Daily Features

By Jorge Chabat MEXICO – Drug trafficking has existed in Mexico for decades.

By Sara Bharrat with photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man/woman in the street how they thought the recent terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team will affect the future of cricket in Pakistan.

On petty tyranniesArif Bulkan lectures in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies By Arif Bulkan The issue of Presidential (non) assent to Bills is being discussed again, this time by Prem Misir in his reply to Christopher Ram.

Clico and the related crisis: Confusion continues Introduction It has been an incredibly hot week in Guyana.

The Caribbean should not expect a dramatically changed relationship with the US In a few weeks time the President of the United States, Barack Obama, will attend the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.

Moral hazard and the Guyana regulatory meltdown Moral hazard When a sectoral regulatory authority, in this instance for the insurance sector, takes the position that regulatory intervention as prescribed by law would be prejudicial to a party that is involved in regulatory evasion and abuse, because such intervention “would have precipitated the demise of the company to the immediate detriment of policy holders,” it means one of two ghastly things, both of which reveal a deeply flawed legal-regulatory-institutional oversight framework.

The overmighty centre Any practical person in charge of anything periodically asks the question: ‘How do we get things done most effectively?’

Create a garden pool In Guyana, or at least in Georgetown, I don’t suppose that many gardeners feel any urgent need to have a water feature in the garden, because for a disproportionate amount of time we all have an excess of it!

Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

Eye ailments Continued Problems associated with the retina You may recall that we had described the retina as the innermost and light sensitive lining at the back of the eyeball. 

The police are not enforcing the law on noise nuisance The following letter addressed to Mr Balram Persaud, Commander ‘C’ Division, Cove and John and copied to the Commissioner of Police and to me at the Guyana Consumers Association tells a sad story of the failure of our police force to enforce the laws of Guyana.

For me, chess is life and every game is like a new life.

Op-ed celebrating International Women’s Day On a trip to China eleven years ago, I met with women activists who told me about their efforts to advance conditions for women in their country.

Thoughts on Guyana’s Diaspora-We Gave The World…“Di-as-pora”—— Greek for “scattering of seeds?”

Legal Permanent Residents and Returning Residents Installment Seventy Eight Q: I am a Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) of the United States so can I travel freely between Guyana and the United Staes?

For Punishment or Pleasure: A Synopsis of the Life of the Enslaved Africans in Guyana under the Dutch Part 2 By Lloyd Kandasammy This article is the second of a two part series that examines the lives of enslaved Africans during Dutch rule.

photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man/woman in the street if they knew what the word daggering meant and if it should be edited from songs before they were released in Guyana.

An Economic Crisis Spreads Offshore (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) By Tami Navarro The ongoing collapse of the global economy brings to mind a number of images that are repeatedly circulated in the media: beggared Wall Street bankers; shuttered windows where formerly thriving businesses once stood; foreclosure signs that stretch along blocks of manicured lawns.

If a loss of public moneys should occur and, at the time of that loss, a Minister or official has caused or contributed to that loss through misconduct or through deliberate or serious disregard of reasonable standards of care, that Minister or official shall be personally liable to the Government for the amount of the loss.