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By Stabroek staff | Friday, July 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
Born in the land…
Of the Mighty Roraima
-Some early pre-campaign Bacchanal?
Even as the Barbadian Immigration issue is attracting regional attention and even as the Community Heads …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
Guyana’s delayed political independence
By Estherine Adams
On the 26th May 2009 Guyana celebrated its 43rd independence anniversary. However, the grant of independence by the British occurred …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | 0 Comments
Kandeh K. Yumkella is director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organiza-tion (UNIDO).
by Kandeh K. Yumkella
VIENNA – These days, a dollar won’t get you …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, June 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Caribbean Unity at a Crossroads
By Alissa Trotz
Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column
A section of the audience at the Caricom Diaspora Forum …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, June 29, 2009 | 0 Comments
Coming together
By Dave Martin
About 10 years ago, the Rotary Club South of Barbados, started a pan-Caribbean entertainment event in that island, featuring various artistes in …
By Femi Harris | Monday, June 29, 2009 | 11 Comments
Michael Jackson’s passing
Photos by Jules Gibson
This week we asked the man/woman in the street their views on Michael Jackson’s death, their favourite song and their …
By Allan Fenty | Friday, June 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
Locking up their own
-And Guyanese in Barbados – legally
Just another fleeting look at another unfortunate occurrence and its consequence for our national comfort.
Of course, this …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 4 Comments
By Ronald Austin Jnr.
After 12 hours of lengthy debates fraught with passionately held political views, the Constitution Amendment Bill No.12 was passed in Parliament on …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Summer Travel
Installment Eighty – Sixth
Q: I am interested in visiting the United States this summer, how do I apply for a U.S. visitor visa?
A: We …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
By Aaron Kamugisha
By now we wonder if the “male marginalization” theories, which first appeared in the Caribbean in the 1980s, can be considered discredited. Subjected …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | 0 Comments
- Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world. Her interests include information technology, health …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, June 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
- Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also a Special Adviser to United …
By Allan Fenty | Friday, June 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
-Guyana as a Colony?
Definitely one of my shorter offerings today. Triggered by remarks by Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine on the occasion of the twenty-ninth assassination anniversary …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Forty-five years ago: Were these proposals for power sharing or what?
By Cecilia McAlmont
Introduction
In the year 1964, the ethnic strife which had started two years previously …
By Stabroek staff | Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Importance of Having Valid Travel Documents
Installment Eighty-Five
Q: What documents are required for Guyanese nationals to travel to the U.S.?
Guyanese nationals are required to have …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, June 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
Interviews and photos
by Shabna Ullah
This week we asked persons what their favourite programmes on television are and how many hours of television they watched per …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, June 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Struggle for the Amazon: A Struggle for Us All
This week’s column has tremendous relevance for us in Guyana, for it is about the Amazonian …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, June 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
By Dave Martin
In the course of clearing some of my personal items from Customs recently, and inevitably with some time to wait (as the Trinis …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, June 13, 2009 | 2 Comments
- Mira Kamdar is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute and a fellow at the Asia Society. She is the author of Planet …
