Daily Features

Tuesday’s Economic CornerBy Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction: The new school year is about to begin; many have to find those extra dollars to buy new school uniforms and supplies. 

– Fidel Ramos is a former President of the Philippines.This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

In The Diaspora Norman Girvan is Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies.

Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor emeritus of political economy at Warwick University, author of a prize- winning biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes, and a board member of the Moscow School of Political Studies.

This week we asked the man/woman on the street what they thought about the conviction in a Brooklyn court of Robert Simels, former attorney of Roger Khan and whether they thought an investigation, given the revelations during the trial, should be conducted locally.

Dr Bertrand Ramcharan, Ph.D. (LSE), Barrister-at-Law, is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists, and Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

– Richard N. Haass, formerly Director of Policy Planning in the US State Department, is President of The Council on Foreign Relations.

-One Grenadian’s observation, 200 killed? Mr. Henry Greene is Guyana’s Commissioner of Police.

History This Week         No. 30/2009By Cecilia McAlmont Introduction August is the month during which the descendants of enslaved Africans of the English speaking Caribbean celebrate the end of the dehumanizing system of chattel slavery that had smothered their fore parents for more than two centuries.

Development Watch By Tarron Khemraj Introduction This month marks ten years since Mr.

Tuesday’s Economic Corner Over view: Last week’s column “Agriculture Gone Bad” created both controversy and solutions. 

(This is the final piece in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)

Interviews by Sara Bharrat and photos by Tiffny RhodiusThis week we asked the youths who participated in the Volunteer Youth Corps Incorporated Vacation Programme 2009 why they decided to attend and what was the most important lesson they learnt during the five weeks.

So It Go Cricket is in Caribbean blood, like curry, and music with lots of bass, so it’s not surprising to see columnist Orin Davidson fiercely lamenting the continuing malfunctions of the West Indies Cricket Board. 

In the Diaspora (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) Savitri Sabina Persaud was born in Georgetown and lived in Moblissa and  Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara before immigrating to Canada with her mother in 1993 at the age of five.

Pain and suffering Over the past year, the full-blown effects of the global financial and economic crisis, have led to unprecedented pain and suffering across the global economy.

Business Page Conclusion Introduction Today we conclude our review of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) announced by President Jagdeo to the international community and now the subject of consultations taking place across Guyana. 

Ian On Sunday A man is murdered, a woman beaten and raped, a child horribly abused, a business robbed, a home terrifyingly invaded.

Consumer Concerns Georgetown Average Commodity Prices for Period 2001-May 2009 Note: Currently the prices for loose milk and sweet potato are not available.