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Wishing away Mayor Green and his Councillors
On Old Year’s Night some of the church-going citizens of Georgetown were reportedly heard praying urgently that on the stroke of midnight a brisk breeze would descend on the capital and that all of the garbage in the city would be caught up….

Wonder what 2012 will bring?
We enter a new year with a new President though it has to be said that that is where the newness stops.

Parental engagement can make big difference to a child’s life chances
“The literature suggests that among the non-school factors of school achievement like socioeconomic background, parent’s educational attainment, family structure, ethnicity and parental involvement, it is the latter which is the most strongly connected to attainment.

Real democracy?
The November 28 elections came and went without too much fuss or fanfare.

Classroom Guyana
Hot Momma’s Advice: Use love and logic to bring in consistency along with the New Year!!!2012 is here! The new school term is beginning and there are lots of things to do.

My choice for Guyana’s Woman of the Year
I don’t know if you have noticed it, but Guyana’s women are waking up.

Ask the Consul Installment One Hundred Twenty-Four:
Unfortunately, applicants for visas sometimes receive fraudulent or inaccurate information from unscrupulous persons regarding the United States visa process and how to complete the necessary requirements for the application.

Cartoon
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PPP/C position on Speaker pure propaganda
If President Donald Ramotar wants to represent change in and modernisation of the Guyanese political fabric, one of his first priorities must be to put a rein on the type of propaganda with which the PPP has been historically associated.

My Christmas wish is for the First Lady to be a First Lady
Christmas is the time of year when you find hope even when hope is hard to find and when you make wishes for life to be better for yourself as well as for those around you.

Our place in the global village
In a world that shrinks as the microprocessor squeezes every bit out of every nanosecond, this nation must start thinking of our place in the global village.

What is a ‘good life’?
The 2011 manifesto of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) promised “A Good Life for All Guyanese”: now that it is in a position to help to provide one, we shall see! That aside, it is Christmas time, a new year is about to dawn and we are in an unusual political context that offers much promise, so it is a good time to ask ourselves what constitutes “a good life”.

Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012: Preparing for the worst hoping for the best
As of January 1, 2012 Hasan Tuluy will be the World Bank’s Vice President for Latin America and the CaribbeanBy Hasan TuluyLatin America and the Caribbean began 2011 on an economic high.

Free to be fat
David Haslam is a researcher at the UK’s National Obesity Forum.

Let God be the judge?
Yet another man in a high position is accused of violence against a woman.