Daily Features

By Cary Fraser Cary Fraser is a regular contributor to the Trinidad and Tobago Review and writes on international relations in the Middle East, American foreign policy, and Caribbean history.

Guyanese are fascinated by the notion of spirits and I don’t mean the kind that comes in bottles, although there is obviously that, too. 

Lowering the age at which children should start working Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir recently announced that he was considering changing the labour legislation to allow children as young as 13 years old to do some jobs.

The year is 1992.  After an eternity of travails, a hardy group of men and women stagger into the Promised Land. 

Introduction Today we continue our review of the 2008 financial statements of the state-owned corporation which are contained in its 2008 annual report tabled in the National Assembly late last year.

Headlines which constantly remind us of lethal crime heighten the sense of life’s fragility in all of us.

There have been a surprising number of readers who have contacted me concerning the observation that the Draft LCDS is, to put it mildly, unclear about the true size of Guyana’s forest cover.

During the past week, national chess champion Wendell Meusa made two public statements which are damaging to the integrity of the Guyana Chess Federation.

Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 By Godfrey Chin Steelband has been the essence of our Caribbean Carnival/ Mash/Crop-Over celebrations since this phenomenon emerg-ed after WWII, and remains a unique musical art form in the twentieth century, with efforts from Japan to Sweden usurping this contribution from our tropics.

Parliament Office has reported in the press that the Credit Reporting Bill 2009 has been committed to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.

Shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I wrote that the hundreds of millions of dollars pledged by the international community to rebuild the country would be a waste of money unless accompanied by a massive re-forestation effort.

Sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor, credited with creating the world’s first underwater sculpture park and currently spearheading an ambitious project in Mexico to install over 400 permanent sculptures at the Cancun Marine Park has Guyanese origins.

By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS (Paedodontist) In this article, I would like to discuss tooth decay in young children.

The View From Europe This month, senior Caribbean officials will meet in Jamaica with their European counterparts to consider the nature of the future Cariforum-European Union (EU) relationship.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

A Gardener’s Diary Mussaendas, ixoras, gardenias, pentas and coffee are all related, and belong to a very large family of plants comprising over 600 genera and 10,000 species.

Last week, we explained that vomiting was a symptom which reflected a more deep-seated ailment.

Electing community leaders Look, I know that in offering comment on such issues, I should be more scientific, analytical and given to supportive statistics.

History this week By Shammane Joseph This instalment gives a brief overview of the History of the British Guiana Tramways.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction Two years ago, right about this time, I first introduced the concept that any oil reserves we find in Guyana are that of the citizens, not the company nor the government.