Daily Features

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VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS Installment Sixty-Three U.S. citizens who are residing in Guyana can exercise their right to vote in the upcoming November 4, 2008 Federal election that will determine the next President of the United States. 

What the people say about

The Carifesta opening Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles This week we asked persons at the Carifesta opening their opinion of the ceremony.

Business Page

The Auditor General’s Report for 2006 Introduction It is now established that the Report of the Auditor General was late by more than ten months.

International Master Harika Dronavalli from India, the new Girls World Junior Chess Champion

Chess

Kamsky v Gelfand The Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament is being played (August 17-31) in Moscow.

Derek Walcott will be at the opening symposium and

Arts On Sunday

The Pre-Carifesta programme has paid off As the Tenth Caribbean Festival of the Arts gets into full stride, the public awareness campaign in Guyana seems to have already begun to show some positive returns.

Houses on the Lamaha Street section of the Railway Embankment

Consumer Concerns

Not all Railway Line occupants are squatters The caption in the Stabroek News of August 19 ‘Railway Squatters to get moving help from gov’t’ gave hope that serious attention was being given to a serious problem. 

Pet Corner

Feline vaccines Well, I had promised that we would deal with the specific diseases today, but there was a change of mind.

A Gardener’s Diary

Hydrangeas and heliotrope It is at this time of the year that the hours of daylight start to slide towards equality with my home in Guyana, and in a few months it will be winter.

Guyana and the Wider World

World economic uncertainty: Cause or consequence This analysis of the recent rapid increases in global food and fuel prices along with the strong surge in bio-fuels production and their combined impact on the Guyanese economy would be incomplete without taking into account major uncertainties that have been confronting the global economy in recent times.

What the people say about

The Olympic Games Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles and Sara BharratThis week we asked the man/ woman in the street about their favourites at the Olympic GamesCollin Christie, GPL employee: ‘I’m waiting for the boxing to begin.

In the Diaspora

Little keys can open up mighty doorsBy Alissa Trotz Early yesterday morning, while shopping at Caribbean Corner, the Jamaican owned grocery store in Toronto’s Kensington market (one of the oldest shops of its kind in the downtown core), my partner posed the question, to no-one in particular: Is anyone watching the Olympics today?

Business Page

GO-INVEST – Investment and reality Introduction As we conclude the series of columns on the QA II privatisation, we turn our attention to the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), an entity established in 1994 under the Public Corporations Act 1988 to replace GUYMIDA, an agency with similar objectives closed down soon after the change of government in 1992.

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