| …say it functions with state moneyLocal poets, novelists and other writers have reiterated calls for information on the Caribbean Press to be divulged. They say that the institute is driven with state money. Writers also say that since the announcement of the Caribbean Press, there has been no public information about it.A major advocate for the improvement of culture preservation, Barrington Braithwaite, said yesterday that the Caribbean Press saga is only one of the woes facing Guyana’s cultural sphere. He argued that to date information on the functioning of the Caribbean Press is still unknown despite the initiative being activated with tax dollars.Additionally, Braithwaite opined that from what has been published so far, allegedly under the covers of the Caribbean Press, it appears that only a certain clique has the benefit of getting work out. However,Johnny Bench Reds Jersey, information such as who is the chairman of the Caribbean Press, who decides what is ‘Literary Culture,’ how it functions and its criteria, are still unknown to the populace, he argued.“We don’t even know where its office is located,” Braithwaite explained. Braithwaite continued that attempts were made on several occasions to engage the Minister of Culture, Dr. Frank Anthony, on the matter but he was told that a letter had to be written before he could gain an audience with the minister.” Braithwaite complied and two weeks elapsed before contact was made. Then the Minister’s secretary explained that the Minister had made arrangements to address the writers’ concerns, Braithwaite said.In 2009, the Caribbean Press, launched by Ministry of Culture and endorsed by former President Bharrat Jagdeo, was set up to provide an outlet for local and Caribbean literature, Anthony had stated. Braithwaite however said that he was only aware of the press’ activeness when Ruel Johnson in a letter, questioned the legitimacy of Anthony’s 13-year-old daughter’s book being launched,wholeslae cheap nfl jerseys china, allegedly under the press.Johnson wrote in his letter,NFL Jerseys Outlet From China, “When I saw the recent launch of young Ashley Anthony’s book Mysterious Association and the Virtu Gems (sic) I declined to publicly point out the irony of Minister Frank Anthony’s – Ashley’s father – woeful record of creating the sort of space for other young aspiring Guyanese authors to write and publish their work.”In another paragraph of the letter, Johnson opined, “Where Dr. Anthony seems to have fallen down considerably, however,Daniel Norris Tigers Jersey, is that he appears confused as to what constitutes personal resources at his disposal and what constitutes public resources.”He charged that the Minister daughter’s book was published with the Caribbean Press label on it and as he knew it, “the press is a mechanism established about three years ago, in the wake of the 2008 commitment by former President Jagdeo to give US$100,000 a year to establish a publishing house.“The original intent was clearly to find an outlet for the publication of writers resident in Guyana (and, secondarily, the wider Caribbean).” He continued that after a couple months of silence, it was announced that the Press would start off by publishing a series of out-of-print books called the Guyana Classics series.“Unless the situation can be proven to be otherwise, the publication mechanism promised to contemporary Guyanese/Caribbean writers almost five years ago, has only so far published one contemporary writer,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, the daughter of the man in charge of the Caribbean Press, Johnson noted.Indeed, this is the only state-funded publication of any contemporary writer since the PPP took office over twenty years ago.”Braithwaite however suggested to Kaieteur News that on the heels of the evidence,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, the cultural landscape of Guyana will remain in disarray unless a governing body such as the heritage commission is constituted to safe guard the varying art forms. |
