Month: April 2021
-
News
Trinidad economy in dire straits – Dr Roger Hosein
(Trinidad Guardian) Although the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected economic growth of 2.1 per cent for T&T this year,…
Read More » -
News
Trinidad: Family calls for probe in death of medical student after powerful pain killer
(Trinidad Guardian) The family of a medical student who died days after she was administered a powerful painkiller for mild…
Read More » -
News
New dome on La Soufriere volcano blown away
(Barbados Nation) KINGSTOWN – The new dome that was forming in the crater of La Soufriere for months was blown…
Read More » -
News
Region Nine steps up border patrols over fears of Brazil’s COVID variant
Border patrols have been stepped up in Region Nine to minimise persistent illegal cross-border travel between Guyana and Brazil, according…
Read More » -
News
Delhi Capitals stroll to seven-wicket win over Chennai
Brief Scores: Delhi Capitals 190/3 (Shikhar Dhawan 85, Prithvi Shaw 72, Shardul Thakur 2-53) beat Chennai Super Kings 188/7 (Suresh…
Read More » -
News
The BoG overdraft, central bank independence and corruption
The previous column (April 4: ‘The government’s overdraft at BoG, the fiscal deficit and corruption’) explained that the government’s fiscal…
Read More » -
News
Guyanese in St Vincent hoping to ride out crisis as ash blankets island
Friday’s eruption of La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent has left some Guyanese in thrall and shock at the ash…
Read More » -
News
That ‘bloated’ electoral list
In 2010, I wrote an article on the overseas vote in which I argued that the Constitution of Guyana permitted…
Read More » -
News
Gov’t moves to speed up Vincentian relief – – as island grapples with explosions, ash
As continuing explosions and ash fall following the eruption of St Vincent’s La Soufrière volcano ratcheted up emergency responses, the…
Read More » -
News
Book Review: Baytoram Ramharack’s Jung Bahadur Singh of Guyana
By Eusi Kwayana [Baytoram Ramharack, Jung Bahadur Singh of Guyana (1886-1956): Politician, ship doctor, labor leader and protector of Indians,…
Read More »