A Gardener’s Diary ( by John Warrington) At home in New Providence my own answer to the energy-sapping heat which we get from about 9am is to start work early (at approximately 5.30 am) when the air is like wine and really hard work is not a strain at all.
The View from Europe It is not easy to obtain accurate and up-to-date statistics on the value of the food that the Caribbean imports, whether to feed its own population or the many visitors who come to the region each year.
Consumers Concerns ( Elieen Cox) Consumers living in the city of Georgetown and the towns of Guyana do not appreciate how fortunate they are to have backyards in which they can plant some vegetables and fruits.
The Obama era Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.
Chess (with Errol Tiwari)What is a grandmaster? Where did the term ‘grandmaster’ come from?
Pet Corner (Dr Stever Surujbally) Continued Tick infestation on the ear Throughout the year, it is possible to find ticks abounding on the ear flap (Pinna), and to a lesser degree in the ear canal (ticks do not wander deep into the ear canal).
Capitalism –for and against workers...So, how “polarised” are we?Even as I suspect that my typical economically–challenged working class employees, have little time to consider intellectually/analytically, the profundities of systems, theories and ideologies, as they fight to survive daily, I still share with them these thoughts on (practical) capitalism and its challenges these days.
History of the British Guiana Railway System– Georgetown to Mahaica (Part 3) By Shammane Joseph This is the third instalment in a series of articles which gives a brief overview of the History of the British Guiana railway with particular reference to the Georgetown-Mahaica link.
Alissa Trotz is from Guyana and teaches Caribbean Studies and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.
In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) By Yarimar Bonilla (Yarimar Bonilla teaches an-thropology at the University of Virginia.)
Photos by Jules GibsonThis week we asked the man/woman in the street if they’d had a vacation this year and where, or if they hadn’t where they were planning to go and why.
Is the CL Financial Group too big to fail? Last week I had indicated that it was the stated conviction of the Trinidad and Tobago Government and its Central Bank Governor that the CL Financial Group was “too big to fail.”
A change in approach at the summit Look closely at the official photograph taken at the start of the Fifth Summit of the Americas and it is hard to miss the symbolism.
On the Line:National Insurance Scheme Annual Report 2007 Introduction The column on March 29, 2009 featured the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) along with the New Building Society in a supporting role to Clico Guyana in which the NIS stands to lose several billions of dollars worth of investments.
Agriculture should be seen as the foundation of the nation’s progressEvergreen Nature Study Club has some thoughts on agriculture.
The view from seventy-six With shocking quickness, another year has gone by in a blur and I am suddenly seventy-six.
Plants grown for their leaves Plants that are grown for the beauty of their leaves are just as important as those grown for their flowers.
Heart of darkness ‘The trouble with torture is that sometimes it works; and when it does, the devil sings.
Grandmaster Buhmann introduced some fresh ideasThe Guyana Chess Federa-tion (GCF) does not have the magical crystal ball to predict exactly the future for chess in Guyana, but what it sees gives us hope for the upliftment of the game.
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