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A pair of Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) at the Arrowpoint Nature Resort. (Photo by Kester Clarke – www.kesterclarke.net)
A pair of Black-spotted Barbet (Capito niger) at the Arrowpoint Nature Resort. (Photo by Kester Clarke – www.kesterclarke.net)

Black-spotted Barbet

Male Black-spotted Barbets have an orange-red forehead and throat and a yellow chest with brown streaks on the side of the belly.

Garden pests

Last week I have received calls and visits from gardening friends complaining about insects and pests having a feast on their leaves and plants.

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn is probably the first person to have won the leadership of the British Labour Party on a campaign that advanced a left agenda.

Reading makes you think

Age has slowed me down but at least no day goes by without reading bringing me the fascinating and penetrating insights of other minds.

A look at some trends in the economy

Conclusion   Not easy Last week we identified the money supply, the credit provided by the private sector lending institutions and the interest rates associated with both savings and loans. 

We must embrace all of Guyana

In a recent column I made a passing reference to a comment from Stabroek News writer Alan Fenty who had posed the question in his column whether “one could be Guyanese – spiritually and culturally – without being Indian, African, European or Chinese?”

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