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As Toshaos from across the country gathered at the Liliendaal Convention Centre for the annual Toshaos Council Meeting last week, we asked them what were some of the difficulties faced in their community and what are their expectations coming out of the meeting.

Next week’s column will pay tribute to the people of Linden.

On 2 August 2012, the Minister of Finance tabled two financial papers in the National Assembly requesting the Assembly to approve sums totaling $13.740 billion by way of supplementary estimates.

I apologise for the non-appearance of the column last week owing to travel commitments    Introduction It is now more than three weeks since what was intended as a five-day protest against the electricity hikes in the region took a dramatic turn for the worse on the very first day with the deaths of three protesters.

If you do not read poetry you miss much. You miss star showers around your head and arrows near your heart.

By Ronald Austin Barack Obama was elected in 2008 on a programme of change and prosperity.

Now that we have documented the pertinent discussions pertaining to the roles, prerequisites and expectations of the brood bitch and the stud dog, we can proceed with answers to the salient question of when to breed.

Part 7 Introduction Under the miscellaneous category of economic-structural challenges and threats to macroeconomic stability over the near to medium-term, last week I considered those posed by three “crime-driven sectors,” for want of a better of label.

To a significant extent the history of Caribbean economic development has been led by one or another nation external to the region seeking advantage for itself or for its enterprises.

You have to give credit to Brazil for what it’s doing to combat corruption and solve the worst political scandal in the country’s recent history.

Rain forests are rich in biodiversity and are home to many different plants and animals as well as indigenous communities.

I am writing on racism today because I have seen it in all its cruelty and ugliness too often in recent weeks.

Whilst again slightly escapist from our now-normal sordid national goings-on, I recycle much of this, after three years, to celebrate the youth of my generation, in the hope that the nostalgia could influence today’s Guyanese young to balance their captivity by the technology, with clean, healthy, innovative, even outdoor pleasures, at this time.

Our nation watches astonished and in absolute consternation as the Linden crisis unfolds.

Installment One Hundred Thirty-Seven This Ask the Consul installment addresses questions regarding President Obama’s announcement on the Deferred Action Process for Young People Q: I heard that my children under 16 can stay in the United States without being deported, is this true?

“The President’s pension and the Prime Minister’s pension shall be seven-eighths of the highest annual rate of salary paid to such persons at any time as President or Prime Minister as the case may be or two hundred and four thousand dollars per annum, whichever is the greater,” says the 1991 amendment to the Pensions (President, Parliamentary and Special Officials) Act Chapter 27:03, which now appears extremely dated.

By Indra Khanna Indra Khanna started curating contemporary visual arts projects in 2003, working either independently or in partnership with established institutions.

Introduction As in the case of the retention and use of public moneys by NICIL, the Government’s share of the proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets by the Canadian Bank Note (CBN) is kept in a separate bank account and used to meet public expenditure without Parliamentary approval.

Last month Stabroek News visited the Port Kaituma area which is commonly referred to as the gateway to the North West District.

“I came here about five years ago from West Berbice but I find it ok here because it peaceful,” said Roy Shivdat, one of the  less than 200 residents who live in the Region One mining community of Arakaka.