Although the Caribbean is making headway in arguing its case for a change in the level at which the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) is charged, the issue still has some way to go politically.
High expectations As I tried to make clear in last week’s column, the global economic crisis-induced shift in international economic governance and authority away from the G7 club of rich countries, to the
Continued Arsenic Several weed killers, rat baits and insecticides contain arsenic and a chemical called metaldehyde, both of which are highly toxic substances.
Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert.
I have always held the view that amongst the greatest marks of an advanced civilization is the use of plants and wines to enhance the taste of the daily intake.
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Mr Michael Pereira, a member of the Guyana Chess Federation since the 1970s, passed away at the beginning of the new year.
Hi Everyone, on the morning of Wednesday, November 21, 2007, I received an email from an avid reader of this column and my blog.
Some of the worst advice you can ever get in life often comes immediately after the expression, “Let me give you some advice.”
Eight miles from Georgetown on the East Bank lies the village of Craig, a farming community which has evolved over the years from its original association with plantation lands.
2010 has turned out as a bumper year for some of Guyana’s leading businesses.
One of the most substantial planks in the structure of life is that of blind discovery – that sudden encounter with something so delightful that almost always the consequent thought is “Why didn’t I know about this before?”
Introduction Bouquets to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, for providing two public squash courts at Non Pareil Park, Thomas Lands, scheduled to open early this year.
Giant River Turtles (Podocnemis expansa) are found in the Guianas, Venezuela and the Amazon as well as in rivers,
Satrohan Sookdeo of Sookdeo’s Fishing and Boat Building began building boats at the age of 15.
Intermittently through the year, and especially during memorable times up the immense and soul-redeeming Essequibo, I like to read Shelley – as we all should do from time to time since he is pre-eminently the poet of hope.
From G7 to G20 The shift in the authority for superintending the international economy from the G7 club of rich nations to the G20 grouping, which includes the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and Russia, was initiated by United States President Bush in 2008 when both the US and the global economy were engulfed in an economic recession, financial crisis and credit crunch, such as the world had not witnessed,
Trying to understand what is happening to the billions of dollars donated by private individuals and governments for post earthquake relief in Haiti is far from easy.
A great deal of emphasis nowadays is placed on the importance of healthy living: eating the right foods, drinking the right (unpolluted) liquids, taking in as much good clean air as possible at all times, and exercising until the muscles begin to creak.
Strychnine In the past, many of the rat poisons contained strychnine.
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