Iana Seales

Somewhere, a poet is writing a verse that people ought to hear, but in the meantime I’ll settle for the conscious, raging words of Trinidadian group, Freetown Collective.

With the extension of his tenure in office, Police Commissioner Henry Greene continues to earn a statutory salary, but PNCR-1G MP Deborah Backer said this is in violation of the constitution, which no longer recognises the office as a statutory one.

“I want to make it clear that I am not done with singing, just with competition” The Mighty Rebel has decided to quit singing at the competition level saying he was forced to retire because of shabby treatment by the state-controlled television station, but he admits also that the time seems right to exit now.

Public security is so important in this country that it ought not to be politicised, PNCR-1G MP Deborah Backer said yesterday, as she harshly criticised the administration for allowing a breakdown in law and order to the point where murders, domestic violence and torture are daily headlines.

Newly-appointed PNCR Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence says the 2011 budget is disconnected from the realities of unemployment, tax burdens and climbing migration rates, among other things, which reflect on the real state of affairs in the country.

Akinsanya Anikulafo Mwanza beat his first drum when he was two years old, and since that day the rhythms have invoked a passion in him rarely seen among children so young.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said government has no desire to control and or dominate the 2011 agenda  for the people of African descent and as he officially launched a year-long programme in observance he called on opposition parties and aggrieved African-Guyanese groups to engage on issues of concern.

Opposition leader Robert Corbin has turned down an invitation by the government to join the list of speakers at the official launch of the International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD) today, saying that he would not attend any state-sponsored programme.

Former foreign minister of Guyana Rashleigh Jackson says this government’s formal recognition of Palestine’s sovereignty is “a welcomed development”, which he hopes will add momentum to the Israel/Palestine negotiation talks.

The Culture Ministry has rejected claims that major groups were not properly consulted on the agenda for International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD) observances, saying that ACDA chose to discontinue its attendance and participation.

Tuesdays are not my best days, but I am beginning to reason that if interesting things are incorporated into the day things would pick-up, interesting enough like poetry readings over a glass of wine.

Renowned economist Dr Clive Thomas says that the sugar industry cannot be sustained in its present form and while it is not an option he favours, privatisation may give it the lifeline it needs.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has offered sugar workers a five percent one-off pay increase which they will receive before the end of the year—an offer that he said was outside of the ongoing wage discussions involving the sugar corporation.

Two years after government passed legislation to clear the way for paper committals, plea bargains and gathering evidence by audio visual link, the laws are hardly being used and some attorneys believe that implementing structures are needed.

Colleen Reis discusses skin and hair care with a passion rarely seen, and she has so much information at her fingertips you would think she lives and breathes it.

Anyone who has watched local performer Jumo Primo gyrate his way through a soca number would understand why he is the newly crowned groovy soca king, but the competition was largely disappointing.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represent a global partnership to reduce extreme poverty by setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015.

Chairman Emeritus of the ANSA McAL Group of Companies, Dr Anthony N Sabga says this country has a “sleeping giant” in the Diaspora as far as business and economic possibilities go, but he stressed that incentives and tax relief need to be strengthened as part of the encouragement package for people to return.

Chairman of the Medical Council of Guyana, Dr. Sheik Amir said yesterday that the body erred in granting Dr.

In a parting speech which signalled Brazil’s continued interest in bolstering relations with Guyana, outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday that his successor is ready to advance and expand the bilateral agenda with an immediate focus on Guyana’s hydro project and the paving of the Linden-Lethem road.