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><channel><title>Stabroek News &#187; Features</title> <atom:link href="http://www.stabroeknews.com/category/features/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com</link> <description>Guyana News, Sports, Businesss and Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:11:09 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Towards the 2012 Budget: A difference this time?</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/13/towards-the-2012-budget-a-difference-this-time/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/13/towards-the-2012-budget-a-difference-this-time/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:01:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[In The Diaspora]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170253</guid> <description><![CDATA[The diaspora column is edited by Alissa Trotz Editor’s Note: The 10th parliament is now in session, and Guyanese are now waiting to see what will unfold with the presentation of the 2012 budget. The report in yesterday’s Kaieteur News disclosing the astronomical sum of over $1 billion paid to New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/13/towards-the-2012-budget-a-difference-this-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Diamond/Grove Housing Scheme infrastructure</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/13/diamondgrove-housing-scheme-infrastructure/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/13/diamondgrove-housing-scheme-infrastructure/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:01:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[What the People Say]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170263</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week we visited the Diamond/Grove Housing Scheme and interviewed residents about the condition of the roads and other infrastructure and also asked them to speak about issues that are affecting them. This is what they had to say: Esan Jonas- Private Sector employee `First Street Diamond was in a very bad state but they [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/13/diamondgrove-housing-scheme-infrastructure/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Garden of Eden</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/garden-of-eden-2/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/garden-of-eden-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roxanne Clarke</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Local]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World Beyond Georgetown]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170013</guid> <description><![CDATA[Photos by Anjuli Persaud “I born and grew at this place. I have been living here for the past 40 years,” Veronica Gravesande said during an interview with Stabroek News. The “place” she is referring to is a community whose peace is only shattered by the vehicles traversing the public road. It is an exemplary [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/garden-of-eden-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Managing the country’s finances</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/managing-the-country%e2%80%99s-finances/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/managing-the-country%e2%80%99s-finances/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:11:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Christopher Ram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170156</guid> <description><![CDATA[“The Contingencies Fund continued to be abused with amounts totaling $550.025 M drawn from the Fund and utilized to meet expenditure that did not meet the eligibility criteria as defined in the Act.” Even allowing for the imprecise language, these words appearing in paragraph 3 of the Executive Summary of the Report of the Auditor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/managing-the-country%e2%80%99s-finances/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Poems on the Mirror Wall</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/poems-on-the-mirror-wall/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/poems-on-the-mirror-wall/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:10:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ian McDonald</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170153</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some of the most vivid poems in the world are written on a huge rock in a remote forest in Sri Lanka. I have continued to be fascinated by them, by mankind’s endless inventiveness and imagination which yields such strange beauty. It is certainly too late for me now but if I had more than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/poems-on-the-mirror-wall/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tax Reform 5: The nuts and bolts of its design</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/tax-reform-5-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-its-design/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/tax-reform-5-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-its-design/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:09:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170151</guid> <description><![CDATA[Introduction Last week I claimed the value of taxes not paid in 2010 but which ought to have been paid under the tax code was roughly equivalent to that actually paid ($102 billion). Taxes paid therefore were only about one-half what was theoretically due. This week I consider some important nuts and bolts considerations essential [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/tax-reform-5-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-its-design/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>It’s not for sale</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/it%e2%80%99s-not-for-sale/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/it%e2%80%99s-not-for-sale/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:08:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Martins</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[So It Go]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170130</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twelve years ago, when I was living in Grand Cayman, I bought a minivan in Tampa and shipped it down. It was a seven-seater Dodge Caravan that came in handy when people visited. I could move musical equipment around easily using it, fetch a full sheet of plywood in it, and when my family came [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/it%e2%80%99s-not-for-sale/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dickens: One of the  greatest English writers</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/dickens-one-of-the-greatest-english-writers/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/dickens-one-of-the-greatest-english-writers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:06:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Al Creighton</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170073</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last week the world celebrated the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens who was born on February 7, 1812 in England.  Many events were organised by the BBC including the broadcast of 24 hours of readings from his work.  This was an hourly series of readings that went for the entire day at a different hour [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/dickens-one-of-the-greatest-english-writers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Red Fan Parrot</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/red-fan-parrot/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/red-fan-parrot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:05:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In the Rainforest]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170029</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) is also known as the Hawk-headed Parrot and it can be seen in the Iwokrama River Lodge when fruiting trees are bearing. The species is named after the elongated feathers at the base of the head that can be raised like a fan which is believed to be used by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/red-fan-parrot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dismantling the ‘paternalist state’ in Cuba</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/dismantling-the-%e2%80%98paternalist-state%e2%80%99-in-cuba/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/dismantling-the-%e2%80%98paternalist-state%e2%80%99-in-cuba/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:04:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Jessop</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170133</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last March, Cuba’s  Sixth  Party Congress took what its leadership described as an irrevocable decision: to adopt a large number of economic guidelines that will gradually reform, decentralise and liberalise aspects of the Cuban state. The process is intended to accelerate economic growth and remove bureaucracy while continuing to relate development to nationally planned objectives. A [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/02/12/dismantling-the-%e2%80%98paternalist-state%e2%80%99-in-cuba/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iran-Latin America links drawing attention in Washington</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/iran-latin-america-links-drawing-attention-in-washington/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/iran-latin-america-links-drawing-attention-in-washington/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:03:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andres Oppenheimer</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170136</guid> <description><![CDATA[Latin America rarely comes up as a major issue in US presidential races, but this time it will; there are growing signs that Iran’s rising presence in the region will become a contentious election topic. Republican hopeful Mitt Romney and leading Republicans in Congress are stepping up their attacks on President Barack Obama for allegedly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/iran-latin-america-links-drawing-attention-in-washington/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ailments of the musculoskeletal systems</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/ailments-of-the-musculoskeletal-systems-3/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/ailments-of-the-musculoskeletal-systems-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:02:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dr Steve Surujbally</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=170067</guid> <description><![CDATA[Continued This week I would like to continue on the topic of bone infections (osteitis). According to which part of the bone is attacked by bacteria (usually) or fungi (seldom), a different descriptive name is given to the ailment. When the bone marrow is infected (inflamed), one speaks of osteomyelitis. If, on the other hand, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/12/ailments-of-the-musculoskeletal-systems-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>In the words of a woman who was raped as a child</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/11/in-the-words-of-a-woman-who-was-raped-as-a-child/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/11/in-the-words-of-a-woman-who-was-raped-as-a-child/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stella Ramsaroop</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Daily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169993</guid> <description><![CDATA[‘I would just like to tell you a little story, my mom committed suicide when I was six years old, I’m the only girl and youngest of three kids. My older brother, who was loving, caring, and protective of me being the little girl, took advantage and raped me at age seven. Then I had [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/11/in-the-words-of-a-woman-who-was-raped-as-a-child/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Love, Typee &#8211; and Totee–Lotte–Po</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/frankly-speaking/02/10/love-typee-and-totee%e2%80%93lotte%e2%80%93po/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/frankly-speaking/02/10/love-typee-and-totee%e2%80%93lotte%e2%80%93po/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:01:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>A. A. Fenty</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Frankly Speaking]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169820</guid> <description><![CDATA[Believe me, today I intended to indulge in pure, sweet justified escapism. To explore briefly this matter of “love” and those who love. Or think that they do. Alas, the opposite of love and affection countrywide, has forced me to compromise and include some necessary negatives, as well. But I know, for sure, that quite [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/frankly-speaking/02/10/love-typee-and-totee%e2%80%93lotte%e2%80%93po/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Immigrant Visa Questions</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ask-the-consul/02/09/immigrant-visa-questions/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ask-the-consul/02/09/immigrant-visa-questions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ask the Consul]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169684</guid> <description><![CDATA[Installment One Hundred Twenty-Seven This edition of Ask the Consul addresses common questions that applicants ask when they intend to travel outside the United States. Can you give me any advice to help my chances at getting my immigrant visa the first time I go to the Embassy? First, if you or the petitioner has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ask-the-consul/02/09/immigrant-visa-questions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Canadian-Amerindians making a difference</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ways-of-looking-feeling/02/09/canadian-amerindians-making-a-difference/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ways-of-looking-feeling/02/09/canadian-amerindians-making-a-difference/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:01:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Shaun Michael Samaroo</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ways of Looking & Feeling]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169661</guid> <description><![CDATA[Moruca-born sisters Stephanie Wall and Jean Rodrigues travelled from their Canadian homes in the heart of winter to traverse their beloved Guyana with one hope: to bring joy to the hearts of Guyanese children. For over a decade the retired sisters have raised money in North America to import toys and other goodies for kids [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/ways-of-looking-feeling/02/09/canadian-amerindians-making-a-difference/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>We must be sceptical of politicians who claim allegiance to principles</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/08/we-must-be-sceptical-of-politicians-who-claim-allegiance-to-principles/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/08/we-must-be-sceptical-of-politicians-who-claim-allegiance-to-principles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Henry Jeffrey</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Daily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169504</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago (“PPP/C has an historic opportunity …..:”  SN 25/01/12) I promised to address what it is that politicians can mean when they claim that their policy or actions are based on ‘principle.’ This interest arose from what appeared to be an unusual amount of reliance on this concept in our recent political discourse. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/08/we-must-be-sceptical-of-politicians-who-claim-allegiance-to-principles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sustainable humanity</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/07/sustainable-humanity/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/07/sustainable-humanity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:01:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Daily]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169391</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Jeffrey D Sachs ADDIS ABABA – Sustainable development means achieving economic growth that is widely shared and that protects the earth’s vital resources. Our current global economy, however, is not sustainable, with more than one billion people left behind by economic progress and the earth’s environment suffering terrible damage from human activity. Sustainable development [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/07/sustainable-humanity/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Flooding</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/06/flooding/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/06/flooding/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[What the People Say]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169256</guid> <description><![CDATA[In this week’s edition of What the People Say, residents of Berbice commented on issues affecting them and about the recent flooding due to heavy rainfall and what the councils in Regions Five and Six could do to help the situation. Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Leswyn Campbell, plumber, `My village, Hopetown suffered a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/what-the-people-say/02/06/flooding/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The rule of law – what Guyana loses through export of timber logs to Asia</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/06/the-rule-of-law-%e2%80%93-what-guyana-loses-through-export-of-timber-logs-to-asia/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/06/the-rule-of-law-%e2%80%93-what-guyana-loses-through-export-of-timber-logs-to-asia/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Stabroek staff</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[In The Diaspora]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169318</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Janette Bulkan In the second article in this series ‘The rule of law – inefficiency and corruption in the export of timber logs to Asia’ published by Stabroek News on 30 January 2012, I showed how a non-systematic approach by government agencies added to business costs and opened doors to corrupt and illegal practices.  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/in-the-diaspora/02/06/the-rule-of-law-%e2%80%93-what-guyana-loses-through-export-of-timber-logs-to-asia/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nismes</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/nismes/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/nismes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:16:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Roxanne Clarke</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Local]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The World Beyond Georgetown]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169082</guid> <description><![CDATA[Photos by Anjuli Persaud A twenty-minute drive across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, heading to the West Bank of Demerara, takes you to a small village called Nismes. The predominantly African-Guyanese village is five square miles in extent, and is bordered by the Demerara River to the east, Vauxhall Canal Number One on the west, Bagotville [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/nismes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Everywhere you look</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/so-it-go/02/05/everywhere-you-look/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/so-it-go/02/05/everywhere-you-look/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:12:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dave Martins</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[So It Go]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169216</guid> <description><![CDATA[A close friend sent me a note recently that I’m passing onto you. It was headed “How Come,” and here’s a portion of it: “How come successive governments can’t stop the mini-buses from killing commuters with loud music? I thought it was illegal, yet passengers are subjected to the loudest and sometimes nastiest music on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/sunday/so-it-go/02/05/everywhere-you-look/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tax Reform 4: The taxes we do not pay</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/tax-reform-4-the-taxes-we-do-not-pay/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/tax-reform-4-the-taxes-we-do-not-pay/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:08:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dr Clive Thomas</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169159</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have tried to make it clear that my treating with tax reform in my current columns has been deliberate. It is entirely based on the establishment last December, 2011 of a Tax Reform Committee by the incoming Ramotar administration. I share the view that the tax system is in dire need of reform, but [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/tax-reform-4-the-taxes-we-do-not-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Politics</title><link>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/169143/</link> <comments>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/169143/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:07:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ian McDonald</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=169143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Politics being a very serious thing, especially in the aftermath of a hard-fought election, I thought I might see what the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (obtained at Austin’s excellent bookstore which every thinking citizen should visit at least once a week) has to say about this important subject. Here are some of my findings: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/02/05/169143/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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