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Jerome Taylor
Jerome Taylor

History This Week

The recent West Indies Test Series in New Zealand: Jerome Taylor’s remarkable century By Winston McGowan The recent West Indies Test series in New Zealand witnessed several outstanding performances by the visitors.

In the Diaspora

Rethinking Inter-American RelationsBy Cary Fraser Cary Fraser teaches African and African American Studies and History at Penn State University We will return to the final installation of Wazir Mohammed’s series on rice and globalization next week.

Guyana and the wider world

What will happen to the region’s economy? In the space of a few months the bursting of the private housing market bubble in the United States has produced a world-wide credit crunch, financial crisis and economic recession, all of staggering proportions.

Ian On Sunday

We are lost without the right peopleOne man is running a company with the help of three old family retainers, two others who haven’t had a new idea in a couple of generations, and a whole raft of school drop-outs.

Business Page

Staggering increase in external debt Bad news The country’s stock of external public and publicly guaranteed debt rose by 20.3 per cent to US$804 million from the end of September 2007 to the end of September 2008.

In the Obama era

‘Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive’It all seemed to be happening last week, in DC and beyond, and little of it was good.

The GDF Task Force lands in the Rupununi (an artist’s impression  by Barrington Braithwaite)

The Rupununi Rebellion, 1969

The rebellion that erupted forty years ago on Thursday, January 2, in the Rupununi District has been the single most serious threat to the national security and territorial integrity of the state.

Consumer Concerns

GPL was the most inconsiderate utility in 2008A New Year has begun and consumers are looking for improvements in their way of life.

A Gardener’s Diary

Sowing seed in seed traysIn the ‘olden days’ (I refer to the 1940s and ’50s) normal sized seeds were always sown in a standard seed tray made of wooden slats tacked together in such a way that moisture could drain from the base after the seedlings had been watered.

Health

Breast milk… best milk Part 2By Dr Santosh Mhetre, MD (Paediatrics)We will be continuing from last week’s breast-feeding advice.

Frankly Speaking… By A.A. Fenty

Barack Hussain Obama — After Tuesday New leaders, old expectations One year ago, I was impressed with the views of  some contributions to the America Newsweek magazine ,with respect to Barack Obama, who was then battling  for the Democratic Party nomination in order to  challenge for the Presidency of the USA – the  nation too many still love to hate .

Ask the Consul

Immigrant Visa Interview Preparation Installment Seventy-Four The Consular Section of the U.S.

History This Week No.03/2009

The evolution of an education system in 19th century colonial British Guiana: From the Dutch to British Compulsory Education Ordinance of 1876By Tota C.

In The Diaspora

The Cane Sugar Crisis of the 1880s and the Small Farming Rice Industry Wazir Mohamed spent the formative years of his life as a community and political worker, and is engaged in academic research to find answers to Guyana’s seemingly intractable ethnic dilemma.

What the people say about…The Berbice bridge

This week on What the People Say we asked persons to comment on the Berbice River Bridge and got the following responses: Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah Shazida Abdulla, New Amsterdam businesswoman ‘It is a pleasure driving across the bridge because I am able to get to my destination and back in a short time.

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