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A few days ago, an astute observer of the US political scene told me: “Watch what the new administration and Congress does, not what the President tweets.

Guyana has had a long history of struggle for electoral democracy.

I have slowed down considerably, to say the least, but the fire in the mind still lights my world.

By Dorothy Irwin Review by Donald Trotman (737 pp Published by Hansib Publications Limited)   Just when the traditions of keeping personal diaries and of writing substantial personal letters have almost fallen into desuetude, here comes a book that loudly invites their revival, while at the same time straddling two eras and two continents.

Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.

Often we come across all sorts of dieting protocols and countless testimonials about how these approaches work; each one of these diets seems to be better than the next.

Linguiça calabresa as many of you may already know is a Brazilian cured spicy sausage.

Food, Fuel In Short Supply In Wake Of Collapse Of Bridge By SHARIEF KHAN   CHAOS dominates the Demerara River ferry service, flour and other food items are in short supply west of the river and prices have jumped steeply in the wake of the collapse of the Demerara River bridge.

Heliconia rostrata commonly called Hanging Heliconia or Hanging Lobster Claw originated in South and Central America.

THE Mighty Sparrow demonstrated his tremendous talent, skill and professionalism in calypso when he gave a soundly entertaining performance at the National Cultural Centre last Tuesday night.

Skeletal remains were found in 1974 in Ethiopia from a female hominid of the Australopithecus afarensis species, who has been called Lucy and who is said to be one of our earliest potential ancestors.

I’m supposed to be the “outside” son of a late “Ole Police” Joe Fenty.

THE Peoples Pro­gressive Party (PPP) says that US President George Bush’s Republic day message is “the most dramatic comment yet by the USA on the electoral process in Guyana.”

Packets of vivid powders would lie on the kitchen table like scattered pieces pulled from a pretty patchwork quilt.

GTSL driver George Halley is to be given a monetary award for saving the lives of a busload of schoolchildren crossing the Demerara Harbour Bridge when it collapsed last week.

Good Management Means Good Business MICHAEL SOLO­MON is one of three businessmen who pooled their re­sources and ex­perience to form Home Services En­terprise two months ago.

Last Friday afternoon I attended the launch of Rudy Insanally’s The Guyanese culture: Fusion or Diffusion?

If Ecuador’s opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso wins the April 2 runoff election and becomes his country’s next president, most Ecuadoreans will soon realize that outgoing President Rafael Correa’s alleged “economic miracle” of the past 10 years was a monumental sham.

THE United States government has stopped short of openly censuring the electoral track re­cord of Presi-dent Desmond Hoyte’s ruling PNC but Washington says its goal here is free and fair flections.

By The Caribbean Voice   The Caribbean Voice is a New York-based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.