By Janette Bulkan In the second article in this series ‘The rule of law – inefficiency and corruption in the export of timber logs to Asia’ published by Stabroek News on 30 January 2012, I showed how a non-systematic approach by government agencies added to business costs and opened doors to corrupt and illegal practices.
Photos by Anjuli Persaud A twenty-minute drive across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, heading to the West Bank of Demerara, takes you to a small village called Nismes.
I have tried to make it clear that my treating with tax reform in my current columns has been deliberate.
Politics being a very serious thing, especially in the aftermath of a hard-fought election, I thought I might see what the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (obtained at Austin’s excellent bookstore which every thinking citizen should visit at least once a week) has to say about this important subject.
Introduction Over the past couple of weeks I have had cause to try obtaining some information on particular companies, information that those companies are required to file with the Registrar of Companies.
Two weeks ago four British ministers including William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, plus a large number of senior officials and representatives of UK companies met with Caribbean foreign ministers, officials and others in Grenada.
A kind word of advice for Republican hopeful Mitt Romney: Don’t read too much into your impressive victory among Hispanic voters in Tuesday’s Florida primary.
Continued Fractures For our purposes of easy understanding, a broken bone (irrespective of cause – usually a hit) is a fracture.
The Ocelot (Leoparduspardalis) is an often-seen, spotted, midsized cat, weighing up to 11 kg.
During my work as an advocate for women, I cannot even begin to count the number of times a man has asked me, “What about the men?”
From my teenaged years, through adulthood to my current pre-seventies, a word associated with my Guyana, which I’ve long been impatient with, is “potential.”
Nine boys and their families, maybe more, live today as victims of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of someone they trusted and emulated.
Recently, Newt Gingrich criticised President Obama for being too nuanced in his policy-making and Fareed Zakaria, on one of his CNN programmes, rightly wondered why being nuanced should be criticised.
Hot Momma’s Advice: Different, not less. Accept your child for who he/she is and challenge him/her to become everything he/she can be!
Mohammad Musa Mahmodi is Executive Director of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission.
By Arif Bulkan, Alissa Trotz & Nigel Westmaas As the editorial in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek noted, just two months ago there appeared to be speculation that Freddie Kissoon, lecturer at the University of Guyana for 26 years and one of the most popular and controversial newspaper columnists in the country, was being targeted for the termination of his teaching contract.
The 7th council of the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 was installed last week and a new Chairman and Vice Chairman were elected to serve.
y Roxanne Clarke with photos by Anjuli Persaud La Bonne Intention familiarly known as LBI is a village located on the East Coast of Demerara.
This is the fifth in our series on new parliamentarians A Partnership for National Unit (APNU) parliamentarian Christopher Jones will be pushing for a national youth policy which would seeks to create meaningful activities for young people to
Introduction If Governor Mitt Romney, a leading candidate for the Republican nomination in the US 2012 presidential elections thought that he would neutralise the attacks by his fellow candidates by publicising his 2010 tax returns, he was wrong.
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