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On 28 December 2015, we carried an article on the above subject but we were unable to complete it because of space constraints.

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Edged on both sides by trees and flowering plants is a village situated in Canal Number Two known as Clay Brick Road.

Introduction As indicated last week, today’s column continues the discussion of risks and pitfalls facing mineral resources extraction in Guyana.

New board As many Guyanese would be aware, a new governing board of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) was established in June of last year to execute the mandates expressed in Section 12 of the Revenue Authority Act regarding the approval of policy, monitoring of the performance of the GRA and the discipline and control of the staff.

The sudden transformations in societies – email, cell phones – are often the result of an equipment revolution, and we spot them quickly; the slower transformations occur so slowly that we don’t even notice the shift until some sudden circumstance makes us aware.

When I was a young and bursting with energy and exuberant life-force I was eager to travel far and wide, more than ready to range around the world discovering new places and meeting people of every kind, outlook and temper.

So you have made your fitness resolutions and you really want to keep them.

A beleaguered local chess federation, failing in its ability to organize a national junior chess championship and its senior counterpart, in addition to two national school chess championships over the past two years, seems to be stirring some reaction among our youthful precocious chess minds.

Whether raw, steamed, stir-fried, or dropped in piping hot stew, curry or soup just before serving, I love me some cabbage.

The Undulated Tinamou is a greyish ground bird that is more frequently heard than seen, with its distinctive 3-note call. 

Continued from December 13, 2015   Paralysis of the tongue In all my many decades of practice, I can only recall seeing this condition once.

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) commonly called fine-leaf thyme and its cousin Spanish thyme originated from the Mediterranean and are used in many Caribbean dishes.

Imagine this. You, a partner or family member is working overseas.

The implementation of the process of consultation required of the President under Guyana’s Constitution has been one of the most controversial constitutional issues since Independence.

Almost twenty-eight years ago a remarkable Gu-yanese died in London at the age of eighty-one.

During May-June last year   they solemnly and spitefully promised to deliver what we – meaning all those not with them – seem to be receiving: A cheated-not-defeated/oppose-expose-depose parliamentary and political opposition.

Last week, in commenting on the controversy that arose when the government sought to bulldoze three pieces of legislation (the Municipal and District Councils and Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill and the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Bill) through the National Assembly at one sitting and the government’s response that the PPP/C’s regime had acted similarly, I concluded by suggesting that the current government and its supporters would do best to reference their behaviour against regional and international best practices rather than past PPP/C behaviour.

A weekly series of fitness and health tips commences today. The Fitness and Health Column, will feature articles by award winning sports journalist and Guyana’s Men’s Physique Champion Emmerson Campbell, who will outline and illustrate ways in which you can achieve your fitness goals on the way to better health.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

Last Thursday, the National Assembly considered and approved two financial papers that were presented by Finance Minister Winston Jordan.