For the first time ever, the Organization of American States (OAS) will monitor the upcoming US presidential elections, putting the United States in the same league as Haiti and other politically volatile Latin American countries.
Last week, a coconut festival was held in Guyana to highlight the potential of the industry.
By Cornel Grey Cornel Grey is an international student from Jamaica, currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto.
Every system of public accountability should embrace the following: (a) every act or action is done openly according to law and prudent judgment; (b) every actor is responsible for his or her action; (c) every act is documented and reported publicly; (d) every act or action is subject to independent, professional, non-partisan audit review and public reporting of the results; and (d) where the review shows that purposeful error has been made, prompt corrective action, including punishment where appropriate, is taken.
School had just let out for lunch when the World Beyond Georgetown arrived in Mabaruma, one of this country’s newest towns.
After enduring years of abuse at the hands of her alcoholic husband, Roselyn (not her real name) knew that it was time to leave him when his actions resulted in their 15-year-old son standing over him with a cutlass aimed at his neck.
What does solidarity between nations mean in the early twenty first century?
Most important drivers Guyanese households spend the most money in the economy with the result that their spending contributes the most to the gross domestic output (GDP) each year.
The President’s address to the National Assembly was disappointing. The expectation was that he would use the occasion to announce the Government’s legislative agenda wrapped around policy initiatives for the next parliamentary year.
When one thinks about it, the concept of “Government” is a strange one for it assumes as its fundamental premise that certain men and women – human beings like you and me – can and should be allowed to take upon themselves the right to direct the rest of us what to do, presumably for our own good.
Introduction Today’s column addresses the “cost-price relation”, likely to emerge as Guyana transforms its oil and gas “discovery” into an industrial success.
This past week, even as we mourn the loss of calypsonians Lord Canary here, and of King Austin in Trinidad, the subject of calypso as an art form is again getting traction with comments by Trinidad & Tobago President Anthony Carmona delivering the feature address at the Top 20 Stars of Gold Show presented by the country’s National Action Cultural Committee (NACC).
The Brown-bellied Antwren forages in the undergrowth of moist lowland forests for insects hidden among leaves, often as part of a mix-species flock of other typical antbirds.
We are currently in the tail end of the avocado/pear season.
“Emmerson how can I lose weight on my stomach and keep my curves?
Curcuma longa, commonly called Turmeric originated from South East Asia and India.
A couple of months ago, I made a decision to limit my social media engagement.
Firstly, I am aware of the numerous analyses, predictions and conclusions being published daily regarding this 2016 (unconventional) election campaign now raging in the USA.I
Severe verbal attacks against an “obviously nervous” Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, the protest pullout of a key diplomat confidant and mounting tensions with the aggrieved Americans led to the Government of Guyana (GOG) rejecting a Cheddi Jagan-proposed “strong anti-U.S
‘I don’t care what you teach and how you teach it.
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