Daily Features

All Caribbean governments are faced with a conundrum: how to stimulate growth at a time when they know they have little option but to cut public expenditure, reduce their indebtedness and introduce tough austerity measures.

Conclusion Introduction Today completes a series on the liquidation process of the insurance giant that collapsed spectacularly in early 2009 after news came out of Trinidad and Tobago that the company’s parent had been taken over by that country’s central bank following a dramatic run on the company mainly by policyholders.

At high tide, when the wind is strong, from my veranda in Bel Air Gardens I could swear the sea seems taller these days.

As I observed last week, with stunning condescension the European Union (EU) Ambassador, at the signing ceremony for the agreement on “EU budgetary support for Guyana’s ailing sugar industry” was reported in the press as remarking: “Sugar is the industry of the future.” 

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ peace negotiations with his country’s FARC Marxist guerrillas could have widespread international repercussions: If the talks succeed, they could, among other things, drive the US government to remove Cuba from its list of terrorist nations.

Plumbago auriculata (capeisis) or Cape Plumbago originated in South Africa. It is a sprawling shrub and is best kept down to 1ft-2 ft in height as hedging along a driveway, or as a low border for taller plants.

There has been much buzz this week about a new book, entitled “The End of Men and the Rise of Women,” by Hanna Rosin.

Every now and then I bore many who read this by listing some of my professional life’s significant disappointments.

Power plays its most crucial role in this country not at Parliament, but within the Cabinet – that mysterious government forum where ministers and state officials choose programmes and policies.

Q: I am a US citizen and I want to vote in the next US presidential election, can I vote while I am living in Guyana?

By Brahma Chellaney Brahma Chellaney is the author of Asian Juggernaut and Water: Asia’s New Battleground.

This intervention was motivated primarily by a report in the Stabroek News that from ten Caribbean programmes which were highlighted as “best practices” for the provision of services to the elderly by the Third Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place recently in Costa Rica, Barbados was recognised for three of its programmes: the Home Care Programme, Nursing Pilot Project and its Information Communication Technology Programme.

The son of a high ranking member of the political directorate has just fatally hit a child on her way to school at a busy city intersection.

Interviews and Photos by Mandy Thompson This week we asked persons at the Amerindian Heritage Month exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre in Sophia their thoughts about the exhibition, what can be improved next year and what have they seen on display that is interesting.

By Marlise Andrews Think of a space where Caribbean artists meet to share and interact.

Introduction Last week, we looked at the Public Service Commission (PSC) that is constitutionally empowered to appoint, discipline and remove public officers.

Introduction Today I continue appraising the sugar industry (and GuySuCo) in view of the considerable European Union (EU) support and the further $4 billion transfer to GuySuCo from the National Budget 2012.

The Capybara or ‘Watrush’ as it’s known in Guyana is the largest rodent in the world. 

Introduction Here is a cheque drawn on the account of Clico – in Liquidation.

For those of you who would like a plant which thrives indoors, but cannot manage anything that is too demanding in terms of care and attention, then the Aglaonema is probably for you.