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In 1989, after some twenty-five years in office, the PNC lost its strategic advantage over the PPP, and arguably left Guyana a more divided society than it was when it came to office in 1964.

On July 18, 2012, the entire community of Linden – including religious and business leaders as well as grassroots people, women, men and children – began a peaceful protest after the government announced an 800% increase in electricity prices, without consultation and with total disregard for its impact on the survival of an already impoverished population suffering from massive unemployment.

(Part II) Introduction In my article of 30 July 2010, I discussed the crucial role the Audit Office plays in the public accountability process.

Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Lakhram Bhagirat This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts on the London Olympics 2012, the highlight for them and their views on how the Guyana team can improve their performance in the future.

Photos by Marcelle Thomas and Shabna Ullah Long before you reach Woodley Park you catch the aroma of the village.

“We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our schoolmasters, and one from the world.

As with the first, the second installment of this column last week attracted a full length response from the Prime Minister Samuel Hinds which as far as I could understand pleaded with me “to help soothe anxiety about removing a historical subsidy.”

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was already polling at historically low numbers among Hispanic voters before his decision to name Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan as his running mate.

Introduction Starting with my column on April 1 this year, this is the twenty-first and concluding one in a series, which may be broadly described as an appraisal of the political economy of the National Budget, 2012.

Can the 2008 EU Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) still be made to work to the region’s advantage, or is its economic promise fading?

These columns usually come from my own observations, or from my recall of an experience, but readers will occasionally prod me into subjects of their own interest or even suggest a slant that hadn’t occurred to me.

The last of the well-known snake families found in Guyana is the Vipers (Viperidae).

Ornamental peppers (Capsicum annuum) are small bushy plants with bright glossy peppers. 

Continued Last week we dealt with the whole issue of the estrus cycle in dogs. 

The Human Condition – replete with human behaviours – attracts responses appropriate to the extent and relevant situation. 

Burning a school where 850 of our children receive the golden gift of education is a cruel act.

Part One   By Shammane Joseph This article is the first of a two-part series that will look at the completion of the Mahaica-Blairmont railway line from 1899-1900.

Even allowing that the unconscionable shooting and killing of protesters at Linden may have complicated matters for the government, how is it possible for a ruling party to concede so much on the major issues brought to the table by the other side but yet achieve so little?

By Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye is a professor at Harvard University and the author of The Future of Power.

Over the last two weeks, two important events took place in relation to public procurement.