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Friday Feb 22 6 pm: The 2008 budget is titled, “Staying the course”.

This view was expressed some time ago by former Barbados Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, who, at the same forum, made the point that a primary factor in the worsening crime situation in the region is that “we have lost our way because our core cultural values have been lost, exchanged instead for values originating extra-regionally.

To me is it no accident that the region now has a tourism based economy.

But the more important issue arising is, whether there was an appropriate apparatus available in the Caricom governance institutional structure, with the mandate to pursue the elaboration of a political/policy strategy for the consideration of governments; for the CRNM was seen as strictly accepting mandates, rather than assisting in the innovation of strategy.

It was the Hon Hubert Jack, then Minister without Portfolio, who, in an address titled “The Thrust into the Hinterland” in June 1970, said and I quote: “With our coastlands already crowded, with the need to develop the enormous resources of the Interior so as to maintain and improve the standard of living of our people, faced with the urgent need to establish communities in the Interior, if only to thwart the designs of those who cast envious eyes on our land, the people and Government of Guyana are now embarked on the challenging task of making the Hinterland truly their own”.

293-303. With one exception, all the genera and species comprising our visitors had already given me a contribution for my collection: what I still missed was the glorious flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) which in spite of every trick resorted to, never came within shot.

This week we sought the views of members of the public about the Lusignan and Bartica murders and what they think the government can do about the situation.

(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) The ringing telephone shattered the stillness of my Sunday morning reverie.

Be patient with me as I avoid “the larger picture”. You know – about National Security Plans, Stakeholder Consultations, Overseas Assistance, Root Causes.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

It is useful to assess each West Indies Test series in terms of its significance for the future of West Indies cricket, both the immediate and the more distant future.

Friday January 15 1.30 pm : It’s contained

A Trinidadian High Court judge yesterday dismissed an application filed by former Guyanese MP Abdul Kadir and his two co-conspirators, seeking to quash their extradition to the US to face terrorism charges.

(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) In a moving world, what is our heritage?

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese construction worker charged with trafficking in drugs at Piarco International Airport has escaped with a fine, but still ended up in jail.

CAMBRIDGE – At this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, the buzz was about Asia’s growing power.

I bought the “rival” Kaieteur News this past Sunday. Two features made me instantly divert from what I really intended to emphasize today.

ISLAMABAD – As Pakistan gears up for its parliamentary election on February 18, many observers hope that the vote will usher in a period of stability and calm by lending popular legitimacy to the government.

The positive aspects of the West Indies performance in the recent Test series in South Africa discussed in the first instalment of this article were to some extent counterbalanced by the negative features.

A bubble in the American housing market – fuelled in part by so-called “sub-prime” mortgages – was the catalyst for today’s financial market turbulence.