Daily Features

Submersible The change of government and the aggression shown by Venezuela towards Guyana have brought the PetroCaribe energy agreement into sharp focus.

Introduction The Third International Conference on Financing for Development has just concluded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 to 16 July.

It is only fair that the traditional honeymoon period of three months of the new APNU+AFC administration be exhausted before its performance is assessed.

Climate change is an issue on which the Caribbean has every reason to have its voice heard and be taken very seriously.

There is an entry in my father’s diary which moved me deeply when I read it after he died.

Ground meat – beef, veal, lamb, pork, chicken or turkey – are perfect meal stretchers.

General considerations By now, it must be clear how susceptible to infection ears are.

Some time in the fourth century BC, Sun Tzu wrote the Chinese classic The Art of War which has survived.

After receiving a few phone calls on mulch and wood chips I decided to write on the subject.

Recent exchanges in the print media on aspects of “public information,” our right to know, to access facts and stats and to familiarize ourselves much more with the role and responsibilities of our Commissioner of Information – himself a Master of Many Unfamiliar Words – have motivated me to re-visit this issue, briefly.

Rule V of the Code of Conduct contained in the Fourth Schedule to the Legal Practitioners Act requires that an “attorney-at-law shall not accept a brief in a matter or field in which he does not have the requisite expertise, knowledge, skill or ability to effectively and properly represent the interest of his client.”

In this series on the education sector I have so far been attempting to draw attention to some basic beliefs that are bound to affect our theorising a way forward.

By Alana Benjamin Alana Benjamin is a Trade and Development consultant currently based in Barbados.

Today’s article focuses on three events that made the news during last week.

With Giftland opening the doors of its Mega Mall to the public, Stabroek News took the opportunity to hear from the ordinary citizen about their thoughts on it.

A background of crisis Last week I indicated that the first international conference on financing for development held in Monterrey, Mexico at the end of 2002 was a precursor to the launching by the United Nations of its global development agenda.

Historic institution GuySuCo is now the subject of inquiry, which inquiry, among other things, aims to determine if the company could be saved.

Following the election, the press has understandably seen numerous suggestions from citizens concerning things in the government that are in need of urgent attention.

Since I am generally the first to point out when something is not going right and when there is blatant and inexplicable incorrectness, allow me to emphasise how pleased I am with the Sunday Stabroek’s formatting of these series of articles on animal care/health.

In Guyana getting a good education is defined as getting good exam results.