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AS we transition into this New Year, one wonders whether the two parliamentary Opposition parties, the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), can conscientiously declare that they have contributed productively to the development of Guyana? And, if so, by what good national deeds?

AS we bid goodbye to 2014, we will be preparing for what will definitely be the battle for the preservation of Guyana, and all the sacrifices that would have been made since the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government assumed office in 1992. This would be manifested in the now certain national and regional elections to

THE parking lot in down-town Georgetown that was specially prepared by the Police Traffic Department and designated for parking by Route Number 45 (Stabroek/Hospital) and Route Number 41 (South Ruimveldt/Guyhoc Park) minibuses, has been overrun by garbage accumulated over the Christmas holidays.

Sandra Ann Baptiste THE need for increasing involvement by the region’s private sector to ensure benefits from trade agreements and to influence the trade agenda of regional governments was one of the recurring themes at the recent annual Conference on the Caribbean and Central America in Miami.

By David DeGroot CLEAR thinking and dispassionate reasoning are the fundamental issues before Guyana if we are together going to build the country into a modern nation.

In the past I’ve written what I believe to be fairly serious articles on the dangers of medication, whether prescribed or over the counter. It’s a subject that I believe needs continuous exploration in Guyana and I will continue looking at it from whatever serious angle I can come up with.

By Dr. Prem Misir THE President’s proclamation of prorogation would be a useful case study on the traditional Opposition (elected Opposition representatives of the National Assembly) and the new Opposition’s (mass media, inclusive of the social media and the partisan civil society) modus operandi on Guyana ‘s development.

A GINA Feature The Local Governance Ministry continued to effectively carry out its mandate in 2014 with continued emphasis on the implementation of policies and development programmes, in accordance with the provision of good services to the Guyanese people.

y Hydar Ally WHEN the PPP/C administration assumed the reigns of power on October 5, 1992 after nearly three decades of undemocratic rule, one of the first tasks the newly elected PPP/C Government embarked upon was the reconstruction and rebuilding of a shattered economy and the restoration of confidence and hope among the Guyanese people.

Sandra Ann Baptiste