Daily Features

Youngest Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) is one of the youngest commercial banks in Guyana.

Introduction Starting today I shall focus on the way forward for Guyana’s sugar industry.

When the Economic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) between the countries of Cariforum and the European Union was finally signed in 2008, the Caribbean tourism sector believed that it contained much of value to an industry that had become the region’s largest employer after the public sector; its biggest foreign exchange earner outside of the oil, gas and extractive industries; and a significant generator of external tax revenues.

American grandmasters Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush ultimately prevailed in a fierce US championship competition which was played in St Louis, from May 7 to 21.

So as not to throw one’s self in a state of panic, one must always remember that a tumour is just swelling and not necessarily a cancer.

Steamed vegetables can be blah and bland. If they are overdone, they look limp, their natural colours faded.

If you have any photographs dating from before 1966, which you would like to see published in this column, please contact Ms Allison Bowlin on 225-7473 or 227-4080 to make arrangements for you to bring them in.

The most amazing Gladioli corms (bulbs) are available on the market now.

With his recent elevation, new acting Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has tried to signal that change was coming to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), promising improved accountability for unlawful killings and unjustified shootings, sustained efforts to end excessive police corruption, and policies that treat citizens with dignity and respect.

The Law and Karan’s Nose So the world is now a Global Village?

Next week we celebrate 48 years of Independence. Ours is yet a young nation, still growing up.

New Amsterdam is a historic, honourable and proud community long regarded as the ‘capital’ of the ancient county – Berbice.

Underlying the political culture of all countries is the view that morality is different in private life and politics.

By Saraswati Ali By the time this piece is published, the Indian election results will be fully out.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street about the absence of local government elections over the last 20 years.

Five years after the Government of Guyana and the United States Government signed an assistance agreement for the implementation of programmes like the Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project, the nation learnt that the project has now been put on hold.

The case of Rudisa Beverages and Juices (Rudisa) v The State of Guyana, decided by the Caribbean Court of Justice (“CCJ”) on May 8, 2014, exposes not only the state of governance in Guyana over the past two decades but also symbolizes the complete loss of Guyana’s ability to achieve political agreement on any matter of consequence.

The cliché about a picture being the descriptive equivalent of a thousand words remains relevant because like every cliché it conveys some essential truth.

Leadership   The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) is the second largest bank in Guyana with about 25 percent of the deposits, a market capitalization of $25 billion and assets to the tune of $95 billion or 28 percent of the assets under the control of the commercial banks.

Between May 22 and May 25 Europeans will vote for a new European Parliament.