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{This column is in commemoration of Carifesta which first took place in Guyana in 1972.}

When told that the Venezuelans were likely to seriously press their territorial claim to Guyana, Cheddi Jagan is said to have brushed the possibility aside, claiming that, ‘the Venezuelans are our friends’.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College   The rejection of the old politics was implicit in the election campaign and platform of the APNU +AFC coalition.

Last Monday, the Minister of Finance presented the 2015 Budget to the National Assembly in keeping with the requirements of Article 219 (3) of the Constitution.

The raising of the US flag at the newly opened American embassy in Havana is an important story, but I can’t help finding much of the US media coverage surrounding the event to be repetitive, boring and frivolous.

Open mind There is something about the Amaila Falls Hydropower project that haunts this writer.

Cyber-security incidents continue to rise. Accord-ing to PwC’s Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, attacks rose internationally by 48 per cent in 2014 resulting in huge remedial and reputational costs to the companies and governments concerned.

Mofongo is a dish of fried green plantains mashed with garlic, oil, broth, and pork cracklings or chicharrón (fried pork belly or pork rinds).

Introduction So far in this series of columns I have covered the international discussion taking place on steps to secure the recovery of stolen public assets leading up to the recently concluded Third Conference on Financing for Development (FFD), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last month.

Attorney-at-Law James Bond learnt to play chess last December. He was wowed and inspired by the game.

There are growing concerns within the Indian Guyanese community that the government has embarked on large-scale discrimination against them.

Good poetry holds its truth and relevance throughout the ages. It may retail the facts and thinking of its own era, but part if it will always express what is eternally true and recognizable.

(Continued) Biting Flies   The ear flap has an assortment of blood vessels which, when damaged, tend to bleed uncontrollably.

Cordia sebestena commonly called Spanish Cordia or Geranium tree originated from the northern coast of South America and the Caribbean, and comes from the Boraginaceae family.

By Zhang Limin, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana   This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Today I’ll appeal to even my regular readers – as well as the curious casuals – to bear with this brief Sunday–School/Bible –lesson– like “lesson” intended to capture the element of the concepts implicit in my wordy lead caption.

On 3 October 1899, the Arbitration Tribunal handed down its decision and immediately thereafter Mr.

There appears to be a dispute over the size of the deposit the coalition government plans to withdraw from the commercial banks to be quarantined into the Consolidated Funds.

By D. Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column.

Last week, we discussed the Government’s decision to pay over all proceeds from the Lotto funds to the Consolidated Fund.