Reasons for suicide?
Expectedly, naturally, justifiably, scores of Guyanese writers, commentators, ordinary citizens of social conscience have been recording their thoughts on the Natural Disaster in Haiti.
History this week
By Dr. Mellissa Ifill
This article is the first in a two-part series that examines the transition from the private to the public model of accumulation during the immediate post independence period.
By Tarron Khemraj
Introduction
By now readers would realize a common theme of these columns is the need for structural transformation of the Guyana economy.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.By Dominique Strauss-Kahn
WASHINGTON, DC – Roughly one year ago, the global economic situation looked grim: a severe global recession, sizeable wealth destruction, and declines in trade and employment.
By Alissa Trotz
Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column
It is now nearly one endless week since the earthquake that devastated Haiti, shattering lives and communities.
No, that’s not a misprint; you saw it right. There is such a thing as rubber from the dandelion plant; that yellow-flower weed that grows like crazy over a piece of land left unused.
Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson
In light of the destruction in Haiti caused by last Tuesday’s earthquake, we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought Guyana could do for the people in Haiti.
Part 1Introduction
So often we hear time-worn sayings like ‘Chickens coming home to roost,’ ‘History repeating itself’ and ‘Forgetting the lessons of history,’ and we think they are just platitudes of no consequence.
Last week I started to identify, in no particular order of importance, those vital lessons that should be learnt from the recent United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change held in Copenhagen, Denmark, which are needed for a careful evaluation of the LCDS and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway.
At the beginning of the year, GT&T indicated that they would be offering a reduced fare structure for some overseas destinations for a minimum of three months.
By Godfrey Chin
“There’s no place like home for the holidays,” is a truism for the Guyanese diaspora in their castles, caches or cubbyholes from Queensland, Australia to Queens, NY; Toronto to Atlanta; Vancouver to London; and even those in ‘purgatory’ in Barbados.
The World Team Championship 2010 was contested during the period January 3-14 in Bursa, Turkey, and comprised teams from Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, USA, India, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey and Greece.
During the Easter weekend, the Bank of Guyana will be hosting the 8th Intra-regional Central Bank Games in Georgetown, and chess is one of the disciplines to be featured.