Speakers expound on significance of ‘Rashtra Jyoti’ –    Symbolic lighting of the national diyaAT THE Indian Arrival Committee (IAC)/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT & T) annual ‘Rashtra Jyoti’,

LAST WEEK, we took a break at the point where we were looking at some of the developments taking place in the agricultural sector, and the last issue that

‘Shape’ goes green for 2011WHAT BETTER way to enjoy a Sunday afternoon than to whet your appetite watching a fashion show that’s a cut above the rest. That’s exactly

The Saman Tree    THE SAMAN TREE, seen in the Botanic Gardens and in many streets in Georgetown, is one of the most commonly-planted avenue and park trees in the

(A look at some of the stories that made the news ‘back-in-the-day’ with CLIFFORD STANLEY)He fell twice into grave-now he’s deadA 23-year-old Public Works Department (PWD) employee was killed

-Batteries includedFOR MANY (local writers), the recent announcement on the Guyana Prize for Literature is like creolese to the ear.There will now be two additional components to the prize:

HORACE McCoy’s novella, ‘They Shoot Horses Don’t They’, first published in 1935, reprinted numerous times, then filmed in the 1970s, and certainly one of Jane Fonda’s best films, is

Daughter denied compensation-but Appeal Court orders it fixedON the evening of August 22, 1958, Sookdeo Ramdeen, a punt captain, left his vessel at the La Penitence wharf and was