ALTHOUGH cake is a dessert known the world over, the famous black cake prepared in Guyana and the Caribbean is in a class by itself. Ritualistic by nature, most

The old watchman is knocking, and we Overseers are mocking,As he bids us to arise at break of dawn;And the ‘Orders’ bell is ringing as one satirist is singing‘Christians

-Eat right; avoid the calorie extravaganzaDIABETES, aka ‘sugar’, is a serious health condition that occurs as a result of problems with the production and/or action of insulin in the

AND YOU thought Christmas was over-commercialized where YOU live.There may be around 70 million Christians in China, but they are emphatically not the reason why you cannot walk down

CHRISTMAS trees, Santa Claus and gingerbread lattes are all well and good. But with the homogenizing creep of Yuletide customs, travellers might well worry they’ll go to the trouble

THE biblical Christmas story of The Three Kings may need a rewriting, or at least a tweak to one of the gifts — frankincense. Production of the fragrant resin,

ARGUABLY, the traditional season’s greeting – the Christmas card – is fast becoming an endangered species. In a random, informal survey on this topic, several persons confessed to neither

Unfair business conductTHE COMPETITION and Consumer Affairs Bill of 2011 was assented to by Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on the 27th September 2011.  Local business entities and other stakeholders

THE day we’ve all been awaiting is finally here and already a few hours old. Stores that were once bursting at their seams with Christmas goodies and bristling with

Christmas spirit alive and wellGUYANESE are generally excited about the onset of the Christmas holidays, with their concomitant extensive preparations, both in terms of decorating and in preparing a