What we choose to see and to be
ONE might imagine morality to be a great castle built brick by brick. In truth, it is more like a flame quivering in a windy room. Its shape changes with every passing moment and with every angle at which the viewer chooses to see it. There is a constant internal struggle we all experience when […]
I AM DUSKY
I CAME into this world one late night, on a grassy parapet in the glow of a street lamp, but disaster befell me the moment I got up to walk. I wobbled, lost my balance and fell into the deep drain. My mother nudged me to help me out, but I couldn’t get out, struggling […]
Can children have bad breath?
CHRONIC bad breath in adults can indeed be an ominous sign, which, in extreme cases, can even indicate stomach cancer. In children, though, halitosis (bad breath) is hardly ever connected with anything that serious. A study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of Paediatrics reveals that the worst breath in children comes […]
TRULY UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF EMANCIPATION AND THE TROUBLED AGE THAT FOLLOWED…
CONTRARY to what we believe, North Africans are credited with the first acknowledgement as the custodians of what we today address as Christianity: those who survived the destruction of Carthage. But the barbarism of the pagan Romans drove many of those Africans deeper into Africa. The irony of that age was that the Romans themselves […]
Guyana’s economy expands strongly, outpaces growth forecasts
-IDB report says, notes GDP grew 19.3 per cent in 2025 as non-oil sector growth accelerated to 15 per cent GUYANA’S economy continued to record strong expansion in 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 19.3 per cent and significantly surpassing earlier growth expectations, according to the latest Caribbean Economics Quarterly published by […]
Education Ministry continues nationwide school-readiness inspections
–ahead of Monday’s reopening WITH schools across Guyana set to reopen for the new academic year on Monday, August 31, the Ministry of Education has ramped up a nationwide inspection drive to ensure that every institution, in all 10 administrative regions, is fully prepared to receive students, teachers and parents when the Christmas term begins. […]
Gov’t to relocate over 1,000 squatters—Housing Minister
–reveals more than 2,000 squatting areas have been regularised, but occupants of reserves, other restricted areas will have to move THE government has identified more than 1,000 squatters who will have to be relocated, while more than 2,000 regularisation exercises have been conducted over the past five years to provide legal ownership to persons occupying […]
Power supply to be boosted as work begins on new cable crossing
DRILLING has recently commenced on the installation of a new 69 kV submarine cable across the Demerara River. This is a first-of-its-kind transmission crossing that will connect the Kingston Substation to the Vreed-en-Hoop Substation and significantly strengthen power supply to West Demerara, according to information from the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL). The project […]
Guyana’s fiscal position improves; debt remains highly sustainable — IDB
-improved revenues, lower capital spending help narrow fiscal deficit in 2025 GUYANA’S fiscal position improved in 2025, with stronger revenues helping to narrow the country’s primary fiscal deficit, while overall debt levels remained highly sustainable, according to the latest Caribbean Economics Quarterly published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The report, which examines […]
Two Indonesians killed, four foreign nationals injured in Timehri crash
TWO Indonesian nationals were killed and four other foreign nationals injured early Friday morning in a three-vehicle collision on the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Police said the accident occurred at about 03:51 hrs on Friday, August 28, and involved motor lorry GAJ 3074 and minibuses BAH 6588 and BAF 1135. The two men […]
