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Across the Caribbean there is a pervasive view that the anglophone part of the region needs to find a new pathway to development, and a fresh narrative about its future.

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton will have a formidable weapon to disarm Republican anti-immigration candidates who want to virtually seal the US southern border — there are already more Chinese than Mexican immigrants who enter the United States every year.

Codiaeum commonly called crotons belong to the Euphorbiaceae family, which has its origins in Asia: mainly Malaysia, Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka.

One month ago, British grandmaster Nigel Short provoked anger and derision when he claimed that men are “hard-wired differently” to be better chess players than women.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Harvard University and recipient of the 2011 Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2003.

I don’t know about you but I didn’t get much work done last week because I was caught up with all the happenings of Guyana’s elections.

Pardon me, but dammit! I have a deadline to meet editorially which precludes me from awaiting even the significant, substantial preliminary results from Dr Surujbally’s GECOM, the authorized, Constitutional Election Commission.

By Taurus – The Heckler  BLACKOUTS AND ELECTION RESULTSOh my dear!

This article will reach the editor at its usual time, which will be long before the results of the 2015 general and regional elections are even informally known.

Today is Election Day. It is the sincere hope of this column that peace will prevail in an atmosphere free of fear or intimidation, as citizens proceed to cast their votes for the political parties of their choice.

(In the interest of a peaceful election climate, Stabroek News has agreed to publish this column by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Roman Catholic Church.)

  Guyanese will vote on Monday for a Government that they wish to conduct the affairs of the nation on their behalf for the next five years.

We will be completely justified in trusting the outcome of this election.

Shock and dismay   Today’s lesson (4) continues identifying the orders of magnitude of corruption-linked economic haemorrhage currently taking place in Guyana.

  Spirit and intent of the Act The “To Do List” of the next government is a long one.

Since 1991 international demand for chocolate has been growing, causing cocoa prices to surge.

Here’s an interesting innovation that is taking place in Latin America: A company is paying for the college education of thousands of students in exchange for their commitment to pay back a small percentage of their salaries when — and if — they get a job.

  If you like ripe plantains and are looking for another way to enjoy them, minus the richness of having to pan-fry them, then I think you’ll like these grilled ripe plantains.

(Continued) Sty I might have mentioned before that the great designer was at his/her constructive best when the eye was being put together.

British chess grandmaster and one time world championship title challenger, Nigel Short, wrote an article for the Dutch magazine New in Chess recently, titled ‘Vive la Difference’ which claimed, provocatively, that there are genetic reasons why men are more successful in chess than women.