Stabroek Weekend

As promised, this week’s column looks at the importance of tax rates in the overall scheme of tax policy in any country.

I love dialects. An Irishman in full cry, particularly under some drink, can be a pure joy, even though we may not understand half of what he’s saying; it’s a musical experience.

President Barack Obama’s announcement that he will visit Brazil, Chile and El Salvador in March – in what will be his first trip to South America – could result in an improvement in Brazil-US ties following a significant downturn over the past two years.

Main Street certainly fulfilled all the expectations of the city’s forefathers from the date it was christened, and matches Brickdam, our oldest street, for popularity and prominence.

“It’s a slow dollar but it’s better than working with people and it keeps me out of trouble,” says Keith Stanley, a 45-year-old man who repairs shoes and umbrellas.

The Jaguar (Panthera onca) is the largest cat in the Americas and ranges from the south western US to Argentina. 

Everywhere in the world the ordinary man in the street has been brainwashed into supposing that the only thing that matters is economic success.

On January 25 the BBC World Service announced that as part of a new funding arrangement with the British Government it will be cutting the broadcaster’s budget by 16 per cent or by around US$73 (£46M) per annum.

The budget next time As on previous similar occasions, beginning next week I shall suspend further discussion of the topic under present consideration in my Sunday columns, in order to present an evaluation of the 2011 National Budget. 

Shade shelters are an important structure where rain forest plants are gathered together.

It was announced on January 24 in London that Caribbean poet Derek Walcott had won the TS Eliot Poetry Prize 2010 for his latest collection White Egrets. 

The following article is by Julie Lewis, herself disabled, on the Disability Rights Act which was passed by Parliament last year and signed into law by President Jagdeo in November.

Continued Since we are dealing with various poisons, it is quite appropriate that we rely on scientists who have reported on specific toxicities.

In the Tata Steel 2011 chess tournament which ends today, it is world champion Vishy Anand and US champion Hikaru Nakamura who lead the field with seven points each in Group A after ten rounds.

The quiet community of Albion, Corentyne has grown from a few residents to a population of about 10,000 with most of the residents depending on the sugar estate for employment.

Before going into a couple of matters arising out of the 2011 Budget let us clear up a few points.

Pandion Haliaetus, more commonly known as the Osprey or Fish Hawk, or locally known as ‘Tanuwaka,’ can be found in forested areas near bodies of water.

An important part of my life in the sugar industry, particularly the latter part, was spent battling the absurd concept that free trade is a universal good.

It’s barely 11 o’clock on a Monday morning; seated inside a bus surrounded by food Keith Hutchins is already busy at work on the pave at the side of Texaco Gas Station on Eping Avenue and Vlissengen Road.

For the past two years, the Obama administration has managed to keep its Latin American policy largely out of the headlines, focusing its energies on Iraq, Afghanistan and other