Rastafarian movement, being the   Caribbean’s newest and world-acclaim religious and cultural experience. But education is a right to all children.

This: Nasty, unconstitutional  and overt expression of religious bigotry,  will only cease, when Governments stop hiding behind public murmurings about the problem of discrimination against students wearing dread locks and start (actively) penalizing offending schools and school administrators.

Afterall, schools operate under licence from Governments and Ministries of Education; Don’ t they??Furthermore, Religious institutions or not, they are required to obey the constitution and other laws of the country or countries in which they operate. School rules which offend:  The constitution,   internationally agreed conventions and treaties are unlawful.

Walk good until next time.

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa Etienne has asserted that effective communication is critical in the battle against the spread of monkeypox while warning against stigma and discrimination in public health.

Addressing a recent press briefing, Etienne observed that in too many countries across the Americas LGBTQ+ communities face stigma and discrimination, impacting their health and well-being.

Thus far, most confirmed monkeypox cases are among men who have sex with men.

But Etienne told the press briefing that stigma has no place in public health.

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” It prevents those at risk from accessing information, getting tested, or seeking medical attention when they show symptoms,” she explained.

“If we aren’t proactive in overcoming these barriers, monkeypox will spread in silence,” she warned.

The PAHO Director advised countries to leverage their HIV/AIDS experience and establish active awareness campaigns, using pragmatic, honest, targeted messages, so that everyone knows how monkeypox is spread, how to identify specific symptoms and when to seek medical attention.

“Beyond communication, surveillance and testing are our best allies against monkeypox,” Etienne explained.

In July, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern.

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Na encargo di drs. Raymundo Dijkhoff

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Awe Diahuebs, e arqueologo local drs. Raymundo Dijkhoff lo bay ta ofreciendo un lectura cu ta forma parti di un ciclo di charla cu ta enfoca principalmente riba e Joyanan di e Herencia Arqueologico Sub-Aquatico.

   Ta asina cu hopi hende ta costumbra cu e descubrimentonan arqueologico riba tera, pero hecho ta cu Aruba tin hopi den su awanan teritorial y e awanan cu tin paden di e isla.  Pasobra tin di corda cu e ser humano di tur epoca, semper tabatin un relacion cu awa.

   E desaroyo di e disciplina aki di arqueologia awor ta acelerando, y Aruba tambe ta participando den esey pa basta aña caba, pero awor e momento a yega pa cuminza divulga tur loke a bin haya sa.

   E motibo pa esaki, ta debi cu Reino Hulandes completo desde 2019 tras di cortina ta trahando pa asina e fin di 2022 pa comienzo di 2023, e ratifica e Tratado di UNESCO di 2001, cu ta encera un convenio pa cu proteccion di herencia sub-aquatico.  Tin 70 pais rond mundo cu ya caba a ratifik’e, pero Aruba mes no por haci esey.  (E isla ta un ‘associate member’ di UNESCO).  Pues ta Hulanda tin di keda encarga cu esey.

   Segun drs. Dijkhoff, na aña 2019 a logra convence Hulanda pasobra tabatin cierto motibo logistico y parti legal cu na comienzo tabata un estorbo pa esey socede.  Pero awor e caminda ta hancho habri pa ratifica e Tratado di UNESCO numa.

   Den cuadro di esey, awor e expertonan kier bay concientiza pueblo Arubiano.  Esaki ta encera legislacion cu tin di bin, y maneho cu mester wordo imponi riba e area aki.

   Ademas, e enfoke lo no djis bira di e descubrimentonan arqueologico riba tera, pero tambe di loke tin den lama.  Aña paa mes cu a haci un investigacion den awanan di Aruba, a bin descubri 100 lugar arqueologico den awanan teritorial.  Segun Dijkhoff, e tabata un investigacion basta grandi y na October 2022 lo bay divulga tur e detaye di esey.

   Den su lectura di awe Diahuebs, drs. Raymundo Dijkhoff lo duna informacion di e desaroyo di añanan 1940 te cu aworaki na Aruba di tur loke a ser haci cada decada, kico a wordo haya, con e maneho a ser haci, y con e desaroyo ta te cu awor.  Asina esnan presente lo haya full un bista di e rikeza increible cu Aruba tin den e parti aki.  Pero ta dificil pa trece afo, como cu no tin e cuadro legal pa proteccion.

   Un persona cu semper ta adora su cultura y identidad, tin di percura tambe pa vigila y sigui e historia di bo pais.  Y arqueologonan ta investiga e restonan di e cultura material di pasado.  Esey kiermeen cu ta haci esey riba tera y den awa, y na final semper e ta beneficioso pa bo pais, pa asina enriquece conocemento.  E ta enriquece informacion di cultura, pa bo compronde kico a socede den pasado, y cu bo por adapta pa use den futuro.

   Loke ta fenomenal ta cu tur esaki ta ponebo haya informacion, cu ademas cu Aruba mes ta 90 pa 95 miyon aña bieu geologicamente, y cu tin rasa di ser humano cu ta 1.500 aña prome cu Cristo na Aruba, cu ta bay haya sa awor kico tur a wordo haci den nos awanan, cu ta bay duna un empuhe aun mas grandi di nos conocemento di e pasado di e isla, y cu ta bay engrandece cultura.  Por hasta usa e beneficio di esaki, via di legislacion, pa e bira un promocion turistico-economico tambe.

   Invitacion pa esnan interesa:  Segun drs. Raymundo Dijkhoff, esnan cu sigur lo bay haya e informacionnan aki fascinante, lo ta esnan cu ta interesa den e topico.   Tambe e ta spera di ricibi hendenan cu tin di haber cu actividad of interes aquatico.  Aki ta pensa riba e buceadornan, e piscadornan, y tur compania cu ta haci actividad economico riba awa, departamentonan concerni manera Directie Scheepvaart, Fundacion Parke Nacional Aruba, Ministerio di Cultura, sigur lo mester ta presente na e lectura aki.

   “En general mi ta invita tur hende, pasobra mi ta sigurabo cu boso ta bay mira algo cu boso no tabata sa, y cu hunto nos ta desea pa cuminza desaroya y preserva,” drs. Dijkhoff a bisa.

   E lectura lo ta den Auditorio di Museo Arqueologico, awe Diahuebs 15 di September 2022 for di 7:30 pm te cu 9:00 pm.  Ta pidi pa drenta via e porta di hardin den Emanstraat, y e lectura ta gratis.

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Suzette Dumfries Economista y Antroplogo Psicologico

ORANJESTAD (AAN): Aruba ta haya su mesun plataforma pa hende comun y coriente siña prospera financieramente y crea rikesa. Despues di a forma parti integral di e transformacion impactante di economia di Dubai, esta Suzette Dumfries.

   Suzette ta un Economista Cultural y un Antropologo Psicologico.  El a dicidi cu su ora a yega pa haci algo back pa su pais y su mesun hendenan.

   Cu un trayectoria largo di yuda catalisa crecemento y desaroyo economico na 13 diferente pais, el a haya e oportunidad pa traha e ultimo 27 añanan pa paisnan cu tin un focus grandi, no solamente riba desaroyo economico, pero riba un desaroyo integral cu ta alinea cu e progreso di nan ciudadanonan.

Entre nan el a traha pa e Emirato di Dubai, e Sultanato di Brunei y a lansa compania pa e Sheikh di Qatar.

   “Mi a bay studia economia pasobra semper mi tabata fascina pa sa pakico tin hende pober cu ta keda pober y pakico tin hende rico cu ta keda bira mas y mas rico. Kico un grupo ta haci cu e otro grupo no sa?” Asina a sigui studia, analisa, comprende y aplica tur cos cu tin di haber cu e habilidad di hende pa crea, sostene y preserva rikesa.

   Esaki ta encera tanto e parti psicologo di crea rikesa, como e practica y principionan di rikeza. Riba dje a studia esaki den contexto di diferente cultura pa comprende con cierto culturanan ta inclui e conocemento over di creacion di rikeza. “Trahando pa companianan renombra y directamente cu Sheiknan y locual mundo ta yama High Net Worth (HNI) Individuals a ponemi den un posicion fortuna di por a siña directamente di nan. Ma siña con nan ta pensa, riba kico nan ta basa nan decisionnan, con nan ta maneha riesgonan financiero, den kico y con nan ta inverti y kico realmente ta contribui na nan resultadonan di crecimento.”

   Awor Suzee, manera e ta prefera di worde yama,  ta determina pa contribui su conocemento na tanto e pais como nos hendenan. “Mi a traha como adviseur pa hopi gobiernonan rond mundo. Mi por conclui cu ningun pais por desaroya si su hendenan no prospera hunto cu ne. Y ningun hende por prospera sin su mesun participacion consciente.” Esey ta nifica cu desaroyo economico no por keda nos unico focus.

   Hopi ta puntrami con mi lo contribui na desaroyo di Aruba. Mi tin planes pa cu esey pero a bira tempo pa nos tur akinan na Aruba siña con nos individualmente por participa den nos mes un progreso individual y familiar. Mi kier focus riba nos mesun hendenan prome. Empodera nan pa crea rikeza, y bira doño di nan mesun futuro financiero.

  Temanan cu tin di haber cu crea, sostene y preserva rikesa no ta parti di nos vocabulario y convocacionnan, ni parti concreto di nos cultura. Inverti den stocks, oro, crypto, negoshinan, escala negoshi, crea rikeza, preserva rikeza. Tur ta temanan cu mi kier mira cosnan cu ta bira normal pa cada hende comun y coriente.”

   Pesey el a dicidi di lansa su plataforma na Aruba. “Den e mundo aki, e color preto, esta Black, ta simbolisa nos aspiracionnan di mas grandi. Black Tie. Black Dress. Black Card, Black Belt. M’a tuma tur mi conocemento y experiencia y mi pasion pa empodera mi isla, y a crea e concepto di Black Wealth. E aspiracion mas halto pa cu nos resultadonan financiero.”

    A base di e concepto ey lo introduci varios Masterclass, programa nan di estudio y eventonan pa empodera y siña hende comun con nan por crea resultadonan financiero miho pa nan mes y experiencia bida den su totalidad.

   “Mi ta bay enfoca riba Oranjestad y San Nicolas prome ora mi organiza mi eventonan cuminsando 24 di September na Oranjestad y 1 October na San Nicolas. Pa awor mi deseo ta pa tur hende bin, sin cu mi mes tin metanan di ganashi.

   Tur locual mi cobra na prome instante lo ta simplemente pa cubri gasto solamente. E meta ta pa realmente empodera hende. Esey ta e parti di desaroyo economico cu pa mi no ta suficientemente cubri akinan na Aruba. Y embes di papia, ami kier tuma accion. Aruba merece”. Su plataforma tin e nomber di The Black Wealth Club, y segun Dumfries, el a dicidi di yame asina pasobra pertenece na ‘The Club” Semper tabata pa hende privilegia.

   Mi kier e hende comun y coriente awor tin su club unda nan por siña, discuti y aplica tur locual lo yuda nan crea, sostene y preserva rikesa.

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