Daily Features

Jorge G Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico (2000-2003), is a Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.

In a matter of months there will be a general election in the United Kingdom.

Health By Dr Neeraj Jain, MD, DNB, MNAMS (Consultant Ophthalmologist)What is squint?

Frankly Speaking          by A.A. Fenty …and a Union Leader’s lament Despite the well-intentioned entreaties from well-intentioned patriots not to emphasise the negatives of Guyana in the print and electronic media, one has to be realistic.

History This Week                  – No. 2009/41 (Part 1)By Estherine Adams As British West Indian colonies, British Guiana, one of the youngest and Jamaica, one of the oldest, have shared some similarities in the way in which their constitutions were developed, however, there are some striking differences. 

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Introduction The Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) booklet on VAT which was published in 2007 states this: “However, overall, a net increase in the cost of living is not expected.

– in Copenhagen and beyondBy Karen L. Williams The United States is committed to achieving the strongest possible outcome at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. 

In The DiasporaBoth Savitri Persaud and Kevin De Silva are students at the University of Toronto.

For several years after I moved to Grand Cayman in 1981, I chose not to visit Jamaica. 

Interviews by Tiffny Rhodius and photos by Jules Gibson Hector Stoute, public sector employee I think the bus stops are serving a purpose but it would have been better if parking places were made available for cars in the centre of Georgetown like Regent Street.

For this week’s column, let me begin by re-emphasizing a couple of observations I have made about global inter-governmental negotiations thus far, as I continue to evaluate the low-carbon development strategy and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway, as well as its related Joint Concept Note between the two parties to the agreement.

Business Page– Christopher Ram, Managing Partner, Ram & McRae, Chartered Accoun-tants.

I remember long ago saying to that warm and intelligent human being, Winnie Gaskin, Minister in the PNC government at the time, that I wasn’t interested in politics, that I grew bored by its petty complexities, that I loathed its sour and unbrotherly antagonisms, that I had better things to do than get mixed up in all the unsavoury manoeuverings that went into lusting after political power. 

If you had asked me 10 years ago whether the United States will ever change its interdiction-focused counternarcotics policies – and perhaps even decriminalize marijuana consumption at home – I would have told you, “never.”

You can’t have Christmas without black cake – well maybe you can but then it wouldn’t be a Guyanese Christmas.

The Select Committee of the National Assembly on November 22, 2009 in a newspaper advertisement invited written submissions from consumers, dealing with the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill 2008.

It’s that time of year when we’re cleaning house and decking the halls.

Pet CornerContinued Bad breath Let us turn today to a problem which I had promised to address some time ago – bad breath (halitosis) in dogs, and the supposed cures associated with this problem.