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THE intention of this week’s article was scheduled to focus on the challenges and trials of engaging in a public service in a visible way; something I have become intimately acquainted with over the past year. But in the wee hours of Friday morning, that all changed. Sadly, I didn’t get the message about the […]

STANDARDS CORNER Small Businesses can be an effective vehicle for the development of the national economy through the production of goods, and the provision of services. Small businesses also provide employment for many citizens and therefore significantly reduce poverty. In Guyana, they represent more than three quarters of the total business activities and thus make

THE intention of this week’s article was scheduled to focus on the challenges and trials of engaging in a public service in a visible way; something I have become intimately acquainted with over the past year. But in the wee hours of Friday morning, that all changed. Sadly, I didn’t get the message about the

THE Caribbean Community, long admired among developing countries in Africa and Latin America for its sustainability, now seems anxious to self-destruct or become “a reed blowing in the wind”.     And this, regrettably, at a time when the African Union is looking to the Caribbean as part of its Diaspora, and we in London and other parts of

‘The time has arrived for the formation of a non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the safety on the roads, bring some order to the use of hire vehicles and aiding the police in creating a safe conscious public.’ PASSENGERS in vehicles for hire are the main victims of chaos and carnage on the roads. They

Pandora’s Box ‘Adopting a holier-than-thou attitude and blaming the Government is also not a new stratagem for the leaders of the opposition and their satellite media houses in their attempts to garner public support. Running a country is no cakewalk, and the President of Guyana has been overwhelmingly honoured by the CARICOM and international communities

THE intention of this week’s article was scheduled to focus on the challenges and trials of engaging in a public service in a visible way; something I have become intimately acquainted with over the past year. But in the wee hours of Friday morning, that all changed. Sadly, I didn’t get the message about the

QUOTE:‘Despite, the relative brevity of his stay in Africa, (he spent less than 24 hours); his message to Africa and African leaders in particular was clear, sharp and no-nonsense. What he told them Africa needed was not strongmen but strong institutions, in particular democratic institutions that can effectively safeguard the rule of law and the

Mr. Keith Burrowes THE intention of this week’s article was scheduled to focus on the challenges and trials of engaging in a public service in a visible way; something I have become intimately acquainted with over the past year. But in the wee hours of Friday morning, that all changed. Sadly, I didn’t get the

CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVES A monthly column on Caribbean issues The writer is a business consultant and specialist in Caribbean Affairs Sandra Ann Baptiste Caribbean private sector leaders want the region’s Heads of Government to meet more regularly, to revamp their decision-making authority and to treat the business community as partners by reinstating annual meetings with the