Stabroek Weekend

By Keith Miller Local government reform must be implemented.  Such reforms are to ensure that the local government system is driven by a community initiative and orientation.

In England there’s an old saying: ‘When the March winds do blow, we shall have snow.’

Tomorrow at Daybreak Tomorrow at daybreak, when the fields are pale I will leave.

“Mahaicony is more of a family place and everybody living here either related or would look out for each other,” said Claudia Braithwaite, who vends at the once busy Farm/Zeskenderen junction in Central Mahaicony.

Introduction Today’s column resumes the review of the 2011 budgetary allocations to the principal ministries of government.

Visiting a country for short spells, no matter how frequently they occur, can leave you unsure if a social behaviour or condition in that society is entrenched or not.

In Guyana there are eight snake families. The main families are the pit vipers, the elapides (coral snakes), the colubrids (largely non-venomous snakes) and the boids.

The world is suffering from giganticism.  Bigger is considered better and biggest best. 

Could a moment come when the Caribbean’s partners in Europe and North America reconsider the way they relate to the region?

9.8 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9.8.1 Relevant Articles 71-78 9.8.2 Rationale for the recommendation made 9.8.2.1 The NCLDO and the Supreme Congress of the People are incompatible with the local government structure, the electoral system,

Ecuador’s populist President Rafael Correa has made big headlines with his decision to expel the US ambassador from his country.

Introduction In this and the coming weeks, I shall continue my assessment of the short-to-medium term prospects for the Guyana economy.

I wish you all a very good morning and would like to introduce you to a few concepts regarding sowing and growing.

It might surprise many to hear it said that after 41 years Guyana’s premier national festival is still a developing tradition. 

Continued In order to implement better wound management procedures, it seems appropriate that the wound healing process be understood.

Hi Everyone, If there is one thing that you must have when you make a trip to the land of the humming bird, Trinidad and Tobago, it is bake and shark.

SAN SALVADOR — In a reaction to Latin American criticism of the UN-sanctioned military action in Libya, President Barack Obama said recently he was not disappointed with the reaction and stressed that there was “strong international support” for enforcement of the no-fly zone.

The year 2012 will be an important one for the Carib-bean.

In the middle of the current World Cup discourses, it is interesting to notice in the evaluation of batsmen, that often the deliberation as to quality often centres around the statistics – who scored the most runs; who hit the fastest century; who had the most boundaries, etc.

The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins – glancing and incandescent – is some of the most extraordinary to be found in English.