PULL QUOTE: ‘Many of the excised projects already have started life, and so you do not wait for a budget debate to present your diagnosis of their feasibility. Such diagnoses have to appear circa project conception; and certainly before delivery’
THE battle of the Guyana Budget 2013 excision rages on. You would think that the cuts happened because Donald Ramotar and his team are wild spenders. But when you try to work out reasons for the cuts, there is little macroeconomic thinking for the taste-bud.

ARRIVAL Day, which was observed on May 5, is a good time to reflect on the long and difficult road we have traversed as a people and the challenges that lie ahead as we strive to forge a peaceful and cohesive society.

What is the National Standards Mark Scheme?
The National Standards Mark Scheme, also referred to as the Product Certification Scheme is one through which manufacturers are granted  permits by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to mark their products with the National Standards Mark, providing they are capable of producing products confirming to the relevant Guyana Standards on a continuous basis, and have access to the requisite testing facilities.

In Dr Prem Misir’s article (Parts I and II), published in the Sunday Chronicle, some of his references were inadvertently omitted.