Daily Features

The Fifth Summit of the Americas: A ReflectionMark Kirton is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations on the St.

This week on What the People Say residents on the Corentyne commented on issues that are affecting them.

Jonathan Holslag is Head of Research of the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies.

On the Line: New Building Society Limited Annual Report 2008 $200M exchange lossNotice to Readers Two weeks ago I wrote that I was taking two months off, and Business Page would not be appearing during that period.

A turning point As this is being written, the fifth Summit of the Americas is about to begin in Trinidad.

Beware of boasting At the press conference of January 30, held in Trinidad, and discussed in last week’s column, Chairman Duprey of the CL Financial Group had indicated that the credit squeeze caused by German bankers refusing the company credit was a main reason for its troubles.

Fulsome words, faltering deeds One of the most serious aspects of life today is the widening gap between talk and action.

Littering is just a Guyanese trait The heavy rainfall on Thursday morning awoke consumers to the dangers we still face in flooding.

Kenneth George, OR, CCH, March 12, 1930 – April 6, 2009 Kenneth Montague George, OR, CCH, former Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary, died on April 6, 2009, aged 79.

‘All Obama, all the time’ Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

Living with Alzheimer’s By Dr Ritesh Kohli, MD (Internal Medicine Specialist)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest of tasks.

– and some Americana-Guyana Look, let me declare a few verifiable facts and opinions of a personal nature.

Eusi Kwayana and national politics in British Guiana (Part 3) By Estherine Adams This is the final instalment in a series of articles which give a brief overview of Eusi Kwayana’s involvement in national politics in British Guiana between 1950 and 1961.

Summer Travel Installment Eighty Q: It is only April, why should I apply now for a visa to visit the United States in the summer?

Althea Perkins was a teacher and researcher at the Centre for Gender Development Studies and now teaches at the University of Guyana.

Mauricio Reina is a researcher at Fedesarrollo, a non-profit foundation dedicated to non-partisan research in economics, political science, and public administration.

In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guy-anese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Alissa Trotz is the Toronto-based editor of the In the Diaspora Column Over the last two weeks, two important and different events took place that centred the Caribbean.

Interviews by Sara Bharrat This week we asked the man/woman in the street what their favourite movie is and if the message in that movie had an effect on their lives.

CL Financial Group: Meltdown and bailoutAs promised last week, this week I begin a review of the CL Financial Group meltdown.