Daily Features

The hibiscus is a large shrub native to Asia and the Pacific islands.

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

Lately, I have been reading about men around the world who are taking some dramatic steps to fight for women’s rights.

I was thrown into a minor dilemma as I was preparing this piece much earlier in the week.

Fresh ideas and innovative thinking create the kind of foundation for progress to happen.

On occasions, the US Embassy may request that immigrant visa applicants and their petitioning family members undergo a DNA test to prove a biological relationship.

The current discourse about the election of a speaker for our new National Assembly has been variously described and assessed but here I will discuss the opportunity it presents us to identify and contemplate some important issues, the nature of which are likely to stay with us as we go forward in the present political context.

Frank Birbalsingh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at York University in Toronto, where he taught for over thirty years.

This week on What the People Say Berbicians commented on what they would like the new Police commander of the division to do to help fight crime and make Berbice a safer place.

By Frances Abraham with photos by Lakhram Bhagirat Located on the East Coast of Demerara is the village of Beterverwagting (BV) (a Dutch name meaning ‘Better Expectation”), better known to residents as ‘Barron.’

Introduction At the end of 2010 I was expecting global economic recovery, albeit at a reduced rate, to take place during 2011.

It’s hard to believe that this would happen today in a largely democratic region, but the beginning of 2012 finds much of Latin America suffering the worst wave of press censorship since the rightist military dictatorships of the 1970s.

By Ian Buruma HO CHI MINH CITY – Can an entire people go mad?

I’ve had the good fortune lately to do one of the things I enjoy the most – browse in good bookstores and buy a stock of books to read and add to my library.

Introduction Nothing concentrates the mind like a deadline. With the date for the convening of the 10th Parliament fast approaching – it must be held within four months of the end of the previous session which ended in the last week of September, 2011 – it is expected that our politicians will soon resolve the uncertainties over who will be the Speaker as well as the simmering questions about the Statements of Poll.

Most years Caribbean governments and their counterparts from beyond the region hold policy level encounters at which they discuss matters of common interest.

Kordes Perfecta is a fragrant pink blossom with vigorous, shrubby growth.

Peacock Bass (Cichla ocellaris), Butterfly Peacock Bass, Waterwolf, or Lukanani is actually a cichlid, not a member of the bass family.

Tick paralysis The saliva of some species of tick contains poisons, which affect the motor nerves of the dog.

This is my first column for the year and as such, I would like to address a topic that is always close to my heart, violence against women.