Stabroek Weekend

The Commissioner General (CG) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is again in the news.

Introduction   This week I complete my presentation of Piketty’s recent paradigm- shifting contribution to the study of income and wealth inequality (Capital in the 21st Century), which I had introduced last week.

Types of investment   There are generally two types of investment: direct investment and portfolio investment.

So much begins with parents. Their daily, persevering, unending love and interest and example teach lessons which reach deep into us; we are nurtured and our minds and souls are formed into shapes and disciplines that last all our lives.

Six years ago, within weeks of my return to live in Guyana, I was in conversation with a very well-known Guyanese – someone I admired but had never met – and he suddenly said to me, “Dave, what are you doing coming back to live in this godforsaken country?”

Guyana has hit world headlines several times in its modern history.

Reggae fi Radni (to the memory of Walter Rodney)   yu no si how de cloud dem jus come satta pan mi dream

So, today as promised, we embark upon a theme which is not so traumatic as the last series of articles dealing with pet euthanasia.

On December 8, the fifth Cuba-Caricom summit will take place In Havana.

Guyanese chess players are being given an opportunity to oppose some leading chess nations of the Caribbean owing to the hosting of the Umada Cup chess tournament locally.

Forget about the Deepwater Horizon. If Nicaragua’s $50 billion transoceanic canal scheduled to start construction on December 22 becomes a reality, it could be the world’s biggest environmental disaster in recent memory.

You are getting two recipes out of this one dish. For the other part of the dish, you will need to cook some plain rice – regular white, parboiled or brown rice, just as long as it is cooked plain.

Cycas revoluta commonly called Sago Palm originated from Japan in the Far East.

Hi Everyone, There are many old time foods that we can make today using the most modern of appliances and techniques, but Conkies (aka sweet dumplings) is not one of them.

Story by Jeanna Pearson Photos by Arian Browne Jane Cabral wakes up every morning to the smell of marijuana wafting across her small makeshift house that was once made of plastic.

Latin American programmes to send more students to US universities are beginning to bear fruit, even if the number of Latin American students in US higher education institutions remains way behind those of China, India, South Korea and even Vietnam.

As if the political controversies were not enough, the rains and inevitable floods brought more woes to the populace.

The title I gave to one of my collections of poems is ‘Between Silence and Silence.’

Introduction Last week’s column sought to make it very clear that, in my view, Guyana’s burgeoning inequality and poverty are the direct products of decisions and collective choices made by the ruling cabal of politicians, controllers of criminal networks, economic and financial rogues, and other marauders, who as I have indicated, consider themselves not only ‘too big to jail’ but also destined by the gods to rule Guyana.

In November 2015 the Commonwealth will have to choose a new Secretary General.