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A Variable Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) foraging jamun berries near a lake in Linden. (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)
A Variable Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot) foraging jamun berries near a lake in Linden. (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Variable Chachalaca

The Variable Chachalaca, formerly Little Chachalaca, is often found near clearings and forest patches with dense undergrowth where it feeds on fruit and berries both on the ground and in the trees.

Maria Varona-Thomas (in photo), qualified for the international chess title of Woman FIDE Master at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, two weeks ago. It was the first major title for a female chess player from Guyana. Maria contested the required 11 games on Board One for Guyana and scored victories against fellow board one players from the following countries: Tanzania, Aruba, Chinese Tai Pei, Sudan, Fiji, Barbados and Palestine. She drew with Qatar and Wales. Maria lost against Zambia and Singapore. She placed 21st from a total of 663 women participants at the Olympiad.
Maria Varona-Thomas (in photo), qualified for the international chess title of Woman FIDE Master at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, two weeks ago. It was the first major title for a female chess player from Guyana. Maria contested the required 11 games on Board One for Guyana and scored victories against fellow board one players from the following countries: Tanzania, Aruba, Chinese Tai Pei, Sudan, Fiji, Barbados and Palestine. She drew with Qatar and Wales. Maria lost against Zambia and Singapore. She placed 21st from a total of 663 women participants at the Olympiad.

Maria Varona-Thomas should be commended for her exemplary performance in Baku

Hardly anyone expected Guyana to qualify for a major international chess title.

The photograph of President John F. Kennedy and British Guiana Premier, Dr. Cheddi Jagan released by the US Embassy, Georgetown, Guyana.

Ducks and Dodd diplomacy

Every Christmas season my money-minded maternal grandmother would travel down to the city by taxi, wearing her traditional starched white embroidered cotton headdress, with a fat duck or two in tow and baskets of freshly picked produce from her organic riverside farm to sell to my hopelessly outwitted father.

Finally, South America puts pressure on Venezuela

The decision by key South American countries to send an ultimatum to Venezuela’s authoritarian regime demanding that it respect democratic rules went almost unnoticed in the US media, but it may be the region’s most important diplomatic event in recent years.

Economic efficiency of government

Conclusion Labour productivity As noted in the first part of this article, six inputs based on physical units or items of expenditure were selected to form an opinion of the stewardship of the previous administration over the affairs of the nation. 

Road rage

For over 50 years state authorities have continually lamented that Guyana has one of the highest percentages of road deaths in the world.

Some don’t fold

I didn’t know him when I lived in Guyana, but in my years in Toronto I became very close to Terry Ferreira from New Amsterdam who had migrated there.

A Red-breasted Meadowlark (Sturnella militaris) at a lake in Linden.  (Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Red breasted Blackbird

The Red-breasted Meadowlark, formerly known as the Red-breasted Blackbird, is common near rice cultivations and countrysides here. 

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