NEW CHALLENGES – AFTER EPA SIGNING
Focus on implementation in CRNM/CARICOM tango
FINALLY, the on-and-off official signing ceremony for a full Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Caribbean and the European Union (EU) is over. The divisions that surfaced among proponents and antagonists for a delay to make it a more improved partnership will linger, as rancour from passionate debates slowly evaporate […]
Swami Nirliptananda - Guyanese-born monk offers new insights into the Bhagavad Gita
Hindu philosophers can now benefit from yet another publication of the revised edition of the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Nirliptananda, a senior Swami in one of the temples of the Asian community in London who’s deeply acquainted with the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.
Born in Guyana in the 1930s, this monk migrated to Britain […]
Golding’s ‘Begging Bowl’ Gaffe - Contradiction of a PM
PRIME MINISTER, Bruce Golding, was in New York recently to address the current new session of the United Nations General Assembly, and chose another forum –Jamaica-American Association — to launch an unprecedented scathing attack on unnamed CARICOM leaders he caricatured as “panhandlers on the street, begging the world for assistance.”
It is the first time in […]
The EPA: The ‘Singapore Issues’
‘…incidentally, it is not merely governments that oppose the current EPA, but civil society like the Citizens’ Network for Reviewing the EPA, and international trade unions as the ITUC and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).’
THE world today faces serious economic uncertainties. These uncertainties throw up some fundamental problems as rising world food and fuel […]
Whispering Mabel
It was without doubt a most pleasant and satisfying experience for Mabel last Friday evening on the mound at the National Stadium, witnessing the final of the limited-overs match between Berbice and Demerara. Even though the cricket was of a high standard and quite entertaining, it was the near thousand of spectators sharing the mound […]
WAR AGAINST POVERTY
By Hydar Ally
‘As Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo correctly observed, what is needed is a new global economic and financial architecture which is more responsive to the development needs of the poorer countries’
World leaders are focusing on ways to address the question of global poverty which has over the decades been affecting humanity. This issue is […]
ACP ‘deep interest’ in Guyana’s EPA stand
By Phil Pascal (Special Correspondent in London)
WITH the forthcoming Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the 79 Member Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, scheduled for Accra, Ghana on October 2 – 3, exciting interest has been generated on the prominent place the future of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with […]
It wasn’t me! - THE OBSERVER
IT was Shaggy who proclaimed and popularized his innocence (It wasn’t me) in song several years ago, swearing he was not responsible for indiscretions being thrown at him.
And then along came rapper Akon, who tongue in cheek, almost apologetically said, “You can blame it on me” for something or the other he was accused […]
Whispering Mabel
There is a one-time member of Burnham”s Cabinet, who, it was learnt only recently, had returned, having spent some years in the USA under a questionable cloud.
Mabel was told the story about this personality who has a doctorate degree and unable to secure any employment since returning over four years ago. However, he got […]
SHRAADA - for the souls of our departed loved ones
By Parvati Persaud-Edwards
The evolutionary cycle of life runs upon diverse pathways before reaching its final destination which, according to Hindu theology, is not the cessation of breath, but the attainment of moksha, which is heavenly bliss, where the soul becomes an eternal light, lambent in its purity and holiness.
The various stages of purification and the […]
