There was a lot of despair in Latin America about a new International Monetary Fund forecast showing that the region’s economy will shrink by 0.3 per cent in 2016, but that’s something that could be reversed relatively soon.
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By: Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds is a PhD student, at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Center for Critical Development Studies and the Caribbean Studies Program. He
The Stabroek News recently carried an article which centred around a legal opinion that was given on the applicability of Article 216 of the Constitution to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd.
This week, we asked residents of Linden about the upcoming local government elections and if they will be voting.
Introduction Today’s column continues the discussion of Guyana’s mineral resources extractive dependence.
Contribution In last week’s column, it was noted that small businesses make up a substantial part of the Guyana economy.
Living in Guyana makes one very aware (I have written about this, as have others) that we simply don’t know many aspects of our country’s history that are essential to propelling us to see it in terms of unity as opposed to division.
At eighty-two years of age one must expect to factor attendance at funerals into one’s monthly (weekly?)
In last week’s column we discussed some tweaks to training, supplementation and nutrition that can make a difference in your fat loss efforts.
Continued from last week Over the past few weeks, I have been making references to the malformation of the jaws which result in an incongruence of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws, simply put: an incorrect bite.
It is only after the magnitude of the potential disaster became apparent to the public that the government began to scramble for a plan to protect workers of Wales Estate and farmers who supply cane.
(Picumnus spilogaster) in the Botanical Gardens, Georgetown. Photo by Kester Clarke (http://www.kesterclarke.net)
In Europe a far-reaching and multi-faceted policy review is underway that is likely to result in a significant change in European priorities.
Want to grow your own veggies and don’t know where to start?
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is called the ‘Wimbledon of Chess’, and is currently happening in Wijk aan Zee in Holland.
Cornmeal is such a versatile ingredient that can be used for both sweet and savoury dishes.
Just one anniversary IdeaAgain disregarding my preference for staying away from certain “hot” issues that attract current national attention from the more qualified, I nevertheless, feel obliged to repeat my own perspectives on matters related to capital punishment.
I have some pretty definite views about the Guyana public service, born of some theoretical understanding of how and what it should be doing in modern times and a quite lengthy sojourn in it.
After spending a week in Argentina, I concluded that there are six reasons why President Mauricio Macri — who took office a month ago after 12 years of radical populist governments — is off to a very good start.
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