Daily Features

It is hard to comprehend the scale of the suffering that the people of Haiti have had to endure since January 12.

You have to knock a plant out of its pot to see if it needs moving to a larger container. 

Reasons for suicide? Expectedly, naturally, justifiably, scores of Guyanese writers, commentators, ordinary citizens of social conscience have been recording their thoughts on the Natural Disaster in Haiti.

History this week By Dr. Mellissa Ifill This article is the first in a two-part series that examines the transition from the private to the public model of accumulation during the immediate post independence period.

By Tarron Khemraj Introduction By now readers would realize a common theme of these columns is the need for structural transformation of the Guyana economy.

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Good gubby nah ah float ah tap. 

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.By Dominique Strauss-Kahn WASHINGTON, DC – Roughly one year ago, the global economic situation looked grim: a severe global recession, sizeable wealth destruction, and declines in trade and employment.

By Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column It is now nearly one endless week since the earthquake that devastated Haiti, shattering lives and communities.

No, that’s not a misprint; you saw it right.  There is such a thing as rubber from the dandelion plant; that yellow-flower weed that grows like crazy over a piece of land left unused.

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson In light of the destruction in Haiti caused by last Tuesday’s earthquake, we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought Guyana could do for the people in Haiti.

Part 1Introduction So often we hear time-worn sayings like ‘Chickens coming home to roost,’ ‘History repeating itself’ and ‘Forgetting the lessons of history,’ and we think they are just platitudes of no consequence.

Last week I started to identify, in no particular order of importance, those vital lessons that should be learnt from the recent United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change held in Copenhagen, Denmark, which are needed for a careful evaluation of the LCDS and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway.

There is an entry in my father’s diary which moved me deeply when I read it after he died.

At the beginning of the year, GT&T indicated that they would be offering a reduced fare structure for some overseas destinations for a minimum of three months.

Derek Walcott, the Carib-bean’s foremost poet and playwright, who was born in Castries, St Lucia on January 23, 1930, turns 80 this weekend. 

A Gardener’s Diary An old friend of mine grew the most glorious, flawless chrysanthemums for over twenty years at Kew Gardens.

On January 10 two of France’s Caribbean Département d’Outre-mer (the DOM), Martinique and Guyane, rejected the possibility of greater autonomy.

Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

Laryngitis  Continued Last week, we explained what laryngitis is and what the possible causes might be.

By Godfrey Chin “There’s no place like home for the holidays,” is a truism for the Guyanese diaspora in their castles, caches or cubbyholes from Queensland, Australia to Queens, NY; Toronto to Atlanta; Vancouver to London; and even those in ‘purgatory’ in Barbados.