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Introduction The proposed US$51 million Marriott Hotel in Georgetown is one of the primary anchors of the economic policy stance of the PPP government.

Looking forward to a brand new year, and looking back at the last, we want as a nation to both resolve to make 2013 our best year yet, and reflect on 2012 with sober wisdom.

By Ian Bremmer (Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm.

By Esther Dyson Esther Dyson, an entrepreneur concentrating on emerging digital technologies, is Chairwoman of EDventure Holdings.

Diaspora Column Editor’s Note: In October, travelling to Guyana from Toronto, I noticed that nearly all of the passengers were men, hauling bags of various shapes and sizes.

Your right is to work only and never to the fruit thereof.

Interviews by Chevy Devonish with photos by Arian Browne This week, the run-up to Christmas we asked people in Parika to talk about life and opportunities in that East Bank Essequibo village.

I remember a very long time ago, in the era of Prime Minister, not even then President LFS Burnham, when I was a Director in the sugar industry, I had occasion to enquire from an official at the then State Planning Commission about a request made months before for  approval for the introduction of a new incentive scheme in the industry.

Tradition gathers around Christmas. Pageants and homecomings and longed-for preparations repeat themselves year after year and become treasured lifetime rituals.

Correction, addition and appreciation In last week’s column I stated as the year in which the Government of Guyana took over the assets, liabilities and operations of the Royal Bank of Canada as 1994.

Part 2 This week I shall conclude my discussion of the reform of Guyana’s sugar industry started on September 2, 2012.

Few people in the Caribbean are likely to have ever heard of the Joint Caribbean EU Partnership Strategy.

Since President Barack Obama has appointed Senator John Kerry as secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton when he starts his second term next month, you may see a somewhat greater US focus on Latin American affairs.

Interestingly, Mary, the mother of baby Jesus, appears to be the only woman present during the birth of her first baby.

I noticed that I used the same theme and style, as in today’s lead caption, a few years ago.

  By Geoffrey Kemp and John Allen Gay   WASHINGTON, DC – One of the greatest challenges that US President Barack Obama will face in his second term is Iran’s pursuit of advanced nuclear technologies.

Government ends 2012 with its draconian abuse of the Guyana Chronicle, our State newspaper, showing no sign of relief.

“What is to be feared is not so much the immorality of the great as the fact that immorality may lead to greatness.

By Minxin Pei CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – One question that should have been asked about the Chinese Communist Party’s just-completed leadership transition is whether the entire elaborately choreographed exercise was akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

By Marcia Forbes Dr Marcia Forbes is a media specialist, the co-owner of multimedia production company Phase 3 Productions Ltd and former Permanent Secretary in Jamaica’s Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications and later the Ministry of Energy and Mining.