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‘We need reforms to sustain the present consensus regime’
On January 14, Mr Khemraj Ramjattan made a presentation in Trinidad and Tobago to the Congress of the People (COP) convention entitled “The Relevance of Third Parties in race based politics: Case of Guyana”, which, to me, was more telling in what it did not say rather than what it did.
Children with learning disabilities need positive reinforcement
Hot Momma’s Advice: What you really want for your child is a happy and fulfilling life and with encouragement and support.
Settling for less
I’m not a Twitter and Facebook guy.
Their plans for Mashramani
This week we asked the man and woman in the street what their plans for Mashramani were and whether or not they were looking forward to anything in particular.
The other crime epidemic: Domestic violence in the Caribbean
Kevin Edmonds is an independent journalist and doctoral candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Steel pan icon Roy Geddes wants to see a return to the glory days
At 72, Guyana’s best known panist Roy Geddes is still as passionate about steel pan music as he was when he was just 14 years old and developed a liking for the music form that originated in Trinidad & Tobago.
Small trees
For those who like trees in their immediate environment, but whose backyards are too small to accommodate a spreading saman because it would uproot the house, ehow has one or two suggestions.
Sunday’s Cartoon
Sunday's Cartoon.
Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog
The Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas) is the largest of the Dendrobatid frogs and has been seen in the Burro Burro river of Surama and the Clarence Mountain Trail in Aranaputa.
Literacy powers all development
I do not think the new, young, intelligent and opened-minded Minister of Education will mind me delivering little, well-meant lectures to her from time to time.
Tax Reform 6: Building blocks for redesigning Guyana’s tax regime
Introduction Last week’s column briefly examined four of the nuts and bolts considerations which inform tax reform, namely, tax expenditures; tax level and structure; tax buoyancy and elasticity; and tax volatility.
Opportunities are available for investment-related activity
When in the 1980s it became apparent that Europe’s preferential regimes for bananas and sugar were coming to an end, an impassioned debate began about a transition to other forms of economic activity.
The Supplementary debate and the Audit Office
IntroductionIn last week’s Business Page I indicated that I would be addressing the 2010 Auditor General’s report this week.
Not a smart move
Bogota, Colombia— The US State Department wasn’t terribly smart when it rejected a demand by Latin American populist leaders that Cuba be invited to an April 14 summit of President Barack Obama with 33 hemispheric leaders in Colombia.
Cornell Damon – PPP/C
This is the eighth in our series on new parliamentariansEssequibian Cornell Damon has been a member of the PPP/C for over two decades and he says he would use his new appointment as a member of the National Assembly to continue the work of the party and represent the people of Region Two.