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As if the political controversies were not enough, the rains and inevitable floods brought more woes to the populace.

The title I gave to one of my collections of poems is ‘Between Silence and Silence.’

Introduction Last week’s column sought to make it very clear that, in my view, Guyana’s burgeoning inequality and poverty are the direct products of decisions and collective choices made by the ruling cabal of politicians, controllers of criminal networks, economic and financial rogues, and other marauders, who as I have indicated, consider themselves not only ‘too big to jail’ but also destined by the gods to rule Guyana.

In November 2015 the Commonwealth will have to choose a new Secretary General.

Certainties of life It has often been said that death and taxes are the two certainties of life.

This past week in Demerara, at the height of the thunderous rainstorm that produced widespread flooding, an East Coast resident was in a quandary.

Cyrtostachys renda, commonly called the Lipstick or Sealing wax palm is another exotic palm in the Palmae family.

    All across the Caribbean you can find a dish of stew-peas.

Mention was made in last week’s column about the possible need for special treatment for those animals which were companions to the one that was euthanized.

A sizeable number of chess aficionados, including a sprinkling of Guyanese, are viewing the live coverage of the World Championship Chess match via the internet.

Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) Males of this species have a jumping routine with a persistent call, usually from a fence post or

Here comes one of my university-of-life/faculty-of-the-streets lecturettes today. I was using “Kleptocracy” in this feature long before more recognized “minds” appropriated it for their columns.

We now mark the fifth anniversary of this column in this exemplary, nation-defining newspaper, and it’s been an inspiring, beautiful journey.

Delivering his contribution to a PPP congress about a decade ago, Mr.

By Diana Abraham, Andaiye, Arif Bulkan, Janette Bulkan, Ronald Burch-Smith, Mellissa Ifill, Leila Jagdeo, Jean La Rose, Joy Marcus, Christopher Ram, Fr Malcolm Rodrigues, Iana Seales, Alissa Trotz  On Monday November 10, 2014, President Donald Ramotar prorogued the 10th Parliament of Guyana by proclamation.

In view of the ongoing calls for attention to healthier eating so as to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases, the man and woman in the street were asked whether their go-to-meal would be fresh produce or fast food and the reason for their choices.

So the President has made good his threat to prorogue Parliament!

In today’s column I propose to take last week’s discussion concerning the impact of massive wage and salary spreads along with the prevalence of the phantom economy on Guyana’s inequality and poverty one step further, through engaging an important emerging global line of thought on these matters.

Proroguing parliament is a legitimate constitutional device in Westminster constitutions, whatever its origins and the purpose for which it is used.

Chile has just taken a bold step to promote innovation that should be copied by all other Latin American countries.