Daily Features

Recent drama The recent drama surrounding the forestry sector in Guyana is likely to rekindle interest in the effect that exploitation of the natural resources can have on the country.

Healthy Eating (Part 1)A lot of people right now are worried about Chikungunya- the mosquito-borne viral illness that causes fever, rashes, and joint pain.

In the USA, where thousands of my countrymen reside, former Presidents are still addressed as “President.”

We show a profound lack, a deep abiding absence, of feeling the Guyanese nation’s heartbeat as our unfolding story, the Guyanese Story, even as we shape the global village with our presence on the world stage – at the United Nations, in CARICOM, in the Commonwealth, in our villages and backyards contributing ourselves to the world at large.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic – PPP/C – administration is determined to maintain total control of local democratic organs (LDOs) by not convening the Local Government Commission (LGC).

“You choose a member, indeed; but when you have chosen him, he is not member of Bristol, but he is a member of Parliament” (Edmund Burke – 1777 – Letter To The Sheriffs Of Bristol).

Part 2 By Tarron Khemraj  Introduction Part 1 of this essay argued that the main motivation driving private investments under the Jagdeo-Ramotar dispensation is the desire to use political power for the purpose of expropriating economic and investment opportunities for associates of the ruling party.

This is a continuation of last week’s article on the above subject.

By Don D. Marshall   Don D. Marshall is Senior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the Cave Hill, Barbados, Campus, University of the West Indies   The case for reparations made by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has engendered conversations across the region and diaspora.

In the light of the public outrage at the extent to which certain foreign companies are reported to be carrying out logging operations in Guyana and exporting logs, I have decided to examine the Forests Act 2009 to have a better understanding of it and to share that understanding with readers.

This week we asked members of the public to comment on the motion of no-confidence which is to be moved by the opposition in Parliament against the government.

Punctuality is a big thing with me. From a boy, as the Jamaicans say, I’ve been that way mainly, I believe, from the example of my mother who was always on time or early for everything.

Some years ago, on the table at which I was sitting in a Barbados hotel, there was a small brown packet of sugar.

After two decades of steady progress in women’s rights — including the election of women presidents in Brazil, Argentina and Chile — Latin America has one of the world’s highest representation of women in top government jobs, but a surprising new study shows that women are losing ground on several fronts in the region.

Introduction For this and several columns to come, I shall be discussing a number of independent but related topics, under the broad theme of inequality and poverty in Guyana.

Over the last two weeks, Guyana’s forests attracted much media attention not because of any scientific discovery or technological breakthrough, but because of the economics surrounding their use.

The father of policing in Britain, and therefore of policing in Britain’s colonies, was Sir Robert Peel.

In his article last Wednesday in ‘Future Notes,’ (‘Some suggestions for constitutional reform’), Dr Henry Jeffrey, advanced extensive views on constitutional reform.

Mussaenda erythrophylla, commonly called Ashanti blood or Red mussaenda originated from West Africa.

A family’s recipe for macaroni and cheese, macaroni pie or pie, whichever you prefer to call it should not be messed with.