Guyanese OnlineThe new 61cm-wide lavatories found on some US flights can free up space for six additional passengers. But some may not be able to close the toilet door
Getting smaller … aircraft toilets.
If you cannot afford to travel in any class above economy, flying generally sucks, either a little or a lot, depending on your tolerance level. But it especially sucks if you are too wide for the airline’s design.
Just getting to your seat can be a challenge, as your hips pinball from seat to seat on each side of the aisle, as if you are riding the teacups at a funfair, but with added bruising. Continue reading
Barbados jumps ahead in tax reforms
By George Alleyne – Caribbean Life News
Barbados PM Mia Mottley
Barbados has responded to another instance of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) pressure by radically reforming its company tax system, that probably puts the island ahead of many jurisdictions trading in international business.
In its constant pursuit of nationals who evade paying taxes at home, the European Union had blamed several countries that host offshore companies, including many in the Caribbean, of offering attractive low levies to lure Europeans who then do not pay the same at home. Continue reading
Bob Marley
JAMAICAN REGGAE
Get Up, Stand Up! UNESCO declares reggae a global cultural treasure
PARIS, (Reuters) – UNESCO has declared reggae, the Jamaican music that spread across the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, to be a global treasure that must be safe-guarded.
Born in the poor neighbourhoods of Kingston in the 1960s, reggae reflected hard times and struggle but could also be joyous dance music with its distinctive off-beat. Continue reading
Foreign ‘economic aid’ to Africa – By MOHAMED HAMALUDIN
Africa covers 11.73 million square miles or 20 percent of the Earth’s land mass and has 1.2 billion people or 16 percent of all human beings — second only to Asia in both categories — and a GDP of $6.4 trillion, the seventh largest.
The continent also has 30 percent of the planet’s mineral resources, including oil and gas, uranium, cobalt, copper, diamonds, gold and bauxite. Yet, 30 of its 54 countries are among the poorest in the world, due to a history of famine and wars and centuries of occupation by countries including Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Continue reading
GUYANA LGE RESULTS … A MANDATE …The Coalition ascended to office on the strength of a subset of voters who were looking for a different flavor of leadership, one that was more inclusionary, less tribal, more progressive, less partisan. Continue reading
Budget 2019 has measures to target weaknesses in the remigrant scheme and abuse to importation of vehicles.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has announced an overhaul of the much-criticized remigrant system for vehicles.
In his Budget Speech in the House, the Minister said that the current remigrant system is flawed and has led to abuse on a number of occasions. Over the years, persons have come in posing as returning Guyanese and bringing in luxury vehicles, which are either sold or handed over to the true owner for a small fee. Continue reading
Dear Canada,
You need to know that my husband and I weren’t looking for love, but there you were. I was born in Virginia, and my husband is from western New York. We love our own precious country but, being what we consider true patriots, we are not blind to its faults – particularly at the present time.
Our love for you crept up on us slowly and, before we even knew what was happening, we were head over heels.
From left to right: African Union Chairperson and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, and African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Photo credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.
Africa Set To Become A Massive Free Trade Area
UNITED NATIONS, New York November 23, 2018 (IPS) — Following the unveiling of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement in Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2018, Africa is about to become the world’s largest free trade area: 55 countries merging into a single market of 1.2 billion people, with a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion. Continue reading
Down Liberty Avenue 7 – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Down Liberty Avenue 7 – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
They could talk all day about Jagan and Burnham, and Jagdeo and Granger. Don’t get them started about Kamla and Rowley. You will hear about corruption in Trinidad and how the man ‘thiefing’, and how Moonilal was right to cuss them out in Parliament. If you listen long enough you will learn about corruption in India and the pernicious influence of Bollywood.
There are the palm readers that connect you with the afterlife. The Korean shopkeepers make the extra dollar as they call you ‘Mamoo’ and seem to know the address of the next pooja. You buy the big pumpkin in the corner, or the watermelon that has seen better days, and shake your head in wonderment. As you leave, a small group of old timers say that the people from ICE have made another arrest, and someone else faces deportation.
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