Daily Features

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

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

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

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.

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

From the mosquito’s bite to Satan’s delight − Dengue fever unveiled!

Joshua Ramsammy, April 5, 1928-February 11, 2009 Dr Joshua Reuben Ramsammy, CCH, former senior lecturer and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, died on February 11, aged 80.

The golden rules for chemical use Over time, sometimes a very long time, the nature of all countries changes.

Kamsky v Topalov The FIDE Candidates’ qualifying match to determine a challenger for world champion Vishy Anand between Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov and the USA’s Gata Kamsky is under way.

Rebellion, Republicanism, and yes, Mashramani Black History? African Heritage? I was in my mid-twenties, a school teacher and reasonably conscious of our local politics when Forbes Burnham opted for a Republican Guyana in 1970.

Reasons for planters in the British Caribbean opposing amelioration proposals of the British Gov’t after 1822 (Part 2) By Clyde W.

– Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

Fania Oz-Salzberger is Professor and Chair of Modern Israel Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Director of the Posen Research Forum for Political Thought at the Faculty of Law, Univeristy of Haifa, Israel.

Nigel Westmaas is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and was a former WPA executive member By Nigel WestmaasNo one column or no one individual can piece together the many dimensions of Joshua Ramsammy’s life.

This week we asked the man, woman in the street what they thought about the cross-dressing charges that were brought against seven men last week.

Taking their toll:  external shocks and the Guyana economyIn last week’s column I had introduced the first of eleven economic shocks/challenges that rocked the Guyana economy in the second half of 2008.

Anxiety grows in meLet me make another trawl in the deep sea of reading which lies all around us and see what bright catch comes up.

The new tourism market is becoming more segmentedAcross the Caribbean, governments and the tourism industry are developing new strategies and initiatives aimed at trying to offset the fall in visitor arrivals that most nations expect from April onwards as a consequence of the global economic crisis.

Explanatory Memorandum for the Integrity Commission ActWe have already noted that the Explanatory Memorandum of a bill gives reasons for the introduction of a new bill.

What’s in a word?History teaches that, in times of crisis, ingrained prejudices can, by themselves, make all the difference between success and ruin.