When I asked Guatemala’s new President Otto Perez Molina whether Central America is rapidly becoming a lawless place run by armed bands, much like Somalia, he shook his head and responded that any comparison with the African country is “exaggerated.”
Introduction Last week I started a discussion on the notion of tax fairness and equity, which I indicated is an essential feature for all well-functioning tax systems and thus tax reform in Guyana.
A child who develops a love of reading wins a prize that will last and last until the end of life.
The Crab Eating Fox (Cerdocyonthous) or Savannah Fox is the only fox that exists in Guyana.
In the north temperate zone Spring is on its way, and no garden is more famous for its Spring flower display than Keukenhof in the Netherlands.
By Earl B John Regrettably so few of us are around to pay tribute to one of the great all-round sportsmen of his generation – Maurice Moore, who died on January 8, 2012, in a nursing home in Toronto, Canada, after languishing for several months during which he reportedly lost conscious touch with his family and the rest of the world.
Continued from last week Symptoms The clinical signs associated with this disease are variable.
To call a woman a “strong woman” means different things to different people.
Today’s offering is a (rather rare) tribute to, and agreement with the views of a fellow-citizen I regard as an acquaintance worthy of note and recognition.
Given our history, geography and the context of our world today, what’s possible for the Guyanese nation?
The Organisation of American States report on the 28th November 2011 elections in Guyana.
Jeffrey D Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their Mashramani experiences – which band they liked best and the areas where they think there is room for improvement.
Guyanese-born Ron Fanfair is well rooted on the communication highway of the Black community.
Isaiah Berlin was in my view the most distinguished political philosopher and historian of ideas of the 20th century.
Up to now Europe has promoted the idea that the trading of permits to emit carbon is the best way to cap greenhouse gas emissions by aircraft and maritime transport.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s admission that he will undergo new cancer surgery raises a whole set of new questions about the viability of his narcissist-Leninist “revolution” both at home and throughout Latin America.
Introduction So serious are the defects in our tax regime I do not believe that Guyanese will be fobbed with anaemic or banal recommendations from the Tax Reform Committee.
Introduction I do not share the excitement of the media and the public about the revelations in the Auditor General’s 2010 report supplying further evidence of the excesses, mismanagement and improprieties which have become routine under Dr Ashni Singh’s stewardship of the Ministry of Finance.
Fifty-three-year-old Ann Charles has been a miner for almost 30 years and for many of those years she has carried a heavy burden, one which grew heavier as the years went by.
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