Shaun Michael Samaroo

In the time since this nation achieved political independence from Britain – over the past 50 years – several nations saw their people lifted out of gross poverty.

Promise and potential exist side by side with plight and hardship in this country.

Berbice exudes the kind of charming calm that countryside living offers.

People coming into this country travel along the shocking eyesore that is the East Bank Demerara corridor.

To endure the rat race of living in a world of all-too-frequent troubles, it’s useful to cultivate a big goal, a life pursuit that furnishes one’s days with fun,

Internet-driven technology continues to transform the world, and the new future rushes at the global village so fast that the old order comes crashing down with hardly any warning.

Craig Village lies nestled, serene, on the eastern bank of the Demerara river, mid-way between Georgetown and the international airport at Timehri.

Sir Shridath Ramphal co-chaired the Commission for Global Governance with the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson in 1992.

My first job after graduating Central High School saw me turn up to work every morning to face a blank blackboard.

Mentors make men and women strive for the extraordinary. Whether it is Tiger Woods in golf, Venus and Serena Williams in tennis or Shivnarine Chanderpaul at cricket, master mentors make the difference between being mere ordinary sports players or fascinatingly extraordinary performers.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul stands out as a great Guyanese, joining the long list of sportspersons who escaped the poverty of small-village rural living to conquer the world.

How could poor societies uplift their citizens? What action could this country take to safeguard the next generation against the numbing effects of poverty?

Innovation stands as the new buzz word of the world’s top business leaders.

Great societies grow out of the sacrifices of visionary leaders who stand up to fight against historical injustice.

Once the Garden City. Known for friendly, hospitable people. And St George’s Cathedral, the tallest wooden building in the world.

McNeil Powley grew up in Bel Air Village, across from Dr Cheddi and Janet Jagan, and neighbour to Ralph Ramkarran.

Something is indeed rotten in the state of our nation. We’ve got so much going for us, with natural resources including quality gold and diamond, expensive wood and lumber, golden sugar and rice,

“Some people don’t just live: they lead a life. They don’t sit around waiting for a lucky break; they create opportunities for themselves.

What kind of society do we live in? I am friends with a former senior St Lucia government official and top businessman there who, when he heard about the gross corruption rampant here, said business-state corruption riddles Caribbean societies.

More than the problems with the economy, crime and corruption, the ethnic problem needs to be solved, because it is at the root of everything, presidential candidate of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan said.