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The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

Last week’s article completed our “stock-take” on where we stood in terms of public financial management.

This week on What the People Say, we asked residents to comment on the upcoming Local Government Elections.

Some years ago, when the banana wars were at their height, the issue for Europe was diversification.

‘Arrogance and complacency cost the PPP last year’s elections,’ screamed the headline in Stabroek News of January 1, reporting on the year-end press conference of former President Bharrat Jagdeo, now Leader of the Opposition.

Running anything – whether it is a national government, vast state industry, world-circling multi-national, small family business, or private club – involves making choices.

Contribution While small businesses may not generate as much money as large corporations, they are a critical component of, and a major contributor to, the strength of local economies.

The litany of Guyana’s woes continue every day; we all know the instances, as we are regaled with examples coming from established columnists, various letter writers, and social media platforms.

In chess we play the same game over and over again.

You may recall that last week we decided to deal with that which is normal before embarking on the pathological.

Introduction In order to contextualize the analysis of the opportunities and pitfalls of Guyana’s mineral resources extraction dependence, this week’s column introduces further economic information on the overall performance of the sector.

There is hardly a legume that I do not like. I always have a variety stocked up and whenever I go to the supermarket or travel overseas, I look for heirloom legumes and others that might be new to me.

Last week we discussed staying on track, which is very important in keeping fit.

I have written so much on trees in the city and it all seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

What follows, from paragraph two hereunder, are my recycled thoughts first published here more than three years ago.

A Happy New Year to the readers of the column. As the Bar Association looks towards 2016 we hope that this Column will be published with greater frequency and reliability.

On the morning of 4th June last year, I was at the Guyana Revenue Authority headquarters on Camp Street to collect my driver’s licence and had an interesting encounter with the now besieged Mr.

The PPP once declared the forests are Guyana’s most important resource.

By Lear Matthews There may be some validity to the belief that a correlation exists between a nation’s mental health and its economic growth.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street if they have been following developments related to the March 18 local government elections (LGE) and whether they plan on voting.