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On the face of it, the collapse in global oil prices would seem to be good news for the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON – The big question among Brazil watchers in this capital is whether newly re-elected President Dilma Rousseff will improve her government’s ailing ties with the United States during her second term.

This very simple salad came about as a result of me being lazy, but very hungry.

Continued   Last week, I referred to the ‘Frequently Asked Ques-tions (FAQ)’ relative to the actual putting-to-sleep pro-cess.

The strongest woman chess player of all time, Hungary’s Judit Polgar, 38, has retired from competition.

Ptychosperma Macarthurii, the Macarthur Palm, commonly called the Hurricane Palm originated in New Guinea and Australia.

This is my final column after a year of commenting on current affairs in Guyana.

Many would appreciate that I often endeavour to “try something a little different “when numerous other contributors zoom in on the socio–political, socio– economic or hot current issues of the day.

For the past several weeks, I have been seeing pink fabric wrapped around the trees on Camp Street.

The President had made what many thought was a solemn promise in his party’s election Manifesto – Working Together for a Better Tomorrow.

So easy it is to fall under an oppressive cloud in this society, focused on inconsequential stuff, ignoring the beauty of our human potential.

What is taking place in Fiji should alert Guyanese to pay greater attention to the natural structure of their political context.

By Richard N Haass  NEW YORK – Historical eras are difficult to recognise before they end.

By Gabrielle Hosein   Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian   Diaspora Column Editor’s Note: Our October 6th column reported on Dr.

This is our third in a series of articles on the above subject.

Interviews and photos by Shabna UllahThis week on What the People Say we asked persons about the no-confidence motion that the opposition is planning to move in Parliament against the government.

Fashionable There was a time when countries like Guyana were interested in what an economist like W.

SANTIAGO, Chile: This country, which has long been Latin America’s economic star, has seen its economic growth fall from 5 percent average in recent years to a projected 1.9 percent this year.

Some of the best poetry has been written by people on the verge of death.

Introduction Last week I introduced a Table showing that, over the eight years 2006 to 2013, the average net annual increase in the public sector minimum wage (adjusted for annual inflation) was shockingly low, about one percent.