Daily Features

Green Land of Guyana
Cyril Kanhai
Oil
1967
Photo courtesy of Castellani House
Green Land of Guyana Cyril Kanhai Oil 1967 Photo courtesy of Castellani House

Green Land of Guyana

In their continuing series, Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Cyril Kanhai’s Green Land of Guyana. 

Troubling conditions of Police lock-ups

(A fortnightly column by the Guyana Bar Association) Today we continue our discussion on the Bar Association’s concerns about persons in custody which we began in our last column published on February 12.

Brazil, from bad to worse

Brazil’s political and economic crisis has taken a new turn for the worse with the arrest of the ruling party’s star electoral strategist and presidential confidant Joao Santana, raising the possibility of an impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff or early elections.

Voting on March 18

This week on `What the people say’ we asked members of the public if they have been following the local government developments and if they will be voting on March 18.

The IDB’s bullish take on bauxite in Guyana and Caricom

Introduction Last week I had indicated today’s column would continue to discuss potential pitfalls arising from Guyana’s heavy dependence on extractive export industries, and the likely deepening of this dependence in the coming time of oil and gas production and export.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX
The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) fell 1.65 percent during the fourth period of trading in February 2016.  The stocks of six companies were traded with 1,191,587 shares changing hands.  There was one Climber and four Tumblers.  The stocks of Demerara Tobacco Company (DTC) rose 1.9 percent on the sale of 296 shares.  At the same time, the stocks of Banks DIH (DIH) fell 4.29 percent on the sale of 1,045,462 shares; the stocks of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) fell 4 percent on the sale of 140,000 shares; the stocks of Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (BTI) fell 5.81 percent on the sale of 5,000 shares and the stocks of Republic Bank Limited (RBL) fell 0.09 percent on the sale of 200 shares.  In the meanwhile, the stocks of Caribbean Container Inc. remained unchanged on the sale of 629 shares.

Understanding the transport industry in Guyana

Part 3 Movement of people and goods The previous sections of this article have sought to show that the road transport market is multidimensional and carries different risks for each income-generating sector of the market.

Devil’s Ivy

Golden Pothos commonly called Devil’s Ivy is known worldwide. Devil’s Ivy is an undemanding climbing plant with green and yellow or white variegated leaves.

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