ON March 15 every year, World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated worldwide.  The main coordinator of these celebrations is Consumers International, which has a membership of …

IN Guyana, five agencies are devoted to assisting consumers and ensuring that they are treated fairly.  They are the Consumers Division of the Ministry …

THE Guyana/Venezuela controversy will again shortly come up before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  In Guyana, most of the writings on the controversy …

IN simplistic terms, capital gains tax is a 20 percent tax on the amount a seller receives over and above what he had paid …

ST Valentine’s Day is celebrated today and is often described as “the day of lovers” or “the festival of love.” It is marked by …

ON December 8 2020, World Genocide Commemoration Day was marked worldwide.  It was commemorated under the auspices of the United Nations “to commemorate the …

IT was recently reported in the media that two animal welfare groups  — ‘Paws for a Cause’ and ‘Animal Rescue, Adoption and Protection Society’– …

COMPLAINTS about the high cost of living are universal and this topic, either directly or indirectly, occupies much of the discourse in media coverage. …

PRESIDENT Maduro of Venezuela at the end of the first week of January 2021 issued a decree claiming the continental shelf and the seas …

THE Seawalls lie deep in the consciousness of Guyanese people, but especially Georgetowners.  Yet it has rarely been noticed by the news media and …