Daily Features

Conclusion

In our Conclusion last year, we predicted that despite that Budget being the biggest ever, the Minister would be coming back to the National Assembly with requests for supplementary appropriations.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, arriving at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on January 26 for the delivery of the budget. (Department of Public Information photo)
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, arriving at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on January 26 for the delivery of the budget. (Department of Public Information photo)

Ready for the budget

Make-Believe

Many Guyanese live in a world of make-believe. We stand on the periphery of possibilities, daydreaming about what we will become while trying to ignore what we are.

Georgetown’s gutter-level mediocrity

“Mediocrity”? That refers to low, moderate ordinary standards or quality. Even that might be too high, too generous to describe the state of our capital city Georgetown, in truth, the extreme noxious language I wanted to use in my lead caption would have hardly passed editorial standards or sanction.

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