Stabroek Weekend

As much as we talk about “the region” in one context or another, as a kind of given, and as much as some of our political leaders – Forbes Burnham, Owen Arthur, Ralph Gonsalves, etc. –

President Barack Obama’s campaign ad slamming Gov Mitt Romney for allegedly heading companies that “were pioneers in outsourcing US jobs to low-wage countries,” and claiming that “President Obama believes in insourcing” is unfair, hypocritical and dangerously deceptive.

Part 4 In this week’s column I begin consideration of the third grouping of challenges and threats facing near to medium-term macroeconomic stability in Guyana. 

Recent Caricom Heads of Government meetings have recorded concern about one or another aspect of the relationship between the UK and its overseas territories.

Pax Britannica is a well known term which means ‘the British Peace’ and it is used to describe one of the proud periods of British history when Great Britain experienced a lengthy era of peace and power. 

(Continued) Today, we’ll look at a very special method of breeding animals with the hope of capitalizing on specific assets of related parents. 

Today’s plant, the Madagascar jasmine, has a botanical name, Stephanotis, which is Greek.

Greenheart is found only in Guyana and is one of the most important timber species.

Cartoon

Hi Everyone, For us here in the Caribbean, chutneys are hot, spicy, tangy (acidic) condiments.

Story and photos by Alva Solomon Situated some three miles off the Linden-Soesdyke Highway is the sprawling religious community of Hauraruni.

Introduction No free chow mein. That was my first thought as I tried to interpret the words of Minister of Public Works and Communications Robeson Benn in relation to the airport expansion project that “we [meaning the government] had to enter into an agreement because we had a very narrow window in September where a Chinese Vice Premier came to the Caribbean with several billion dollars to fund projects and it was the only opportunity we had then to fund this undertaking.”

There is literally no problem in Guyana which is more intractable than the problem of bureaucracy in all its deadly guises.

One of the best examples of what can be described as “cliché thinking” is to be found in the frequent diatribes against well-known artistes, particularly popular singers, who are lambasted these days for leading the public, more especially youth, into various negative social actions. 

Continued Today, we will continue making some more general remarks on this matter of breeding companion animals. 

In 2010 the US Congress enacted legislation that has the effect of extending the reach of US tax law to the Caribbean and all other countries.

Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa says in a new book that we are living in a “culture of entertainment” in which everything — including literature, journalism, politics and sex — is becoming increasingly trivial, and that this phenomenon can have disastrous consequences for mankind.

An indicator of disturbance, the Kabukalli (Goupia glabra) tree is especially common in secondary forests and is frequent on sandy soils and old clearings.

Lawn grass needs as much attention as any other plant.  With the heavy rainfall we are getting at the moment, the grass on your lawn may well be showing signs of distress.

The Caribbean performance traditions have always included very strong forms of comedy.