We became aware of the dissatisfaction with the way the process is managed, the abandonment of the Selection Committee and the lack of transparency and fairness in the selection of awardees.
The government has expressed concern about the level of gun ownership and has linked private gun ownership to the high crime rate involving the use of guns.
Nothing worthwhile can be achieved without the right people in place to convert words into action.
In a few days’ time, the outcome of the US presidential election will be known.
Photos by Joanna Dhanraj The bus stopped and let off its passengers on the ubiquitous red road that runs through the North West District.
Broad categories The profile of the Guyanese consumer can be determined by the amount of money that they spend and the things that they spend it on.
Introduction: Cost-Price Relation Two weeks ago (October 23), this column had introduced as part of the continuing discussion of “Guyana in the coming time of oil and gas production and export”, the notion of the “cost-price relation” that could emerge after production starts.
Male Black Manakins are glossy blue-black, while females are yellow-olive in colour.
The FIDE World Chess Championship match between the current world champion and Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and his Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin begins on Friday in Manhattan, New York.
You may see them advertised in magazines, on television and online: “ultimate fat burner,” “super fat burner,” green tea fat burner,” and products that claim to be able to “melt away fat,” “burn calories” and “instantly reduce body fat.”
In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour remembers the visit of the 1977 Pakistani side to the Caribbean.
In this month’s conversation, artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson discuss Trevor Alfred’s pottery piece – Amerindian Hunter, which was completed in 1995.
A bowl or plate of rice cooked well with simple ingredients is a very satisfying meal.
Lately, I have been having lots of inquires about how to choose a house plant.
Diwali is an opportunity for introspection–we must think about what we are doing for the betterment of our community and what part are we playing in the narrative of good over evil, light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair.
-Elections USA: Some “Black” Presidents Okay friends, bear with me as I return yet once more to my dubiously-favourite theme of a modern-day moral dilemma.
The big-boned, but skinny old man in the worn gown, lay long on the fat pillow and thin plastic blue liner of an anonymous Miami hospital bed, the name tag sliding down his wrist, the shock of thick white hair and hard green eyes small set in the sallow, splotchy face framed by wild bushy brows.
It is difficult to adhere to principles that have no resonance in core values and beliefs; and the evidence suggests that the APNU-AFC coalition government has said things on the campaign trail that it did not mean.
In a public lecture, ‘The Despot Accomplice: how the West is aiding and abetting the decline of democracy’ at the London School of Economics a few days ago, Brian Klaas (http://www.lse.ac.uk/),
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