A review of the Low Carbon Development Strategy Introduction To all Guyanese, from Cabinet to Canal # 1, the announcement that the people of Guyana are willing to act in placing our rainforests under “globally-verified forest and other land use governance standards and transparent, accountable deployment of forest payments” must have come as a great surprise, if not a shock.
The extraordinary value in everythingAll my life I have had an urge to preserve the extraordinary value of everything that I experience.
The law suit which threatens a nation It must be rare if not unique for a law suit to threaten the viability of a whole nation.
Introduction The Office of the Historian of the United States State Department recently published Volume 10 of ‘Foreign Relations with the United States’ covering the period 1969-1972.
Water, water everywhere?When, many years ago, VS Naipaul referred to the land of his birth as “the little island in the mouth of the Orinoco,” Trinidadians resented what they interpreted as an intentionally belittling description.
Ailments of the nose Continued from last week Difficult breathing in short-nosed dogs Certain breeds like the Pekinese, the Bulldog, Cocker Spaniels, Boston Terriers, and a ‘new’ type we are now calling the ‘Pom-Pek’ (you know, those dogs with faces looking as if they had a run in with a concrete wall and came out second with caved-in faces) seem to have a genetically-based predisposition to experience difficult breathing.
Planting bulbs in the lawn I have scribbled a few notes about tasks which most of us have to do at some time during the year, so here goes.
In November last year the Schomburgk Pavilion and pond were officially launched in the Botanic Gardens.
Preparing for the national championshipsWendell Muesa has won his third chess tournament for the year following his victory in the Sasha Cells eight-round swiss tournament.
Frankly Speaking by A.A. Fenty– And thieving in the Kleptocracy Yes, my own July-August holidays laziness kicks in here today, but with a purpose.
Events which impact your immigrant visa status Installment 87Q: I have an immigrant visa petition pending and am thinking about getting married.
Guyanese single Test centurions (Part II)By Winston McGowan The most satisfying achievement of cricketers worldwide arguably is the scoring of their first Test century.
Development Watch part 1 Several pro-government letter writers have argued that Guyana has maintained sound macroeconomic fundamentals or macroeconomic stability.
Tuesday’s Economic Corner Introduction: In a few months we will be in a new decade.
The Honduras coup is the Caribbean’s businessBy Andaiye, Norman Girvan and Alissa Trotz On April 11, 2002, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez was briefly removed from office by an abortive coup d’etat.
The music scene By Dave Martins Recent letters from Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green and from Mr.
This week we asked the man and woman in the street at Linden what they thought about the medical facilities there and the new Linden Hospital Complex that is to be completed shortly.
The View from Europe By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) How should Caribbean governments seek to support tourism during a global recession?
Guyana and the Wider World E – Mail address cythomas@guyana.net.gy Observations Last week’s column sought to make three major observations about the ongoing global economic crisis.
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