Who’s left now?
Conclusion
The death of socialism
Business Page last week suggested that amidst the cataclysmic dislocation to have rocked the capitalist world first manifested in the housing market in the United States, the response of the governments in the developed market economies is leading to a fundamental rethink of the role of ideology, and in the context of Guyana, raised the question playing on the word ‘left.’
National accounting and real life
Governments everywhere, quite naturally, make every effort to portray the state of the nation in the best possible light.
The liquid of life
The article ‘Water – Liquid of Life’ in Nyam News Nos 1 & 2, August 2001, published by the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute contains information which many consumers would wish to have concerning home filtration and bottled water.
Re-evaluating and Re-conceptualising Democratic Transitions in Guyana
By Dr. Mellissa Ifill
This article examines and reconceptualises the issue of democracy in Guyana by placing it within a larger global perspective.
Telling children about Santa Claus
Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles and Sara Bharrat
This week we asked the man/woman in the street whether children should be told about Santa Claus.
Who’s left now?
The crisis facing the world economy is leading to a fundamental rethink of the role of ideology and the place of the ‘market’ in economic development.
Global response to the global crisis
Within hours of the US authorities realizing that their private housing bubble had burst and how severe the financial crisis and credit crunch had become, reverberations began to be felt all around the world.
Europe has created the conditions for the perfect economic storm in the Caribbean
On November 24, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), Alistair Darling, proposed increasing a tax that already impacts negatively the Caribbean and other tourism destinations.
Agnes Jones, AA, October 1, 1921 − November 30, 2008
Agnes Rebecca Jones, former President of the Guyana Women’s Artists’ Association, Chairperson of the Guyana Book Foundation, and Administrator of the Burrowes School of Art, died on November 30, aged 87.