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It is universally acknowledged that the body of knowledge known as science has had and continues to have the greatest impact on human development.

Guyana’s Mashramani is a commemorative event to mark the country’s attainment of republican staus on February 23, 1970.

The enthusiast of Caribbean Integration would be excused if he or she considers the pace at which the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) is being implemented to be less than ideal.

Neither continually rising fuel prices or a less than reliable national road network has sated the desire among Guyanese to possess their own cars.

Caricom’s evolving policy framework Integration efforts in the Caribbean have always been driven by a sense of common history, geography and politico-cultural make-up (which motivated the federation attempts of the late 1950s) and the imperatives of achieving economies of scale and scope so as to offset the disadvantages of extreme small size of population, physical area and resource endowment.

The year 1876 saw further advancements in the postage stamps of British Guiana.

Philippe Kok, a Herpetologist from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences returned recently from his sixth trip to the Kaieteur National Park.

Derek Walcott | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004 | ISBN 0374237433, 112 Pages, $20.00 A review by Brendan de Caires Home Is Where The Art Is “When I came home I expected a surprise & there was no surprise for me, so, of course, I was surprised.”

Gordon Braithwaite wears the expression of a man who would relish a rolling back of the years

The following is a revised version of a paper presented to the Aluminum Symposium at Paria Suites Hotel, Trinidad on December 5, 2006 (reprinted from the Trinidad and Tobago Review January 1, 2007) When public outcry forces the government into taking positive action we know that our democracy is working.

(Reprinted from Cricinfo Magazine) At Lord’s was the scenery, it bound to go down to history,” as the calypso goes, and so it did.

Willi Chen is a Trinidadian of Chinese origin, who, in addition to writing, sculpts, paints and designs.

Some opinions are clearly more important than others. In early July 2003 a New York Times Op-Ed by former ambassador Joe Wilson claimed that the White House had twisted intelligence to strengthen its case for war in Iraq.

Justice BS Roy entered two judgements for furniture giant Courts Guyana Incorporated against defaulting hire-purchase customers, at a recent sitting of the Commercial Court.

West Indies cruised into the second-round Super Eight stage dispatching Zimbabwe without pressing the gas too much, in their second of three Group D World Cup matches yesterday.

A mother of three is now in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after receiving a hard hit to her head by a route 40 minibus on Aubrey Barker road last night.

Police yesterday found a Beretta submachine gun and three magazines with 90 rounds at the home of an ex-policeman who was gunned down seconds after he had dropped off a female companion on Graham Street, Plaisance on Sunday night.

Lawyers for Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan, who is facing three drug indictments in the US, yesterday told a Trinidad court that they have received new information in connection with the case and asked the court to adjourn the matter to tomorrow.

Britain and other European countries yesterday mounted what the UK Guardian called a “final attempt” at blocking the recently announced US$4.4 billion debt relief to five countries including Guyana.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ray Ramdass’s letter captioned “GT&T should have introduced per second billing before” (07.03.11) and share his enthusiasm for Digicel’s presence in the Guyanese market, but don’t fully agree that GT&T had the monopoly.