What a sham! While the Venezuelan military announces it will not accept an opposition victory in the 2012 elections, thousands of people are dying in Mexico’s drug wars and Haiti is suffering from a deadly cholera epidemic, the Organization of American States – supposedly in charge of addressing the region’s biggest problems – is nowhere to be seen.
The revival of Trevor Rhone’s powerful drama Old Story Time by the Theatre Guild allows a timely new focus on this important Caribbean classic.
Flower arrangements make a room look fresh, airy and beautiful. Arrange a variety of floral displays to decorate every room in your home.
Continued Poisons I suppose that if I were to carry out a statistical analysis of all the reasons why animals are most often presented at the clinic, and what the greatest cause of death is, the result would be poisoning.
At five o’clock when many workers are on their way home, the business day gets under way for Rudolph Gravesande.
There are quite a few members of the cactus family that grow very well in Guyana, providing they are given good drainage and exposure to sunlight.
I hear the frequent chorus: “Poetry is boring,” “poetry is impossible to understand,” “poetry is irrelevant,” “poetry has no place in this computer age,” “poetry is for academics.”
“I was asking about if anyone could assist me by asking anyone if they have any used old furniture what they don’t want.
The 2010 Seven Seas National Chess Championship began yesterday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.
Hi Everyone, With the American holiday of Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, all over the television channels, online, on air and in the newspapers, there is talk of the turkey.
Some days, in fact most days, the barrage of distressing news on the pages of our daily newspapers is enough to cause despair if not clinical depression.
Easy-going, independent and hospitable are only some of the words used by Leguan residents
When the legacy of the last ten years is scrutinized under a microscope, two issues will come into sharp focus and dominate.
Remittance flows and crime Last week I raised the question as to whether remittance flows to Guyana and the wider Caricom region (particularly Jamaica) was driven by the wages of sin or the wages of hard-working emigrants who form the diaspora living in North America, Europe (United Kingdom) and other Caribbean countries.
Introduction Last week’s column addressed President Jagdeo’s astonishing, unfounded and uninformed statement that VAT was no burden and therefore in no need of revision.
The world is terror-stricken. A condition of advanced paranoia is spreading everywhere.
Once again global food prices are spiralling upwards. On November 2 the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced that its global food price index had climbed for the fifth month in a row and had reached its highest level since its index peaked in July 2008.
The bane of city-dwellers, roaches can lurk in even the nicest apartments or houses.
Floor vases decorated with dried flowers will complement any décor theme or style.
26 2. Where in proceedings for an offence under this section it is proved that the complainant had a mental disorder, it is to be taken that the accused knew or could reasonably have been expected to know the complainant has a mental disorder unless prima facie evidence is adduced to raise an issue as to whether the accused knew or could reasonably have been expected to know it.
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