The 2018 national budget outlines snippets of a broader economic vision, the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS), which somewhat underpins this budget and will likely do so for future APNU+AFC budgets.
Introduction Last week’s column welcomed the coming release of Guyana’s petroleum contracts.
The pale-vented pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis) is found in the tropical Americas.
The food videos—BuzzFeed’s Tasty leads the pack—that dominate social media are full of ideas, some good and some you would rather not had watched; not this one though.
The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 1.25 percent during the first period of trading in December 2017.
Born and raised in Guyana, and coming back every year as a visitor since 1968, I assumed I knew the country well.
There was a signing bonus. It was known but denied by several ministers of the government.
Hi Everyone, Do not stress yourself this holiday season trying to come up with new dishes, just try these 12 little twists on traditional things.
Guyana Carnival… I cringed the first time I came across the viral posters floating around Instagram.
Who invented the bedsheet ghost? The image of a ghost marked by donning a white sheet with holes for eyes is a classic and familiar concept.
Hauraruni is a Christian cooperative approximately 34 miles from Georgetown or 15 miles from the Soesdyke junction on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.
Introduction Last week’s column argued that, the best use of Guyana’s oil wealth would be strategic spending on, and through, a dedicated Ministry of Renewable Energy.
I have several friends who are serious cricket aficionados and they are meticulous in sending me almost anything to do with the sport that comes their way.
Instantaneous, computer-driven communication is becoming a curse, not a boon. It was supposed to free us; it is enslaving us.
Minister Khemraj Ramjattan responded to my article last Sunday, entitled, ‘To preserve itself, the AFC must resign from the government,’ with the following epithets – “nonsensical”; “vacuous chatter”; “idiotic”; “we are not going to block [the] chatterati”; “foolish”; “Ralph kept his mouth shut then he got shelved now he is talking plenty”; “if he wants to be a politician he should go form a party then know what it is”; “these fellas love to talk from a distance like parrot, you know parrot telling donkey how to bat but stays up in the tree, they want to stay up in the tree and not do the batting themselves, you write exactly what I say there.”
Quiet’s Event I The mountains slowly emerge out of mist and cloud This is the epitome of quiet’s event when the sun warm and filled with distant barking of dogs rises inevitably into the mind rises into the world and exists beyond abstraction beyond any attempt to ignore its objective presence, so that we feel eternally alive.
The Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea) is found in Trinidad, the Guianas, and other parts of South America.
Get rid of the alarm clock. It’s perhaps the single most effective thing you can do to sleep better and feel better.
“I felt handcuffed. I felt like if a gun was being held to my head.
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