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Red-bellied Macaws are mainly green with a red belly patch and blue forewings and head. 

The market here (in Barbados) is rife with orange-flesh sweet potatoes.

Six of the finest chess players on the planet, led by world champion Magnus Carlsen, are doing battle in the Masters Final in Bilbao, Spain.

Whilst guys are getting shredded or toned to show off our chests, arms and abs for the ‘summer,’ ladies are mostly concerned with their midsection, legs and their butts.

I was accused of dancing with the devil a few days ago after a post on social Facebook: “My enlightenment began at age 17 when I started reading books written by scholars of African descent.

Believe me my (more regular) friends, after today I’ll do my utmost to avoid this theme and issue for an extended period.

On Wednesday 6th July 2016 president of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Mr.

Anyone following my columns and letters in the last 10 years would know that I am strongly in favour of a middle group of voters who will swing their votes willingly as a disciplining mechanism of the entrenched political class.

By Peter Apps (Peter Apps is Reuters global affairs columnist, writing on international affairs, globalization, conflict and other issues.

Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas has been almost universally hailed as a historic event that will bring about all kinds of goods things, but I’m afraid that the deal has been vastly oversold, and has turned Colombia into a one-issue country at the expense of other issues just as important.

Access to information on government programmes and activities is a fundamental right of all citizens.

With photos by David Papannah   With Guyana having just co-hosted the Caricom Heads of Government Summit, we asked the man/ woman in the street what Caricom means to them as Guyanese, if they were aware of the recently concluded conference and whether they believe we are benefiting from being part of the community.

  By Wendy Grenade   Dr. Wendy C. Grenade is a Grenadian who is a Lecturer in Political Science and the Deputy Dean (Outreach), Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus.

Although an eerie calm may have settled on Europe now that the immediacy of the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) has sunk in, it should not lull the Caribbean into a sense of false security or inaction.

Part 1 Political condition There has been much speculation about the Guyana economy over the last year or so. 

Dilemma Last week’s column revealed what is perhaps a crucial dilemma facing Guyana’s forests.

The report of the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR), appointed by the government and headed by attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes, was handed over to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in April.

One of the things I enjoy the most is to browse in good bookstores and buy a stock of books to read and add to my library.

Fungi are tiny organisms that live in the soil. Plants can contract fungal diseases from water, air and soil, and sometimes via insects and viruses.

Chess is enjoying an unprecedented boom in the capital city much of it because there was open criticism over the manner in which the 2016 Guyana Olympiad chess team was chosen.