Daily Features

Frankly Speaking… By A.A.Fenty

Black history? Common suffering! Having been away from the homeland for a month, I might have missed activities to observe – or celebrate – Black History Month (of African Heritage) this February 2009.

Slumdog Oscar

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

Global Macroeconomic Cooperation

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

History This Week No. 2009/9

For Punishment or Pleasure: A synopsis of the life of the enslaved Africans in Guyana under the Dutch Part 1 By Lloyd Kandasammy The enslavement of Africans is without a doubt, one of the worst atrocities to have been committed in the name of Catholicism, wealth and greed by European powers who pillaged the African continent, with the help of some African kingdoms to meet the demands for labour in the ‘New World’.

Ask the Consul

Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Installment Seventy-Seven The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 allows certain foreign-born, biological and adopted children of U.S.

In The Diaspora

The Caribbean, the Developing World and the Global CrisisBy Don RobothamDon Robotham is a Jamaican anthropologist who teaches in New York and works on West Africa and the Caribbean.

Business Page

Stanford 20/20 smoke and mirrors and an update on Clico Introduction The columns of Business Page have reported on far more financial scandals that it would have liked.

The View From Europe

The Caribbean has to look beyond the pain of the economic crisis and ask what kind of model they wish to have Whatever the outcome, it is clear that the case brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission against Sir Allen Stanford in relation to some US$8B of certificates of deposit sold through Stanford International Bank (SIB), has resulted in a huge reputational blow with far-reaching and long-term consequences for Antigua, the region and its financial services industry.

Ian On Sunday

Leaders and language: There is a close correlation between the inspiring use of language and getting great deeds done.

Guyana and the wider world

Budget 2009: From ‘voodoo’ to ‘make-believe’ economics ‘Voodoo economics’ Economics is essentially a discipline based on commonsensical principles and ideas.

Pet Corner

Eye ailments Continued So far, we have discussed problems associated only with the ‘outer eye’ (the eyelids, the cornea, etc). 

Consumer Concerns

Women’s cricket is still neglected In April 2007 Terry Holder, Public Relations Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board sent a letter to the Stabroek News concerning women’s cricket.

The Obama era

Obama overreaching? Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.

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