Daily Features

Yes, my regular readers would discern whenever I attempt to be escapist.

The Guyanese people, after twenty years of disenfranchisement, are understandably fed-up with the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) regime’s excuses for not holding local government elections.

Brigadier David Granger’s sensible cry for political cooperation in governance of this land comes at a crucial time in our history Granger toured the Guyanese New York, USA, diaspora communities this week, and responded to widespread criticism of how his Opposition leads Parliament, with a dramatic appeal to the spirit of engagement, reaching out and cooperation.

  This edition of Ask the Consul addresses common questions applicants ask when refused tourist visas at the U.S.

Last week, I came upon the prime minister’s 2014 Cheddi Jagan Lecture “Dr Cheddi Jagan’s commitment to National Unity and National Development” (Office of the Prime Minister, April 2014) and immediately felt depressed.

Minxin Pei is Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Former Auditor General and President of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc, Anand Goolsarran, participated in a five-day conference of the International Consortium of Government Financial Management in Miami, Florida during the period 18 to 23 May 2014.

Dr. Carolyn Gomes is Executive Director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition By Dr Carolyn Gomes Last week the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) wrote to the administration of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on behalf of over 30 diverse civil society groups across the region, to thank them for preserving the University’s ability to continue to be a leader in the regional response to HIV, by insisting that those who lead its HIV initiatives are accountable to its principles and are advocates of sound public health policy.

Since last December, the nation had to endure some of the most unpleasant occurrences at City Hall, following the Head of the Presidential Secretariat’s announcement of the substantive appointment of Ms.

Interviews and photos by Shabna UllahRoopnarine Somwaru, fish vendor: ‘From my experience the toll is really too high.

This is an appropriate time, on the occasion of the celebration of Guyana’s 48th Independence Anniversary, only two years before age 50, to begin the assessment of our condition as an independent nation and try to assess the future.

Currently cuss-down and buse-up are of a very low standard. We need new and more imaginative swear words.

The landslide election of pro-business candidate Narendra Modi as India’s new prime minister is likely to shake up that country’s politics and jump-start its economy, but it could also have a big impact on the world economy and emerging markets.

Youngest Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) is one of the youngest commercial banks in Guyana.

Introduction Starting today I shall focus on the way forward for Guyana’s sugar industry.

When the Economic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) between the countries of Cariforum and the European Union was finally signed in 2008, the Caribbean tourism sector believed that it contained much of value to an industry that had become the region’s largest employer after the public sector; its biggest foreign exchange earner outside of the oil, gas and extractive industries; and a significant generator of external tax revenues.

American grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush ultimately prevailed in a fierce US championship competition which was played in St Louis, from May 7 to 21.

So as not to throw one’s self in a state of panic, one must always remember that a tumour is just swelling and not necessarily a cancer.

Steamed vegetables can be blah and bland. If they are overdone, they look limp, their natural colours faded.

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