Daily Features

Over the last decade or so, starting with rum in 1997, the Caribbean has seen its special trade arrangements with Europe eroded as the EU has sought something close to trade reciprocity with the ACP for either mercantile, philosophical or legal reasons.

There are many kinds of plants which produce dwarf forms naturally due to things like altitude, lack of water, poor soil and swampy conditions. 

Jamie F. Metzl, who served on US President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council, is Executive Vice President of the Asia Society.

– the birth of executive banditry Just another short ‘lecture’ from the University of the Streets today.

By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In June 1980, when an American president, Jimmy Carter, objected to Jewish settlements in Israeli-occupied territories, the Israeli government responded by announcing plans for new settlements.

Joseph S Nye Jr is Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.

Nina Khrushcheva, author of Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics, teaches international affairs at The New School and is senior fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York.

Part 1 Introduction Some time ago Mr Mike Persaud suggested on the Stabroek News blog (SN, Sep 2, 2009) that I write a column on the Guyana foreign exchange (FX) market.

Introduction In my column last week, I indicated that I will start outlining our latest economic blueprint for Guyana. 

(This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Melanie Newton is a Barbadian and Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

Why do you think Guyanese do so well in all these countries to which we migrate? We

What the people say about… The police in Berbice have stepped up their campaigns against drunk driving in an effort to curb road accidents, and have arrested and charged 36 drivers over the Easter weekend using the breathalyzer.

Business Page today interrupts its series on the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation to present an overview of the annual reports and accounts of two of the country’s financial institutions which will soon be holding their annual members’ general meetings at which the presentation of the annual reports is a major agenda item.

Before last December’s climate change conference in Copenhagen, global public opinion was clearly supportive of an internationally agreed initiative to address the man-made aspects of global warming; now it is more divided.

Wrap up This week I wrap up that part of my assessment of the LCDS that focuses on the several misstatements and computational errors found in the draft text and related official documents, especially as they pertain to such basic data as the area under forest and estimated rates of deforestation for Guyana.

A friend asked me how important a part poetry plays in my life.

A sudden flurry of words and actions has poured from government corners recently. 

“Not because I say so it’s so.”  This phrase used by Dr Ptolemy Reid when addressing members of his party is indelibly printed in my memory.

We have been discussing maladies associated with the digestive system over the last few weeks.

The rains can be very welcome to the gardener, but large trees can have very serious problems when they have to carry enormous weights of water on their limbs and leaves during the rainy season.