Daily Features

The Human Side By PARVAT1 PERSAUD EDWARDS   CENTRED around the former factory site, this once thriving commun­ity, of which the main source of livelihood was the sugar estate, has fallen upon penurious times.

Kevin Thomas `I would not upload to social media my colleagues fighting or arguing because, first thing first, it can damage the company’s integrity, and also an investigation could come about and it could also affect my job.  

1930-2017 By Kwame Dawes Kwame Dawes is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays.

(Continued from last week) In a yard filled with colourful flowers neatly displayed in pots lives Carlton Dornick and his wife.

Introduction Today’s column concludes discussion on the institutional aspects of Guyana’s preparations for its coming petroleum industry.

Before the end of this month, Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, will invoke article 50 of the European Treaty, starting a process that will lead to the UK leaving the European Union (EU) in 2019. 

Commodity markets Guyana exports many products to markets in the Caribbean and around the world. 

By what values should we strive to live in order to achieve a community in which differences are accommodated, a community where there is diversity of discourse but a recognition of the common good regardless of politics, religion, race and personal beliefs?

The campaign against the unilateral and undemocratic imposition of parking meters in Georgetown is at last bearing fruit.

In my time as a musician travelling about, one of the spin-offs was the development of friendships, in diverse places, that would not otherwise have come my way. 

The Little Blue Heron is commonly found at marshes and canals where they hunt shallow waters for small fish and amphibians.

Don’t drink your calories Here is why eating your calories is better than drinking them.

Election of the executive officers of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will take place on Sunday, March 26 at its Annual General Meeting.

Most of my bulb plants from last year began popping up since mid-February in a kaleidoscope of colours.

Like bread? Like corned beef? Don’t sandwich the two; roll them together.

Sea defences in shambles COASTLANDERS and residents in riverain areas are bracing themselves for extraordinary high tides predicted for this time of the month.

Earlier this week, we celebrated Phagwah. Phagwah is a Hindu festival of colours and celebrates good over evil and the beginning of Spring.

The People’s Progressive party (PPP) reacting to recent allegations in the state media that its leader is inciting violence, has said that the government is resorting to “lies and distortions” to create hysteria.

Entrepreneur Managing Director, GeoTechVision Chairperson, Small Business Council   When I speak with entrepreneurs they usually have a vision of a successful business.

Are they “executive criminals” or “criminal executives?” You choose any appropriate description for those greedy selfish persons who, once elected or catapulted into high public office, use governmental corridors of power to illegally secure wealth from the public purse, exclusively for their inner circle of relatives, friends, cronies and comrades.