People landing in Guyana for the first time, will encounter a range of cultural surprises ranging from mild (road-side vendors) to severe (meat stalls in Stabroek Market), and I have often thought that since Guyana is so contrary, even by regional comparisons, that we should have a basic information booklet at the airport – perhaps even distributed to foreign travel agents – with a list of pointers to prepare people for some of the jolts they will encounter in GT.
What the Toshaos say about… Interviews and photos by Alva Solomon Toshaos attending this year’s National Toshaos Council (NTC) meeting held at the International Convention Centre at Liliendaal were asked for their opinions on this year’s meeting and issues affecting their respective villages.
Guyana and the wider world In last week’s column (July 26) I had urged the importance of the symbolism for developing countries, which the United Nations Conference on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis held in New York, last June represented.
Nostalgia Part 2 Gone with the Wind…By Godfrey Chin In 1939 David O Selznick produced Gone with the Wind, winner of 9 Academy Awards and one of the best movies ever made, and the biggest box Office Draw until Spielberg Jaws in 1975.
Consumer Concerns Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls; Who steals my purse steals trash: ’tis something, nothing; ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Health By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist) What is diabetes?
A Gardener’s diary I had a plant in my garden called Blue Wings, which had the Latin name Torenia fournieri.
Obituary Olga Irene Bone, former Executive Director of the Guyana Book Foundation, Co-ordinator of Education Renewal and Assistant Registrar of the University of Guyana, died on July 27, aged 88.
In our time Jokes about Jamaican ostentation abound — jokes mostly told by Jamaicans themselves.
Ian On Sunday Love of sport is woven into the fabric of my life.
Bookshelf By Ronald Austin George Padmore: Pan-Africanist Revolutionary edited by Fitzroy Baptiste and Rupert Lewis.
The View From Europe In a matter of days, a task force of five Caricom leaders will meet in Jamaica to discuss a regional approach to the global economic and financial crisis.
Pet Corner Nasal ‘warts’ Really, this condition of the nose tip has little to do with warts.
Chess The Guyana Chess Federation will host a one-day workshop for students and teachers at the Cottonfield Secondary school on the Essequibo coast next Saturday .
(This is the third 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.)
-Working-class Emancipation Frankly Speaking… By A.A. Fenty So how or when can poverty look or seem pretty?
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.
Development Watch By Tarron Khemraj This column will examine various aspects of economic policy in Guyana.
(This is the second 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.)
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