Daily Features

The world is endlessly fascinating, countlessly full of interesting people. Once at a party long ago I met a visitor to Guyana who turned out to be an expert on grasshoppers.

The quiet village of Letter Kenny, about seventeen miles from New Amsterdam on the Corentyne coast, has attracted attention because of its swirl-shaped coconut tree which many think is quite phenomenal.

 Introduction In today’s Business Page I conclude the discussion started last week on the announcement by Dr Roger Luncheon that the government has sold the country’s 20% shareholding in the telecommunication company Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GT&T) to an unknown Chinese entity.

When I asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos about the ongoing US-Latin American spat over Cuba’s absence in the 33-country Summit of the Americas that he will host in Cartagena this weekend, he gave an answer that many civil rights advocates find troublesome.

It was scarcely surprising to hear that when Caribbean foreign ministers met in January with their British counterpart the most divisive issue was the UK’s discriminatory tax on travel, Air Passenger Duty.

In last Sunday’s column I repeated the bold assertion, which I had made a year ago that a National Assembly Budget Office is “needed to restore trust in official economic data.” 

The Brazilian Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) lives only in South America.

Continued from last week Last week, we spoke about the nutritional effects on the bone structure and formation.

The effects of the dismissal of the advice that a charge of rape be brought against Police Commissioner Henry Greene continue to ripple throughout the country and even beyond its borders.

So many “juicy” issues abound! From Budget `Busing to Legal Loopholes to crime, corruption and cocaine.

Day by day we live out our routine, functioning in that monotone daily grind of “making a living”.

Separation of powers is the cornerstone of any list of checks and balances for a shared governance regime (“A shared governance regime must contain strong checks and balances!”

Introduction This column takes a long-term view in analysing the 2012 budget, which is set to see spending of $193 billion in the next fiscal year.

This week we asked Lindeners about the announcement in the budget that power bills will be going up as the government subsidy will be gradually removed.

By Dana Seetahal This column originally appeared in the Trinidad Express on February 24, 2012, and appears here along with an addendum following Justice Chang’s recent decision, courtesy of Dana Seetahal.

The West Indies have produced a number of writers of world stature.

In last week’s Sunday column, I had indicated my plan is to link last year’s analysis of the 2011 National Budget with my evaluation of this year’s.

Introduction Even before the debate on the 2012 Budget begins, it is overtaken by an event not outside the control of the government, but well within it, an event that has been in the pipeline for years.

On the 30th anniversary of Argentina’s ill-fated invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas islands, one thing seems clear: Argentina’s government is pursuing the worst possible course to recover the British-controlled South Atlantic islands.

The Margay (Leoparduswiedii), like its cousin the Oncilla, is a rare and elusive small spotted cat that lives in the remote parts of the rainforest.