Posts Tagged ‘Independence’

Nation building – a shared responsibility

“For all the advances we have made, and are making in education, we still every year allow thousands more children to join an educational underclass – they are the lost souls our school system has failed. It is from that underclass that gangs draw their recruits, young offenders institutions find their inmates and prisons replenish [...]

SEMINAR TO OPEN RESPECT FOR LIFE WEEK

Theme: Our people, our land: Journey to becoming a Republic CCSJ’s Chair, Leela Ramdeen, introduces Sir Ellis Clarke – feature speaker at the Seminar on Friday 24 Sept. 2010 (Republic Day) Good afternoon brothers and sisters. Welcome to the start of CCSJ’s Respect For Life Week – an initiative that was born during Synod in [...]

Reflections on Independence

“At around midnight on the night of August 30, 1962, my wife and I stood in front of the Red House, with other Members of Parliament and their wives. We stood with many other dignitaries, including Princess Alice, the Princess Royal, who represented the Queen.