Daily Features

In `The Berbice Regional Health Authority is an Illegal… says Health Minister (KN 6/6/2015) the Minister of Public Health, Dr.

A few days ago I bumped into Mr. Robert Badal who is a well-known Guyanese investor and capitalist.

Laura Tyson, a former chair of the US President’s Council of Economic Advisers, is a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior adviser at the Rock Creek Group.

Last Wednesday saw the opening of the eleventh Parliament of Guyana with the much-welcome fanfare, pomp and ceremony, following the 11 May 2015 national and regional elections.

By Angelique V. Nixon & Alissa Trotz Angelique V. Nixon is a writer, artist, teacher, scholar, activist, and poet – born and raised in Nassau, The Bahamas.

This week on What the People say, we asked residents to comment on the post-election situation and flooding in their area.

Last Wednesday saw the opening of the eleventh Parliament of Guyana with the much-welcome fanfare, pomp and ceremony, following the 11 May 2015 national and regional elections.

Introduction Today’s column follows-up on 1) my earlier estimation of the value of potentially recoverable stolen public assets and 2) the ticking time-bombs that threaten the survival of sugar and rice.

No-nonsense programme   When a country runs into financial trouble, it turns to the IMF for help, and depending on its level of development and financial health, the IMF gives it a structural adjustment programme to suit.

We’re getting a good dose of negative Guyana news of late and justifiably so – whatever the process requires we have to work through these things; I will spare you the list.

There are, you may be surprised to read this Sunday, more important things than constitutions, the results of elections, the making and unmaking of presidents and the first steps, and missteps, of a brand new government.

Venezuela’s proclamation of its “Atlantic Front” on May 27, which includes all of Guyana’s maritime space, having already maintained since 1962 its fictional claim to two-thirds of Guyana’s land territory, is breathtaking in its audacity.

One of the main reasons I like to make scones/biscuits is because they require minimal pre-prep.

The popping eyeball This Problem is often associated with certain breeds (Pugs, Spaniels, Boston Terriers, etc).

In North America and Europe there are from time to time international conferences that quietly enable new thinking.

Congratulations to the team who quickly got the planters around the Independence Arch cleaned and replanted.

“The ultimate strength of our country and our cause will be not in powerful weapons or infinite resources or boundless wealth, but will lie in the unity of our people.”

What a joke! Venezuela, a country facing severe food shortages where people have to make long lines in hopes of finding milk, flour or coffee, has just received an award from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for its allegedly great success in combating hunger.

Hello there my nationalistic, patriotic Guyanese friends, please try to tolerate my vastly different view and perspective – perhaps provocative – on the issues mentioned in my lead caption today.

In what he claims to be the interest of justice, the new Vice-President of Public Security, Mr.