Daily Features

In two years time significantly larger ships will be able to pass via an enlarged Panama Canal between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Last month during his feature address at the 2011 Sports Award ceremony, President Ramotar, while praising our current champions, made a powerful plea for us to remember and honour sportsmen and sportswomen who performed nobly in the past but were all too likely to sink into obscurity and even oblivion as the years pass.

A well-known Guyanese educator and poet is advocating continual classroom training for teachers as a means of improving the country’s education system, since teachers are the foot soldiers of the system and if they are not good at what they do then the system will fail.

Labba (Cuniculuspaca), Paca or Urana in Makushi – no matter the appellation, most Guyanese recognize the name of this animal and associate it with a tender, succulent meat dish!

This is the thirteenth in our series on new parliamentarians Jaipaul Sharma is no politician and sees his work as a parliamentarian (MP) as a job which he plans to perform diligently to ensure that the people of the nation are represented and the government is held accountable.

Members of the newly formed Alleyne’s High Old School Associa-tion will soon be hosting a reunion and one of the issues high on the agenda is the reopening of the Regent Street-based school.

The highly fragrant, showy flowers and the bold leaves that ginger lilies produce create an undeniable tropical feeling even in temperate gardens.

Two days ago Trinidad and Tobago observ-ed a national holiday.  It was Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrated annually on March 30 to mark the anniversary of the day when the ban on Shouter Baptist worship in Trinidad was lifted. 

Bone ailments Continued from last week Several bone ailments have their origin in imbalances in the animal’s metabolism (the process of constructing and breaking down body cells).

Is anyone really surprised by the decision by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang to throw out the Director of Public Prosecutions’ advice that Police Commissioner Henry Greene—who has faced similar allegations in 1974 and 1994—be charged with rape?

“Quality” is intended to refer to the standard of living we here “enjoy”.

Tomorrow our leaders gather in the polished Parliament to pontificate about a national budget to build this country over the next year.

Part One This article is the first of a two part series that will deal with the use of the British Emergency Detention Bill and its impact on the development of the Preventive Detention Act, 1966 in Guyana.

Mario is a pimp and a heroin addict in Rome. He regularly pays graft.

Hot Momma’s Advice: You can do a lot to help your child with ADHD, help themselvesl Start with acknowledging and accepting!

Professor Neil Lancelot Whitehead, 3/19/56 – 3/22/2012- born Harrow, London died peacefully surrounded by family in Madison, Wisconsin – he was 56 years old.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street of their expectations of the budget which is scheduled to be presented on Friday.

There has been various reporting in Guyana that has called into question how government offices manage public funds.

It happens. It is life. Great contributions are made. Years go by and they are forgotten and those who made them are forgotten too.

Most Caribbean Governments and companies have yet to take seriously the threat posed by cyber attack.