Guyana and the wider world
More on the Guyana consultation on the EPA While it would be fair to say that the Guyana government held a fairly successful National Consultation on the CARIFORUM-EC, EPA, its aftermath has been much more uncertain.
More on the Guyana consultation on the EPA While it would be fair to say that the Guyana government held a fairly successful National Consultation on the CARIFORUM-EC, EPA, its aftermath has been much more uncertain.
Anand and Kramnik face off in world championship Here is the first game of the World Champion-ship match between defending champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik that was played on Wednesday.
It was through chess that I formed my character. More than anything else, chess teaches you to be objective.
Leptospirosis – infectious jaundice Over the years I have spoken and written so much about this disease that at one time my friends used to call me Dr Lepto.
Cholesterol – The good, the bad and the ugly facts Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD – Physician Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.
Poui accepts Simmons-McDonald’s burnt offerings The editors of Poui, the Cave Hill Literary Annual, “are happy to see that so many of our regular contributors continue to send us work” while at the same time they feel “it is good to find a number of new voices”.
Let us improve the conditions of the lock-ups It was reported in the Sunday Stabroek of October 5 that a murder suspect was to receive $75 a day for ‘inhumane’ jail conditions.
Petunias give my sprits a lift Life and work in the garden rotate with remarkable speed, and absolutely nothing seems to come round with such speed as the Christian festival of Christmas.
Welcome, Ambassador Jones A warm sincere welcome to you Mister Ambassador representing the most-talked-about nation in the world, the United States of America (USA).
By Joseph S. Nye Joseph S. Nye Jr. is Distin-guished Service Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and author, most recently, of The Powers to Lead.
Jagdeo the Maverick Apparently the only acceptable criticism of this government is self criticism.
by Dani Rodrik – Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.
Obama v McCainThis week we asked the man and woman in the street about the US Presidential election.
EPA presents moment for leadership In times of crisis nations need leadership.
The people of Haiti deserve water, food and shelter not criminalization(This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guy-anese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) Why is there money to occupy but not to feed?
A chess tournament is not for the fainthearted It is said that a chess tournament is not for the fainthearted.
EPA: Moral Hazard and the Betrayal of the Public’s Interest Perspective Put in a proper analytical frame two crucial considerations have emerged out of my column last Sunday, which continued the analysis of the Guyana Consultation on the CARIFORUM/EC, EPA and its aftermath.
Curbing Corruption – The Corruption Perception Index Introduction Not unexpectedly, the Government has taken issue with the ranking accorded Guyana in the Transparency International (TI) Index for 2008 announced late last month.
Greed brings down a nation In the 1987 film “Wall Street”, ruthless stock trader Gordon Gecko, played by Michael Douglas, famously declared “Greed is Good.”
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